Hrithik Roshan is all set to wear the shoes of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in front of the audience as his film Agneepath releases today. Sanjay Dutt’s look and Katrina Kaif’s Chikni Chameli act has also been the talk of town. Last but not the least, Priyanka Chopra is also expected to deliver her best. Overall, Karan Johar is ready to strike gold.

When eminent personalities from Bollywood graced Ajay Devgn’s production assistant Shubhash’s daughter’s wedding reception, it definitely must have been a fairy tale wedding for the bride and the groom!

Mr. Shubhash, a veteran production assistant for Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt Films since more than 20 years married off his daughter Harshala in grand style to Sachin, in midst of the who’s who of B-town at IMA Hall, Juhu.

Ajay Devgn stepped in at the wedding to wish the couple. Source

While many are looking forward to see Sanjay Dutt’s performance in AGNEEPATH, the actor has got more news to keep all excitedly waiting for his new projects as well. Yes, Sanju Baba has recently signed two new films for T P Aggarwal’s banner Star Entertainment Worldwide Pvt Ltd.

One among the two movies is an action thriller in which Dutt plays the role of a cop. South director K S Ravikumar, who is presently directing RANA with Rajnikant in the lead, will be directing the film. The actor will also be seen in a comic role in the other movie which will be directed by Sangeeth Sivan. Arshad Warsi and Rahul Aggarwal will also sharing the screen space with Dutt. Few more eminent artists are likely to be signed shortly for both the films.

Shooting of the films will commence from April, 2012. Dharam Oberoi will be the co-producer for both the projects. Source

Work commitments have thrown a spanner in the holiday plans of Sanjay Dutt. The star along with wife Maanayata and twins Shahraan and Iqra left over the weekend for a vacation in Bali.

But now he has been summoned back for a special shoot on December 31 for the reality show he hosts. As co-anchor Salman Khan has kept himself away from the shoot, Dutt has no way out but to return by December 30.

Says a source, “Sanjay had planned the family trip around Christmas and had planned to return only after January 1.

He waited for his flick Agneepath’s trailer launch on Friday and the show’s shoot on Saturday and planned his departure only after these events. More

Karan Johar has remade the 1990 action-drama Agneepath with Hrithik Roshan in the lead, but the filmmaker says he and director Karan Malhotra never attempted to recreate the magic of the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer original.

The 39-year-old filmmaker, whose father Yash Johar had produced the earlier film, says they wanted to take the basic core of Agneepath and narrate it an altogether different manner because it was “virtually impossible” to emulate something as powerful as Vijay Deenanth Chauhan.

“How can anyone emulate Amitabh Bachchan? Nobody should do that and it is to Karan Malhotra’s intelligence and Hrithik’s conviction that they understood it really well and approached the film and the characters in their own way,” Johar told. More

Eros International Media Ltd (EIML), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that it shall be releasing Dharma Productions’ AGNEEPATH, one of the most eagerly awaited releases in the New Year in the international markets on January 26, 2012.

Announcing the deal, Pranab Kapadia, President – Marketing & Distribution, Eros International plc said, “AGNEEPATH marks the first of the big ticket releases next year and Eros is excited about associating with Dharma Productions to present this thrilling action film on a global platform. Audiences are looking forward to Hrithik’s portrayal of the legendary Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, made famous by Amitabh Bachchan while Sanjay Dutt’s villainous look has stirred up much curiosity. The promos have evoked very good reactions and we are anticipating a very encouraging response to the film.”

Apoorva Mehta, CEO, Dharma Productions added, “We are delighted that Dharma Productions is collaborating with a leading studio like Eros. We have always been appreciative of Eros’ endeavour in the world of commercial cinema and we hope this coming together for the first time helps both of us to take a giant leap in the coming years!” More

With ‘masala’ films and remakes back in a strong way, the villains too are back to make Hindi films spicier and more thrilling. Names like GHAJINI, WANTED, SINGHAM and MURDER 2 saw the return to screen of powerful villains who during yesteryears made life hell for the hero and the climax a nail biting affair.

If we look at recent trends Prakash Raj, with back-to-back award winning scene stealing acts in WANTED, BBUDDAH… HOGA TERRA BAAP and SINGHAM, deserves a mention as he can rightly be called an all time entertaining villain, almost in the league of greats like Amjad Khan, Pran and Amrish Puri, though he still has a long way to go and prove himself in films other than South remakes.

In fact the Bhatts who have always provided Bollywood with able and apt villains like Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover etc. went a step further with Prashant Narayan in MURDER 2. And this is not it as we have many more memorable performances coming up. More

I was surprised when just a few days before the release of ‘Rascals’ there were predictions made on the lines of ‘This Ajay Devgn-Sanjay Dutt starrer will take one of the top openings of the year’. Reason being, and as predicted in this very column last week, the film was reasonably awaited amongst the audience as well as trade circles but never expected to embark on a record breaking start by any means. Yes, it was always meant to be a safe film but for those claiming it to be a superhit or a blockbuster in the making were sadly mistaken as this David Dhawan film was never pitched as a mega crore money spinner. More

Ameesha Patel is happy that with Sanjay Dutt starrer ‘Chatur Singh Two Star’, she would be seen on the big screen again after ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’. However one still can’t deny the fact that original plan for ‘Chatur Singh…’ was to release at least two years ago. Isn’t she worried about the delay?

“See, first and foremost this wasn’t something that any of us had planned. There was delay in production that further led to release date getting pushed. However does this mean that is dated? No, not at all as its look as well as the music too are very contemporary. Moreover the story is such that it would have worked 10 years ago or even 10 years down the line. No, I am not worried or depressed at all. On the contrary I am really excited about the film’s release now since it has shaped up so fantastic,” says Ameesha in a confident tone. More

From last two weeks media has been agog with Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt fight and subsequent patch-up news. However Sanjay Dutt once and for all clears that the so-called fight is mere media’s imagination and there is no truth in it.

“There was no spat between us. Salman is like a younger brother, who came to my house and as we went down (in garage) to talk, everyone predicted that we had a big quarrel which is untrue,” clears Sanjay.

But when Sanjay Dutt hosted a private dinner for Shahrukh Khan, Salman’s foe, a few days back people started speculating that Sanjay has joined SRK’s camp post his ‘supposed’ fight with Salman. However Sanjay declares that neither he belongs to any camp nor he believes in it.

Says Sanju, “I am one actor who is in no camp. An actor who respects me I give respect back to him. I love all my actors, I love my film industry and this is my family.” More

B-town is abuzz with rumors that latest arch-rivals Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt have finally settled their differences and made peace after an earlier fall out during Manyata’s birthday bash.

It’s heard that all this happened after Salman’s manager helped them resolve and repair their differences.

Reports suggest Salman was planning to back out of celebrity reality show “Bigg Boss “since he didn’t want to co-host the show with Sanjay. More

Aamir Khan fans can now expect their favorite star taking up a new challenge as rumors say that he will be seen playing the iconic screen character of ‘Munna Bhai’ in the upcoming films of the franchise.

Khan, one of Bollywood’s most critically acclaimed actors, will replace an ageing Sanjay Dutt who has played the character in the first two films of the much-loved series, media reports said.

But it will not only be Aamir who will be seen delivering the teasing dialogues in lovable gunman’s style that has become a cult, as viewers will also reportedly see a new Circuit, Munna Bhai’s trusted sidekick, in the upcoming movie of the series. More