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Sonam Kapoor is grateful to have a tall : Akshay

As the two work together on the sets of Thank You, she says he is the most hardworking actor she has ever met.

"He’s one actor I can wear high heels with! It’s such a relief," Sonam said.

"When I was signed to do Mausam with Shahid Kapoor I remember I had gone to Pankaj Kapoor sir’s office. Shahid measured my height. We were relieved when we were nearly the same height. In fact, he was slightly taller because of his hair."

On the sets of Thank You, Akshay is quite amused each time Sonam walks in with her all-girl entourage.

"I travel with my four companions all the time. Akshay just grins each time he sees them. I’ve never met anyone as hardworking as Akshay. He’s ready before everyone else and rehearses each scene 50 times. And his comic timing is so hard to match."

Luckily Sonam had done comedy, read Aisha, before joining Akshay in Thank You.

"My comedy in Aisha is very Lucille Ball, very Goldie Hawn. But in Thank You, I needed to drop all my inhibitions. I remember me and my girls had seen Houseful and I asked one of my group, Tanya, to go to Akshay on the sets and do that scene where Arjun Rampal points to his eyes to say he was watching Akshay.

"When Tanya did that gesture, Akshay spontaneously did it back. He’s such a sport and so cute. He has a great sense of humour and he knows so much on every topic."

Sonam had the unit of Thank You on hold in Toronto. They heaved a sigh of relief when she joined them.

Director Anees Bazmi being a family friend, she had asked for time to promote her film Aisha in India.

This Bazmi happily granted even as Akshay Kumar grinned and bore the brunt of her absence. He did solo shots and a solo song as everyone waited for Sonam to join the unit.

Says Sonam: "I get along all with my co-stars because I don’t get involved with them. Bobby Deol is so shy. His cousin Abhay is just the opposite. Abhay and Bobby are complete opposites. Me and Bobby love clothes and shopping.”

She admits she isn’t in touch with her first co-star Ranbir Kapoor any longer. “We’ve both been working too hard. We aren’t that much in touch. I’d love to work with him again.”

We Are Family’ is getting kudos for its direction

His directorial debut ‘We Are Family’ is getting kudos for its direction and elated at this success, Siddharth Malhotra has already started getting things together for his next film which will be a family comedy starring yesteryear superstar Rishi Kapoor. As an icing to the cake, Rishi’s niece and Bollywood’s style diva Kareena Kapoor is being considered to play the role of the daughter for this movie which happens to be based on father-daughter relationship.

Being impressed by Kajol’s performance in his first venture, Siddharth wanted to take Kajol in his next venture, but this would not be possible because of Kajol’s pregnancy. So, he has decided to complete this family comedy first and then go on to his next film which he has written with Kajol in his mind does not want to cast anyone else in her place.

Siddharth also wants to cast Shahid Kapoor opposite Kareena with whom he developed great bonds as the Associate Director of Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Vivah’ and since then they have been close to each other. The director assures that if given a chance he can present Shahid in a way no one else has done before, but at the same time he would respect Shahid’s choice and judgement.

If Siddharth succeeds in getting Shahid and Kareena together, do we see another ‘Jab We Met’ in the making?

Sharman Joshi seems to be happy

Sharman Joshi seems to be taking a cue from his 3 Idiots and Rang De Basanti co-star, Aamir Khan, when it comes to striving for perfection. In his next film, Allah Ke Banday, he plays a slum dweller, who gets involved in crime. Since the film is based on several real-life incidents, Sharman and his director-writer-co-star Faruk Kabir did some serious research and planning for the film. Sharman elaborates, “The film traces the journey into adulthood of two slum kids who grow up in the dark alleys of the city.
To prepare for the role, I visited slums. I also interacted with slum kids, one of whom is also a part of this film.”

Aamir Khan has become Milk man

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has had many avatars in his acting career, and now the star will be seen as a milkman in a new commercial.
Aamir, who is the brand ambassador of TataSky, will be essaying the role of a milkman for its new ad.
The ad film is about a situation where a customer of the milkman offers to pay only for the days he was in town. The milkman’s point of view is conveyed in a humorous manner when he tells the customer the cow was not aware of his vacation and hence gave milk every single day.
The milkman forcibly takes money from his customer even for the days he was on a holiday. The depicted situation draws a parallel between other DTH companies and the milkman.

Conceptualised by advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, the core theme of the ad revolves around once-a-year subscription holiday service being offered by TataSky. With this feature, subscribers can discontinue their service while on vacation for a period of 15 days once every year.

We are family:movie review

How much you are going to be moved by Karan Johar’s latest production We Are Family depends on your EQ, or rather its bent. If the scenes of a terminally ill mother of three kids lying on her deathbed and admonishing her replacement stepmom about taking over the family can fling open wide the floodgates to your tear ducts, then the first thing you should do after reading this review is scoot off to a nearby theatre to book the tickets for this attempted kerchief-soaker. If not, then fall back on your patience to wait for one of the telly reruns of Chris Columbus’s subtly incisive 1998 film Stepmom, whose official remake We Are Family is.

