Shahrukh Khan and Rohit Shetty to do two more films together?

Shahrukh Khan who is shooting forRohit Shetty’s next “Chennai Express” might do more films with comic-action director. With their bonding being quite noticeable these days. And it all the friendship might reflect in two more movies from this combination.

It is come to our notice that this actor-director jodi may not be restricted to just CHENNAI EXPRESS. According to  that few sources, the news is  that Rohit 100 crore Shetty has two scripts ready with him that has caught SRK’s attention. If all goes well, we may see the duo working together again on not just one but two more projects. 

Considering how successful Rohit has become over the years and how much publicity “Chennai Express” and their combination has gained. “Chennai Express” story is about this man’s travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey. There is a lot of romance keeping Shah Rukh in mind but it will also be a typical Rohit Shetty film with cars blowing and lots of action. It hasDeepika Padukone playing the female lead in the flick which is going to release in August of this year.

All we hope is that Rohit doesn’t forget the person who put him in the top league,Ajay Devgn in the process of making films with his new found buddy.

Why is Sonal Chauhan jealous these days?

Sonal Chauhan has been shooting in Fiji Islands for her film 3G with Niel Nitin Mukesh. The location and surrounding were so good that the crew had a party almost every second day.

But she is jealous that she could not even attend a single party.Explaining the reason she said “There were a lot of parties which used to take place practically every second night but then I couldn’t attend since I was shooting every day. It was really sad since I had to go back to bed by eight in the evening. So the time I went to sleep, these guys would start their parties. I was so jealous,” sighs Sonal.

Telling about her experience in the island she said “Yes, Fiji in general was a beautiful experience. I am a person who doesn’t like outdoor shoot much but for 3G I didn’t even realise how 45 days just went by. In fact I remember how they gave me a surprise on my birthday and came with a cake to my room when I was still in my gym clothes,” she remembers with a smile, “The whole cast and crew of the movie was very comfortable with each other. We had good fun.”

John Abraham moves out of Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Satya 2′ ?

John Abraham, who was confirmed to portray the lead role in ‘Satya 2’ which is the sequel to Ram Gopal Varma’s iconic crime drama ‘Sataya’ which was released in 1998. But now it seems that John Abraham is out of the movie and is confirmed by RGV himself.

The movie had most influential characters like Manoj Bajpai, J.D.Chakravarthy, UrmilaMantodkar, etc. However, RGV wanted to make movie with completely new characters with no connection to the prequel. This is the main reason why John had step out of the project right away which is what speculated.

Meanwhile, RGV made everything clear saying “John is not a part of the production. But the film has already started and is about 30% complete. ‘Satya 2’ is slated for an early June release.”

But we are not yet sure if this is the exact reason why John had to move out of the movie. Let’s hope there is no other controversy between RGV and John Abraham.

On the flip-side RGV is very confident about the movie’s outcome considering its story-line. Details of other cast is not yet revealed. We have to wait and see if the sequel will reach the standards set by ‘Satya’ which had created a new genre all together in Indian Cinema and inspired lot of young directors like Anurag Kashyapand Vishal Bharadwaj.

Farah Khan is on the look out for a new actress

Shirish Kumar and Farah Khan are looking for a new face, who will play the female lead in their next production venture. After their last box-office dud “Joker”, Shirish and Farah are planning to produce a new movie.

The new project will be helmed by a debutant director. Sources say that the movie is going to be a super-natural thriller.The 48-year-old made the announcement on Twitter. “We are producing a film with a new director and a superb script. Looking for a fantastic actress to play the female lead. Mail: 3scasting@gmail.com,” Farah tweeted.

On other hand, Farah Khan is busy shooting for her forthcoming film with Shahrukh Khan and Abhishek Bachchanseems to have obstacles there too. Recently she signed south hero Prithviraj (of Ayya! fame) as the third lead in the movie but she is unable to find the fourth lead for this film. After John Abraham and Dev Patel turned down her offers, she has very limited options. As of now she is thinking of roping Ayushmann Khurrana or a newbie. But people close to Ayushmann are saying that he is not that interested to star in multi-starrers.

All we can hope is for farah to get the perfect people that she wishes and mesmerize us with her candy-floss dramas.

