Parineeti not signed opposite Shah Rukh Khan

All speculations can well be put to rest. Parineeti Chopra would have to wait before she is seen on the big screen with Shah Rukh Khan. Though ever since the announcement of Fan, there were rumours of the two being paired opposite each other, unfortunately this has turned out to be, well, just plain rumours.

"In fact if you see an official communication from Yash Raj Films around the cast of Fan, there is no mention of a leading lady out there. Otherwise they never keep any suspense around their cast and crew. If Parineeti was in the film, her name would have been announced," informs our source.

Rumours started catching heat especially after it was announced that Fan would be directed by Maneesh Sharma. Since the filmmaker's last two films - Shuddh Desi Romance and Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl - have both featured Parineeti while producer Aditya Chopra too has shown great faith in the young woman's talent, it seemed like a given that Parineeti would now get her chance and graduate to the Shah Rukh starrer.

"It is not happening though. Parineeti is anyways working on three films - Hasee Toh Phasee, Daawat-E-Ishq and Kill Dil - which will keep her engaged till end of year. Let's see, perhaps she would get to do something with the superstar in 2015 or beyond," says a close associate.

When contacted, Parineeti too denied her involvement with Fan. "No, I am not in Fan. There is not even an iota of truth to the rumours making the rounds," she said.

Well, it can pretty much bite the dust now.

Kareena Kapoor transforms into Maharashtrian mulgi

Its transformation time for Kareena Kapoor. The actress who has so far not done too many makeover characters is all set to get into the skin of her character in Rohit Shetty's Singham 2.

The role is that of a middleclass Maharashtrian woman opposite her cop-hero Ajay Devgn and would require Kareena not only to dress but also talk like a typical Maharashtrian woman from the suburbs.

Says a source, "The character of Devgn's love-interest in the first Singham film was sketchy. She was loud but at the fringes of the plot. In Singham 2, the female protagonist is pivotal to the plot. Rohit Shetty re-wrote the role after Kareena agreed to do it."

Apparently, the character would be shown breaking into fluent fast-flowing Marathi in her excitable moments. Says the source, "Kareena knows a smattering of Marathi but for the part in Singham 2, she will practice the Marathi with her Maharashtrian friends."

Kareena, just back from 2-week long vacation in Gstaad with her husband Saif says, "Would you believe it, I've never played a Maharashtrian before. I am really looking forward it. I know Rohit Shetty will make sure my character comes out right."

Kareena starts shooting for Singham 2 in March.

Prominent non-Maharashtrian actresses who have played Maharashtrian characters:

Sridevi in Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish

Asin in R Murugadoss's Ghajini

Priyanka Chopra in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey

Results of Most Awaited Movies of 2014

Like the past, this year too, we, at Bollywood Hungama
conducted a poll to chart out what are likely to be the biggest blockbusters of
2014. The analysis was done in the form of a survey held in the month of December
2013 and conducted online amongst online surfers, spanning regions from UK,
USA, UAE and India, wherein the user had to select his/her 10 most anticipated
movies. To ensure complete transparency and accuracy, a two level
authentication check with cookie validation and IP mapping was put into place.



The results of the 'Most Awaited Movies of 2014' were compiled based on votes
from 138 countries - countries which constitute about 99% of revenue towards
Bollywood releases. Facebook users were also allowed to vote thereby increasing
the total number of votes polled and creating a larger sample size across
geographies. The results drew up some rather obvious and rather interesting
surprises. Read on to find out all about the Most Awaited Movies of 2014.

Rank	Overall	India	USA	UK	UAE
1	P.K.	P.K.	P.K.	P.K.	P.K.
2	Happy New Year	Bang Bang	Bang Bang	Kick	Happy New Year
3	Bang Bang	Happy New Year	Bombay Velvet	Happy New Year	Bang Bang
4	Kick	Jai Ho	Kick	Jai Ho	Bombay Velvet
5	Jai Ho	Bombay Velvet	Happy New Year	Singham 2	Kick
6	Bombay Velvet	Shuddhi	Jai Ho	Bang Bang	Jai Ho
7	Shuddhi	Kick	Shuddhi	Gunday	Shuddhi
8	Singham 2	Singham 2	Singham 2	Shuddhi	Welcome Back
9	Jagga Jasoos	Gunday	Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Action Jackson	Gunday
10	Gunday	Jagga Jasoos	Jagga Jasoos	Jagga Jasoos	Jagga Jasoos

What to watch for in 2014



Aamir Khan



Shah Rukh Khan



Hrithik Roshan



Salman Khan



Ranbir Kapoor



Anushka Sharma



Star Quotient:



Much like the previous two years, Aamir Khan tops the list of celebrities whose
films are eagerly awaited. While 2 years back it was Talaash, last year
it was Dhoom 3 and this year yet again Aamir tops the charts with his
eagerly anticipated film P.K.



