Everyone’s speculating about DON 2. Farhan Akhtar, who directed the SRK starrer DON, had announced the sequel to the film quite some time back. While Farhan got busy with his acting assignments and SRK too decided to work on RAB NE BANA DI JODI first and MY NAME IS KHAN next, one kept wondering when Farhan and SRK would start the next instalment of DON.

“DON 2 will start in October this year. We’ve locked the script and also the locations,” Farhan and his producer-partner Ritesh Sidhwani tell me. The new DON will have two leading ladies. “Priyanka Chopra will be one of them. The second will be finalized in due course,” Farhan states.

There’s talk that the producers are also planning to start ROCK ON 2. “A lot of people want us to do that. Right now Abhishek [Kapoor, the director of ROCK ON] is working on another script. But if he finds a script that looks like a worthy follow up to ROCK ON, why not?” Farhan clarifies.

No sooner that the controversy around SRK’s comments on Pakistani cricket players has settled down, the actor finds himself in yet another controversy related to the IPL.

This time round, it’s the courtesy of inner wear brand Lux Cozy, of which, SRK is the recently appointed brand ambassador. The story goes that, since SRK is the brand ambassador of the said brand, it was rest understood as to they will be sponsoring the uniforms for Khan’s T-20 team Kolkata Knight Riders, besides a monetary angle of course. All was well so far. Now the twist in the tale is that the Lux Company is owned by the Todi brothers (Ashok and Pradip). They are the same Todi brothers who were charged with apparently leading to the suicide of computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rehman, a Muslim, after he married Ashok Todi’s daughter Priyanka, who was a Hindu by religion.

This news had made it to the national headlines and remained atop for quite sometime. This ’sponsorship’ move by SRK for KKR with the said brand has not been taken kindly by many. That’s the reason why it has sparked anger in many people’s heart. Not just that, since it has a religious pinch to it, a few religious bodies too have come in the forefront to express their opposition. In the lieu of all this, there has been a meeting that has been arranged which will include artistes, actors, dancers, writers, performers and also a few prominent names express solid opposition to the controversial tie-up.

Watch this space for further development on this issue.

The once hot Bollywood couple Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor may have parted ways but they have not bolt the doors tight. Unlike many couples, who can’t see each other on the face after split, Deepika and Ranbir are open to romance each other again – of course only in reel life.

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Deepika has no bad feelings on her ex beau Ranbir. She said that she would love to work with him in the future. She added that working with him in Bachna Ae Haseeno was not enough.

Even as she maintained that career matters the most to her at the moment, she is all praise for her ex boyfriend. She said that Ranbir is a very talented actor and has a long way to go. She added that he would be around for a long time and wish he doesn’t loose focus in following his dreams.

Well, many estranged couple can learn a lesson or two from Deepika and Ranbir!

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Bipasha Basu and John Abraham have been staying in the news doing what they do best - stay in the news! The couple recently attended an event in Mumbai to launch the latest issue of Filmfare magazine that features them on its cover page in a steamy asset flaunting pose.

The cover story has more photos inside as well as an interview with the couple that diehard fans with a lot of time to spare may actually care to read through.

What we liked about John and Bipasha was the way they were attired - in blue denims and trendy white tops. We call it style++ casuals.

John and Bipasha at filmfare event. Photo Credit: IANS
John and Bipasha at filmfare event. Photo Credit: IANS

Move over, John Abraham. If lady love Bipasha Basu is to be taken for real, her hottest co-stars are Akshay Kumar and Abhishek Bachchan.

Even newcomer Ranbir Kapoor scores a 10 in the dusky Bengali beauty’s book. She’s acting opposite him in a forthcoming film and says of the young Kapoor scion and other co-stars, “Ranbir is a very charming guy. We really look good together on screen. But people say that Akshay and Abhishek, too, make a fantastic screen pair with me.”

Her last film Goal’s failure to score at the box office has not really sent the sultry actress into hiding to lick her wounds. Reports about her “good friend”, the hot Latino soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, backing out from promoting Goal hasn’t left a bad taste in Bipasha’s mouth either. “I don’t feel let down. It wasn’t my idea to get him involved. So if didn’t work out, it’s fine, Cristiano is still my friend,” she said defensively.

There are other reasons to keep her happy.

Like being voted the Sexiest Asian Woman in the world by a leading UK-based Asian newspaper. And several other exciting things happening in her career. Like her first Bengali film, Sab Chiter Kalpanik , directed by Rituporno Ghosh opposite Bengal’s superstar Prosenjit.

Bips said excitedly, “This is my first Bengali film and I cannot wait to begin the shoot. I have never been able to stay in Kolkata for more than couple of days. Now, during this 20-day schedule, I will take out time and do everything possible from eating my favourite dish Mach Bhaat to visiting relatives and connecting with old friends. Beneath the surface, I am still a simple girl from a humble background in Kolkata. I like the little things in life.”

She also has Sir Ben Kingsley’s Taj Mahal to look forward to.

In this epic, Bips plays Shah Jehan’s daughter Jahan Ara Begum who looked after the ailing emperor when he was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in a fort from where he continuously gazed at the Taj Mahal.

Technically, Bips will be playing Aishwarya Bachchan’s daughter in the film, because Ash plays the legendary Mumtaz Mahal for whom Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal as a monument of love. “Aishwarya and I will not be sharing any screen space. My role is delineated to show the relationship between Shah Jehan and Jahan Ara and I will enter the film much later,” said Bips who is also doing another historical, Ashoka, opposite Ajay Devgan to be directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi.