Looks like Karan Johar is making sure that his reconciliation with Kareena Kapoor is as big as it gets.

KJo has roped in Bebo’s current boyfriend Saif Ali Khan to star opposite her in his next film. The couple is slated to make an appearance together in Yashraj’s Tashan .

KJo’s untitled film is being directed by Renzil D’souza, writer of Rang De Basanti and is all set to go on the floors by the end of the year.

Our source says, “Karan and Kareena had a spat during the making of Kal Ho Na Ho , following which Kareena was replaced by Preity Zinta. Karan and Kareena were not on talking terms for a long time thereafter.” More

King Khan usually does not show his back to anyone who approaches him for doing any cameo. But this time the case is exceptional, gossip mill churn that he has turned down an offer from his Main Hoon Na lady Sushmita Sen. Apparently, Sush had requested SRK to do an item number in her upcoming home production but Shahrukh straightway rejected her.

Actually, it was Sushmita who was first to let down Shahrukh’s offer. SRK had once requested Sush to jive with him in his multi starred song “Deewangi” in Om Shanti Om. But she snubs the offer due to dates problem. And now, Shahrukh has given her a similar sort of reply to her request.  More

“I love you Deepika”, says Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika too expresses her love for him in front of thousand onlookers. For quite sometime, both of them are going round together but finally they expressed their love for each other at the backstage of the Filmfare Awards.

Ranbir whispered this magic word in Deepika’s ear when both were getting ready at the backstage to collect the best debutante award of 2007. Deepika overwhelmed to hear those words from him and she too whispered back the same. After the award ceremony, both of them walked out and spend some quality time, hugging and kissing each other. More

53rd Fairone Filmfare Awards was organized at the YashRaj Studios in Mumbai. Below is the list of some main awards.

• Best Film : Taare Zameen Par
• Best Director : Aamir Khan
• Best Actor : Shah Rukh Khan (Chak De! India)
• Best Actress : Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Meet).
• Best Female Debutante : Deepila Padukone (Om Shanti Om ).
• Best Male Debutant : Ranbir Kapoor (Saawariya).

Besides these main awards, Rishi Kapoor was given lifetime achievement award and Deepika Padukone was awarded as Fresh Face of the Year.

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There is a price to be paid for success and Kareena Kapoor post-Jab We Met is definitely doing that. The actress, who is very elated at winning the Film Fare Award for best actress for Jab We Met, confesses that she badly needs to take a break.

Bebo, who is looking her stunning best right now with her sans-make-up look, is being flooded with offers. She has been working like a marathon with Jab We Met riding high on the charts.

When asked whether she expected the award, Kareena says, “Well, I won’t say that but yes, I would have been disappointed if I hadn’t won it. Jab We Met has changed my life in more ways than one. I am as proud of the film as I am of Omkara, Chameli or even Dev for that matter.” More

Wedding bells could soon ring for Bollywood glam girl Preity Zinta. The actress and her boyfriend Ness Wadia are planning to get married soon. It is being rumoured that Ness’ mother Maureen Wadia has finally given a go ahead for their marriage. Ness was however reluctant to talk to the media but his mother Maureen stressed it was private affair and cannot to be shared with the media. 

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It sounds unbelievable but a little birdie informed Gullu that Viveik Oberoi will do an item number with his ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai, and her husband  Abhishek Bachchan in Mission Istanbul.

The song will be shot in Rajasthan. Zayed Khan will also be a part of it.

The reason the Bachchans have agreed to be a part of the Viveik-starrer was because of Abhishek’s friendship with director Apoorva Lakhia.

Abhishek had starred in Lakhia’s first film, Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost. He, as well as Amitabh, had also guest-starred in Lakhia’s Shootout At Lokhandwala free of cost.

That’s probably why they say dost ke liye kuch bhi karega in Bollywood.

