Akshay Kumar romances Asin in the passionate song ‘Saari saari raat’

Perhaps saving the best for last! After the release of boisterous songs like Khiladi bhaiya and Lonely song, it’s time for a romantic track. Yes, because apart from bashing the baddies black and blue, this khiladi knows how to romance in isshtyle. Watch Akshay Kumar singing the love song Saari saari raat for Asin

 

Hard Kaur turns in a de-glam avatar for Akshay's 'Patiala House'

Hard Kaur turns in a de-glam avatar for Akshay's 'Patiala House': Don't be surprised if you notice a deglam Hard Kaur in Akshay Kumar starrer "Patiala House". The female rapper is trying to make a mark with her Bollywood debut.

Real name Taran Kaur Dhillon, the hip hop singer has given up on her oomph and funky avatar to play a desi Punjabi girl Komal in the movie.

"Patiala House is going to surprise everyone with Hard Kaur now as an actor, playing the role of Komal. Her fans will enjoy her fresh role and her new avatar as a Punjabi kudi," producer Bhushan Kumar said in a statement.

Said a source: "She plays the role of a Punjabi girl who wears only Indian dresses which is quite the opposite of her in real life."

Releasing Feb 11, "Patiala House" has been directed by Nikhil Advani. It also stars Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia.

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor: For all those cine buffs who wanted to see the fresh pairing of Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar here is a sneak peek into their film Thank You.

Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film is a comedy ,based in Canada, with many stars including Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sunil Shetty and Celina Jaitley. Anees who has given hit comedies like Welcome and No Entry is working for the first time with Sonam and this film is also the actress’s first comedy.

Though Sonam is quite young in comparison to Akki, after seeing the images, unveiled by Sonam on her site and also on Twitter, we can say the duo looks fresh and can bring out a smashing chemistry on screen. The movie is releasing April 8.

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor

Mallika Sherawat with Akshay Kumar having fun on the set of song 'Razia Gundon Mein'

Mallika Sherawat with Akshay Kumar having fun on the set of song 'Razia Gundon Mein': Here is Razia and the gunda snapped! Mallika Sherawat is dancing to a raunchy item song Razia Gundon Mein Phas Gayi with Akshay Kumar and the duo have been bonding well during the shoot, as is apparent from this snap from the sets of the Anees Bazmee-directed film.

Mallika recently posted this image on Twitter and wrote, “havin fun with Akshay Kumar on set:) self-portraited!” The still is a hit among her followers who have showered her with praises. On fan writes: “Two amazing people in industry..Lovely.”

It’s believed that due to this song Mallika has opted out from the TV show Chak Dhoom Dhoom as apparently it was getting too hectic for the actress to work on the show and then shoot this sexy item song as well. Mallika has earlier worked with Akki in the film Welcome and played the love interest of both Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar in the film.

Sonakshi Sinha's next film Joker: shooting start from 12 February

Sonakshi Sinha's next film Joker shooting start from 12 February: Shirish Kunder's next directorial venture after Jaane-Mann, titled Joker will go on floors from 12 February.

This will be Kunder's second movie as director and stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the main leads. Shreyas Talpade has been cast as the second male lead in Joker and will be essaying the role of Akshay's brother. The female lead opposite Talpade has not yet been decided.

Kunder will be heading to Chandigarh tomorrow for location scouting. Earlier this week, Kunder also went on a location recce in the interiors of Maharashtra for the movie.

Kunder wrote on his Twitter, "Joker is not a Superhero film. At one point it used to be. But what we are making now is a completely new script, with the same title."

The movie is slated to release around Christmas this year and is being produced by Akshay Kumar.

Kunder recently co-produced Tees Maar Khan along with Akshay Kumar's Hari Om Productions. The movie was directed by Farah Khan and starred Kumar and Katrina Kaif in the lead.

Akshay Kumar to play with cricket legends in 'Patiala House'!

