After Mandakini by Bebo, it’s Kimi Katkar by Vidya Balan

Whether Kareena Kapoor would be doing the Mandakini act is still uncertain. Meanwhile Vidya Balan has already done a Kimi Katkar. And the common factor is Milan Luthria.

While there is still speculation whether Kareena Kapoor will be doing the Mandakini act and going under the waterfall to recreate the famous scene from Raj Kapoor's Ram Teri Ganga Maili in Milan Luthria's sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai , something else from the same era (in fact the same year) has already been recreated. And interestingly the common factor is director Milan Luthria.

If you remember Mandakini, you should be certainly aware of another actress from the same time - Kimi Katkar. Like Mandakini, even Kimi Katkar's claim to fame is a similar scene from the film Tarzan that released in the same year as Ram Teri Ganga Maili - 1985. The only difference was that while Mandakini got wet in white under a waterfall, Kimi Katkar did the same but in a pond.

Coming back to Milan Luthria, the filmmaker is presently busy shooting his film Dirty Picture with Vidya Balan, where the actress' role is modeled on the lines of the sex-symbol of 80s, Silk Smitha. Amongst the several scenes that recreate the 80s era is one where Vidya Balan plays a damsel in distress in jungle who is rescued by one Tarzan-styled jungle-boy. Says a source, "A man with good physique and whose looks come quite close to Hemant Birje (the actor who played Tarzan ) is seen rescuing Vidya Balan in a jungle setting. The scene was recently shot in Ramoji Rao Studios in Hyderabad".

However, the makers have avoided the wet-in-white sequence, though otherwise the scene clearly revives memories of Tarzan days. Now we guess if director Milan Luthria can handle the Tarzan sequence so smartly, he can definitely handle the Ram Teri Ganga Maili sequence with as much elegance without offending Kareena Kapoor or compromising on the script.

Salman's jungle film in 3D!

Imagine Salman Khan's too-hot-to-handle abs. And now imagine it in 3D. Beating the other Khans, Salman has now decided to go three dimensional in his next film Sher Khan.

"First of all I am not playing Tarzan in the film and it has got nothing to do with the character at all. It is an adventure film based in a jungle," clarified Salman Khan about his next endeavour with his brother Sohail.

While he dismisses any link to the famous man of the jungle in Sher Khan, the brothers are reportedly toying with the idea of making the film in 3D.

Our source told us, "It is Sohail's idea to make it in 3D. However, Salman bhai is still in two minds about this. Shooting in 3D is very difficult and going by the standards of special effects expected these days, the Khan brothers want everything to be sorted before they take the final call.

However, Sohail is quite confident given his technical finesse. He is known to be very hands-on, as far as his films are concerned. Plus the film is a jungle adventure and so it will be fun watching the film, if it is in 3D."

When asked about his scepticism to make the film in 3D, Salman explained, "As far as 3D goes, I am not sure. We are definitely thinking about it. However, 3D films have not worked in India and I am not too sure about its market."

When contacted, Sohail said, "I am still working on the script and only after the script develops, we will decide if it has 3D scope or not."

The historical fascination with 3D in India dates back to the release of James Cameron's action- adventure sci-fi, Avatar, in 2009. The stereoscopic film was a breakthrough in cinematic technique and so ever since then, Bollywood filmmakers have been eager to follow suit.

While most of the 3D projects have fallen through, two have managed to go as planned. Vikram Bhatt's Haunted, which released on April 15, is India's first next generation stereoscopic 3D film. And Shirish Kunder's Joker is the next 3D film to be released. 

Considering the professional roll that Sallu has been on, we wonder if Sohail will let his brother take the final call.