Adil Hussain talks about Kareena, Saif & Agent Vinod!

There is a never-ending speculation regarding the cause of delay in the release of "Agent Vinod" and subsequent date of Kareena and Saif's wedding. The most recent piece of information available in the media is that post-production house has not even received the complete footage of the film yet, leading to further talks about the delay of the movie's release by another six months! However, Adil Hussain, who plays a villain in the film, rubbishes such claims. Having shot with Kareena on December 22 at Mumbai's airport, the actor says that the film might well see a release in the last week of February or early March.

Says Adil, who has earlier played Tabu's husband in Ang Lee's "Life of Pi", "In "AV", I play an international handler. I reached Mumbai on December 21. On December 22, Kareena and I shot at the airport from 7.30 am till 1 pm. Then, I took a flight back to Delhi. I also met Saif briefly at the airport." Tell Adil about the reports about the film getting delayed and not being able to meet the February-release deadline because the complete footage isn't ready and he says, "The editing of the film is over. Most of the dubbing, including mine, is over too. A few parts are left but that won't take long. The portions that are now being shot are very small. They would just take one or two seconds on-screen and the unit knows exactly where to place this footage. Even though the shooting will end on December 29, that can't be any reason for the delay of the movie's release. I had a talk with the unit and the film might release anywhere between February 27 and March 13. However, film is such a medium that one can never have the final word till it is released."

Ask him about his experience of shooting with Kareena and Saif and he says, "She is a wonderful actor. While shooting, she told me about doing "Heroine" too though we didn't have much time to talk about the project at length. Kareena and Saif are a wonderful couple. They are crisply professional and yet exude a sense of homeliness. They do all that very effortlessly. That's a beautiful combination to have for any actor or a producer. This wasn't the first time that I shot for "AV" after Saif's father passed away. I had shot with Saif just after his father's death when he resumed work on the movie in Mumbai. He was very calm and professional even then. But, I suppose, his father had been ailing for a while and he kind of saw the end coming. This happens when a person is ill for a long time. My father was 93 when he passed away. Since he had been bed-ridden for a while, I knew that I would have to let go. I was shooting on the border of Pakistan for a television soap called "Jasoos Vijay" when the news of his demise reached me on the phone. My brother told me that my father is no more and just after that news, the next voice I heard was "Shot ready hain" and I had said: "Okay". Well, such is life."

Source: Times of India

Kareena is a Dharma favorite

Kareena Kapoor signalled her arrival in Bollywood with the biggest possible bang, working in the Karan Johar film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham in her very first year. But the relationship between the two soured since, and after working with Preity Zinta in Kal Ho Naa Ho, KJo hasn’t directed Kareena ever again. He insists, however, that Bebo remains his favourite.

“Kareena is the numero uno heroine in Bollywood today, and the fact is that she and Karan are the best of friends,” says an insider, adding, “After a brief fallout, things have again become great. Though Karan is yet to direct her again, Kareena has obliged by stepping in as leading lady in his productions like Kurbaan, We Are Family and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.”

While everyone is still waiting for the two to work together again, the people at Dharma Productions are clear that Kareena will remain their first choice heroine regardless of the director. “Kareena is the in-house heroine for us. Period. Everyone at Dharma Productions is pretty much in sync with that, and that was the case with Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu as well. Director Shakun Batra and co-writer Ayesha Devitre did write the film keeping Kareena in mind,” avers Karan himself.

Source: Asianage

Rohit Shetty a Kareena fan

Filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who worked with Kareena Kapoor in "Golmaal Returns" and "Golmaal 3", is all praise for the actress.

"She is one of the finest actors we have in our country. She is a natural actor and she understands cinema very well which is very important. For me Kareena is a diva," said the 38-year-old director at the Big Star Entertainment awards.

His last film "Singham" was a blockbuster. Meanwhile, Shetty is busy shooting for his new film "Bol Bachchan", starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Asin Thottumkal and Prachi Desai.

source : mid-day

Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor to turn friends again?

Did they fake it or was it for real? Arch rivals Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra yet again did an all is well act at the entertainment awards event in Andheri on Sunday night

It was PC who made the first move and couldn't resist giving Bebo a warm hug. The Kapoor girl taken unawares was forced to extend a warm hug too.

Everyone in Bollywood knows that the two stars are not on talking terms. Professional rivalry apart, there is also a personal angle. Bebo's ex flame Shahid Kapoor had an on-off relationship with PC.

Both the actresses avoid being seen together at the same place and at the same time. And in the past, there have been instances of how one would avoid having a run on with the other.

Says a source, "Kareena arrived late and made her way to the reserved table. For a while she was sitting alone. Later director Madhur Bhandarkar was seen with her at the table. Meanwhile PC was seated a few tables away waiting for her performance.

Says an onlooker, "As soon as she saw Kareena seated, Priyanka walked up to her and bent over her to give her a warm hug. Bebo reciprocated. For a few moments they exchanged niceties and PC went back to her seat."

Adds the onlooker, "Everyone was taken by surprise by PC's move." Last year, at the annual police mela PC had apparently gone up to Bebo and said, "Let's forget what has happened and begin anew." Both had also danced together on stage with Shah Rukh Khan.

But the buzz that did the rounds at that time was that Bebo had given PC her famous Poo look (from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum) meaning 'Whatever!' and continued with what she was doing.

At that time, it did not look like the Kapoor girl was in the mood to forget. Did she this time? Time will tell.

source : mid-day

Kareena isn't uncomfortable about doing 'Heroine'

'Heroine' is progressing well and Madhur Bhandarkar can well consider himself to be second time lucky as he had suffered an aborted shoot with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the same film early this year. Now with Kareena Kapoor giving her full time, energy and dedication into living the coveted, it is pretty much akin to destiny playing a major role with the film falling in her lap.

