Bollywood Buzz - December 24

A little birdie told us that the good old friendship of Kajol and Shah Rukh has finally hit the rocks. The two apparently had a huge fight recently when Shah Rukh decided to give her some unsolicited advice on how she should go about choosing films and not just stick to the Devgan camp.

Khan is reported to have said something nasty about hubby Ajay, which obviously upset Kajol. The heroine was so upset that she walked out of Boney Kapoor's next film, which stars Shah Rukh in the main lead. Rumours doing the rounds now say that Devgan insists she does not work for any other production except his.

Hollywood calling
After Hrithik it was Raveena and now it is the Small B who is going to Hollywood. Abhishek, who has not had some great releases since his debut, seems to have decided to go to Hollywood and make a name for himself. Bachchan has reportedly been paid a huge amount for the project, which is being produced by Columbia Tristar.

Priyadarshan directs the film, which will also star the Arnold Schwarznegger of India and Priyan's favourite, Sunil Shetty. He will play the villain troubling the hell out of Abhishek and heroine Kareena Kapoor.

Ashutosh Rana to sing
Ashutosh Rana is putting his vocal chords to test in his upcoming movie Pardesi Re. That he can act is a well-known fact. And the Dushman find is definitely not the first actor to do so as it all started with Aamir with his Aati Kya Khandala and then followed by Sanjay Dutt and Shah Rukh.

Although this time Ashutosh Rana has accepted an unusual role to what he says, "I've always yearned to try my hand at different things," and thus is definitely on his way to have a long stay in Bollywood this time. His trying out definitely helps him as there is plenty of money coming his way not to mention the glamour and the glitz.

Right choice, Sallu
Remember the last time we told you about Salman. All he knew then was to keep people waiting and throwing tantrums at producers and making them redesign the sets.

Well, for the past few days his behaviour has been improving drastically and for good. Well, one wonders whether he read the previous piece, hence the change or not, but he has been coming to the shoots on time and has also changed his behaviour in general towards people.

The real reason behind this sudden change has been the contracts he has been signing off late where he gets the overseas rights for the film if it is completed within a given span of time. Recently he completed Chori Chori Chupke Chupke in a matter of six months. For once he has got the right thing – professionalism.

Shah Rukh is worried!
Ever wondered why the hair on Shah Rukh's head are growing grey?
Well, the poor guy is tensed. Tensed and Shah Rukh, you guys must be wondering. Well, the fact is that the usual family life that every father has to go through has finally caught the number one hero of the country. His son Aryan has developed an eye for pretty girls and even demands to see them.

Recently seeing Aishwarya, he jumped up and screamed in excitement saying "She is beautiful ..." Young Mr Khan also finds aunty Juhi very pretty. Besides this, Shah Rukh, it seems, is training sonny boy to be a superhero.

Heavy price for Devdas
Along with history being depicted in his film, his set makes history in Bollywood for which he is paying a heavy price. Yes, we are talking about Sanjay Leela Bhansali whose set for Devdas is considered the most expensive.

The film is set in Calcutta during the 1930s. Shah Rukh plays the lead role of Devdas, Madhuri and Aishwarya play the women in his life Chandramukhi and Paro respectively. A section of the sprawling Film City is being restructured to depict the life and times of protagonist Devdas. The entire film might cost a whopping Rs 25 crore or more.

Not only this, he has been receiving extortion threats and now has police protection. So now you realise the whole gimmick behind the heavy price.

Late Ms Deshpande!
The usual habit of Govinda is to reach late on his sets and if he rejects a role he definitely makes some other actor's fortune.
But the habit of reaching late on the sets is not only seen in Govinda. So somebody is following his footsteps. It is none other than Tara Deshpande who for the same reason of reaching late on sets was replaced with Rambha by Jeetendra. Govinda is one of the successful heroes for David Dhawan films.

Agreed we all have certain idols. But this does not mean we follow everything that they do, cause at times they could play safe and we would not be doing the same.

Giving daddy a run for his money!
Shah Rukh Khan has another competitor in his up coming movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum. Surprisingly it is his very own son Aryan who is also featuring in the movie and is likely to steal the show in the presence of Shah Rukh himself, and Shah Rukh does not mind it at all.

The little dear has a significant one-scene role in the movie and is playing the role of young Shah Rukh, of course. Although the movie already boasts of celebs – the Bachchans, both Jaya as well as Amitabh, Kareena Kapoor, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, the name Aryan Khan definitely adds to the film's curiosity value.