Chavan also informed that veteran director Shyam Benegal will be conferred the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2012. Each of these awards carries a cash prize of Rs 2,00,000, a citation and a memento.

It shall be conferred at a public function where the awardees will be felicitated and conferred the awards. In the Marathi film industry, the prestigious V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012 will be bestowed upon veteran actress Leela Gandhi, and Dilip Prabhavalkar will be conferred the V.

Shantaram Special Contribution Award, 2012. Iti Shree Misra (less)

Samir's excited about presenting the Anita in a new avatar. Says he,"It's always good to see actors from another era.

They create a novelty for a cinema goer and also for their fans. I know all actors love to act so why not? Roles have changed over the years but once an actor, always an actor.

'' Anita recalls how she got involved in the film, and says, "I got a call from my brother that Samir wanted to meet me for his movie. Samir came home and read out the script to me saying that the role would be of a Maharani with three kids.

Just before leaving home for the shoot, I was feeling very low because it had been really long since I had left my family. But when I reached the sets of 'Chaar Din Ki Chandni' it was like I was never away.

Anupam Kher , Om Puri , Tusshar, Kulraj and the rest of the cast became family. We'd all wine and dine together, enjoying ourselves between some really good work.

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According to the complaint, the trouble started nine months ago when Vastavikta, who made her Bollywood debut in the supernatural thriller Eight, moved next to the actor's apartment building, Raj Classique, on Yari Road. Vastavikta claims to be Shahid Kapoor's wife and has allegedly been following him to his shoots and waiting for the actor at the gate of his building.

Sources close to her family said that she fell in love with the Kaminey actor when she first met him at Shiamak Davar's dance classes a few years ago. She believes that she is married to him.

A family friend told Mumbai Mirror that her mother had even written an apology note to Shahid for Vastavikta's behaviour. After shifting into a house close to Shahid's apartment, she barred her family to interfere in her personal life or even come to her apartment, saying that her husband Shahid does not like it.

A close friend of Shahid said that Vastavikta would wait for the actor outside his building's gate, block his car's path and even follow him when he went for a shoot. But the matter came to a head last week when she scaled the society's wall and dodged the security guards to reach the actor's apartment on the 13th floor.

"Shahid did not want to file the complaint but he had no choice as it had gone on for too long," the friend said. While Shahid was not available for comment, one of Vastavikta's family members said that she was not mad, but was crazy about the actor.

Vastavikta has a degree in Arts from S.I.

T Manhattan, New York . She has attended workshops with Satyadev Dubey and Shernaz Patel .

She also learnt jazz under Shiamak Davar . Senior police inspector Nankumar Mhetar of Versova Police Station said, "We have filed a non-cognisable complaint after a letter from Shahid Kapoor submitted by his manager.

We have called the girl, but she was not at home." (less)

According to the complaint, the trouble started nine months ago when Vastavikta, who made her Bollywood debut in the supernatural thriller Eight, moved next to the actor's apartment building, Raj Classique, on Yari Road. Vastavikta claims to be Shahid Kapoor's wife and has allegedly been following him to his shoots and waiting for the actor at the gate of his building.

Sources close to her family said that she fell in love with the Kaminey actor when she first met him at Shiamak Davar's dance classes a few years ago. She believes that she is married to him.

A family friend told Mumbai Mirror that her mother had even written an apology note to Shahid for Vastavikta's behaviour. After shifting into a house close to Shahid's apartment, she barred her family to interfere in her personal life or even come to her apartment, saying that her husband Shahid does not like it.

A close friend of Shahid said that Vastavikta would wait for the actor outside his building's gate, block his car's path and even follow him when he went for a shoot. But the matter came to a head last week when she scaled the society's wall and dodged the security guards to reach the actor's apartment on the 13th floor.

"Shahid did not want to file the complaint but he had no choice as it had gone on for too long," the friend said. While Shahid was not available for comment, one of Vastavikta's family members said that she was not mad, but was crazy about the actor.

Vastavikta has a degree in Arts from S.I.

T Manhattan, New York . She has attended workshops with Satyadev Dubey and Shernaz Patel .

She also learnt jazz under Shiamak Davar . Senior police inspector Nankumar Mhetar of Versova Police Station said, "We have filed a non-cognisable complaint after a letter from Shahid Kapoor submitted by his manager.

We have called the girl, but she was not at home." (less)

"He is very enthusiastic about street plays and wants to continue with them. He is quite excited to play Yamraj in his next street play," said a source.

Arjun started being a part of street plays as a hobby though filmmaking was always at the back of his mind. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his filmmaker father Boney Kapoor , and be a director.

But destiny had other plans for him. His film, directed by Habib Faisal and produced by Yash Raj Films, also features Parineeti Chopra (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).

..

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)

Bachchan is currently recuperating in a Mumbai hospital post his abdominal surgery. Rishi, 59, who was here to launch the 'India Week' at the London School of Economics and deliver his thoughts on the Indian film industry, said, "Hopefully we will have a new film under the R K banner as well.

" "We, the Kapoor family, have been part of Indian Cinema for about 180 years. I am very proud that the Kapoors have been working in the films for four generations.

" Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Bollywood Cinema at the SOAS who discussed 'The Changing Landscape of Bollywood' with Rishi, said, "Bollywood is one of the few rivals to Hollywood and it is growing bigger and bigger." Answering questions, Rishi said he was selected for the hit-film Bobby by default.

After Mera Naam Joker failed at the box office, Raj Kapoor wanted to make a love story sans big stars and "that is why I was selected", he said. "I owe my career to music directors of the era," he said.

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Bachchan is currently recuperating in a Mumbai hospital post his abdominal surgery. Rishi, 59, who was here to launch the 'India Week' at the London School of Economics and deliver his thoughts on the Indian film industry, said, "Hopefully we will have a new film under the R K banner as well.

" "We, the Kapoor family, have been part of Indian Cinema for about 180 years. I am very proud that the Kapoors have been working in the films for four generations.

" Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Bollywood Cinema at the SOAS who discussed 'The Changing Landscape of Bollywood' with Rishi, said, "Bollywood is one of the few rivals to Hollywood and it is growing bigger and bigger." Answering questions, Rishi said he was selected for the hit-film Bobby by default.

After Mera Naam Joker failed at the box office, Raj Kapoor wanted to make a love story sans big stars and "that is why I was selected", he said. "I owe my career to music directors of the era," he said.

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