My character is similar to the characters played by Smita Patil and Rekha in the 1970s and 1980s," the 24-year-old said. The National Award winning actress, who is working with John for the first time, is happy to have got the opportunity.

"John is a fabulous guy. He is very friendly, very sweet and I am surprised that we have not worked together yet.

Now that we have got this opportunity, we are very happy," said the actress who entered Bollywood with the 2006 movie Gangster - A Love Story . In six years she has done films like Life.

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in a Metro , Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai , Tanu Weds Manu and Fashion that fetched her a National Award for the best supporting actress. In Shootout at Wadala , John plays gangster Manya Surve who was shot dead by the Mumbai police in 1982 and is the first-ever registered encounter, or shootout, by Mumbai Police.

Directed by Sanjay Gupta and co-produced by him and Balaji Telefilms, Shootout at Wadala also stars Sonu Sood, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar. Tweet (less)

My character is similar to the characters played by Smita Patil and Rekha in the 1970s and 1980s," the 24-year-old said. The National Award winning actress, who is working with John for the first time, is happy to have got the opportunity.

"John is a fabulous guy. He is very friendly, very sweet and I am surprised that we have not worked together yet.

Now that we have got this opportunity, we are very happy," said the actress who entered Bollywood with the 2006 movie Gangster - A Love Story . In six years she has done films like Life.

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in a Metro , Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai , Tanu Weds Manu and Fashion that fetched her a National Award for the best supporting actress. In Shootout at Wadala , John plays gangster Manya Surve who was shot dead by the Mumbai police in 1982 and is the first-ever registered encounter, or shootout, by Mumbai Police.

Directed by Sanjay Gupta and co-produced by him and Balaji Telefilms, Shootout at Wadala also stars Sonu Sood, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar. Tweet (less)

Says a source present "Kareena Kapoor is Bollywood's ultimate diva and her performing to a mujra song is a double bonus to audiences. There was clapping and whistling in the cinema as soon as the song was screened .

Dil Mera Muft Ka is a sure-shot treat to Bebo fans" Styled by Manish Malhotra , Bollywood Czarina -Kareena Kapoor is back with all her nazakat and adayein doing a sensuous mujra choreographed by Saroj Khan in Illuminati's action spy thriller Agent Vinod. The actress took cues from veteran actress Rekha who had audiences mesmerized in the early 80's with her mujra numbers.

Said Kareena Kapoor on the occasion "Rekhaji has been the ultimate performer when it comes to classic Mujra songs but Dil Mera Muft Ka is a contemporary take on Mujras and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I have performing it" The highly anticipated action-adventure Agent Vinod also starring Adil Hussain, Ram Kapoor, Prem Chopra and Gulshan Grover, is all set to release on the 23rd of March 2012 . The film's trailer has received rave reviews too (less)

. I am very disappointed with the recent Rajya Sabha nominations.

I can understand Sachin Tendulkar's nomination because of his distinction in cricket. But look at the choices from arts and cinema.

Just because the minimum nomination age is 30, it doesn't mean we have to take people who are 60. I have immense respect for Rekha, but what has she done of late to deserve that nomination? Wasn't someone like Rahul Bose or Nandita Das a better option? But no, we can't take them to Parliament because they are young! In a nation where the average age is getting lower steadily, we have a majority of people over 60 to decide our fate.

I have a serious objection to having a Parliament that has a huge population of MPs who are old and out of tune with the times. At 60, does one have any steam or drive left to make important decisions? Then how can you expect a Parliament flooded with people from this age group to make progressive decisions for a nation full of young people! High time the nominations lists were more in favour of the young.

" As told to Jaspreet Kaur (less)

My character is similar to the characters played by Smita Patil and Rekha in the 1970s and 1980s," the 24-year-old said here at a party organised for the film. The National Award winning actress, who is working with John for the first time, is happy to have got the opportunity.

"John is a fabulous guy. He is very friendly, very sweet and I am surprised that we have not worked together yet.

Now that we have got this opportunity, we are very happy," said the actress who entered Bollywood with the 2006 movie "Gangster - A Love Story". In six years she has done films like "Life.

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in a Metro", "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai", "Tanu Weds Manu" and "Fashion" that fetched her a National Award for the best supporting actress. In "Shootout at Wadala", John plays gangster Manya Surve who was shot dead by the Mumbai police in 1982 and is the first-ever registered encounter, or shootout, by Mumbai Police.

