There’s a buzz that Shahid Kapur once cribbed about not getting a chance to work with good actresses since most of them were older than him, were from the previous generation and things like that!

Now since he looks younger than his age, most people felt that he looked best only with the likes of Ayesha Takia and Amrita Rao and not even ex-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor before their sole hit together – ‘Jab We Met’.

But since he can’t be paired with the same girls over and over again, he ended up getting paired with the much older Vidya Balan in ‘Kismat Konnection’.

Two films old Deepika Padukone is shining like a star in the tinsel town. Filmmakers have started tagging her as a lucky charm and consider her to be a crowd puller. They feel that even her small appearance may prove wonders and may result in box-office success also.

Looking at her immense popularity, director Priyadarshan has signed in Deepika for a cameo in his upcoming flick Billo Barber which has Shahrukh and Nana Patekar in pivotal roles. Irfan Khan has the main role in the movie.

The Venus produced ‘De Dana Dhan’ will have Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif coming together for the fifth time. This jodi has emerged as one of the most successful on screen jodis of all times in Bollywood what with their three back two back hits, ‘Namastey London’, ‘Welcome’ and ‘Singh Is Kinng’ having done record business at the box office world wide( though most of the above can only be called surprise hits!)

Darsheel Safary, of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ fame, will now star in multilingual director Priyadarshan’s Hindi remake of an acclaimed Iranian film.

Priyadarshan’s film is a remake of the 1998 Iranian movie ‘Children of Heaven’ that underlines a poignant relationship between siblings. The Indian version of the film will be released early next year and is expected to be shown in several foreign film festivals, said a publicist.

Meanwhile Priyadarshan’s forthcoming venture ‘Kanchipuram’, a celluloid diatribe against communism woven around the silk trade in Kanchipuram, 60 km from Chennai, is scheduled to be shown at the Toronto Film Festival next month.

Along with his acting skills King Khan is also been known to be a chain smoker. Shahrukh has often been ticked off by Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss for smoking in public as it would set a bad example for youngsters. But this has had no effect on the superstar and he continues enjoying his drag, least bordered where he is. But recently it came as a surprise when a leading Kerala daily Malayala Manorama reported that actor has decided to give up his tobacco addiction. The interview conducted at Pollachi in Tamil Nadu where the Bollywood icon is busy shooting for Priyadarshan’s Billo Barber quoted him saying, “The idea of quitting cropped up during a 17-hour flight. So if I can do without smoking in flight, I am sure I can do without it on land too.” Shahrukh had also reportedly said that he planned to kick the habit for his children’s sake. But when asked about the same, Shahrukh straight away declined of having made any plans to quit smoking.

Shahrukh Khan is collaborating with top directors Priyadarshan for a comedy flick titled Billoo Barber featuring Amisha Patel, Irfan Kahan ans Shahrukh Khan.

This film is inspired from the Krishna - Sudama episode and remake of Malayalam film Katha Parayumbol. The film about two child hood friend - a barber and a rich filmstar. Shahrukh is playing a rich filmstar while Irfan his barber friend who married Amisha. Amisha will have some scenes with SRK. We have also seen them in some sequence in Om Shanti Om.