Ranbir-Farhan in place of Ajay-Saif in Aparna Sen’s ‘Gulel’

Ranbir Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar will be teaming up for their next venture. Both the actors have been roped in for Aparna Sen’s Hindi directorial debut- Gulel.

The film was to go on floors earlier with Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan. Both the actors backed out of the project, and Ranbir and Farhan have been taken on board in place.

After Ranbir was confirmed for ‘Gulel’, Aparna was of the perception that she needed a more jolie actor to take Saif’s place and she chose thought of Farhan. Farhan was initially not keen on doing the film but finally arpana was able to convince her.

Salman kept away from Asin-Ajay Devgan

While shooting for London Dreams, Salman Khan stayed at the Governor House, a very up market hotel in Central London.The rest of the cast and crew including Asin, Ajay Devgan and director Vipul Shah were staying at St James Court. So at the end of the day, while Asin and Ajay Devgan were spening good time chilling and chatting together Salman Khan would be all by himself.

So Salman Khan started complaining to Vipul Shah about being lonely and wanted to shift with the rest of the gang in St James Court. Vipul Shah was only happy to oblige and so Salman to shifted at St James Court.

Finally it was a happy reunion in true-blue Bollywood style.

London Dreams to see Eiffel Tower in Blue

Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan's London Dreams will feature a sequence showing the world famous Eiffel tower in blue. Vipul Shah took special permissions to shoot at the famous tourist site. London Dreams also stars Asin. It is the story of rival musicians. The movie has music by AR Rahman.

The blue Eiffel tower marks the start of France's six-month presidency in the European Union. Lighting up the Eiffel Tower in blue with yellow stars symbolizes the EU flag. The tower's standard night time lighting since New Year's Eve in 1985 has been orange-gold but for the first time it turned blue with yellow stars.

The Movie is all set to raise all bars and show Paris in Blue

Kangana Ranaut to play Madhubala

Madhubala, the legendary beauty of Bollywood, has been the inspiration of many actresses and starlets till date. But the honour of playing the gorgeous actress has been bagged by the sultry Kangana Ranaut.

Directed by Milan Luthria, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, is a very tender romance between the yesteryear actress and underworld don Haji Mastan which is played by Ajay Devgan.

Kangana Ranaut fears that she may not look as ethereal as Madhubala.

However, Kangana is taking the role very seriously and has been watching Madhubala’s films. Let’s see whether Kangana manages to bring alive Madhubala on screen or not.

Ajay Devgan's bike seized by Revenue Intelligence

Ajay Devgan has been in the news lately for his upcoming films Rajneeti and All The Best. But this time he is in news for reasons other than films. The actor's imported bike is the cause for concern. It has drawn the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's attention towards the star.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has inquired the owners of imported bikes one of whom being Ajay. They are been suspected of evading the payment of duty by importing the bikes as parts. This evasion is visible as the bikes are clearly visible on the streets, but the reports fail to show any mention about them.

Ajay Devgan's bike is not the only bike in question. Also closely looked after is the bike of filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, though the filmmaker says that his papers were clear and that his bike hadn't been seized. As for Devgan he accepted the claims and has offered to pay the amount that is due.

Ajay Devgan faces complaint for smoking at public place

An NGO based at Chandigarh has filed a complaint against Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan for allegedly smoking at a public place.

“We have submitted a written complaint at the offices of senior superintendent of police and director of health services, Chandigarh. They have assured us of appropriate action against the actor after probe”, said Hemant Goswamy, chairperson of Burning Brain Society.

Devgan, who had come to Chandigarh for the shooting of a Bollywood film, was clicked by a photo journalist while smoking at the Chandigarh airport.

The city became the first smoke-free city of India as it was officially declared so on July 15, 2007. Smoking is banned at all the public places as well as any place where the public has any access.

London Dreams to be released on Independence Day

If I say there is a specific trend in bollywood for a movie to be released, then I won’t be 100% wrong. It is quite noticeable that most producers decided their releases around the two major festivals - Diwali and Idd. Then Christmas and Valentine's Day celebrations were included. Later, Republic Day and Independence Day are also being eyed by producers and distributors.

In 2008, Vipul Shah released his ambitious venture Singh Is Kinng on 8th August, a week before the Independence Day. This year, he is targeting the Independence Day weekend for his next mega venture London Dreams. The film has been confirmed for a 14th August release.

London Dreams stars Ajay Deogan, Salman Khan, Om Puri and the latest hot favourite of bollywood, Asin who made her bollywood debut with Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini.

Raveena Tandon refused to be Ajay Devgan's mom in Rajneeti

Prakash Jha's 'Rajneeti' was to be Raveena Tandon's dream comeback but the actress quit the project once she learnt that she would have to play Ajay Devgan's mother.

'You can't blame me for saying no to playing mother to an actor with whom I co-starred in so many films. But I had a bigger reason for my refusal. The film required me to leave Mumbai for two months at a stretch. Both my children are too young to be left behind for such a long time, especially since they don't even go to school yet,' told Raveena.

