Director Kabir Khan who has just finished a gruesome four month long schedule of the movie ‘Kabul Express’ in Afghanistan is back home and giving finishes touches to the film.

Starring John Abraham and Arshad Warsi as two Indian journalists on an assignment to cover the Taliban’s hold on Afghanistan, Kabul Express draws on the director’s own experiences of shooting in the troubled country. With his entire shooting complete, Kabir has no reason to go back anytime soon. (more…)

Director Raj Kaushal mysterious thriller ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ starring unusual pair of Sanjay Dutt and Minisha Lamba along with Arshad Warsi is already complete and is expected to hit the theatres in June this year.

According to Director ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ is a light hearted version of a whodunit regarding Anthony’s identity where one is an assassin and the other is a victim. Raj Kaushal who has earlier given film like ‘Pyar Main Kabhi Kabhi’ and ‘Shaadi Ke Laddoo’ is not willing to reveal much about the film.

Ask him where he was after his last release and he replies, “I had disappeared into oblivion (laughs). Well (seriously), after the release of Shaadi Ke Laddoo I realised that I should make only those films that I believe in. After a long time I got a subject that I could relate to and hence I went ahead with the film.”

Sanjay Dutt who has much belief in the film went out of his way to help his producer friend Nikhil Panchamiya. The busy actor finished the schedule of ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ in a one-go in Thailand. Because of him the film is releasing so soon. (more…)

A cold war is going on, on the sets of Munnabhai M.B.B.S sequel between producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and director Raj Kumar Hirani regarding the title of the film. While Chopra is adamant on the working title ‘Mahatma Versus Gandhi’, Hirani would prefer the more breezy title ‘Lage Raho’.

The sequel features the good old Munnabhai pair Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi with the banner’s favourite Vidya Balan. Though a large chunk of the film is ready, the makers are still undecided about what to call this eagerly awaited sequel.

“Hopefully”, says a member of the cast, “Vinod Chopra will see the logic of using ‘Lage Raho’ instead of his chosen title. Until then we can only keep our fingers crossed.”

Sanju Dutt and Arshad Warsi known for perfect comic jodi in Munnabhai MBBS are up for more fun together again in ‘Anthony Kaun Hai’ to be produced by Nikhil Panchamiya who gave earlier ‘Dil Maange More’.

The movie will be shot in a 45-day schedule starting February 17, 2006 on Krabi beach in Thailand, Bangkok and Panchamiya’s good friend Raj Kaushal will direct it. The film is a comedy thriller based in Thailand.

Apart form Sanju baba and Arshad the movie will also feature Minissha Lamba, Anuradha Dandekar, Gulshan Grover and Raghuveer Yadav. Shoumik Sen has written the script of the film. Himesh Reshmmiya will compose the music and Hemant Chaturvedi will be doing the cinematography of the film.