After Akshay Kumar, Ranbir Kapoor could be Katrina Kaif’s next hit partner.

The actress, who is already starring in Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani and Rajniti opposite Ranbir, is on the verge of signing yet another film opposite him. This film will be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and will be a serious one unlike his Ajab Prem ...

While the actress plays a smooth operator and an articulate orator in Prakash Jha’s Rajniti, she plays a hysterical character in Ajab Prem ...

Playing dumb didn’t come easily to Katrina. Talking about her role in Ajab Prem ... , Katrina said, “Throughout the film, I’m this clueless Catholic girl from Bandra. Very self-important, dramatic and hysterical. Her problems are very serious to her but very funny to onlookers.”

Being a woman in-charge and always in control of her emotions, Katrina had a tough time letting go. “Raj Santoshi had to show me how to do the broad comedy from Andaz Apna Apna, which Salman and Aamir had done earlier. He would actually show me how to gesticulate and roll my eyes. Once I got the hang of it, I was fine,” added Katrina.

However, it was a cakewalk for co-star Ranbir, who plays a satirical synthesis of Raj Kapoor’s Awara and Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights in the same film.

Commenting on her co-star, Katrina said, “Since he’s a natural inheritor of the Chaplin and Raj Kapoor school of acting, Ranbir was spot-on. He plays a bumbling do-gooder very much like Chaplin and Raj Kapoor. It was fun watching him do the goofy, clumsy scenes so smoothly.”

Whether their serious roles will be as much of a cakewalk however, will only be seen when their third film together rolls.

Rumour has it that Fardeen Khan and his sister Laila’s boyfriend Farhan Furniturewala do not get along.
Late Saturday night, both men nearly came to blows at a nightclub in Andheri East. Fardeen, Laila, Farhan, Farah Ali Khan and her husband DJ Aqeel were together when the fight happened.

An eyewitness said, “It all started with a heated discussion, which soon became an ugly argument. A point came when they both got physical. Onlookers were extremely shocked at their behaviour.”

Meanwhile, DJ Aqeel had a witty take on the incident. He said, “Fardeen and Farhan were talking about WWF wrestlers. Later, they got into an argument and started acting as if they were fighting like those wrestlers.” Farah too said the same thing.

While Farhan admitted he had a problem with Fardeen, he denied that the two nearly came to blows. “Fardeen and I had an argument. It’s something personal. Let’s not blow it out of proportion,” he said.

When asked if Fardeen was against Laila’s relationship with him, Farhan said, “I have been dating Laila for a long time now. So, Fardeen is obviously okay with it. Laila and Fardeen did not reply to repeated calls and text messages.

Manoj Bajpai may be the next actor to patch up with his mentor Ram Gopal Varma.
News has it that after Vivek Oberoi, a bharat milap may happen with RGV and Manoj. Manoj who is currently busy with other film assignments also has one more hidden talent. He is a great cook. When his wife Neha (Shabana in real life) had a bout of flu sometime ago, Manoj was pampering her with his cooking. The actor says, “I love pampering my wife. It gives me immense pleasure doing chores around the house, and even looking after the kitchen when she is unable to.”

How has Team India’s swashbuckling opening batsman (and vice-captain) Virender Sehwag begun his convalescing period at home while Messrs Dhoni

& Co take on the West Indies in the Caribbean islands?

Rather well, it would seem, if reports of how Sehwag is recovering from his IPL shoulder injury are anything to go by.
Late on Friday night, it seems, Sehwag went to meet Aamir Khan at the shooting of Raju Hirani’s 3 Idiots in Noida. A huge crowd had gathered outside a Noida hospital while the crew was shooting, but Sehwag reportedly beat all that to spend some time with the actor in his vanity van. 3 Idiots also stars Kareena Kapoor, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi.
Kareena, unfortunately, wasn’t around the sets when Sehwag called. But no matter, in Aamir, the cricketer found a kindred soul. Aamir is fond of cricket and is known to wield the willow pretty wristily himself. Remember how, as the villager Bhuvan, he had cinema audiences lustily cheering as if at a World Cup final for his cricketing character in the film Lagaan?

