Send B'day wishes to Ranbir Kapoor

The youngest lad of the Kapoor clan Ranbir needs no formal introduction. With just 2 (big banner) movies – SAAWARIYA and BACHNA AE HASEENO Ranbir has made quite an impressive mark in the industry.

Though his debut film SAAWARIYA failed to do well at the box office but he received many positive reviews for his outstanding performance in his very first film. Especially, his towel dance act which stole many hearts. He became an overnight star, with number of big profile producers queuing up to sign him up.

His second outing BACHNA.. proved his ticket to Box–office success after SAAWARIYA's commercial failure. Ranbir's 'charmer' act in the film worked in a large way towards the success of the film.

And with that he emerged out as the next big thing for Bollywood. And now he is being touted as the future of Indian Cinema.

With the swelling success and bright future ahead, this female–charmer is surely happy to celebrate his 26th birthday which falls on 28th September with great joy. And it is heard that this birthday will become all the more special as momy dearest Neetu Singh has arranged a small party for his darling son where his current girlfriend Deepika Padukone would also make her warm presence.

So all those females out there be the first one to wish the handsome hunk Ranbir Kapoor loads of happiness and a wonderful birthday.

Bipasha is Racing!

Race has so far proved to be the biggest blockbusters of 2008 and Bipasha is one woman who seems to be on cloud nine. However, Race’s success hasn’t calmed down the dusky actor as she is working round the clock to keep up her success rate high!

Soon after actively participating in the massive promotional activities of Race, Bipasha left for Australia to shoot for Siddharth Anand’s ‘Bachna Eh Haseeno’ along with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba. The film has also been shot in Venice and other European locales. The film’s shoot is still on! If extensive travelling for Bachna was not enough, Bipasha chose to travel to Bangkok to shoot for her next venture with Neil Nitin Mukesh. Phew! Bips will be seen juggling two films at a time.

Bipasha’s stamina and never say die spirit has to be appreciated as where her male co-star– Ranbir chose to sit back and take rest in the break of Bachna’s shoot, Bipasha did otherwise.

“I am currently shooting for my film Freeze with Neil in Bangkok and Eros is producing the film. My shoot for Bachna is also on and I’ll be back to Mumbai only in June”, replied Bipasha through an SMS.

Where the rest of Bollywood’s heartthrobs choose to go slow and steady after they deliver a hit at the box-office, Bipasha is one actor who is in no mood to go slow and look back!

We hope Bipasha’s hard work pays and her success streak continues...

Deepika has no time for love!

Deepika Padukone has arrived in the industry and how! The lady has no time to live in the city where she has bought a new luxurious apartment for herself!

Post Om Shanti Om, Deepika has been roped in by various directors for their forthcoming ventures. We tried to get in touch with Deepika and spoke to her manager Tiya, who informed us that Deepika will only be back in Mumbai in July!

“Deepika is currently in Bangkok as she is shooting for Chandni Chowk to China with Akshay Kumar. She’ll be in Bangkok till 15th of May. Post that its destination Venice, as she will then go to shoot for Yash Raj’s song...The song from Siddharth Anand’s ‘Bachna Eh Haseeno’ with Ranbir. Once she is done with that she will start shooting for Imtiaz Ali’s next romantic film with Saif Ali Khan for the latter’s home production. Thus, she will only be back in Mumbai in July!” said Tiya.

Deepika’s become so busy that she has no time to meet her boyfriend of late! She did manage to buy a house close to Ranbir’s in Bandra, Mumbai but as circumstances would have it, has no time to stay there! Ranbir even dropped in on the sets of Chandni Chowk to China once to spend time with Deepika!

Only time will see how Deepika, who is in her early twenties manages to make time for her personal life too!

Ranbir to perform on a song called Bachna Ae Haseeno

By now its common knowledge that Ranbir Kapoor's next release Bachna Ae Haseeno directed by Siddharth Raj Anand borrows its title from his father Rishi Kapoor's evergreen number from Hum Kisise Kum Nahin. But now the latest heartthrob will even move his feet to a song called Bachna Ae Haseeno for the film.

We got in touch with ace choreographer Ahmed Khan who would be choreographing the Saawariya lad in this film, “Yes, we are having a song called 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and it will feature Ranbir along with the 3 girls- Bipasha, Deepika and Minissha. It will be mainly used as promotional number for the film. Since Rishi-ji's number is still a cult hit, they decided to have Ranbir also perform to a song which has similar lyrics. Vishal and Shekhar have composed the music for the song,” he adds.

So how has been the experience shooting with tinsel-town's latest pin-up boy, “It has been great. I shot a song with him in Mumbai at Yashraj studios. It's a commercial Indian song which we did. He is a brilliant dancer. In Saawariya, baring a number or two, he didn't really get much of a chance to showcase his dancing skills but he has got that rhythm in his genes. His father and uncle Shammi-ji have all been brilliant dancers and even Ranbir has his own style. I would be going to Switzerland and Venice now to finish 3 songs for the film and after we return we would shoot the 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' number,” says the choreographer-turned-director.