Directed by Sanjay Gupta and co-produced by him and Balaji Telefilms, "Shootout at Wadala" also stars Sonu Sood , Manoj Bajpayee , Tusshar Kapoor , Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar (less)

On her first day, however, she had to share the limelight with fellow member Jaya Bachchan, who caught the attention of the House by plunging into a heated discussion started by the BJP. The issue - the plight of Indian workers stranded in the southern African country of Angola .

Her unexpected display of parliamentary feistiness surprised other members, who quipped that it was perhaps due to Rekha's debut. Rekha was greeted with a thumping of desks when her name was called out.

Her seat number was 99, right behind seat 91, where her "Silsila" co-star Jaya used to sit earlier. Rekha sat for part of the question hour session.

Jaya, a second-term MP from the Samajwadi Party , is known for her "active", but quiet conduct. In fact, during her first term (2004-2010), she was almost never heard in any debate.

"We can expect more such fireworks from the Samajwadi MP," quipped a minister. Jaya, who arrived before Rekha, took the House by surprise when she joined BJP members in raising the issue of Indian workers in Angola.

She compelled minister for overseas Indian affairs, K Vayalar Ravi , to give an assurance that he would seek details about the workers. This was perhaps the first time that Jaya, who returned to the House last month after a gap of two years, pushed herself into the parliamentary rough and tumble.

Itni mehnat, eh? Seat change? It's Jaya's Silsila: Amar Reacting to reports that Jaya Bachchan had demanded a change in her seat in the Rajya Sabha after Rekha's nomination, Rashtriya Lokmanch Party president Amar Singh said it was her own "silsila". "I don't want to say anything on why Jaya Bachchan changed her seat.

It's her own silsila, her own business, her own affair. I don't have any comment to make on it," Amar told reporters.

"Amitabh Bachchan is my friend and I have seen Rekha in his films. I congratulated her when I met her today.

I don't have any personal equation with her though," he added. ( Agencies ) Fellow mps not impressed? We have seen far bigger legends, people far more glamorous - Hema Malini , Dharmendra , Rajesh Khanna - in Parliament - Balbir Punj , BJP Fewer MPs thumped their desks when she took her oath today.

More people cheered for me when I took my oath - Najma Heptulla , BJP She is not as beautiful as Hema Malini. She says she is 57, but somehow looks much older - Congress MP from West Bengal (less)

"When we thought of Parineeta , I immediately thought of a face like Aishwarya Rai. The character of the girl is like two men fall in love with her, so the heroine has to be bigger.

But Pradeep Sarkar (director) told me about her (Vidya) I was like let me see what she can do," Chopra told reporters here, last night. "But then we tested and tried her (Vidya) and she cleared it," he said.

Parineeta was adapted from 1914 Bengali novella of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film starred Vidya, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal roles.

Talking about other roles -- Shekar that was essayed by Saif Ali Khan and Girish, played by Sanjay Dutt, Chopra said, "I had called up Sanjay saying there is a role for you in my film and he agreed. We wanted the character of Girish (Sanjay) to be bigger than Shekar (Saif Ali Khan).

" Also, Rekha, a yesteryear actress had a cameo performance in a night club as a singer in this film. "For this cameo we went to who's-who of Bollywood but then we realised it has to be someone who is a classic diva and who better than her (Rekha).

"I had gone to meet her (Rekha) after Chopra had spoken to her about the appearance. It was fantastic meeting her.

She does her own styling, hair, make-up, photography. Even for the song she had valuable inputs to provide.

It was amazing and we had a wonderful time working with her," director Pradeep Sarkar said. Tweet (less)

"When we thought of Parineeta , I immediately thought of a face like Aishwarya Rai. The character of the girl is like two men fall in love with her, so the heroine has to be bigger.

But Pradeep Sarkar (director) told me about her (Vidya) I was like let me see what she can do," Chopra told reporters here, last night. "But then we tested and tried her (Vidya) and she cleared it," he said.

Parineeta was adapted from 1914 Bengali novella of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film starred Vidya, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal roles.

Talking about other roles -- Shekar that was essayed by Saif Ali Khan and Girish, played by Sanjay Dutt, Chopra said, "I had called up Sanjay saying there is a role for you in my film and he agreed. We wanted the character of Girish (Sanjay) to be bigger than Shekar (Saif Ali Khan).

" Also, Rekha, a yesteryear actress had a cameo performance in a night club as a singer in this film. "For this cameo we went to who's-who of Bollywood but then we realised it has to be someone who is a classic diva and who better than her (Rekha).

"I had gone to meet her (Rekha) after Chopra had spoken to her about the appearance. It was fantastic meeting her.

She does her own styling, hair, make-up, photography. Even for the song she had valuable inputs to provide.

It was amazing and we had a wonderful time working with her," director Pradeep Sarkar said. Tweet (less)