CELEBS FACTORY

The new-age Zanjeer just got a lot sexier.


Mahie Gill who plays the new-age vamp Mona Darling (which was played by Bindu in the original film), flew to Bangkok to shoot some of the funniest sex scenes of her life for the remake.

Apparently Mahie plays an extremely libidinous Mona who has the hots for the villain Teja, played by Prakash Raj.

But somehow, we hear, Mona doesn't...er get it.

When questioned about character's coitus interruptus Mahie laughs..

"That's right. I play a very horny Mona Darling. I'm constantly lusting after Prakash Raj. But every time we are close to doing 'it' something or the other happens to spoil it. So eventually, I get quite frustrated."

"Director, Apoorva Lakhia, has re-written the Mona-Teja scenes beautifully. With due respects to Binduji and Ajitji, we couldn't play the roles the way they did 40 years ago. Zamana badal gaya hai. What was seen as sexy and seductive back then may not be so now. Our characters are constantly on the edge of having sex but never quite get there. It's far more interesting than just tumbling into bed," said Mahie Gill, the sensuous actor, who has been doing torrid love-making scenes from the time she debuted in Dev D, this is quite a departure from her usual roles.

"Ironically I am playing a full-on seductress, but not doing lovemaking scenes," laughs Mahie, who is thrilled by the role's glamour quotient. Her clothes are being designed by Pria Kataria Puri .

"So far, I've never been dressed up like this. Apoorva Lakhia had a special look in mind. He didn't want it to be a just 'filmy'. He wanted me to look very different from the usual vamps and seductresses. When I got into Pria's clothes, I felt different."

"I also had a Telugu teacher, who accompanied me to Bangkok. He was there on location to make sure I got it all right. But Prakash Raj was also a big help. He told me where to take a pause while delivering my Telugu lines," said Mahie, who simultaneously shot in Hindi and Telugu for Zanjeer.

After ruling the roost for about two decades and having solid 14 years break, Sridevi - the evergreen actress Sridevi is all set to make a comeback in a trilingual film titled ‘English Vinglish’.
 

R Balki, the director of ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘Paa’, turned producer for this film and is introducing his wife Gauri Shinde as director.

According to producer R Balki, ‘English Vinglish’ is simultaneously being made in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil and will be released in September in all three languages.

French actor Mehdi Nebbou is playing Sridevi’s husband and the film also features Priya Anand, Adil Hussain in supporting roles and Amitabh Bachchan in guest role. Sridevi plays the central character of a housewife, who enrolls for an English speaking course in order to please her husband and family. 

Eros International Media has picked up the worldwide distribution rights of this film.

Aishwarya Rai is considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in the world but in recent times, she has been slammed by her ordinarily adoring public for her weight gain post delivery.

A section of the media and denizens of the social networking sites have been criticizing Aishwarya for not losing the baby weight.

"It has been five months since the birth of her baby girl and Aishwarya seems to have become fatter and is even sporting a double chin," says a part of the media slamming the beautiful Aishwarya against her indulging into motherhood.

Rushing to the defense of the gorgeous actor, designers like Sabyasachi Mukherji, Rocky S and Rina Dhaka have lashed out at the press saying that it is normal for women to put on weight at this time and Aishwarya should not be attacked for enjoying her motherhood and indulging a little.

A little junk in the trunk is no reason to get worked up about as beauty is not just skin deep.

Celebs Factory requests fans to sustain the support for the actor as it is her personal choice to choose when and how to come back into films.

Ace director, Ram Gopal Varma has gone on record to say that an item song in his film Department, is inspired from Rajinikanth's Aasai Nooruvagai number from the film Adutha Varisu.

The Hindi song Dan Dan Cheeni features Rana Dagubatti and Sanjay Dutt dancing with item girl, Nathalia Kaur - an Indo - Brazilian beauty is choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.

At RGV's insistence, composers Dharam - Sandeep added a 30 second line from the original to their own composition,

RGV said that the Aasai Nooruvagai song is one of his favorites and Dan Dan Cheeni is his way of paying tribute to it.

Shahrukh Khan is in London shooting for Yash Chopra’s untitled film with Katrina Kaif. The actor also got his family there for the vacations and is enjoying thoroughly. Despite being busy Shahrukh Khan does find time to read what Amitabh Bachchan writes on twitter.

