Abhi to star in Puri’s flick

Even prior to Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap hits theaters, actor Abhishek Bachchan has confirmed that he will star in filmmaker Puri Jagannadh's next film titled Businessman. It is supposed to be an action movie with a number of feather moments and foot-tapping music scores. Not unexpectedly, this Bollywood film too, will be produced by AB Corporation.By now it has been declared that Puri, an former associate of filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, was so overwhelmed with Abhishek's performance in Mani Ratnam's Yuva that it gave him the inspiration to approach the big star for his movie.

However back to the news, unavailability of dates couldn’t decide the beginning of the shooting.Rumor has it that late in 2010, Puri Jagannadh again approached Abhishek Bachchan. But he was engaged with Abbas-Mustan's Players and Rajkumar Santoshi's Ladies And Gentleman, and so production was put on hold. In the meantime, Puri came up with the script of Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap. As everything fell into right place, the movie that stars Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role is now scheduled to release on July 1, 2011 and Businessman with Abhishek is scheduled to start soon in 2012.

When asked about it, Abhishek Bachchan mentioned that Puri is a brilliant filmmaker and he's come up with yet another excellent subject for nobody can say no. The cator couldn't work with him earlier because of his hectic schedules but Abhishek at the same time is honoured with the way Puri has directed BHTB with his father, Big B. Abhishek concluded saying that they have watched the kind of work Puri Jagannadh has done earlier with Pokhiri which was later made with the name wanted starring Salman Khan. So now, Abhishek gonna have fun working with this talented director and we hope that this time Abhi’s hard work pays off well!!!

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Abhishek Bachchan's Delhi 6 to get re- released.

This would be for the first time that Abhishek Bachchan will see his film getting re - released at the box office and that too with a new ending. The movie was released last year and was ill - received by both audience as well as media. As per the original plan, the death of Abhishek Bachchan's character was decided by director Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra. It was supposed to be a tragic end but with pressure from its producer UTV, the director decided to keep the ending a happy one. On the other hand, Abhishek had strongly advised his director-friend against the ending.

Now a year later, the film will be re - released shortly and that too with a new ending in which Abhishek Bachchan's character Roshan will die and the film will have a tragic ending. The new version will coincide with Rakeysh embarking on his next directorial project, apparently the historical Mirza Sahibaan, which the director is now in the process of casting.

Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra is all set to introduce fresh talent in the film industry. He is getting a lot of aspiring writors - directors approaching him with innovative ideas, And he says that he cannot make all the movies he want to so he can give a chance to fresh ones to make some of them.

Paa offers simple music

The Indian film composer, singer, lyricist Ilayaraja has composed tunes for the film Paa that mingles well with the movie's subject. Director R. Balakrishnan's film features Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek's son Auro, who suffers from progeria that causes premature ageing. It also stars Vidya Balan as Amitabh Bachchan's mother.




Paa's album begins with 'Mudhi mudhi ittefaq se' by Shilpa Rao. The album is melodious but not for long period. The song is aired on television channels and has become a hit.

'Mudhi mudhi ittefaq se' has two more versions one is 'Udhi udhi' that is an extension of the original and 'Gali mudhi' that has sung by Shaan. Even in a slower pace the song is equally nice.

Other one is 'Halke se bol', which is a children's song and has a chorus behind the mike. Another situational number that doesn't impress too much is 'Hichki hichki' which is sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.

The title song of the flick 'Mere paa' has been sung by Amitabh Bachchan himself. Last but nt the least there is 'Gumm summ gumm' sung by the composer's daughter Bavatharini with ample support from the chorus.

On the whole, Paa offers simple yet delightful music. Enjoy !!!

Abhishek Bachchan Enters Guinness Book:

Actor Abhishek Bachchan had a tiring day on 22/02/09 Sunday, but one that has saw him make a world record. He has made a new record of maximum public appearances in different cities. Abhishek Bachchan's marathon seven-city promotional tour for the movie Delhi-6 kept the security staff busy in managing his fans and led to some moviegoers missing their films but the actor exuded confidence in getting his name listed in the record books.




As the actor rushed from one city to another in his attempt to get the feedback of audiences in different cinema halls, his fans were there all the time. In an interview, Abhishek told the reporters that "It is really exciting to get first hand response about your movie. The cinema halls were running packed wherever I went."His target cities were Ghaziabad, Noida, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Chandigarh and Mumbai.

The actor reached a Noida cinema 10 minutes before schedule only to see a over 500-strong crowd gathering around the hall, literally threatening to disrupt the event. Though Bachchan had initially planned to interact with the audience, he had to rush out within 10 minutes.Many of the moviegoers were also caught in the crowd and missed their show as the tight security made their entry difficult.

The current record-holder in the category of the greatest number of public appearances by a film star at different cities in 12 hours promoting the same film is five by Jorgen Vogel and Daniel Brohl (Germany). They walked the red carpet, signed autographs and introduced the film Ein Freund von mir (Germany 2006) at cinemas in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne, Germany, on Oct 22, 2006. They were accompanied by the director of Ein Freund von mir Sebastian Schipper.

ABHISHEK BACHCHAN-BOLLYWOOD ACTOR:

There is an interesting story behind how abhishek bachchan got the film "yuva". Apparently Bachchan Jr does not answer phone calls from unidentified numbers. So when Mani Ratnam called him up, he didn't take the call. Thank God for Bachchan's friend and Ratnam's former assistant Shaad Ali (Saathiya), who intervened and got the two talking.




That's how Bachchan landed a plum role in Yuva.

The 28 year-old's rustic and intense look as Lallan Singh, as seen in the promos of this much-awaited film, has come in for much appreciation.

The Hindi and Tamil versions of Yuva are separate. The only common things between the two are Esha Deol , and the technicians. Both the films were shot separately and have a different star cast. They were not shot simultaneously. Yuva went on the floors first and then Tamil version too went on. But we never shot together.

Mani ratnam is a highly acclaimed and respected director. It was abhishek's dream to work with mani ratnam. Abhishek says "I am happy I worked with him early in my career. He is just brilliant. I do not have enough words to explain the experience of working with someone like Mani. It is a great honour to be in his film. Apart from what he does in films, he is also a great guy."

Before the release of the film, abhishek says "I cannot classify Yuva as an 'action film', a 'romantic film' or a 'dramatic film'. The only thing I am sure about is: it is a 'Mani Ratnam film'. He was behind the camera. So, obviously, it will be a good film. I hope Yuva turns out to be a good film for audiences too."

Abhishek's character in the film is that he is a very passionate person, regardless of what he is doing. If he loves you, he loves you to death. If he hates you, he can probably kill you. He is a very interesting and complex kind of person. Abhishek said , It was highly enjoyable to portray this character

Asin in Ashutosh Gowarikar film starring Abhishek

The lead pair of Ashutosh Gowariker’s next period venture, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, which is based on the Chittagong Uprising, is finally in place. We had earlier reported that Abhishek Bachchan will play the lead role as Surjya Sen. Now the buzz is that Gowariker has finalised Asin to play the female lead.





A source said, “This will be the first time that Abhishek and Asin will be paired opposite each other. The film’s first schedule will tentatively start around November 25.”

Ashutosh reportedly summoned Asin at his Khar office where he expressed his desire to cast her for this period drama.

Asin was so rejoiced that she gave an affirmative nod even before she heard the full narration of the script. She told Ashu that she has seen his previous films and was looking forward to working with him.

Unexpectedly beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who was supposed to work in this film at the first place is not a part of the project now. Does this have anything to do with motherhood?

Apparently, the forthcoming film will be produced by Gowariker along with PVR Pictures and not UTV who had produced his last three films.

Abhishek to be paired with Asin

Bollywood's acknowledged film director Ashutosh Gowariker has finally decided to rope up Asin to play the lead role opposite none other than Abhishek Bachchan in his next project Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey.





Asin was so delighted that she gave her nod even before she heard the full narration of the film. Asin even told Ashutosh that she has seen his previous films and was looking forward to working with him and with brilliant co-star Abhishek Bachchan.

Abhishek Bachchan will be next seen in R Balakrishnan directed film Pa starring Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Vidya Balan and Mani Ratnam directed flick Raavan that is set to be released in 2010. It stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda, Bipasha Basu and Priyamani.

