Anupam Kher-Irrfan Khan Verbal War

Anupam Kher and Irrfan Khan got into a verbal duel on Tuesday evening at a suburban 5-star hotel, during a discussion at the curtain raiser of an award function . Both actors were nominated for their performances in recent films Lunchbox and Special Chabbis. The issue began when Anupam was asked to make a comment on the nominations . In fact, Anupam Kher was just trying to play it safe and said, "I would only like to talk about myself, so its only going to be about Special Chabbis." But it is true that anything can go wrong when your time is bad !Irrfan took this as an insult and the Slumdog Millionaire actor shot back saying, "Cinema is not about applauding only one's own self. I disagree with Anupam's viewpoint. We need to praise others too."  This enraged Anupam and his ego is hurt as he is much senior to Irfan and replied in negative, "This is totally out of context. I teach students when to applaud and who to applaud. I have a high regard for those who are nominated in any award function." When Anupam said that he has high regards for those who are nominated in any award function, he was trying to clarify that he doesn't have a problem with Irrfan and instead have high regards for the actor in him. The issue got settled after both actors had a chat later and hugged each other !

Ranveer Singh Loses Cool When Asked About Deepika Padukone!

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone might not want to proclaim their feelings for each other to the world, but the media will never let them alone! During an interaction with the media for promotion of Ranveer Singh-Arjun Kapoor starrer Gunday, Ranveer almost lost his cool while trying to evade questions of his alleged relationship with his Ram Leela co-star, Deepika Padukone.

The entire cast of Gunday which included Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and director Ali Abbas turned up at the press conference of the film. More than the movie, the media was interesting in knowing about Ranveer and Deepika's alleged romance. Initially Ranveer kept quiet and allowed Arjun and Abbas to do the talking for him, which we must say they did very well!

However, when the media kept prodding about his personal life, Ranveer got a little irritated and replied, "Focus on Gunday." But the media was unwilling to relent and kept asking him to open up. He then said, "It is action drama film... YRF is producing it, starring Arjun, Priyanka and myself and is directed by Ali Abbas. It releases on February 14... do come and watch it. Next question please." When the media went on, the usual 'cool' Ranveer lost his temper and questioned, "What is this happening, is this the Gunday film press conference or my interrogation?"

Salman Khan Lends His Shoulders To Hrithik Roshan; Advices Him on Sussanne!

Salman Khan is known to be a good listener and has a heart of gold! He not only helps damsels in distress, but also 'macho looking' hunks who needs his shoulder to cry on! Hrithik Roshan recently visited Salman Khan and reportedly spend nearly ten hours pouring his heart out to Sallu, who listened very carefully and adviced him. Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan have offlate been bonding very well. Hrithik had visited Salman Khan's farmhouse in Panvel where Sallu was having a get-together with a few friends, including Sonakshi Sinha and Elli Avram. However, Hrithik did not stay long and left soon. 
But then, he made it a point to visit Sallu again a couple of days later to clear his heart. The rumour doing the rounds is that Hrithik was very upset with his wife Sussanne parting ways and didn't know how to handle it. The bachelor Sallu bhai apparently explained how to tackle the situation and chatted with the heart broken Hrithik till late in the night. For those who are not aware, we must tell you that a few years back, Hrithik and Salman could not even see eye to eye. It all started when Salman Khan reportedly made a derogatory comment about Hrithik's film, Guzaarish (2010) with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Hrithik too striked back saying, "Salman is like a baby." He also did not appear on Salman's show Bigg Boss to promote his film Krrish 3. Anyways, all that is past and this new year, we see Salman adding one more to his long list of Bollywood friends!

Birthday Special: B-Town Friends Welcome Farhan Akhtar To 40s

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who has delivered hits like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Rock On!!, turned 40 Thursday, and his friends from the film fraternity wished him more power and success. Oneindia too wishes Farhan Akhtar a 'Very Happy Birthday'! Here's what celebrities like Arjun Rampal, Karan Johar and Abhishek Bachchan posted on Twitter:



Arjun Rampal: Happy birthday Farhan Akhtar. Mere dost mere bhai (my friend, my brother). Welcome to the 40s and rock on forever. Love and a big hug.
 Karan Johar: Happy Birthday Farhan Akhtar! Known you for over three decades and here's to many more! Big love and all the happiness! Huge hug! 
Abhishek Bachchan: Here's wishing my buddy Farhan Akhtar the happiest birthdays of all. Bas tu bhaag Farhan! Big love. Farah Khan: Happy birthday to Farhan Akhtar and me, the only two members of "Capri9" (Capricorn Jan 9).
 Nikhil Advani: Happy birthday. Power to you and how you've constantly been changing the film scene. Showing all of us the way it can be done. 
Arshad Warsi: Happy Birthday to the super talented Farhan Akhtar. Bhaagwati.
 Ehsaan Noorani: Happy Birthday Farhan Akhtar. Have a super one bro! 
Punit Malhotra: Farhan Akhtar, Happy birthday. Hope you have a super day and a rocking year ahead.
 Riteish Deshmukh: Bas tu Bhaaag Farhan Akhtar - janamdin ki haardhik shubh kaamnayein (keep running Farhan Khan - wish you happy birthday). 
Shekhar Ravjiani: Happy Birthday Farhan! Rock on brother 
Satish Kaushik: Wishing you a happy birthday my dear. More happiness, more success is in store for you. Proud of you 'Milkha'.