Shilpa Shetty explains the reason for increase in cancer cases

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shettyattended an event in support of the Cancer Aid Research Foundation (CARF) in Mumbai. The actress blames current lifestyle for the alarming rise in the number of cancer cases. Shilpa urged the public to follow a healthy living.

“I feel that cancer has become a very common disease. Earlier we used to hear about thyroid and diabetes. Now unfortunately, every second person has cancer. It’s pretty scary, and I feel this is also happening because of our lifestyle,” the 40-year-old said.

“I think there is so much pollution. We are eating so much steroid-infused food and junk food. I think our lifestyle is very deteriorated these days. So I just urge people to start living a healthier lifestyle to enjoy a healthier life,” she added.

The actress spent quality time with cancer-inflicted children.

Meanwhile, Shilpa’s son who was unwell few days ago and was hospitalized, is now back to good health and has been discharged from the Hinduja hospital.

Shilpa told, “He had viral infection and we thought it was appropriate to admit him to the hospital. He was on IV ( Intravenous treatment).”

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra was blessed with a baby boy on May 21, 2012. The couple can now breadth a sigh of relief!

Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif to lock lips yet again

Siddharth Anand’s Bang Bang, an official remake of Hollywood flick Knight and Day, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif in the lead, will see the on screen power couple once again exchange a long steamy kiss in the film.

Hrithik and Katrina made one of the most good looking on screen couples in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The duo also shared a long passionate kiss in the same film. Now, buzz is that ‘Bang Bang’ will see the two repeat the romantic kiss. However, it is not clear whether the kiss will be like the previous fleeting one. The makers of the film still have to take a call on that. But the actors have been informed about the latest development and they have agreed to do so. Infact, they will have to out do the previous one to have an impact.

The shooting of the film is slated to begin soon in Kashmir, by Feb end.

Meanwhile, buzz is yet again doing rounds that Ms Kaif flew to all the way to Chandigarh recently, to be with Ranbir Kapoor, who is busy shooting for his upcoming movie Besharam.

Says a source, “She took a flight to Chandigarh, accompanied by her manager, some time around noon to spend some time with Ranbir.”

We think, it’s high time Kats and RK get a little more open about their hush-hush romance.

Salman Khan to be challenged by a Bigg Boss contestant

Looks like Salman Khan’s power is going to be put under test as he is going to be challenged by none other than Bigg Boss Contestant Santosh Shukla.

If we go by sources, it is speculated that Santosh Shukla has been roped to play the baddie in Sohail Khan’s film Mental starring Salman Khan. The interesting part is that Santosh Shukla will land quite a few punches on Salman Khan in the movie, who in general doesn’t even allow a single goon to come near him in a fight.

“It is going to be a physical fight between two of them. It will start because Santosh will be forcing himself on Tabu which might be a molestation or a rape scene.” added the source.

When we contacted Santosh Shukla, he confirmed that he is acting in the movie and he will be sporting his usual menacing long-maned look. As of now he is busy working on his body to suit the role better.

“Mental” is a remake of Telugu movie “Stalin”.Parts of Mental will be shot in Dubai. It has Salman khan and Tabu confirmed as of now, however the leading lady hasn’t been finalised as of now.

Brave, Paperman win animation Oscars

Los Angeles: The story of a high-spirited Scottish princess in Brave charmed the Academy voters to win the coveted golden statuette in the best animated feature film category while the love story of a young office worker won the best animated short film Oscar.

Directed by Mark Andrews, Brave defeated veteran Hollywood filmmaker Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, Sam Fell and Chris Butler's ParaNorman, Peter Lord's The Pirates! Band
of Misfits and Rich Moore's Wreck-It Ralph.

The movie follows the story of Merida, a high-spirited Scottish princess who resists her mother's efforts to transform her into a more ladylike young woman.

Faced with an arranged marriage she doesn't want, Merida runs away into the forest, where she encounters a witch who teaches her a dangerous spell.

This is the second Academy Award nomination for Andrews as he was previously nominated for One Man Band in 2005.

On the other hand Paperman, is about a young man working in an office who desperately tries to attract the attention of a girl in the building across the street.

This is the first Academy Award nomination for director John Kahrs.

Les Miserables wins sound mixing, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty tie for sound editing

James Bond film Skyfall won its first Oscar in three decades by tying up for best sound editing trophy with Osama bin Laden manhunt drama Zero Dark Thirty whileLes Miserables won in the sound mixing category.

