After Urmila Matondkar, Nisha Kothari, Antara Mali and Jiah Khan, the filmmaker showers his affections on Madhu Shalini.
Ram Gopal Varma who has always managed to stay in the news, be it for his films or the women in his life, has found yet another reason to hit the headlines. The filmmaker, after Urmila Matondkar, Antara Mali, Nisha Kothari and Jiah Khan, seems to have found his latest muse in the form of actress Madhu Shalini, who will be launched in his next film Department.
A source informed Mumbai Mirror, "Ram Gopal Varma was introduced to Madhu Shalini by his old friend Puri Jagannath, during the shoot of Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap. At the time, Ramu was busy with his film Not A Love Story.
He was also busy locking his next venture Department then. Ramu immediately signed her on for the film he is co-producing with Sanjay Dutt. Ramu and Madhu have come closer since then."
"Madhu is now Ramu's latest muse. He is leaving no stone unturned to present the actress in the best possible way in Department. In fact, Ramu will be shooting a big budget song titled 'Thodi Si' with her in Mumbai's Mehboob Studios soon.
He will apparently be spending Rs 1 crore on that single song. It's surprising since RGV had earlier made his film Not A Love Story in a budget of Rs 80 lakh."
However, when contacted, Ramu laughed off the news and said, "She is just playing a role in Department along with two others and we are not even good friends. You can ask her that." Interestingly, despite him not being friends with Madhu, the filmmaker follows her on a popular networking site.
Who is Madhu Shalini? Madhu Shalini is an actress from the Telugu film industry. She has worked in a couple of Tamil films as well. After her debut film Andarivaadu, which did not do too well at the box office, she found success with her second venture Na Pranam Kaante Ekkavu. She has worked in around a dozen films down south. Department will be her Bollywood debut vehicle.
The filmmaker's Rangeela girl is back to add colour to RGV's next venture 'Not A Love Story' by unveiling the song originally picturised on her.Urmila Matondkar and Ram Gopal Varma have joined hands yet again. This time for a press conference.
The filmmaker and the actress who were alleged to be romantically involved in the mid nineties, had a fallout when another upcoming actress snatched the spotlight away from Urmila.
The two had however, denied all such allegations repeatedly.
The actress even did an item number for the box office dud Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag in 2007. Her Mehbooba Mehbooba act in the film was probably the only respite.
2011, and the actress is back by Ramu's side to unveil a song for his upcoming venture 'Not A Love Story' starring Mahie Gill.
Mallika Sherawat was recently approached to host India's Sexiest Bachelors on a newly launched channel. The actress after an initial hearing asked for an astronomical fee.
However whatever the channel offered, the sexy siren would demand double of it. After a few rounds of negotiations, the channel decided that they were better off without her.
Says a source, "As the channel was launched in May, they are looking at grabbing eyeballs. The show would feature hot hunks, so they felt the sexy siren was the best bet to anchor the show."
Adds the source, "The show was for 10 episodes and among the names that are slated to feature include Sidhartha Mallya, John Abraham, Yuvraj Singh and Ranbir Kapoor.
Initially, Mallika showed interest but when the monetary talk began she was like a diva who refused to budge." In the past, Mallika had judged a few episodes of the dance show Chak Dhoom Dhoom on another channel. She was booted out due to her starry tantrums. The actress had turned up hours late at the launch of the show itself.
Later during the shoot, she had her list of demands that included not getting proper breaks during the shoot. An exasperated channel then replaced her with Urmila Matondkar. India's Sexiest Bachelors has now roped in Shibani Dandekar to host the show. Mallika, who is presently in New York, remained unavailable for comment.
