Shaurya Chauhan , who had been cast after Chitrangdha Singh and Jacqueline Fernandes opted out of the project, to play the female negative lead, has met with a nasty accident on the sets of the film in Ramoji Rao Studios in Hyderabad. As a result, the actress will now remain out of action for the time being.

While Shaurya remained unavailable for comment, her publicist confirmed the accident but refrained from commenting on the film proceedings. A source from the sets however, informed Mumbai Mirror, "Shaurya had to undergo a 45-day training for an intense action sequence in Krrish 3.

During her training, a few days back, she was asked to do a few somersaults. While performing the action, Shaurya had a bad landing.

She ended up tearing a ligament in her ankle and pulling her back. She has been advised complete bed rest for the time being.

" Shaurya, who hails from Hyderabad, is currently under medical supervision and has been advised rest at least for a fortnight. "Shaurya was very excited about the film.

She was scared of being replaced now that she is out of action for a while. But the unit of Krrish 3 has been really supportive.

They have decided to give her time to recover," added our source. The scenes with Shaurya will now be picturised in April (less)

I mean to work with Chintuji (Rishi) and to see him act..

. besides acting, the thing is that this is the first time I have got an opportunity to work with actors whose films I have grown up watching.

So you talk about what had happened then (in their times)," the 33-year-old said here in an interview. "There are so many stories, be it Dabbooji (Randhir), Chintuji or Mithun da (Mithun Chakraborty).

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off-sets it was nostalgic to know about how things were at that time, how was his (Randhir's) father, how was his relationship with his father, how did he turn director..

." he added.

Riteish says Randhir, the eldest son of legendary actor Raj Kapoor, also shared some trivia with him. "Not many people know that Dabbooji debuted as an actor, he directed his own film at the age of 21.

He directed his father and his grandfather in the same film called 'Kal, Aaj aur Kal'. People think that Raj Kapoor made that film.

So it's great to know so many trivia," said Riteish. In "Housefull 2", directed by Sajid Khan, there are a total of 12 actors in key roles.

Apart from Rishi, Randhir, Mithun and Riteish, the cast includes Akshay Kumar , Shreyas Talpade , John Abraham , Boman Irani , Jacqueline Fernandes , Asin Thottumkal , Shazahn Padamsee and Zarine Khan. The comedy film hits theatres April 5 (less)

The young, talented singer-actor-host impressed the judges as well as the audience through his power packed performances winning the highest votes. He was awarded the prize by Madhuri Dixit and Malaika Arora Khan.

(All M’s ??) Chang and his choreographer Marischa Fernandes bagged a cash prize of Rs 25 lakhs each. Sushant Singh Rajput, pocketed the Most Spotless Performance Jodi honor and won a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs.

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The movie which is a light-hearted romantic comedy has created waves and is in demand when it comes to international market. It was selected to inaugurate the prestigious India International Film Festival, Tamp Bay, Florida, USA, that began on 17th Feb 2012 at the world famous Channelside Cinemas in Tampa Bay.

'Love Wrinkle Free' comes with a tagline which says 'an anti-ageing comedy' and such creative and interesting idea could come from a man, who has been worked with the acclaimed Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the cult film 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'. The film is being acclaimed worldwide in the best of International Film festivals and global community.

The appreciation has brought admirers from different sections of the society as 40 investors are showing keen interest in the film, while 20 different countries and 15 religions too are fascinated with the work. The flick which has grabbed eyeballs after its selection in many prestigious film festivals worldwide, the interest of a cinegoer surely rises and to treat the Indian audiences, the movie is expected to release this year by May.

On withholding attention and also about the international acclamation, director Sandeep Mohan claims, "The ensemble cast Ash Chandler , Shernaz Patel , Seema Rahmani and Ashwin Mushran amongst others delivering their most power packed fun-filled performances, I am quite sure watching this film will take all of us back by quite a few years into a youthful journey in our lives. What is also receiving a lot of appreciation is the clutter breaking soul stirring music of the film by the likes of Remo Fernandes , Shibani Kashyap and Giju John amongst others.

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We tried to reason it out with her. But she refused to even listen.

Forget about anything else, she did not even apologise for her action. She seems to have no remorse" Taurani said in a statement.

The filmmaker says he is facing such crisis for the first time. "I have been part of the Hindi cinema industry for 25 years.

I have made several blockbusters. But I have never faced a situation like this before.

Our directors and other actors are extremely annoyed with her," Taurani said in a statement. "Tips as a company in its last 25 years has never had a dispute with anyone.

There is no single case in the association which involves us, it will be very sad and uncalled for if the matter goes to that level," he added. The actress, who had shot for a week for the film, is said to have backed out after being approached for a Hollywood project.

Taurani was left fuming after learning that he was among the last to know about her decision. "On January 27 people kept calling me asking whether Deepika was out of Race 2 .

I was clueless. I called her and asked her.

She simply said that she would come to my office by 5 p.m.

with her new manager to work out everything. At around 3 p.

m., she called to say that she wouldn't be able to keep the appointment.

However, her manager would be present on her behalf," said Taurani. "Finally, when the manager arrived, he simply told me that Deepika wouldn't be able to do our film.

