Kangana Ranaut is on a roller-coaster ride these days. With three big films in her kitty, the actress is now looking forward to Tezz with Ajay Devgan and Anil Kapoor.

This is not the first time that Kangana Ranaut will be seen with the duo. She worked with Ajay Devgan in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and with Anil Kapoor in No Problem.

But she says every time she works with them, she is amazed with their acting prowess.

“I have done two films with Ajay… in fact when I did ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’, I was still new to the industry and he was a superstar. I have always noticed that he doesn’t talk much. Otherwise Ajay is much disciplined and you can learn so much from him,” said Kangana.

Talking about Anil, she said: “Anil Kapoor is like family. The love and affection that he showers on me is something I don’t know how to react to. He is very chivalrous. You feel good when he is around on the sets.”

“Tezz”, directed by Priyadarshan, will release April 27. Source

Actor Anil Kapoor, who will soon be seen in Priyadarshan’s upcoming film “Tezz”, feels people are tired with excessive film promotions, and says he is glad “Tezz” isn’t a part of that rat race.

“People are tired now with so many promotions. The film should be good. There are so many films that are promoted on a large scale, but do not live up to the expectations,” the 52-year-old said here.

“I feel less is always more. In acting and promotion, I think it has to be done in a correct manner and I am very happy the way it is being done (for ‘Tezz’),” he added.

An action thriller, “Tezz” will see Anil in the role of an anti-terrorist squad police officer. More

A lot of Bollywood actresses are jumping onto the action bandwagon. The latest to join the list is Sameera Reddy. The actress would be seen doing some daredevil stunts in “Tezz” and looking at her courage, co-star Ajay Devgn calls her the hero of the film.

“Sameera is not the heroine but the hero of the film. She has done some amazing action in the film and is nothing less than any hero in the film,” he said in a statement.

Sameera was said to be unhappy over not being offered the item song in the film. However, she said she has no complains and enjoyed doing the stunts.

“I was not offered the item song but I got to be a Lara Croft in the film. It’s an action-oriented character and a strong role. Women in Bollywood never get to perform such stunts. When I was offered the role I was told that I can’t complain that my nails are going to break. I enjoyed doing the stunts,” said the 29-year-old actress.

Directed by Priyadarshan, “Tezz” also features Mohanlal, Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani, Kangna Ranaut and Zayed Khan in prominent roles. It is slated for April 27 release. Source

Ajay Devgn hit gold when he enjoyed the first solo 100 crore superhit in the form of SINGHAM last year. Now if things fall well in place, he could well be extending his winning run with the film’s sequel.

”Though it is still way too early to make any declarations, there are strong indications that Ajay would feature in the film’s sequel,” says a source, ”This stems from the fact that Surya, who had featured in the original Tamil version SINGHAM, is now starting shoot of the sequel in a few weeks from now. While Hansika Motwani would be one of the leading ladies, there are talks of Anushka Shetty coming on board as well. Meanwhile there are strong feelers that Ajay would be an obvious choice for the Hindi remake since he took the subject to an altogether different level by bringing it on an all-India level.”

However the film won’t go on floors before next year since the Tamil version itself won’t arrive before end of the year. More

It’s unusual for an actor to give an interview for one film while he is shooting for another but it did not pose any problem for Ajay Devgn. He quite readily gave an interview for his upcoming film Tezz on the sets of his other film Bol Bachchan.

It helps that he is a major star for such things to happen. But also, the director of Bol Bachchan — Rohit Shetty — is one of his close pals.

The friendship stems from the olden days when their fathers — action director Veeru Devgan and stuntman Shetty — worked together.

Ajay has starred in every one of Rohit’s seven movies.

On the sets of Bol Bachchan, junior artistes dressed in colourful Rajasthani attire, complete with camels, were wandering about. The film has been largely shot in Jaipur, and some patchwork scenes are being shot here — which explained the Rajasthani look.

Bol Bachchan is apparently a remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s brilliant 1979 film Gol Maal, starring Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt. More

Once she was ‘Chirpy Chawla’, who excelled in light-hearted roles in films like Bol Radha Bol (1992), Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993), Duplicate (1998) and Jhankaar Beats (2003). But in the last few years, happy Juhi has turned unhappy in offbeat cinema like My Brother Nikhil (2005), Sukhmani (2010)
and I Am (2011).

“Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve done a regular commercial movie,” the actor agrees. “The last one was Bhootnath (2008). So, it was a welcome relief to shoot for SOS—Son Of Sardar in Patiala last year. It’s a comedy with lots of cute, quirky characters and funny lines.”