Raveena was expected to play the role of an all-powerful politician in director Prakash Jha's 'Rajneeti', inspired by late prime minister Indira Gandhi's life and times. Raveena was to play Ranbir Kapoor's mother. And Ranbir's role resonated the life of Rajiv Gandhi.

Raveena, who had earlier played a politician in 'Satta', had several meetings with Jha and both of them were excited about it.

Raveena had to age from 20 to 60. Her makeup, saris and styling were all finalised. Until she realised the role required her to play not just Ranbir's mom but also Ajay's mother.

That's when the National Award winning actress decided to back out, thereby halting her spectacular comeback plans.

“Prakash Jha offered me the role in 'Rajneeti”. And what a role! I've the highest regards for Prakash. And when I met him for this part, I realised he's even bigger a visionary than I thought.

'He's meant to not just make films but be a national leader. He's absolutely the right person to direct a subject like 'Rajneeti'. I'd have given anything to return to cinema with this project, specially since he insisted I was his first and best choice,' the actress said.

Raveena, who was last seen in the 2006 dud 'Sandwich', is ready to return to the big screen. But she will only do a film that requires her to shoot in and around Mumbai. The actress is best remembered for her hits like 'Mohra', 'Andaz Apna Apna' and 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan'.

As for the role of the female politician in Rajneeti, Jha is now thinking of casting either Tisca Chopra or Mrinal Kulkarni.

Golmaal Returns Sucess Bash

Celebs grace Times Food Awards

Kajol in Ajay's Next Home Production

Ajay Devgan and Kajol, is called the most sensible couple of Bollywood . They do not display their affection publicly, but let thier actions speak for them. Lately, Ajay Devgan announced a film that would have Kajol in the lead role – a cause of jubilation for their fans. Ajay Devgan is riding waves of success for ‘Golmaal Returns’.

His next directorial venture after ‘U Me Aur Hum’, is his one of the most ambitious projects till date. The actor wants his untitled film to be technically sound and he is leaving no stones unturned for doing so. He is ensuring that there are not many characters in the film making the film slow and dull like his former attempt.

Lets wait and watch if the real life Couple can do well in reel life this time round.

Ajay and Kajol - A Couple with a Golden Heart.

Ajay Devgan and Kajol have shown that they are a couple with a golden heart! They were in Delhi on 9th Nov to flag off the Senior Citizens Run for a social iniative by Tina Ambani called ‘Harmony’. It focused on the cause of promoting the community interest of senior citizens.

Well, the couple have always impressed us with their on-screen and off-screen chemistry, but this time round they’ve won our hearts with the touching gesture! Truely this proves that they look at all ages with equal eyes and give equal importance to all.

One can definately say without a doubt tat they are the Golden Couple.

Ajay Devgan in women dress in Golmaal Returns

Cross-dressing seems to have become popular in Bollywood. Govinda started it. Aamir Khan and Riteish Deshmukh followed it and now the latest followers of this trend are Shreyas, Tusshar Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Arshad Warsi.

The four leading actors of Golmaal Returns will now be seen cross-dressing as women folks. The reason? Well, there’s a scene in the film that required these guys to dress up like women only in order to gain an entry in an ‘only women’ mall, since the date was Women’s Day.

“I was quite taken aback when Ajay Devgan agreed to this scene in particular. He was very gung-ho to go ahead with the scene. In fact, none of the guys had any reservations, which made it one of the best scenes in the film,” says film director Rohit Shetty.

Ajay Devgan in Ladies Wear

Cross-dressing seems to be the order ofthe day in Bollywood.

Govinda was the leader. Aamir Khan and Riteish Deshmukh followed it and now the latest ‘followers’are Shreyas, Tusshar Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Arshad Warsi

The four leading actors of Golmaal Returns will now be seen cross-dressing as women folks! The reason? Well, there’s a scene in the film that required these guys to dress up like women only in order to gain an entry in an ‘only women’ mall, since the date was Women’s Day

film director Rohit Shetty didnot expect ajay would agre upon doing this scene, but he did. Lets see if the new looked Ajay is appreciated by fans....

Ajay Devgan to play Don in Haji Mastan

Ajay Devgan with his brooding good looks, has been chosen to play the role of don Haji Mastan in an upcoming movie.

Ajay Devgan is fresh from playing doting husband in U Me Aur Hum and a loser in comic caper, Gol Maal Returns. He is not new to essaying the role of underworlds characters, having done Company and Omkara. But this is the first time he will essay the role of a real don.

Haji Mastan ruled over the film industry in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The film will also see, Emraan Hashmi playing the role of infamous underworld king Dawood Ibrahim.

A source said, “Both, director Milan Luthria and Suniel Shetty always wanted to cast Ajay as his physical characteristics perfectly match that of Haji Mastan. But, it was only last week that Milan went to Phuket to narrate the script to Ajay, where he is shooting for ‘Toonpur Ka Superhero’, and things fell into place. Ajay loved his role and immediately signed on the dotted line”.

