From Om Puri and Kareena to Neil

December 13th, 2010

By Jilawatan

Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Kay Kay Menon are actors who don’t need any introduction. It is this diverse set of actors that Sudhir Mishra has worked with in his 25 years of film making career so far. This is the reason why when one he had signed a relative newcomer like Neil Nitin Mukesh for his film ‘Tera Kya Hoga Johny’, quite a few eyebrows were raised.

Kareena has broken up for good…

August 22nd, 2010

By Jilawatan

With her twitter account, that is. In an Emirates 24|7 exclusive the actress explains why celebs tweet no more Kareena Kapoor says she prefers limited interaction with her fans through her website rather than social media avenues such as Twitter. (SUPPLIED)
In less than a week, Bollywood’s Imran Khan and Indian author Chetan Bhagat have both quit microblogging site Twitter, while Kareena Kapoor tells Emirates 24|7 that she has no plans to ever return to her account that she had once set up.

Madhur lines up a bevy of stars to inspire Bebo

May 18th, 2010

By Jilawatan

Kareena Kapoor will draw inspiration from four Hollywood icons – Ava Gardner, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe – for Madhur Bhandarkar’s film Heroine. She plays a Bollywood actress in it. Bhandarkar has specially prepared a documentary featuring the four legends for Kareena to prepare for her role.

If the absence of Bollywood greats from Kareena’s method preparation for the role amazes you, Bhandarkar’s explanation for it is even more baffling. “I haven’t found anything interesting about Indian actresses,” he declares.

Abhishek and Kareena in Abbas-Mustan’s next

November 11th, 2009

By Jilawatan

kareena-kapoor-picture-04Abhishek Bachchan is set to romance ex girlfriend Karisma’s baby sis Kareena Kapoor yet again after the debacles of ‘Refugee’ and ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon’.
According to reports, both the stars have broken their so-called vow of not working together for Abbas Mustan’s remake of ‘Italian Job’. The duo had reportedly refused to work together after things didn’t work out between Abhishek and Karisma, who were engaged to be married.

The actors will be starring together after a span of six long years. The film in question will also star Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh in lead roles.

Abhishek to romance Kareena in Abbas-Mustan’s next

October 25th, 2009

By Jilawatan

hands-up-for-abhishek-kareena-to-pair-off-on-scree-8085215064a97f146c121c480346726Abhishek Bachchan is set to romance ex girlfriend Karisma’s baby sis Kareena Kapoor yet again after the debacles of ‘Refugee’ and ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon’.
According to reports, both the stars have broken their so-called vow of not working together for Abbas Mustan’s remake of ‘Italian Job’. The duo had reportedly refused to work together after things didn’t work out between Abhishek and Karisma, who were engaged to be married.

The actors will be starring together after a span of six long years. The film in question will also star Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh in lead roles.

Saif gets to keep Bebo & Bips

July 7th, 2009

By Jilawatan

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The race in Bollywood to see which actors get the coveted roles of Mark Wahlberg and Edward Norton in Abbas-Mustan’s official remake of
Hollywood’s 2003 hit, The Italian Job, is over.

And, the winners have been declared: Saif Ali Khan and Neil Nitin Mukesh respectively. The Hollywood film is itself a remake of the 1969 British original by the same name starring Michael Caine. And Abbas-Mastan, Bollywood’s masala-suspense filmmaking brothers, have been considering all our coolest actors from John Abraham to Ranbir Kapoor for the lead roles.