Aamir Khan may be the main man in Rakesh Mehra's 'Rang De Basanti'. Mehra’s Aks starring Amitabh and Manoj Bajpai was much talked about. Rang de Basanti will have music by AR Rahman and come October we’ll all know if Aamir is indeed the hero and which firangi heroine will act as his love interest.

Ajay Devgun was to star in Aparna Sen’s Gulel. Talk is rife that the film which was slated to start shooting in winter this year has been shelved. Devgun, when asked said that he wasn’t aware of that fact and that he expected the project to go through. Inshah Allah!

Rumor has it that Suneil Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment will produce the film that will launch Mimoh, Mithun Chakraborty’s son. The film will be directed by Madhur Bhandarkar of Chandni Bar and Aaan fame.

Priyadrashan’s forthcoming film ‘ Hulchul’ will star Kareen and Akshay Khanna. KP Saxena is supposed to have penned the script in just ten days!

Kareena Kapoor is on cloud nine. The chirpy star is waiting for her two significant releases Yuva and Dev. to hit the screen. She was busy, the past few weeks shooting for Ken Ghosh’s musical Fidaa in Dubai, Sun City and Cape Town in South Africa. Her co-star in real life and on reel is Shahid Kapur.

Deepak Shivdasani hints that he has a filmi musical (is there any other kind in Bollywood) in the pipeline. To be on the lines of Saturday Night Fever, he is supposed to be working on the script and would not divulge if he has made up his mind about which stars to approach. Shivdasani’s Julie is almost ready for release.

Will John roar or whimper? The hunky hero has dubbed for himself for the very first time! John is all excited about Ahmad Khan´s ´Lakeer’ .

Ram Gopal Verma’s film Murder At 2 has been filmed with two endings and will be released on the same day. The titles of will be Galti Se… and Jaanbujke. The tale is of a murder committed by a businessman, Anil Kapoor. He kills his wife, the question is was it premeditated or was it an accident?

Tanuja Chandra’s latest venture is FILM STAR, starring Mahima Chaudhary, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Aryan Vaid and Vasundhara Das in pivotal roles. Known for her penchant for women based themes (DUSHMAN, SANGHURSH, SUR), Film star too is about a fading actress (played by Mahima Choudhary) who picks up a real-life story to boost her sagging career.
Presented by Sahara India and Mahesh Bhatt, FILM STAR is slated for release in May 2004.

Ash Rai’s current Hollywood projects include'Singularity' opposite Brendan Fraser for director Roland Joffe, 'Chaos' with Meryl Streep and 'Mr. Surprise' alongside Jude Law. She is willing to kiss but only if it is an integral part of the script, but an absolute no no to doing explicit scenes., indicated her manager.

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