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Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan are likely to cross each other’s path. Well, the reported miff is strictly professional as their respective films share similar subject.

Going to the root of clash, Ekta Kapoor hired the copyright of renowned Japanese novel ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ to make a thriller film, casting Saif in the lead role. While, on the other side a rival studio purchased the remake rights of Malayalam blockbuster film ‘Drishyam’, which is said to be loosely inspired by the same novel.

The makers of Hindi version of ‘Drishyam’ found Ajay apt for the role of a miser husband, played by south-superstar Mohanlal in the original. Thus, giving rise to the clash.

The similarities between their role is, both Ajay and Saif makes an attempt to cover-up a murder done by their beloved ones using their intellectual mind.

Few days back, Ranveer Singh began the countdown on social networking site for his “mundan” and now, finally he goes bald for his upcoming film ‘Bajirao Mastani‘.

Sanjay Leela Bhasali has casted Ranveer to play the character role of legendary Peshwa Bajirao his film ‘Bajirao Mastani‘. Therefore, the actor has taken an oath to give his 100 %. First of all, to stay focused on the film he has separated himself from the outside world and now, he gives sacrifice of his shinny hairs which he had once flaunted in the song “Tatad Tatad”.

‘Bajirao Mastani‘ also stars Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer’s alleged girlfriend Deepika Padukone.

Working in film industry is not less than battling on war ground, as the cast and crew works round the clock to bring the fiction on screens. Sometimes this entertainment takes an ugly turn with an accident on the set. The recent example is of the TV show ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’, whose set caught fire while the filming. One can’t control the fortune, but one can definitely take measures to reduce the damage done by this fortune. With this thought, Salman Khan has decided to donate ambulance to Film City Studio in Mumbai.

The ambulance service will be avail at the studio from November 13 onwards.

It is important to have a dancer’s feet and an actor’s skill to be a star in Bollywood. Though, Anushka Sharma possesses both the talents, yet she kept herself away from performing those raunchy moves, which her contemporaries are already performing. But no more, as this girl-next-door joins item number league of “Munni” and “Sheila”, by presenting her first-ever item number in the upcoming film ‘Dil Dhadakne Do‘.

Reportedly, Zoya Akhtar has made her to dance on gyrating and sizzling moves in the item number track called “Swing”. The song feature Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor and Shefali Shah, yet the spot-light remains on Anushka.

Produced under Excel Entertainment, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do‘ will mark its release next year in June.

It’s for the first time in India and may be first time ever in the world, that a special food menu has been designed to convey the food item and its prices to visually challenged people in restaurants. This latest invention was launched by actress Neha Dhupia at an event held in Mumbai.

The aim behind this invention is to help visually impaired people, as they don’t have to wait for waiter to read out the menu to them. Instead, they can just pick it and press the button to hear the menu or else they can understand the menu just by touching the Braille letters inscribed on it.

During the media interaction, Neha addressed this initiative for the blind to make them feel equal and give them fair opportunities.

Yes, you read it right! Recently, ‘Roy‘ stars Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez touched producer Bhushan Kumar‘s feet for thanking him for a day’s off.

As per the sources, Jacqueline and Arjun were shooting for a song at the backdrop of a beautiful beach in Malaysia. Bhushan dropped in to pay them a surprise visit and shouted “Pack Up”. On seeing him, both the stars ran towards him and started touching his feet for declaring a day’s off from their busy schedule as reportedly, the ‘Roy‘ team was working at the stretch of 12-14 hours, daily.

This surprise holiday came as leisure for the ‘Roy‘ crew, while Bhushan took Jacqueline, Arjun and director Vikramjit Singh for site-seeing across Malaysian cities.

Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan‘s friendship go a long way. It started on the sets of ‘Dil Chahta Hai‘, though they were not paired opposite each other, they got along very well. Further, films like ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho‘ and ‘Salaam Namaste‘ deepened their bond.

The duo will be starring again in upcoming rom-com flick ‘Happy Ending‘, where Preity will be seen playing Saif’s ex-girlfriend whom he bumps into every now and then to seek relationship advice. Well, this type of bond they share in their real life too as Saif mentions her name in the close-friend’s list, on whom he can rely on.

‘Happy Ending‘ will hit the theatres on November 21.

‘Bang Bang!‘ and ‘Haider‘ gave smashing start to October, but series of films released after them have failed to create the buzz which these two films did. Let’s check the fortune of last Friday’s release, ‘Sonali Cable‘ and ‘Mumbai 125 KM‘ at the box-office.

‘Sonali Cable‘ was an attempt of Charudutt Acharya to project the battle of small entrepreneurs against the big corporate, with some flakes of romance cuddling between Rhea Chakraborty and Ali Fazal. Low face value acquired 15% occupancy on the first day earning 14 lakhs followed by second day’s pathetic collection of 16 lakhs and 18 lakhs on third day. Therefore, first weekend box-office collection of ‘Sonali Cable‘ is Rupees 48 lakhs.

‘Mumbai 125 KM‘ is the fusion of sex and horror, which gradually attracted young audience to the theatre. But, the high budget of 3-D effects and P & A cost of the film seem difficult to recover as on the first day it collected 42 lakhs. On second day collection remained 48 lakhs and third day collection had its limit till 55 lakhs. Thus, over a weekend ‘Mumbai 125 KM‘ made the business of Rupees 1.45 Cr nett at the box-office.

These low days won’t last as masala-entertainer ‘Happy New Year‘ will be marking its release on upcoming Friday to treat the audience on Diwali.

Excited about her younger sister Akshara Haasan‘s debut in Bollywood, elder Shruti Haasan makes an effort to make her launch extra special by singing a song for her.

Trained Hindustani Classical singer, Shruti will lend her voice to Akshara for a song in her debut film ‘Shamitabh‘. Director R. Balki has assigned the gem musician Ilaiyaraaja to guide the actress with his composition.

Shruti holds a port-folio of singing in Bollywood. At first, she started by singing a stanza of song “Alvida” in her film ‘D-Day‘ and then marked her full-proof singing debut voicing a romantic song for Sonakshi Sinha and Arjun Kapoor in ‘Tevar‘.

B-Town dwellers are getting to ready to attend the biggest Diwali “Taash” Parties of this tinsel town. And here we present you the report of these lavish parties which are lined one after the other making the celebration go on for days and nights.

On 22nd October, Ekta Kapoor will be sticking to her “Taash” ritual by hosting a grand Diwali party for her friends from film and television industry at her Juhu residence. It is said that Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha will be illumining the night.

On 23rd October, Aamir Khan will host a lavish card party at his Bandra residence. It will indeed be a grand affair as actors Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan and Anushka Sharma are expected to join Aamir, followed by his filmmaker friends Karan Johar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Rajkumar Hirani and Ayan Mukherjee.

On 24th October, Sachiin Joshi and his wife Urvashi Sharma will celebrate Diwali eve at their Bandra residence with their family and close friends from the film industry.

With several “Taash” parties lined up, let’s see which star turns out to be the biggest card-master of the industry.