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Amisha Patel and Aftab Shivdasani registered a complaint against Pritish Nandy Communications Pvt. Ltd at the Cine and TVArtistes Association (CINTAA) for not paying their dues for the film Ankahee released in May 2006. Both the actors had agreed to be a part of the film because of being close to the film’s director, Vikram Bhatt.A source says, "The actors were paid a nominal amount out of their

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Debutante Prashant Raj was petrified while shooting for Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag recently. The model-turned-actor narrates his unforgettable incident. "While shooting for Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, there was scene which required me to stand on a 35 feet rock mouthing lengthy dialogue. When I saw the rock, I was thrilled and thought it would be fun standing on top. But when I went up and stood on the

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After getting the rights for Imtiaz Ali’s much talked about project Jab We Met starring Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur, the Indian Film Company (IFC) has signed a deal with Sohail Khan to produce two films including a film with director David Dhawan and the cast of Partner. Both the films will have Salman Khan in the lead.The second film is tentatively titled Mr and Mrs Khanna and it will cast

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In what is a first, the inimitable Gulzar teams up with Subhash Ghai for his new directorial venture Main Yuvraj. The lyricist says the filmmaker has the skill to extract the best out of his lyricists and music composers. “I’ve always admired Subhash’s music sense. He is capable of bringing the best out of his lyricists and music composers,” Gulzar said. “Look at what he achieved with A.R. Rahman

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The Indian Film Company has acquired the global rights for Imtiaz Ali’s forthcoming untitled venture. The film, a musical romantic comedy set in North India, starring Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor, is slated for release in October this year. Acclaimed music director Pritam, has composed the score for the film. The title of the film is being chosen through a consumer contest and will be

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Upen Patel has been signed to play the parallel lead with Govinda in choreographer-turned-director Ganesh Acharya’s forthcoming venture Money Hai To Honey Hai. The film is a light-hearted comedy which also stars Irrfan Khan in a pivotal role. The leading lady is yet to be finalised. Apart from this film, the 36 China Town actor, has signed a three-film deal with Ashtavinayak Films for Rs 1.5

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She came, she conquered and left, but Madhuri Dixit Nene’s return on the silver screen is being eagerly awaited by the audience. Aaja Nachle, Yash Raj Films’ venture that is bringing her back, has come up with a spectacular promo. It begins with a shot showing Madhuri performing on a dark stage with the signature tune of Aaja Nachle playing in the background. Only her back can be seen until she

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Darshan Zariwala may not have been a popular name in Bollywood, but the actor has became a household name after he essayed the poignant role of Bapu in Anil Kapoor’s Gandhi My Father. In terms of research, the actor says he did not go through Attenborough’s Gandhi because he was not playing the father of the nation as much as the father of Harilal. He shares, "This one delves into the father-son

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Bobby Deol, currently riding the wave of success with his lauded performance in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Apne, is out of Apoorva Lakhia’s Mission Istanbul. Zayed Khan has stepped into his place. "I’m happy Zayed had stepped in. I guess he brings a different mood to the role," Lakhia said. This is Lakhia’s first film with Zayed."I’ve seen a couple of his films. He’s young and cocky. We can play on

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Cameraman Mahendra Shetty, who was doing Ashtavinayak’s latest untitled venture being directed by Rohit Jugraj, has disappeared. The entire team of Ashtavinayak had gone to Indonesia for the shooting of the film. Actors Kishori Shahane, Darshan Zariwala and Kunal Khemu were present at the hotel along with the director, but when they were leaving for the shoot, they realised that the cameraman was

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Shekhar Suman has now ventured into production with his film Dhaan to be directed by Makarand Deshpande. Shekhar is passionate about his subject since it comes with a social message. Dhaan is based on the plight of the farmers in the country. "It is very ironic, our country is known as a ‘Krishi Pradhan Desh’ but farmers are dying and nobody is doing anything about it. The suicide rates are

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Ali Larter was a constant source of laughter for Salman Khan during the shooting of Marigold. Ali had the habit of living in the persona of character, before and after the shoot. On the shooting day for a particular scene, she was very gloomy and refused to talk to anyone on sets. Salman says, “I didn’t know what happened to her — a day back she was normal, and now she was all flustered and

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Anupam Kher will soon be making a film based on the events in his own life, and act in it too. The actor-producer’s new protégé, Neeraj Pandey, who’s scripting Anupam’s second directorial venture Dosti Badi Cheez Hai, will direct the film on the actor’s eventful journey from Shimla to Bollywood with Anupam in the lead. This would be a rare Indian film where the protagonist would star in his own

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Pooja Bhatt is back with her third film as a director, Dhoka. The actress talks passionately about her venture and also admits that she had to take help from her father Mahesh Bhatt. When asked why she felt the need for her director-father’s help, Pooja says, "I had to request him to step in since I couldn’t deal with Muzzamil Ibrahim after a certain point of time. Muzzamil comes from a

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Fardeen Khan is excited about his forthcoming venture Darling with Ram Gopal Verma. "Yes, I did my second film Jungle and now Darling is my 21st venture," he says, about his experiences with Ramu. "What’s exciting is Ramu knows me well as an actor and brings out something in me that others don’t manage to. We have a great rapport and he doesn’t cast me in any stereotypical roles. He just sees

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