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There were reports that Ranbir Kapoor will play a vampire in "Bloody Veer", but the film's producer Siddharth Jain denies this saying they have not zeroed on anyone yet for the main lead. " 'Bloody Veer' is a vampire film. The leading actor is not yet finalised.

Actress Amrita Puri, who will be seen in "Kai Po Che", a big screen adaptation of "3 Mistakes of My Life", says after reading the book she understood why Chetan Bhagat is so famous. "The only Chetan Bhagat novel I have read is '3 Mistakes of My Life' and that is because of the film.

After making short films and a movie, actress Nandita Das is now directing a play that focuses on inequalities in the society. "At the moment I am working on a play, in which I am going to act, direct as well as write. I am very nervous.

Filmmaker Onir is confident that gradually mainstream actors will open up to off-beat cinema too. "Films like 'Gangs of Wasseypur', and 'Shanghai' have become famous. It is not comedy, but serious cinema which portrays our society," Onir told IANS, adding such films highlight "serious issues" and "have been accepted".

Unapologetic about her forthcoming production "Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum", Ekta Kapoor says that people with "pristine sensibilities" should stay away from it. "I am not going to give any justification to anyone. Those who don't like it, sorry, but if you like it, we love you.

Bollywood fans in Hamburg will be treated to five movies by acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap as part of a retrospective July 11-16. The retrospective will open with the "Dev-D" followed by the screening of both parts of "Gangs Of Wasseypur", "That Girl In Yellow Boots" and "Black Friday".

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is likely to walk the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) winter-festive 2012 runway at the grand finale to be jointly presented by designer Kallol Dutta and duo Pankaj-Nidhi. The forthcoming edition will be held here Aug 3-7. "Kareena walked for Manish Malhotra two seasons ago and we have shared the work with her.

Anchor-actor Cyrus Sahukar, who will host the fourth season of "India's Got Talent", says the reality show has "created job opportunities for participants" and given a new lease of life to dying art forms. He says the winner of the first season, Price Dance Group, is a good example of that.

"Delhi Belly" actress Poorna Jagannathan, a vegetarian, has joined hands with People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to inform people about the benefits of the lifestyle. "PETA approached me to do a campaign for them. They got to know that I was vegetarian.

Deepika Padukone is working with Rajinikath for the first time in "Kochadaiyaan", but says she admires Tamil superstar's child like enthusiasm and never felt any pressure while working with him. "I might feel pressure before, but when I walk on the sets and the camera starts rolling, I switch off everything and play the character that I have to.

Pakistani model-turned-actress Veena Malik calls herself a freak and says she needs a partner to take care of her daily chores. "I am such a freak that I need a partner to remove my make up, to feed me, to help me wear my shoes.

If you've loved films like "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Dostana", chances are you would want to taste "Cocktail" too! With a heady mix of friendship, love, oodles of trendsetting fashion statements, and topped with a soundtrack of chartbusters like "Tum hi ho bandhu" and "Daaru desi", the film has a great buzz among youngsters ahead of its release Friday.

Bollywood bigwigs romancing actresses half their age is now an established norm in today's current age. While actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan have romanced Bollywood beauties like Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif who are half their age, there has also been Saif who on the other end believes in being young at heart throughout.

Film: "From Sydney with Love"; Music Director: Sohail Sen, Thor Patridge and Nabin Laskar; Singers: Sohail Sen, Roshni Baptist,Mohit Chauhan, Monali Thakur Mika Singh, Palak, Neeraj Sridhar, Brooklyn Shanti; Rating: *** 1/2 "From Sydney with Love" marks the debut of many a people, including the stars and the director, and interestingly the soundtrack offers fresh and tempting music to the listeners.

Oprah Winfrey went to the slums, visited the Taj Mahal, socialised with Bollywood's gliteratti and explored real India on her maiden visit to the country. Now, the international talk show queen is set to share all that in a two-part series on her show - "Oprah's Next Chapter".

Deepika Padukone, who would like to work in women-centric films, says that her journey towards such films has already begun with "Cocktail", which is releasing Friday. "I would like to do women-centric movies. In fact, for me I feel Veronica (her character in 'Cocktail') is that.

Many feel that there is a similarity between "Love Aaj Kal" and forthcoming movie "Cocktail", but co-producer Dinesh Vijan denies it, saying that to ensure that the film has an individual identity, they opted for online medium to introduce it. "We wanted the film to get its own identity and we went online in a big way.

In its 13th year, Lakme Fashion Week has lined up 86 designers, including veterans Pallavi Jaikishan and Ritu Beri, from across the country. From big names such as Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla, Anita Dongre, Krishna Mehta to young talents Pooja Kapoor, Atithi Gupta, Roma Narsinghani, Isabelle Mittal have been roped in to present exotic designs on the ramp at the upcoming edition of winter-festive 2012 starting Aug 3.

Aamir Khan says aborting a child after sex determination is wrong and supports the Maharashtra government's proposal to give severe punishment to those involved in such offences. The state has sought the central government's opinion for slapping a charge of homicide on cultprits of female foeticide.

In a massive combing operation that continued for the second day Wednesday, Mumbai police's Crime Branch claimed to have made a headway in the case of missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan and her family members.