Naseeruddin Shah Playing The Roll Of Saddam Hussain In Next

Naseeruddin Shah Playing The Roll Of Saddam Hussain In Next
Director Nalin Singh wants Naseeruddin Shah to play Saddam Hussein in his next film titled The Trial of Saddam Hussein.

"My script is ready and I will soon be approaching him for the title role," said Singh. "The film will have a day-to-day account of the courtroom trials of Saddam including the killings of his lawyers etc.''

He adds, "Saddam is a very broad subject. I will also focus on his Indian connections too including that he supported India on Kashmir."

He said he's aware of Akbar Khan's movie on Saddam, but laughed saying, "I hope he is making Saddam speak in Hindi as I have already set a trend of making Hitler speak in Hindi."

Singh's film Hitler had got him and actor Anupam Kher into trouble. Kher's fans had protested against the actor playing the role of Hitler forcing him to opt out of the film. Raghuvir Yadav is now playing the lead role in My Friend Hitler.

I wasn't thinking of Madhuri during 'Ready"Asin"

I wasn't thinking of Madhuri during 'Ready"Asin"
Asin's on-screen tuning with Salman Khan in 'Ready' is pretty much on display if the song and dance promos are any indication. Also, it has been widely promoted that in the film, she and Salman have been projected as a Madhuri and Salman of 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' days. The speculations also became much stronger when it was revealed that Salman is called Prem in 'Ready'.

"You want me to be honest here then well let me state the truth," laughs Asin, "I really don't know from where did these Madhuri-Salman talks started. In fact while I was shooting for the film, I wasn't even thinking of Madhuri or making any conscious effort to recreate similar magic on those grounds. We just went ahead and followed the script."

From where does she think the rumours started then?

"I don't know," shrugs away Asin, "I am sure that I hadn't got any such brief. If at all such stories started making rounds, it was after the shooting was through. Perhaps some people saw a still or two from the film and started bringing on comparisons with Madhuri. I can assure though that all of this is plain speculation."

Well Asin, we would check it out for ourselves if this is a speculation or not once the film hits the screens on 3rd June.

Aishwarya Says India is finally getting recognition

Aishwarya Says India is finally getting recognition
Three Indian beauties and brand ambassadors of L'Oreal Paris— Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Freida Pinto, will light up the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

To be held from the 11th – 22nd of May 2011, it is one of the most prestigious film festivals and L'Oreal Paris has been the official make-up expert of it for 14 years.

Says Aishwarya, "Being at Cannes for L'Oreal Paris has been an absolute pleasure and to experience this for the tenth consecutive year is overwhelming. It is one of the most glamourous red carpets on the world platform, celebrating cinema, showbiz, beauty, diversity and excellence. Several countries have always had more than one spokeswoman at Cannes and I'm glad India is finally getting the same recognition. I am happy that with Sonam and Freida, both beautiful women, have being invited to the festival this year, India will have a stronger presence, which is a clear sign of the growing importance of the country."

Slumdog Millionaire star, Freida Pinto says, "I am proud to represent this brand, which has always supported the cause of women and accentuated their beauty on the red carpet." Sonam who debuts this year at Cannes is excited too. "It has always been my dream to walk the red carpet at Cannes and it is soon going to be a reality. I look forward to meeting actors and film makers from the world over and attending screenings of some interesting films."

This brand will also introduce its first dream team, who've created the new 'L'Or L'Or L'Or' make-up collection, especially for Cannes, which will be used to design exclusive make-up looks for all the spokeswomen present at the Festival. Products to recreate the L'Oréal Paris L'Or L'Or L'Or look will be available in India exclusively at their boutiques at Palladium Mall, Mumbai and Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.

Aamir Khan calls up Ekta Kapoor

Aamir Khan calls up Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor has always considered Aamir Khan to be her idol. So when her cell phone rang flashing his name she was mighty surprised. Aamir made a courtesy call to Ekta requesting her to attach the first theatrical of his production Delhi Belly with her Ragini MMS that releases this week.

The usually reticent actor took out time to dial the Balaji head honcho and put in a word for his film.

This must be quite an honour for Ekta, considering that Aamir is extremely choosy about the marketing techniques used for his films.A source reveals, "Ekta was pleasantly surprised when she got Aamir's call. She's a huge fan of his work and has always looked up to him.

They spoke at length and discussed films. Aamir was very keen on attaching Delhi Belly promo with Ragini MMS because he felt that both the films represent the new age cinema genre.

Even though the subject matter of the films is different, they both agreed that the films would bridge a common audience."

When contacted Ekta confirms, "Aamir is my idol. Yes, I have agreed to attach the Delhi Belly promo with Ragini MMS."

Anushka Sharma As A Bikini Girl In Next

Anushka Sharma As A Bikini Girl In Next
While we have seen her simple, charming girl-next-door side, soon we can look forward to her sizzling aspect as well…

The grapevines are buzzing that the chulbuli beauty Anushka Sharma will shed her homely image and glam up by donning a bikini in Yash Raj Films’ next ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’. Directed by Maneesh Sharma, the film stars Sharma’s ‘khaas’ buddy Ranveer Singh in the lead.

We have already seen Anushka flaunting her well-toned body in YRF’s earlier film ‘Badmaash Company’, but rumours say that with ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ the actress is all set to prove that she is going to be the next hot babe to watch-out for…!

Hmmm, but our question is – Will the bikini avatar suit her?

Ranbhir Kapoor Follows Sallu & Akki

Ranbhir Kapoor Follows Sallu & Akki
Like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar who are known for sitting on the edit of their films, even Ranbir sits on edit of his item song.

Ranbir Kapoor is a bundle of nerves these days! The sexy bachelor who is all geared up for his item number in the upcoming film Chillar Party , is getting pre-release jitters and is getting deeply involved with the edit sessions to leave no stone unturned to perfect the final cut.

This is for the first time that Ranbir Kapoor will be seen doing an item number. It is heard that although Ranbir is very happy with the final dance number choreographed by Bosco Caesar, he wants to sit and watch the song once again, this time under full scrutiny, and make sure that every little move is impeccable and fun to watch. "Ranbir is taking all this pain to make sure that his first item number doesn't meet any glitches and wins him the audience's applauds", says a unit-hand from the film.

Interestingly, Ranbir will be seen shaking a leg or two as a 'Tapori' in the song, where he will be seen dancing for the kids. In fact Ranbir is dedicating this dance number of Chillar Party to father Rishi Kapoor's character in Amar Akbar Anthony and although the genre of this song is completely different with kids involved as well, Ranbir doesn't want his first item song to be included in the league of the current sensation created by Deepika and Katrina but instead in the league of the yesteryears legends, Jeetendra and Mithun.

Shazahn Padamsee Join The Team Of Housefull 2

Shazahn Padamsee Join The Team Of Housefull 2


Sajid Khan’s ‘Housefull’ was screened at pack theatres and the movie was a blockbuster! Since the mantra had worked for him, he is coming up with a sequel which is already eagerly looked forward to by many! A known fact now, the sequel boasts off a big star cast which is an added plus for the movie - Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh are some of the lead cast of film…

We had earlier told you that Asin, Jacqueline Fernandez and Zarine Khan are the lead ladies of the film. But wait, there’s more! Shazahn Padamsee who awed us all with her performance in ‘Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji’ will also be acting in this multi-starrer comedy affair.

The shooting for ‘Housefull 2’ will start next week.

This movie is indeed going by its title…