Mahesh Bhatt to make a movie on Benazir Bhutto

It's been barely a week that Pakistan lost it's most charismatic leader, Benazir Bhutto, and a film company is already working towards making a movie on her life!

Mahesh Bhatt has always encouraged Pakistani talent and now, he has been approached by the Pakistani film company Skies Unlimited to collaborate for a movie.

It may sound too short of a time but, the script is already in the making which is begin penned down by renowned poet, Aqeel Ruby.

Bhutto's assassination sent shock waves across the globe and Skies Unlimited thinks that it's time to dedicate a movie to someone, who put her life at risk so that Pakistan could see a better future.

Casting for Bhutto is on and the movie will go on floors very soon. Bhatt's Vishesh Films will be handling the co-production from India.

Stay tuned in!

Tashan

Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Release Date: April 2008

Vijay Krishna Acharya (popularly known as Victor) who has written the scripts of the Dhoom series makes his directorial debut with this film. Yash Raj banner continues to surprise us going out of their mushy romance genre to come up with an out-an-out action thriller. The film gets together the lethal Main Khiladi Tu Anari combination of Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after a decade. Anil Kapoor returns to the Yash Raj banner after 15 years and dons a negative character for the film. Kareena is set to play a very glamorous role in this one.

Jodhaa Akbar

Trivia:
# Grand sets resembling palaces from the Mughal era have been constructed on the outskirts of Mumbai in Karjat by art director Nitin Desai for the film.
# To construct the Sheesh Mahal (palace of mirrors), Nitin Desai used 2212221 pieces of glasses! The last film to showcase a Sheesh Mahal was K.Asif's Mughal-e-Azam.
# The release date of the film was postponed from Oct 12, 2007 to January 25, 2008 and then to Feb 15, 2008 as the film required a lot of post-production work.

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Heros

Director: Sameer Karnik
Producer: Bharat Shah
Cast: Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Mithun Chakroborty, Sohail Khan, Amrita Arora, Dino Morea, Vatsal Sheth
Release Date: May 1, 2008

The film revolves around a group of students who study film-making together. They have been sent away to film a documentary, and so they go on a road trip from Delhi to Chandigarh and then Manali to Ladhakh. The students are trying to figure out the meaning behind the logo on every passing truck, which says, Mera Bharat Mahaan. Director Sameer Karnik is quite focused on his job as shooting for the movie has already begun which will release in the coming summer.

Trivia:
# The film was earlier titled Mera Bharat Mahaan, which was subsequently changed to Heroes, as the former sounded to be too patriotic.
# Heroes is reportedly a remake of the Oscar winning Argentinean film, The Motorcycles Diaries.
# While shooting in Ladakh, the cast and crew of the film encountered major problems as the area of devoid of any toilets!

~~Heaven on Earth~~

~~Heaven on Earth~~ Director: Deepa Mehta
Producer: David Hamilton, Ravi Chopra
Cast: Preity Zinta

The actress with the cutest dimples in Bollywood, Preity Zinta has been eagerly awaiting her opportunity to work with an acclaimed director of the likes of Deepa Mehta, and Heaven on Earth provided her the chance that she was looking for. Preity is set to play a battered Punjabi housewife in this Punjabi film and is also apparently doing a workshop to come to grips with the character's body language and milieu. Heaven on Earth is about a Punjabi woman who hails form the North who goes through the rigors of domestic violence.

Trivia:
# Jagmohan Mundhra's Provoked (2007) starring Aishwarya Rai also had a very similar plotline of a Punjabi housewife being a victim of domestic violence in London.
# With films like Heaven on Earth, Har Pall and The Last Lear, Preity Zinta is apparently trying to establish herself as an actress of substance in the offbeat non-commercial genre.

Goalmal returns

Director: Rohit Shetty
Producer: Asthavinayak Cinevision
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora

Golmaal in 2006 was such a huge roaring success that there is now a sequel coming up to it titled Golmaal Returns . The trio of Ajay Devgan-Arshad Warsi-Tusshar Kapoor has been retained from the original comic caper. Sharman Joshi has been replaced by Shreyas Talpade. Kareena Kapoor is the new addition along with good friend Amrita Arora. Expect a lot more fun unlimited!

~~God Tussi Great Ho~~

Director: Rumi Jaffrey
Producer: Afzal Khan
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra
Release Date: March 21, 2008

God Tussi Great Ho marks the directorial debut of popular writer Rumi Jaffrey who has scripted several David Dhawan films. Assuming that some of David's humour rubs off on Rumi as well, this film promises to be a laugh riot. Rumi attends to send out a universal message that has to do with humanity and the human nature of beings. Amitabh is set to don the role of Salman's godfather in the movie while Priyanka will be playing a scribe i.e. a journalist.

Trivia:
# The film is reportedly a remake of the Hollywood hit, Bruce Almighty, where Amitabh plays Morgan Freeman's character of God while Salman plays the role of Jim Carrey from the original.
# The film was delayed considerably due to Salman 's jail episodes intermittently.

Ghajini Remake

Director: A. R. Murugadoss
Producer: Allu Arvind, Madhu Varma
Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Mohit Alawat

Aamir Khan is all ready to remake the South hit film, Ghajini. He has also managed to rope in Asin who was the lead actress from the original movie. It is a story about a man who suffers from short term memory loss and wants revenge and retribution for the death of his lover. Knowing the meticulous Aamir, we are sure the film will be detailed in all departments!

