Marquee moves
Call her Dr. Shilpa
Good fortunes continue to knock on Shilpa Shetty’s doors. She won the Big Brother reality show and her last film, Metro, turned out to be a hit.
Shilpa will now be conferred with a honorary doctor degree by the Leeds Metropolitan University in recognition of her contribution to cultural diversity and maintaining good relations between people in India and the UK. The university had earlier conferred honorary doctorates on Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Yash Chopra.
RGV renames his ‘Sholay’
Ram Gopal Varma has given in to pressure, at least to rename his film. After a lawsuit filed by G.P. Sippyu’s grandson protesting against Ramu’s use of the name Sholay in his title Ramu ki Sholay, Ramu
has decided to do away with the word Sholay.
His remake of the yesteryear hit will now be called Ramu ki Aag. Since the Sippy’s argued that they hold the copyright towards using the character names Gabbar Singh and Basanti, the new Gabbar Singh will be called Ajgar and B
asanti will become Ghungroo.
Hum Saath Saath Hain!
Producer Sanjay Gupta has named the sequel of Kaante as Saath. The title stands for togetherness and Gupta’s lucky number – 7. The sequel will not feature Amitabh Bachchan and it will be interesting to
see how the other actors, most of who get killed in Kaante, reappear in Saath. While Kaante was a remake of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, Gupta claims Saath will have an original story and screenplay.
Ranbir enters Yash Raj camp
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor’s handsome son Ranbir Kapoor will make his debut with Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. Reportedly, Ranbir has already been signed by Yash Raj f
ilms for his second film.
Yash Chopra and son Aditya Chopra are said to be working on this project and are contemplating casting Katrina Kaif opposite Ranbir.
COMPILED BY SANGEETHA DEVI DUNDOO
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