After working in movies like “Love Aaj Kal” and “Aarakshan”, actress Deepika Padukone has once again teamed with Saif Ali Khan in “Cocktail”. She feels the 41-year-old is one actor who fits romantic roles perfectly even after so many years in the film industry.

“In spite of him (Saif Ali Khan) having worked so much, he is still someone who fits these young love stories and romantic characters,” Deepika, 26, told IANS.

“Cockatil”, directed by Homi Adajania, revolves around the lives of three friends – Veronica, Gautam and Meera, played by Deepika, Saif and newcomer Diana Penty, respectively.

Deepika, who will be seen as a confident and fun-loving girl in the film, says the character was challenging and she needed inner confidence to play it.

“I remember I was in Mauritius two years ago when I got the script. I felt that I was ready to play Veronica. I knew I needed inner confidence to be able to pull it off because the character could go wrong in many ways,” she said.

Explaining the background of her character, she said: “Veronica is feisty, but not a rebel. She has grown up in a broken family, so she has not got the conventional love of parents while growing up. So she likes to be surrounded by people probably to get her mind off other things.”

Milan Luthria‘s Kacche Dhagge was an action pack movie starring Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan. The movie was called an average movie and grossed upto 19 crore at the box office which is pretty good for that time.

So Saif Ali Khan will be see again in Milan Luthria’s next. So lets see what will they bring for us together. They will work with eachother almost after 13 years.

The date for Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s wedding has been announced, October 16 being the D-day.

Soha Ali Khan posted on Twitter, “Thank you all for the good wishes for bhai and kareena – I am happy to say that the wedding date has been set for october 16th in Pataudi!!”

The couple, popularly christened as ‘Saifeena’, standing strong for five years, had earlier stated that they will tie the knot in early 2012, after Agent Vinod releases.

The marriage was supposed to happen in February-March this year, but now the final date has been announced as October 16.

Saif, 41, has two children from his previous marriage with actress Amrita Singh and Kareena ended her three-year relationship with Shahid Kapoor in 2007 before she started dating Chotte Nawab. Source

The theatrical trailer of Homi Adajania’s Cocktail has crossed over 1 million views in just about 2.5 days.

A source from the production house, said, “The idea is to create maximum buzz within the online community as their reaction is instantaneous. We wanted to give certain exclusivity online and have special plans for TV promotions as well.”

Deepika Padukone, who has been promoting the film through her social networking page, posted on Twitter about the trailer crossing the 1 million mark as well

The music of Cocktail has been composed by Pritam Chakraborty, and Yo Yo Honey Singh’s ‘Angreji Beat’ also features in the trailer along with ‘Tum Hi Din Chadhe’ sung by Neeraj Shridhar.

‘Tum Hi Din Chadhe’ will reportedly be unveiled this weekend. The song was shot in Cape Town with Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty, the leading actors of this highly-anticipated film. Source

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s daughter, Sara, has caught the eye of various filmmakers after they saw her pictures in a glossy magazine.

Sixteen-year-old Sara was on the cover of Hello magazine with mother Amrita Singh three months ago.

Amrita Singh confirmed the reports and said: “Five eminent filmmakers called and said they wanted her to be a heroine in their next project.”

However, Sara has no stars in her eyes just yet and her current plan is to go to Yale for further studies.

But if she ever does plan to follow in her famous dad’s footsteps, it looks like she won’t need him to open any doors. Source

Now that AGENT VINOD has opened to rave reviews and good collection at Box-office, it seems actor-producer Saif Ali Khan is mulling over the idea to make its sequel in 3D.

“I don’t really understand 3D and I don’t even like watching 3D movies but my son does. May be for the larger portion of the audience one should consider it for sequel. It depends if AGENT VINOD becomes a big action movie, it must be a good idea to shoot it in 3D,” Says Saif when asked about his fondness and plans for 3D movies.

Not many know Saif’s recently released film AGENT VINOD was earlier being planned to be made in 3D. Saif reveals, “I didn’t really think about doing AGENT VINOD in 3D this time around. There was some talk earlier on. But the conversion didn’t look that appealing.”

