It is a known fact that the slick ‘n scandalous ‘Dard-e-Sherlyn’ video is Sherlyn Chopra’s ‘tribute’ to the original Dream Girl, Hema Malini’s hit number ‘Dard’ from ‘Dus Numbri’.

But in a recent interview in Delhi, Hema Malini has hit at Sherlyn with stinging sarcasm and said that the newbie is trying to gain mileage on her name, attaching nudity to it.

She said, “It’s (the video) very hot, haan? My God, I don’t even know why she’s (Sherlyn’s) linking me with a hot-hot thing. She’s trying to change her image maybe with my name. If she’s doing this, poor thing, I wish her success, for all those who see nudity will be happy. But my name is Hema Malini and that won’t change for anything.”

Devdas is being remade again — this time, in Pakistan, by producer Nadeem Sha and veteran Pakistani director, Iqbal Kashmiri. Music is by Vajahat Atrye and is arranged by Uttam Singh.

The songs for the film will be sung by Indian singers, including Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kavita Krishnamurthy and Alka Yagnik. The film will star Nadeem as Devdas and Reema as Chandramukhi. The role of Paro is yet to be finalized.

Says Sonu, who was about to start Riyaaz for the song recording when we called him; “Uttamji asked me to sing a song”.

The trend Javed Sheikh started in Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua is followed by Rashid Khwaja in Salakhain, where Bollywood playback singers Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lend their voices (in their own names) to Lollywood actors. M. Arshad has composed the songs and with the help of lyricists Amjad Islam Amjad, Ayub Khawar, Riaz-ur-Rehman Saghar and Khawaja Pervez, manages to come up with the best filmi album of the year.

After making an impact with the international audience with his moving score for Leela, Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh is all set to make a grand comeback to film music – with four new projects with different filmmakers. After the phenomenal success of Leela, producers are approaching Jagjit to score music for their films. Finally, it seems like Bollywood has woken up and is giving his music the kind of recognition it deserves. Leela, starring Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia and Deepti Naval, captivated audiences with its melodious numbers including a strumming guitar in the background, a typical Jagjit touch. Leela is his first film venture in nearly two decades.

Producer: Suneel Darshan
Director: Raj Kanwar
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, and Lara Dutta
Music: Nadeem-Sharvan
Lyrics: Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Mukherjee and Kailash Kher

Andaaz features with a very impressive and noticeable star cast, Akshay Kumar with two internationally recognized beauty queens making their debut with this movie, which include Priyanka Chopra (Ex-Miss World) and Lara Dutta (Ex-Miss Universe) respectively whereas Akshay plays a lead role opposite both of these beauties. His role is considered to be fully action packed but here until now, what trailer shows, it is a love triangle and romantic movie. If so, then it would be a new and nice change in his career. The last movie of Akshay ‘Talash’ couldn’t make a big boost at the box office and so the whole crew including him is focusing on this glamorous venture to hit the jackpot!

Zubeidaa’s all-star cast for both screen and soundtrack brings together some of the biggest names in modern day Indian entertainment.

THIS is the tragic story of a princess (Karisma Kapoor in the title role), narrated through the eyes of Riyaz, the son who never knew her.

Directed by 66 year old Shyam Benegal and set in the backdrop of the formation of the republic of India, Zubeidaa is the daughter of Suleman Seth (Amrish Puri), who secretly takes part in the shooting of a film. Her father is horrified and hastily arranges for her to be married to Mehboob Alam. However, circumstances after the birth of her son mean the poor girl faces a bleak future.

Govinda, Raveena Tandon and Preeti Jhangiani make an interesting triangle in director Manoj Aggarwal’s forthcoming comic flick “Wah! Tera Kya Kehna”. The film’s music by Jatin-Lalit duo is another slapstick fare that is typical of Govinda films. Sameer’s lyrics too are tepid and cliched.

The highlight of the album is “I want Money”, the pseudo-English or rather Hinglish number that has Govinda exercising his vocal chords in distorted English along with Shweta Pandit. The song is about the hero’s unflagging desire to possess more and more money.

After Shakti, another flick from the house of Boney Kapoor is about to be released - Khushi. Remake of a Tamil movie by the same name, it is directed by the same director - S.J.Suryah and stars Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor (in the title role). Music is by Anu Malik and Sameer writes the lyrics.

Yes, now we can say that Nikhil Vinay have arrived and that Tum Bin was not just a flash in the pan. What really matters is consistency and Nikhil Vinay (NV) have shown this in ample after the continued quality products with Hum Tumhaare Hai Sanam, Kuch Dil Ne Kaha and now Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahi Dekha Hai (APBKDH). They have developed a style of their own which is appreciable.

It is music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan’s forte to churn out the romantic melodies. Their music score for Tusshar–Kareena starrer Jeena Sirf Merre Liye is medley of catchy and trite numbers.

The album opens to the romantic mood with the title song Jeena Sirf Merre Liye which bears a stark resemblance to SRK-Kajol number Tujhe Dekha To Yeh Jaana Sanam. Yet, a commendable effort is made by female singers Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy to bring some freshness to the track, while the vocal rendition by Babul Supriyo is plain mediocre.