Karan Johar’s birthday bash at a hotel in central Mumbai is the talk of the town.
Not only did Karan manage to bring in the famous — Shah Rukh Khan with Gauri, Abhishek Bachchan with Aishwarya, Hrithik Roshan with Sussanne, Saif Ali Khan with Kareena Kapoor, Twinkle Khanna (minus Akshay), Ranbir Kapoor with Deepika Padukone, Imran Khan with Avantika Malik and the powerful — Tina Ambani and Parmeshwar Godrej amongst a bevy of other beauties and socialities, he also managed to make sure everyone at his party had a great time.
A …

There have been fights in B-Town in the recent months and the Aamir Khan vs Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan vs Shahrukh Khan battles have caught a lot of attention.
But there have been unusual friendships too, like between the likes of Salman Khan-Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar-Aamir. Now the buzz is that Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan have been bonding big time.
The actors who played brothers might have had some problems while making the Krazzy 4 song but that’s a thing of the past now. The Jodhaa Akbar actor and …

Mumbai (PTI): Ajay Devgan is all excited to begin work on his second home production, which will be a comedy film directed by ‘Golmaal’ famed Rohit Shetty.
The actor, who made his directorial debut with ‘U, Me aur Hum’ last year said the (untitled) film will be a comedy and start rolling in March in picturesque Goa.
Devgan will be paired opposite Bipasha Basu in the film that also stars Sanjay Dutt and Fardeen Khan.
Devgan and Bipasha were last seen together in Prakash Jha’s ‘Apaharan’.
Basu had earlier worked with Shetty in his …

The film industry is abuzz with the news that the film has been bought by Reliance Big Pictures for almost Rs 150 crore. And this in the times of recession. The film is produced by Rakesh Roshan, directed by Anurag Basu and stars Hrithik Roshan, Kangana Ranaut and Barbara Mori.
Our industry source says, “Every major corporate house in the industry was looking to get the rights of Kites. The deal has been closed at over Rs 150 crore. The deal includes worldwide rights, along with overseas, music, satellite and video …

LUCK BY CHANCE is the directorial debut of Zoya Akhtar, who is from the talented Akhtar Family. She shows her talent in the direction and script department but sadly chooses the same old story of strugglers in Mumbai changing their attitude after getting a break with some luck. The execution of some sequences is brilliant, but the cliché plot turns the movie into an old wine in a new bottle.
It opens with Konkona Sen Sharma, as a struggling actress, who is waiting for the promises made by a producer. Farhan …

Farhan Akhtar must be blessed as he has got an opportunity to show case his talent in a film, LUCKY BY CHANCE, which again has an urban setting, and is coming in the wake of the awards that have been conferred on him in the recently concluded Screen Awards. The memory of his presence is still fresh in the minds of the audience on account of the serial that he is anchoring on NDTV Imagine, and in which he has featured the stars with whom he has worked either as …

Mumbai (IANS): It is going to be a very busy year for Aishwarya Rai. She not only has Mani Ratnam’s gruelling “Ravan” with husband Abhishek Bachchan to complete, she also begins work on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next movie, with Hrithik Roshan, to be shot in Goa.
But before that she goes into filmmaker Vipul Shah’s next film with Akshay Kumar in the lead. Both Vipul and Akshay, who are co-producing the film, were very keen to get Aishwarya for what they describe as a genre-breaking drama.
Aishwarya has also signed up Excel …

Valentines Day is a month away but Salman Khan is already getting ready to shower an expensive gift on girlfriend Katrina Kaif. Though there are rumours of a rift, things still don’t seem to be over for the two. The buzz is that Salman has painted her many times while she’s been visiting the sets of his films and accompanying him on some of his mid-night adventures and has even rode an autorickshaw with him.
Now Sallu’s big plan is to surprise her with a lavish Valentine’s Day gift. He has …

Barbara Mori is finally in town with her mom and sister to finish the final bit of shooting left for the film ‘Kites’, where she plays an important role opposite Hrithik Roshan. The film, which is directed by Anurag Basu has Kangana Ranaut in it and is due for release in May 2009. Hrithik has been doing his duty of taking care of his guests very religiously.
According to the sources, she is said to be the special guest of the Roshan family and hence Hrithik is taking special care of …

There are clear expectations that one has from top actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan year after year. Though with an exception of Salman Khan (who by the way had a horrible 2008 professionally) all the other aforementioned actors did justify their standing in the Top-5, there were also men like Ranvir Shorey, Emraan Hashmi and Abhishek Bachchan who sprung a surprise. While Naseeruddin Shah maintained his standing as an actor par excellence, newcomers like Imran Khan and Farhan Akhtar did wonderfully …