Stills from Golmaal Returns

Ajay Devgan invite to his U.K. fans for a One On One

Thursday, Sept 18, saw a breaking news in London's Observer series newspapers that our very own Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan has planned a never before idea to interact with his U.K fans. U.K's second largest newspaper company Trinity Mirror's Bollywood Columnist of the Harrow Observer newspaper Devansh Patel covered Ajay's two big releases Golmaal Returns and London Dreams.

Ajay Devgan will be in London for 45 days along with Vipul and Salman for the principal shoot of London Dreams. The actor turned director came up with this unique idea to interact with his fans in the U.K by sending personal replies to each and every fan of his who emails him on his U.K. email ID which is ajaydevganuk@gmail.com . Away from the hustle bustle of Mumbai city, Ajay will have quite some time to know his fans one on one. He wanted to do something different than just blogging. Thanks to the Observer series newspapers which carried the story, the one day old news has already garnered quite a lot of excitement in London."

The personal invite from Ajay Devgan reads - "Hello Londoners. I am coming to your city to shoot my next film London Dreams on September 27. Come and share your dreams with me - what you like and what you don't, or ask me what you want and I'll reply personally. Email me on ajaydevganuk@gmail.com and experience the magic. It's 'U, Me Aur Hum' time guys! Can't wait to hear from you all".

Kajol Dreams of 3 more Babies

The lady likes her privacy and prefers to talk to the media mostly when her films are about to release. And her father’s death recently has made her quieter still. Recently, she was in the city to endorse a brand but kept her appearance to a short 30-minutes pose-appear-and-disappear routine.

Asked what she has been doing of late, she said, “Ajay is busy shooting and my daughter Nysa keeps me busy.”

Kajol, who has said in the past that “she was born to be a mother,” perks up immediately at the mention of her daughter. “Everybody I work with knows that my kid comes first. In fact she occupies the one to 10 slots,” she said. And does she plan to become a mother again? “Oh definitely,” she says, “I want to have at least three more kids.”

The actress who has done only selective work since she became a mother may completely go off the screen then! But what is she working on just now? “It’s a film that I will do with my husband. It’s actually an animation film with human characters called Toonpur Ka Superhero, something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit? We’re actually playing ourselves, yes, we’ll be Ajay and Kajol. But the cartoon characters get the main roles. It will be healthy competition.”

Ajay on House Arrest

Ajay Devgan is a doting father. To make up for his long absence from home, he gave in to his daughter Nysa's demand to spend time with her. He cancelled all his engagements and stayed home for a month and devoted his time completely to Nysa.

“I had no choice,” confides Ajay. “It was my daughter Nysa's command. She's the only woman in my life who can make me dance around her little finger. Now that she's all of five, her demands are far more vocal,” he says.

It all began when Nysa missed Ajay's presence in the house for a long time. Says Ajay, “First, I was shooting non-stop for U Me Aur Hum. Soon after that I had to leave for Goa for filming Golmaal Returns. This long schedule of work didn't go down well with my daughter.” So last month, Nysa forced Ajay to cancel all his engagements and spend more time with her.

Ask Ajay how he coped with being under house arrest for a month and he reacts, “I actually enjoy her bullying me. I absolutely loved the time I spent with her.” Though this was the first time that Ajay spent a chunk of time with his daughter, he loved it so much that now he wants to make it a ritual.

As Ajay has now resumed work and Kajol has signed Karan Johar's film which has to be shot in the US, it is likely to leave Nysa alone. “No, Kajol's film schedule will not pose a problem. I am already planning to spend as much time as I can with Nysa. But otherwise, my parents do a very good job of taking care of her. In fact, Nysa looks up to her grandparents as her own parents. So leaving her at home is definitely not an issue.”

Talk about Kajol getting back to work and Ajay becomes an epitome of a liberal husband. He says, “Kajol is an extremely talented actor and everyone looks forward to her films. And that's the reason it gives me great joy to see her working again. Besides that, she has every right to do what she desires.”

Since Ajay is so smitten by Kajol as an actress, is he planning to cast her in all his films? “Definitely not!” he replies. “Why should she be in all our productions? In fact even I don't intend to star in all the films I direct. Casting would depend entirely on the character to be portrayed. If I feel some other actor suits best in my next directorial venture, then I will go ahead and sign him without blinking an eyelid,” he says.

According to Ajay, reports of him planning to cast Kareena in his next film are baseless. He says, “I have read that I had approached Kareena for my film, that was news to me. I haven't even finalised my script, so how can I ask her or any other actor to be part of my next film? For now I'm happy to have Kareena as my co-star in Golmaal Returns. In fact we will be leaving for Bangkok in a couple of days to shoot the last song. The sequel has turned out much bigger than the first part.”

Ajay expects Three More Films This Year

After U ME AUR HUM, Ajay Devgan is planning three more films this year under his banner Devgan Films. One of them will be directed by Ajay Devgan himself, one by director Rohit Shetty and the third is still in its scripting stages.

Meanwhile, on the acting front, Ajay has Rohit Shetty's GOLMAAL RETURNS, Kumar Mangat's TOONPUR KA SUPERHERO, Prakash Jha's RAJNITI and Vipul Shah's LONDON DREAMS lined up as well.