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Director Kundan Shah is planning to cast Bollywood perfectionist Aamir Khan in his next project titled Tycoon.

However, due to some reason, Shah wants to keep the budget of the movie within Rs 5 crore, which won’t be possible if he has to pay Aamir his present market value. So, the director has probably expressed his desire to Aamir to consider some cut in the fee.

The director is planning to develop Tycoon in the line of his 1983 comic movie Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, which is still regarded to be a benchmark for black comedy in Hindi cinema.

The project of Kundan has excited and tempted Aamir but he wants it to be like any other big budget movie of him and he should be paid the usual fee.

Recently, Kundan Shah has been seen visiting Aamir Khan several times, probably to discuss the script. Confirming the news, Shah stated that he has talked with Aamir for this comedy flick titled Tycoon and it would be of the same genre of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. He said that the movie will have an added flavor of romance also.

Kundan added that if he pays Aamir his market price, it would turn out to be another 3 Idiots and he has no such plans.

Aamir has not yet shown green signal officially. Only time will tell if Aamir considers the fact and goes ahead with Kundan’s Tycoon.

This has got to be the strangest and most tantalizing marriage of two opposing sides ever. First, Pakistani Cricketer Shoaib Malik comes to India and marries India’s hottest tennis player Sania Mirza. Then before we know it the pair moves to the no-man’s land in Dubai where Malik joins hands with Salman Khan to play against Pakistan!!.

At the Dubai Sports City on Thursday May 27 Shoaib created cricketing history by playing in Salman Khan’s Indian team against his fellow team- mates led by Shoaib Akhtar who played against Salman’s Being Human team from Bollywood.

Apparently Shoaib was reluctant to play in Salman’s team. It was wife Sania who convinced him.

Says a source from Salman’s team, “Sania Mirza is a huge Salman fan. When Salman asked her husband to play on his team Shoaib Malik was naturally reluctant. But then Sania’s persuasive powers over her husband worked.When it came to Salman, Sania wouldn’t hear a no even from her own husband.”

That’s how Malik made cricketing history by playing against his country men.

Arbaaz Khan verifies the historic occurrence. However he wouldn’t like to attribute any political motives to Salman’s charitable game in Dubai.

Says Arbaaz, “It was a friendly match with mixed teams Nothing like playing for or against. All in good spirit and for fun.”

However with Pakistan waiting for ‘Sania Bhabhi’ to show up Shoaib Bhai giving in to his wife’s fondness for Salman by playing against Pakistan could be a politically and athletically wrong move.

What does one give the czarina of the small screen, Ekta Kapoor for her 35th birthday (today)? When faced with that dilemma, her brother Tusshar decided to go with books.

Gifts his sister three kitaabs on her birthday today
He says, “We used to fight over the most inane things all the time. Now life has come full circle where I am buying her books. Today, we are the best of friends.” Read more…

Shah Rukh Khan, though upset about the ill health of Red Chillies CEO Bobby Chawla, hasn’t put a hold on his work. Bobby was hospitalized following a brain hemorrhage on April 4. Since then, SRK has been taking care of every little thing in his production house.

Though Bobby Chawla’s hospitalization has messed up the entire shooting schedule of Ra.One, Shah Rukh has decided to take the lead to make sure that everything is back on track.

Some of Bobby Chawla’s duties have been taken up by Ra.One director Anubhav Sinha as well, but it is Shah Rukh who is controlling Ra.One completely right now.

According to sources, SRK has taken up all of Bobby Chawla’s work.

His job is now calling up every actor of Ra.One and coordinating their dates, discussing their remuneration, making sure that they get their payments on time and talking to technicians, which includes those coming from abroad, for every single production detail, including the special effects involved in the film.

SRK is almost holding the entire film together as he is doing production- related work which he wouldn’t have done otherwise.

As Bobby was taking care of everything at Red Chillies for all these years, SRK only had to focus on acting. So there is no doubt that the actor is missing Bobby a lot. But SRK has made up his mind that he will not give anyone who is a part of the film a chance to complain about anything.

Katrina Kaif surely has proved her acting caliber on the silver screen. From her first film Boom to Rajneeti She has experimented with her look, performances and above all she has improved dancing as well as her speech skills too.

Undoubtedly, the directors and the producers have broken the myth that she is just a glam doll. The credit nonetheless goes to Prakash Jha for his film Rajneeti in which Kats has taken the trouble of dubbing the dialogues in pure Hindi. A heart to heart rendezvous follows with Lipika Varma.

So how was it working with Prakash Jha who believes in hard hitting subjects with purely Hindi dialogues?
Yes! It was not difficult for me I can mug up ten pages at a stretch. I have an accent problem but I’ve tried to manage it well.

In fact, when I sat down to surf some of the real characters from the political arena; I thought that in the quest of getting into some real political character, I was going wrong.

Hence I decided to follow my reel character only. As a modern contemporary youth, I have tried to get the body language of Priyanka Gandhi. But by no means can you compare my reel character to any living political characters.

