Truck runs over Akshay Kumar’s foot; rushed to hospital

Mehul S Thakkar (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 22, 2013)

Last evening, while shooting an action scene for Thupakki, Akshay Kumar was injured when a truck ran over his right foot. He was immediately rushed to a Versova hospital.

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Salman Khan resumes Mental, sans South fighters?

Shooting had come to a halt, courtesy the impasse between them and their Mumbai counterparts

Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 22, 2013)

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Feast your eyes: This may be last time ever you’ll see Puja Gupta in a bikini?

Shakti Shetty (MID-DAY; May 22, 2013)

It might have started with Sharmila Tagore back in the ’60s but everyone from Bipasha Basu to Priyanka Chopra to Kareena Kapoor has donned one in their recent films. Yes, we’re talking about bikinis here! Surprisingly, it seems like newcomers aren’t very comfortable with the whole idea of showing off some skin.

Turns out Puja Gupta is already fed up of this skimpy attire and says she’d rather prefer not to be seen in risqué clothing in her forthcoming films. For the record, the Bollywood starlet has done three films so far — F.A.L.T.U., Go Goa Gone and the upcoming Shortcut Romeo — and she has appeared in two- piece in all of them. But seems like we won’t be seeing anymore of her in such avatar anytime soon, as she has now taken an oath to stay away from scripts that has a repeat factor in them.

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Bombay being recreated in Sri Lanka for Ranbir-Anushka’s Bombay Velvet

Hiren Kotwani (BOMBAY TIMES; May 22, 2013)

 

Come July, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma will start shooting for Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet. However, the film will not be shot in Mumbai, but in Sri Lanka. Reason being that the skyline of the island city has changed over the decades and the upcoming monsoon could affect the shoot. Apparently, it’s going to cost the producers approximately `22 crore to recreate the Bombay of the 1950s through ’70s, the period in which the story is set.

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Aamir Khan to speak only in Bhojpuri in P.K.?

Jigar Shah (MID-DAY; May 22, 2013)

It looks like Aamir Khan has done it again. Sources say the actor has ditched dialogues in Hindi for a local dialect the second time in his career for Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film.

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In the midst of YJHD promotions, Ranbir Kapoor undergoes surgery

Asira Tarannum (MID-DAY; May 22, 2013)

It was a zip, zap, zoom session from the operating theatre and back for Ranbir Kapoor recently. The actor apparently got a cyst removed from his chest. He was in the hospital for a few hours only and was back to work the next day.

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Did Vindu pump in Bollywood stars’ money to fuel betting ring?

Bollywood makes its dramatic entry into the cricket-underworld-bookie nexus with the arrest of Vindu Dara Singh, as cops probe his close ties with film personalities. Cops say the duo — now under scrutiny — met the Bigg Boss season 3 winner in a five-star hotel, where he was allegedly used as a go-between to place wagers on IPL matches

Vinay Dalvi and Akela (MID-DAY; May 22, 2013)

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I’m sad and disappointed with what Sreesanth did-Surveen Chawla

Sunayana Suresh (BOMBAY TIMES; May 22, 2013)

Actress Surveen Chawla, who was once romantically linked with Sreesanth after pairing with him on a dance reality show, says that she is shocked by the cricketer’s alleged involvement in the spot fixing scandal. “The lure of money can make the sanest people go astray. I wouldn’t be lying if I say that I am sad and disappointed with what Sreesanth did. I’m not going to mince words here, had it been a good friend or an acquaintance, my stand on this issue will be the same,” says Surveen. She adds, “While we are friends, I have not been in touch with him recently. I’ve always seen him as a person who has inspired people from Kerala to take up cricket. I was in Cannes when learned about his arrest; it was shocking.”

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Salman Khan to marry Romanian TV anchor?

Buzz is that B-Town’s most eligible bachelor could be tying the knot soon

Kunal M Shah (MID-DAY; May 21, 2013)

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Shah Rukh Khan’s bodyguard hired for Ranbir Kapoor?

BOMBAY TIMES (May 21, 2013)

Yusuf, who has been guarding Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan on his promotional city tours for years, currently has a new assignment. His job is to guard B-Town’s sweetheart Ranbir Kapoor. And, Yusuf felt a sense of deja vu when he accompanied Ranbir to Indore and Kanpur three days ago to promote Yeh Jaawani Hai Deewani. A unit source says, “There were around 8,000 people at the Kanpur mall where Ranbir visited and about 1,000 at the Indore hotel booked for his stay. The organisers and Yusuf had a tough time getting the actor into the elevator. The security guard had only experienced something like this when Shah Rukh visited places. And though he was prepared for the mayhem because of his past experience of guarding SRK, there was a brief moment when he was taken aback seeing the impact RK Jr had on the cities. Not even the sweltering heat and the dust caused by the posse of vehicles that wheeled in because of the film unit’s presence could deter the people from crowding there to catch a glimpse of the Kapoor scion. And, Yusuf stood like a rock around the star.”