Yes, for a change, Bollywood takes the right route to remake one of the hits from its more gifted though less productive elder cousin across the Atlantic. Handing over the directorial reins to the first-timer Siddharth Malhotra, producer Karan Johar relies on scriptwriter Venita Coelho (don’t be misled by her second name) and dialogue writer Niranjan Iyenger to Indianize the story of an emotional tug of war between two women - a divorced mom (Kajol) of three kids and the present girlfriend (Kareena Kapoor) of her ex hubby. Goes without saying that the former is more efficient in making a family than the latter, who is career-minded and ill-at-ease with kids who expectedly brand her as ‘Dayan’.

Stuck between the two is the man himself (Arjun Rampal), trying his best to do the balancing act between being a loving dad, caring ex hubby and devoted boyfriend. He loves his girlfriend, but can’t live without his kids from ex wife. His girlfriend loves him, so she tries to win over the kids (Aanchal Munjal, Nominath Ginsberg and Diya Sonecha). Thereby the two women end up in the same household. But the question is - can two women make a happy home? Not a chance in hell, some would hold. But it’s possible when one of them is bowing out and the other gradually stepping into the breach.

Deepika Padukone Believe In Dream

Actor Deepika Padukone, who plays a freedom fighter in Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’, says playing the spirited character of ‘Kalpana’ was a dream come true. Deepika stars alongside Abhishek Bachchan in Gowariker’s period thriller based on the Chittagong uprising during the freedom struggle. The actress, who started her Bollywood journey with Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Om Shanti Om’, will be seen in a new look in the film.
“It is something so new and unique for me. I am very grateful to Ashutosh who thought I was capable to carry off such a powerful role. It is a dream come true and a very important film of my career,” Deepika, who was in the city to launch a designer footwear store, said.

The 24-year-old star seems to be keen on shedding her glamourous image with two back to back films. She last played a blind girl in Yash Raj’s ‘Lafangey Parindey’ with Neil Nitin and now will be seen in cotton sarees in ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’

Talking about her co-star, Abhishek, Deepika said, “He is so much fun to work with. I’m glad that I am getting a chance to work with different kinds of actors.”

’Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’ is based on the book ‘Do And Die’ by Manini Chatterjee and centres around the Chittagong Uprising of the 1930s. The film has been shot mostly in Goa and Mumbai and will hit the theaters in December. Deepika also has Kunal Kohli produced drama ‘Break Ke Baad’ with Imran Khan, which will also release in December. Keywords: Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Abhishek Bachchan, Gowariker.

Youngster loves "Anjaana Anjaani" songs

"Anjaana Anjaani"; Music Directors: Vishal Dadlani-Shekhar Ravjiani; Lyricists: Neelesh Misra, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Caralisa Monteiro, Kumaar, Irshad Kamil and Kausar Munir; Singers: Nikhil D’Souza, Monali, Lucky Ali, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Caralisa Monteiro, Mohit Chauhan, Shruti Pathak, Vishal Dadlani and Shilpa Rao; Rating: *** 1/2

Music composer duo Vishal-Shekhar hardly go wrong when it comes to judging the pulse of youth and creating music to suit their tastes. After the success of their last venture "I Hate Luv Storys", they are back with their new album "Anjaana Anjaani" that has the potential to rule the charts. The film offers nine tracks.
It opens with the title track "Anjaana anjaani ki kahani", the one that has already become a favourite at DJ consoles. Crooned by Nikhil DSouza and Monali Thakur, this upbeat and peppy song is entertaining and is a perfect dance number. It gets right for the album.

Next comes an instantly likeable song "Hairat", sung by Lucky Ali. The rock song is full of punch and is highly appealing owing to its interesting composition and Ali’s out-of-the-league voice. It will surely become chartbuster.

The album then takes a turn by introducing the soulful voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, singing "Aas pass khuda", a sufi-rock track. The moderately-paced song is pleasing to the ears and strikes a chord with the listener.

The song has a duet version where Shruti Pathak joins Khan. This unplugged version is equally enthralling with light orchestration and brilliant vocals by the singers.

Shekhar and Caralisa Monteiro then enter with the love song "Tumse hi tumse". The happy-go-lucky song has nothing extraordinary, but the acoustic guitar strumming makes it a good hear.

Up next is another impressive song "Tujhe bhula diya". The poignant number first starts with Shruti Pathak adding a touch of folk flavour to it and then Mohit Chauhan enters with his silken voice and takes over. Later Shekhar joins in too. The song is nice and has the potential of becoming a favourite since it grows on you with every hear.

The song also has a remixed version called "The dance to forget" mix.

Then there is "I feel good" with Vishal and Shilpa Rao behind the mike. It is average and entails both Hindi and English lyrics. This too has a slight rock feel to it.

Finally, the other title track of the album makes an appearance. Crooned by Vishal and Shilpa again, it has a heard before feeling, thus taking away the interest from the song.

On the whole the album is a robust mix of songs of different genres. It is entertaining and hummable and will appeal to the younger generation.

PM watched the movie 'Peepli Live'

The PM watched the film along with wife Gursharan at a special screening at their residence.

He had reportedly opined that the film had a message on which they had to act. He also felt that there should be a more inclusive approach to development. The film is a satirical take on the farmers’ suicides in the country.

Earlier, the film had attracted mixed reactions from various sections of people. A group of farmers demanded the banning on the film and felt that ’Peepli Live’ trivialized farmers’ deaths.

After a special screening of the film for NDA MPs, L K Advani praised ’Peepli Live’ for its "realistic depiction of village life". But, he felt that the theme should have been the NREGA, rather than the farmer suicides.