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The South Indian beauty Asin Thottumkal, who mesmerized the audience with her awesome acting skills in ‘Ghajini‘ opposite Aamir Khan, is turned on her “being human” mode. Asin has reportedly pledged to donate her eyes and organs. The actress is known for participating in various noble causes.

Prior to this, Asin has also donated her blood in a blood donation camp. Talking about her future projects, Asin will next be seen alongside Abhishek Bachchan in the film ‘All Is Well‘ by Umesh Shukla. Apart from this, she is being flooded with the film offers and has her kitty full of assignments.

After garnering thumbs up in ‘Holiday – A Soldier Is Never Off Duty‘, the rocking dude Akshay Kumar is all set to offer a dose of action to the audience in his next ‘Baby‘. The film ‘Baby‘ has unleashed its first look poster and it gives a hint at the film to be an out and out action-affair loaded with fights and punches.

The first look poster of ‘Baby‘ depicts the lead actor Akshay Kumar wearing a cap, sporting moustache and shades on his eyes. He looks macho in this look and shows intense and fierce facial expressions. The poster also shows Akshay chasing goon.

Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film ‘Baby‘ also stars Taapsee Pannu. The movie releases on January 23, 2015.

He has great expertise in tickling the funny bones of the audience with his impeccable comic timing and his comic skills are always praised by the audience. The laughter bomb Arshad Warsi is going to star in Vashu Bhagnani‘s next ‘Welcome To Karachi‘, as per the report.

Presently, Arshad is busy shooting for ‘Guddu Rangeela‘ and ‘The Legend of Michael Mishra‘. His next ‘Welcome To Karachi‘ also features Irrfan Khan and Kunaal Roy Kapur. In the meanwhile, Arshad is planning to hit the gym regularly for getting in shape. The shooting of ‘Welcome To Karachi‘ is expected to take place in Mumbai, London and Pakistan. The film will be helmed by Ashish R. Mohan, reportedly.

The muscular handsome hunk Milind Soman has stayed away from the limelight for a long time and he is all set to capture the audience with his dashing personality. The eminent filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is coming up with his ambitious project ‘Bajirao Mastani‘ and it’s touted as the most expensive Bollywood flick with a budget of whopping 100 crore.

Going by the report, Milind Soman will play a key role in ‘Bajirao Mastani‘, as he will be flaunting his action-packed avatar. It is also being said that the actor will be performing some hand-to-hand combat and a plenty of sword-fighting, where he will be sporting his Kalaripayattu skills that he will be learning for his role in this flick.

The period-drama ‘Bajirao Mastani‘ is a love tale between the Maratha Peshwa Bajirao and his second wife Mastani. The movie features Ranveer Singh as Bajirao, Deepika Padukone as Mastani and Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai, Bajirao’s first wife. The flick is slated to hit the screens in the year 2015.

Filled with unbeatable enthusiasm to fight back against the wrong, ‘Mardaani‘ hit the theatres last Friday. Even after getting acclaimed by the critics, its fortune at the box-office wasn’t that bright on the first day. But with good word of mouth its business has grown over the weekend.

Made up of the total budget of INR 20 Cr approximately, ‘Mardaani‘ was released in 1300+ screens nationwide. On the first day it got below the average occupancy of barely 20-30% and collected INR 3.75 Cr. But on Saturday it witnessed hike of 30% at the ticket counter making it earn INR 4.75 Cr, while on Sunday it made the business of INR 5.5 Cr. Therefore, the total first weekend box-office collection of ‘Mardaani‘ is INR 12 Cr.

‘Mardaani‘ being a women centric film Rani Mukherjee has carried the entire film on her shoulders while chasing after the goons and standing up for the deprived women. Based on the sensitive issue of child trafficking, it is the first film of Yash Raj Films banner to receive the A-grade certificate.

