Kajol who has signed just one film in the last four-odd years: Kunal Kohli’s Fanaa co-starring Aamir Khan that is releasing this May says she will only work for fun.

Says Kajol, “I’ve always been picky and choosy. Now I’ll be even more picky and choosy”. She says she agreed to do Fanaa since the script and the schedule matched her specifications. “I won’t do four films a year, neither am I game for a grueling shooting schedule. The script of Fanaa makes for interesting cinema.”

When she was asked, is she wary about possible comparisons pre and post motherhood, she said, “It is bound to happen. But good work is good work and will always be recognised as good work.” (more…)

Sonu is a youth icon among singing aspirants.

I had not noticed this development until two to three years ago when Shaan told me that many of the songs that the contestants sang on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa were mine. Now, when I’m a judge on Indian Idol I do realise that the contestants tend sing my difficult songs like ‘Tera jadoo chal gaya’, ‘Zindagi maut na ban jaye’ and ‘Satrangi re’. I’ve now begun to realise that good work always reaches people’s hearts. So I just do my work. As a singer I’m far from perfect and maybe I’ll never get there, but there is no harm in trying. I am 32 and hope to do a lot as a human and a singer in the years to come. (more…)

Rishi Kapoor just received Lifetime Achievement award at the Zee function in Mauritius and will be seen in Yash Raj Films ‘Fanaa’. The veteran actor is on a new high these days.

How do you feel about receiving the Lifetime Achievement award?
It’s a great feeling. When I was coming back, I met two guys at the airport who said I still looked young. So please let me clarify that I haven’t been conferred this honour because I have become old; it’s just that I have been appreciated for the body of work I have done in the last 34 years, and I have accepted it. I have not closed shop.

Yes, I have shut the door on singing songs and romancing girls. Now, the real Rishi Kapoor will emerge. I am as much in love with my work as I was when I first faced the camera. (more…)

If one remembers, Aamir and Kajol didn’t hit off quite well during Ishq (that also starred Ajay Devgan and Juhi). But during the making of Fanaa they have turned out great friends.

After the release of Ishq, Aamir and Kajol (even though not paired together) didn’t came along very well and thus weren’t even paired opposite each other after the project. So there was a lot of speculation about the temperamental Kajol hitting it off with the resolute Aamir on the sets of Fanaa.

But fortunately both of them have sailed through their month-long schedule at the Chopra’s own suburban studio and have emerged firm friends.