Though Salman Khan has overcome his recent jail memories (where he had to stay three nights over the animal poaching case), his impending ‘Rock Stars’ concert where he was to perform his role along with Akshay Kumar and John Abraham, has been postponed because was not granted permission from court for international shooting and live concerts.

One of show’s organizers, Bunty Wallia confirms the postponement. “The shows were supposed to start in Calgary on 21 April and were to go on over the weekends. Now we’re starting the shows in the first week of May, going into June. As of now, that’s the plan. But obviously further decisions depend on Salman. There will be no Rock Stars concerts without Salman.”

As of now Salman has begun practicing on songs and dances he will perform at overseas road shows. He is practicing six hours a day for the concert that will tour the United States, Canada and Europe next month, his brother Sohail Khan told. “He’s concerned about delays in the Rock Stars concert and is making every effort to get his schedules back on track. It’s almost like a junoon (passion)”, said Sohail Khan. Salman has also resumed acting in movies stalled due to his arrest. (more…)

Delhi girl Minisha Lamba who started her bollywood dream with Yahaan is on a roll these days. She has almost completed doing three films with big banners.

Minisha has completed a major schedule of Reema Kagti’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd in Goa. She revealed, “The shooting is turning out to be a good experience for me. Despite the ensemble cast, everything has been so well organised. I remember how after the day’s shooting would finish, we would have a wonderful time relaxing on the beach”.

She has also completed Madhur Bhandarkar’s Corporate. “Bipasha plays my mentor in the film. Corporate is a film with immense drama. I am playing a different character for the first time,” she said. (more…)

Times Infotainment’s debut venture, directed by Homi Adajania - ‘Being Cyrus’ was premiered at the Cinemax Infinity Mall multiplex yesterday.

The who’s who of the film industry was present on the occasion. The films star cast Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Boman Irani and Simone Singh were present their too except Dimple Kapadia.

Aamir Khan arrived with wife Kiran Rao. Saif had come with his sister Soha. “I’ve tried out a new genre here,” he told media persons. Bollywood celebrities like Zayed Khan, Yukta Mookhey, Karan Johar, Kiron Kher, Javed Akhtar, Bobby Darling, Rohan Sippy, Neha Dhupia, Dino Morea were also present.

For director Anubhav Sinha who gave us ‘Tum Bin’ and super successful ‘Dus’, small stars are a thing of the past. He is planning at least four major films with the biggest of Bollywood stars. Anubhav talks about his huge rise from Tum Bin to Dus.

Sinha is getting Sunny Deol to play a serial killer in his next movie.

We haven’t really had any remarkable films on a serial killer in Hindi. Of course, we had Rajesh Khanna playing one in ‘Red Rose’ many decades ago. I find the whole process of getting into a killer’s mind very interesting. When I approached Sunny for another more positive role in the film (which I want to title ‘Pancham’), he showed more interest in the serial killer. Just goes to show how our big stars are pining to change tracks. The film “with lots of music” will be launched shortly.

To describe Sinha’s rise as meteoric would be no exaggeration.

Yeah, I guess I’ve come a long (sounds modest). But it hasn’t been easy. Though ‘Dus’ was one of those rare films this year that succeeded in both single theatres and multiplexes and though it raked in Rs.50 million in Mumbai alone, the trade wrote it off as a mere commission earner. How can they do that? Salman Khan told me I was an idiot to have made my first film ‘Tum Bin’ with small stars. (more…)