Yesterday’s freak is today’s rock star. But Abhay Deol, 33, whose last films Dev. D and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! made a place for him in

Bollywood’s history, still lives out of a suitcase.

He’s just back from New York, where he escapes to whenever he feels claustrophobic constantly being in the eye of the media and Bollywood, and where he seeks emotional sustenance from his family. “In America, I get recognised mostly by the people from the sub-continent,’’ he says. “There are days on end when no one even looks at me, and then all of a sudden, some guy recognises me. That comes as a welcome surprise. There are no intrusions on my privacy, though.’’

He admits that the only reason he comes to Mumbai is to solicit work. His earlier outings in the movies — Socha Na Tha, Ahista Ahista, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local and Manorama Six Feet Under — are DVD cult classics, but came a cropper at the box office. If Abhay is amused that perceptions have changed overnight, he’s not bragging about it. “Even when my films were flopping, my price was going up,’’ smiles the actor displaying enviable dimples (a corny aside is that his pet name is Dimpy). Dev Benegal’s Road Movie is his only assignment currently. He has also green lighted Anil Kapoor’s Ayesha with the lovely Sonam. “I’m also in talks for two more films,’’ says Abhay. And he is in the process of setting up his production house.

The man who is responsible for the contemporary take on Sarath Chandra’s Devdas, and is still winning accolades for it, wants only to make different cinema. “Dev. D shocked many,’’ smiles Abhay again. “One of my aunts prayed fervently that the censors wouldn’t pass it because she found the film too abrasive and shocking.’’ He himself thinks Anurag Kashyap is a genius. “I loved his adaptation of Devdas. I agreed to the screen intimacy because I knew I was in a safe pair of hands. But in real life, I’m super-shy.’’

His sole intention now is to keep pushing the envelope as far as Hindi films go. “Song and dance in a film is an aberration for me,’’ he says. “Cinema has to be more real. When I talk of pushing the envelope, I don’t mean that cinema should be more violent or sexually explicit. What I mean is that we must raise the bar and tackle slice-of-life subjects and characters.’’ He is okay, not ecstatic, being a Bollywood product, but to him, “Bollywood is still a genre. It is unfair to call all Hindi films as Bollywood. Hindi cinema goes far beyond what it typically is classified as Bollywood.’’

If there’s one thing he abhors about his current ‘hot’ status —it is constantly being under media surveillance. “Tabloid journalism is at its peak in India,’’ regrets the actor. “The press is very intrusive. It doesn’t feel the need to crosscheck anything with an actor before speculating.” He feels whether it is his love life or his price, everything is discussed in a cavalier fashion, and that is something he won’t stand for. “I guard my privacy very fiercely,’’ says Abhay. “I can’t talk about who I am dating because the women I date, guard their privacy even more than I do.’’ And, India’s rock star film actor threatens that if his New York jaunts get too much publicity, he will still fly out of the country every six months. “Only the destination will be different,’’ he says.

Slumdog-sweetheart Freida Pinto, Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor are inadvertently stepping on each other’s toes. Or so say reports. It is being said that a big brand that has Ash representing them overseas and Sonam in the Indian market, is also signing Freida Pinto as another of their international models. If this is true, then Freida will be walking the red carpet at all major international film festivals next year with Aishwarya for company. Freida, who has bagged films with Hollywood biggies Julian Schnabel and Woody Allen, is also expected to be on the jury of some of the biggest film festivals in 2010. Sonam on the other hand may be the face of yet another watch brand for the Indian market.

When I was in Class 4, my friend Savitri refused to share my lunch. Though we shared the same bench, she would never touch my food. This was because she was a Brahmin and I was a Muslim. Her mother had asked her to do so saying ‘we’ ate goats and buffaloes and ‘we’ were an impure lot.