Emotional Abhishek Bachchan

The grandson of Harivansh Rai Bachchan and son of Amitabh Bachchan, is this emotional, caring and sensitive Abhishek Bachchan.




The actor is busy these days with the shooting of his forthcoming movie 'Paa' . This movie gave him the chance to visit Cambridge where his grandfather and poet Late Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan had studied. He said, "This was actually my first time at Cambridge, I had never been there before and it was always my dream to visit it. It was nice to walk the same streets where my grandfather had studied his PhD many years ago".

What is more of the movie is that Abhishek is playing the role of father of his own father Amitabh Bachchan on screen. Thus the movie means so much to Abhishek.

The movie is directed by Balakrishna, popularly known as Balki who had earlier worked with Big B in Cheeni Kum. It is about to release this December 4th. It also stars Vidya Balan and Harman Baweja in important roles.Sometime back the release of movie was clashing with the other Bachchan starrer 'Teen Patti' but because of personal request of Mr Bachchan the clash was avoided.

Looks like movie got so much associated with Bachchans.

Paa to release on December 4, 2009

To avoid a clash with another Bachchan starrer, the talented director Balki who has directed Paa has shifted the release date of his film and changed it to Decemver 4, 2009 from November 13.




Though he was excitingly waiting for project Paa to release, but as Mr. Bachchan personally requested the producers of Teen Patti to not allow it to clash with Paa. So it’s Paa solo on December 4.Bachchan plays a character of a progeric person in the film.

Says Paa director Balki, “As far as I’m concerned it was only Paa on December 4. We were supposed to release on November 13. But that was only two weeks after another Amitabh Bachchan starrer Alladin. And we couldn’t ask Alladin to shift. They’ve gone through too many delays,”

Balki before leaving for patchwork shooting in Lucknow where the last schedule of the film is being shot and where the film is set on Tuesday said that, “though Paa is set in Lucknow this is the first time I’m visiting the city in my entire life,” said Balki.

The film also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan and has been shot in various places including Delhi and Cambridge University, London.

Paa emotional journey for Abhishek

Shooting for the bollywood film Paa has been quite an emotional journey for Abhishek Bachchan not because he played dad to his own father Amitabh Bachchan on screen.



Abhishek Bachchan shot in Cambridge for the film where his grandfather Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan had studied his PhD many years ago. And Abhishek Bachchan had always wanted to visit the place, walk the same streets where his grandfather had studied. It had always been his dream to visit this place. Abhishek Bachchan is all set to come with wife Aishwarya Rai in Raavan.

Big B to play 12 year old child

Amitabh Bachchan is all set to do a challenging role at the age of 66. Big B is going to play a boy 54 years younger to him. But this superstar has prepared to give his best shot to pull off the seemingly impossible.




Rather than having a child artist play the role, Amitabh Bachchan himself plays 12-year-old son of Abhishek Bachchan in director R Balakrishnan’s film Pa. In the movie Big B plays a character suffering from Progeria and therefore he ages very fast through the course of the story.

Big B for this had to use a lot of prosthetic make-up to look like a 12-year-old child. To stay within his character, the megastar would often throw childish tantrums on the sets. On the sets, Big B would also stomp his feet like a brat and just go on whining.

Balki admits he’s floored by Big B’s dedication for his role in the film. So, quite wisely, the director has decided that the movie’s credits will read ‘Introducing Amitabh Bachchan’ because the superstar hasn’t played any role like this before in his life.

Abhishek and Ashutosh team up

Abhishek Bachchan has teamed up with director Ashutosh Gowariker's new flick, titled ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’.

The film is reportedly a period film and is based on the Chittgong uprising, will the lead Abhishek will play the character of Surjya Das.



The director is no stranger to period flicks, he has, after all directed Lagaan and Jodha Akbar in the past. Apart from Abhishek Bachchan, the rest of the supporting cast will be made up of relatively unknowns or newcomers as Gowariker plans to introduce some new talent to Bollywood.

And contrary to earlier beliefs, Aishwarya Rai will not be part of ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’.

