Mallika Sherawat to work with Salma Hayek?

Mallika Sherawat to work with Salma Hayek?:

Seems Mallika Sherawat is on no mood to return to her desi tinsel town as Hollywood has embraced her with open arms and she has a handful of offers there. After ‘Hisss’ and ‘Love, Barack’ opposite Laz Alonso, the sexy bombshell has been offered a film with none other than Salma Hayek. The movie is supposedly based on the women abuse around the globe. Though Mallika seems eager to do the film, the formal announcement is yet to be made.

Mallika impressed many Hollywood biggies when her film ‘Hisss’ was recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival and she also got friendly with Hayek at Cannes. Even after they returned to the US, they were in constant touch and arranged to meet each other for dinner few days back. It was then when Salma narrated the script of this women centric film and suggested that Mallika play the main protagonist.

Mallika’s official spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied the news and said, “We haven’t received any such information as yet, but we will be making an announcement if anything is finalised.”

Prachi Desai does a ‘Bobby’ for Milan Lutharia

Prachi Desai made a big leap from the smaller screen’s Bani to the bigger screen. However, she managed to bag in roles which did not require much of the skin show. This time, for a change, she has decided to get a step bolder for her forthcoming ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’ for Milan Lutharia. She will be seen wearing the outfit similar to the one worn by Dimple Kapadia in ‘Bobby’, yes the same outfit which swept the nation off its feet.

Prachi has worn the outfit for a song where Emraan Hashmi and his girlfriend (played by Prachi Desai) watch Bobby and then Emraan gifts her Dimple’s outfit. It’s a passionate sequence which has Emraan and Prachi getting drawn to each other. Though Prachi was initially hesitant to don on the outfit, Milan managed to convince her.

Prachi says, “Emraan’s called Shoaib in the film. I play his conservative Muslim girlfriend Mumtaaz. Bobby was a big hit at the time the movie was set in. Shoaib is inspired by multiple real life personalities and one of them had a fascination with Dimple’s Bobby persona. Hence Emraan is seen gifting me outfits due to his fascination with Bobby.”

She adds, “Dimple looked so gorgeous that I didn’t want to be compared to her but Milan convinced me. In fact, Milan gave us a month to work on our bodies for the song. While he wanted Emraan to flaunt his six-pack in the song, he wanted me to tone down my body.”

Revealing more about the film and the scene Prachi says, “The scenes were shot over few months. Emraan is one of my fav co-stars and I am most comfortable with him. I was clear we wouldn’t kiss, though.”

Ekta Kapoor gets legal notice for ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’

Time and again Bollywood film makers have drawn inspirations from real lives of real people though they abstain from claiming the story to be based on anyone. After Kasab and Sania Mirza and Abu Salem, the next in row is Haji Mastaan who is said to be the inspiration behind Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai‘.

However, the connection of his late father with Ekta’s flick has not gone down well with Sundar Shekhar Mirza, Haji Mastan’s adopted son who has taken action against the daily soap queen by serving a legal notice to Balaji Telefilms and director Milan Luthria for making a movie based on the life of his late father without taking Mastan family’s consent first.

In addition, Mirza has objections to the fact that the flick hints at the link between Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, a declared terrorist by the Indian government in the March 12, 1992 Bombay blasts and against whom the US Government too has issued a red alert.

Seems, Ekta Kapoor is stuck up in legal hassles this time.

Aishwarya pays a surprise visit to hubby Abhishek

The Bachchans may be busy all the way, but the family sure knows how to value and strengthen their bonding. Of late, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have had little time to spend with each other. It has been quite a long time they had some quality time together for their short anniversary holiday. Then Abhi got busy with the shooting of Abhinay Deo’s ‘Game’ in Greece, while Aishwarya was in India for a stint of ‘Robot’. Then Ash flew to Paris to honor Gustavo Kuerten (retired former World No.1 Brazilian tennis player) for his work with disadvantaged children. She also bonded with Steffi Graf and Mary Pierce at the charity dinner that followed.

So, missing her husband badly, Aishwarya asked her driver to take her to Abhishek as soon as she landed in Mumbai on Thursday. This was for the first time Ash took a liberty to intrude her husband while he was working at the Reliance Web World doing out-of-town press interviews. She not only met him, she also joined impromptu to talk to their fans on radio in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.

