VEER – NEW MOVIE OF SALMAN KHAN

Salman Khan

Salman Khan’s fans would be able to see the actor in a new avatar. The Bollywood actor is set to wrestle with a lion, in his next coming movie Veer.

Cast: Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty
Producer: Vijay Galani
Director: Anil Sharma
Story: Salman Khan

Movie VEER

Salman Khan’s upcoming movie Veer has been offered a grand amount of Rs 150 crores. The flick is set to create a new record in Bollywood, topping even other big movies like London Dreams, which has been sold for a whopping Rs 120 crores to Studio 18, or Hrithik Roshan’s Kites , which has fetched an equally mammoth amount of Rs 120 crores from Eros International.

The reason why ‘Veer’ is being seen as such a hot proposition is because its story is written by Salman himself. The movie, directed by Anil Sharma , is a period drama starring Salman, his brother Sohail Khan and Mithun Chakraborty . Salman’s leading lady in the movie would be a debutante, who, it is rumoured, looks almost like Katrina Kaif .

Salman has truly put all his efforts in multiple areas for this movie. Apart from playing the lead character, he has penned the film’s story as well as has turned its producer. He is hell bent to make Veer a bigger project than rival Shah Rukh Khan’s hit, Om Shanti Om.

The staggering price offered is a sort of moral victory for Salman Khan as he is now considered the hottest stars of Bollywood in terms of market price overtaking Shah Rukh Khan by leaps and bounds.

Hall of ‘frame’ for Sanjay, Akshay Kumar and Zayed !

Our Bollywood stars once again share space with Hollywood actors. Well no, this time we aren’t talking of screen space as yet. The team of Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. forthcoming action thriller ‘Blue’, Directed by Anthony D'souza, shot for their underwater sequence which included dangerous stunts with the sharks in the diving center of Stuartcove at Bahamas. And apparently post their shoots, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar and Zayed Khan who star in the movie have been included among their own hall of fame board.

The particular place also happens to be one of the biggest and most famous underwater shark dive in the world. The actor's photos have been put up among the prestigious guests who had come down to the place.

And interestingly the trio also happen to be the first Indians to be included in it along with top Hollywood actors like Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, Sean Connery, Tiger Woods, Johnny Depp as the movie Pirates of the Caribbean had been shot there too.

KAMBAKHT ISHQ by July end/August!

If things had been moving normally in Bollywood, each week would have seen one, if not more biggies at the marquee, what with the summer vacations commencing in many parts of the country and exams being over. Unfortunately, it is not so, and many promising projects have been rescheduled.

A major victim of the multiplex tussle has been the Akshay Kumar-Kareena Kapoor starrer, KAMBAKHT ISHQ, which is of utmost importance to Khiladi Kumar's career, in view of the two back-to-back failures in form of CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA and 8x10 TASVEER. As is known, KI was scheduled to arrive on 29th May 2009. The first promo, featuring the potential chartbusting title track by RDB, 'Mujhe Maar Gaya Kambakht Ishq' had set up the buzz for the movie beautifully. Unfortunately due to the multiplex issue, not only the promo had to be discontinued but even the film has been postponed, expectedly. As per our trade and distribution sources, the film may release around July end or mid August. So, it is still a long wait for the fans of Bebo and Akki...

Here's hoping for a resounding comeback from Akshay Kumar, whenever KAMBAKHT ISHQ releases

Rensil and Karan struggle to christen their baby

Rensil D'Silva and Karan Johar are in a predicament – their movie is fast approaching completion and they still haven’t found a name! But the lead pair in the movie, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, have been referring to the movie as Jehad to all who will listen.

It’s not a title Rensil really approves of for his directorial debut movie because he believes that in the current climate, the movie can be easily misconstrued for something that it’s not. Since Jehad means holy war, Rensil is wary about sending out wrong messages. Karan, on the other hand, confesses that he doesn’t know why Kareena and Saif are using a title they don’t have the rights to. The producer hasn’t even been able to consult with friends about an appropriate title because that would mean giving away the plot of the closely guarded movie. And there there’s Bebo and Saif who have started a campaign to get the movie to be named Jehad.

In this melee, the movie is still nameless, and people have taken to referring to it as the ‘untitled one’. After the trouble Karan went to to acquire the rights to use ‘Khan’ from Keshu Ramsay, only to use My Name is Khan instead, we can only hope the producer-director duo are more cautious this time.

Prakash Jha's real life 'Rajneeti'

Filmmaker Prakash Jha is contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections from the Bettiah constituency in Bihar. The acclaimed filmmaker has already begun campaigning after he got the ticket from the Lok Jansakti Party. Speaking to us about his real life political jump from reel life movies that circle mostly around Bihar politics, Jha says, ''It is nothing new that I am doing. I have been doing this for years. I have tried to change a lot of things in the state while making my films. It won't be difficult for me to balance both the fields as my filmmaking is an extension of my politics.''

But why he chose to contest from Bihar? ''That's because it will allow me to access to its resources. So if I go on to win from here, I can do my research and help in developing the state of Bihar. My films have always showcased realistically the problems faced by Bihar, my win will give me a chance to do lot more for the state in actual. I can utilize the available resources more easily as they shall be easily accessible for me and with that I will be able to do a lot more towards the betterment of the state,'' states the profound filmmaker.

Ranbir lied to Deepika?

It seems the relationship between Bollywood's most sought after couple is going through tough times these days. But being the good actors that they are, they are not making it visible on their cute faces. Well we are talking about none other than Ranbir Kapoor & Deepika Padukone.

A close pal of the couple reveals, ''Last week Deepika was to join Ranbir to attend DOSTANA director Tarun Mansukhani's birthday party at late night. Since she got stuck due to her work commitments, Ranbir told her he would go alone to the party. But despite telling her so, he didn't go. Instead he chose to attend another party where his debut film SAAWARIYA co-star Sonam Kapoor and her good friend Kunal Kapoor were present. He didn't tell this to Deepika who was well under the impression for days that he was at Tarun's party. The birthday party saw new love birds Shahid Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra making an entry and exit together publicly for the first time. John Abraham & Bipasha Basu too came in for the bash. When Deepika came to know about Ranbir's lie, it is learnt that she lambasted him over the phone while he kept giving her excuses how it was all a last minute change in his plan etc.''

Well certainly not Deepika but it is also true that you are a very fine actress. Just a couple of days back, Ranbir's sister Riddhima told to a news channel journo on TV that she doesn't think Deepika is Ranbir's girlfriend and that she knows Deepika only as one of his good friends. With news of Ranbir striking great rapport on and off the sets with his AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI co-star Katrina Kaif, we won't be left wondering when Deepika also starts losing sleep just like Salman Khan is over his partner.