Shahid and Kareena will be back together. Well, not in the real life but in the reel life. Yes, Milenge Milenge, in which they had starred about five years ago, was due to be released in April.

However, Shahid requested MM’s producer Boney Kapoor to hold the release, as two of his films Ahmed Khan’s Paathshaala and Yash Raj Films’ Badmaash Company is due for a release in the same month and he would not be in a position to promote the film.

Boney had heeded to Shahid’s request. There are reports that the producer is planning to add a song to the film and this is one of the reasons for postponing the release. MM has Kareena Kapoor in the lead role.

Boney Kapoor has apparently decided to postpone the release of his five-year-old Milenge Milenge (with Kareena Kapoor) because his hero Shahid Kapoor has requested it.

No blasts from past
It is learnt that Shahid is keen that his upcoming releases are not blasts from the past. He doesn’t want to dilute the high Kaminey gave him, by following it up with a dabbe ka picture (as films long in the making are popularly called in B-Town).

Pehle yeh…
Shahid wants his buddy Ahmed Khan’s Paathshaala and Yash Raj Films’ Badmaash Company to release first. Shahid feels that Paathshaala has shaped out well and could be his Taare Zameen Par.
Milenge Milenge has been in the making for years and he is convinced that if it releases before the new films, it could mar his popularity. Boney has now postponed his film from April 2 this year to an indefinite date. He is expected to announce the release date in the coming week.”

You decide…
Boney says, “Yes. I have postponed Milenge Milenge from April 2 and Shahid did tell me to postpone the film as he felt that for three films to release at the same time would make all suffer and also cut into the promotional events but he also said that the final decision is mine.”

Music video
Boney adds that he also pushed the release ahead for other reasons, “We have recorded a new song, Sab Kuch Khatam Hokar Bhi by Himesh Reshammiya. It’s probably Himesh’s best song and Shahid was very excited when he heard it. He was very excited about the song and said this could be the surprise of the film. He’s agreed to shoot the music video. Now I need to ask Kareena.”

Sitting on a winner
Boney says that Bebo is willing to promote the film. “This could be something exciting if the two of them decide to promote MM together. In fact, after Bebo finished dubbing she asked the team why we were holding back the release, because she thought we are sitting on a winner.”

According to Boney, another reason the film has been delayed is the music company T-Series. “When I played the new soundtrack to Bhushan Kumar, he said that the music is exceptional and would need a six-week window to promote and do justice to it. I have to respect the person who is investing so much into my film. I have been showing promos to different people and everyone is saying that they are looking fresh and fantastic.”

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, who is set to sizzle the screen in the much awaited Kambakht Ishq movie, is not only looking hot these days, but she is also seething with fury.

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, who is set to sizzle the screen in the much awaited Kambakht Ishq movie, is not only looking hot these days, but she is also seething with fury.

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor in a still from the movie Tashan.
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According to the grapevine buzz, when a reporter asked Kareena recently whether she is agreeable to doing nude scenes in the future, the actress walked off in a huff, leaving the media person shocked and speechless.

“Bebo was in the city recently to promote her upcoming movie Kambakht Ishq. During a press conference, when Bebo said that though her family was uncomfortable with her doing bikini scenes, yet she was willing to do anything if the script and the film demanded it, a tart reporter representing a Punjabi television channel cheekily asked her whether she would be willing to go totally nude before the camera too if the script demanded so. For a minute or so, Bebo was speechless and a hush fell over the conference. Then suddenly, Bebo got up and walked away, clearly showing that she would have nothing to do with reporters who lack discretion,” an eyewitness said.

Meanwhile, Kareena seems to have gotten over her size zero figure and prefers to be curvy and beautiful. The sexy actress who sizzled the scene in Tashan, where she co-acted with her beau Saif Ali Khan, was recently spotted eating her heart out in a trendy Italian restaurant.

The actress, who donned mini skirts and hot pants in Tashan, reportedly went on a liquid diet to fit the role but raised health scares across Bollywood when her weight fell below 50 kg.

However, when her sizzling hot figure failed to make the Yash Raj produced movie a box office success, boyfriend Saif encouraged her to give up her obsession with a size zero figure.

Now the actress is looking more curvy than slim in Kambakht Ishq and has succeeded in raising the temperature by a few degrees with her new look in the movie.

Guess Bebo is all set to give Hollywood hottie Denise Richards, who does a cameo in the movie, a run for her money.

The much awaited Sajid Nadiadwala produced, Sabbir Khan directed movie, which stars Akshay Kumar in the leading role and has Hollywood hunks Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh in cameos, is slated for release on July 3.

Two-film-old Ranbir Kapoor should be feeling quite proud of himself. The young actor’s latest film has a budget which exceeds Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s next film by 18 crores. Ranbir’s Wake Up Sid as well as Saif and Kareena’s Jehaad are both being produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.

WAKE Up Sid is a romance set in Mumbai revolving around a good looking young man (Ranbir Kapoor) who falls for an older, simple woman (Konkona Sen Sharma), who is a writer from Kolkata. A source from the production team says, “The film’s budget was initially 80 crores but due to the recent market condition, it was reduced to 60 crores. Hopefully, the film will release in October this year.”

As for Renzil D’Silva’s Jehaad, starring Saif and Kareena, a source says that it has an estimated budget of 42 crores. The source adds, “The film, based on terrorism, revolves around an Indian woman (Kareena Kapoor) who marries and moves to the US. Later, she finds out that her husband is a part of a terrorist group. It will release this year.”

The news is surprising as Saif and Kareena are considered the hottest pair in Bollywood right now and they are the most expensive brand as a couple. In addition to this, Saif has appeared in 50 films and Ranbir’s cousin, Kareena, has done 38 films. But Dharma Productions doesn’t seem to think these are good enough reasons to splurge on Jehaad’s budget.

Rumours doing the rounds that establish Karan’s high hopes for Wake Up Sid are that he has given the distribution rights of the film to UTV Motion Pictures, making it an exception as all his previous films have always been distributed by Yash Raj.

It’s going to be Yash Raj’s first animation feature film and the production house is leaving no stone unturned to make it a grandiose affair. The animation project, to be directed by Jugal Hansraj, will have Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor lending their voices to animals.

“The concept is such that Kareena and Saif will give voice-overs for dogs. There are only three principal characters. Aditya Chopra has loved the concept,” says a source.

Jugal, it can be recalled, was a child artiste (Masoom) before he turned hero with Aa Gale Lag Ja. He’s also been a close friend of Aditya, acting in a number of Yash Raj films, including Mohabbatein and Salaam Namaste.

This is not the first time mainstream actors are doing voice-overs for an animation film. Shah Rukh Khan did it earlier with The Incredibles. Nana Patekar lent his voice to Sher Khan in Jungle Book. Amrish Puri dubbed for Ravan’s character in the cartoon version of Ramayana.

Meanwhile, the animation industry has got a shot in the arm. Filmmakers are not afraid of putting in their money on animation projects. Recently released Hanuman and Lord Krishna prove the point.

That’s not all. The producers of Hanuman are already contemplating a sequel, while producer Firoz Nadiadwala has announced his plans to produce an animated version of the Hera Pheri series.