Akshay Kumar to play with cricket legends in 'Patiala House'!: In the upcoming film Patiala House, Akshay Kumar gets to share screen space with real cricketers from the world over.

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The film, slated to release on February 11, has Akshay playing a pace bowler from England. He’s a Punjabi and therefore his proud father (Rishi Kapoor) is against him playing for the goras.

Now, since the film revolves around cricket, director Nikhil Advani and producer Bhushan Kumar decided to rope in real cricketers for authenticity sake.

We hear that the film will feature international players like Nasir Hussain, Brendon McCullum, Herschelle Gibbs, Kieron Pollard, Andrews Symonds, Kamran Akmal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Graham Gooch, Wasim Akram and Matthew Hayden.

“In the film, Akshay is playing for England and it is the World Cup that they are playing for. So it needed to have a lot of known faces to be seen with Akshay. That’s when we approached these players, sent them the script and got them on board,” Bhushan is quoted as saying by a news agency.

While most of the players will be seen on the field with Akshay, a few, like Nasir Hussain, will commentate.

Patiala House is pursuing your dreams!

Patiala House is pursuing your dreams!: T-Series and People Tree Films Patiala House is touted to be one of the films to watch out for in 2011. The film stars Akshay Kumar with no other than Anushka Sharma, who is now a hot property, after the immense success of Band Baaja Baarat! The excitement just does not end there. This film also brings together of a real life family members, Akshay Kumar and Dimple Kapadia, on celluloid.

For the uninitiated, Patiala House is the story of a Sikh joint family. Four generations of the Kahlon family live together, in a suburban house in London. The term 'Patiala' in this film, signifies a fourth generation Sikh household in Southall, London, UK. A house with 22 members both young and old ruled by an autocratic and big headed Gurtej Singh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor).

A house where the disparity in thought between the younger and older generation has reached a simmering boiling point and mutiny, rebellion is round the corner. How a 34 year old ex-cricketer who has been forced to sacrifice his dreams for his fathers ideals is given a second chance to see it getting fulfilled.

Talking about the film, both the producers Mukesh Talreja and Bhushan Kumar, say in unison that, "We feel that this is a film that every Indian will be able to identify with, as almost all Indians at some point have the experience of living in a joint family. Patiala House is a full entertainer with all the ingredients of a family entertainer thrown in."

While Nikhil Advani said, "The essence of Patiala House is pursuing your dream when life gives you a second chance. In this pursuit, Akshay happens to be a cricketer, but he could've been a musician or a poet. It can be your story or mine. Patiala House is the story of the Kahlon family, and their travails."

Patiala House is all set to release on February 11.

Ranbir Kapoor-Imran Khan-Ranveer Singh now in Akshay's favorite list

Ranbir Kapoor-Imran Khan-Ranveer Singh now in Akshay's favorite list: After completing two successful decades in the Hindi film industry, Akshay Kumar is now definitely into the senior bracket and is counted amongst the top stars of Bollywood, despite the recent setbacks. The actor picked his favourite new generation of actors who he feels come closest to him.

The first name that Akshay chooses does not spring a surprise. It is Ranbir Kapoor, who Akshay feels is doing a fine job. Ranbir is not just a future super star but with super hit films like AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI and RAJNEETI, he is already a force to reckon with and amongst the top five actors of Bollywood.

Then Akki picks up Imran Khan who has already made his presence felt in the industry with hits like JAANE TU...YA JAANE NA and the runaway success I HATE LUV STORYS and is certainly counted amongst the most promising future stars of Bollywood.

The third and last name does surprise and in fact we are sure that the newest entrant in Bollywood, Ranveer Singh, who made such a terrific debut via BAND BAAJA BAARAAT will be thrilled to bits when he comes to know that Akshay finds him very good and is amongst his choice of promising talents.