We also asked Ahmed on the status of his next film Paathshala, “The post-production is currently on. We would start the dubbing of the film sometime next month. We are planning a Children's Day release (Nov 14th) so we have ample amount of time on our hands”, he smiles.

Meanwhile Ahmed's wife Shaira Khan who turns producer with Paathshala is already planning her next project, “Yes, her next film is about what goes on in a girl's heart. It is essentially a journey through a girl's heart and what do girls want from guys and all that stuff etc. The film is a light, fun film on the lines of Drew Barrymore, Meg Ryan, Adam Sandler's kind of flicks. The film would star one girl and three guys. We would be finalizing the names within a fortnight or so,” reveals Ahmed.

With choreographing, direction and now production, Ahmed surely has his hands full.

'Bachna Ae Haseeno' Trailer

After the disaster that was 'Saawariya,' Ranbir Kapoor is back with his real life lady love in 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' along with Bipasha Basu. Check out the trailer below!

First Look - Bachna Ae Haseeno

BACHNA AE HASEENO in TASHAN!

The public as well as the exhibitors are eagerly awaiting the release of this Friday's Yash Raj multi-starrer, TASHAN. Based on the initial advance booking feedback and the trade buzz, the film is expected to take a huge start, maybe the best of the year so far.

Even the censor board seemed to be in a lenient mood, giving TASHAN (thriller) a UA certificate (C.C. NO. CIL/2/36/2008). The Vijay Krishna Acharya directed Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer TASHAN has a total length of 4226.34 metres in 17 reels.

An interesting aspect is that like most Yash Raj projects, the trailor of their next venture, the August 15 release, BACHNA AE HASEENO (Ranbir-Deepika etc.) is included in the reels of their current release, TASHAN.

Incidentally, the 28.96 metre trailor of BACHNA AE HASEENO was also cleared by the censor board on the same day as TASHAN.

Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network

Bachchan Vs Kapoor: The I-Day clash!

The scions of perhaps two of the biggest families of Hindi cinema, which draw their lineage from the likes of the original showman, (late) Raj Kapoor and the megastar Amitabh Bachchan, are all set to take on each other. To the film buffs it must be obvious that we are referring to the hot ' n' happening Aby's Baby, Abhishek Bachchan and Rishi and Neetu Kapoor's teenage heartthrob son, Ranbir Raj Kapoor. The films in question are Goldie Behl's SFX extravaganza, DRONA and Siddharth Raj Anand's, BACHNA AE HASEENO, both of which are now all set to release on 15th August 2008.

As per our trade sources, till a couple of weeks back there were chances that EROS International, the worldwide distributors of the Abhishek-Priyanka starrer DRONA may move ahead to avoid the unnecessary clash.

However, sources at EROS have decided to stick to the original schedule, in order to take advantage of the Independence Day weekend, which also has the additional 'raksha bandhan' holiday. They believe that though the one film old Ranbir Kapoor has a lot of potential but he will not be so much of a threat to the already established star, Abhishek Bachchan. Moreover, both the movies are as different as chalk and cheese and hence will not cut into each other's business.

Well, our best wishes to both the films and the usual formality of the disclaimer- Release dates can change even at the eleventh hour!

Abid

Sirf Subbu for Bips

Bipasha Basu demanded the services of make-up artist Subhash Vaggal for Yash Raj film Bachna Ae Haseenon

Bipasha Basu is very particular about her look and styling on-screen. The actress always gets involved in the appearance of her characters, and is known to give creative inputs for the same.

The actress, who’s currently shooting for Yash Raj film Bachna Ae Haseenon is working hard on creating a young and trendy look for her character. However, she had to fight hard to get the right ‘help.’

For the first schedule, Bipasha got make-up artist Subhash Vaggal to help her achieve the look she had in mind. A source reveals, “Bipasha and Subbu (Subhash’s nickname) shared a common vision for her look which is fun and flirty inspired by pop star Beyoncé Knowles.”

However for the second schedule, she was told that he wasn’t available. Bipasha didn’t take that bit of news particularly well.

The source adds, “She wasn’t pleased when she learned that Subhash was replaced with another make-up artist. She felt that the continuity would get affected and demanded that Subbu be brought back. She refused to let any other make-up artist touch her face.” So, Subhash was brought back and the schedule got underway.

Bipasha denied demanding the make-up artist, “It’s not true. Subbu was given to me by Yash Raj. He has earlier worked with Ash in Dhoom 2, Madhuri in Aaja Nachle and with some other actresses.

Tushar Joshi, Mid-Day