"I am doing Rajinikanth's film Kochadaiyaan . I play the role of a Raja (king), beyond this I cannot talk much as I am not allowed to do so," Jackie told reporters at the festival of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's films.

The film, also featuring R Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar and Deepika Padukone, will be released in Telugu, English, Hindi and Japanese too. It is expected to hit the theatres this year.

Talking about his experience of working with Rajinikanth, Jackie said, "It was excellent working with him. He is superstar of India.

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we had great time." Jackie and Rajini have earlier worked together in Subhash Ghai's Uttar Dakshin .

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"I am doing Rajinikanth's film Kochadaiyaan . I play the role of a Raja (king), beyond this I cannot talk much as I am not allowed to do so," Jackie told reporters at the festival of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's films.

The film, also featuring R Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar and Deepika Padukone, will be released in Telugu, English, Hindi and Japanese too. It is expected to hit the theatres this year.

Talking about his experience of working with Rajinikanth, Jackie said, "It was excellent working with him. He is superstar of India.

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we had great time." Jackie and Rajini have earlier worked together in Subhash Ghai's Uttar Dakshin .

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Twelve years later, the Bhatts are ready to create another Aashiqui, one of the most celebrated love stories of the Hindi cinema industry. And though a nationwide hunt has been launched to find the two new faces for the Mohit Suri directed project, Mirror has learnt that the Bhatts have already zeroed in on their male lead.

According to sources from the industry, Jackie Shroff's son Tiger, who was initially going to be launched by Subhash Ghai and then rumoured to be introduced to filmdom by none other than Aamir Khan , will be the male lead in Mahesh Bhatt's new age Aashiqui. The project, reportedly based on Mahesh Bhatt's first love, will have two male and two female actors.

Saying that they have already launched a nation wide hunt to look for newcomers to be cast in Aashiqui 2 , Mahesh Bhatt told Mirror, "We will not select anyone till the newcomer does not filter through the process. So we have not finalised Tiger for the film.

" However, Bhatt did not deny the fact that he has indeed met the young actor. "We have met for something else.

Film people meet film people. And then, Tiger is the son of a very dear friend Jackie.

We met and discussed something. But nothing has been finalised yet.

" However, a source from the production house confirmed, "Aashiqui 2 will have to leading pairs unlike the first. And Tiger is definitely one of them.

The formalities need to be worked out. A massive publicity plan is being discussed for his launch.

The contest that has been launched will only determine the other lead pair in the film. Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are very keen on launching Tiger Shroff.

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A source said, "Anil and Jackie have always been great friends for years now. The duo, however, met each other after a long time.

The posters of "1942: A Love Story" were plastered at the nook and corner of the cinema house. Even Manisha Koirala made it a point to be present at the event.

" Looking at the film's poster Anil remarked to Jackie that while he (Anil) and Manisha (Koirala) looked the same, but his (Jackie's) appearance had changed completely. This probably did not go down well with Shroff who just smirked over the comment.

"A disgruntled Jackie did not know how to react over Anil's comment. Things however turned fine as Jackie took Anil's comment sportingly.

The duo then caught up talking about good old days when they were constantly shooting together for films like " Ram Lakhan ", " Parinda " and " Karma "." Jackie and Anil are keen to do films together even today.

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Chopra started his journey in filmdom with short films like 'Murder At Monkey Hill' and 'Encounter with Faces'. His first feature film, shot in black-and-white was 'Sazaa-E-Maut' (1981).

He is best known for films like 'Parinda', '1942: A Love Story', 'Mission Kashmir', 'Munna Bhai' series, 'Parineeta' and 'Three Idiots'. Several stalwarts including senior BJP leader L K Advani, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita, Rajkumar Hirani , Anil Kapoor , Sanjay Dutt with wife Manyatta, Jackie Shroff , Manisha Koirala , Sudhir Mishra, Amol Gupte, Anurag Kashyap, Siram Raghavan, Danny Denzongpa , Sharman Joshi, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, music director Anu Malik were among those present at the PVR Juhu cinema to celebrate '30 years of Striving in Cinema' - A Festival of Vinod Chopra Films'.

Both Advani and Abdullah said they were great fans of Chopra's films "Among Indian filmmakers, Vinod is one of the greatest one. He is one such filmmaker whose films I have seen.

