Actor Katrina Kaif is busy shooting round the clock in the sweltering heat of Mumbai. And how does she keep cool in summer? She simply watches DVD’s of the latest films (no, not Salman Khan’s) on her laptop in her air-conditioned make-up van between shots. Smart girl… keeping cool and doing what she loves best… watching movies.
In reel life it’s okay but not in the real life. Recently, a sad end of the love affair is noticed in between Simbu and Nayantara. There had been reports of romance between the two. Both were seen together in happy as well as sad times. However, they could not stand to each other when a third person entered between them. When Nayan Tara was observed that Simbu was having a soft corner for another girl, Reemasen, she decided to break sooner than later. Reemasen, the other girl in Simbu’s directorial debut movie, Vallavan is sidelined for some time by the little star. The people witness lots of allegations and counter allegations between them. But it is believed that both have patched their differences and moving close. Recently Nayan Tara was waiting for her fiancé (Simbu) to pickup for date, but he was found missing and talking to Reema on phone for hours. This was unbearable for Nayantara. Besides, several of Nayan Tara’s colleagues in the profession had narrated stories of Simbu and Reema staying unbelievable close! Nayantara says that at once she decided to break their relation. Poor Manmadha failed to keep his multi love affairs in real life.
Celina Jaitly
PRANATHI, whose films have been a disappointment at the Box office, is finally set to rock Tollywood with her latest film Beats. “The film has a wonderful story line and a touching climax. As you wait and watch it unfold, your heart’s bound to skip a beat,†says the svelte actress.
Upcoming Telugu actress from Nagpur Sunaina, who made her debut recently in the film Tenth class, got an oral drubbing (Pun Unintended) from a few concerned members of the censor board for the unwarranted exposure of her body in her debut film. Sunaina, who is also doing a Tamil film, will be seen in the soon-to-be released flick ‘Something Something’.
Asked by this scribe about her reaction to the censor board members’ cautioning, the teenager retorted, “Look, I just passed out TENTH CLASS. This is the age for me to experiment with clothes. How can someone expect me to be draped from top to bottom in a sari?†Well, let those experiments be done with clothes, not without!
There is still another three months before the August 25 release of Rajkumar Hirani’s sequel to the hilarious Munnabhai M.B.B.S. However, the film has already become hot property among distributors. According to Nizam distributor Ravi Machchar, who recently acquired Munnabhai 2nd Innings, and happened to see the rushes, the movie is a laugh riot and has got the best of the electrifying chemistry between Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi. “It is entertaining to the core and rich in its production values. Also, the new addition — Vidya Balan is definitely a welcome change,†he says. The producers are also said to be getting queries from enterprising south producers, who have evinced keen interest in the remaking rights of the sequel. The Telugu remaking rights of the original version were reportedly sold for a whopping Rs 1.7 crores. The remake titled Shankar Dada, proved to be a big hit.
‘Ashok’, starring NTR and Sameera ready, is to be released in third week of June. Already, negotiations are on for a Tamil re-make of the film. The negotiations have been initiated at the behest of Tamil star Ajith, according to industry sources. Now it is the trend to remake Telugu movies in to Tamil and grabbing the rights before the release of original. We witnessed other Tamil star Vijay, who watched both Bangaram and Pokiri and zeroed on the latter. “Valluri, the producer who is spending above his capabilities on Ashok may recover some thing by selling Tamil rights”, says industry people.
Jayasudha, the darling of many hearts in latter seventies and early eighties is still glamorous as many say. She created a new wave with the film ‘Aunty’ a decade ago. Now, she is acting in the film ‘Photo’, directed by Shiva Nageswara Rao. Sources say that she was very liberal with remuneration for this film. Earlier, Shiva Nageswara Rao made Jayasudha act in the film ‘Money Money’ and even directed her film ‘Hands Up’. Jayasudha played mother roles in the films ‘Amma Naanna Oka Tamil Ammayi’ and ‘Style’. But now, sources say that she is playing an interesting role in ‘Photo’. On the other hand, Jayasudha is also venturing to become a director. It seems that she is approaching a few producers and telling stories! We may see her as director soon.
“IT’S all about money, honey…†Probably that’s how actor Mallika Sherawat must’ve reacted when the organisers of a recent world tour decided to sell the telecast rights of the show to television channels. Unlike the other stars like Salman Khan (who’s also one of the organisers of the show), John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol, who are also a part of the tour, Mallika is the only one who demanded more money from the organisers before they could carry on with a shoot for a TV channel. She apparently told them, “Pay me my price and then carry on with the shoot.†An industry source said, “The actor is justified in asking for more as the organisers have also earned from the telecast rights. Besides, it’s believed that the actors were unaware that the rights were being sold to a TV channel.†Apparently, Salman assured them a substantial remuneration for participating in the show. “Mallika is the only one who cares a damn about anyone,†says the source.
