Chakri of Saagara Sangamam to direct 'Wednesday'

'Sagara Sangamam' is the flick starred by Kamala Hassan directed by K Vishwanth was a sensational super hit flick during then, in this flick a kid starred as a cameraman is now a graphics and special effects expert his name is Chakri is now making debut as director with the remake of A Wednesday. Kamal Haasan and Chakri have long relationship and Kamal entrusted the job of remaking this Bollywood thriller. U T V and Raj Kamal Movies are producing it together in Tamil and Telugu. Kamal and Mohan Lal will act in both the versions while some of the actors from Telugu too would feature in other important roles. Although Telugu producer Kiran Kumar Koneru claims that he has remake rights of the movie with him, UTV and Raj Kamal are going ahead by remaking it on their own. The movie will begin its shoot shortly and a major set is being erected at suburbs in Hyderabad. This is the first flick in India that is being made entirely with RED Camera.

18, 20 - Love Story - Audio next week

Shivaji - Shradda Das are starring as hero and heroine for the flick titled '18, 20 Love Story' which is being directed by Radha Krishna and jointly produced by T Nageshwar Rao - Koppula Ramesh Babu. Director stated that this filck is action packed with a dfferent love story in which Shivaji would be playing a heavy mass character, presently this flick is in post production works is being planned to release audio during next week and flick during last week of this month.

Kings and queens exist in cards, not Bollywood: Kareena

New Delhi, Feb 7(IANS) Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is not vying for the crown of Bollywood queen despite her hit performances and high profile brand endorsements because she feels that kings and queens only exist in a pack of playing cards.

'I think kings and queens are in cards, not in Bollywood,' Kareena told reporters at an event here Saturday.

On being asked her opinion about Katrina Kaif as an actress, Kareena bluntly said: 'I don't talk about other actresses in press conferences.'

Kareena was present in the capital to promote a new initiative by hair removal cream brand Anne French.

She is looking forward to the release of a number of films in her kitty including Rajkumar Hirani's 'Three Idiots' and Sajid Nadiadwala's 'Kambakkht Ishq'.

In 'Three Idiots', she stars opposite Aamir Khan. In 'Kambakkht Ishq', she will be sharing screen space with Akshay Kumar for the seventh time.

About working with the two actors, Kareena said: 'I pick up the best from whoever I work with. When you are working with someone, you kind of get tuned to the way that actor is working. I would like to pick up all the best qualities from both these people.'

The actress also spoke about her experience of working with Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh in 'Kambakkht Ishq' and said it was 'an honour'.

Apoorva - Enjoying very comfortable life

Apoorva has come to city from Denduluru as a character artist starred in flick 'Maa Avidameda Ottu Mee Aveda Chaala Manchidi' and got introduced to Tollywood and subsequent to that she is getting offers (guess what may be the talents she might be showing) and since sometime she is showing her more talents is grabbing the offers. Whatever it is though she got offers or not she is enjoying very comfortable life. Initially she was seen in traditional saree and now even clothes has become short for her.

Mumaith takes Rs.30 lakhs per song

Mumaith Khan if she once dances would charge Rs.30 lakhs, the reason is if she is asked to dance for an item song she would directly ask for Rs.30 lakhs per song, there are dancers who are very much eager to dance for as less than half of that amount but producers are preferring Mumaith Khan only for their flick as her dancing abilities are different. She is making hay when sun shines.

Nayanatara - Ban lifted

Nayanatara was banned from acting in Tamil flicks yesterday by producers council and on Saturday this ban was lifted, from now on she can act for Tamil flicks as usual. Producer Chandrabose has apologized for the act as well she has returned Rs.15 lacs she took from him, with these developments ban on her is lifted.

A R Rahman's date with?

That Indian music maestro A R Rahman always coveted the prestigious Oscars is further borne by writer-director Krishna Shah.
Remember Shah, he made the first Holly-Bolly film in 1978 called Shalimar that starred Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman with Rex Harrison, John Saxon and Julia Miles? Well, unknown to many even in Bollywood is that Shah is an Oscars jury member. And that he met Rahman three years ago in LA when the latter was doing shows. Shah, who has made several low budget films abroad since Shalimar, wanted Rahman to score the music for his script Baiju The Gypsy. “But Rahman was short of time,” Shah told BT. “Yet, he made a deal with me; if I took him to the Oscar Awards, he would give me three hours to narrate my script. I convinced my wife (who had bought a special gown for the evening) to stay home and instead took Rahman along for the event!” The story doesn’t end there. For Shah revealed, “Rahman had smuggled in a camera and kept clicking away during the awards presentation. I was mortified. I feared we would be caught. Then, during the intermission, Rahman spotted a huge statue of the Oscar. He stood next to it and asked me to take his picture. Which I obliged. And Rahman remarked, even while mailing this picture to his family in Chennai, that one year he would take the real Oscar home.” Now that Rahman has actually been nominated for the Academy Awards for his music in Slumdog Millionaire, Shah is delighted to see the India music genius’ secret ambition bearing fruit. “It took him three years and now he has the opportunity to take three Oscars home,” added Shah -T O I