Katrina Kaif in New York

Actress Katrina Kaif who is in jubilant mood now days due to success of her recent film (New York) feels that she has no more needed to show her legs to win notices. Till now it was believed that the pretty actress is winning notices due to her glamorous looks and short skirts. But her recent flick New York shown her new side as an actor, for which she received much praise makes the actress satisfied as an actor.

“At least they can’t say my latest film is doing well because Katrina Kaif wore a short skirt. I don’t need to show leg to win notices,” said Katrina.

Her hunger for giving a powerful performance and do it better every time is also increased. “I’m not ruthlessly ambitious. But, there is greed in me to want to do better work. In that sense, I’m exactly like Akshay Kumar. I deeply admire that quality in him. He has done over a 100 films, yet Akshay still has the same hunger in him to strive to do better,” added the actress.

The actress doesn’t even accept that she is a Bollywood’s lucky mascot. “Saying I’m just lucky kind of annihilates all the hard work that I have put into my films,” she says. “It also derides the capability of my directors. A script makes a film work, a lot of hard work goes into getting the right script, and to just attribute a film’s success to my good luck is not right,” adds Katrina.

Katrina also has received praises from her competitors like Kareena Kapoor often said that she is hot property. But Katz is not stopping over that praise, who is much aware about her competition - Kareena, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Asin - and don’t want to slip from the ride.

Success of any film doesn’t go in her head and holds foot on ground even after receiving praises. “Each successful film motivates me to work harder. For example, in Prakash Jha’s Rajniti I’m the sole girl with powerhouse performers like Naseeruddin Shah, Ajay Devgan, Manoj Bajpai and Nana Patekar. Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor, my two other co-stars, are also very good actors and my immediate aim is to raise the bar as far as my performance goes,” says Katz.

She is not even in hurry to do lots of films at a time. Next she is coming up with just three films Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Rajniti and De Dana Dan.

New York movie still

Suchita Bhhatia, a new director making her way to the film industry blames Yash Raj Films banner for using her script in their recent flick New York without informing her. The director who is also a writer claims that it was the same story she narrated to YRF three years ago. But when she saw that her story is used in New York after three years, she broke her silence.

“I wrote to Aditya Chopra in August 2006 regarding two stories I had. He asked director Arjun Sablok to get in touch with me. He contacted me and we fixed up a meeting at the YRF studio. On September 1, I met Arjun and narrated two story ideas to him. He was extremely happy with the stories. I still remember him exclaiming ‘Wow!’ I kept writing to him, but there was no response and I gave up as I got busy with other work. To my surprise, after three years, I saw New York and was disheartened to know what they had done: using my story without even informing me, let alone give me any credit,” said the newbie.

She has also filed a complaint against Writer’s Association, to which she had registered the story in 2006. However director Sablok is not able to recollect the past as he said, “I have no recollection of such a meeting and I need more time before I can officially comment on the matter.”

Meanwhile, Kabir Khan the director of New York is also in angry state of mind, who said, “If this girl had written the script and if YRF had liked the story so much why wouldn’t they take it? And why would they pay and give credit to Sandeep Shrivastav for the same story instead? It’s ridiculous that people use a popular film to get cheap publicity and five minutes of fame. And the theatrical promos of New York were out since 2008 and they stated exactly what the film was all about so why is she raising her voice now?”

Tashan movie still

Well, well guys don’t get it wrong. They are not fighting in real (luckily/unluckily), but will soon be seen fighting with each other in their forthcoming film Agent Vinod. The fight will be kind of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. In the film, Kareena and Saif both be playing spy. Like Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone shown their action side in Don and Chandani Chowk To China, Kareena also always wanted to play an action role. However Saif fulfilled her dream by casting her in his home production. There is also a buzz that Kareena will co-produce the film.

Confirming the news Saif said, “We’ll definitely be producing films together. It will give us a chance to grow as actors. The idea is for both of us to grow together as human beings and artistes. Although Kareena’s name is not in our production logo, she is as much the producer of Agent Vinod as I. I prefer not to have our names in the production logo. All I want to do is make great films, live healthy, eat good food, read comic books and novels, exercise and have Kareena by my side. I couldn’t have asked for more. I’m smiling like an idiot even as I speak.”

Kareena role in the film will may have resemblance to the role of Rehana Sultan in Agent Vinod (1977) and Mala Sinha in Aankhen. However director Sriram Raghavan denies any kind of resemblance or inspiration from these oldies. He explains, “It’s a spy drama, which will have its roots in the films you’ve mentioned. But the only similarity to the Rajshri espionage film with Mahendra Sandhu and Rehana Sultan is the title, which the Rajshris so graciously gave us.”