The curiously titled ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’ will chart the events in Chittagong between 1900 and 1950, when revolutionaries and opposition movements grew during this time. Abhishek Bachchan plays Surya Sen, the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong.

We wish Ashu all the best for his upcoming film, WHAT'S YOUR RASHEE (releasing September 25) and looking forward to his first time teaming up with Abhishek Bachchan.

Bas Itna Sa Khwaib Hai- Abhishek Bachchan Film

ABHISHEK BACHCHAN, RANI MUKHERJEE, JACKIE SHROFF, SUSHMITA SEN starring film Bas Itna Sa Khwaib Hai as the name suggests, is the story of dreams and aspirations. Suraj Shrivastava (Abhishek
Bachchan), is an ambitious young lad who has big dreams in life.




Naved Ali (Jackie Shroff), a media baron, is the ideal guru for any young aspiring man. Suraj is in awe of Naved and considers him as his ideal.

Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai traces Suraj's journey towards his ultimate goal and the dreams and desires of this boy, that change along the way. They change every time he achieves one goal and finds that it is not pacifying him till the time he decides that, "All I want is everything" In his pursuit of everything, he finds love in Pooja (Rani Mukherjee), understanding in Lara (Sushmita Sen), and a driving force in Naved Ali.

But somewhere along the way, he decides that everything is not truly what he wants, it is in fact the little things that he once had, that gave him the happiness and now he desperately seeks them. So he sets out to make things right once again.

Watch "Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai", to find out that whether he regains his lost happiness or not.

Abhishek Kareena do not share cold vibes

Nothing like we all thought. We all have heard so many rumours that the Kapoors and Bachchans share cold vibes after the Karisma and Abhishek wedding was called off. Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan too fell apart following this regrettable split.

The duo made Bollywood debut together in "Refugee". They later came together in Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon. Abhishek Bachchan has a special place for Kareena Kapoor in his heart as she was his first co-actress and do not share cold vibes with her.

Abhishek Bacchan says, "Bebo has always said that she was my first heroine and she will always be special for me. She is not only a very sweet girl but also one of the finest actresses. We started our journey together. So she is always special to me." On asking whether he would like to work with Kareena Kapoor again in future he says, "Of course, I will. People keep saying that I refuse to work with her. The
fact is that nothing worthwhile has come up."

Apparently, Abhishek Bachchan may act opposite Kareena Kapoor in Randhir Kapoor's upcoming movie.

Abhi will recite the poems written by Paa Amitabh

The megastar of Bollywood industry Big B will complete his 40th Filmy tour in the month September. On this very precious occassion his wife and film actress Jaya Bachchan, son and actor Abhishek Bachchan along with his daughter-in-law gorgeous and just stunning actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are planning an event.





Abhishek Bachchan will recite the poems written by Amitabh Bachchan on the event. This program will be of its own style in which all the big personalities will be invited. The Star of the Millennium will be encrypted in the golden words.

Soon Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a role of a mathematics professor in his forthcoming film Teen Patti and will also be seen in all new avtaar in the movie Paa where he'll be playing the son to Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan is starred opposite his beautiful wife Aishwarya in Mani Ratnam's upcoming movie Raavan.

Abhishek's turn to do a historical film

Post Aamir Khan's ‘Lagaan', Hrithik Roshan's ‘Jodha-Akbar', Salman Khan's Veer, now comes the turn of Abhishek Bachchan to entitle a role for himself in a historical film. News is that well-known director Ashutosh Gowarikar is ready yet again with an idea of a period film and this time he wants Abhishek to do the lead role. Ashutosh is working over the menace created in Chittagong during the British period which is portrayed in a book that he will refer to for writing the script.

The movie is based on a book titled ‘Do or Die' penned down by Manini Chatterjee of which Ashutosh Gowarikar has bought the copyrights for film-making.

The movie is said to be named as ‘Khele Hum Ji Jaan Se' which will have a big star cast and will have even bigger budget.

Here is an oppurtunity for AB Baby to prove his mettle in acting and all its allied aspects.

Delhi 6 modified for screening at Venice

An okay response in India and high acclaims from foreign! But it really happened to Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and his film Delhi 6.

