He didn’t directly approach her. UTV did. But Madhur will have a meeting with Aishwarya only after he alters the script,” reports Mid Day.

Buzz is that the Guzaarish star has agreed to do the film on the condition that she won’t do intimate scenes in the film. Co-producers of the film, UTV believed that no one could do justice to the role better than the diva and have subsequently asked Bhandarkar to chop off love-making scenes from the script.

Reportedly, Bebo walked out of the project because she didn’t want to do the passionate love-making scenes and the script too closely resembled her real life relationship with Saif and his ex-wife Amrita Singh.

Reportedy, Rani’s portrayal of a headstrong journalist, who smokes cigarette and hurls abusive language in the film, has sparked controversies among several NGO’s who are demanding the scenes to be censored.

Recently, Aish came under scanner when she was shown smoking in the stills from her recently released ‘Guzaarish’ on the BEST buses.

Soon after that, MNS objected against the movie posters and advertisements showcasing Aish smoking cigarette and even threatened to “act in their own way.”

Rani defends her smoking act
The film, ‘No One Killed Jessica’, is based on the murder of model Jessica Lall by Manu Sharma, son of a Haryana politician, and real life ordeal of her sister Sabrina and father in order to get justice.

According to the filmmakers, Rani plays a highly strong, independent, and bold reporter in the film. To show the reality and gravity of the life of the reporters and the murder case, she was asked to abuse and smoke.

Though a non-smoker in real life, Rani said, “(Director) Rajkumar Gupta wanted me to give the impression of a strong journalist and to represent media as it is. I have seen a few female reporters smoke. I am just playing you all…so you can’t put me in trouble for this.”

“Thanks to my career, I have met a lot of reporters and anchors. So I didn’t have to meet any one specific for my characterisation in the film. Rajkumar just wanted me to use my experience with journalists to be like them in the film,” she told reporters here on Thursday.

Filmmakers positive
When asked director Rajkumar Gupta, if the promos might create trouble for Rani or his film, he said, “Yes Rani’s smoking scenes are there in the promo. But I don’t think Censor should have problem as they have certain categories, where they see in what context the element has been used.

“The promo is just out and I have been receiving good reactions from people.”

He further added, “Rani is playing a character who smokes and even though she is a non smoker, she has done a great job. If you ask me about MNS taking objection on the smoking scene, I am concerned about Censor’s reaction on the promo nothing else.”

The movie is slated to release on Jan. 7.

Almost three decades after the Amitabh Bachchan’s endearing comedy Satte Pe Satta wowed masses, there is now talk of a remake of the film, casting Sanjay Dutt in the lead this time. The comedy which is about 7 rather uncivilized brothers living in a bachelor pad has been named Satte Pe Satta Phir

“This is one film that many producers wanted to remake. Raj Sippy who directed the original also wanted to remake the film and had titled it Seven. He had also spoken to Sanjay Dutt about playing the lead role in his remake. Similarly, Sohail Khan also wanted to remake the film with Salman playing the lead, though he dropped the idea later,” a source told Mumbai Mirror.

The film will be produced by Shri Ashtavinayak productions. “Satte Pe Satta is a cult film. The script of the film is so interesting that it has stood the test of time.” Dhillin Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director of Shri Astavinayak told the tabloid. “We were wondering how to go about it and Sanjay Dutt helped us get the rights,” he added.

Who will be filling Hema Malini’s shoes in the remake is not yet confirmed though.

Interestingly, the 1982 Amitabh Bachchan hit too, was an adaptation of a 1954 Hollywood musical filmSeven Brides for Seven Brothers starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell.

Well, considering Satte Pe Satta is just as entertaining today and has the ability to keep you glued to the screen even now, the remake better have something new to offer.