I came to Mumbai for higher studies. I needed a paying guest accommodation for my internship period. But every broker I called said, “Muslim ho? Mushqil hai.” We boast of this city being cosmopolitan and India being a secular state. Yet such prejudices still exist here.

I do not know whom to blame for this but the sad part is the community in itself is responsible for this in a way. Once I was travelling to Kashmir. There was an elderly Mulla who was brainwashing some boys about jihad and Islam. No wonder the community is stereotyped. We have let the world point fingers at us.

But we all must remember, no religion teaches to kill, so it’s not the religion but the person who decides to kill or shed blood.

Kabir Khan’s “New York” looks at America after 9/11 through a Bollywood lens — and it’s less distorting than you might think. The story, which engages issues of ethnic profiling and terrorism, hinges on loyalty, love and friendship, a holy trinity of Hindi cinema.

Parts of the film play like a typical Bollywood romance. Before 9/11 a triangle forms — and is sealed in a song montage — at the leafy New York State University. Sam (John Abraham), who has been in the States since childhood, and Maya (Katrina Kaif), an American-born Indian, befriend Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), a newer arrival from Delhi. The athletic, all-American Sam wins Maya’s love. And then history intrudes.

Spoiler alert, from here on: After the terrorist attacks an innocent Sam gets in trouble with the F.B.I., which tosses him in a detention center, refuses his request for a lawyer and tortures him. (There’s a brief depiction of waterboarding.)

The ultrabuff Mr. Abraham, who has made a career of displaying his toned torso, here uses his body to show the privations that flesh is heir to. In a particularly powerful shot, a naked, shackled Sam is curled into a tiny boxlike cell that fills the movie frame.

While Mr. Khan’s depictions of American life occasionally seem silly and the plot has some crater-size holes, “New York” is continually fascinating. It benefits from the performance of Irrfan Khan, who adds layers of complexity to his character, a Muslim F.B.I. agent who recruits Omar to spy on Sam.

Indian films often deal with the problems faced by a Muslim minority. Transposed to the American context, those problems continue to resonate.

NEW YORK

Opened on Friday nationwide.

Directed by Kabir Khan; written by Sandeep Shrivastava; director of photography, Aseem Mishra; edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat; music by Pritam; production designer, Norman Dodge; produced by Aditya Chopra; released by Yash Raj Films. In Hindi, with English subtitles. Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes. This film is not rated.

WITH: John Abraham (Sam), Irrfan Khan (Roshan), Katrina Kaif (Maya) and Neil Nitin Mukesh (Omar).

The competent director-actor-singer Farhan Akhtar was in for a pleasant surprise at the sets of his movie 'Karthik Calling Karthik' when well-known Hollywood director, Ang Lee, visited the sets.

Multi-talented Farhan was shooting for the movie when Lee surprised everyone on the sets with his presence and showed interest in the project.

Farhan has always admired Ang Lee's work in Hollywood and was immensely excited to have a chat with the director.

The news is that Ang Lee stayed on sets for quite some time and chatted with Farhan about the differences in the work traditions of Hollywood and Bollywood. Both the directors shared their expectations about their upcoming projects.

Farhan being a director himself could easily relate to Lee and both enjoyed their conversation immensely.

If things were'nt heating up already, the latest twist in the Piryanka Chopra-Aishwarya Rai-IIFA tale is the new revelation my Jaya Bachchan.

Recently, Ashutosh Gowariker had raised questions over the choice of Best Actress award being given to Priyanka Chopra for 'Fashion' instead of Aishwarya Rai for 'Jodhaa Akbar' on the IIFA stage.

Jaya Bachchan has spoken out in the media that it was her opinion to raise the question of 'Why Aishwarya has not received any award?' on the IIFA stage and had prompted Ashutosh Gowariker to bring open their unhappiness.

Interestingly, Jaya Bachchan has not seen the movie 'Fashion' and hence has no clue about Priyanka's performance in the movie.

We wonder how she was able to reach the conclusion that her bahu was better in the performance tha Piggy Chops without revieweing it herself??

Or was it just a case of sasu-ma supporting bahu darling and not a critic judgement? Either way, we find this behaviour highly immature and biased.

Katrina Kaif has dismissed the reports of her split with beau of four years — Salman Khan.

The news have been abuzz that the Welcome girl and Sallu miyan had formally called it quits but the actress has vehemently denied such reports and has termed them as baseless rumours.

She has rubbished reports that Salman had thrown all her belongings from his apartment and rather said she and Salman have always lived separately.

According to reports, Katrina also said that her photograph was still hanging in Salman’s room.

Reports of a split between the couple came out after Katrina started mingling with her New York co-star John Abraham and Salman became close to German model Claudia Ceisla.

Now, let’s wait and watch until Katrina and Salman officially announce the D-Day.

Reports are coming in. Hrithik Roshan has said no to Karan Johar for doing the re-make of Agneepath. Few days back the media was bedazzled with the news that KJo was remaking the legendary movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty and Danny Denzongpa in the original. There were speculations about the casting of the movie. Hrithik was considered for essaying the role of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, which was played by Amitabh Bachchan in the 1990 movie. But now, he has declined to do the role saying that he "was a tad apprehensive about stepping into Big B's shoes.", says our source. Seems like he has been able to even convince KJo so much so, that now KJo is having second thoughts too. Adding to the apprehension, Hrithik would be busy with another film at the time Karan plans to go on the floor with the New Agneepath which is in the beginning of 2010.

After winning awards for Jodha Akbar and eagerly waiting for his Kites to come on the big screens, Hrithik is pretty choosy in everything he does. Adding to this, he is writing the screenplay of the sequel of Krrish. Also, since the time he was adjudged the look-alike of Jesus, many Hollywood film-makers are looking for a piece of him. Wow, Hrithik does seem like the Man of the Year! Isn't it?

Coming back... Who will then play Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the re-make? Guess that's simple. Of course, the son of Vijay... Junior Vijay Dinanath Chauhan aka Junior Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan has said in most of his interviews that his favorite film is Agneepath. Who would be, then, most happy to be in the film? AB Baby must be floating in the clouds now. His dream is going to be fulfilled very soon.

Would you like to see that? Can Jr. B be better than Big B or as good at least?? Thoughts, thanks and thwarts are being eagerly waited for.

The 2007 hit movie 'Partner' saw director David Dhawan cast his blue-eyed boys Salman Khan and Govinda together for the movie which stirred a laughter riot and had the audience in splits.

Now, the makers of the movie are planning up a sequel to their hit venture with the same team gearing up for the movie to hit the floors.

While Salman Khan and Govinda are all set to capture the audience once again with their comic timings, the ladies Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif who played their respective love interests will be missing from the movie.

It is beleived that the makers of the movie wanted a fresh approach to the sequel and it will not be treated as a continuation of the previous movie, but a new story all-together so that the audience get a fresh feel and hence the decision to cut out the actresses.

As much as we look forward to the sequel, this really does make us question the topic that actress Biapasha Basu brought up regarding female actresses who do not get a part in the movie sequels.

Bipasha was herself unceremoniously dropped from the sequel to the thriller movie 'Race'.

Sultry siren Priyanka Chopra has been on an award roll this year.

Piggy Chops has won the 'Best Actress in a Lead Role' award at all the leading award functions this year. Her career is at its peak with the audience and critics applauding her work in 'Fashion'.

However, Oscar nominated movie Lagaan's director Ashutosh Gowariker has other favorites.

Recently, on the IIFA stage Ashu said that he thought Aishwarya Rai deserved the Best Actress award for his film 'Jodha Akbar' more than Priyanka did for 'Fashion'. To make things worse, he added that Jaya Bachchan agreed with his sentiments.

After that, our dear Piggy Chops got really upset and was not at all pleased with the director, with whom she is currently working on the project 'What's your Rashee?'.

According to rumor mills, Ashu and Priyanka have now patched up as they are really fond of each other and there is no enmity between them.