You guys are just comparing me to Sonia Gandhi because I too belong to an English mother, with fair skin and black hair which is not really so. ” Quips Katrina.

You came into this industry fresh, who do you give credit to as your ‘Godfather’?
Ya! I am not one belonging to the Bollywood industry. Everyone has a God Father. I have not one but many Godfathers who may have helped me attain the kind of success I have achieved in this short span of my career.

Salman and Akshay Kumar have definitely helped me get to the horizon. I would also credit the blessings showered upon me by the almighty God which is why I have been able to achieve success.

It’s the survival of the fittest. And you are on the top of the female lead stars. How do you feel about it?
I feel good to be topping the list. If this comparison brings me on the top of the list why will I not like ranking. Human tendency is such that we love to be number one. Why will I not like the number game?

But there ought to be a fair competition. We need not pursue wrong ways to just boost up our career. Our work needs to speak more than our action/words. If you say I’m topping the list in the number one game then I really feel elated.

Is it true that you are essaying Madhubala’s character in the biopic on Kishore Kumar?
I am open to doing good films. Being in the profession I need to know the script, if it is going to work or not. Yes! I do discuss it with my close people but the final decision rests with me.

I am in the process of sorting out the details with UTV Productions. Nothing has been finalized as yet. I feel the media is in a bit of a hurry to publish news even before confirming it, which was not the case earlier.

What profession would you have pursued if you weren’t a part of the Bollywood industry?
I have always been a day dreamer. Probably because I had a sense of insecurity as we have been wanderers. We never were stationed in one place. I always loved to be a fire-fighter also performing stunts would always fancy me. I love to live in a castle built world.

You seem to be very excited about working with Hrithik, is it true?
Yes! I’m very excited about working with Hrithik tentatively in a movie titled Zindagi Mile Na Dobara. This film is surely going to be a path-breaking and a youthful film. I am sure it will be a brilliant film.

My role is that of a free spirited girl. I’m really looking forward to work with Hrithik Roshan. Although it is a difficult character but I will surely be able to perform to the best of my ability.

How do you manage to stay in such a great shape?
I hate doing regular gym. I feel good exercise twice or thrice a week only. I remember how my trainer of Tees Maar Khan made me do rigorous exercises.

But now I just tell him to schedule it only twice a week. I believe in maintaining a proper diet. I maintain myself by following the right kind of lifestyle.

Shah Rukh Khan says he is feeling “awful” after the poor performance of his Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) that has been knocked out of the tournament.

He has taken the blame for its poor show and makes an unconditional apology to all his supporters and well-wishers.

The actor poured his heart out on his Twitter page after the team was out of the semi-finals following its defeat by Chennai Super Kings Tuesday.

“I completely take the blame for not putting up a good enough show…so much love for kkr & I couldnt reciprocate,” Shah Rukh posted on his Twitter.

“Will call all & thank them for trying, even if it wasn’t good enuff. All are a good bunch. All of them. Sometimes our best not good enuff.

“Final thanx to Kolkata audience. You make us proud…couldn’t do the same…& can’t make any promises for future either, have lost the right.

“I am not sad. Just feel awful for Kolkata & all of this, most wonderful city & my sponsors… Nokia & xxx drink. No promises anymore,” he added.

An upset Shah Rukh sought the support of his family and friends to get over his sadness.

He further wrote: “My kids gave me a hug for the first time in 3 years when we lost. They have overcome the sadness of defeats better than me. Time to learn.

Just disappointed. can’t do anymore for kkr. Sorry can’t sound fakely uppity about next season & thanx for support tweets.

“Many friends at home..so will be with them. Will try & get over this loss too..like in the last 2 yrs. All supporters try the same.

“Substance leads to style & glamour. Supporters of kkr we can say goodbye to ipl now. Better than last year is not good enuff.

“Bye all. I am off now to deal with disappointments in the way I know best. You find your poison. love you all. Unconditional apologies to all,” he added.

Given a choice Rajeev Khandelwal was happy being attached to his girlfriend Manjiri Kamtikar because he knew, marriage or not, he was in love with her for keeps and he didn’t need any formal announcement to prove it.

But the engagement to be held in May is being done to comply with the lady’s parent’s wishes..

Says Rajeev, “Manjari and her parents come from a world far removed from cinema and the entertainment industry. They don’t understand the workings of Bollywood and their knowledge of what goes on here is based on what they read and see on television. You can’t blame them for thinking actors are not to be trusted.”

Manjari’s parents were anxious that he make the association formal.Gallantly Rajeev volunteered an engagement ceremony.

Says Rajeev, “But I don’t know how it got out. I haven’t discussed it with anyone. Manjari’s parents or my parents in all their innocence must have shared the information with some people.”

Rajeev enjoys the distance that his girlfriend provides from the goings-on in the industry. “She works in an ad agency and is far removed from show world. She keeps me grounded. I’m looking forward to spending my life with her.”