On Alia Bhatt`s Wishlist, a Film With This Director

ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
ACTIVE TIMES
Wednesday 9 March 2016
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Sonam unveils
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he first poster of Swara Bhaskar-starrer “Nil
Battey Sannata” was unveiled on Tuesday
online by her good friend Sonam Kapoor. “Nil
Battey Sannata” marks the debut of “Bhoothnath
Returns” director Nitesh Tiwari’s wife Ashwini
Iyer Tiwari and is said to be about the relationship
between a mother and her daughter. Swara had
received best actress award at a film festival for her
role in the movie. The poster sees Swara (playing
the role of the mother) and her teenage daughter
jumping in happiness. “On woman’s day, I have the
privilege of launching my behen @ReallySwara
poster!,” Sonam posted on Twitter. The “Neerja” star
and Swara have worked together in Aanand L Rai’s
“Raanjhanaa” and superstar Salman Khan-starrer
“Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”. Produced by Aanand and
Ajay Rai, “Nil Battey Sannata” will also be released
simultaneously in Tamil. The movie is slated to
release on April 22.
A
apoor
ctor Anil Kapoor feels someone should cast
his daughter Sonam and his Dil Dhadakne
Do co-star Ranveer Singh together as they
can do “something special” as an onscreen
couple. “I would want that Ranveer and Sonam
work together. I feel they can really do something
special because they know each other since many
years. I think someone should cast them together,”
said Anil Kapoor. Ranveer’s mother is also related
to Mr Kapoor’s wife Sunita, because of which the
families know each other well. Anil Kapoor is
currently busy shooting for the second season of
24. Meanwhile, Ranveer has his hands full with
Aditya Chopra’s Befikre and Sonam is basking in
the success of Neerja.
On Alia Bhatt’s Wishlist,
a Film With This Director
A
ctress Alia Bhatt said that she
is keen to work with veteran
director Mani Ratnam. “My
dad (Mahesh Bhatt) keeps
pushing me to watch regional films.
He had said that I should definitely do
Bengali films. I’ve always wanted to
work with Mani Ratnam, so maybe I’ll
go down south and work with Mani sir,”
Alia said when asked if she intended to
try her hand at regional cinema. Earlier
media reports mentioned that Mani
Ratnam’s Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani
was to have Alia in the lead opposite
Dulquer Salman.
Also another report claimed that Mr
Ratnam wanted Alia and Varun Dhawan
for the same film in Hindi, but when
things didn’t work out, he made it in
Tamil with Dulquer and Nithya Menen.
The Hindi remake of the film titled Ok
Jaanu will now be produced by Karan
Johar and will star Shraddha Kapoor and
Aditya Roy Kapur.
Alia and her Kapoor and Sons co-star
Fawad Khan were in the city to unveil a
Filmfare magazine cover, featuring
Alia seated on a sofa in a
long-flowing gown with
an interesting hairstyle,
while Fawad is seated
on the top of the
sofa.
Katrina Kaif Hunts For A New House
With Salman Khan’s Manager In Town
Ranbir
Kapoor
and Katrina Kaif’s
alleged
break-up
has been the talk of
tinseltown for the
last few months. The
actor was the first
to move out of their
sea-facing
Silver
Sands
apartments,
and reportedly shift to a new bachelor pad close to his
parents’ Krishna Raj bungalow. Kat, on the other hand,
had been alternating between their love nest and her old
house on Waterfield Road. Now we hear that the actress
has decided let go of the former and is keen to move
into another highrise. Says a
source, “On Sunday afternoon,
Katrina was seen with Reshma
Shetty, business manager of ex
beau Salman Khan, hunting for a
flat to rent out. She checked out a
few buildings in and around Bandra,
but didn’t like any.” A source close to
Katrina, who remained unavailable for
comment, confirms the buzz, saying: “Yes, Katrina is
looking for a new place to stay, but hasn’t zeroed in on
anything at the moment. She recently returned from the
Bangkok schedule of her next, Baar Baar Dekho, and will
soon be flying out to Morocco for Jagga Jasoos. So, she is
keen to finalise a house before zooming off.”
Jabra Fan Shah
Rukh Meets Sultan
Salman Khan
A
ctor Salman Khan recently announced to
the Twitter world that he is a Shah Rukh
Khan fan, soon after the trailer SRK’s Fan
had released. And now, ‘Jabra Fan Shah
Rukh’ dropped in on the sets of Salman’s Sultan to
meet the ‘Haryana ka sher’. Here’s a pic, shared by
the official Twitter handle of Fan, which shows Shah
Rukh greeting Salman, who is dressed casually with a
Harmonium hanging from his neck. Karan Arjun costars Shah Rukh and Salman may be headed towards a
box office battle as Salman’s Sultan and Shah Rukh’s
Raaes are both scheduled for Eid 2016 release. Neither
of the film’s producers Yash Raj Films nor Excel Films
(Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar), respectively,
have announced another release date. SRK will have
two turns this year at the big screen with Maneesh
Sharma-directed Fan up for release on April 15, and
Raees, directed by Rahul Dholakia. But, so far Salman
has announced only one release this year - Sultan.
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