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Gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to unfold many untold and unheard happenings of her life. She is going to write a book on her life story with the help of her mother Vrinda. Her book would reveal many unknown facts of her life. The book will also speak about secrets of her relationship with Salman Khan. Few years ago, the news of Salman Khan making Aishwarya’s life nothing less than hell had flashed in various media. Salman was once in love with Ash but their relationship did not worked out. Her name was also linked with actor Vivek Oberoi. Vivek once declared that Ash is his love partner but their alliance has also turned out to be void.

Aishwarya finally tie the knot with Big B son’s Abhishek Bachchan. Though the pace of her career was slow in the beginning but soon she caught the train of success. Today she is the most demanding actress of Bollywood and has also good number of Hollywood films in her kitty. Her international project has also done good business. Like her films, her book is also assumed to be a big hit. So, hold your breathe because Ash is going to disclose many unknown facts. No doubt that once her untitled book is available in the market, it will be a bestseller.

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Hyderabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal Monday alleged that there was a political hand behind the protests held against Ashutosh Gowariker’s epic romance “Jodhaa Akbar” in several cities.

“This is the way politics is being played in this country,” he said at a press conference here. However, he refused to elaborate on which political party could be responsible for the protests.

Benegal said there were only a handful of people protesting the film and blamed the media for hyping the issue.

“Forty channels are reporting that people representing Rajput organisations are staging protests against the film and preventing its screening. There may be 50 people staging the protest, but the moment the news comes on national channels, you think it is a national problem,” he said.

On Monday, groups tried to disrupt the screening of the film in Gurgaon, Ahmedabad and Patna, saying that Gowariker had distorted historical facts.

Starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, the movie was released Friday but banned in Rajasthan. The Karni Sena there has been spearheading a campaign against the film for quite some time.

The community says Gowariker is presenting Jodha Bai as Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar’s wife, which is factually incorrect.

According to them, Jodha Bai was not the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber as shown in the film. The princess was the daughter of Motaraja Udai Singh of Marwar and she was married to Akbar’s son Salim alias Jehangir. And Mughal king Shahjahan was her son.

Gowarikar, however, says he made the film after thorough research and consultations with historians.

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant are slated to tie the knot at the end of next month.

According to a family source who did not wish to be identified, the wedding is to take place in the last week of March after Sanjay returns from Paris where he is working on a musical, Padmavati, for the French opera house, Theatre du Chatelet.

If sources are to be believed Vaibhavi’s family is quite excited about the marriage and wedding preparations are on in full swing. Bhansali and Vaibhavi Merchant have been working together  for several years with Vaibhavi choreographing for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Saawariya.

But it’s only recently, as reported by this newspaper first, that the two have been linked romantically.
In the last couple of months the couple, quite reclusive otherwise, have been seen together publicly and Vaibhavi’s closeness to Bhansali’s family was made obvious at the premiere of  his film Saawariya.

“She walked into the premiere of the film along with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s mother Leela and sister Bela Saigal and it was more than obvious that Vaibhavi was definitely more than a professional colleague of Bhansali’s,” said our source. While Bhansali and Vaibhavi were themselves not available for comment, Sanjay’s sister Bela, when contaced laughed off the news as mere rumours.
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So, Jodhaa and Akbar show up today, in infinitely younger versions of the Mughal-Rajput royal pair engraved in the public mind as a heavyweight Prithviraj Kapoor in snowy whiskers and Durga Khote exuding the milk of maternal kindness.

In fact, Mughal-e-Azam, completed and released by K Asif 47 years ago after over a decade of labour — if not more — is so revered as ‘a historical’ film that it is an unmoveable benchmark, never mind its reissue in a falooda-tinted colour print.

Ironically, the classic hinged on the half-requited love between Prince Salim and the courtesan Anarkali whom most believe to be pure pulp fiction. She has inspired several movie chronicles, reeling off with a silent version in 1928 to spin-offs in Bombay as well as the southern film-producing centres. An account by director Nandlal Jaswantlal with Bina Rai in 1953 is still remembered, although for its excellent music score. Yet, even the most devout admirer of the Anarkali story is unsure whether she was made of flesh and blood or pen and paper, extended to the movie camera. More