The legendary actor is at his home recuperating from his illness after going through abdominal surgeries, and is advised rest.

Shahrukh Khan, who is in London, has expressed his desire to see Amitabh Bachchan as tweeted below:

Click on the tweet above to see what SrBachchan had tweeted that got iamsrk want to meet him.

Aishwarya Rai will return home with her newborn soon, informed her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan. The star said that they have not fixed a name for the baby yet and are affectionately calling her Beti B for now.

The proud grandfather added that it is interesting to watch the baby in her crib but she is sleeping most of the time.

Aishwarya has shown immense courage during her pregnancy and had reportedly told the doctors that she would wait for a normal delivery rather than a C section. And as per her wishes it was a normal delivery.

Katrina Kaif is all set to gyrate in a new item number in Agneepath and the song, in sync with Bollywood's of-late slant on flippant lyrics, is called Chikni Chameli .

Chikni Chameli will be shot on Katrina and Sanjay Dutt who reprises Danny Denzongpa's character Kancha Cheena from the original Agneepath of 1992. The remake stars Hrithik Roshan in Amitabh Bachchan's role.

No one is interested in cast credit details right now.

Would Katrina get naughtier to beat the oomph frenzy she set off with Sheila ki jawaani in Tees Maar Khan?


an ecstatic Karan Johar, producer of Agneepath, tweeted on the microblogging site Twitter.

Karan's joy is understandable. Any dance that lets Katrina portray a little more sexuality than Sheila ( and perhaps don a little less clothes) will be big news, which in turn means bigger hype for the film.

Vidya Balan is on cloud nine ever since she graced Amitabh Bachchan’s quiz show.

Talking to a daily, an eyewitness said, “Vidya was looking gorgeous in a blood red saree as she stepped in to the sets at Film City Goregaon. It was the same saree she is seen wearing in her film ‘The Dirty Picture,’ the film she had come to promote on the show.”

Vidya got an opportunity of asking Amitabh Bachchan to dance with her and the Big B duly complied ending up jiving to the ‘Ooh La La’ song from ‘The Dirty Picture’ disarmed by the charms of Vidya.

Sources revealed that “It was an impromptu performance. Vidya just told Mr. Bachchan ‘Thoda Ooh la la karne ka man kar raha hai’. Bachchan laughed in his inimitable style and immediately got up stretching out his hand and they danced till they could not control their laughter. Bachchan started dancing in his own style. And Vidya had to match his steps.”

Interestingly, Vidya and Big B share a great chemistry ever since they worked together in ‘Paa.’ “Yes, she took the liberty of asking Bachchan to dance with her. But Bachchan certainly didn’t mind it. In fact, he too seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit,” added the source.

The episode starring Vidya Balan and Amitabh Bachchan will be aired on November 10.

Even though sister Karisma and boyfriend Saif Ali Khan couldn't be with her, Kareena Kapoor had enough reasons to smile as her wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in Blackpool.

Kareena's statue dressed in a Manish Malhotra outfit from the Mauja Hi Mauja track from Jab We Met is placed right next to that of Amitabh Bachchan in a exhibition celebrating Bollywood.

To Kareena, the idea of having a statue of herself is a bit intimidating. "The idea of being immortalised forever is scary. The feeling hasn't sunk in yet. When I looked around the room, I realised I was the youngest person from Bollywood to be waxed. Also I am right next to Mr. Bachchan, so what more can one ask for?" Saying the best part of the statue are the eyes, Bebo adds, "They have done a marvellous job in capturing the eyes so well.

They are expressive and have that same feel which the song from Jab We Met showcases. I can't comment about my statue, but the fans who travelled miles to come and see it have loved it. They've all told me it looks exactly like me."

Kareena mentioned that "Saif couldn't come as he's busy with Agent Vinod. I sent him the pictures a night before on the phone, and he said 'it looked so hot! Karisma also couldn't be here as she is busy with her film," and added "When I am 70 and look back at these moments, I will definitely be proud of what I've achieved," concludes a proud Bebo.

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, unveiled her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum in Blackpool, Britain, this Thursday.

"It is an honour and a privilege for me to have my own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Blackpool and even more so to launch a global Bollywood exhibition. This is a moment of pride for the Indian cinema," Kareena said in a statement.

It took four months to create the wax statue, which cost 150,000 pounds.