Yash Raj Films Avoids Shahrukh And Chooses Salman

Shahrukh Khan, the once poster boy of Yash Raj Films has a lot of reasons to worry this year! Salman Khan, who is basking in the glory of super successes throughout the year is getting close to YRF and already bagged a two very promising films. Times are changing and new association are taking place in Bollywood! Aamir Khan, the arch rival of Shahrukh, has already made a rapport with YRF and has delivered the biggest blockbuster for them with 500 crore being the film's overall box office collection till now.

Salman Khan has just started his friendship with YRF and Kabeer Khan's Ek Tha Tiger was their first film together. Ek Tha Tiger ended up being the first Indian film to make 100 crores in just three days and the record is just beaten by Aamir Khan starrer Dhoom 3 just now!  Ek Tha Tiger went on to become a mammoth success, cementing Salman Khan's business relationships with Yash Raj Films. It could be the tremendous success of Ek Tha Tiger, which made Aditya Chopra join hands with Sallu Bhai once again. Adi is planning to churn a sequel for Ek Tha Tiger, to be directed by its original creator Kabir Khan.The second YRF project is an even more ambitious one as Chak De director Shimit Amin joins hands with Salman Khan for it ! This, for sure, is a great news for Sallu fans. Shahrukh Khan is currently making a film named Happy New Year With Deepika Padukone, directed by Farah Khan. But will this year turn out to be a really happy new year for King Khan? Well, you have to wait and watch!

Aamir Khan Wants To Make A Film On Maulana Azad

Bollywood's own Mr Perfectionist, Aamir Khan said it's his dream to conceive a film on the legendary life of the great leader, Maulana Abdul kalam Azad. The interesting fact about Aamir, which even most fans don't know is that he is a great grand nephew of Azad, the nationalist muslim scholar. While inaugurating Apeejay Kolkata Literary Fest 2014, Aamir revealed his wish of making a film on Azad. He said, "I hope that someday I can use my capabilities, and through the art form that I practice, to make a film on Maulana Azad. It's a dream to bring his life to a larger populace of India.



The perfect Khan also wished he had seen his freedom fighter great grandfather, who played a key role in developing a secular attitude in country's highest power circles. He was a minister of education in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's rule, from 1947 to 1958.Aamir also revealed that he is amazed by the predictions made by Azad a year before independence. The predictions are about the partition of sub continent and Bangladesh Liberation War. Apeejay Kolkata Literary Fest 2014, concluding on Jan 13, will reflect and celebrate the secular views of Azad this year. Aamir Khan, who is basking in the dream success of Dhoom 3,  is seen delivering a special address on Azad's secular ideas and foresight at the inaugural session of the festival.

Did Rakesh Roshan Lie About Krrish 3 Box Office Collections?

Rakesh Roshan has time and again maintained that his latest release Krrish 3 starring Hithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra has grossed Rs. 500 crores. However, his son and male lead of the film Hrithik Roshan has issued a press release stating that the film has fetched not more than Rs. 299 crore! Krrish 3 was one of the biggest hits of 2013. The cast and crew members had not left out anything in the making or the promotions to ensure that the film is a sure shot hit. Well, hit it was! However, the buzz doing the rounds now is that Rakesh Roshan had purposely given inflated numbers to the media, now that his own son and actor of the film has made it clear that Krrish 3 fetched only Rs. 299 crore, and that includes domestic(Rs. 244 crore) as well as international (Rs. 55 crore) Box Office collections.



Within a week of Rakesh Roshan declaring to the media that Krrish 3 had collected Rs. 500 crore, a few trade analysts and even industry insiders began questioning the authenticity of his claims. However, Rakesh Roshan stood by his claim saying that it's impossible to exaggerate or inflate box office collections. He had further said that he has been getting updates from distributors, exhibitors and theatre owners and hence the figures are full proof. However, Hrithik Roshan recently issued a press release which clearly explains that the film did not make so much money. In the press release, Hrithik explained that the film collected Rs. 244 crore from India approximately and got a collection of Rs. 55 crore overseas.