Trivia:
# R.Murugadoss also directed the original Tamil film.
# There were rumours in the media that Jiah Khan is Aamir's step-sister. But Aamir silenced them all by casting her opposite him in Ghajini remake.
# Aamir constantly updates information about this film through his blog.
# Aamir is going bald for this movie!

Fashion

Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Banner: UTV
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse, Arjun Bajwa

Continuing in his lineup of female-centric realistic films like Chandni Bar, Satta, Page 3 and Corporate, Fashion will be the next output from Madhur Bhandarkar. This time Madhur will showcase his take on the world of glamour with his trademark reap and ripping hand-hitting stamp.

Priyanka Chopra plays the central character and the film will unfold from her perspective. Her character will be followed by Kangna Ranaut's, whose role is based on the real-life personality of model Geetanjali Nagpal, who made headlines for her riches-to-rags story. One of the sub-plots in the film is also supposedly based on the real life love triangle that took place between two gay fashion designers over a male model. Fashion will also feature the infamous Carol Gracias wardrobe malfunction episode to be enacted by model Mugdha Godse.

Trivia:
# The film based on some real life personalities from fashion world is sure to raise a few eyebrows.
# Priyanka Chopra and Madhur Bhandarkar have been attending a few fashion shows off lately to get into the character and add authenticity to the film.
# Madhur Bhandarkar is finding it difficult to finalize actors for the role of the gay designers since actors don't seem to be interested in playing homosexuals!
# Madhur was keen to sign Carol Gracias to play herself in the wardrobe malfunction episode but later decided against it since he felt it would look too real for the film.
# Kangana Ranaut will be chopping off her tresses for her character of Geetanjali Nagpal.

~~Dulha Mil Gaya~~

Director: Mudassar Aziz
Producer: Vivek Vaswani
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan, Mohit Chaddha and Tara Sharma
Release Date: March 21, 2008

Supposedly a romantic comedy, producer Vivek Vaswani has also penned in the story of this film and has managed to get his good friend Shah Rukh Khan to do a cameo in the film. SRK plays the role of a rich Trinidadian businessman. It also marks the debut of writer Mudassar Aziz as a director.

Trivia:
# Initially there were rumours that West Indies batsmen Brain Lara will be doing a cameo in the film. The rumours originated since the film is shot in Trinidad and Tobago in West Indies.

Drona

Director: Goldie Behl
Cast: Abhshek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Jaya Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan plays a guy with supernatural powers while Priyanka Chopra will be playing his bodyguard in Drona which is purported to be Goldie Behl's answer to Hrithik Roshan's Krrish in terms of the special effects that it promises. Kay Kay Menon plays the villain in the film and Abhisehk has apparently learnt horse riding and sword fighting for his warrior like role.

Trivia:
# The shooting of the film came to a standstill for a long time intermittently when the local community in Rajasthan was offended over the death of a horse during the shooting of this film.
# Reportedly Aishwarya Rai was approached for a ca

Dilli 6

Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Banner: UTV
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Atul Kulakarni, Divya Dutta, Om Puri

After the roaring success story of Rang De Basanti, director Rakeysh Mehra's next film Dilli 6 is said to be about his days that he spent as part of his growing up years in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area. And the title Dilli 6 is apparently the postal pin code for his hometown. After repeated changes in the cast, Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor are now finalized for the film.

Trivia:
# Initially Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Siddharth and Ranbir Kapoor were considered for the male lead of the film. Also, Abhishek Bachchan who was considered and re-considered for the role, was finalized at last.
# Though the film is based in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area, it's being shot in a place called Sambhar in Rajasthan where a set resembling Chandni Chowk has been constructed. This is to avoid the public hysteria while shooting in the crowded by-lanes of Delhi.
# To film a scene of the film showing the morning festivities of Eid at Chandni Chowk, the film's crew actually shot at Chandni Chowk last Eid to capture the real essence of the celebrations.

~~Bhootnath~~

Director: Vivek Sharma
Banner: B R Films
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla
Release Date: April 2008

Big B is set to play the role of a person who after his death enters the lives of a household wherein the members of the family cannot see him. Shah Rukh and Juhi play the young couple who come to live in that particular household along with their son Banku who happens to be the grandson of the ghost.

Trivia:
# After almost 2 decades, an outside director will be directing a movie for the banner of B R Films.
# Bhootnath seems like a role-reversal of Paheli. Shah Rukh was a ghost in Paheli while Amitabh was human. Also Amitabh had a special appearance in Paheli while SRK has a cameo in Bhootnath. Both the films have a rural setting.

Bollywood Bonanza in 2008!

2007 comes to an end and its time to look forward to 2008.

Like every year, 2008 too, will come up with its wide range of films in the world of Bollywood. From around over 200 films that are under making currently, what should one look forward to?

Bollywood Buzz makes your search easier by listing some films to look forward to in 2008.

~~Aladin and the Mystery of the Lamp~~
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Banner: Eros International
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Juhi Chawla, Sameera Reddy

The film has unique roles for all the big names in the film industry with Amitabh Bachchan to essay the role of Genius, the genie and Ritesh Deshmukh set to play Aladin. And in all probability, Sanjay Dutt will mostly be playing the role of a villain. Apart from Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy , the movie will also witness the debut of the Sri Lankan beauty queen, Jacqueline Fernandez. This fairy tale story will be given a modern treatment with loads of special effects. Director Sujoy Ghosh must be looking forward to repeating the success story of his earlier film, Jhankaar Beats.