"The figure looks incredible and is so life-like. I had to do a double take when I saw myself - they have really done a superb job at capturing my essence," she added.

The unveiling of Kareena's wax figure also flagged off a global exhibition, where the statues of Bollywood stars will be taken to six major cities around the world to be exhibited, before they are brought back to Blackpool in January next year.

Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai too have their wax figures in Tussauds'.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been pregnant for eight months and the actor's 'god bharai' or baby shower will take place at the Bachchan residence, Jalsa in Mumbai today.

Her mother-in-law, actor Jaya Bachchan will host the function and guest list of those who were invited include star wives Gauri Khan, Sussanne Roshan, Maanayata Dutt, Mana Shetty, Kajol and Twinkle.

Aishwarya is expected to deliver the baby sometime in November.

Abhishek told Celebs Factory "We've not been given a date yet, but yes, it is a November baby. That will take the number of November borns in the Bachchan family to six, starting with my grandfather Harivansh Rai Bachchan, my father-in-law Krishnakant Rai, Aishwarya, my nephew Agastya and my pet dog Shanook."

"I will be with Aishwarya when she delivers. I can't wait to hold our baby," he added.

There were speculations that the couple is expecting twins, however, Abhishek denied it.

It will be the first child for the couple who got married back in 2007.

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's stalled project, 'Heroine' is back on track today with Kareena Kapoor as its new lead actress.

Announcing of the reboot, the director tweeted:

Earlier, the project was shelved when the film's then lead actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy came to light.

Madhur was in shock when after the film's grand announcement at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, Aishwarya's pregnancy was revealed by father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, on Twitter.

The director later claimed that he was kept in dark about the pregnancy.

The film was shelved as the filmmakers felt that certain scenes were inappropriate for Aishwarya during pregnancy. This even lead to a fresh controversy over the inclusion of a no-pregnancy clause in the contract of actresses.

Aishwarya has returned the signing amount and has barred the producers from using any material from the scenes that she shot for the film.

Actors Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif are the latest to join the celebrity bandwagon appearing on the fifth season of game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

"Have just finished with two episodes of KBC, the last with Imran and Katrina, who dropped by to play the game, talk about their upcoming film Mere Brother ki Dulhan and add that star value for KBC," Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

The film is slated for Sep 9 release. Actors Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor will also be seen promoting their film Mausam in Kaun Banega Crorepati. Previously Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone had appeared on the show to promote Aarakshan.

For months on end, we were told that a wax statue of Kareena Kapoor was being prepared for the famous Madame Tussauds in London. She was going to be immortalised in her Chameli avatar, and her statue would be unveiled on August 15, fortuitously just a day before beau Saif Ali Khan's 41st birthday. As it turns out, not everything is what it seems.

According to sources, the Chameli look has not been finalised and her wax statue won't be displayed in the famous museum, but a new branch somewhere in Blackpool, a small town in North West England.

"Initially, the Kareena camp leaked reports that her wax statue was to be unveiled on August 15. Now that the date is upon us, they are saying the event has been postponed to October and that the statue might be unveiled in Blackpool," said a source, adding that no Chameli look was ever finalised.

So far, six Indians have found place at Madame Tussauds, a museum of wax statues. These include Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and early this year, Hrithik Roshan.

A person close to Kapoor requesting anonymity claimed that while the statue will be unveiled in Blackpool, it will later be transported to the famous museum in London. "Bebo's statue will be unveiled at a new Madame Tussauds in Blackpool and later transported to London. The idea is to start off a new Madame Tussauds in Blackpool with Bebo's statue," he said.

On Kapoor's look for the statue, he agreed that none has been finalised. "Designer Manish Malhotra was given the job of deciding Bebo's look at Madame Tussauds and he gave three options -- her characters in Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met and Sudhir Mishra's Chameli. But the final look is yet to be decided."

Another friend of Kapoor's appeared angry at the insinuations that she has been generating the stories. "Bebo is not a nobody who needs to plant stories, trying to prove how she is in demand," she said.

Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone will appear as special guests on the fifth season of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, which starts off August 15 with megastar Amitabh Bachchan as the host.

