Riteish Deshmukh is Jacqueline Fernandez’s new teacher

Milap Zaveri who has impressed everyone with his writing skills is making his directorial debut with ‘Jaane Kahan Se aayi Hai’ starring Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sonal Sehgal.

With this film, former Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez is all set to impress her fans with her fluent Marathi and the person who has taken up the responsibility of traching the beauty with the language is her co-star Riteish Deshmukh, who is taking up the opportunity between shoots to teach Jackie his mother tongue.

Jackie is new to the industry and is making a conscious effort to improve her Hindi and to learn Marathi. Courtsey Riteish, her Marathi is getting better than her Hindi now!

‘Kites’ to be released in Hindi & English versions on 21st May

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Reliance BIG Pictures and Rakesh Roshan are waiting eagerly for their romantic mega project ‘Kites’ to hit the silver screen. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan and Mexican model Barbara Mori and will release worldwide in Hindi and English versions on 21st May in over 60 countries. The trailer of the Hindi version will be screened on 1700 screens worldwide on Friday, 12th February, where as the trailer of the English version will be released shortly in 1000 screens.

“We have always believed that Indian films and talent can enjoy the same success and recognition internationally as in India. Kites is a first-of-its-kind Indian film and it has already generated huge interest. We are proud to present the first look to a worldwide audience,” said Sanjeev Lamba, CEO of Reliance BIG Pictures.

Directed by Anurag Basu, the movie also stars Kangana Ranaut, Kabir Bedi and Nick Brown. The English version of the movie is presented and reworked by well-known Hollywood director Brett Ratner.

Imran Khan signs up his first endorsement deal with Coca-cola

Newcomer Imran Khan became a hot favorite and a rage among the girls with his first film itself. Despite his big fan following, the actor surprisingly chose to stay away from endorsements. Finally, she has given an affirmative nod to be the brand ambassador for Coca-Cola which had his mama Aamir Khan as the brand ambassador previously.

“This is actually the first and the only endorsement I have signed over a year and a half since I have joined the film industry. This was the only endorsement that I wanted to sign before they ever came to me,” said Imran.

“I think Aamir has been endorsing Coke for 10 years now and ever since I was a kid, I used to watch his ads. I have always considered Coca-Cola to be synonymous with refreshment and happiness. I am sure everyone will find the new Coca-Cola communication extremely engaging,” he added Talking about the concept of the ad, Imran said, “The entire concept of the film is about how Coke breaks the ice between two characters who might not have been together, if Coke wasn’t there. What is really interesting in the ad is that we have used an imaginary bottle.”

The campaign has been conceptualized by the creative team of McCann Erickson and features Kalki Koechlin of “Dev D” fame next to Imran. The ad is directed by Dibakar Banerjee (”Khosla Ka Ghosla” and “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”) and is set to be rolled out in the last week of February.

Sonam Kapoor to be the female lead for ‘Mausam’

Pankaj Kapoor had a number of options in his mind for the female lead of his project ‘Mausam’ opposite his son Shahid Kapoor right from Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi, Govinda’s daughter Narmada, to Alyque Padamsee’s daughter Shazahn Padamsee and Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor.

Among all the star daughters who were strong contenders for the role, the one who bags in the role is Sonam Kapoor who has the vote of not only all the unit members of the film but also of Pankaj’s wife Supriya Pathak who had developed a fondness for the girl while shooting for ‘Delhi 6’ along with her.

It may be mentioned here that Sonam was chosen for the film without an audition.

Bachchan Bahu to make her debut on Small Screen

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is going to make her debut on television. Aishwarya is very busy with shoots of her upcoming movies, but if things go well, she will be hosting a show on national television. It is going to be a chat show and the remaining logistics are yet to be discussed. The debut of this beautiful actress is part of a family deal. According to a source, “right from the time they signed Amitabh Bachchan for Bigg Boss, the channel had decided to have Abhishek and Aishwarya as well.”

Aishwarya was unavailable for comment, her spokesperson denied any such news. However, the channel’s spokesperson said, “no comments.”

Kangna to work with her ex Aditya Pancholi

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Kangna Ranaut, Aditya Pancholi

According to some reliable sources, Rohan Sippy’s next film, Dum Maro Dum, is about the drug racket in Goa. The leading lady of this movie is Kangna Ranaut who is playing a Goan junkie in this movie. She playing this role opposite Rana Daggubati, a Telugu star, who is making his bollywood debut. The most interesting part of this movie is that Kangna is paired with her ex-boyfriend Aditya Pancholi, who is playing a villain named Biscuit.

A source said, “Kangna plays a Goan drug addict named Tracy who is Aditya Pancholi’s moll and Daggubatti’s love interest. At the end of the film, Aditya gets Kangna killed.” The suprising part is that Kangna is not at all awkward about working with Aditya Pancholi. A source close to Kangna revealed, “Though Kangna was perfect for the hyper-ventilating role of Tracy, director Rohan Sippy was hesitant to approach her because of the Pancholi factor. However, Kangna surprised him by shrugging off all the inhibitions about being paired with her ex. Her only reservation was about the part she is playing.”

When approached for her response, Kangna said, “Yes, I have been approached. Let us see what happens.” However, the sources have confirmed that she has been finalized for the role.

Katrina made her Bhojpuri debut

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Katrina Kaif

Prakash Jha, a bollywood filmmaker launched a TV channel called ‘Morya’ last week. The entire cast of the upcoming movie, ‘Rajneeti‘ was present there along with Bhojpuri stars Ravi Kisan and Manoj Tiwari. Prakash Jha asked Katrina to speak in Bhojpuri. A source said, “Considering that Katrina speaks Hindi with difficulty, she had goose bumps when she was asked to speak in Bhojpuri. However, Prakash gave her three tutors Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kisan and Manoj Bajpai. Katrina was willing to learn. They could manage to teach her only one line as it was difficult for her to understand.”

Manoj Tiwari confirmed this incident and said, “It was quite funny, Katrina was excited about it, so the three of us coached her to address the crowd with ‘Ka Haal ba Patna’. She diligently wrote it down on paper and mugged it. However, instead of saying ‘Haal ba’ she kept on repeating ‘Halba’ which sounded like ‘Halwa’. Bajpai and Ravi kept pulling her leg. We all were impressed with Katrina’s determination.