Abhay Deol features in the latest issue of People

Socha Na Tha was the movie that needs to be blamed for making the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! a smash hit. Well, to say it in other words, it was Socha Na Tha that gave Bollywood a hero who was truly, madly, dedicated to doing something different in Bollywood, that his fans made it a point to make every film of his a smash hit!

Well, we are referring to none other than Dev D's hero, who dared to redefine the quintessential Bollywood hero with his superlative acting skills in all his films. It is this dude whose 'ocular flirting' can be witnessed in the latest issue of 'People'. This interview of Abhay is one amongst the best in the recent times. It serves as a torch to the myth that Abhay is a very casual and carefree guy, as it shows the 'serious' side of the actor. Recently, he announced to the world that he is taking a sabbatical from Bollywood to go to New York and learn 'welding'. Well, that's Abhay for you. In this issue, he tells the real reason behind him going to the Big Apple. He also talks about his forthcoming films and much, much more.

Overall, this issue serves as refreshing lemon water to the parched throats of the summer-struck readers. Way to go, Abhay!

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Bebo, Kat... who's the Hollywood bride

A leading Hollywood studio is looking at remaking one of its popular films of 2009 in Hindi, for which it is taking a Bollywood producer’s help, and in which top actresses like Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Asin and Sonam Kapoor are being considered for the two leading roles.

The Hollywood film under consideration is the romantic comedy of this year — Bride Wars, starring Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson. In its official Bollywood remake, the film will be one big fat Punjabi wedding with plenty of colour, song and dance, drama, fireworks, the whole nine yards.

Shrishti Behl — director Goldie’s sister, who produced Drona last year, is the Bollywood filmmaker contacted to work on this project. Confirming her participation, Shristi said, “The days of plagiarism are over. Official remakes are the way to go. And Bride Wars lends itself beautifully to an Indian adaptation.”

That it does, but there is likely to be a war among the six top contenders for the two roles in this film. The Hollywood studio, unmindful of the fact that these are the biggest names in Bollywood, is going to conduct a test look to pick their two actresses. Its worldwide production head Stanford Pinatch, talking to BT, said, “We’re trying to produce local-language films all over the world. We’re using the synergy between our distribution operations in all of these territories and tying up with the local production division. There is a shift in the market towards local content. It validates what we’re trying to achieve with these projects.”

Bride Wars, a regular chick flick if there was one, is about a good friendship between two women that goes dangerously bad. And, it will be interesting to see if real life good friends in Bollywood team up for the Hindi remake or the permutations and combinations throw up other alternatives.

The twosomes that come to mind are Katrina and Kareena; Priyanka and Kareena (Shahid Kapoor’s past and present loves, respectively); Asin and Katrina (Salman’s lady love and, well, his co-star who’s currently linked with him); and, Sonam and Deepika (in whose life the common factor is Ranbir Kapoor).

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Vidya Balan refuses liplock with co-star Arshad Warsi

After her kiss with Madhavan in Guru, Vidya Balan seems to have developed cold feet to the idea of puckering up to another co-star. The actress has put her foot down and said no to a liplock with Arshad Warsi in Ishqiya.

A source from the unit reveals, "Ishqiya was being shot on Wednesday at the Borivili National Park. Several scenes were to be canned, including one smooch scene between Vidya and Arshad. The actress threw a spanner in the works and completely refused to a liplock with Arshad. Director Abhishek Chaubey was taken aback as he had informed Vidya about the kissing scene beforehand."

The source continues, "Balan has intimate scenes with Arshad in the film but her refusal to smooch shocked everyone. Producer Vishal Bhardwaj was called to the sets. He couldn't make it as he was busy editing his other project, Kaminey. She was persistent. The director was forced to drop it altogether."

It is learnt that Vishal will be meeting Vidya to discuss her reservations for not enacting the scene. The source maintains, "Abhishek is sure that once she speaks to Vishal, she will do the scene. She has been co-operative throughout the shoot. It's surprising that she did steamy scenes but refused to smooch Arshad."

Co-producer Mansi Maroo maintains, "I was present on the sets and nothing like this happened. Vidya is informed about any and all scenes in advance."

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Arjun Rampal recently bought a penthouse in Band

Arjun Rampal picks up a sea-facing penthouse apartment in Bandra at a cool Rs 20 crore. The actor will move in with family next week

Says a source close to Arjun, "His new place is a airy and spacious penthouse in Chand Terrace. It's over 5,300 sq ft in size and has more than four bedrooms. It is sea-facing and has a great deal of sunlight coming in".

The deal was brokered a fortnight ago at nearly Rs 20 crore. Says his real estate agent, "Arjun was looking around for nearly six to seven months but couldn't make up his mind. The penthouse was the place where his search ended."

Arjun and wife Mehr Jesia earlier resided with their two daughters, Mahikaa and Myraa at Ritu Apartments in Bandra. But now that their children are growing up, they need more space. Apart from their daughters, Arjun and Mehr have two dogs and four maids. Also Arjun's mother comes to stay with them once in a while, so the couple needed a spacious apartment. The couple had been wanting a large place for over a year. Now, with Arjun's successes last year, they felt it was time to buy a new place even if it meant that it was going to be extremely expensive."

Arjun and Mehr have done the interior design and decoration of the penthouse on their own. Adds the source, "Mehr's got good taste and has an eye for decoration. For the penthouse Arjun and Mehr picked up many home accessories from all over the world including one from their recent trip to New York en route to the Caribbean Islands for Arjun's cousin's wedding. Now that the apartment has been done up completely the family will shift in next week."

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Ranbir Kapoor travelled to Karjat to meet his girlfriend Deepika Padukone

They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. But Ranbir Kapoor doesn't seem to believe in the adage. The actor couldn't wait to see his girlfriend Deepika Padukone and travelled all the way to Karjat to meet her.

Deepika, who is shooting for Karthik Calling Karthik with Farhan Akhtar in Karjat, was in for a pleasant surprise. Without letting her know, Ranbir decided to land up on the set and surprise her. A source reveals, "Ranbir was shooting for Rocket Singh within city limits.

Since Deepika has been holed up in Karjat, the two didn't get enough time to spend with each other. Hence, Ranbir decided to visit Deepika. That way, the two would get to spend some quality time during their journey back to the city."

The source adds, "Deepika was on cloud nine when she saw Ranbir. She's always on the phone with him in between shots. Contrary to rumours, everything is great between the two and they are madly in love with each other. However since Deepika is busy with her film and ad endorsements, the last few weeks the two lovebirds hadn't met each other for long."

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I'm not as rich as SRK: Amitabh

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he couldn't bid for an Indian Premier League (IPL) team because he doesn't have "as much money as (Kolkata Knight Riders owner) Shah Rukh Khan".

"I don't have as much money as Shah Rukh. He has money and so he owns a team," Amitabh said on Zee News' celebrity chat show "Kahiye Janab" to be aired on Saturday.

Amitabh sent a congratulatory SMS to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his Padma Shri and didn't get a response. But he says he holds no grudge against the cricket star.

"He must have been busy, there's no need to make an issue out of this."

The sexagenarian otherwise makes for an avid viewer of the IPL and says he watches "almost all the matches".

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