Celebrity Interviews

In DABANGG Sonakshi Sinha had a very minor role with the film turning out to be an all-Salman show. Now in her next film JOKER, while Akshay Kumar is the lead protagonist and an alien/UFO element is being termed as a major attraction already, one wonder whether the young woman would have a bigger platform to enjoy this time around at the least.

Of late there has been a lot of enquiry about the six feet four inch tall, handsome hunk with lean, mean cool looks featuring in the promos of Abhishek Bachchan's upcoming release DUM MAARO DUM. Though he may be a newcomer in the Hind film industry but Rana Daggubati is indeed an established star in the South who shot to fame with just his first film LEADER and his presence in DUM MAARO DUM will work as a catalyst to enhance the box-office prospects of the film.

Rana Daggubati accepts that he had signed DMD even before the release of his first hit film down South, LEADER, and relates that Rohan Sippy, the director of DMD, saw the first promo of LEADER in 2009 and called him up and enquired if he was interested in doing his film. Rana went on to add that Rohan sent him the first draft of the film which he liked and immediately said 'yes', and since then life has indeed taken a beautiful turn. Rana vehemently denies any link up with co-star Bipasha Basu and clarifies that Bips has been very supportive and very sweet and that he respects her a lot and any rumour of an affair is preposterous and may be done in order to promote the film. Rana urged the people to watch DMD saying that such films are indeed rare even in the South and in Bollywood DUM MAARO DUM is a new experimentation in film-making which he is certain that the audience will enjoy and patronize.

Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Actor Randhir Kapoor, son of legendary filmmaker Raj Kapoor has revealed that after the debacle of his father's ambitious project 'Mera Naam Joker' in 1970, the family faced a major financial crunch.

'Mera Naam Joker' was a film about a clown who must make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrow.

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) One of the most reliable names among the new crop of Bollywood producers has a simple rule - go for the script, not the actor. Never mind if Ritesh Sidhwani is working with Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.

Sidhwani runs production company Excel Entertainment with Farhan Akhtar and the duo are behind hit films like 'Dil Chahta Hai', 'Don - The Chase Begins', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd' and 'Rock On'.

Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Music maestro A.R. Rahman got a little nostalgic remembering his old days, during the launch of his biography 'A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music' in Mumbai Wednesday night.

The book has been penned by renowned writer Nasreen Munni Kabir.