Kareena is my Mom says Rohit Shetty

Kareena Kapoor has already become a mom. Hang on! Not to a baby! Rohit Shetty recently told a daily that Kareena Kapoor keeps a check on him and he has to run scripts past her. The director was asked by a leading Daily, about rumours of him signing Kareena Kapoor for Chennai Express, to which he replied: "Kareena is my mom. I've to tell her whatever I'm working on; I run my scripts past her, tell her about upcoming projects. She knows who I'm working with, where I'm shooting, what I'm doing. She keeps a check on me."

Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor is riding high after the first trailer launch of her upcoming film Heroine. The actress lives up to the expectations as she gets into the skin of her character Mahi in the recently released Heroine trailer. There's a glimpse of the much-awaited item song Halkat Jawani too.

The actress who's seen in various avatars, in the film (since she's an actress), manages to impress with her acting skills.

Bebo is seen getting steamy with co-star Arjun Rampal too. After Kurbaan, this is the first time Kareena has done some extremely intimate scenes. The actress can certainly expect some awards for her role.

Rohit Shetty Brings Together Sanju, Sallu on ‘Bigg Boss 5’ Set

Rohit Shetty, dynamic Bollywood director, who hails from the coastal city of Mangalore in Karnataka, is in the news since last week after the release of 'Singham' which is doing extremely well across the country and abroad.

Instead of enjoying his success and relaxing after the working hard on Singham, Shetty is busier than ever. This time it is with the promo shoot of ‘Bigg Boss -5'.

Now he is in the news for bringing two great ‘above 40’ Bollywood actors to the sets for shooting the promo in a Mumbai studio.

Not long ago, people were talking about the spat between these two Bollywood 'bodies' during Dutt's wife Manyata's birthday bash. But they have not shown any differences on the set and have proved that they are still 'Bhai Bhai'. Hats off to Shetty!

Action replay in the forthcoming film Singham

Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty recreate fight scenes from Amar Akbar Anthony and Zanjeer, complete with the dialogues in the forthcoming film Singham. 

Rohit Shetty who paid a tribute to the 70s in his last, Golmaal 3 with Mithun Chakraborty’s character is all set to take his 70’s inspiration a step further in his next.

The Ajay Devgn—Kajal Aggarwal starrer Singham, Shetty has not just drawn inspiration but entire fight sequences from 70’s blockbusters Amar Akbar Anthony and Zanjeer.

Ajay Devgn who plays a angry young cop named Bajirao Singham in the film titled after his character, will be seen enacting the same cuts and chops and mouthing the same dialogues in the film.

A source revealed, “The famous scene from Amar Akbar Anthony between Vinod Khanna a cop and Amitabh Bachchan the goon has been re-enacted in Singham.

This scene from Singham (above) is inspired by the famous Vinod Khanna-Amitabh Bachchan fight sequence in Amar Akbar Anthony  (below)

The scene has Vinod Khanna unbuttoning his police uniform to beat up Amitabh. In Singham, Ajay Devgn who plays a cop, does the same to Ravi Beasant. In fact, the dialogue between Ajay and Ravi are similar to the ones between Vinod and Amitabh.”

And that’s not all. “There is a scene similar to a scene from the 1973 hit Zanjeer as well. The scene where Pran walks into a police station and tries to sit on a chair, which Amitabh Bachchan kicks away and says, ‘Jab tak baithne ko kahaa na jaaye, tab tak chup chaap khade raho,’ has been re-created in Singham. In this film, the scene has been picturised on Ajay Devgn and Marathi actor Ashok Samarth,” added the source.

Seems like Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn are all set to recreate the 70s magic on screen with Singham. “Rohit wanted to pay a tribute to the 70’s and also to the original angry young man of Indian cinema, Mr Amitabh Bachchan,” said the source.


When contacted, the official spokesperson from the film confirmed the existence of the scenes in Singham and added, “They are used as a tribute to the films of 70’s.

Rohit and Ajay have grown up watching these films. These are iconic scenes and we have tried to pay them a tribute through our film.

No Bachchan for Genelia

His reputation for over crowding his films with A-listers and undertaking exclusively male centric projects has paid off for the most part for director Rohit Shetty. But, with the latest turn of events he might have to reconsider this formula that has usually won him critical acclaim.

Reportedly, the leading lady in his upcoming production Bol Bachchan, Genelia D’Souza, felt inconsequential in the Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn starrer and so, opted out of the film.

Apparently, Shetty was rather taken-aback by the actress’s decision and tried very hard to convince her to stay on-board.

However, Genelia, who was to essay Bindiya Goswami’s character in the original, was adamant about not going forward with the project. A source explained that while Shetty has had to return to the drawing board to cast another actress, his losses are minimal as the film has not yet gone on floors.

The source explained, “If shooting was in process, Shetty would have to re-shoot with Genelia’s replacement, which in turn would have increased the cost of the film.

At least now, producers Ashtavinayak will not have to bear a hole in their pocket. It was a good call for Genelia to opt out before the film went on floors.”

When asked why the actress opted out, the source said, “When she read the script, Genelia felt that she didn’t have a very significant role in the film. But that is with most of Shetty’s films - either they are too crowded or they are male-centric.”

However, a friend of the actress came to her defence and denied these claims. “Her dates are clashing with Navdeep Singh’s film, starring Abhay Deol. She had to chose one between the two,” said the actress’s friend.

With Genelia giving up her role in the film, the industry is already abuzz with speculation about her possible replacement. And it seems that Prachi Desai is the most likely contender.

“Shetty spoke to Prachi, who instantly agreed to step into Genelia’s shoes,” added the source. When contacted, both Genelia and Prachi remained unavailable for comment.

Ajay shoots for Singham's climax

Ajay Devgn was shooting for some portions of Singham at the IMA hall in Juhu on Friday afternoon. It was the last day of the shoot. And interestingly, the climax was getting shot. When we landed up on the sets.

Dressed up as a cop, Ajay, who plays the main protagonist Bajirao Singham in the Rohit Shetty film, had to deal with an officer's family. He had to make sure that his character, Singham has provided justice to them.

The scene, unlike most Rohit Shetty moments was not one that involved jokes. That was probably the first thing that struck us. Being on a Rohit Shetty film set, one automatically starts expecting the Golmaal fun. This definitely was not it.

The scene culminated with the other cops, Singham's colleagues applauding his success. And then Ajay turns to the people posing as media and salutes them. This was a picture perfect end moment to shoot, we thought. After all, it was the last day of the shoot as well.

After a few takes, Rohit screams, "Okay". And then pack up is announced. But all is not over yet. Ajay Devgn takes his friend Rohit to a corner. We see them discussing the pending song and the response to the promos of the film already on air.

The chemistry between the two strike us even as we stand far away. After the friends' discussion is over, a junior artiste comes forward to get his pictures clicked with Ajay and Rohit. Ajay rushes off to somewhere. And we go off for a break.

After the shoot, however, Rohit rejoins us in his van. "The shoot is now over. We were to wrap by afternoon but it got delayed, explains the filmmaker and breathes a sigh of relief."