The rom-com revolves around two Punjabi families living in havelis (bungalows) out in the country. Juhi is a slightly dehati (rustic) Sardarni opposite Sanjay Dutt. “It’s such a coincidence that the last film I shot with Sanju, Safari (1999), also had Tanujaji (actor Tanuja), and now I’m working with both of them again,” she says, remembering how on a rainy morning during an outdoor shoot in Tekri on the Kerela-Tamil Nadu border, Sanjay had made tea for the unit. “I pretended to be a spot boy, holding an umbrella over his head while he poured the tea from the kettle into little glasses.” More

Ajay Devgn previously, at a press meet, claimed that award functions are rigged and that they felicitate each and every Bollywood celebrity with one or more awards. He even claimed that nominations are increased if all the invited celebrities turn up at the award function. But, now Ajay has at least one award that he may be proud of. The actor has been rewarded with Abhineta No. 1 by the people of India through Bhaskar Bollywood Awards. Ajay received maximum number of votes from people to win the remarkable title.

Bhaskar Bollywood Awards may receive more recommendations from the industry as it empowers people to choose their favourite superstar on their own. Apparently, people decided the categories, nominations and even chose the winners. They even had the power to reject nominations and add their own favourites to the nomination list in different categories. Source

When eminent personalities from Bollywood graced Ajay Devgn’s production assistant Shubhash’s daughter’s wedding reception, it definitely must have been a fairy tale wedding for the bride and the groom!

Mr. Shubhash, a veteran production assistant for Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt Films since more than 20 years married off his daughter Harshala in grand style to Sachin, in midst of the who’s who of B-town at IMA Hall, Juhu.

Ajay Devgn stepped in at the wedding to wish the couple. Source

It seems that after tasting success with cop drama Singham, director Rohit Shetty wants to achieve the ultimate casting coup-that of getting Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn together in a movie! Cinema buffs would know that Devgn and Khan have never shared screen space till date and Devgn is said to be not very impressed with the SRK-Karan Johar camp, though Devgn’s wife Kajol has acted with King Khan in many films and both are supposed to be good friends.

When asked to elaborate on his plans to bring the two actors together, Shetty was quoted to have said, “I might bring SRK and Ajay together, or direct a film produced by both Red Chillies and Ajay Devgn Entertainment. Both are talented actors and great producers and care about the people who work for them a lot.”

Rohit Shetty and Shah Rukh Khan will be coming together for the first time in action film Chennai Express and it is said that Khan was eager to work with Shetty after being impressed with the way he made Singham with Ajay Devgn. Source

Once perceived to be sworn enemies, the stars amicably swapped rights to a couple of scripts recently

Going by this report, it seems the perceived enmity between Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan is long over. The latest is that the two have exchanged the rights to a couple of scripts, recently.

Not surprisingly, the common factor is Rohit Shetty, Devgn’s director buddy who’s making Chennai Express with SRK next year.

On December 9, HitList reported how SRK chose to do Chennai Express with Rohit, over Angoor, the remake rights of which eventually went to the director known for his action comedies like the Golmaal series and the action flick Singham. More

Ajay Devgn’s next film is turning out to be a family affair. Son of Sardar features his mother-in-law Tanuja and sister-in-law Tanishaa as well.

The comic caper, which stars Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt and Juhi Chawla, is currently being shot in Punjab. Says a unit source, “The presence of Tanuja and Tanishaa on the sets was a source of curiosity.

Initially, it was thought that the Mukerji women had arrived to just check out the action, as it is Ajay’s production.”

Apparently, Devgn and his folks do not want to talk about the casting at this stage. More

Ajay Devgn may be priding himself to be the SON OF SARDAR while Saif Ali-Khan is all set to run the RACE all over again. However when it comes to box office battle, none of the two are in ‘race’ of any kind. Though both were earlier said to be dead serious about coming on Diwali next year, Ajay as well as Saif feel that it is futile to add on to the mayhem. Hence they have instead planned to arrive a fortnight later.

“When SON OF SARDAR and RACE 2 were announced, it was being said that these films would be releasing on Diwali 2012. After all Ajay has a great track record on the festive occasion with GOLMAAL 3, GOLMAAL RETURNS and ALL THE BEST being huge successes. On the other hand RACE 2 is also one of the hottest films of next year and would have been gladdened the audience had it made it to the festive occasion,” says a source. More