Kiran Rao admitted that her debut film was more for the thinking audience and revealed that it had done the rounds of some film festivals. Revealing that the film had a mix of Hindi and English dialogues, she explained that translating the English dialogues into Hindi would’ve taken away from the film and its characters, which is why she chose to retain the English dialogues rather than writing them in Hindi simply to increase the film’s box-office appeal. Incidentally, the teaser trailer has absolutely no dialogues – neither in Hindi nor in English. The confident debutante also explained that she and Aamir were repeatedly talking about the English dialogues in the film and its (film’s) lack of universal appeal just so that the public shouldn’t expect the film to be yet another box-office blockbuster from Aamir Khan, especially because it starred Aamir and was produced by him. “Ideally,” explained Aamir later, “We would have liked to unveil the teaser trailer as three different trailers, probably with a gap of a month between two trailers. The first trailer would’ve introduced Prateik and Monica Dogra, the second would’ve focussed on me (Aamir) and Monica, and the third would’ve presented me and Kriti Malhotra. But the time we have is short as the film will release on 21st January next year. We’ve, therefore, included all the four principal characters in one teaser trailer.”

And the teaser trailer looks good and has a certain intriguing quality about it.

Well, the 43-year-old Pamela, who does not have much to offer in Hollywood, will definitely be interested in Bollywood as the industry has lucrative offers for her. Even her two days’ stay at the Bigg Boss 4 house soared the TRPs to the highest level which indicates her demand among the Indian audience.

Hope, the Bollywood filmmakers are listening to Pamela, who seemed to be very keen on trying her hand in India. She even learnt how to cook rotis and vegetable in Indian style and wants to make them for her kids back home. Pamela also danced to the tune of Madhuri Dixit’s popular number ‘Dhak Dhak Karne Laga’ on Bigg Boss’ instructions. When she came out, Anderson was seen shaking a leg with Salman Khan on his popular track ‘Munni Badnam hui’ from Dabangg. Well, is it to show that she can easily gel with Indian film style?

Pamela also entered the house in her ‘desi girl’ avatar wearing sari, bindi, jhumka and bangles. She has also carried some saris, churidar and lehenga back home. It may be for trying out them for her future prospect in Bollywood!

Though tired and fighting off a viral attack, Hrithik still drove down to Mannat where he and King Khan apparently discussedGuzaarish and Hrithik’s performance until 2 am.

That is something you can do if you are SRK. “Shah Rukh had asked for a print of Guzaarish because he’s very fond of Hrithik. Also, because Shah Rukh had played a mentally challenged character in the Karan Johar film, My Name Is Khan, he was curious to see how Hrithik had approached the character of a physically disabled hero,” said a source.

SRK was watching the film with his family and friends and it was halfway through that he rang up Hrithik, asking him to come to his house immediately.

The two are close friends now and their wives are apparently even closer. Gone are the days when SRK wouldn’t even want to hear Hrithik’s name being uttered in his presence.

But off screen things are a little different now. Reveals Katrina, “After five years of working with Akshay, I am lucky if he comes in the morning and says hello. It’s not because he is rude. It’s just because of familiarity. Sometimes, I honestly feel hurt.”

Continuing in the same vein, Katrina says, “There were times when I used to tell ‘Akshay, good morning. Smile. Why are you angry?’ and he would tell me not to be silly. I think that trust is there between us. That respect is the most important thing. He also has a regard for me and it’s a healthy equation.”

Also starring Akshaye Khanna, TEES MAAR KHAN releases on December 24th.

The news is doing the rounds that Deepika and Katrina will act together inHousefull 2, a sequel to Housefull. It is said that Sajid Khan has roped in actors like Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, John Abraham and Nana Patekar to join the original cast Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone.

However, director Sajid Khan said that he is still in the scripting stage and has confirmed only John Abraham, Akshay and Riteish for the film. He added that Deepika and Katrina are his friends but didn’t give a clear picture if he is casting them in the film.

Well, it will be a treat to see Deepika and Katrina together on the bigscreens!

But things couldn’t work out between the two in the past, and now after the release of Guzaarish, the director has once again started nurturing the thought to work with the actress, and also with theGuzaarish lead actor Hrithik Roshan.

Vishal, Ash and Hrithik indeed will make for a terrific combination. But what’s the script about? As per sources, after adapting two Shakespeare dramas, Vishal wants to complete his trilogy with the Bollywood version of Hamlet. He apparently wants Hrithik to play the Prince Hamlet Of Denmark, and Aishwarya his ladylove Ophelia.

Vishal’s earlier Shakespeare adaptations Maqbool and Omkara received rave reviews and are considered to be his best works. Always known to work with talented actors and actresses, the director has approached both the stars with the Hamlet idea. Will they give their nod?

To be or not to be!