And now, Dhulia has decided to move on to his next project - a periodic film based on the life of Begum Joanna Nobilis Sombre aka Begum Samru. And though it was reported that Rani Mukerji was all set to play the protagonist in the venture, Mirror has learnt that Kareena Kapoor may replace her.

Begam Samru was a nautch girl of 18th century India. She later became an influential figure on the political canvas of 18th and 19th century India.

A strong and powerful woman, Begum Samru married a European and became the ruler of a principality near Meerut. According to a source close to Kareena, Rani was taking her own sweet time to get back on Dhulia's offer.

And thus, the filmmaker chose to move on to Kareena. We have learnt that Dhulia has even made a few changes for the character to suit Kareena.

The source revealed, "Tigmanshu met Kareena. She was quite excited about being a part of this film.

" The modalities are fast being worked out. The film is expected to go on floors by September or October this year (less)

"I wanted to work with intelligent and good directors..

.these are the kind of films that they are making.

They are offbeat subjects, interesting subjects, new subjects. I am lucky that I am doing that kind of roles," said Mahie.

"But at the same time as an actor, I need to explore myself further because I too want to do comedies, I want to do romantic roles," added the 36-year-old. The critically acclaimed actress played characters with negative shades in Sahib, Biwi aur Gangster and Not a Love Story , and says there's a special reason behind it.

"A lot of my directors tell me that I have a very innocent face. So when with an innocent face you play a character with negative shades, it looks even more interesting," said Mahie.

For now, she is set to play a deceitful Begum in the sequel of Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster . Besides Mahie, Jimmy Shergill and Randeep Hooda, the sequel will also feature Soha Ali Khan and Irrfan Khan.

Mahie is currently busy promoting her forthcoming film Paan Singh Tomar , which has Irrfan Khan as the male lead. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the film hits theatres March 2.

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"I wanted to work with intelligent and good directors..

.these are the kind of films that they are making.

They are offbeat subjects, interesting subjects, new subjects. I am lucky that I am doing that kind of roles," said Mahie.

"But at the same time as an actor, I need to explore myself further because I too want to do comedies, I want to do romantic roles," added the 36-year-old. The critically acclaimed actress played characters with negative shades in Sahib, Biwi aur Gangster and Not a Love Story , and says there's a special reason behind it.

"A lot of my directors tell me that I have a very innocent face. So when with an innocent face you play a character with negative shades, it looks even more interesting," said Mahie.

For now, she is set to play a deceitful Begum in the sequel of Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster . Besides Mahie, Jimmy Shergill and Randeep Hooda, the sequel will also feature Soha Ali Khan and Irrfan Khan.

Mahie is currently busy promoting her forthcoming film Paan Singh Tomar , which has Irrfan Khan as the male lead. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the film hits theatres March 2.

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But now, according to a tabloid, the couple are most likely to tie the knot in January 2013. Speaking to the tabloid, a source close to the couple said, “Saif and Kareena have decided to tie the knot early next year.

It would either be January 2013 or early February. The venue and the functions are to be finalised.

” Kareena had hinted that she would become the ?Begum of Pataudi? by the end of this year, while promoting ?Agent Vinod?. In fact, news had it that the couple were planning to tie the knot soon after the release of ?Agent Vinod?.

But now it seems, both Saif and Kareena are busy completing their film projects and have postponed their wedding to a later date. Kareena is currently shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar?s ?Heroine?.

Post ?Heroine?, she will start working on Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s film with Ranveer Singh which will be wrapped up by the end of this year. The wedding dates will be chalked out after that.

Earlier this year, Saif had said, “Marriage is a question that I won`t answer until I am done with the release of Agent Vinod.” Posted in (less)

The film is now racing towards the finish line in Goa. And Priyanka along with the cast and crew is leaving no stone unturned to realise her late husband's dream.

Shooting three songs in just three days is no joke. But along with Emraan Hashmi, Priyanka has achieved the task.

On location, on the beaches of Goa, Candolim, Mandarin and Ashwem, the actor has been shooting day and night for the leftover tracks of the film. Starting his day at 8.

30 am, the actor along with the crew continues shoot till late evening. Even with a bad cold, Emraan has been managing the cut-to-cut shoot schedule so that the late director's film gets to see the light of day as soon as possible.

Apart from the three songs, handled meticulously by Shamin's DOP Shiraz, a few leftover scenes have been shot by his wife Priyanka. Talking to Mumbai Mirror, an emotional Priyanka said, "Shamin wasn't just my husband.

He was my creative partner. We had worked in over 150 ad shoots together.

Then we got married. When he planned the film, we used to talk about it night and day.

It is our labour of love and passion." Over two decades back, K Asif's widow Begum Akhtar had revived the project Love And God that was abandoned with the death of her husband in 1971.

Priyanka's travails reminds one of Begum Akhtar's. Interestingly, Priyanka and Shamin had launched their production house in 2003.

It was named PS Films, with their initials. Uncannily, this name reminds her of PS I Love You, a story about a widow who embarks upon a new life with the help of her late husband's little tokens of love (less)

"I wanted to work with intelligent and good directors..

.these are the kind of films that they are making.

They are offbeat subjects, interesting subjects, new subjects. I am lucky that I am doing that kind of roles," said Mahie.

"But at the same time as an actor, I need to explore myself further because I too want to do comedies, I want to do romantic roles," added the 36-year-old. The critically acclaimed actress played characters with negative shades in "Sahib, Biwi aur Gangster" and "Not a Love Story", and says there's a special reason behind it.

