Month: July 2009

Mumbai, July 29: It’s Shahid versus Saif in the charts. And if Shahid is jiving to Vishal Bhardwaj’s Dhan ten nan in Kaminey, Saif grooves to Twist in Love Aaj Kal as though there’s no tomorrow.

As far as listeners’ choice goes, Vishal’s track has a marked market edge, and Pritam has no qualms in admitting it.

“I’m the biggest Vishal Bhardwaj fan, no two ways about it. His Dhan te nan is awesome.I can’t stop listening to it. I wish I had composed it, ” says the exuberant composer.

Mumbai, July 29: If Adhyayan Suman’s performance as a struggler on the skids in Jashnn seems convincing it’s because he delved into a part of himself that he had buried too deep for tears.

“And now it’s all come gushing out, ” says his emotional mother Alka Suman.

“People are commenting how emotionally he responds to the dramatic scenes, and how convincing he is when he cries. But that’s because early in his life Adhyayan lost his brother.

Mumbai, July 29: Saif Ali Khan is getting the jitters, but is equally confident as LOVE AAJ KAL is set to test his abilities.

Without doubt, the expectations from LOVE AAJ KAL are humungous and this makes actor turned producer Saif Ali Khan anxious. He’s got a lot riding on this film, which is predicted to toss him into the industry’s Top 3 slot, if luck sides him. “LOVE AAJ KAL gives me very positive vibes. But, trust me, I don’t like the number game. We should be our own competition, ” Saif tells me.

Mumbai, July 29: It’s been a while since Emraan Hashmi has made any news on the big screen, but he says he’s been lying low, deliberately. Hashmi, it seems, is strategising on reviving his career and moving away from playing the hopelessly romantic lover in small-budget films.

Tum Mile, now ready for release, revolves around Mumbai’s 2005 floods and Hashmi hopes it might just be the film to thrust him back into the limelight. He plays a struggling artist who finds himself stranded with a complete stranger in the rain.

Mumbai, July 29:Nowadays fate is playing a lot of tricks on Harman Baweja. Even at work he finds himself succumbing to efforts to lead him up the garden path.

This, Harman discovered when he was asked by his director Ashutosh Gowariker to pitch in some lines for a song in What’s Your Raashee?

When he reached the studio the recording the director and music composer Sohail Sen played him a track by a beautiful female voice.

Mumbai, July 29: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who recently shared screen space with international stars Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh in “Kambakkht Ishq”, says he has no plans of heading to Hollywood.

“Why go to Hollywood when Hollywood is coming to Bollywood? I’m happy doing my work here as of now, ” Akshay told.

Now that “Kambakkht Ishq” has registered good profits at the box office, Akshay is looking forward to his other films that include “Blue”, “De Dana Dan” and “Action Replay”.

-Agencies

Mumbai, July 29: Rightfully, A Wednesday director Neeraj Pandey has reached the land of plenty. From the time when he had to struggle to put together his first political thriller a year back to now, when Neeraj is spoilt by choices…the director has indeed come a long way in no time.

Just when Neeraj was ready to direct a film for Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Films, his dispute with UTV over the prequel has been resolved.

Mumbai, July 29: Akshay Kumar Takes Good Care oF Deepika!Akshay Kumar’s gallant nature was revealed in London when his “Housefull” co-star Deepika Paudkone was laid up with a bout of malaria.

He not only made sure Deepika was looked after, but also persuaded her to stay away from shooting.

While Deepika was resting, alternative scenes that didn’t require her were shot.

Mumbai, July 29: If you want to know more about Salman Khan, you got to watch his show 10 Ka Dum.

Farah Khan, who is known for her closeness to Shahrukh Khan, came to the show and made Salman blush for embarrassing her about 20 years ago.

The choreographer turned director Farah Khan revealed on the show that she was left red-faced when Salman took her along for the audition of his debut hit film Maine Pyaar Kiya in 1989 so that she could show him some steps to do before director Sooraj Barjatya.

Mumbai, July 29: There seems to be a new girl in John Abraham’s life. Well he hasn’t dumped Bipasha Basu and hooked up with some one for sure but these days he often mingles with jewellery designer Paulomi Sanghavi.

Although there is no romance brewing up between the two, John constantly keeps in touch with Paulomi whom he met through a common friend.

Las Vegas, July 29: Police seized cell phones and a computer hard drive from the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson’s personal physician on Tuesday as the probe into the pop star’s sudden death focused increasingly on the doctor who was at his side when he died.

It was the second raid on Dr Conrad Murray’s offices in less than a week as officials seek evidence into the cause of the Thriller singer’s death of cardiac arrest on June 25.