Sushmita to play Ashoka's wife
Sushmita Sen has repeatedly confessed wanting to be part of a historical project. It has never happened, until now.
If all goes well, she will play Emperor Ashoka's fifth wife in a film on the Mauryan emperor that
Pinjar director
Dr Chandraprakash Diwedi is about to make.
Diwedi has been working on the project round-the-clock. "I met Sushmita for
Ashoka and not
Jhansi Ki Rani, as was reported by a section of the press," he says. "And she is extremely excited about it."
Two years ago, Sushmita had been offered an item song in
Santosh Sivan's
Asoka, but she refused. 'If I do a historical, I want to be an integral part of it,' she had argued.
Mallika Sherawat as Basanti
You may soon see Bollywood sex-kitten
Mallika Sherawat as Basanti.
Reports are that Mallika will enact the role of Basanti in a series of spoofs on
Sholay.
A Canada-based media agency Esquire has joined hands with Sohail Khan Entertainment, GS Entertainment and
Sunil Shetty’s Pop Corn to stage the show called Rock-Stars.
The show will star
Salman Khan, Mallika,
John Abraham,
Shahid Kapur,
Kareena Kapoor,
Zayed Khan and
Esha Deol .
Apart from regular song and dance routine, all the stars will be performing spoofs on
Sholay and other hit films on a stage.
Salman is going to enact Gabbar Singh while Mallika will roped in as Basanti. John will join them as Jai.
Coca-Cola unleashes 'Thande Ka Tadka'
Coca-Cola is all set to sizzle consumers this summer as it unleashes a new brand campaign - “Coca-Cola Thande kA Tadka” with Aishwarya Rai.
The campaign encapsulates the newfound confidence of the Indian youth and using wit and humor speaks the language of an empowered generation. Coca-Cola Thande Ka Tadka is a refreshing take on the current youth mindset of purposeful action and a self empowered point of view.
The Coca-Cola Thande kA Tadka ads will hit the TV screens in different variants. The entire campaign will launch across major TV channels from 26 March.
Caught between two sexy girls!
Satish Kaushik’s forthcoming comedy
Shaadi Se Pehle tells the story of a man caught between two sexy girls.
The movie is a romantic comedy starring
Akshaye Khanna ,
Ayesha Takia and
Mallika Sherawat in lead roles. The film is about a man who wants his girlfriend to marry someone else. So he plays the naatak of flirting with another sexy girl.
In an interview a few days back, Akshaye Khanna said that
Shaadi Se Pehle is a wholesome entertainer that will be liked by all, from kids to their parents. The movie doesn’t resort to double entendres although the main stress is on comedy.
Shaadi Se Pehle is set to release on April 7.
Anil Sharma brings the three Deols together
The last time more than one generation of a film family came together it was for
Randhir Kapoor's
Kal Aaj Aur Kal which starred grandfather
Prithviraj Kapoor, father
Raj Kapoor and himself.
Now it's time for the three Deols —
Dharmendra and his two sons
Sunny and
Bobby — to be cast together. The long-on-the-anvil project has been titled 'Apne'. It stars Katrina Kaif along with the three Deols.
Though Sunny and Bobby came together as brothers in
Dillagi which Sunny directed, they avoided the temptation of casting their dad and let
Dara Singh do the needful. Says Bobby, "We were very sure that we'd come together with dad only in a project worthy of such casting.
Anil Sharma who's a family friend is someone we're all comfortable with."
Earlier,
Guddu Dhanoa who's the Deol brothers' cousin was also given the task of devising a project for the three Deols. Finally it's Sharma who's the chosen one. He directed Sunny in the all-time hit
Gadar three years ago and the boxoffice fiasco
The Hero two years ago. Sharma also directed Bobby in the super-disastrous
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyon.
Road to Hollywood
Santosh Sivan's `
Road to the Sky' is a period film with an international cast. Shot in Munnar, it focusses on the dilemma of people who straddle two worlds.
The film is set in 1937 and has a cast that includes actors from the United Kingdom, United States and India.
Road to the Sky is jointly produced by the U.S.-based Echo Lake Productions, Adirondack Pictures and Santosh Sivan Productions of India.
It is about a British planter (
Linus Roache), who wants to build a road to the hills to commercially tap the produce of the high ranges, mainly spices. He is assisted by an Indian (
Rahul Bose), who wants to be like the planter and live in his world. But he has his roots in his village and customs.
The film explores the relationship between the planter, his wife (
Jennifer Ehle), his lover (
Nandita Das) and his aide. Finally, Rahul's character understands that he has to make a choice and it is not quite possible to live in two worlds.
Akshay Kumar as Rahgir
The dashing actor is set to star in a movie that is roughly based on
R.K. Narayan’s book
Guide.
The film, titled
Rahgir, which means traveller, will be produced by Pritish Nandy Communications and directed by Bengali filmmaker
Rituparno Ghosh.
In all probability, the film will have
Akshay Kumar playing the traveller.
Vidya Balan, who walked away with the Best Debutante award on the Filmfare night, will reportedly play Akshay’s heroine in the film.
The makers of the movie are reportedly planning to aim
Rahgir at film festivals worldwide before releasing it sometime later this year.