Last year SRK who featured at number 4 on the list has got a big boost (thanks
to the super success of Chennai Express) to claim the second spot with
his film Happy New Year.



A new entrant to the top three is Hrithik Roshan, who claims the third spot
with his film Bang Bang. Surprisingly, Hrithik also has a second film
voted in the Top 10, Shuddhi, which will be produced under the banner of
Dharma Productions.



Salman claims the next two slots in the Top 5 Most Awaited Films of 2014, with Jai
Ho and Kick.



Ranbir Kapoor, who had two releases last year, namely Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani and Besharam, faced extreme reactions from the audiences,
with one film becoming a hit while the other performing quite badly.
Interestingly, the Kapoor lad features twice in the Top 10 list of actors with Bombay
Velvet and Jagga Jasoos.



Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor too are climbing up the ladder with Gunday
that is produced by Yash Raj Films.



2013 was Deepika Padukone's year, 2014 surprisingly has just one of her films, Happy
New Year in the Top 10 list.



Katrina Kaif, on the other hand, has two films namely Bang Bang and Jagga
Jasoos in top 10.



However, it is Anushka Sharma to watch out for, who has two big films, P.K. and
Bombay Velvet in the top 10 list.



Above all, the young Alia Bhatt seems to be climbing up the ladder rather
quickly with her next film Highway already making it to top 10.



Other Trends:



Deepika Padukone who had a stunning 2013 becoming the only actress to reach the
Rs. 600 crore mark has dropped to number five with her small budget film Finding
Fanny Fernandes coming in at the bottom of the list with the least number
of votes.



Akshay Kumar who is one of the biggest superstars seems to be going through a
bit of lull with not a single film of his in top 10.



With films like Bang Bang, Jai Ho, Kick, Singham 2 and Gunday
toping the list, action films surely seem to be the flavour of this year.



Production Houses:



Among the production houses, Fox Star Studios India leads the list with two
films, Bang Bang and Bombay Velvet making it to the Top 10 list.



Others like UTV, Yash Raj Films, Reliance, Balaji, Dharma, Red Chillies, Eros
have one film each. The newly launched production house Picture Shuru
Productions comes in at tenth place with the Ranbir - Katrina starrer Jagga
Jasoos.



Surprisingly, biggies like Viacom 18 and Excel Entertainment don't have a
single film of theirs featured in the Top 10.



Market Trends:



The Top 10 Movies remain almost the same across major markets like India, U.S.A
and U.K., however, the order of the ranking shows some slight changes. As
expected the Khans rule the roost in the UK with the Top 3 slots being taken by
Aamir's P.K, Salman's Kick and Shah Rukh's Happy New Year.
Interestingly, in the Top 5, Salman has two films while Ajay Devgn's Singham
2 comes in at the fifth place.



Ranbir Kapoor's Bombay Velvet seems to have dropped out of top 10 in the
UK coming in at number 14 on the list, while Prabhu Dheva's Action Jackson
starring Ajay Devgn and Sonakshi Sinha makes an entry at number 9.



Hrithik Roshan seems to be the flavor of the year post the massive success of Krrish
3, with two of his films Bang Bang, and Shuddhi again making
it to the top 10 list. However, the new entrant to the list is the John Abraham
starrer Welcome Back which is a sequel to Welcome.

Sonam Kapoor Spotted Celebrating New Year In A Bikini!

While most of the stars opted to celebrate New Year eve with their alleged partners outside the country, actress Sonam Kapoor chose to welcome 2014 in India only. The beautiful actress who had made her debut oppositeRanbir Kapoor, was on a beach vacation was in Goa.

The fashionista who is current relationship status is ‘single’ was on a holiday with her friends. Also accompanying her was producer sister, Rhea Kapoor and her boyfriend, Karan Boolani.  Here are a few pictures of what fun did the diva have during her beach vacation.

The actress who is usually seen in ‘covered’ dresses, posed in a blue bikini blue top in the pool. And going by the pictures, we can say that Sonam looks delightfully sexy. Yes Imran and Ranbir were absolutely wrong in denying that Sonam is sexy on the third season of ‘Koffee With Karan’.

