Bipasha Basu's fine with multi-starrers

Bipasha Basu has no qualms about working in multi-starrer films and says the only trick to work comfortably with an ensemble cast is to keep one's ego aside.

You should be ready to make some sacrifices in the film. You can't have egos there, she said at the promotional event of her forthcoming film Players.

The 32-year-old has been part of multi-starrers like Race, Bachna Ae Haseeno  and Dum Maaro Dum. Her next Players is yet again a multi-starrer. Apart from Bipasha, Sonam Kapoor, Abhishek Bacchanalia, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Sikander Kher too feature in the cast.

Players a remake of Hollywood hit The Italian Job, releases Jan 6. Bipasha says her co-stars were like her extended family.

When you are working, you are not thinking about male or female co-stars. I would talk about all the co-stars. I am blessed to have such co-stars in the film. It was fun. We travelled extensively for the film, we stayed away from our homes. They became like an extended family, said Bipasha whose infamous spat with Kareena Kapoor at the beginning of her career made headlines.

Meanwhile, Bipasha is working on Jodi Breakers with R. Madhavan, Raaz 3D and Race 2. She is also awaiting release of her Hollywood venture Singularity, starring Josh Hartnett and Abhay Deol.

 Bipasha Basu

 Bipasha Basu

 Bipasha Basu

 Bipasha Basu

 Bipasha Basu

Munnabhai Chale Amrika

Munnabhai

Munnabhai

 Director Rajkumar Hirani was keen to send Munnabhai and Circuit on a trip to America, but it looks like the rising air fares even got to him!
On a more serious note, due to the lack of a good script to take the Munnabhai franchise forward, Munnabhai Chale Amrika wasn't made. However, we hear that Rajkumar Hirani has approved of another script, the setting of which is away from the original idea of 
Munnabhai Chale Amrika.
If sources are to be believed, Munnabhai 3 will be titled Munnabhai Ki Aatmakatha and the film, we hear, will go on floors only in mid-2012 and hit the screens in 2013.
Earlier there were rumours that Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi were to be the new Munnabhai-Circuit jodi. Raju squashed the false news almost immediately and with this new announcement, Munnabhai fans can breathe easy and be rest assured that it's Sanju baba andArshad Warsi who'll be retaining their original spots for some laugh out loud moments.

Katrina Kaif’s latest item boy?

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

  

Katrina Kaif

The Sheila Ki Jawani phase has passed, but the item girl that made it popular has been keeping the trend alive. 

Katrina Kaif, who gyrated to Chikni Chameli with Sajay Dutt in KJo's Agneepath and the title number for the Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard, will reportedly add yet another item number to her list. This time around, Mumbai Mirror has learnt that the actress will be joined on the dance floor by her co-star Aamir Khanfor Aditya Chopra's Dhoom 3. 

A member from the film unit revealed to us that the item number was not part of the original plan. However, the decision to include it was due to the novelty factor. The unit member explained, "Katrina and Aamir have never worked together before. And since the opportunity has finally been presented, the filmmakers decided to make the most of it. However, Aamir, who doesn't consider himself much of a dancer, needs some time to prepare himself. The idea is to be one-up on the moves that Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai shared in Dhoom 2." 

Bipasha Basu demands 1 crore for an item song

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha basu, we hear, has been approached by the makers of " Gabbar Singh", the Telugu remake of "Dabangg", for an item number on the lines of "Munni Badnam".

A source close to director Harish Shankar says, "Bipasha was offered `50 lakh, but she is asking for `1 crore. The filmmakers are trying to negotiate the deal. As of now, nothing is concrete."

Vidya Balan becomes ‘Ms Giggles’

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Ever since, Naseer saab calls me 'Ms Giggause Vidya just wouldn't stop giggling! We say giggle away girl, with your Ooh La La performance, yles', she told us. And even as we were listening to this story, it was evident why he called her that, becou've left a nation-ful of men with more than a giggle... For exclusive interviews, B-Town parties and events, tune in to B Tonite from Mon - Fri at 10 pm only on zoOm - India's No 1 Bollywood channel.

Boombaat, sexy, seductive... call her what you will, but her co-star, Naseeruddin Shah has already given her a nickname, and a hatke one at that.

Recently, while Vidya was talking to zoOm about getting 'dirty' with her heroes, she let us in on a little known secret. "We were shooting a very serious scene for Ishqiya. I'd often see a spot-boy scratching his head or scratching something else, and burst out laughing while saying my dialogue!

Dirty Picture beats Desi Boyz

Vidya Balan

Dirty Picture continues a record breaking spree. It has collected approximately 9.54 cr on Friday-December 2,

10.78 cr on Saturday-December 3, 12.38 cr on Sunday-December 4, 5.72 cr on Monday-December 5, 6.21 cr on Tuesday December 6...totalling upto 44.63. This is the Net box office.

According to trade guru Taran Adarsh, TheDirty Picture has made a clean sweep at the box office.''

In sharp contrast the other big recent releaseDesi Boyz collected approximately 40 cr in the first week.

Says another trade analyst, The big difference is Desi Boyz had two big actors Akshay Kumarand John Abraham, one big heroine

Deepika Padukone. Akki reportedly got 20 cr for Desi Boyz and John allegedly took 9 cr. Vidya Balan is rumoured

to have got around 1.25 cr for Dirty Picture. In fact the entire cost of Dirty Picture is said to be 11 cr that is less than Akki's fee. Clearly one can see that Vidya is the real hero and actors need to do some serious rethinking on their price and scripts.''