"One interesting candidate and the entire anxiety of the working of the show just flies past .. we had a few today and tomorrow is another day .. let us hope that all goes well .. the second episode towards the evening will have invites to Saif and Deepika .. who come to promote their film and mine as well - Aarakshan !!!"Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

"In many ways, the philosophy of the film and that of KBC is quite similar. Given opportunity, even the lesser privileged shall prosper. Or at least have the capacity to prosper," he wrote.

However, Mumbai rains played spoilsport as the production unit had to stall the shooting of the show several times due to the noise of the rain.

"The rains have been incessant.. and so harsh that we had to stop shooting KBC at times, because of the noise factor. But all in all a most satisfying day ... harsh and hard, but satisfactory," Amitabh said.

Saif had previously appeared with actress Preity Zinta in the second season of the show, while Deepika came as a guest last year although she didn't play.

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's look in the much-awaited remake of 'Agneepath' was revealed on his 52nd birthday today.

"First Look of Sanjay Dutt in Agneepath! Await your comments," filmmaker Karan Johar said on micro-blogging site twitter.

Johar posted a link of Agneepath's facebook page on twitter, which shows the 'Khalnayak's' shaved head, besides his bulked up physique and tattoos over his arms.

Directed by Johar's former assistant, Karan Malhotra, 'Agneepath', a remake of the 1990 Hindi film is reportedly radically different from the original film.

The original 'Agneepath', directed by Mukul Anand, starred Amitabh, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Rohini Hattangadi and Danny Denzongpa and was produced by Yash Johar, Karan's late father.

Though Agneepath failed commercially at the box-office, Bachchan's performance was praised. Bachchan and Chakraborty received National award for Best Actor and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award respectively.

The remake version will see Hrithik reprising Bachchan's iconic role of Vijay Deenanath Chauhan with Priyanka Chopra as the female lead opposite him. The character essayed by Mithun Chakraborty has been totally done away in the remake and the role of the villain played by Danny Denzongpa is being essayed by Dutt.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is touted to play another negative character in this remake of Agneepath that is expected to hit cinema halls on January 13, 2012.

Abhishek Bachchan, who has done item numbers like One love and Nobody like you in the past, says he loves dancing to the peppy beats, and is game for more such numbers in future.

"I definitely think that item songs are a lot of fun to do, I enjoy the beat and the pace and sometimes the singing too. I have enjoyed doing all of them," Abhishek said in a statement.

The actor has also displayed his dancing skills in songs like Dus bahaane, Kajra re and Desi girl. But will one get to see him dance to any fast number in any of his forthcoming films - Players, Bol Bachchan, Dhoom 3 or Dostana 2?

"My directors would be the best to answer. But yes if they ask me to shake a leg, I won't shy off for sure," he said.

Actress Raveena Tandon is a worried mother these days! Not so much because of multi-tasking at home, but because she is so hooked on to the double-meaning hit number D.K. Bose and is humming it all the time.

"GOD! This bhaag dk is so catchy, have to catch myself from humming in front of the kids! Had changed pappu can't dance sala to Salsa! iska kya? (sic)," posted Raveena, who has two kids - daughter Rasha, six, and four-year-old son Ranbir.

The 36-year-old, who has moved into a new house, is hard pressed for time.

"Ok bhaag ... Bose bhaag bhaag!! Zats what my life has been 3 days.. Schools reopened, scrap book had to be finished, curtains to be chosen, blog to be written, scripts to be read, meetings with interior designers to be finalised, more stuff to be brought from old house."

"Kids swim, kathak, taekwondo, football, Gk, drama, math, all classes to be remembered and reached on time!! Phew! Being a workin housewife, NOT EASY!" she added.

Raveena was last seen in a cameo in Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap.

While you’re finding it difficult to cope with one boss, TV reality series Bigg Boss has decided to get two on board. Season 5 of the popular show, which goes on air in October, will be hosted by two actors — Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

This is the first time that the show will see two hosts, and the makers are confident that it’ll have double the impact. “With both Salman and Sanjay on board, we’re sure that this season will touch unprecedented heights,” says Ashvini Yardi, head of programming at Colors, the host channel.

Salman-SanjuThe past chapters of the hit series, which first aired in 2006, have seen actors such as Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty and Amitabh Bachchan as hosts. Salman is the only celebrity who’ll be seen as host for the second time. “I enjoyed working on the last season and received much positive response from fans. I’m glad to be back for another season ... and with Sanjay Dutt ... it can only mean one thing — more excitement,” he says.