In fact, Gowariker in an attempt to make up for his comments, has offered Priyanka 12 songs in his upcoming film 'What's your Rashee?'. Although, inside sources reveal that the 12 songs were already in the plan and Ashu has in no way gone out of his way to apologize to Priyanka.

Well perhaps the saying is true after all.....'There are no permanent enemies or friends in the industry'.

Mixing her spinning skills and some of Bollywood’s catchiest music, Disc Jockey (DJ) Hi Frequency likes to have the most hardened wallflowers tapping their feet.

After she gets them moving, she usually likes to make an appearance from behind the console. Actually, it’s hard for this DJ to peer over the console: She’s only seven years old.

Meet DJ High Frequency’s alter ego, Shalom D’Souza, a primary school student who is Bollywood’s youngest DJ, poised to give her first public performance at an anti-drug rally in Mumbai’s Charni Road on Thursday.

“I love music, in every form,” said Shalom, whose DJing education began when her father, Ryan D’Souza, took her to Workstation, the DJ institute he runs.

“I was thrilled every time daddy took me there,” said the pint-sized prodigy. “Other students and instructors taught me scratching and mixing. Now I’m ready to rock the stage,”

Despite the lack of formal training, it’s not difficult for Shalom to follow the beats in a song. She even makes notes while she’s practicing to help her figure out how to transition from one song to the next.

“She has been learning classical music since she was five, so she understands rhythm,” said father Ryan.

While Shalom’s repertoire currently only includes Bollywood music, she will eventually try her hand at other genres too. “Bollywood music keeps playing on the radio and TV so she’s familiar with that,” said Ryan. “But we’ll introduce her to better dance music soon.”

Shalom’s lack of size can sometimes make her an even bigger force to reckon with, as Mumbai’s police found last month.

It was her seventh birthday, and her first time manning a console at a party hosted on her terrace.

“People got so caught up in the music that we forgot what time it was,” said Ryan. That is, until the police came knocking.

“They headed straight for the console, saying ‘DJ kidhar hai. Usse maloom nahin 10 baje ke baad loudspeaker bandh karna padta hai? (Where’s the DJ? Doesn’t he know that no loudspeakers are allowed after 10 pm?)’ Before I could explain, they met Shalom and couldn’t believe that she was the DJ.”

She got away with a warning.

“I still remember the expressions on their faces,” laughed Shalom’s mother, Sherry. “They couldn’t comprehend that our little girl was a DJ.”

Mumbai/Nashik, June 24: A police complaint has been registered against Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai and several others, including chairman of wind power company, Suzlon, Tulsibai Tanti for illegal purchase of land at Nandurbar district in north Maharashtra.

The complaint was lodged by a farmer, Anand Lala Thakare, who alleged that his land was purchased for a sum of Rs 20,000 and illegally transferred in Suzlon company’s name.

“We have received the complaint and have called for the land documents from the revenue department after which a preliminary inquiry would be conducted to see if any offence is made out,” Keshav Patil, superintendent of police, Nandurbar district said.
Thakare in his complaint has alleged that his land was illegally usurped by Suzlon company for setting up a windmill.

According to Thakare, Sarjan Realties had taken his land on agreement-basis, but the company allegedly transferred it illegally in Suzlon’s name and rendered him landless.
The company is setting up a wind power project at village Dhandane in Nandurbar district. The actor is a shareholder of the company.

The state government has ordered a probe into the land deal in tribal-dominated Dhule and Nandurbar districts. Suzlon has termed the allegations as “unjustified and baseless.” The actor was not available for comments.

Tamanna, actually we need to clarify a few things. I have been trying to contact you since yesterday.
I don't want to talk to people like you. How dare you publish that story! How can you do this to a person when you don't have any proof? You are ruining someone's image. (Shouts) Aaap logon ko ek per cent sharam nahin aayi yeh sab karte hue?

Actually, we tried to speak to you, we were trying to contact you since yesterday.
You don't know which family I belong to, you don't know the power I have. You did this just to earn some cheap publicity.