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Ranbir Kapoor in Awara remake?

He will be part of this classic film along with his dad Rishi Kapoor

DNA (May 21, 2013)

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Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan were shooting in Goa at the same time?

Check out Akshay-Imran dubbing for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again

MUMBAI MIRROR (May 20, 2013)

 

It’s a wrap for Milan Luthria’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again, with the film having reached dubbing stage. Spotted in the studio were lead actors Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan; Akshay in a khaki pathani and Imran in jeans and a white vest. Akshay, whose character is modelled on the lines of Dawood Ibrahim, is togged up in pathani suits for the most part of the film. For many years now, the actor has been dressing for his part, even while dubbing. Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again is slated to hit screens on August 8, the same day Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express is scheduled for release.

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No Baazigar sequel without Shah Rukh Khan-Ratan Jain

Producer Ratan Jain says it may take some time before he starts with the project

Agencies (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 20, 2013)

 

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Andaz Apna Apna 2 to go on floors?

Rajkumar Santoshi to start the project by end of this year

Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 20, 2013)

 

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I’ll be the godfather of Deepika Padukone’s child-Ranbir Kapoor

Seema Sinha (BOMBAY TIMES; May 20, 2013)

 

RANBIR ON DEEPIKA

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Siddhartha Jain to get authentic sex toys for Saxxxkidukaan.com

CBFC students to now have a chapter on Priyanka Chopra

Is Sonakshi Sinha Akshay Kumar’s most preferred heroine?

BOMBAY TIMES (May 19, 2013)

 

Akshay Kumar has a way of patronising his heroines by giving them multiple projects. If you check his past and present screen records, you’ll notice that the actor has a tendency to repeat his heroines till they get married or move on. Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty, Twinkle Khanna, Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif have done multiple films with him. But his current favourite is Sonakshi Sinha. Sona, unlike the other girls whose career graphs Akshay has rewritten to a large extent, was already a blockbuster heroine because of her debut with Bollywood’s superhero Salman Khan in Dabangg (2010). Yet, it is Akki who is responsible for giving her some amazing breaks. He signed her for Rowdy Rathore and Joker almost simultaneously, gave her a song in his home-production OMG Oh My God and was also happy to have her included as the heroine in two of his hottest projects — Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again and the Thuppaki remake. From the looks of it, the Akshay-Sona jodi may outlive his hit pairing with Katrina too. Read More

I was tense about putting my hand around Madhuri’s waist-Ranbir Kapoor

Sonakshi Sinha-Yaami Gautam in Ajay Devgn-Prabhu Dheva flick?

Meena Iyer and Renuka Vyavahare (BOMBAY TIMES; May 18, 2013)

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Hrithik Roshan does a no-show for Sanjay Dutt?

DNA (May 18, 2013)

When Hrithik Roshan had dropped in to meet Dutt at his home immediately after his sentence was announced, he bumped into many actors there. Ajay Devgn and Mahesh Bhatt who were also present, were garnering support for Dutt. They were urging Sanju’s pals to speak up for him. When Bhatt asked Hrithik if he would show his support for his Agneepath co-star Sanju, in front of the TV crews, Duggu immediately said yes. Ajay, who was scheduled to talk to the channels the following day told him that he would call him to inform him of the venue and the timing. But the next day Hrithik remained unavailable to give bytes to the channels. Says an insider, “The venue was fixed at Devgn’s office (a few minutes away from Hrithik’s Juhu home). but there was no response from the Krrrish 3 actor. After many calls, Ajay received a message from one of Hrithik’s staffer that the actor was unable to attend as he had to attend to some other prior commitment!” Perhaps the actor who is known for approaching things in a very correct manner, didn’t want to make a statement on a judgement passed by the honourable court. But Dutt’s friends and family took notice of this ‘rebuff’.

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Wondered how Sanju would cope with brutal world he was about to enter-Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt (BOMBAY TIMES; May 18, 2013)

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Salman Khan makes a comfort call to Sanjay Dutt’s daughter

Bharati Dubey (BOMBAY TIMES; May 17, 2013)

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Bollywood beauties on Day 1 of 66th Cannes Film Festival