Rana's lingo trouble!

Southern actor Rana Daggubati, who prepared full-on to play a Goan rock musician in the Hindi movie " Dum Maro Dum" (DMD), says he had to get rid of his Hyderabadi accent and learn Goan Hindi to fit into the role.

"I can play the guitar. But I don't know how well I play it. I had to go into preparation not just playing the guitar but to look convincing as a Goan musician. I can't say much about plans to take me on stage. The producers will know better," said Rana, who is currently dubbing for his new Telugu film.

Directed by Rohan Sippy, the film revolves around the lives of six Indians who meet in Goa, and how their lives change forever once involved in drug mafias. The film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar is releasing April 22.

Both Rana and Prateik had to learn both Goan body language and the spoken language.

"We became really close. He's now like my younger brother. We've kept in touch even after the shooting. We were bonded in our nervousness as virtual newcomers. Since it was live sound, I had a Hindi coach with me throughout.

"I had to get rid of my Hyderabadi Hindi and learn Goan Hindi. It wasn't easy because the two kinds of Hindis were mutually incompatible. I had to unlearn one kind of Hindi and then learn a new kind. Since I was brought up in Chennai, I speak fluent Tamil and Telugu. I am confused about which language to sing in," said Rana, grandson of veteran Telugu film actor-producer D. Ramanaidu and son of producer D. Suresh Babu.

Rana will be rushing into Mumbai to promote DMD and then rushing back to Hyderabad because he has a Telugu release "Nenu Na Rakshasi" a week after DMD.

"It's a hectic time. I am not nervous because DMD is not really a debut for me. I've already gone through that acid test with my Telugu release 'Leader' last year. We shot DMD in Goa. So I don't know what it feels like to be a part of Mumbai," he said.

Vidya Balan in a bikini!

After Sonakshi Sinha, it's actress Vidya Balan who's facing the consequences of being a celeb in the time of the internet.

Last December, morphed pictures of Sonakshi Sinha in a bikini for a magazine cover had floated online. But, Sonakshi was quick to point out and clarified immediately on her social networking page that those were not her pictures, and that she was shocked at the stories around the fake photo shoot.

And now Vidya's facing the same situation. A few days ago, she was shocked to learn that a morphed picture of hers in a black bikini for a magazine cover had been posted online and was doing the rounds. The photo has been morphed on the cover of a famous men's magazine for the 'Annual 2011' edition. But when we contacted the actress, she was completely shocked and denied shooting for the mag. She is now taking legal action against those responsible for this. She told us, "First Sonakshi and then me... When I heard there was a picture of me in a bikini on a magazine cover, I thought someone was being mistaken for me because I haven't done a shoot like this. But I was shocked when I saw it. I will be taking proper legal action against the people who are responsible for this."

The two aren't the first to suffer the bane of morphed pictures that make their way online. In 2009, actress Celina Jaitly had filed a legal case against two websites – a gadgets blog and a Bollywood portal – for uploading obscene morphed picture of hers online. A magazine, in 2006, had carried morphed pictures of South Indian star Khushboo in a red transparent bikini, which had resulted in the actress filing a police complaint against the magazine.

Anurag takes on Salman!

Late Saturday night, Anurag Kashyap put this status on his social networking site profile, " Salman Khan thinks he made my brother's life. Hope he does the same for Arbaaz when he does Dabangg 2. All The Best."

A few minutes later he posted another message, "Abhinav Singh Kashyap, you rock... I love you... Show them what you are made off." The "them" clearly means the Khan brothers. Anurag's outburst comes close on the heels of the news of producer Arbaaz Khan directing the Dabangg sequel. Two days ago, Arbaaz revealed on a micro-blogging website, "Hey guys it's true, I will be directing the sequel of Dabangg. Abhinav for some personal and professional reasons opted out."

It is known that Abhinav and Salman had problems throughout the making of the film. But neither spoke about it. When the film became a superhit, all was forgotten. However when the awards and the rewards began flowing in, the director felt that the Khan brothers did not credit him enough for giving them the biggest hit of the year. While the Khans felt that he owed them for giving him a break, and the opportunity to direct a film with one of the nation's biggest stars. When talk of the sequel began, Kashyap started getting a feeling of déjà vu, and decided not to be a part of it. The producer and the director claimed it was amicable but following Abhinav's big brother's flare-up on a public platform, the jhagda is now in the open. Now will Arbaaz's big brother respond?