Madhuri, Sonam to work together?

MUMBAI: Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit has been offered the role of Sonam Kapoor”s mother in Anil Kapoor”s remake of Freaky Friday, an Indian daily reported.

Anil Kapoor who had recently expressed his desire to work with the dhak dhak girl, feels the actress is apt for the role, considering her versatility as an actress.

Madhuri has liked the script, but is yet to give her final nod, sources said.

The role was previously offered to Kirron Kher, but she couldn”t do the movie due to date trouble.

The movie plot revolves around mother-daughter relationship. Anil Kapoor confirmed to Mumbai Mirror, “It’s too early to comment on any of my new projects. But I would love to work with Madhuri in any capacity at any stage.”

Gulshan Grover to star opposite Salma Hayek in Hollywood film The Driver

You’ve heard of the classic Hollywood film Taxi Driver, now you will soon get to see The Driver and starring in it is none other than the bad man of Bollywood – Gulshan Grover. If that wasn’t tempting enough read this… he’ll be starring opposite the sultry Latino Salma Hayek in the film.

Directed by Hollywood biggie Bill Duke, who has done some rather exemplary work with A Rage in Harlem, Hoodlum, Sister Act 2 and Not Easily Broken, this film will be a starry delight. While in LA, Gulshan was spotted by Bill at a charity event, with a meeting fixed, Gulshan read the script, liked it and signed it on. Gulshan was just the actor Bill was looking for with his versatility, experience and ability to improvise.

Gulshan Grover will be acting alongside a number of Hollywood stars. A story about hope, Gulshan’s character is that of a rank and file accountant, till one day he decides to give up his mundane life and go after his dreams. He drags his wife, played by Salma, with him on his journey. On the way he meets a number of characters who sometimes inspire him and other times shock him. These characters will be played by stars like Will Smith, Janet Jackson, Queen Latifa, Whoopie Goldberg and many famous comedians will play themselves in guest roles.

While this may seem like his big ticket, Gulshan is also signed on for many other Hollywood ventures like Prisoners of the Sun, Nephilim, British picture Honour Killing and will also be seen in an Indo-French collaboration titled I am Kalam.

Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Nettles, the 35 year old singer performed on Bruce Springsteen’s melodies in front of the first couple on Sunday 6th December at the Kennedy Center Honors 2009. It was her tribute to one of the honorees of the award, Bruce Springsteen.

Jennifer performed on a number of Bruce’s compositions which included “My Father’s House”, “Glory Days” and “I’m On Fire” that showed the versatility of Springsteen’s melodies.

The American Grammy-winning country music artist became the latest to perform in front of the US President after Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss and Charley Pride who all had performed at the White House earlier this year.

The Kennedy Center Honors of this year are awarded to the jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, veteran actor Robert De Niro, producer Mel Brooks, opera singer Grace Bumbry and ofcourse singerBruce Springsteen.

The other artists to perform at the event were Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Harry Connick, Jr., Melissa Etheridge, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Ben Harper, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, John Mellencamp, Edward Norton, Carl Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller, Sting, Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep, and Eddie Vedder.

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Jennifer Nettles was first posted on December 30, 2009 at 12:31 pm.