Hera Pheri team to be seen together for De Dhana Dhan

The entire team of Hera Pheri - Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Priyadarshan have shot together for the first time in nine years for De Dhana Dhan.

An emotional Priyadarshan decided to dedicate an entire day only to the team of Hera Pheri and not shoot with the rest of the cast present at the location.

Director Priyadarshan, who was not a part of Hera Pheri's sequel says De Dhana Dhan is a comic caper with a feel of the original. De Dhana Dhan also sees Katrina Kaif back with Akshay Kumar after Singh Is Kinng.

Darsheel to be seen spreading the Child Magic in Priyadarhan's Next

Multilingual director Priyadarshan says his Hindi adaptation of acclaimed Iranian film 'Children Of Heaven', which has Darsheel Safary in the lead role, has been set in the backdrop of militancy in Assam.

"I am not blindly adapting the Iranian film 'Children Of Heaven'. I am moving completely away from the original material to set the story in Assam with the insurgency as the backdrop.I saw the Iranian film and its Singaporean version 'Home Run'. I'm not following Majidi's screenplay from the Iranian film at all. I'm only retaining the core of the original. I'm Indianising the screenplay completely, changing and adding more characters," says Priyadarshan.

Giving Darsheel company in the film would be a new child-actress named Zia. She will play his sister. Priyadarshan chose Zia from the many hopefuls who auditioned for the role. Atul Kulkarni and Rituparna Sengupta play the two kids' parents. Originally the director wanted Rahul Bose for the father's part, but the dates didn't work out. So Priyadarshan had to be satisfied with Atul Kulkarni .

Deepika is Every Director's Desire

The Lucky Stas are shining high for Deepika Padukone. Filmmakers have considered her to be a crowd puller. They feel that even her small appearance may prove wonders and may result in box-office success also.

Looking at her growing popularity, director Priyadarshan has signed in Deepika for a cameo in his upcoming flick Billo Barber which has Shahrukh and Nana Patekar in pivotal roles. Irrfan Khan has the main role in the movie.

Not many know this but it was Priyadarshan who was to introduce Deepika to the cine world but things did not work out accordingly and instead she was launched by Farah Khan in Om Shanti Om. Priyadarshan did not have any ill-feeling regarding missing Deepika but was happy that she was associated with Farah's film and got to taste of success in her first attempt.
Talking about his shelved film with Deepika, Priyadarshan confirmed saying that Deepika was being considered for a film called Pirates – about music piracy. But the film didn't work out. He is glad to know that Deepika made her debut with a film as successful as OSO, and that too with Shahrukh.

Akki-Kat to create magic once more.

After being the hottest onscreenpair for 4 movies - HUMKO DEEWANA KAR GAYE, NAMASTEY LONDON, WELCOME and the most recent SINGH IS KINNG, they are all set to create the magic for the fifth time.

Yes thats true, the most sought after Jodi of B-town is being paired in Priyadarshan's forthcoming comedy DE DANA DHAN. This film will bring back the HERA PHERI team Akshay, Suneil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, and director Priyadarshan together after 8 years. Apart from them Neha Dhupia and Sameera Reddy are also a part of the star cast. This yet another comedy will produced by Venus and will hit floors in November . The whole movie is planned to be entirely shot in Singapore.

Frequent pairing and onscreen magic between Akshay-Katrina has worked wonders on. So one can expect another blockbuster in the form of DE DANA DHAN!!

Darsheel in Priyadarshan's Next Venture

Child prodigy Darsheel Safary won everyone's hearts with his sensitive portrayal of dyslexic Ishaan Awasthi in Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. Since then, Darsheel has been seen endorsing many brands and has even made appearances at a number of social dos and award functions. However, he still was playing the waiting game before signing his next film.

Now it seems the wait is finally over. Darsheel would be seen playing the lead role in the remake of Oscar nominated film Children of Heaven. The remake would be directed by ace director Priyadarshan.

Majid Majidi's Children of Heaven tells to story of young Ali and his sister Zahra and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. Shooting for the remake, which is being produced by Percept Picture Company, commences on September 12. The film is expected to be ready by March 2009.

SRK Back to his field after IPL

Actor Shah Rukh Khan is back shooting for films. In fact while he was busy at the IPL, SRK used to shoot for Priyadarshan's Billoo Barber , too. With just one schedule remaining, we guess the makers of this one are keeping a rather low profile.

It was not very long ago that the shooting schedule of this film was to take place in a village. Shah Rukh who plays a simple, aam aadmi in this movie, had no choice but to travel with the cast and crew to a village in North India – where Viraasat was shot.

Apparently, sources close to us say that the one thing SRK hates is shooting in a village. After all, the actor is used to the lavish luxuries of life, and the close-to-no-facility areas provide much discomfort to him. A unit member informs us, "I don't know much about his likes and dislikes, but Shah Rukh is a sport. He adapted ok and didn't as much as complain even once. He was ready to do whatever it took for him to deliver! Also, he mingled well with one and all and didn't have any prolems. He went out of the way to make the locals there feel special."

Well, here's to the professional, who has returned to the luxuries of his home!