Shazahn excited about film on rave party

Actress Shazahn Padamsee, who was last seen in Sajid Khan's comic caper "Housefull 2", is upbeat about her next film " Disco Valley", which is about a rave party.

"I am doing a film 'Disco Valley'. It is a very young film, it's about a big rave party. It will start in October, so I am very excited about that," the 24-year-old said.

Directed by Sajit Warrier, "Disco Valley" also features Rajat Barmecha and Manjot Singh. It also features a pig as a protagonist.

Child Rights panel to hear complaint against Shah Rukh

Three months after he scuffled with MCA and police officials at Wankhede stadium after an IPL match, the Maharashtra Commission for Protection of Child Rights will hear a complaint against actor Shahrukh Khan for "corrupting" the minds of children with "filthy abuses in public".

The Commission has sent a notice to the complainant and Marine Drive police station to be present on August 16 for the hearing.

Complainant Amit Maru, through his lawyer Y P Singh, had approached the Commission saying seven cognizable offences were made against Khan and sought a direction to the police to register an FIR against the actor.

"If Maru or the police officials are not present, then hearing will take place ex-parte," said the notice signed by Commission's under secretary S S Supe sent yesterday.

Maru will have to explain how offences could be made out against Khan before the Commission proceeds further.

Madhuri's 'Gulab Gang' goes on floors in October

The shooting of Madhuri Dixit's comeback film " Gulab Gang", the production debut of director Anubhav Sinha, will begin in October. Since the movie is all about women's power, the filmmaker hopes to wrap it up in time to release it on International Women's Day in 2013.

"I'm very excited about 'Gulab Gang'. I'm hoping to release the film on March 8, 2013 on International Women's Day. The film will go on floors in October," Sinha told IANS.

All actors have been finalised for the projects, and the names are expected to be announced within the next 10 days.

I got down and dirty with Jism2: Dino Morea

In Bollywood today, you hardly would find an actor who doesn't have an alternate career plan in place. Most of them have chosen the natural progression and turned producers. The latest to join the bandwagon is perhaps the charming Dino Morea who seems to have hit a gold mine with his first project itself.

With Jism 2, Dino Morea has surely arrived as a producer. Talking about him turning producer, Dino says, "I am ambitious by nature and wanted to get to know the production side of filmmaking." He goes on to add, "I have learnt a lot from the entire experience. I have now come to respect the producer more now than ever. I had to get down and dirty with Jism 2, Pooja made it sure that I had a hands on experience when it came to producing the film. There was no delegation of work as such, so now I can hold the reins by myself."

Aamir gets Kareena and Rani together

The special music video which was recently shot for Talaash with Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee was actually Aamir's idea.

He came up with this music video idea for a very specific purpose. Turns out in the entire length of the film Talaash, the three stars are not seen together in one frame at any time. Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor don't come together in one shot as they don't have any scenes together.

 

Bipasaha is not as safe as she was 10 years ago: Mahesh Bhatt

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's forthcoming venture 'Raaz 3' which contains a slice from Bipasha Basu's life, says, the model-turned actress is not having a good run in the industry primarily due to the competition from the younger lot in the tinsel town.

A lot of films like 'The Dirty Picture' or the upcoming release 'Heroine' revolves around the meteoric rise and downfall of a superstar or a supermodel. Vikram Bhatt's directorial venture, 'Raaz 3' also appears to be similar, as it focuses on two actresses - Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta -- with Emraan Hashmi playing the role of a director.

Katrina Kaif to feature in 'Rajneeti 2'?

Actress Katrina Kaif, who won critical acclaim for her performance in Prakash Jha's 'Rajneeti', is likely to feature in its second edition as well.

Director-producer Prakash Jha has already announced plans of making a sequel to the hit 2010 political thriller.

In 'Rajneeti', Katrina played the role of Indu, who was shown to be reluctantly drawn into the murky world of politics after her husband, Prithvi (played by Arjun Rampal), is killed. At the end of the film, the widowed Indu was shown to be pregnant.

"I did hear the idea about sequel from Prakashji, I think it was brilliant. The only thing is that most of the characters from the first film have been killed, so he has to set up whole thing again. The story line, the idea that he told me about 'Rajneeti 2' is amazing and I hope everything comes on properly," Katrina said in an interview last night.

"I think he is busy with another film 'Satyagrah'. If something really falls in place then it is good because I genuinely feel it is a good idea. It is something that excited me. I hope things fall in place," she said.

In 'Rajneeti' the characters played by Ajay Devgan, Manoj Bajpayee, Naseeruddin Shah, Arjun Rampal and Sarah Thompson die on screen. However, there are chances that Nana Patekar might return in its sequel.