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Bebo was not that lucky for him indeed! Shahid Kapoor’s life is rocking after they broke up. The actor is getting stronger by the day with multiple projects keep him busy and he is also getting a lot of commercial success. His Kismet Connection is almost ready for release. He has been signed for a movie opposite Rani Mukherji by Yash Raj Films.


Shahid, who will be doing his father Pankaj Kapoor’s directorial debut has already been chosen for his friend Ken Ghosh’s next big project. Vishal Bhardwaj has given him a double role opposite Priyanka Chopra. This film has the most unusual title, Kamine. Now, looking at this Bebo might as well be calling Shahid and Priyanka Kamine!

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After Shah Rukh tried his hand at Hockey and Arshad Warsi and John Abraham at football, Shreyas Talpade at Cricket, guess who is going to try her hand at this most loved games of India. Rani Mukherji! She would be cast as a test cricket captain in Aditya Chopra’s next. Yash Raj Films’s Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, directed Kunal Kohli and two more films from Kabir Khan and Shimit Amin are already in the pipeline.


Aditya Chopra who had been thinking about this film has finalized everything but a director, it is rumored that the director’s chair will be bestowed on a newcomer. Yash Raj Films is also yet to decide the other 10 players to form Rani’s team. The film will go to floor soon. Rani has already won million’s of hearts with her sexy diva clothes, now she will floor the audience with sports cloths. Sounds interesting!

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Former Bollywood superstar stormed out of last week’s Zee Cine Awards ceremony in London after he was asked to present the Best Actress award to Kareena Kapoor.

The man with the high pitch voice and unique style was initially told that he would be presenting an award to Shah Rukh Khan for Best Actor. However, he was later told that there had been a change in the plan and he would now award Kareena Kapoor instead. He wasn’t happy about this and packed up his belongings and left the arena, half an hour before the proceedings came to a close, and even refused to attend the after-show party. Shatrughan expressed that he was a ‘big’ star and that he would only present the big award. He was even more dismayed when it came to his attention that the Best Actor award was to be presented by fellow actress Rekha.

Shatrughan Sinha was replaced by Govinda, who came on stage at the last minute to hand the trophy to Kareena Kapoor. Kareena had won the award for her role in Jab We Met.

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The star power of Tamil superstar Rajnikanth is simply awesome. Whether he is the lead actor or guest appearance, any film of his becomes the hottest property in the entertainment market.

Just look at the way Kuselan, a quickie planned with Rajnikanth in a 'guest role', is grabbed by Pyramid Saimira Entertainment Limited, Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pyramid

The company has bagged the rights of worldwide release with 11 years Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Kuselan, in both Tamil and Telugu. Though the company has not disclosed the amount, rumours have it that the film was bought for an estimated sum of Rs 60 crore!

The company plans a worldwide release the movie by the end of July 2008.

Kuselan is produced by Seven Arts Films from Kerala [Images] and Kavithalaya Group promoted by K Balachandar. In Telugu, it is co-produced by Vyjanthi Movies.

Pyramid Saimira had earlier distributed and exhibited Rajni's Sivaji in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Malaysia in 252 screens with 928 shows daily and 6.78 lakh seats.

Kuselan is the Tamil remake of Kadha Parayumbol, one of the most talked about and successful films made in Malayalam in recent times. The way Sreenivasan developed a simple tale of a friendship between a barber and a superstar, into a very appealing screenplay without slipping into melodrama was highly appreciated in Kerala. Rajni who saw the film got so emotional that he hugged Sreenivasan.

Sreenivasan played the barber and Mammootty the superstar. In Tamil, Pasupathy plays Sreenivasan's role and Rajni Mammootty's. Meena, who played Sreenivasan's wife in the original, has done the same role in Tamil too.

Mammootty appeared for just half an hour in the original. It is for sure that P Vasu who directs Kuselan will make the role longer for Rajni like he did in Chandramukhi (a remake of Manichitrathazhu.)

Priyadarshan [Images] is remaking the film in Hindi as Billoo Barber with Irrfan Khan playing the barber's role while Shah Rukh Khan [Images] as the superstar.

It is interesting to see so many versions of Kadha Parayumbol in 2008!

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