"A lot of my directors tell me that I have a very innocent face. So when with an innocent face you play a character with negative shades, it looks even more interesting," said Mahie.

For now, she is set to play a deceitful Begum in the sequel of "Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster". Besides Mahie, Jimmy Shergill and Randeep Hooda, the sequel will also feature Soha Ali Khan and Irrfan Khan.

Mahie is currently busy promoting her forthcoming film " Paan Singh Tomar ", which has Irrfan Khan as the male lead. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia , the film hits theatres March 2 (less)

Crown Communications unit in the Queen of Hills Mussoorie, working on war footing are shooting extensively and exclusively 'on location' for the past 6 weeks adapting resident author Ruskin Bond's stories into a television series. Actor Ayub Khan a familiar face in daily operas, couldn't resist being an integral part of the series as his mother Begum Para had acted in the first series of Ek Tha Rusty aired in the early 1990's.

"My mother was invited here to shoot for Ek tha Rusty and now I have been invited to play a part in this serial so I find it an honour. I haven't read much of Bond, but I found his it very fascinating as I saw Saat Khoon Maaf and that inspired me to read more of Ruskin Bond.

I have met him and he is a very charming man and its an honour being part of this unit," Ayub said. The sequel which runs into 26 episodes is based on Bond's 2 novellas and 2 short stories.

For the director, Shubhadhadarshini Singh, Ruskin Bond's simple writing and his invaluable tips on treatment of his stories added more charm to the shooting of the series. "I got a lot of help from him, whenever I made a set and showed it to Mr.

Bond would say yes yes this is how it would look like. He even helped me choose the music and dress," the director stated.

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Crown Communications unit in the Queen of Hills Mussoorie, working on war footing are shooting extensively and exclusively 'on location' for the past 6 weeks adapting resident author Ruskin Bond's stories into a television series. Actor Ayub Khan a familiar face in daily operas, couldn't resist being an integral part of the series as his mother Begum Para had acted in the first series of Ek Tha Rusty aired in the early 1990's.

"My mother was invited here to shoot for Ek tha Rusty and now I have been invited to play a part in this serial so I find it an honour. I haven't read much of Bond, but I found his it very fascinating as I saw Saat Khoon Maaf and that inspired me to read more of Ruskin Bond.

I have met him and he is a very charming man and its an honour being part of this unit," Ayub said. The sequel which runs into 26 episodes is based on Bond's 2 novellas and 2 short stories.

For the director, Shubhadhadarshini Singh, Ruskin Bond's simple writing and his invaluable tips on treatment of his stories added more charm to the shooting of the series. "I got a lot of help from him, whenever I made a set and showed it to Mr.

Bond would say yes yes this is how it would look like. He even helped me choose the music and dress," the director stated.

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Crown Communications unit in the Queen of Hills Mussoorie, working on war footing are shooting extensively and exclusively 'on location' for the past 6 weeks adapting resident author Ruskin Bond's stories into a television series. Actor Ayub Khan a familiar face in daily operas, couldn't resist being an integral part of the series as his mother Begum Para had acted in the first series of Ek Tha Rusty aired in the early 1990's.

"My mother was invited here to shoot for Ek tha Rusty and now I have been invited to play a part in this serial so I find it an honour. I haven't read much of Bond, but I found his it very fascinating as I saw Saat Khoon Maaf and that inspired me to read more of Ruskin Bond.

I have met him and he is a very charming man and its an honour being part of this unit," Ayub said. The sequel which runs into 26 episodes is based on Bond's 2 novellas and 2 short stories.

For the director, Shubhadhadarshini Singh, Ruskin Bond's simple writing and his invaluable tips on treatment of his stories added more charm to the shooting of the series. "I got a lot of help from him, whenever I made a set and showed it to Mr.

Bond would say yes yes this is how it would look like. He even helped me choose the music and dress," the director stated.

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Promotional activities are all set to kick-start with just a few months remaining for it's theatrical release. "The strength of Dangerous Ishq is its mind blowing idea.

The part that she gets to play in the film is a dream role for any actor. Karisma too understood that when 'Dangerous Ishq' was narrated to her.

"She comes with enough experience to gauge a film's strength at the script level itself. Once she agreed in principle, we developed the film a little bit more and were ready to roll," Bhatt told PTI.

However, Dangerous Ishq wasn't originally designed as a comeback vehicle of Karisma. The film's script was written well in advance without keeping any particular actress in mind.

Later it was pretty much a 'luck by chance' moment for both Vikram and the 37-year-old actress that the two ended up collaborating with each other. "I think everything is just about timing.

Karisma was at that stage in her life where she had decided to do a film. She was willing to give Bollywood a shot and was looking for the right script.

This was the time when I and my team were sitting with the casting director and Karisma's name popped up," said Bhatt. The director, who has films like Ghulam and Raaz to his credit, said he was initially apprehensive about casting Karisma in the lead.

"We were a little doubtful if she would do it but then the consensus was that she would be fabulous in doing a film like 'Dangerous Ishq'. Once we met, everything fell in place.

" Bhatt has had some misunderstandings and disagreements with his erstwhile mentors Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt that resulted in a fallout, but the team is together now with Raaz 3 . "Working with Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt is like coming back to the house.

We wish each other well when it comes to our films. If I want their Jannat 2 to do well, they too are rooting for my Dangerous Ishq .

" With Jimmy Shergill and Rajneesh Duggall in the lead along with Divya Dutta and Ruslaan Mumtaz, Dangerous Ishq with music by Himesh Reshammiya is a co-production of Dar Motion Pictures, BVG Films and Reliance Entertainment and releases all over on May 11. Tweet (less)