He is one such director whom I respect a lot. Recently, I liked '3 Idiots' the most," Advani told reporters here last night.

Even Union Minister Farooq Abdullah was full of praise for the filmmaker. "Vinod Bhai is a wonderful director and producer and none of his films have failed.

. instead all of his films had a lesson to learn and at the same time there was entertainment also," Abdullah said.

"'Munnabhai' did wonders for him and was liked by everyone, everywhere. Also, he made 'Mission Kashmir' when the time was difficult there.

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It is learnt that in the first half of last year, Chopra decided to restore his films like Sazaye Maut , Khamosh , Parinda , 1942: A Love Story , Kareeb , Mission Kashmir and Parineeta . "Because Vinod felt that the films were looking visually old and the audio too didn't sound half as great as his recent movies.

The restoration would enhance the longevity of the films," says a source associated with the filmmaker. Adding that all of Chopra's earlier films had only monolith (one-track) sound, our source explains, "Previously, sound used to be only in a single track.

It's only after Dolby that we have multiple tracks for sound." It is learnt that it cost Chopra about R 25-30 lakh to get each film restored.

"We had started the restoration process some time in the middle of last year," said the informer, adding that of late the producer-director is keen to ensure that the new restored prints are delivered to him latest by March 27. "Reason being that a multiplex chain wants to host a retrospective of 11 of Vinod's films, including the Munnabhai series and 3 Idiots ," said the source.

When contacted, Chopra said, "One of the really bad things about India is preservation. Our heritage, our movies, nothing is preserved.

So we're making the effort now and are spending a few crore to restore our films like Khamosh , Parinda to name some." Recalling the instance when he saw the restored version of Parinda , the filmmaker stated that for someone who wrote and directed it, it seemed as if he was viewing a new film.

"The new 5.1 sound takes the film to a completely different level," he enthused, eager to share his experience with the restored version.

"Take the scene where Jackie Shroff shoots at a chain. Previously everything was in the mono track.

But now when the chain moves towards left and right, the sounds from the speakers is something else altogether," he summed up. Tweet (less)

It is learnt that in the first half of last year, Chopra decided to restore his films like Sazaye Maut , Khamosh , Parinda , 1942: A Love Story , Kareeb , Mission Kashmir and Parineeta . "Because Vinod felt that the films were looking visually old and the audio too didn't sound half as great as his recent movies.

The restoration would enhance the longevity of the films," says a source associated with the filmmaker. Adding that all of Chopra's earlier films had only monolith (one-track) sound, our source explains, "Previously, sound used to be only in a single track.

It's only after Dolby that we have multiple tracks for sound." It is learnt that it cost Chopra about R 25-30 lakh to get each film restored.

"We had started the restoration process some time in the middle of last year," said the informer, adding that of late the producer-director is keen to ensure that the new restored prints are delivered to him latest by March 27. "Reason being that a multiplex chain wants to host a retrospective of 11 of Vinod's films, including the Munnabhai series and 3 Idiots ," said the source.

When contacted, Chopra said, "One of the really bad things about India is preservation. Our heritage, our movies, nothing is preserved.

So we're making the effort now and are spending a few crore to restore our films like Khamosh , Parinda to name some." Recalling the instance when he saw the restored version of Parinda , the filmmaker stated that for someone who wrote and directed it, it seemed as if he was viewing a new film.

"The new 5.1 sound takes the film to a completely different level," he enthused, eager to share his experience with the restored version.

"Take the scene where Jackie Shroff shoots at a chain. Previously everything was in the mono track.

But now when the chain moves towards left and right, the sounds from the speakers is something else altogether," he summed up. Tweet (less)

Chopra started his journey in filmdom with short films like Murder At Monkey Hill and Encounter with Faces . His first feature film, shot in black-and-white was Sazaa-E-Maut (1981).

He is best known for films like Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Mission Kashmir, Munna Bhai series, Parineeta and Three Idiots . Several stalwarts including senior BJP leader L K Advani, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita, Rajkumar Hirani, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt with wife Manyatta, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Sudhir Mishra, Amol Gupte, Anurag Kashyap, Siram Raghavan, Danny Denzongpa, Sharman Joshi, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, music director Anu Malik were present at the PVR Juhu cinema to celebrate '30 years of Striving in Cinema' - A Festival of Vinod Chopra Films'.