The film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor, Delhi-6, might have kindled only select few here, but it was well received in Venice, where the movie was screened at the 66th Venice Film Festival.

It was all due to the timely changes that the filmmaker did before the movie entered the festival. It seems that the director was not at all happy with the old version and the thought was troubling him. Finally he listened to his heart and edited the movie. The new version shows the hero, Abhishek Bachchan, dying in the climax. 'The new version is Rakeysh Mehra's original script. This is the first time that a film has been re-shot and re-edited post release.'

The director is now very happy that he went ahead with the changes. He filmed the sequence of Abhishek's character's ashes being immersed in the river. The film now begins with his voice over announcing he's dead now. So it's now a dead man's story. Everything falls into place now. We also understand why Abhishek played the role so quietly, sensitively. It was such a beautiful piece of grammar.

Most of the filmmakers have their way to bring out films, not paying heed to public’s interest.

Hmm, don’t they say listen to your heart?

Abhi's Hangover

Much in talks Hollywood film Hangover has smitten some Bollywood producers to the extent that they want to make the remake of the film at the earliest.



One such name doing the rounds is Feroze Nadiadwala. According to the recent news the producer has already approached the makers of the hit Hollywood film for the remake rights and is planning to cast Abhishek Bachchan in the role of Bradley Cooper.

Besides Abhishek Bachchan names of stars like Paresh Rawal and Katrina Kaif are also chosen to become part the star cast. It is also heard that Feroze Nadiadwala has roped in his favourite director Anees Bazmee to take charge of this project.

Anees Bazmee is currently shooting his film No Problem in Durban at the moment and is expected to start working on the desi version of Hangover after his return. Let's hope the audiences have an entertaining experience with the remake of the film .

Abhishek have to take a backseat

Abhishek Bachchan will have to take a backseat, as it’s not him but Hrithik Roshan, who will fill in the famous shoes of Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, in the remake of Agneepath.

The film is directed by Karan Malhotra, a long time associate of Karan Johar, the film has been in the news with Hrithik Roshan being considered as the leading man for this cult classic, which propelled Amitabh Bachchan into super-stardom.

Recently, a lot of rumours were doing rounds as to who would star in the lead, as talks were on with both Hrithik and Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan loves to have Indain food,especially he's very fond of Vegetable Biryani.

It was reported that Agneepath was one of Abhishek’s favourite films and he would love to fill in the shoes of his Pa. Abhishek also mentioned, it was his dream to play one of his father's characters and Agneepath was perhaps the best offer he could have expected.

Hrithik will start shooting for Agneepath, after Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish, thereby postponing Vishal Bharadwaj’s film, which by the way was scripted specifically for Hrithik.

A 1990 blockbuster, Agneepath was directed by Mukul S. Anand and produced by Karan's father Yash Johar. The remake will be directed by Karan Malhotra one of Johar's trusted lieutenants.

Abhi Ash Family Planning

Aishwarya Rai a busy lady so much so that she isn't free for any new assignment till late 2010 but the news is that the couple Abhi-Ash are planning family thenafter. The Bachchan family tree is set to grow further as Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan reportedly plan to
start a family once the actress is through with her film assignments.

To those who’ve been wondering why no good news has yet come from this couple despite more than two years of their marriage, this little piece of info might quench their curiosity. The couple are learnt to be planning to have a baby, but not anytime soon.

Apparently, Ash is one of the busiest actresses in Bollywood as of now. The films in her kitty would probably keep her occupied in shootings till the first quarter of 2010. But reports say she plans to
keep a good number of months free in the next year, to be able to
start a family with Abhi.

Ash is presently committed her time to four films – Mani Ratnam’s Ravana with Abhishek, Shankar’s Endhiran with Rajnikant , Vipul Shah’s Action Replay with Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzarish with Hrithik Roshan . She’s also signed director Abhinay Deo’s film
‘Crooked’.

The list doesn’t include the directors who have expressed their wish to work with her; among them are the talented Vishal Bhardwaj and Ashutosh Gowarikar who’s already directed her in Jodhaa Akbar .

It remains to be seen how many new projects Ash signs in the coming months. After all, family comes first!