Filmmaker Satya Prakash Mangtani, who is inspired by the Bachchan family is all set to make a film onAbhishek Bachchan - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan saga titled Kuch Na Kuch To Baat Hai’. The film will revolve around real life characters based on Amitabh Bachchan , Jaya Bachchan , Salman Khan , Karisma Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi . The small budget film will star South actor Manie cast in the role of Abhishek. The heroine to play the role of Ash is yet to be confirmed. “We are looking for a girl who has a close resemblance to Ash,” says writer-director Kumar Mangtani. The film will go on floors in September with a start-finish-schedule.  According to the hush-hush news the Abhi-Aish are on their way to becoming parents.   More on that in the next issue of Lokvani.

Sanjay Dutt, 48, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six years and fined Rs. 25, 000 in the 1993 blasts case for illegal possession of a prohibited weapon. Three AK-56 rifles and some ammunition were delivered to his house by Samir Hingora (who has been sentenced to nine years) and others. He returned two of them and kept only one.  When Dutt had gone to Mauritius for a film shooting, he heard about his friends Hanif Kadawala and Samir Hingora being caught. He called Yusuf Nulwalla and asked him to go to his house and get rid of the contents kept in a black bag. Nulwalla took the black bag containing one AK-56, two empty magazines, 250 rounds and one 9-mm pistol and asked Adjania to destroy it. While the AK-56 was broken into pieces, the 9-mm pistol was given to Russi Mulla. Russi did not have any knowledge about it being part of the illegal consignment of Dutt.

Although it's still doubtful whether one of our Bollywood beauties will land a role in a Bond film, a Bond girl has already been roped in for a Hindi film. Caterina Murino, who played the sexy seductress Solange in Casino Royale will star in director Anubhav Sinha's next venture Chase. Anubhav had reportedly approached the Italian actress for doing an item number in his latest movie Cash. But he changed his mind and decided to cast Caterina in a lead role in his forthcoming action flick to be shot in Italy. Along with Caterina, Anubhav will be introducing three newcomers in the film whom he is grooming himself. Caterina's took part in beauty pageants in 1996, before studying drama and acting in theater. Her television career took off in 2002, which was followed by a number of Italian films. But it was Casino Royale that finally brought her into the limelight in 2006. And now, it's Bollywood calling.

Bollywood stunner Urmila Matondkar has admitted that doing the ‘Mehbooba Mehbooba’ number for Ram Gopal Varma’s Aag, a remake of the all-time hit ‘Sholay’, was totally challenging. The item number was performed by yesteryears’ stunner Helen in the 70s blockbuster. Matondkar said that she is a big fan of the actress, who has appeared in over 400 films since she began her career in 1950s.“Absolutely sensational, fantastic, brilliant. I have no adjectives. I just think, this is a lifetime opportunity and I have really tried to make the most of it,” she said. However, the talented actress admitted that though the rendition made her ‘nervous’, but she coped with it by giving it a ‘completely new entity’.

Producer Director Subhash Ghai's musical extravaganza ' YUVRAAJ' starring Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Boman Irani will roll from 3rd September with a 35 day long schedule in various states of Europe. The music has been scored by maestro A.R. Rahman while the lyrics have been written by Gulzar. This musical entertainer has been written by Subhash Ghai himself and sharing the screenplay with him is Sachin Bhowmick (KRISHH) and Kamlesh Pandey (Rang de Basanti).

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