Akshay Kumar love to work again with Farah Khan

Akshay Kumar love to work  again with Farah Khan: Even after the failure of 'Tees Maar Khan' and a number of flops last year, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar still holds a lot of confidence in filmmakers he has worked with and hopes to create box-office success this year.

After his last release Farah’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’ received a lukewarm response at the box-office, it’s learnt that the actor is still keen to work with the filmmaker.

Talking about Farah, Akshay stated, “A film may or may not click for several reasons, so Fridays do not decide my equations with anyone. I still believe that Farah’s one of the best film-makers in Bollywood and I’d love to work with her again.”

Akshay in Farah’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’ sequel
Interestingly, it’s also been rumored that Akshay would be seen in the sequel of ‘Tees Maar Khan’ and when the actor was asked about this, he stated that if that happens he would be happy to work in the sequel.

“I'm looking forward to working with her again. She's a tough taskmaster. Men are scared of her. So am I. She speaks her mind no matter what the consequences. She wasn't making a film to win the National award. She made a commercial film,” stated Akki.

Akshay is waiting to work with Sonakshi
Akshay, who has given several hit films with Katrina Kaif, is now looking forward to his fresh pairing with Sonakshi in Shrish’s ‘Joker’.

After seeing her ‘Dabangg’ performance, Akshay was impressed with her acting talent and he revealed that it didn’t look like it was her first film.

"I saw her in Dabangg. It didn't look like her first film. She was so confident. She complemented Salman perfectly. I hope we look as good together,” stated Akshay.

Speaking about Shirish’s ‘Joker’, Akshay stated that he would be co-producing the film with Shirish who will be directing it.

Speculation is rife that the film revolves around the circus, however, Akshay rejected those rumors and revealed that film has nothing to with the circus.

David Dhawan never made any comments about Akshay's Film

David Dhawan never made any comments about Akshay's Film: Akshay Kumar seems to have become a bit sensitive about his film Tees Maar Khan. When the truth was said, he was not ready to accept it as that’s what David Dhawan had said about the film and this irked the actor to a great extent.

Tees Maar Khan has been touted to become one of the major blockbuster movies of 2010 until it released, but after December 24th while critics have given unsavory comments, the audience have not embraced it with open hands either.

So, at Anil Kapoor’s birthday party on the same day, the director who loves to tickle the audience’s funny bones criticized Tees Maar Khan and commented that it bombed at the box-office.

The remark that David made reached Akki’s ears and the actor didn’t lose anytime in picking up the phone and giving the director a piece of his mind. To this, Dhawan was prompt enough to apologize to Kumar since he didn’t want to burn the bridges with Akshay, as the actor is starring in Rohit Dhawan;s film. Rohit , the son of David has given Akki an integral part of his debut venture Desi Boyz.

A source said that though David might make such comments about films, he never means them as he just loves to gossip and there’s never any malice in his comments. On the other hand, when the director was asked about the incident, he said that he never made any such comments about Akshay’s film.

'Patiala House' Movie Trailer: Akshay play as bowler for England Cricket

'Patiala House' Movie Trailer: Akshay play as bowler for England Cricket: Akshay Kumar plays a pace bowler who wants to play for English cricket team but faces stiff opposition from his father Rishi Kapoor in Patiala House.

Director Nikhil Advani has put behind him the debacle of Chandni Chowk To China and has taken a leap to Southall, London, in his latest film Patiala House. The movie stars Akshay as a talented bowler who gets a chance to play for the English team. But his father, a stiff-upper-lipped patriot, is too proud an Indian to let his son play for the Brits.

So, our hero is stuck in a dilemma. Should he stick to the humdrum existence of running the family shop in Southall or should he follow his dreams.

The movie also stars Anushka Sharma and Dimple Kapadia.

Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif at Tees Maar Khan Premiere - Pics

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Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Farah Khan's exclusive Interview

Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Farah Khan's exclusive Interview: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Farah Khan flew into London this week to promote TEES MAAR KHAN. From 'Sheila Ki Jawani' to Shah Rukh Khan's casting controversies, the film consistently generated column inches. Our correspondent went head-to-head with the director and stars of the movie, to talk about the production. Trade analysts are predicting it will be the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2010.

What is the USP of this film?
Akshay: The USP of TEES MAAR KHAN is the kind of role that I have been offered in the movie. Also, that I am working with Farah for the first time. On top of that we have 'Sheila Ki Jawani'.

Can you confirm the rumours that the project was first offered to Shah Rukh Khan?
Farah: When it was decided that I was going to direct the film the first person I called was Akshay and he was the only choice. Akshay was fabulous to work with. As a star to have in your film, he is bang on with time. If you want him there at 6am he will be there at 5.30am. He brings 200% and gives everything to the shot. Other than that, he improvises and will give you two or three variations of how to do it.

How did you decide on the casting of Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif?
Farah: For me, it was the first time I was working with Akshay and Katrina both. For a long time I resisted bringing the two of them together as I thought they had been together in too many movies. But I think we have presented them in a very different way, both of them are not doing anything we have seen before, and they look like different actors. When they come together their chemistry is so special, and when the camera goes on, magic happens. You cannot explain two people's chemistry, but for them it is there in abundance. They are also both tall, good looking and they complement each other physically.

What was it like working with Farah?
Katrina: There are a few directors who you want to work with on the basis of their talent and their reputation. In this film it was definitely a case of that with Farah. Luckily for me there were a lot of things that I found challenging in this film, obviously the songs and the level of the dancing expected.

Akshay: She is a very strict director, and if she was only allowed to have a cane in her hands. She loves beating up people.

And working with each other again?
Katrina: (Laughs) I had to be brought to set screaming and kicking.

Did you realize 'Sheila Ki Jawani' would be such a hit?
Katrina: I had not worked with Farah for many years, and her songs are always hugely talked about and they have always been a focal point. Especially the songs the girl have done like Sushmita Sen's 'Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha' in MAIN HOON NA and Deepika's [Padukone] introduction song in OM SHANTI OM. All her movies have that one really special song for the girls and I didn't want to let anyone down. I was very nervous about it and put in those hours to make sure I did the best that I could.

Farah: I knew 'Sheela Ki Jawani' would be a big hit. We composed it, constructed it and choreographed it in such a way. But it is incredible that it has gone onto become this kind of a rage, with people watching it a hundred times on YouTube. What is surprising is that little kids are loving it. Maybe it is a children's jingle. When Akshay saw it, he said in small cities they are going to stop the film and replay the song again.

Akshay: It will be fun watching this song in the interiors of India. I watch each and every film on the theatre, and when I am shooting in the interiors I love to watch films and literally they throw money at such kind of songs.

Farah: And this time I am going to be there right in front to pick up all the money.

How do you feel about the battle that has developed between Munni vs Sheila?
Katrina: I don't think we ever realized it, as when we were shooting the song, DABANGG had not yet released. I don't think Farah and I want to compare or fight or anything like that. It is about doing the best that I can do for this song. In my opinion, it is very different to the songs in DABANGG, which coincidentally Farah has done anyway.

How did Salman Khan come onboard for the project?
Farah: I asked Salman Khan to do a song for our movie as there were rumours already that he was in it. I asked him if he would do it and he agreed. It was as simple as that.

Does the movie show off your comic actor or action hero skills?
Akshay: Well there is not much action in this film. It is more comic, because the way the character is written, if there is any action he doesn't want to fight he just wants to run away, and will come back when there are less people and he can handle then very easily. So the character is like that.

Why is the film releasing earlier in the international market?
Farah: In the UK and US we are releasing earlier because the holidays begin on 22nd, so we get a really long weekend. We want to get the advantage of a bigger opening weekend and we get a five-day weekend this way. In the Middle East we release 23rd because all films release on a Thursday over there.