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Kareena will be seen playing a mother in two upcoming releases — the Karan Joharproduced We Are Family and Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra. 1 . We Are Family is the remake of the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster, Stepmom , with Kareena reprising Julia Robert’s role. She will be seen as the stepmom to the kids of Kajol, who will play the role done by Susan Sarandon in the original.

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The theatrical trailer for ‘We Are Family,’ headlining Kajol and Kareena Kapoor, will release with I Hate Love Stories on July 2.

“Big day at work today…IHLS copy out!! Excited about its release…WE ARE FAMILY promo finalized…rushing against time to get it with IHLS” Karan Johar tweeted earlier today.

We Are Family, a remake of Hollywood film Stepmom (1998), got its official title on June 19. It was earlier provisionally titled Love You Mama.

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Kareena Kapoor is a big fan of Kajol and the stunner doesn’t aim to keep her admiration for the dusky beauty under wraps. And even though Bebo rarely has a word of praise to spare for any of her co-stars, she is going all out to bond with Kajol on the sets of their upcoming flick ‘Step Mom’. The two leading divas are said to be having a blast on the sets of Siddharth Malhotra’s film.

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Actress Kareena Kapoor seems to be on an endorsement spree these days. After bagging the Sony Vaio endorsement, Kapoor has now been signed on as the brand ambassador of Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

Kareena has endorsed a range of products like Vivel of ITC soaps, Globus, Anne French, Emami, ICI Paints, Head & Shoulders, Boro Plus, Citizen Watches and Airtel among others.

2010 sure seems to be a busy year for Kapoor with a lineup of not only endorsements but films like Milenge Milenge, Golmaal 3, Lajjo, Kismat Talkies, Shree Ashtavinayak’s untitled film, Gulel, Siddharth Malhotra’s remake of Stepmom and films like Agent Vinod as well.

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Debutant Siddharth Malhotra helmed adaptation of Hollywood film Stepmom began filming today, October 9, in the US. The film stars Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal.

Producer Karan Johar tweeted earlier in the day with the news:

the adaptation of stepmom co produced by sony pictures and dharma starts today!! kajol kareena and arjun…debut director siddharth malhotra

Kareena Kapoor will fill in for Julia Roberts as the step mother and Kajol will play Susan Sarandon’s role as the terminally ill mother. John Abraham, who was to play Ed Harris’ role as the father of two children, opted out and has been replaced by Arjun Rampal.

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Bollywood is remaking Oscar winner Julia Roberts starrer 1998 Hollywood comedy-drama Stepmom.

Bollywood fans are curious to see how glamorous Filmfare winner Kareena Kapoor will fit into the shoes of working girl Roberts, who played a successful photographer Isabel Kelly in 1998 movie.

They find it quite unusual for Kapoor to look like an ordinary working girl, who is reportedly taking acting lessons just for this movie, shall flaunt a new hairstyle and shall not use any make-up.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has strongly criticized Bollywood filmmakers for blatantly recreating Hollywood themes while ignoring India’s abundance of great tales ready for adaptation for the big screen.

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Manish Malhotra is having a hard time trying to bring down Kareena’s glamour-quotient in “Stepmom’ and make her look like a ordinary working woman. Kareena is leaving nothing to chance this time. In her determination to make sure she can match strides with the formidable scene-stealer Kajol in the desi “Stepmom’ she has been quietly attending acting workshops with the film’s director Siddharth Malhotra.

To make time for this Kareena has been stealing time out of the rehearsals for the song that she began shooting with Aamir in “3 Idiots’ this week.