While for Kareena the film is indeed absolutely special, one wonders that since the film had earlier started with Aishwarya, was it a little uncomfortable for her to give a nod of approval when it eventually came her way?

"See, actors do a film on the basis of a script that comes their way instead of thinking about whether it had reached another actor is doing or not," Kareena makes a stern statement here, "Also, let's not forget that Madhur has offered this film first to me as good as one and a half years ago. When I couldn't do it, he went ahead with someone else. Now for whatever reasons it didn't work out for me, there is no role that I have to play. The fact that Madhur came to me again and I am doing it because it is a great film is all that matters."

Well said, lady!

source : indiaglitz

Kareena the great gambler

Few people know that Kareena Kapoor can play poker really well.

She's so good at it that she even taught her Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu co-star Imran Khan how to play blind poker while they were shooting in Las Vegas.

After packup, they would go to casinos and clubs and spend time gambling. Now, whenever people complain about Imran Khan's gambling he blames Bebo for the bad habit!

Source: Times of India

Talaash trailer to arrive with AgneepathThat Aamir Khan is a perfectionist is no secret. And his latest venture had to go through his quality control test. Aamir has stopped the release of his film Talaash's first theatrical promo that was supposed to hit the screens alongside Shah Rukh Khan's December 23 release Don 2.

According to a unit member of Talaash, three production houses had been appointed to make the promos of the film. It is only now, that one has been finalised delaying the process and missing the Don 2 deadline.

Our source explained, "Talaash is Aamir Khan's first film after 3 Idiots. While Dhobi Ghat and Delhi Belly, both his home productions did release, Reema Kagti's film will be his next big commercial project."

"Since both Talaash and Don 2 are Excel Entertainment projects, everyone expected to see the promo of Aamir's film with SRK's. However, since the promo got delayed, Ritesh Sidhwani, Reema Kagti and Aamir Khan decided not to rush into it and work on the promo at their own pace. In fact, Aamir wanted to spend more time on the promo and give it a different look," added the source.

"Since Talaash is the biggest release during IPL, Aamir did not want to hurry things even if it meant missing the Don 2 deadline. And thus, the overseas delivery of Don 2, which went last week had to go without the Talaash promo," said the source.

When contacted, Ritesh Sidhwani explained, "We had assigned three different production houses to make the promos of Talaash. We did not much like the first or the second one. The third, created by a production house owned by Pahlaj Nihalani's son was the closest to the film. Aamir has also liked it. Now we will send a new brief to the production house so that they can start work on the final cut."

"We are now targeting Agneepath. It isn't true that it was Aamir who wanted to work on the promo. In fact, the promo wasn't entirely ready. We will need to edit it a little and compose the music for it to be screen ready," Ritesh said denying Aamir's involvement in the delay.

Source: Mumbai Mirror

Heroine on Twitter

There are very few stars who shy away from social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Bollywood's heroine no 1 is one of them, who has never felt the urge to share her life on these site. But she is making an exception for Madhur Bhandarkar's movie Heroine.

The actress is ready to tweet via UTV Motion Pictures' Twitter account, just for this movie. She will share moments from the shooting of the movie and be up, close and personal with her fans about her character and working experience on the sets of Heroine.

"Yes, I will be on twitter for the first time as heroine, my character in UTV Motion Pictures and Madhur Bhandarkar's film. It will be a new experience for me and I'm really looking forward for it. I think I will thoroughly enjoy it. I will be doing so from UTV's Twitter handle utvmp," says a very enthusiastic Kareena.

You can follow Heroine on Twitter @utvmp

Source: Times of India


Kareena in dilemma as EMAET and Agent Vinod arrive togetherWhat was being feared all this while has indeed come true. Kareena Kapoor, who has always aspired to see her biggies separated by at least a few weeks from each other, will now have a (rather unwanted) double bill to her name this February. Plans have been announced for her Agent Vinod as well and as things stand today, the film would arrive exactly a week after Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

"This is the kind of situation no actor would ever want for herself", says a trade expert, "Most of them would want at least a gap of two months between their films, leave aside just a few weeks. However, the inevitable has now happened and it would be some tough times ahead for Kareena. Not just would she have to promote both of her films in parallel, she would also have to live with the fact that it would be her own Agent Vinod which would be challenging Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu."

This indeed puts Kareena in a spot because the situation here is akin to dividing time between her personal and professional space. With Saif Ali Khan as a partner and Agent Vinod being pretty much her home production, she has to go all out for Agent Vinod. On the other hand, since Karan Johar is one of her closest friends, she has to go full justice to Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu as well.

"She can't afford to pick and chose because she is not just an eye candy in either of the two films. She is a key protagonist in the spy thriller as well as the rom-com with a proper role to boast of that goes beyond just a song and dance routine", says a colleague, "Both films are quite close to her heart and while she would be praying that they turn out to be successful, this is indeed a first in her career where she would have to go through such an intensive drill."

Though an official declaration is yet to come from the makers of Agent Vinod, the release date has been pegged as February 17. On the other hand, Karan Johar has made his intentions quite clear that with a 10th February arrival, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu would bring in Valentine's Day.

"We wanted to bring Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu this year itself but due to certain date hassles, we couldn't do that. Now that it is coming in a week leading to Valentines Day, we couldn't have asked for a better date as releasing a film belonging to this genre at this time is a good commercial move", says Karan, who is also busy with the promotion of Agneepath. "Of course eventually a film speaks for itself and no amount of marketing can undo the eventual outcome if a film is bad. However, with 10th February being finalised, it is just a perfect date."

One just hopes that for Kareena too, the situation turns out to be as rosy.

Source: Bollywoodhungama