Akshay Khanna says that Shaadi Se Pehle is one of the best comedies of Indian cinema.

A long gap after Hulchul

I didn’t take a break. I was doing a film, produced by Anil Kapoor (Gandhi, My Father). That film took exactly a year to complete. After Hulchul I did that film and I signed Shaadi Se Pehle after that. But this movie got over fast and is releasing first.

Reunion with Mukta Arts

I have a special relationship with Mukta. Subhash Ghai is like my father. Whenever he thinks that I am suitable for any role or I can justify with the character, he signs me. I have worked with him earlier and I would like to continue to work with Subhashji in future.

Shaadi Se Pehle experience

I would not like to reveal much about his film but I can assure you that it’s one of the best comedies of Indian cinema. (more…)

After proving his ace skills with films like ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Devdas’ and ‘Black’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali wants to return to innocence. Now he has teams up with two newcomers for his next film ‘Saawariya’. It is love story cum debut vehicle of two star kids - Ranbir (Rishi-Neetu Kapoor son) and Sonam (Anil Kapoor daughter). Bhansali talks about Saawariya.

Saawariya stars two fresh faces.

It is important to move away from expectations - your own and others. ‘Black’ broke many rules. After ‘Devdas’ people said it was hara-kiri for me to make a dark film. But it was a spontaneous decision. ‘Saawariya’ is again straight from the heart. And Sonam and Ranbir emerged from a completely natural instinct to cast the right faces for the two leads.

Ranbir-Sonam is a complete star material

The kids came to assist me. Ranbir joined me two years ago on ‘Black’ when he just returned from abroad. A little later Anil Kapoor called to say his daughter is back in India and wants to work only with me. The first thing I noticed about them was that they were complete star material. I told them they were the kind of faces I’d like to put before the camera. At that time Ranbir and Sonam said they weren’t sure. Later they confessed they had come with the primary intention of being noticed and cast by me. It’s a confession that melted my heart. (more…)

2005 biggest hit, No Entry’s sequel is being planned. The scripting is in process, after which the cast will be finalised.

Actor Anil Kapoor who played the lead in No Entry will be repeated in the sequel. Anil confirmed, “Yes it is a very interesting development and we all are very excited about the sequel.”

Director Anees Bazmee said, “Some of the actors from No Entry will be repeated, of course, while some may not. We will have to change some of the cast according to the script, which can only be revealed a couple of months later. But yes, Anil Kapoor is definitely part of the film.” (more…)

Farhan Akhtar assistant Reema Kagti who is making her debut as a director with film ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd’ has accused director Nikhil Advani of swiping her story for his film ‘Salaam-E-Ishq’.

This means we have two films in the making that has more or less the same storyline of six couples on Honeymoon. (What a waste!)

Reema revealed that she had narrated a story idea to Nikhil when she was assisting Farhan for Lakshya but things could not get materialized with him at that moment. “I had narrated my love story woven around six couples, to Nikhil Advani. He also had a second round of complete script narration with my dialogue writer Anurag Kashyap. I don’t know why he didn’t do the film”, she said. (more…)

After getting loads of appreciation and grabbing major awards from all big awards ceremonies for his critically acclaimed film ‘Black’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is working on his next masterpiece. But this time he is in experimental mood.

His film Saawariya (Beloved) has the fresh pair of Ranvir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in the lead. Ranvir is son of Rishi and Neetu Singh and Sonam is Anil Kapoor’s daughter. Saawariya is about innocent love and though this film Sanjay wants to rediscover his own innocence.

Sanjay who is very particular about music in his films has also changed the entire music team of his new film. He has given the privileged seat of music director Ismail Durbar to composing maestro Pyarelal’s nephew, Monty - who has also done the background score of Devdas and Black. Sanjay feels there is a kind of beauty, spirituality and sensuality to his music which Saawariya needed. (more…)

Director duo Abbas-Mustan has made the impossible possible. They have roped in Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif to join sex bomb Mallika Sherawat in the Tips’ untitled film. It must have been a difficult job since one beauty is always jealous of another one and each of them would want to get more attention than the other.

Since each of them is sex-bombs in their own way, people will surely have much fun seeing their looks. And instead of playing sex-games they will play many mind games in the story. The duo said, “No exposure per se. But yes, all three will be portrayed as equally stylish and glamorous.”

Not just the ladies, the male leads Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Saif Ali Khan will outwit each other. Saif will play Fardeen’s older brother and Anil is a cop. If you are guessing that it would be something on the lines of relationships and family then sorry to disappoint you folks, the film is a thriller that will keep you on edge.