Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Emerging Winner

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara had a good jump on Saturday as it grossed around 9 crore nett on Saturday. This takes the two day business to around 16.50 crore nett.

The film is being totally driven by multiplex business all over. Multiplexes outside metros that were not so great on Friday showed good jumps on Saturday. The metro multiplexes were phenomenal and Sunday looks set for a repeat at metro multiplexes as many shows are full in advance.

The film is a non performer at single screens as collections stayed the same on Saturday as on Friday. The film should emerge a winner on the strength of all India multiplex business.

Have a yummy Jalebi from Mallika Sherawat

The crew of “Double Dhamaal” had quite a treat on the sets and not just with actress Mallika Sherawat grooving sensuously to the song “Jalebi bai”, but also with piping hot jalebis.

Director Indra Kumar used to order as much as 25 kg of jalebis (Indian sweet) daily for the entire unit to feast on. In fact, on the last day of the song’s shoot, all the unit members including choreographer Ganesh Acharya and diet conscious Mallika had a party of sorts with hot jalebis.

“The item song was shot at Mehboob Studio, and the mood was so festive and celebratory that we decided to have sweets everyday in honour of the song! We ordered around 25 kilos of sweets for the entire unit and since sweets are always associated with celebrations, the entire mood of the crew used to be very upbeat,” said Kumar.

Mallika is already being talked about for her sizzling dance in the song “Shalu ke thumke” from the yet to be released “Bin Bulaye Baraati”, but Kumar says “Jalebi bai” is a step ahead.

“The song promos will be up by this weekend, and we are sure it will be a huge talking point! Mallika has outdone herself as Jalebi bai,” he added.

“Double Dhamaal”, a co-production by Reliance Pictures and Maruti International, will release June 24. The world premiere of the movie will take place on the same date at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend, to be held in Toronto.

Kangna’s kissing woes

The makers of Double Dhamaal have bought the rights of Tridev’s (1989) hit ‘Oye oye...’ to be featured in the movie. During the shoot of that song, actor Kangna Ranaut was supposed to get close to her co-star Riteish Deshmukh. But she faced constant problems cozying up with him, thanks to his African-retro disguise. Ritiesh wears a large wig as part of his costume, due to which Kangna had problems kissing on his cheek.

After several retakes, they finally managed to shoot it with different dance moves choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. “Despite combing it down, Riteish’s wig kept troubling us. Nothing helped but finally, thanks to Ganesh, we managed to shoot around the wig,” says a source from the film’s unit.

Produced by Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria in association with Reliance Entertainment, Double Dhamaal releases on 24th June.

Emraan upset despite Murder 2 being a hit

It is a 'kabhi khushi kabhi gham' situation for Emraan Hashmi. Despite Murder 2 turning out to be his biggest film ever in terms of opening weekend collections, he is barely managing to celebrate with his friends and members of Bollywood fraternity. Reason being that over the weekend, he was summoned by the makers of The Dirty Picture to report in Hyderabad for the film's shooting schedule.
“Emraan is feeling really irritated about the state of affairs”, informs a friend of the actor, “He wanted to stay back in Mumbai and closely monitor how the film was progressing. In fact till Friday night he was also sneaking into single screens as well as multiplexes to check out audience reactions. By the time details started pouring in around Friday's collections, it was crystal clear that Murder 2 was a hit. However Emraan could hardly rejoice as he had a flight to catch to Hyderabad on Saturday afternoon.”

Priyanka Srivastava, Sonali Joshi and Vivek Kar

Spoofs seem to be the latest fad in Bollywood. Close on the heels of Salman Khan's hit song Character Dheela from Ready and Aamir's not such-a-hit I Hate You Like I Love You from Delhi Belly (both take-offs on old-time Bollywood), rumour has it that industry's current favourite Priyanka Chopra is all set to take on this generation's cult item girls Sheila and Munni, in a new item song.

The industry is abuzz with the speculation that Piggy Chops' first ever item number in the forthcoming film Tezz will be a spoof on the hit item numbers Munni Badnam Hui and Sheila Ki Jawani. The actress, who has never performed an item song per se, has reportedly agreed to give dates for song in question.

Though known for her inimitable sex appeal, and never one to shy away from 'bold' sequences where scripts called for it, Priyanka had categorically refused to ever do an item number in an interview. But the 28-year-old has apparently had a change of heart-perhaps considering how Munni and Sheila became overnight rages nationwide.

Secondly, Priyanka is not oblivious to the fact that the popularity of rivals Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone took a giant leap post their item forays in Tees Maar Khan and Dum Maaro Dum respectively.

Sources claim that Priyanka's item debut is intended as a funny take on Munni and Sheila. Tezz is being directed by Bollywood's favourite funny man Priyadarshan, and will star Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn and Kangna Ranaut.

However, going against Priyadarshan's staple comedies of error (Malamaal Weekly, Hera Pheri), Tezz will be an action thriller , and has been shot extensively in Europe. Priyanka's number has apparently been composed by the music-director duo Sajid- Wajid. So will Priyanka be the new item queen? Wait and watch!

Bollywood Gupshup - The Tidbits

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Post the success of 'Double Dhamaal', Sanjay Dutt's age old 'Chatur Singh Two Star' has finally been revived. Started in 2008, the film was in cans for long but would now be releasing on 19th August.

With Emraan's 'Murder 2' taking a huge start, it is now yet another addition to his successful outings with director Mohit Suri that have ranged from 'Zeher', 'Kalyug', 'Awarapan' and 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues'.

Bollywood is praying that three high profile clashes in second half of the year - namely 'Agent Vinod' v/s 'Ladies v/s Ricky Behl', 'Don 2' v/s 'Agent Vinod' and 'Force v/s Azaan' are averted. No one wants a repeat of 'Game v/s F.A.L.T.U.' or 'Delhi Belly' v/s 'Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap'.

Kareena in 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2'!

Yeah, that's the hot buzz that our birdies got to know....!

They heard that our B-town's hot, talented beauty Kareena Kapoor has been roped in for the sequel of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'. The actress is said to share the screen space with Akshay Kumar who plays the protagonist in the second version of the blockbuster movie.

Earlier speculations were rife that Sonakshi Sinha is being considered to play opposite Akshay. Then top names like Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra were also thrown about.

However now with Kareena, seems like OUATIM 2 will have a fresh and exciting identity. Bebo will probably play Mandakini, Dawood (Akshay)'s love interest in the sequel.

Kareena and Akshay have already worked together in movies like 'Aitraaz', 'Bewafaa' 'Kambakkht Ishq' as a pair besides few others. In OUATIM 2, let's see how their chemistry works against the backdrop of underworld.