John Abraham 

Akshay  desi boyz

Asin bonds with Raju Hirani

Asin

Asin

Asin recently bonded with director Rajkumar Hirani when the two were shooting for an ad. 

Says a source, "They have always shared a mutual admiration for each other and have interacted in the past but this is the first time that they worked together. Both got along like a house on fire and the actress was thrilled that she finally got a chance to work with him in some capacity. 

She found Raju very easy-going to work with. That wasn't all. The director even celebrated his birthday on the sets (the Sophia College canteen) after the shoot got over with Asinsinging "Happy Birthday" to him. While Asin has left for Krabi, Thailand to shoot her next film both have kept in touch. She says, "I had a fun shoot. It was a lovely experience working with Raju. He is so simple, down-to-earth and uncomplicated." 

Raju Hirani

Hrithik, Priyanka get wet and naughty

Priyanka

The on-screen couple sizzles in a romantic song for KJo's Agneepath

He has the intensity of a wild cat, while she has the vulnerability of a trapped deer. In a slow, romantic number in Agneepath, their wet clothes accentuate the raw physicality, and the downpour on screen is hardly enough to keep the smouldering temperatures at bay. 

It's a no-brainer why Karan Johar decided to cast Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopratogether in Agneepath. The filmmaker knew he could recreate the magic of their 2006 mega-hit Krrish; the five years they'd stayed away from each other only enhanced the magic of this sensual screen pair. 

Commenting on their pairing, trade guru Taran Adarsh says, "Hrithik has a raw appeal that is yet to be tapped. Even in his father's masala movies, he comes across as being polished. But in Agneepath, director Karan Malhotra has managed to bring out untapped aspects of Hrithik's persona. Priyanka has already proved her versatility. From Fashion to Saat Khoon Maaf, one has seen a wide oeuvre. She is not only a glamorous girl; she's an actress of substance too.'' Leading film critic Rajeev Masand feels Hrithik and Priyanka are perfectly matched physically. "Both are tall and lean... he is fair, she is dusky... they make a very striking couple. Theirs is the perfect casting because they are physically very compatible on screen. I really liked them together in Krrish.'' 

Hrithik

Aishwarya's comeback film with Shah Rukh Khan!

Aishwarya Rai

 It's a well-known fact that filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is keen to cast his favourite actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a movie, once she is ready. 

Ash, who is keen to be up and about as soon as possible, has apparently given her nod for the movie, the shooting of which is to begin mid-next year. 

Now, we learn that the 'movie' that was discussed within the four walls of Bachchans' Jalsa residence was none other than 'Bajirao Mastani', Bhansali's long-pending dream project that he first announced in 2003! 

Bhansali was keen to repeat his Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam cast - Salman and Ash - in this one but the movie has now fallen into the lap of his Devdas-hero, Shah Rukh Khan!

We hear Bhansali and Shah Rukh Khan have also met up and discussed this project, and that Shah Rukh Khan is considering it rather keenly.

If all goes well, it'll surely be a treat to the eyes to watch Ash, SRK come together on the big screen amidst magnanimous magical sets that usually come alive in Bhansali's epic motion pictures.

Shah Rukh Khan

200 Indian fans hired at Rs 300 to welcome Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Cheering squad paid to greet the hollywood star at airport's vip exit. Some of them did not even know who the actor was, 'but 300 for an hour is easy money'.

By the time Tom Cruise landed in Mumbai on Saturday evening, a couple of 100 eager fans had managed to line the pavement across the airport's VIP exit, even though the time of his arrival had not been made public. As the Hollywood star emerged from the gate, in a blue shirt and aviator sunglasses, the air was buzzing with screeches and elated, in coherent howls. There was bannerwaving, and much cheering and chanting. Cruise, who's been travelling around the world to promote his new film, "Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol", is used to such a reception wherever he goes. This time, however, there was an Indian twist to the tale.

The crowd gathered at the airport had been paid to be there by the organizers of his trip, with the price ranging from 200 to 400, depending on how 'experienced' each member of the cheering squad was.

A few of the 'fans' were not even sure who they were welcoming, despite chart-paper placards reading, "we love Tom Cruise", "Tom - chak de India", and "Tom Cruises". Three girls from Mankhurd, among the most vocal members of the crowd, for example, did not exactly know what Tom Cruise did. "We're not certain," one of them told us, "but 300 for an hour outside the airport is not bad."

Tom Cruise

More enquiries revealed that the trip's organizers had hired an agency that specialized in arranging for crowds for celebrity events. An official from that agency, who was present at the airport, said that each person was paid an average of 300 to be a part of the crowd and cheer for Tom for 15 mins. "We asked them to reach here by 4 pm as we were told that he would arrive at 5:15," the official told this newspaper on condition of anonymity.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Vidya Balan wears burkha to catch audience reaction

Vidya Balan

 Looks familiar? Well, it's not a still from Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture. Vidya Balan was just too inspired by her on-screen character that she decided to pull a Silk Smitha move yesterday afternoon at Gaiety Galaxy, in Bandra. 

The actress reportedly wanted to gauge the audiences' reaction to her latest film first-hand and so, she decided to don a burkha, while she sat in the upper stall of the theatre to watch the film. 

However, Vidya blew her own cover, when she decided to unveil her face during the intermission of the film to talk to her father, as most of the audience had left to buy refreshments. When one of the moviegoers was returning to his seat, he spotted the actress and screamed, "Vidya Balan!". The actress had no other choice but to give the latter half of the film amiss in order to preempt the chaos of audiences gathering around her. 

Vidya Balan