Deepika Padukone Roped in for Race 2

Deepika Padukone has signed on the dotted line as one of the leading actresses of Race 2. The girl now has two films in her kitty-the about to release ‘Desi Boyz’ and ‘Race 2’. She will be replacing Sonakshi Sinha who has opted out of the film citing date problems. Deepika was also in a double mind about doing the film or not because she had committed to Ayan Mukherjee’s next film. But since nothing was concrete on that front, the lanky girl opted to be in the team of Race 2. Deepika has consented to give her dates in a recent meeting. The Race 2 team now stands...

Zarine Khan Undergoes Appendicitis Surgery

Zarine Khan, Salman Khan’s protégée had a terrible stomach ache when she was shooting for Housefull 2 in Mumbai. So severe was the problem that she had to be taken to the hospital where her condition was diagnosed as appendicitis. An emergency surgery was done and she is now on the road to recovery. A team member from the unit said, “Zarine started shooting for Housefull 2 a couple of weeks ago. On one of the days, while she was shooting for one of her sequences in the film at Filmistan, she appeared to be in a lot of pain. She complained of acute stomach pain. When the pain...

Kareena Kapoor on the Status of Agent Vinod

Kareena Kapoor who is still on the roll with her chain of blockbusters, Ra One included, is all geared to the release of the Sriram Raghavan thriller ‘Agent Vinod’ that is wrapping up the post production process. However, the movie was beset with different versions of the timing of the release and the media fraternity was wondering if the movie would ever release this year, considering it has been in the news for the past two years now. The release date, we hear, is early 2012. Kareena Kapoor defends the film, “In October, we embarked upon the last schedule of the film...

Priyanka Chopra to Play Sarojini Devi Naidu in her Next Film

Priyanka Chopra who has never shied away from taking challenging roles is going to play the historical character of Sarojini Devi Naidu in her next film ‘Maqtassar’. The film covers three eras of independence- (1910s), post-independence (1960s) and the current times (2012). Saroini Devi Naidu who was called the ‘Nightingale of India’ was a legendary poet and had a pivotal role to play in the freedom struggle of India as she took the lead in many non-violent struggles that Gandhiji essayed. Priyanka Chopra will be in a DE-glam avatar for the film and according to a...

Katrina Kaif’s New Item Number ‘Ishaqzaade’ to Beat Sheela Ki Jawani

No one needs to reaffirm the fact that Sheela Ki Jawaani is one of the best item numbers ever in Bollywood. Though the deal in 2010 was for Sheela Ki Jawaani to outbid ‘Munni Badnaam’ Katrina Kaif may have never thought that her item number would be so famous that even a year later, it is still considered a chartbuster. With that successful number tucked in her belt, Katrina Kaif is now considering doing another item number in her ‘rakhi brother’ Arjun Kapoor’s debut film, called ‘Ishaqzaade. Katrina and Arjun bonded well, when she was dating Salman Khan...

Sonam Kapoor’s Middle Finger in Players – Did the Censor Board Play Truant?

Sonam Kapoor’s perfectly manicured middle finger act in Players has raised a few eyebrows in and outside the Indian film fraternity. In the trailer of the Abbas Mustan’s most anticipated movie, the Kapoor babe is shown making the controversial hand gesture while driving a car. From the looks of it, it seems that the censor board which has blurred out other lewd gestures, words and even flags of other countries, gave a complete miss to Sonam’s finger act. A section of the film industry feels that Sonam Kapoor who is a youth icon should have refrained from this gesture...