And that's because she is doing a major Hollywood project," he added. Earlier, Sonakshi Sinha had walked out of the multi-starrer film and was replaced by Jaqueline Fernandes.

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Anushka, who forayed into Bollywood with Rabb Ne Bana Di Jodi , was honoured as the celebrity endorser Reliance Communications Limited at the NDTV Good Times Gadget Guru Awards Monday. Anushka was appointed the ambassador for the brand in 2011.

As part of the association, she featured in four fun-loving television commercials. But she wasn't present to collect her award at the event, held at the Kingdom Of Dreams in Gurgaon.

The event, hosted by NDTV's tech gurus Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra, along with actress Gul Panag, saw awards being given across 18 categories for the most innovative and clutter breaking gadgets and gizmos in 2011. So what if Anushka wasn't present.

The bit of Bollywood quotient was added by Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandes, Asin Thottumkal and director Sajid Khan, who came to promote their forthcoming film Housefull 2 , releasing April 5. Also present at the event was Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Kapil Sibal.

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Anushka, who forayed into Bollywood with Rabb Ne Bana Di Jodi , was honoured as the celebrity endorser Reliance Communications Limited at the NDTV Good Times Gadget Guru Awards Monday. Anushka was appointed the ambassador for the brand in 2011.

As part of the association, she featured in four fun-loving television commercials. But she wasn't present to collect her award at the event, held at the Kingdom Of Dreams in Gurgaon.

The event, hosted by NDTV's tech gurus Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra, along with actress Gul Panag, saw awards being given across 18 categories for the most innovative and clutter breaking gadgets and gizmos in 2011. So what if Anushka wasn't present.

The bit of Bollywood quotient was added by Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandes, Asin Thottumkal and director Sajid Khan, who came to promote their forthcoming film Housefull 2 , releasing April 5. Also present at the event was Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Kapil Sibal.

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.Bollywood filmmakers are zooming in on women's curves to create titillating posters, aimed at crucial first week collections, perhaps emboldened by today's liberal censors.

The first look of Vikram Bhatt's production "Hate Story" creates a mystery about the woman in the picture but sends out the right message about the film's content - bold and daring. It has a mystery girl with her bare, tattooed back visible and a gun placed strategically at the back of her jeans.

" 'Hate Story' is a brave film. Of course, everyone wants eyeballs for the film, but one can't have a sizzling poster and then have nothing inside the film.

I feel the poster is a very tame representation of a film and so I have to say that 'Hate Story' is really brave and pathbreaking in its content," Bhatt told IANS. Until the "Hate Story" poster was launched Wednesday, the first look of Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt's "Jism 2" and "Blood Money" were the talk of the tinsel town.

Film historian S.M.

M. Ausaja, who has a book "Bollywood In Posters" to his credit, has an interesting observation.

"Over the years, it is the first week's collections that matter the most now. All filmmakers are desperately trying to cover their costs in their first week.

To cover that, they uncover women in posters," Ausaja told IANS. "Titillating through posters is not a new thing.

Years ago there was a movie called 'Chetna'. It had a very bold poster.

But I feel now the film industry has come to a stage where even if it has 10 percent sensual content, filmmakers try to cash in on it with such gimmicks." The peekaboo into "Jism 2", a movie which promises to be more sensual than its prequel "Jism", has a well-endowed woman, Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone, lying naked with a wet white sheet covering her.

The shot is bold, yet subtly seductive -- enough to generate curiosity. While the poster of "Blood Money" is more direct and in-the-face, with Amrita Puri dressed in a bikini, striking a suggestive pose with a bare-chested Kunal Khemu, and both lying in a pool of money.

In recent times, Bollywood has seen an array of films with suggestive posters: " The Dirty Picture ", "Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster", "Dum Maaro Dum", "Dev D", "Kurbaan", "Julie", "Paap", "Sins" and the long-awaited "Rang Rasiya". "The Dirty Picture" had bold and beautiful Vidya Balan in a cleavage-baring, itsy-bitsy red blouse, standing undaunted even as three men - Naseeruddin Shah , Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi - were clicked too close for comfort in the poster.

Dusky beauty Deepika Padukone's wild side was unleashed when the first look of "Dum Maaro Dum" was unravelled. The poster had a zoomed in side look at her washboard abs, and her long, curly tresses resting stylishly over her bosom.

Kareena Kapoor bared her toned back for the poster of "Kurbaan", in which she was seen getting up, close and personal with her beau Saif Ali Khan . The poster of Emraan Hashmi-Jacqueline Fernandes-starrer "Murder 2" was steamy too, and so was the glimpse into Ketan Mehta's "Rang Rasiya", with Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen seen in a suggestive position.

Bhatt notes: "Bollywood per se has always flirted with the bold film. But now with liberal censors, people are able to try bolder stuff -- adult content for an audience that is not judgmental, for an audience that is not embarrassed to watch sensuality.

" (Radhika Bhirani can be contacted at radhika.b@ians.

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Buzz is that the Sri Lankan beauty pageant winner is now sending feelers to directors to write a substantial meaty role for her. She wants to prove that there's more to her than just glamour and sex appeal.

But is anyone listening ? Only time will tell (less)