Kareena Kapoor has hit a jackpot. She has been signed by Ramgopal Varma to play Shah Rukh Khan’s sweetheart in a film on time travel titled ‘Time Machine’.

This will be Kareena’s second film opposite Shah Rukh. If you remember Kareena has already featured with SRK in his home production ‘Asoka’ and is currently doing a cameo (Helen’s role) in Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Don’ starring Shah Rukh and Priyanka Chopra in the lead.

Kareena was earlier doing a sci-fi film with Harry Baweja titled ‘Love Story 2050′ opposite his son Harman Baweja but she opted out of it. Now there’s a buzz that she opted out of Harry’s film to do this one, with a bigger banner and a bigger star.

Everyone knows that Shah Rukh Khan is a great actor and equally great father. This summer he is planning a summer break from Bollywood to take his family on a grand holiday.

So far SRK has been shooting non-stop, first for Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ in US and now for Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Don’ in Malaysia.

Between the two he hardly spent time with his kids in last few months. So now the superstar, in order to make up for the lost time has already planned a holiday destination. Where? Of course London! (more…)

Saawan Kumar Tak’s emotional cum destiny saga ‘Saawan - The Love Season’ is due for release this week and the director shares his experience about the film. Those who don’t believe in destiny will start after reading the interview.

Why did you approach Salman for this film?

When ‘Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya’ did not meet the box-office expectations, I promised the two leading actors, Kapil Jhaveri and Salloni Asvani, that it would be my responsibility to ensure that they settled down in their careers. I felt I owed it to them considering that I had launched their careers. The big question was however the choice of an actor for the central character in the film. When I wrote the character played by Salman, I knew that only a big star of the stature of Salman or Shah Rukh could do justice to it. Since I knew Salman, I decided to approach him knowing that he would not be able to accommodate too many dates for me in his tight schedule.

Salman took special pains for this film. Why?

I was quite delighted when Salman initially acceded to spare a few days for the film but the course of the film changed soon after he gave the very first shot amidst a huge crowd that had gathered on the day. He delivered the dialogues in his impeccable style and paused for a while after he heard the thundering applause of the crowd that had gathered. Then he called me in his van and told me that the character he was playing was too good to be justified in a span of 20 days. I saw that he’d taken a great liking for the character. (more…)

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who just returned to shooting after a long gap recuperateing from illness, will not take up new assignments as doctors have placed some restrictions on him.

The superstar has shot a few scenes for Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Aalvidaa na Kehna’ and make-up man Deepak Sawant’s Bhojpuri film ‘Ganga’. The actor expressed his gratitude to his fans who prayed for his recovery.

You are facing the camera after nearly three months. How does it feel?

It feels the same, not much difference. Same people, same mode of work, camera still rolls and cuts, trolleys and cranes work, music plays, and life moves on. On the first day at the shoot for Karan’s film people showed respect and joy at my return. I feel odd and embarrassed. (more…)

Now that Karan Johar has almost completed work on his forthcoming movie, he finally speaks about Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna and its big star cast.

There is a lot of curiosity and excitement about your new film?

What for? I’m just an ordinary director making an ordinary film. I guess the curiosity comes from my making my first film since 2001 after Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna too has a huge cast. So there will be a certain expectation. Films involving me and Shah Rukh are talked about. They’ve been very successful in the past. People’s expectations are scaring me. I’m not getting much sleep. But yes. I’ve tackled marriage, an institution I’m not familiar with. Now that I’m 33 and graying, I’ve stopped seeking the support of hair-dye. I was more than ready to take on a mature theme. I was quite tired of being counted among the new generation of filmmakers. I’m not young anymore. I’m ten years into the industry, and quite qualified to tackle a mature subject. (more…)

You must think that superstar Shah Rukh Khan is perfection personified but ask his wife, he has his annoying sides too. And like all normal couples Shah Rukh - Gauri quarrel over trivial issues.

Mostly we see wife’s spending too much time in Bathrooms and husbands irritated at their habit but in SRK case it’s the other way round. Shah Rukh has a habit of spending loads of time in bathroom! This drives Gauri Khan up the wall. (more…)

Shahrukh is still the Badshah of acting despite of not getting any awards this year and Akshay is currently ruling the box office. And the two will be seen together for the first time as opponents (Shahrukh to don Amitabh’s cap, while Akshay in Shashi Kapoor shoes) in Yash Chopra’s Kabhie Kabhie remake.

Yes, Yash Chopra has decided to remake his own ’70s block-buster Kabhie Kabhie originally made with Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor and Rakhee. The new version is likely to have Shah Rukh Khan playing Amitabh and Akshay Kumar playing Shashi Kapoor. For Rakhee’s role Yashraj Films had approached Rani Mukherji but apparently Rani doesn’t have dates available, so now they are considering Preity Zinta. (more…)