If the sequel thing happens, Saif will change all the characters except for Vinod. “It will be the same Vinod with another cast for the sequel.” However, ask him about retaining leading lady and his beloved Kareena Kapoor in the sequel and Saif refuses to divulge anything further. “It is too early to discuss right now,” says Saif.

Saif Ali Khan’s home production “Agent Vinod” has earned Rs.10 crore on the first day, and is the actor’s biggest solo opening so far.

Made at a budget of Rs.50 crore, the film has been shot in Morocco, Russia and Latvia.

“Saif Ali Khan has grown as an actor and also grown as a box-office power. The number of screens first decide the craze for the film and the first day business is an indicator of its strength at the box office,” said trade analyst Taran Adarsh.

“The massive figures only go to show that Saif has a rare combination of talent and box office pull,” added Adarsh.

Directed by Sriram Raghavan, the spy thriller also features Kareena Kapoor, Prem Chopra and Ram Kapoor. While it is produced under Saif’s “Illuminati Films” banner, Eros International has distributed it.

Saif says it was the best time to release a film like “Agent Vinod”. More

Actor-producer Saif Ali Khan isn’t perturbed over Pakistan banning Agent Vinod, saying that very little revenue would be lost by the restriction imposed on his home production, which is releasing Friday.

“We have lost some revenue, just around Rs.1 crore. They are always banning our movies. Kurbaan was also banned,” Saif said adding that “We also shot in Pakistan without their permission.”

” Agent Vinod is for Indians but it is not against Pakistanis,” said Saif and added with a smile: “But I understand if they get upset because we are beating them up quite often in the film.” More

Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Censors has banned the Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Agent Vinod scheduled to be released here on Friday along with its India opening.

While the Board itself has not made any official statement, the reason being bandied about is that it contains uncharitable references to the ISI.

Because of its star cast, Agent Vinod had begun trending on Pakistani media earlier this month itself with several news channels showing clips of the film including bits from the two songs ‘Pyaar ki Pungi’ and ‘Dil Mera Muft Ka’. Earlier, another film starring the duo — Qurbaan — was banned by Pakistan.

According to IMGC Global Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd., — the distributors of the film — Agent Vinod had been banned due to the contents. Atrium Cinemas of Karachi also confirmed the ban but the film’s posters and trailers are still available on both websites. More

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was in Kolkata to promote his upcoming spy-thriller AGENT VINOD.

While addressing the media regarding the use of the name Vinod in the film, saif said, ‘Keeping in mind the majority of population it’s an appropriate and strong name.’

Saif also spoke about his character in the film. ‘He is a RAW agent and the less you know about him is better,’ stated the actor.

When the media enquired about Kareena’s absence at the event, Saif said, ‘It is better to promote individually or else it will distract the attention from the film.’

At the event, a leading American bag’s brand announced its association with the movie starring Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead. More

There have been stories floating around about good money being pumped into the making of AGENT VINOD as well as the time it has taken to reach the finishing line. Guess all of it came with a good reasoning though. Sources reveal that Saif Ali Khan and director Sriram Raghavan were such sticklers that they didn’t mind travelling thousands of miles just to get that one perfect shot, only to return to Mumbai in quick time.

“It is a known fact that the film has been shot in various parts of the world. While most of it would be visible on screen as well, it is impossible to forget one such quick fire trip that the director and the producer-actor took to St. Petersburg (Russia) which lasted for a mere two days,” informs our well placed source. More

Stars tweeted their reactions about the brawl between Saif Ali Khan and NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, which led to a police case against the actor.

Actress Amrita Arora, who was with Saif when the incident happened, defended her husband Shakeel Ladak who is also reportedly involved in the scuffle. ‘Some tweeps havin a field day slagging of my husband n saif…if only they knew the truth….well we do, n now everybody does. Truth prevails! Its sad that celebs become victims of other people wantin their 15 mins of fame…. Jst for the record,if the people concerned were assaulted so badly,hw come they were fit enuf to b on tv givin ontrviews all day…. Y is that r people had physical eveidence n they don’t,’ she tweeted. More