New Delhi: Abhishek Bachchan starrer Players is the remake of American film, The Italian Job. Heading for by Abbas-Mustan, the film also has Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Bobby Deol and Sikandar Kher in the star cast. Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra were approached for the film earlier, but the deal didn’t click. Expected to release on January 6, 2012, here’s the first look of Players.

Again, someone has kept the great Bollywood tradition alive… yes the posters of Excel Entertainment forthcoming ‘Zindagi Na Milege Dobara’ starring Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin is almost similar to 2005 biographical Hollywood flick ‘Lords Of Dogtown‘. (more…)

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Akshay Kumar, who otherwise never attends premieres, certainly regretted making an exception for his wife Twinkle’s co-produced film, Thank You.
The actor along with Bobby Deol was all geared up to attend the film’s premiere at Chandan theatre in Juhu.
However, the Mumbai traffic did not spare even the Bollywood A-listers, who had to ditch their wives and hitchhike a ride with an absolute stranger.
An eyewitness gave us the details, “Akshay and Bobby stopped a surprised passerby, on a motorbike. They hopped on double-pillion and proceeded to the much delayed premiere screening.”
In a Bollywood inspired move, a crowd ran behind the motorbike all the way to the theatre.
Anees Bazmee recalling the mayhem, told us, “It was a sight straight out of one of my comedies. We were waiting for Akshay and Bobby at Chandan, when we saw them riding into the venue on a stranger’s motorbike with a huge group of people running after them.
We had no clue what was happening, until the flustered boys told us that the road leading to Akshay’s house was blocked with traffic.”
After breaking traffic rules riding triple seat on a bike and that too without helmets, Kumar and Deol refused to go along with the elaborate plans made for the evening. Bazmee adds, “We had hired elephants to take the two actors inside the theatre compound.
Quite understandably, Akshay and Bobby were in no mood to ride elephants after the wild motorcycle ride .We just let the elephants loiter at the premiere as part of our invitees.

…As India takes on Pakistan in the semi-final match of the World Cup on Wednesday, life will come to a stand still in the sub-continent.Many of the Bollywood actors have already made plans to watch the match either at Mohali or at home with friends.Even a thorough professional like Aamir Khan couldn’t resist the lure of being at the Mohali cricket stadium to watch the crucial match. Aamir has cancelled his shoot for Reema Kagti’s film on
Wednesday and will be at Mohali cheering for the Men In Blue from the stands.Aamir won’t be the only star at the venue. (more…)

On Wednesday afternoon, when Sanjay Dutt was shooting for b’s Double Dhamaal on the third floor of Mehboob Studios, we saw quite a huge turn out of B-townies paying visit to Sanjubaba.
We thought Sanju had thrown a secret bash for his close friends and colleagues. When we probed, we were told that it was just a visit everyone paid, out of their respect and love for him. (more…)

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In kickstarting black-from-the-past photographs by Jagdish Aurangabadkar, we bring you a special photograph every Wednesday.
The set is that of Dharam Veer, the 1977 blockbuster directed by Manmohan Desai. The hunks in Trojan outfits are Dharmendra with his son Bobby Deol, playing a younger version of the superstar in the same flick.
The year is 1977. The director of this blockbuster had scored a record four blockbusters in that year itself: 1977 was an exceptional year for him.
All four of his films released that year were huge hits: Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony, Chacha Bhatija and Dharam Veer.
The vicious irony being that the director also committed suicide from a building in Khetwadi in 1994, after a miserable spate at the box-office and ill-health.
However, there is no denying how our desi Flintstones, Dharam and Bobby, were in full control to make the cut way back in 1977.

Bobby Deol is unaffected by the recent bad luck at the box office as he looks forward to his next film”Yamla, Pagla, Deewana”which reunites him with his brother and father Dharmendra Sunny na”Apne again”.

Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Bobby Deol were last seen together in the 2005 film Tango Charlie, which did not do well at the Box Office. Since then, they have not appeared together in any movie. Now, after five years, Ajay and Bobby are again going to share screen space with the new film titled Santa Banta.

Sameer Karnik will be directing this movie, whose title suggests that it will be liked by many people. The filmmaker happens to be a good friend of Bobby and they have earlier worked on the films like Nanhe Jaisalmer and Heroes.

The director is now working with Bobby in another film titled Yamla Pagla Deewana, which also stars his brother Sunny Deol and father veteran star Dharmendra.

The leading ladies for Santa Banta are not finalized yet and the shooting is likely to begin by February next year.

Ajay has given many successful and notable films in these years but Bobby has almost lost his charm and one can hardly remember any of his films doing well in the recent times. We hope this time the actor duo will be able to create a better ‘tango’ so that the audience likes them.