The forthcoming spy-thriller ‘Jagga Jasoos‘ featuring Ranbir Kapoor and his rumored real-life girlfriend Katrina Kaif is one of the much-awaited movie by the audience. The latest news update about the film revealed that ‘Jagga Jasoos‘ will be hitting the screens on August 28, 2015.

UTV Disney India, which has co-produced ‘Jagga Jasoos‘, posted a tweet that says, “@DisneyIndia announces the release of #AnuragBasu #Jagga Jasoos starring #RanbirKapoor & #KatrinaKaif on August 28th 2015!” The king of comedy, Govinda will be essaying the role of Ranbir Kapoor‘s father in this flick. The movie is apparently a tale of a detective, who is in pursuit of his father. As per the buzz, Katrina Kaif portrays Ranbir’s assistant in the film. ‘Jagga Jasoos‘ is the directorial venture of Anurag Basu.

It’s the season of remakes in Bollywood and one more remake knocking on the door of Bollywood is the remake of 90s super hit film ‘Hum‘ that featured Amitabh Bachchan. The rocking actor-director duo Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty will be coming together for their next venture, the remake of ‘Hum‘, as per the report.

After basking in the success of ‘Chennai Express‘, the director Rohit Shetty has again joined hands with Shah Rukh for this remake. As the gossip aunty said, Shah Rukh Khan will be portraying the role originally played by Amitabh Bachchan. The further buzz revealed that the characters played by Rajinikanth and Govinda in the original one, will be enacted by Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra. Nevertheless, nothing has been confirmed yet.

Rohit Shetty has these days captured the box office with his latest release ‘Singham Returns‘.

The rugged and handsome Randeep Hooda stunned everyone with his power-packed performance in the recent super hit flick ‘Kick‘ and the actor is all set to entertain the viewers with his new look in his next. The talented filmmaker Deepa Mehta, who has made controversial film like ‘Midnight’s Children‘ and ‘Fire‘, is geared up to arrive with her next project ‘Beeba Boys’.

Going by the news update, Randeep Hooda will essay the role of dreaded Indo-Canadian criminal Bindy Johal, who was brutally gunned down in the year 1998. Bindy is regarded as a very controversial figure and is a heroic legend among Indians in Canada. The film ‘Beeba Boys’ will also depict Bindy’s Punjabi bad boys band in this flick, reportedly. How Deepa Mehta displays the dark and criminal life of Bindy Johal is now a thing to watch out for. Randeep, who strives hard to play his character in his films with utmost perfection, has devoted a lot of time in studying about Bindy’s crimes and overall life as well as the reason behind considering him a criminal by several people and his hero image among the Indian people based in Canada.

Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd recently had their film ‘Ek Villain‘ crossing the coveted mark of 100 crore at the box office. The film was helmed by Mohit Suri and Balaji head honcho Ekta Kapoor went all praise for Suri to make her production venture a big success. So, Kapoor is planning to show a gesture to Suri in a special way by gifting him something.

As the report revealed, Ekta Kapoor is thinking of gifting a luxury SUV to Mohit Suri, who has become one of the directors in demand in Bollywood. His earlier projects like ‘Murder 2‘, ‘Aashiqui 2‘ were also praised by the audience as well as by the critics. As the grapevine chirped, Ekta has already booked a luxury SUV for the director Suri.

Rani Mukherjee starrer ‘Mardaani‘ released in India on August 22, is the first Yash Raj Films with an ‘A’ certificate from the Censor Board. The movie revolves around the topic of human trafficking and it also received ‘A’ certificate from the Pakistan Film Censor Board.

However, the reports revealed that ‘Mardaani‘ will not release in Pakistan, as they demanded a few changes. Seven cuts were demanded as well as there was a requirement of some scenes to be blurred. These changes could not be fulfilled as it would have been a loss of the narration of the movie’s essence and distortion of the movie’s message, as thought by the creative team. The further news update stated that the internal discussion among the team came with a decision that ‘Mardaani‘ will not release in Pakistan.