In this second picture, the talented actress is seen flashing the cute smile that won her the lead role in the ‘Khoobsurat’ remake.  She was currently shooting in Jaipur for the movie and this Goa trip was a small and well deserved break for the girl.

And this, the girl in two-piece bikini is not Sonam but her sister, Rhea. Kissing her is her boyfriend Karan Boolani. Cute no?

She also tweeted: Goa holiday! Love in the air! @perniaq @cortomoltedo instagram.com/p/iqnL74whcm/

Sonam took this picture with group of her beautiful friends.

As per reports, father Anil Kanpoor had planned her comfortable in a five-star resort. Sonam, for whom 2013 was a success as her ‘Ranjhnaa’ and ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ were hits, had been shooting in Rajasthan for the ‘Khoobsurat’ remake. She will be seen reprising Rekha’s character, which is quite opposite to her fashionista image .

Salman Khan All Set To Produce Movies For Charity!

To mention that Salman Khan is just a Bollywood superstar would surely be an understatement. He is not just a superstar but a full-time philanthropist too, the whole nation is fully aware of that today. His ‘Being Human’, a non-profitable charitable organization has been popular among the classes and masses equally and the People’s Man has truly made charity look ‘cool’ in the country. Not only does he support newcomers in Bollywood, the numero uno actor has supported many general lives too.

And in the recent years when his stardom rose to a newer height, the Dabangg dude has raised his charitable deeds too. More than any controversial news, the star has always been in the media’s eyes for his charity.

While it was recently reported that he has cut the promotional budget of his latest movie, ‘Jai Ho’, which was a huge amount of Rs. 10 crores, the latest news is that he is going to produce a whole movie for charity.

As per reports, Salman, who is all set to start his Salman Khan Film Compay with the remake of ‘Hero’, will open another film production company too. Titled ‘Being Filmy’, all the movies will be produced all by himself and no partners. Although nothing has been publically declared about the movie yet, the only information that has come out is that all the profit coming from the movie would go to charity.  Salman will only be keeping the money to cover the cost of making the movie and the entertainment tax that he will have to pay to the government.

Whether Salman would be acting in the movie is still a mystery but it has been confirmed that the movie will be released by the end of the year.

Bipasha Basu All Set To Marry!

While Bollywood’s handsome hunk John Abraham married his girlfriend Priya Runchal on New Year’s eve, his ex-flame Bipasha Basu has adjudicated her marriage too. Yes, the hottie has decided to settle with her steady date Harman Baweja now.

You make think that the decision was taken after seeing John settled in life but there is no such thing. A source close to the couple revealed that marriage was on the cards since very long, long before John announced his marriage on Twitter. However, the couple has decided to make the news official only after Harman returns to the silver screen with ‘Dhiskiyaon’. ‘Dhiskiyaon’, his next movie, has been produced by Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra and is all set to hit the screens this August.

As per insiders, the two is really serious about this relationship and wants to tie the knot soon. In all the public appearances that they have made, they have been spotted comfortable in each other’s arms.

They were first spotted at Jackky Bhagnani’s birthday bash in December, 2012 and had been open about their relationship since then. However, they never spoke in media about the same.

Harman was also spotted spending some quality time with Bipasha on the sets of her next movie, the Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Humshakals’. He had flown to London to accompany his lady love. After that, they were having their ‘moments’ in Bipasha’s birthday. The ‘Raaz’ actress celebrated her 35th birthday at her Khar pad with her close friends that included R Madhavan,  Rocky S, Sophie Chaudhary and others. 

Emraan’s Son Diagnosed With Cancer! Emraan’s Son Diagnosed With Cancer!

Breaking the saddening news, a disturbed Mahesh Bhatt confronted the
reporters that he had got a call Emraan around midnight this Monday.
Emraan had called him from Hinduja Hospital and was completely shattered
to speak of his child’s ailment. He was frail and broken, fumbling
while speaking.


Later, Mr. Bhatt went to Emraan’s place and asked the troubled mother
and father to get hold of them. He told them that he has a firm believe
that the tough phase will pass soon. With mutual consent of doctors,
they have decided to get immediate surgical interventions for Ayaan,
after which the strategy for future treatment will be decided and that
would probably mean chemotherapy.


A sad but strong Emraan has decided and prepared himself to stride
through this tide and not get any of his producers in loss. He will be
completing all his professional commitments and will be doing them with
utter dedication too. His next movie, ‘Mr. X’, which was to be shot in
South Africa will now be shot in Mumbai, allowing him to stay close to
his dear son.


We sincerely pray for our favourite star to glide through this
extremely tough phase and stand victorious. May God shower his blessings
on Ayaan!