Month: July 2014

Yes, you read it right! After the recent ‘Humshakals‘ team of Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor, now it’s Varun Dhawan‘s turn to play a trio role in his upcoming film ‘Badlapur’. But, this young chap has tried something different.

Varun’s character will be seen spanning the three generations, altogether in this one film. Therefore, he will be experimenting with his physical attributes to fit in the various stages of his character’s life, where initially he will be sporting as a slim lad, later he will be gaining few kilos to get a matured man out of him. Sounds exciting, isn’t it?

‘Badlapur’ also stars Yami Gautam as Varun’s wife and Huma Qureshi as a cunning prostitute with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a pivotal role.

The director Sai Kabir gained rave reviews for his venture ‘Revolver Rani‘ featuring Kangana Ranaut in the lead. And once again, the director will work with Kangana. Sai Kabir has roped in Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan for his upcoming Indo-French project ‘Divine Lovers’. Recently, the French Film Commission (FFC) gave a green signal to the project, although the script of ‘Divine Lovers’ was pitched by the director Kabir earlier.

The French connection of the film took a further step, as the director Kabir has been mentored by the Chief Operating Officer of the commission, Franck Priot. Apparently, Priot has even assisted Kabir in searching for the co-producer of the film and it will be co-produced by Leonard Glowinski. The movies like ‘Alexander’ and ‘Unknown’ are the co-production venture of Glowinski.

Revolving around the theme of “India Shining” myth and its false promises of hope, the film ‘Divine Lovers’ is a love tale. The film is expected to be shot extensively in Mumbai, Bhopal and Aligarh. The co-production work of the flick will be done in France, reportedly. ‘Divine Lovers’ will see Kangana and Irrfan in their de-glam avatars.

Wondering what made this bubbly, happy-go-lucky Parineeti Chopra shed tears? Then it’s not because of the heartbreak done by any of her male co-star nor is she losing out on any of the awards amongst her female co-stars. But an effort took by differently-able contestant to achieve his dream has reduced her to tears.

The 20-year old Karthik Vyas, the deaf and mute participant of ‘Cine Star Ki Khoj’ made an incredible imitation of actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan and left Parineeti into tears. She was wooed by his efforts to live his dream of becoming an actor.This TV reality show happens to be the debut of Parineeti as a panelist, amongst other renowned names of B-Town- that is Sonali Bendre and ‘Dhoom 3‘director Vijay Krishna Acharya. Together they will be discovering the young talents to fix them up into the various genres of cinema.

The gorgeous Jacqueline Fernandez is on the verge of exploring her culinary skills and as we reported earlier, the actress is going to open her restaurant in her homeland Sri Lanka.

Jacqueline will be some time off from her busy schedule in the next week and will fly down to Colombo, Sri Lanka for the opening of her eatery, Kaema Sutra. Kaema in Sinhala implies food, revealed Jacqueline. The Japanese chief chef Dharshan has given a continental touch to the hotel and the eatery will offer traditional Sri Lankan delicacies to the visitors. Talking about her new restaurant, Jacqueline stated that the place will have a homely touch and the menu card will have some delicious recipes from her grandmother’s kitchen. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be attended by Jacqueline along with her mother and sister. Her father cannot be a part of the function.

Freshly, Vidya Balan organized a special screening of her recent release ‘Bobby Jasoos‘ and it was attended by the who’s who of Bollywood industry. The female detective tale ‘Bobby Jasoos‘ featured Vidya in totally different avatars. The actress was showered with praises from B-Town people and the film was loved by the stars. Bollywood celebrities took Twitter to go ga-ga over the film. Here are some tweets.

Shah Rukh Khan tweeted at @iamsrk – “Best wishes to Dia Mirza & her team of Bobby Jasoos. Be happy you make films & the rest is incidental. Insha Allah ur work will win hearts.” Bipasha Basu @bipsluvurself posted a tweet, “All the best to my dearest @deespeak and Sahil for Bobby Jasoos! Looks like a super entertainer.”

Abhishek Bachchan at @juniorbachchan tweeted, “All the very best to @atulkasbekar for his first film as a producer. Bobby Jasoos. All the best to the whole crew and cast.” Farhan Akhtar wrote at @FarOut Akhtar, “@deespeak @atulkasbekar All the best my friends… And to all cast crew… May #BobbyJasoos crack this one out of the park…”

Sulaiman Merchant tweeted at @Sulaiman, “Saw bobby jasoos yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed the film. @RealVidyaBalan is a truly phenomenal actress. Take a bow @deespeak and Sahil. Fab!” Ayushman Khurana tweeted at @ayushmannk, “Watched Bobby Jasoos. A cute film with a clean heart. Congrats @deespeak @atulkasbekar and the cast/crew”

Rohan Sippy at @rohansippy posted a tweet, “Good luck @alifazal9, cast, crew & producers of Bobby Jasoos!” Jackky Bhagnani @jackkybhagnani tweeted, “Just saw #BobbyJasoos a super entertaining film and super performances by everyone. Super proud of Saahil and @deespeak.” Sophie Choudry at @ Sophie_Choudry tweeted, “Congrats team #BobbyJasoos for a film that’s honest, entertaining & leaves u smiling! Vidya & Ali r super! So proud of u @deespeak & Sahil”