Skyfall's Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers tied up with Zero Dark Thirty's Paul NJ Ottosson for the best sound editing Oscar at the 85th Academy award. Tom Hooper directed musical scored a win in sound mixing category for Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes.

Daniel Day-Lewis wins Best Actor for Lincoln

Los Angeles: Hot favourite Daniel Day-Lewis completed a historic hat-trick as he took home the Best Actor Oscar for his poignant portrayal of a battle weary Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's civil-war set biopic Lincoln.

The win for the British actor, who played a brief role in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi, did not come as a surprise as he was strongly tipped to win. He had already collected the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and British BAFTA awards, in the long award season of Hollywood ahead of Oscars.

Interestingly, the 'notoriously'-selective actor had initially refused the role as he thought it would be proper for an American to play Lincoln but once he agreed, Day-Lewis devoted himself on painfully researching every little detail about the 16th president for an year to bring out an intense and touching portrayal.

"I do know that I've received so much more than my fortune. Three years go, I'd actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher and my role was Steven's first choice for Lincoln... My fellow nominees, my equals, I'm so proud... I'd like to thank Kathleen Kenndey, our producer. I owe this to three men - Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg and the spirit of Abraham lincoln," he said while accepting the best actor trophy.

Day-Lewis plays Lincoln prior to his assassination in 1865. As the four-year-old Civil War continues to rage, the president struggles to bring a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery and end the carnage on the battlefield.

He is a five time Academy-award nominee. With his latest trophy, he has become the first man to win three Oscars in the leading actor category.

He has previously won the Oscars for playing cerebral palsy suffering author and painter Christy Brown in My Left Foot(1989) and in 2007 for portraying an ambitious and misanthropic oil baron in There Will Be Blood.

He was also nominated for In The Name of the Father (1993) and Gangs of New York in 2002

Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook

In a unique race, 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence defeated the oldest and youngest Oscar nominees to take home the Best Actress Oscar for her role of a recovering sex addict in David O Russells Silver Linings Playbook.

The actress, who established herself as a box office superstar with The Hunger Games franchise, won the Oscar voters affection with her grabby, comedic and very quirky character of Tiffany, a young widow in a shaky new relationship with a man fresh from a mental hospital.

"This is embarrassing... It is nuts...thank you to the Academy, to the women this year. Thank you to the best production team, our crew and my family... Thank you so much," said Lawrence as she accepted her trophy. The actress had a embarrassing moment as she fell down while climbing the stairs to accept her trophy.

She beat off competition from 86-year-old Emmanuelle Riva(Amour), nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and Naomi Watts (The Impossible).

Lawrence started her career from TV sitcom The Bill Engvall Show and in barely six years, the actress has risen from a relatively unknown to superstardom. Her Oscar winning  Lawrence is more known for her  independent movies The Burning Plain (2008) and Winters Bone (2010), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

Silver Linings Playbook centers on the relationship between a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospital and a young widow (Lawrence).

The film is also up for best picture and director David O Russell is nominated for adapted screenplay and director category. Cooper is in the running for the lead-acting honors. The movie also has Indian actor Anupam Kher in a small but significant role. Lawrence recently claimed the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild honor for her role

Life of Pi wins Best Original Score award

Los Angeles: Music director Mychael Danna won an Oscar in the Best Original Score category for his work in Ang Lee's Life Of Pi. With this award, the film has so far bagged three  Oscars.

It registered early wins at the 85th Academy awards by taking home the trophies for the best
cinematography and visual effects.

Claudio Miranda won the best cinematography trophy for his stunning camera work in the 3D movie.

While  Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White took home the golden statuette for  visual effects.
 

Danna has had a very close collaboration with Lee as they have worked together in the past for films like The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil.

Life Of Pi, which is based in India and stars Bollywood actors Irrfan Khan and Tabu, follows the story of a young boy who is lost in the ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for some 200-odd days.

Danna, who is married to Indian origin Aparna Dana, spent more than a year working on the music for the film with Lee, at first discussing the philosophical elements of Yann Martels novel, on which the movie is based.

The orchestra was recorded in LA on the 20th Century Fox lot, while various other elements were recorded around the world.

The first composed piece for the film was the song Pis Lullaby, which he wrote with the South Indian singer Bombay Jayashri.

