Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says it would be wonderful to manage a casting coup of Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan in one frame, especially in an English film for the global audience. The filmmaker, along with the two actors, was present at the trailer launch of his debut Hollywood project "Broken Horses"  on Tuesday. "It will be wonderful to work with Mr. Bachchan and Aamir Khan in an English language film for the world audience. Let's aim for that," Chopra said.So far, Big B and Aamir have not worked together on screen. However, for Aamir's film "Lagaan", Big B played a narrator.

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Filmmaker Farah Khan, who has celebrities rustling up their favorite dishes on her recently-launched cookery show, 'Farah Ki Daawat', has been approached to endorse a popular basmati rice brand. And if sources are to be believed, they have offered her a whopping Rs 5 crore to be the brand ambassador. A source says, "The company had a meeting with Farah and they thought she would be the ideal face for their project because of her new show. They discussed their plans and strategies for promotion of the product. The deal requires Farah to shoot a commercial and be present for their campaign."

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Anushka Sharma and Vikramaditya Motwane, the co-producers of 'NH10', whose release date got pushed by a week due to censor board's objection to certain scenes in the film, feel such restrictions curtail the creativity and vision of filmmakers. The thriller is finally set to hit theatres this Friday. Anushka, 26, who is making her production debut with the film, about a road trip gone wrong, said such limitations tend to stunt the growth an original idea. "The problem is that when you start working with so many parameters and restrictions, it is actually killing the scope of coming out with original ideas because you are already working within boundaries," Anushka told reporters.

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Hours after Aditya Pancholi was arrested for allegedly assaulting a bouncer at a suburban night club in Juhu, Mumbai, he managed to get out on bail. But when he was produced before a holiday court on Sunday, he turned an entertainer, much to the amusement of onlookers.  Says a source, "As soon as he entered the courtroom, he started shouting 'Ganpati bappa Morya'. That was followed by a series of situational songs and digs directed at lawyers and mediapersons." Pancholi is said to have had refused to share a bench with other convicts and tried to walk out of the courtroom. "When the cops stopped him, he told them he wanted to get some fresh air. He was acting funny when a tall guy asked him to purse his lips. Pancholi warned him, 'Zyada mat bolo warna lambe ho jaaoge' (Don't talk too much or else you will grow tall). All this happened in the absence of the judge," adds the source. The actor poked fun at journos and also sang a few songs, including 'Tu na Hindu banega na Musalman' and 'Sajan re jhoot mat bolo'.

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Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, a Shakespearean adaptation, has been nominated for reputed 9th Asian Film Awards not only in one but in three categories. The film will compete for Best Film, Best Director and Best Production Designer. Haider has swept all the awards till now in all prestigious awards function for all the categories.

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