ANGRY: Tamanna, the Roadies contestant

Tamanna, let me make it very clear that it was not for publicity. The story clearly says that the girl on the sex- tape is someone resembling you.
Apka matlab kya tha! The idea was such that someone might have committed suicide.

We even tried to contact MTV!
Nahin! How dare you people do this to me. If I will give out your number to the police you will come to know of the consequences. But I don't want to do such things. Faltu ki cheezen ho.

Tamanna, please listen to me!
I don't give a damn about you people. Kisi aur ladki ki photo laga ke aap ne meri reputation kharab ki. What the f*** is this.

See Tamanna the clip is floating in your name. This is what people do. We were just trying to show that.
But I don't think you have showed it anywhere. You used quotes from Palak, Nauman, but nowhere did you say prominently that it is misuse of technology.

But we have taken quotes from top models, including Gauhar Khan, Anupama Verma clearly saying how celebrities are targeted.
You know mera naam aaya hai us mein! I want to stay away from such things. Pesh karne ka ek tarika hota hai. Apka pesh karne ka tarika galat tha.

Look Tamanna, the thing is that you're already a celebrity now. And we only tried to tell the people how the cyber criminals target celebrities.
You have not mentioned the word technology even once. What you said is MMS, shocking news, etc etc. Even if you wanted to tell the people that this is how technology is misused, the message that has reached the people is that a sex MMS on Tamanna is out.

We did not just say that celebrities are targeted in this manner, but talked to a number of them to drive home the point.
See, I don't care about anybody else. I am concerned about myself.

We are doing a follow-up of the story, that's why I am talking to you. You can say whatever you have to say.
I haven't seen your paper and I will be able to speak only after I read the news item.

It is available on the Internet. If you have anything to say to your fans you tell us. We are a medium through which you can reach them.
I am not ready to speak as of now. Why me?
Sir, if you surf the web you will find a sex clip of Bobby too. And why not Palak? She is such a famous s**t. Her sex-clip is famous in Chandigarh.
Tamanna hangs up the phone.
I don't know. You should ask her. Somebody is trying to gain a moral high ground by showing me down. I have no doubt that Tamanna can feature in a sex clip. She is blaming me because she wants to defend herself. You will find me in Punjabi music videos and the role I played in Singh is Kingg, not in sex clips.
Oh really! Then you should go to Chandigarh and see for yourself. And if you do find it, publish the news. You can even put my picture and caption it scandalous.
I don't know why she kept targeting me on the show. She has given women a bad name. Even during the show, she allowed Nauman to enter her bedroom at midnight and kiss her. I was targeted because I am a straightforward person. Had I been diplomatic, I would have also been able to keep my image clean.

If she can make such an allegation about me, she can do that too.

She has claimed on record that there is a sex clip that features you and Bobby.
Do you feel that if Bobby or me were s**ts, Anees Bazmi and Akshay Kumar would have worked with me or Sohail Khan would have signed me in Kisan?
Ripped from the US-based reality show Survivor, MTV Roadies is about "travel, adventure, drama and a touch
of voyeurism" in the words of Raghu Ram, the creator of the series.

The show, which has completed six seasons, has changed the fortune of many of its contestants. Ranvijay Singh and Ayushman Khurana, winners of Roadies season 1 and 2, went on to become popular VJs on MTV.

Another winner, Ashutosh Kaushik, emerged the winner in the second season of Bigg Boss.

Even the finalists of the show have become popular. While Shambhavi Sharma was offered a role in The Little Godfather produced by Ekta Kapoor, contestant Anmol Singh bagged a role in Ekta Kapoor's Kuchh Is Tara.

Now, both of them host the talk show G talk on MTV.

Bipasha Basu’s arch-rival Kareena Kapoor has pipped the Bong bombshell to the post.

Though Bips expressed a desire to learn belly dancing, she never got down to actually doing it.

Bebo is now learning belly dancing for a performance n international film awards event that will take place next month in Macau.

