Ajay keeps distance from Kajol

Ajay Devgan and Kajol are perhaps the most ideal couple in Bollywood. At least their fans think so. They are an epitome of a happy and peaceful family, and many look up to them when love fades. But is there trouble in heaven?
Rumourmongers have turned sceptic again. It is said that Ajay did not care to console Kajol when she broke down during the television reality show Rock N Roll Family. The news is doing the rounds that Ajay was a silent spectator while Tanuja consoled her crying daughter.
Ajay admitted that his wife broke down on the sets of the show. He added that she has been crying very often ever since her dad Shomu Mukherjee passed away on April 10 this year.
The couple is currently judging the show Rock N Roll Family along with Kajol's mother Tanuja. They are blessed with a daughter named Nysa. Let's hope they stick together through the good and bad times!

Priyanka Chopra gets pregnant

After a bountiful 2006 (Krrish and Don), last year was quite downbeat for top Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra with films like Salaam-E-Ishq and Big Brother failing at the ticket window. To add to that, she was away from the limelight or as they say, out of circulation! But that had more to do with her personal and legal problems related to the differences with her ex-secretary, Prakash Jaju.

However, there is good news for the fans of Priyanka Chopra as the current year is sure to set the record straight. With projects like Goldie Behl's Drona, Harry Baweja's Love Story 2050 and Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion, the future appears bright and it seems that Priyanka is all set to regain her top position.

Coming to Bhandarkar's (famous for cashing in on topical subjects) Fashion, the film is already hogging the headlines. The reason for the above is Priyanka's controversial pregnancy scene in the climax. The said scene is deliberately being publicized as being inspired from the real life of a top model, but that is only a publicity stunt. One has to commend Priyanka for going public with the fact that the said scene is of utmost importance to Fashion's climax and is not based on anyone's personal life.

The girl indeed has guts. Kudos and all the best to you Priyanka!

Madhavan replaces Arshad Warsi in Teen Patti

A big excitement awaits Madhavan. "I'm finally going to work with Mr. Bachchan. It has been a long-cherished dream. When he did a guest appearance with me in Ramji Londonwale I couldn't stand straight, I was so nervous and excited. Now we're finally coming together in Leena Yadav's Teen Patti. And all thanks to Arshad Warsi," jokes Maddy about Arshad's unceremonious exit from the project.

Maddy will have to learn to play cards for his gambler's role. "I've never played cards before. So I'll have to start from scratch. At the moment, I've plenty of time to learn stationary skills. I've just had a painful molar extraction done. I can't go out and can't talk much either. In fact I'm surprised the producers of Teen Patti signed me with this swollen face."

Maddy goes into Teen Patti at year-end. Right now, he starts work on the Tamil version of Aziz Mirza's Yes Boss where he steps into Shahrukh Khan's shoes. "Nishikant Kamat who directed me in the Tamil version of Dombivali Fast and in Mumbai Meri Jaan put me in touch with the working-class side of my personality. Now I need to get back to playing super-heroic parts. Otherwise my audience in Tamil Nadu will think I've mellowed down incurably."

