Kamal Haasan candidly admits that he couldn’t have made it big in Bollywood without his mentor K Balachander, that Hindi movies still enthuse him and that he loves the kind of films Aamir Khan is making.

He is also proud of his daughter Shruti Haasan’s career in Tamil and Hindi movies as she has made a place for herself without his banner’s support.

Excerpts from the interview.

Q: Are you enthused by Hindi cinema?

A: Yes, some of it. I am very happy Aamir Khan is now attempting films that should’ve been done 10 years ago in Hindi. People attribute this new cinema to the entry of corporate houses in Hindi cinema. But where were these corporate houses when Hrishida (Hrishikesh Mukeherjee) made his films, and Gulzar bhai made Achanak? Brilliant films are possible in every corner of India and at any time.

Q: Your daughter Shruti has made a career both in the Tamil and Hindi film industry. More

They were seen cozied up to each other, involved in a warm and friendly discussion at a prayer meeting held at a Mumbai film studio in the memory of the late Dev Anand, lovingly and respectfully called by the industry folks as Dev Saab.

While the first time father Abhishek was quietly listening to the senior thespian’s animated discourse with a very friendly smile on his face, everyone was left wondering about the topic of conversation. Were they discussing the nitty-gritty of fatherhood? Both looked relaxed and happy, with the bright glow of fatherhood adorning their visage. More

Our headlines may come as a surprise to most as the two top Khans, Aamir and Shah Rukh, though cordial to each other are not exactly bosom pals. But hold on to your horses because what we are saying is true, though there is bit of a twist to the tale.

As is known, in February 2011, Shah Rukh Khan was in Malaysia’s exotic tourist island, Langkawi, to shoot for DON 2. During his two week sojourn, King Khan stayed at Langkawi’s The Danna Hotel, located very close to the shooting venue, the cable car and the rain forest.

It may well be a co-incidence of sorts but the fact is that (believe it or not!) the name of the general manager of The Danna Hotel was Aamir Khan, who made sure that SRK’s stay was a very comfortable one. The interesting information came to our knowledge during our recent visit to Langkawi!

Well, we are sure that Aamir Khan’s efforts were not in vain because we know for sure that some of the most stunning shots from DON 2 are from the Langkawi portions, but more on that later! Source

Aamir Khan and Kiran rao have become happy parents with a baby boy on December 1st.

Aamir Khan said “It gives us the greatest joy to share with you the good news of the birth of our baby boy. This baby is especially dear to us because he was born to us after a long wait and some difficulty.

Due to medical complications, we were advised to have a baby through IVF -Surrogacy and we feel very grateful to the Almighty that everything has gone well.” Source

Ask Aamir to do a film and Mr. Perfectionist will do what not to make his film look just ‘perfect’.

Just few days back we heard, Aamir Khan  is perfecting the art of ballet dancing for his upcoming film DHOOM 3 since he had to stand on his toes in a particular scene of the film.

Now the buzz is that the perfectionist Khan will start training for the death-defying sport Parkour shortly.

A close hand reveals that there is this key sequence in the film that has an extensive shot of Parkour. And Aamir insisted to do the stunt himself.

Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya DHOOM 3 also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif. The movie is slated to release by Christmas 2012. Source

There has been much speculation about the title of Aamir Khan’s next directed by Reema Kagti, which also stars Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. Post unconfirmed reports that the film was initially titled Dhuaan, we now hear that the film has finally being titled Talaash.

Talaash is said to be a suspense thriller, which is being co-produced by Aamir along with Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Apparently, it was the joint decision of the trio to name the film Talaash. Source

The much awaited release of DHOOM 3 has now been shifted to 2013. This has been necessitated because of various production and post-production considerations.

While the shoot begins from end-November 2011, we anticipate a demanding 10 to 11 months of intense shooting with concurrent post-production, which will stretch beyond. This will probably be cutting it too fine for a Christmas 2012 release.

In view of this and keeping the interest of the audience expectations from DHOOM:3, both Aditya Chopra and Vijay Krishna Acharya (Victor) in consultation with Aamir Khan, have decided to delay the release of the film to 2013.

Speaking about this, Victor said, ‘DHOOM:3 is very dear to all of us as well as to its audience who expect only the best from the franchise. While the shooting will finish in time, we expect the post-production to take much longer. We are trying our best to give one of the finest cinematic experiences to our discerning audience and therefore did not want to compromise the quality of the film just to meet the release date.’ More

Hrithik Roshan has finally beaten the Khans in the movie rat race. According to trade insiders, Zee Network has apparently bought the satellite rights for his upcoming AGNEEPATH for a whopping Rs. 41 crore, which could be a new record. The transaction beats what Sony Entertainment supposedly paid for Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor tentatively titled cop caper DHUAN (Rs. 38-40 crore), and has also outclassed Star Network’s reported Rs. 35 crore bet on this year’s Diwali release, RA.ONE.

Jayantilal Gada, CMD, Pen India Pvt Ltd, the agency that aids the purchase of films for Zee Cinema, justifies a hefty price tag, saying that channels study the production banner’s track record on the small screen before pitching to buy satellite rights. ‘We chose to buy AGNEEPATH over several other biggies because Karan’s (producer Karan Johar of Dharma Productions) movies have always delivered great numbers. And the promo of this film showed promise,’ he adds. More

Aamir Khan, who himself is credited with blockbuster hits and known for his perfection in industry calls his buddy and superstar Salman Khan as no 1 star of Bollywood.

“Salman is ahead of me. The way his recent release BODYGUARD has got the terrific opening and broken all box office records, today if there is anyone who is the number one box office star, then it is Salman,” said Aamir at a recent event.

“He has proved with that he is ahead of all of us. I am happy and my best wishes are always with him,” he added.

As per Aamir, Salman’s BODYGUARD that released on Eid, has surpassed box office records of many biggies including his blockbuster 3 IDIOTS. An elated Aamir immediately gave the news to Salman, who was in the US for a nerve surgery when the movie received such a massive opening. More

The cold war between Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan shows no signs of thawing. The two are well known for taking potshots at each other, especially when either of their films is up for release.

Now, the rivalry has been taken up a notch. Aamir Khan has apparently refused to be a part of UTV Star’s show Live My Life, which tracks a celeb’s life for a day, simply because it is being produced by SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment!

“They wanted to kickstart the show with Aamir because the concept of the show has been generating a lot of attention, and obviously a big name would give it that much of a boost. More

Aamir Khan’s current schedule has him shooting for director Reema Kagti’s next film, getting in shape for Dhoom 3 and ideating for his much-awaited talk show, being produced by Siddharth Basu’s Big Synergy on the lines of the Oprah Winfrey show.

But news is that he is trying hard to juggle dates between shooting episodes for his TV debut and Dhoom 3.

Incidentally, the Yash Raj production has already been delayed, thanks to papa-to-be Abhishek Bachchan.

Says a source, “Yash Raj is very particular about their shoot dates; they don’t really juggle things around. They are now working with Aamir on a schedule that is conducive to both.” More

Abhay Deol was right. Post the super success of his ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ and Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Murder 2′, he was confident that stocks of their next film together, ‘Shanghai’, would be sky high.

Well, his belief has stayed on to be true, what with the makers of ‘Shanghai’ willing to take on none less than Aamir Khan.

“‘Shanghai’ has been confirmed for release on India’s Republic Day i.e. 26th January next year. Now this is the same date that was locked for Aamir Khan’s next with Reema Kagti which is rumoured to be titled ‘Dhuaan’”, confirms a trade source. More