Unlike many bollywood actresses who are oftaccompanied by their mothers on the sets o Asin is often always accompanied by her father on the sets of the film. Asin’s father Joseph Thottumkal better known as JT is an exception. He tags along wherever the Ghajini actress goes, including award functions and product launches. Though JT was managing his own business, as soon as his daughter shot to stardom, he decided to let go of his entrepreneurship to manage his daughter’s work. He even accompanies her to all her foreign shoots and the latest is that he has also shifted based to Mumbai to be with her. Sources reveals that now when Asin is shooting for her forthcoming venture Vipul Shah’s London Dreams with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, JT was always around advising his daughter. This did not go down too well with Salman and he was often irked by the father’s interference. Yet Salman tried being courteous to him. There was a buzz that Salman has taken a liking to his London Dreams co-star and has been showering her with gifts. Naturally since Asin’s father is constantly by his daughter’s side Salman must be finding it a little difficult to be friendly to her.

If all goes well, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will come face to face on July 3. The clash is purely professional, what with their respective films - SRK's DULHA MIL GAYA and Salman's WANTED - hitting the screens on that Friday. DULHA MIL GAYA producer Viveck Vaswani is eyeing 3rd July because "July 4 is Independence Day in America and Shah Rukh enjoys a massive following there. I would like to capitalize on the Independence Day weekend, " Viveck tells me. Which means DULHA MIL GAYA will clash with Salman Khan's WANTED. "If Boney Kapoor says he's committed for 3rd July and requests me to shift my film to another week, I will do so. But so far there haven't been any talks, " Viveck clarifies.

It’s touted as the biggest hit in the history of Telugu cinema. And now Arundhati is all set to be remade into Hindi. Many producers including Ghajini’s Madhu Mantena were vying for the Hindi remake rights. But the producer of the Telugu producer M. Shyam Prasad Reddy has decided to remake the film in Hindi. Sonu Sood who played the main antagonist in the Telugu film and is all set to encore the same part in Hindi, confirms these developments. Confirming these developments Sood says, “I’m excited because we all worked very hard on making the Telugu original something special. Lots of producers wanted to remake it in Hindi. But now the original producer has decided to go for it. The Hindi Arundhati will be far more expensive and polished. We start shooting in June. ”  Now for the most crucial question. Who plays the central role of Arundhati in this woman-dominated film? Though no one is willing to commit to any name sources reveal that the makers of Arundhati were very keen to sign Anushka Sharma who starred with Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Akshay Kumar’s next release, Kambakkht Ishq is the remake of a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan titled, Pammal K. Sambandam (2002). The Tamil film was a big hit down South. In that film, Kamal Haasan had played the title role and it also starred Simran, Abbas and Sneha. Their roles have been substituted with Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani and Sneha respectively. It was directed by Mouli. In the Tamil original, Kamal enacted the role of a film stuntman while Simran was a doctor in the making. In the Hindi version, Akshay Kumar is a renowned stunt artiste while Kareena Kapoor plays a super model. Pammal K. Sambandam was to have been remade in Hindi by Anees Bazmee for South producer GV Films which had acquired the remaking rights for Rs. 5 lakh.However, Sajid paid Rs. 75 lakh for the same remaking rights. Reportedly, Sajid Nadiadwala has spared neither efforts nor money in remaking the South hit.

Govinda of late it is said has become a religious fanatic and has been visiting shrines putting his shoots in disarray. He has also feels that disclosing his visits to the shrines will bring some bad omen. Recently the actor made the officials stop all the devotees from entering the temple where he was visiting. The actor when quizzed about it says “Yes it is true I do not people to know that I am visitng a shrine but not for any other reason but because there could be a stampede. I am a religious fanatic I have great faith in god and I perform a lot of pujas. These moments and trips are good way of being close to god. It is a also a time when I can be with my family.” Says Govinda. About his forthcoming films he says “Currently I am busy with David Dhawan’s Do Knot Disturb. I enjoy working with him and I owe him a lot of hits. When we work together it is assured that it is going to be a laugh riot. Then I have Life Partner with Rumi Jaffrey and Manish Gupta’s Chai Garam.”

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