Ajay, SRK, Kajol & a few Idiots

The year 2008 has brought with it a busy schedule for Kajol. Besides doing ‘U, Me Aur Hum’ with hubby Ajay Devgan, Kajol will also be seen with Shah Rukh Khan in Karan Johar’s next film ‘Mr Khan’.

And now, the actress has bagged the female lead in Rajkumar Hirani’s next film ‘Idiots’. In all, it seems to be a very busy year ahead for Kajol.

According to reports, ‘Idiots’ is based on Chetan Bhagat’s story – ‘Five Point Someone’ – dealing with three IIT students.

The film also has Aamir Khan in the male lead and it is learnt that Hirani has approached Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham for different roles in the film that is to begin shooting in a few months’ time.

Sushmita miffed with SRK

That SINGH IS KINNG is eagerly anticipated by people within and outside the industry can be gauged by the fact that a number of producers are keen to launch/include the promo of their films with SINGH IS KINNG, which opens worldwide on August 8.

Since SINGH IS KINNG is being released by Studio 18, the first look of Ashtavinayak's Sanju-Imran starrer KIDNAP [also distributed by Studio 18], will also be unveiled before SINGH IS KINNG begins. That's not all, the promo of Akki's next release CHANDI CHOWK TO CHINA [the promo was launched with THE DARK KNIGHT] will also make it with the prints of SINGH IS KINNG.

Wait, there's more to follow! Promos of Rituparno Ghosh's THE LAST LEAR [Amitabh, Preity, Arjun, Shefali], Atul Agnihotri's HELLO [Salman, Katrina, Sohail, Sharman], Samir Karnik's multi-starrer HEROES and Ajit Pal's VICTORY [Harman], will also be seen, besides the promo of the newly-launched channel Colours. There's a strong possibility that the promo of Dharmendra's CHAMKU [Bobby] might be included as well. Wow, so many promos…

"I enjoy watching new promos when I watch a film. It generates tremendous excitement. I genuinely wish the distributors and multiplexes are kind enough to play all these promos," SINGH IS KINNG producer Vipul Shah tells me. Expect a bonanza with the most awaited movie of the season!

Billu Barber’ becomes ‘Billu’

The title of Shah Rukh Khan’s forthcoming release ‘Billu Barber‘ has been changed to ‘Billu’ as the “barber” in the title had invoked the wrath of an association of hairdressers, who felt that the term in the title was derogatory.

Shah Rukh Khan, the producer of the film, has spoken to representatives of the Salon and Beauty Parlors Association about the problem. It is learnt that the term ‘barber’ would be removed from all the hoardings of ‘Billu barber’.

“Posters and hoardings belong to the production, which is Red Chillies. It is a little expensive to try to change the posters, so, that we couldn’t have done,” he a news channel.

Khan said though there is nothing wrong with the title, they did not want to hurt anybody’s sensibilities.

- India Syndicate

Mixed Luck for Katrina

The repercussions have started. And the first person to be at the receiving end is none other than Katrina Kaif. The actress is finding herself at the receiving end in the much publicized spat between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
According to rumors, the actress has been dropped from Shah Rukh's world tour, Temptations Unloaded. Of course, there has been no official confirmation of this as yet. But SRK is not known to be the forgiving kinds. It seems that he is in no mood to entertain anyone who is remotely connected to Salman. Hence Katrina is paying the price just like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan did so many years ago, when she was replaced by Rani Mukherjee in Chalte Chalte. This was the last thing that Katrina had wanted. In fact, the whole purpose of the high profile birthday was that she could mingle with the industry's top directors, actors and producers. But then Salman's temper got the better of him. He is feeling the repercussions as well, since it has spelt doom for his relationship with the actress. Katrina has broken all contact with him. She is reportedly out of the relationship. Not only that, she does not want to associate with him professionally as well. If sources are to be believed, then Subhash Ghai's Yuvraj may well be the last film starring the two of them. But the good news for her is that she has bagged the Nakshatra diamond jewellery campaign, from right under Aishwariya's nose. The Bachchan bahu has been the face of the jewellery brand for a while now. But now the brand has shifted their loyalties to Katrina. So every cloud does have a silver, or shall we say, a diamond lining, for Katrina.

Cold War between Amitabh Bacchan and SRK

Salmaan Khan

Salmaan Khan has also acted well in this movie .Got a lot of emotional and crying sequences through out the movie .But his talking with his dead father became a sort of nuisance after a while .And as everyone knows he doesn't look nice while crying

Aishwarya Rai

But Aishwarya Rai reveals an unquestionable felicity for acting. Convincing even in difficult scenes like her outburst in a library or her confrontations with Vanraj, here's someone who evidently has that impossible combination of breathtaking BEAUTY AND BRIANS ! Cheers!

Ajay Devgan

And Ajay Devgan is first-rate, invoking your empathy and warmth consistently. Listen to him bravely trying to sing Chingari koi bhadke at a family gathering or notice his ever expressive eyes, and you're elated by the fact that he can be marvellously effective even when he isn't merely bashing up the bozos.