Says a source, “Though Bips proclaimed that she was learning belly dancing, she didn’t have time to learn it before she left for the shoot of All The Best though she did learn swimming and driving.

Now, Kareena will be one up on her as she’s taking belly dancing lessons from Shiamak Davar.

Eho is also choreographing her act. Bebo starts her lessons from tomorrow after returning from Hyderabad.”

Says a source close to Kareena, “Apart from the fact that Bebo’s being paid a whopper she is easily the highest-paid actress in the show lineup. Kareena is pulling out all the stops for her act. It’s an all-out Billu act with a Turkish-Arabian feel.”

The source continues, “Manish Malhotra is designing her outfits. In one of the songs, she will be dressed like an Arabian princess with gold harem pants made of silk, satin and lace. Kareena will perform to Marjaani from Billu . Today she goes to perform for a show, comes back tomorrow, shoots for a jewellery ad shoot and in the evening starts her belly-dancing classes.”

Says Bebo, “I’m performing at the awards this year and am taking belly dancing classes for my act. This will be the first awards event I perform at this year. I’ve become very choosy about where I perform. I am performing at this particular award show as it gives me an international standing.

Also, this awards event celebrates its 10th year and this is the third consecutive year I will be performing for them.” Is she also going to perform for Saif? “Well he’s attending the awards as he’s having a press show for his home production Love Aaj Kal, so he better be watching my act!”

Imagine bottles strewn all over the place and people jumping like mad all over the car as soon as you have stepped out of a restaurant? What would your immediate reaction be? You would of course think there might be some war or riot happening. Katrina thought the same too.

A unit member said, "We had just stepped out a restaurant when we witnessed this sight. Katrina got horrified seeing people going haywire all around dancing on cars and throwing bottles. She felt there was something seriously had gone wrong in Philadelphia."

Kat heaved a sigh of relief when she came to know that people were going mad because US had won the world cup. "The police let the people go mad. But it was something that neither the unit nor Katrina had seen before. But they we walked through the entire carnage," the source said.

On the eve of Father’s Day, producer-director Rakesh Roshan and actor son Hrithik talk of what keeps them living and working together…

We meet at a suburban Mumbai studio. Rakesh Roshan, one of the country’s best known producer-directors is busy putting the finishing touches to his latest mega venture Krrish, a fantastic tale about a modern-day super hero. A fiveminute wait and he joins me at the makeshift dining space. Right away, I am struck by his matter-of-fact demeanour; his voice is so low-key that I have to strain to hear him through the cacophony of the bustling afternoon traffic outside.

Fair and light-eyed, bald pate shining, there’s an engaging air of quiet authority about the director. We get talking about Hrithik, his actor-son, and the hero of Krrish. It’s amusing to see how like all good Indian fathers, this celebrity father of a celebrity son, too, feels the need to boast of his son’s academic prowess back in school! "Hrithik was very good in his studies. We never kept a tutor. He used to concentrate and would always get above 90 per cent.’ Later in the evening when I meet the very-boyish Hrithik – fitness fetish and solid muscles, not withstanding – at his Juhu apartment home, he declares laughing: "Everyone around me was so poor in studies that compared to them I seemed to be intelligent! Actually, I used to average between 65-75 per cent."

Fathers & Sons
Son of a music director, Rakesh Roshan was, by his own admission, a 'notorious child' and was sent away to boarding school. "I had a very formal relationship with my father. He was a strict disciplinarian. The turning point for me came when he expired; I was only 17 then, but I came back from college in Pune and went to work assisting in film direction. I had to look after my family. It made me a man overnight. ‘My relationship with my children is different. The age gap is not much – I got married at 22, and in a few years, my daughter Sunaina was born, followed by Hrithik two years later – so we’re like friends; we chat and spend easy-time together.’ His son doesn’t quite agree, though. ‘What we’re about is respect, there’s too much respect here so I wouldn’t want to call Dad a friend. He is someone I look up to; a friend is someone at your own level."