Talking about Kareena’s role in the film, Saif said, “She does play an undercover agent from another country. Kareena will do everything I do in the film, and she’ll do it even better. She will kick butt better than all the other girls in our industry, that’s for sure.”

Yuvraj Singh, Dino Morea and MS Dhoni

we can say entertainment doesn’t get bigger than this, when our lovely cricketers decide to entertain their fans with their acting skills. According to reports MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh will be acting for a film produced by Dino Morea. The production house named Clockwork Films is producing a sport themed film which will also star Dino. Dino is also planning to rope in master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for the film.

Dino know the cricketers since long time as they are the star clients for his merchandising company. These cricketers are already familiar with camera because of their various TV commercials and TV appearances, so that facing camera for a film is not a big deal for them. When asked to Dino that how did he get in the cricketers to act, he answered, “It’s a natural progression? The only hitch is that Dhoni and Yuvraj are extremely busy cricketers. Their dates will have to be carefully worked out.”

Not much about the film is revealed, but definitely it will have a rugged sporty theme.

Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan

Salman Khan is not so supportive to his lady love Katrina Kaif, when it comes to watching her films. Salman haven’t seen any of Katrina’s film yet and will also not watch her recent New York for which she has been appreciated. Many a times Katrina tries to convince him to watch her film, but the actor is reluctant to it.

A close friend of Katrina said, “It really puzzles and hurts her why Salman chooses to ignore all her films. It isn’t as if he doesn’t watch any films. He does. But when it comes to Katrina, he seems to suffer from a mental block. He won’t see her films.”

May be Salman don’t like to watch her romancing with other actors. However Katrina’s close friend again reveals that Salman don’t even like the thing if Katrina wears the slightest of revealing clothes and asks her to go and change.

Seems like Salman feels a mental block when it comes to Katrina’s films. But strangely he has not seen a single film of the actress. On the other hand Katrina didn’t miss any of Salman’s films. “She doesn’t miss any of Salman’s films. Whether it’s a premiere or just a regular screening, Katrina is always there to support anything that Salman does,” said her friend.

Pankh movie wallpaper

Well guys it’s not any new chat show like Koffee with Karan, but guess with whom Bipasha is enjoying coffee these days. Well it’s Maradona Rebello. Again it’s not the footballer but the boy is Indian who is named after Argentine football legend Diego Maradona by his football fan father. Maradona Rebello is making his debut opposite Bipasha Basu with a film called Pankh. However, Bipasha called the debutant at her place for a cup of coffee to make him comfortable around her.

One of the unit members revealed, “Maradona makes his debut with Bipasha. So, when she came to know of his anxiety and nervousness, she called him over for a cup of coffee at her place. Bipasha shared her work experiences with him and told him that the cast and crew were there to support him.”

Well, after the conversation Maradona in not on ground and feels like on Cloud no 9, reveals a unit member.

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Priyanka Chopra

Actress Priyanka Chopra recently demanded a high pay of 5 crore for Sanjay Gadhvi’s 7 Days In Paris opposite Imran Khan. Her demands are increased may be because her current recognition at various award functions and as she has managed to grab the amount of Rs. 3 crore from Yash Raj Films for Pyaar Impossible along with Uday Chopra. The director and producer were already in trouble when Katrina left the film disapproving the script. However they got shocked more when Priyanka demanded such a high sum. Eventually she lost the film.

A source said, “The producers were shocked when Priyanka asked for such a huge fee. They tried to reason with her but she refused to relent.”

However official spokesperson of Priyanka said, “Priyanka has not been offered Gadhvi’s film.”

Meanwhile the producer may rework on the script and make a final call to Katrina when done with the script. Katrina had left the film because the director had made changes into the script after insistence of actor Imran Khan, with which she was not satisfied. They are also in talks with South actresses Asin and Genelia D’Souza for the same. Shooting for the film will start in early next month.

Remo D'souza and Michael Jackson

Choreographer Remo D’Souza who considers the late King of Pop Michael Jackson as his guru, is planning to pay tribute to the master by organizing a huge concert in the memory of the legend. The concert will be accompanied by singers like Shaan, Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan who will sing MJ’s hit songs. Also the organizers are planning to involve Prabhu Deva to perform there. According to the sources the concert will be held at the Gateway of India only after the permission is sanctioned.

When asked to Remo about the concert, he confirmed it and said, “I will be in a better position to give out details after a few hours. All I can say is that it will be a huge concert and will involve many renowned people from the music industry and also those who have interacted with Michael Jackson.”

However talking about the lovingly pop star, Remo said, “He has been an inspiration to people worldwide and I am just one of his million admirers. Although I did not take any formal training from him, I consider him my guru. This concert is my way of repaying his debt.”