Danna, who is known for creating distinctive and layered musical palettes, has had a longtime fascination with India as he has previously worked with Indian origin filmmakers Deepa Mehta for Water and Mira Nair for Monsoon Wedding.

Danna recently won a Golden Globe for his Life Of Pi score.

Anne Hathaway wins Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Los Angeles: Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role of a mother-turned-prostitute, Fantine, in Tom Hoopers musical Les Miserables.

The 30-year-old was a favourite to win the trophy for the difficult role, which saw her chopping off her tresses and losing about 25lb.

This is Hathaways first Academy Award, she was previously nominated for her 2008 movie Rachel Getting Married.

Her award was announced by last years best supporting Oscar winner Christopher Plummer. Looking stunning in a baby pink gown, Hathaway thanked her husband Adam Shulman, director Tom Hooper, fellow nominees and made a special mention of co-star Hugh Jackman in her speech.

"It came true... I hope sometime in near future. The misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and not in real life," Hathaway said.

She beat actresses Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Helen Hunt (The Sessions) and Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) to take home the trophy. The musical drama, based on Victor Hugos French historical novel, saw Hathaway play a mother who is fired from her workplace and is later forced into prostitution in order to take care of her daughter.

Interestingly, Hathaways own mother played the role in the past on Broadway but quit acting to devote herself to parenting.

The actress previously won Golden Globes, BAFTA and a SAG Award for her performance before taking home the coveted golden statuette.

Oscars 2013: Anna Karenina wins best costume, Les Miserables best makeup

Joe Wright's Anna Karenina won the Oscar for the best costume while the award for best makeup and hairstyling went to musical Les Miserables. Anna Karenina is a epic adaption of Leo Tolstoy's novel
of the same name. The best costume Oscar was won by Jacqueline Durran.

Les Miserables, the Top Hooper directed musical, again an adaptation of Victor Hugo's French novel, registered an early win in the makeup and hairstyling category for Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell.

The musical saw its starcast of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen. Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Redmayne performing live on the Oscar stage.

Amour wins Oscar for Best Foreign Film

Los Angeles:Austrian Amour (Love), a poignant drama about a retired music teacher's desire to die as she struggles with old age, won the best foreign film trophy at the 85th Academy Awards.

The Michael Haneke directed movie, also nominated for the best picture and director, was a strong favourite to win the foreign film Oscar.

The story revolves around a retired music teacher and her husband of 60 years as they struggle with the debilitating effects of two strokes on both her health and her quality of life.

As Georges cares for the increasingly unhappy Anne, the pair finds the nature of their life together irrevocably changed.

Amour saw off competition from Norway's Kon-Tiki, Chile's No, Denmark's A Royal Affair and War Witch from Canada.

The film has had an extraordinary run this award season. It was first screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or. Emmanuelle Riva, the lead actress of the movie, became the oldest person to win a BAFTA at the age of 85.

The French actress, who is nominated in the best actress category, turned 86 on February 24

Oscars: Life of Pi wins Best Cinematography & Visual Effects

Los Angeles: Ang Lee's Life of Pi, about a shipwrecked Indian boy, registered early wins at the 85th Academy Awards by taking home the trophies for the best cinematography and visual effects.

Claudio Miranda won the best cinematography trophy for his stunning camera work in the 3D movie.

A nervous Miranda said the film, which was largely shot in a huge water tank, was "quite a piece" to make.

"Wow, this movie was quite a piece to make. We did it.... I can't even speak," said a nervous Miranda before ending his speech by thanking director Lee, his wife and daughter.

The film also won in the visual effects category with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White taking home the golden statuette.

The team paid tribute to the Rhythm & Hues, the company behind the VFX, which has filed for bankruptcy.

The awards were presented by The Avengers team Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L Jackson.

Oscars 2013: List of winners

Here's the list of Oscar winners so far:

Best Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained 

Best Short Film (animated): Paperman

Best Feature Film (animated): Brave

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi

Best Documentary Short: Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White received the award

Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Miserables

Best Live Action Short Film: Shawn Christensen, Curfew

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour from Austria

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man; Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn received the award

Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Best Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

 Best Film Editing: Argo

Best Production Design: Lincoln

Best Original Score: Life Of Pi

Best Director: Ang Lee, Life Of Pi

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Best Picture: Argo

Best Documentary Feature: Searching For Sugar Man

Best Sound Mixing: Les Miserables