Both Abhishek and Aishwarya will be seen together in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’, where Abhi plays the character of an abductor named Veera. He is busy with the promotion of the film these days. Recently, he toured the city with six dancers dressed as characters in one of the song from the movie and he greeted fans from an open bus. He also threw goodies like ‘Raavan’ key chains and T-shirts to his fans.

Check out Aishwarya and Abhishek at a promotional event…..

Bipasha Basu shoots steamy sex scene for ‘Dum Maro Dum’

Bipasha Basu is in news once again. After her topless lotto advertisement shot in the past took the web world with stirs, she is once again all set to shock everyone with her sexuality and all this for her upcoming film ‘Dum Maro Dum’. The gossip columns are abuzz about the hot and steamy sex scene which Bips has done with Hyderabad sensation Rana Daggubati. for Rohan Sippy’s film.

This Rohan Sippy film is based on the sleazy drug business prevalent in Goa and Bipasha plays a junkie in the film. The so- called scene is being described as angrily passionate and “very intimate’’.

However, Bipasha is in no mood to describe the scene as hot or raunchy and defends saying, “You decide when you see the film whether it fits the description of super-hot. The scene is all right. In fact, I think it is regular, like in all films nowadays. What is interesting is the new pairing of Rana and me.”

The scene was shot with minimum of crew around.

First Look: Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Aisha’

Sonam Kapoor has a kitty full of promising flicks this year. Her ‘I hate Luv Storys’ is getting rave reviews. The first look of ‘Aisha’ with Abhay Deol is out and the pretty girl, at present, is busy in Scotland with the shoot of Pankaj Kapur’s ‘Mausam’ that co-stars Shahid Kapur. Since Sonam Kapoor is away from home on her birthday, unit of ‘Mausam’ has planned a surprise birthday party for her. Sonam’s Mom Sunita is already with her in Scotland and Papa Anil plans to surprise her by flying down there.

Anil Kapoor, too, planned something special for her birthday and released the first look of Aisha today. Produced by Anil Kapoor Films Company, the movie also marks the debut of younger sister Rhea Kapoor as producer. Directed by Rajshree Ojha, and starring Abhay Deol, Cyrus Sahukar, and Ira Dubey among others, the movie is slated to release on 6th August 2010. It has been shot extensively in Mumbai, Delhi, and Rishikesh.

The story of the movie revolves around Aisha, a girl with a simple diktat - everyone’s business is her business. Aisha will make sure everyone dances to her tune. On the other hand, Arjun believes that Aisha should mind her own business.

Check out the first look of Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Aisha’…..

Rains disrupt the shooting schedules of Bollywood stars

Though rains bring a wave of relief for the scorching heat of Summer, they have nevertheless spoiled some of the shooting schedules of Bollywood stars. Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Mausam’ shoot, currently going on in Scotland, had to be shifted from outdoors to indoors, thanks to the heavy incessant downpour. Again Priyanka Chopra’s plans, too, went for a topsy turvy as her shooting of ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ faced a long delay due to the wrath of the rains.

At present, Shahid Kapur and Sonam are shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland for Pankaj Kapur’s ‘Mausam’. Shahid plays an Air Force pilot in the film and will be seen sporting a uniform for most part of the film.

Check out some of the snapshots from ‘Mausam’ which got leaked into the cyber world with Shahid sporting shades and a blazer decorated with stripes and medals, and Sonam dressed in a bright red dress and a wig giving a hint of yesteryear beauty Madhuri Dixit.

Will Salman and Katrina play Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan on-screen?

Politician Amar Singh has come up with a strange idea of making a movie on the Bachchans apparently with no dialogues and with Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif playing the lead roles. Hold on! The strangest part of the idea is yet to come. Salman Khan will play the role of Jaya Bachchan and Katrina Kaif will be playing the Big B himself.

When Amar Singh discussed this idea with Kats over the phone and offered her the role, she was taken aback initially but also thrilled at the novelty of it. Katrina says that Singh seemed very sure about the selection of actors and the innovative idea which Katrina feels is going to take the whole tinsel town by surprise. As the movie will have no dialogues, the recordings of phone taps will be incorporated for the background score.

So, courtesy Amar Singh, we are going to see the magic of Salman and Katrina once again as the on-screen pair….