Both Advani and Abdullah said they were great fans of Chopra's films. "Among Indian filmmakers, Vinod is one of the greatest.

He is one such filmmaker whose films I have seen and respect a lot. Recently, I liked 3 Idiots the most," Advani said here last night.

Even Union Minister Farooq Abdullah was full of praise for the filmmaker. "Vinod Bhai is a wonderful director and producer and none of his films have failed.

Instead all of his films have a lesson to learn from and at the same time there was entertainment also," Abdullah said. " Munnabhai did wonders for him and was liked by everyone, everywhere.

Also, he made Mission Kashmir when the time was difficult there. And my Chief Secretary's house was demolished.

But it was a fantastic film," Abdullah added. The festival screenings kicked off today with a Red Carpet Premiere of Chopra's one of the blockbuster film Parinda (1989).

"I am excited about the festival. When I watch the films I feel they are meant to be seen on the big screen and not on DVDs.

I am looking forward to see Parinda , Khamosh . I have been associated with Vinod for ten years, so I am looking forward to see his old films," Rajkumar Hirani said.

"He is one of the finest directors we have today. I was fortunate to work with him.

During 1942: A Love Story we had a great team. I have lot of memories," actress Manisha Koirala said.

"I am completely honored to be here. In my opinion it is one of the most successful production houses of recent times.

The work he (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) has been doing since 30 years is great. I have been fortunate to work with him in 3 Idiots and now again honored to be part of Ferrari Ki Sawari ," actor Sharman Joshi said.

All the films made under Vinod Chopra Films including those like Khamosh (1985) will be screened for the audience at this festival. Also, cast and crew of a particular film including stars like Aamir Khan, Shabana Azmi, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Dutt and others will join for discussions during the festival.

The filmmaker also plans to release the screenplay of Guru Dutt's classic Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam during the fest. Tweet (less)

Chopra started his journey in filmdom with short films like Murder At Monkey Hill and Encounter with Faces . His first feature film, shot in black-and-white was Sazaa-E-Maut (1981).

He is best known for films like Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Mission Kashmir, Munna Bhai series, Parineeta and Three Idiots . Several stalwarts including senior BJP leader L K Advani, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita, Rajkumar Hirani, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt with wife Manyatta, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Sudhir Mishra, Amol Gupte, Anurag Kashyap, Siram Raghavan, Danny Denzongpa, Sharman Joshi, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, music director Anu Malik were present at the PVR Juhu cinema to celebrate '30 years of Striving in Cinema' - A Festival of Vinod Chopra Films'.

Both Advani and Abdullah said they were great fans of Chopra's films. "Among Indian filmmakers, Vinod is one of the greatest.

He is one such filmmaker whose films I have seen and respect a lot. Recently, I liked 3 Idiots the most," Advani said here last night.

Even Union Minister Farooq Abdullah was full of praise for the filmmaker. "Vinod Bhai is a wonderful director and producer and none of his films have failed.

Instead all of his films have a lesson to learn from and at the same time there was entertainment also," Abdullah said. " Munnabhai did wonders for him and was liked by everyone, everywhere.

Also, he made Mission Kashmir when the time was difficult there. And my Chief Secretary's house was demolished.

But it was a fantastic film," Abdullah added. The festival screenings kicked off today with a Red Carpet Premiere of Chopra's one of the blockbuster film Parinda (1989).

"I am excited about the festival. When I watch the films I feel they are meant to be seen on the big screen and not on DVDs.

I am looking forward to see Parinda , Khamosh . I have been associated with Vinod for ten years, so I am looking forward to see his old films," Rajkumar Hirani said.

"He is one of the finest directors we have today. I was fortunate to work with him.

During 1942: A Love Story we had a great team. I have lot of memories," actress Manisha Koirala said.

"I am completely honored to be here. In my opinion it is one of the most successful production houses of recent times.

The work he (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) has been doing since 30 years is great. I have been fortunate to work with him in 3 Idiots and now again honored to be part of Ferrari Ki Sawari ," actor Sharman Joshi said.

All the films made under Vinod Chopra Films including those like Khamosh (1985) will be screened for the audience at this festival. Also, cast and crew of a particular film including stars like Aamir Khan, Shabana Azmi, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Dutt and others will join for discussions during the festival.

The filmmaker also plans to release the screenplay of Guru Dutt's classic Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam during the fest. Tweet (less)