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Yesteryears actress Asha Parekh has been blessed to work with the superstars of her reining era, whether it be Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand or Rajesh Khanna. However, she still rues the fact that she didn’t get the opportunity to work with Dilip Kumar, and is still waiting to work with him.While speaking to the sources at an event recently, the Padma Shri winner said, "I really want to work with Yusuf saab (Dilip Kumar). It's still a wish and I am still waiting to work with him." For those unaware, Dilip Kumar calls it quits from acting in 1998, and the last movie the 90-year-old featured in was Qila. Despite that Asha Parekh is still eager to share screen-space with him. "If I get an opportunity, I would just run and do that project. This is one thing I am looking forward to," she said.There were rumours before that Dilip Kumar and Asha Parekh shared some animosity and this is the reason that they never worked together, but the latter quashed the rumours. She said, "There was no animosity. It was a mistake by the journalist who just cooked up the story. I was very angry with him for cooking up stories and spoiling our relationship. I have a very, very good relationship with Yusuf saab and Saira Banu. I was terribly hurt by that report." Well, we hope your dream do come true!

Hollywood director Danny Boyle, who is best known in India for his film Slumdog Millionaire which starred Indian-origin actors Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, is all set to helm a feature adaptation of the documentary Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers.For those unaware, the original documentary came out last year, and it talked about the world`s most successful diamond thieves. What was further intriguing about the project was that it showed a clip captured on CCTV and also the interviews with several members of the gang.After watching the documentary, Boyle decided to adapt it to silver screen, and with this, his long-term producing partner Christian Colson came on board. It is learnt that the filmmaker is going the produce the film through his Cloud Eight Films banner. Meanwhile, it is going to be co-financed by Pathe and Fox Searchlight. It was said that Boyle would search for his next project once he was once with his directorial Trance, which was a heist film, and starred James McAvoy as a London art dealer who is forced to assist in the theft of a Goya painting.Way to go!

Sonakshi Sinha, who often said that she is happy with her traditional image and doesn’t need a makeover, is likely to go Vidya Balan’s The Dirty Picture way. Yes, she is in news to have a raunchy song in Prabhu Deva’s forthcoming project R…Rajkumar opposite Shahid Kapoor. It seems, after Ramaiya Vastavaiya’s flop show at box-office, Prabhu Deva is leaving no stone unturned to make his upcoming project a full-pack of entertainment. Earlier, it was reported that he has signed model-turned-item girl Scarlett Wilson for an item number that will feature her opposite film’s villain Sonu Sood. Now, latest report says that he also assigned its lead actress Sonakshi Sinha to flaunt her curves in a special song.Recently, Sonakshi, who was highly impressed by Vidya Balan performance in the Ekta Kapoor's The Dirty Picture, went on to shower praises on her performance in the movie. Does it mean she is also ready to go her way? Because report says Sonakshi has drawn inspiration from Vidya Balan for R...Rajkumar’s new song Gandi baat. She is likely to be seen flaunting her curves in the song choreographed by the dance king Prabhudheva.The song will showcase Shahid in his wildest avatar while Sonakshi would be seen in her sexiest appearance till date and as far as dancing is concerned in the song; it would be completely wild. Interestingly, Sonakshi is used to Prabhu's jigging as she has matched steps with the ace choreographer in Rowdy Rathore and OMG: Oh My God, while for Shahid it's his first ever experience. Let’s see how Sonakshi will shed off her traditional image taking this new challenge for R…Rajkumar!