Tees Maar Khan makers build airliner for Akki's action sequence

Akshay Kumar stunt atop a plane in Khiladi 420 years ago is still quite famous. Now, the actor is all set to do yet another action sequence in an airplane in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan.

"We have constructed an actual Jumbo Jet at Film City for a very important sequence in Tees Maar Khan. The scene is Akshay's introductory shot in the film," said director Farah Khan.

"Akki, who plays a smart-alec, is being taken captive in the airplane and, how he outsmarts everyone and plans his escape forms the crux of the scene. He will be seen doing some really funny yet, deadly, action stunts in this particular scene. The scene also has VJ Mia along with her Chihuahua dog."

On being asked the cost of constructing a huge airplane, Farah said: "I can't reveal how much it exactly costs but yes, it did cost us a bomb. It's a beautiful Jumbo Jet with plush interiors. Our art director Sabu Cyril has done a fantastic job. In fact, if anyone wants to use a Jumbo Jet for a shoot they can contact me."

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Katrina's Bhojpuri debut

After her British accent, here's a new lingo in Katrina's kitty. The actress recently tried her hand at speaking Bhojpuri and by all standards she was able to create ripples among the gathered crowd with her Brit-Bhojpuri accent.

Recently, during the launch of Prakash Jha's new TV channel, Katrina was invited to be part of the ceremony and was given a line in Bhojpuri to cheer up the audiences.

Like a diligent person, Katrina wrote down the Bhojpuri greeting and read it out much to the audiences delight.

Well, may be this is the beginning before we see the actress doing a full fledged role in the same lingo. Well, no offences meant here Katrina.

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"New Love Birds" Shahid and Deepika

After having faced failed relationships in their life, both Shahid Kapur and Deepika Padukone seem to be finding solace in each other's company now.

If the latest buzz is to be believed, Shahid Kapur and Deepika Padukone are currently dating each other. According to sources, the two were seen partying together recently and it's also known that Shahid is making frequent trips to Deepika's Bandra home these days.

After his break up with Kareena Kapoor, Shahid has been linked to many actresses like Priyanka Chopra and Vidya Balan. Now, Deepika is the latest and hottest of the lot in his life. Deepika's story is no different, after her break-up with Ranbir Kapoor; it seems she's also looking for a new companionship.

So, the secret has got bust. Let's hope the new love birds have a lasting affair of their life this time around.

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Saif hits back at Shiv Sena

After keeping quiet for sometime, Saif, now has decided to speak out fearlessly. He says, he never expected so many people to have such huge problems with his National Award achievement.

Saif says, “I deserve the National Award and I will try and keep up to it. May be there are more actors who are superbly experienced then me but if you look at the awardees over the last couple of years, all of them have not exactly invented a nuclear bomb.”

For all those who came in late, Shiv Sena, the Bishnois and many other personalities from different walks of life have opposed the Government for honoring Saif with Padma Shri. In fact, executive president of Shiv Sena Udhav Thackeray went to the extend of calling him a tapori who did not deserve an award of such stature.

Such harsh protests were likely to bring Saif at an awkward situation and ultimately he had to bring his defenses on the foreground to stand by his achievement. Saif had to have an outburst and anyways there has to be a limit to everything.

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Magnificent Rahman bags two Grammies

The Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman has continued his dream run with the Oscar winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ as he has bagged two Grammy awards for best film song and best soundtrack.

Rahman has already won two Oscars, a Bafta and a Golden Globe last year for his soundtrack for ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’

Rahman won the Grammys in the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture. The song, "Jai Ho," also won in the best motion picture song. "This is insane, God is great again," said Rahman.

Rahman was short listed last month for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song “NaNa” from the Hollywood film, ‘Couples Retreat.’

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20 Aasal Movie Photo Gallery 1-10

You must have seen how eagerly people follow Surya Grahanama (solar eclipse), one of the rarest celestial event. That is exactly how people reacted to Ajith and Saran’s Asal movie launch, as though it was a rarest phenomenon! It was like everyone in Chennai headed to Annai Illam, where the grand Sivaji Production's Asal was launched today. Bemused fans of the “Ultimate Star” flocked near the gates, festooned the streets and erected gigantic cut-outs for Ajith, giving the whole area a festive look.

Stalwarts of the cine field including Rajinikanth and K. Balachander attended the function. The other VIPs who attended the function included Ajithâ's wife Shalini, Sathyajothi Thyagarajan, Pushpa Kandaswamy, Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya, Yugi Sethu, Prathap Pothan, producers Prabhu and Ramkumar, comedian Dhamu, and many others.

Ajith looked majestic in his new getup, while director Saran looked absolutely overwhelmed and happy by the response the movie launch got.

With such a nice start, Asal the fourth movie for Ajith and Saran together after Kadhal Mannan, Amarkalam and Attagasam is all set to become a milestone in Ajitha's career.

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Eesha Koppikar worried about past sexy scenes

Actress Eesha (Koppikar) Narang is suddenly very conscious of her onscreen image after she got married to Timmy Narang. She has requested the producers of ‘Right Yaaa Wrong’ to snip off a sensuous scene she shot with Aarav Chowdhury.

According to sources, while Eesha was rather carefree about the kind of roles she did, like the lesbian character in ‘Girlfriend’ opposite Amrita Arora. The raunchy scene in this film was shot about two years ago when she wasn’t anywhere close to getting married.

However, now that she is part of such a respectable family, the need has arisen for her to carefully think about the kind of image she portrays.

The story has been confirmed by director Neeraj Pathak who stated that the actress indeed requested for the scene to be deleted as she wants kids to be able to watch the movie too. He has, however, been unable to listen to her request as the scene was essential. So, he has simply made a few changes.

Eesha has, strangely, denied the story and states that the film is being edited by the director who is editing out scenes that aren’t necessary to the plot.

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Story of Katrina Kaif and Catreena

A 15-day old leopard was found near Devankhedi village near Bhopal on January 22nd and was rescued by Van Vihar national park’s team. The cub was named Katrina because the villagers thought she was as beautiful and silky as Katrina Kaif.

Katrina learnt about this and expressed her desire to adopt the cub. This was confirmed by Van Vihar’s assistant director AK Khare. He stated that she called him up on Friday afternoon and wanted to adopt the cub. However, he points out that the name of the cub, which is presently housed in their zoo, is spelt Catreena.

According to Khare, Katrina will have to pay Rs. 50, 000 annually for the leopard and fill up a form and sign it. He asserts that he has informed them of the entire procedure but is yet to hear from them.

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