Shahrukh grabs Akshay's role

The Akshay Kumar-Shahrukh Khan rivalry appears to have just got hotter. SRK claims that Billoo Barber, his next home production, directed by Priyadarshan, was initially offered to Akshay but the Khiladi refused it. Everyone knows that Akshay is one of Priyan's favourite actors so he was the first choice. But when Akki declined, SRK grabbed it.
Shahrukh admits, "Billoo Barber was offered to Akshay Kumar but he turned it down. Priyan was doing another film with me. Then he spoke to me about Billoo Barber and asked me if I would do the 10-day role in the film. I asked him to narrate the story. I told him that I would not only act in it but even produce it."
The actor says he simply loved the script. "It's a story based on Krishna and his friend Sudama. It's a very sweet story. The thought is nice. But it's not fair to call it a Shahrukh Khan film. It is about Irrfan Khan, his wife and two kids. Billoo Barber is a remake of a Malayalam film (Kadha Parayaumbol) and has been rewritten by the same writer. The Hindi rights are with us while the Tamil rights are with Rajinikanth. In Malayalam it was made with Mammooty."
About the film's cast and credits, SRK says, "The film has Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani Sir besides myself. Kareena has done a guest appearance. Deepika will also do a guest appearance and there might be another heroine. Music is by Pritam and lyrics by Gulzar."
When asked about Ameesha Patel and Tabu turning down the film, Shahrukh points out, "I have been reading about all the actresses refusing the project but I would never lie to an actor to get them to do the role. I told Priyan Sir to tell them that it is not the greatest role in the world; but it is not a role that will go unnoticed. I told this to Urmila, Manisha, Juhi... Amisha didn't do the role because we thought she looks too young to play a mother with Irrfan. It wasn't like she left it or we threw her out. Tabu refused because she didn't like the role. Vidya (Balan) said no because she did not want to play a mother to two grown-up children. But the kids are 10 and 12 year olds they are not my age!"
I had it first: Akshay Kumar
Continues Shahrukh, "When I sat down with Lara, I told her that you do certain roles because of the film and she agreed. Juhi and Rani have often told me 'I don't have a great role in the film, I am just doing the film because it"s a very sweet film.' I believe in that... if the product is really good, everybody shines. I could be great in a film, but if it is not good, then it doesn't work. I really wanted to make Billoo Barber and Insha Allah we will release it by September."
However a source close to Akshay denies that he was offered Billoo Barber. "Priyan might have thought of approaching Akshay but he definitely did not offer it to him."

Aamir injured on Ghajini sets

After having won accolades by a ton for Taare Zameen Par and with his new film Ghajini generating curiosity every passing day, life couldn't have been better for 'The Perfectionist' Aamir Khan.

But luck had something else in store for him in the form of a hamstring muscle injury while performing an action sequence for Ghajini. The scene was such that Aamir had to pick up a very bulky man and throw him against the wall and due to this Aamir pulled his hamstring muscle while he was enacting the action scene. This happened at Ramuji Rao Studios in Hyderabad yesterday. A physiotherapist was then called in for Aamir.

The Ghajini team has been canning some complex action shots since past few days which are important part of the film. However, due to Aamir's injury, the shooting of the film has been indefinitely postponed.

Chitrangada says no to item song

She is suddenly doing a lot of things. The one thing that Chitrangada is not doing is ...an item song! "That's completely untrue. I am not doing an item song in Sudhir Mishra's film. I don't know where that came from. Or maybe I do...One day Sudhir Mishra made a vague suggestion jokingly. 'Why don't you do an item song?' Suddenly the next thing I heard in Mauritius, where I was shooting for Onir's Sorry Bhai, is that I'm doing an item song in Sudhir's film Tera Kya Hoga Johnny."

In Mauritius, Chitrangada was working hard to make her comeback look worth it. "And the next thing I read was that I was partying all night and arriving late on location, and also that I was doing an item song for Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. I suppose all this makes my life sound exciting."

Ayesha special b'day gift from beau

While everyone lavishes expensive gifts on birthdays, Ayesha Takia's beau restaurateur Farhan Azmi had a 'cheesy' gift for her birthday. He celebrated Ayesha's 23rd birthday yesterday with a Philadelphia cream New York cheese cake baked by himself! As the actress is allergic to chocolates, he made a strawberry cheesecake.

Farhan brought in Ayesha's birthday at her Versowa home with a surprise birthday party on April 9. Farhan says, "Ayesha didn't want a big party so we celebrated her birthday at home. I baked a a Philadelphia cream New York cheese cake specially for her at my restaurant Cafe Basilico.

Apart from the Philly cheese cake there were doughnuts, munchkins which are like chocolate bomb filled bluberry fillings and sugar and different types of cheesecake which Ayesha loves."

Farhan adds that though Ayesha has been keeping a strict watch on her diet and weight, Sundays, birthdays are binge days. "Ayesha has lost so much weight that I am worried about her," Farhan says.

Says Ayesha, "We don't need an occasion to exchange gifts as we keep splurging on each other all the time. I just gorged myself on the food that was cooked at home as I have been on a strict diet.

It was chill out time with family and Farhan. I have been eating only vegetables, salads and fruits and gymming everyday. I have also been learning the Ramdev Swamy school of yoga and have lost 10 kilos in six months." Ayesha's current list of films include Prabhudeva's Wanted, E Niwas's De Taali, Nagesh Kukunoor's Eight By Ten and Ahmed Khan's Paathshaala.