Katrina won't dance with Salman

Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan were to do a song together in Shirish Kunder's 'Joker'...

'Joker' is being shot in Chandigarh for a while now, and the movie starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha has been in the news constantly. Being directed by Shirish Kunder, there were talks that Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan would be making a special appearance together in this flick. It was touted that they would do a special dance number for it.

With Katrina having been the main lead for Farah Khan's 'Tees Maar Khan' and with her 'Sheila Ki Jawani' number having become a craze, news spread like rapid fire that Shirish and wife Farah were keen that Kat make an appearance in 'Joker'. Also, Farah Khan's close proximity to Salman (they are good friends) is well known. And the potential of Salman being a part of this venture isn't too far-fetched either.

The world now believes that Salman and Katrina will groove to a song together in 'Joker'. However, sources close to the actress say that the above news is just speculation. We are told, "Since Farah is close to both Katrina and Salman, people are assuming that she'll approach the two for a song. Nothing has come forth yet. As of the moment, Katrina isn't dancing with Salman to any number in 'Joker'."

Sonakshi to groove in 'Joker'

Sonakshi Sinha is sure being pampered. When the actress who is shooting for Shirish Kunder's "Joker" got wistful at not having done any modern dance so far, choreographer Farah Khan, who was in Chandigarh to shoot a desi number, introduced a hip-hop section in it.

Akshay Kumar's song-and-dance with Sonakshi, meant to be a hard core desi number, was shot in the lush mustard fields of Chandigarh last week.

In the middle of the song, a hip-hop section was introduced, much to Sonakshi's delight as it was her first attempt at something western.

"Sonakshi was very keen on trying western steps. She was looking forward to grooving in 'Joker'. But when the first song and dance in the film turned out to be a desi item, she was disappointed. Shirish and Farah agreed to pamper her. And a hip-hop section was put in," a source said.

Farah Khan confirmed the inclusion of hip-hop in the song. "It's a situation where Akshay Kumar has returned home in Punjab from the US. There's a celebratory song and dance. It does have a very special hip-hop section."

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‘Desi Boyz’ to cast together Akshay Kumar and John Abraham

Mumbai, March 11- Akshay Kumar and John Abraham were last seen together in 2005, in the film “Garam Masala”. Directed by Priyadarshan. The comedy film was actually a Hindi remake of the 1985 release “Boeing Boeing”, a Malayalam film. Akki even bagged a film fare award for the best actor in a comic role.

The duo, enacted the characters of photographers. John was a character named Shyam aka Sam, and Akshay portrayed a character named Mac.

Now, this freaky pair has teamed up for David Dhawan’s son, Rohit Dhawan’s maiden directorial venture named “Desi Boyz”. Already, the film has hit the floors, and a part of the film’s shooting is complete. The next part will be shot in London.

Produced by Gaganpreet Sokhi and distributed by Eros Entertainment, the film will be released on 25th November, 2011. Apart from Akshay Kumar and John Abraham, the film also features Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh. Music is composed by Pritam for the movie.

The chemistry shared by Akki and John, in the previous movie, tickled funny bone and moviegoers were really amused by the duo’s gags and perfect comic timing of the two.

Director Rohit Dhawan has already impressed the production house, that Eros Entertainment production house wants him to direct, its next film. Hope, “Desi Boyz”, delivers peels of laughter and amuses the audience.

Akshay Kumar gets the look right to supposedly essay the role of Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.

Akshay Kumar returns to action films with the sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. It's been a while since the actor has done a gangster film that earned him rave reviews in films like International Khiladi and Khiladiyoon Ke Khiladi. Naturally he is excited. "I have been waiting for the right script to stamp my return to action and finally I found it. My look in the film has been completely my director Milan Luthria and producer Ekta Kapoor's call. They have worked in tandem to give me this intense look," he says.

Akki's character is the older version of Emraan Hashmi's character, Shoaib Khan, from the prequel. The buzz is that the character is based on underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim. However the actor says it's untrue, "I play a gangster of the 80s and it would be unwise to say that I'm playing Dawood even though the world is saying so."

Meanwhile, Ekta reveals that he will have three looks in the film. "Akshay ages through the film. It begins with 25 and then 30 and then 35 is the age span that we cover. So he will have three looks in the film. We combined how a gangster of the 80s looked and mixed Akshay's natural charm to his dreaded on screen persona," the producer adds. Sources have it that Akki will be taking help from prosthetics to make him to look similar to the real Dawood and will also be attending a 15 day kinesics workshop to train in the body language and mannerisms of the gangster." Here is a sneak peak especially for TOI readers.

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Salman's highest paid actor!

He is still considered Bollywood's enfant terrible. But that doesn't hamper his price. Trade talk is that Salman Khan is the Hindi film industry's highest paid actor at this point.

Our source says, "Actors keep saying that they have stopped charging a price because they are now take home a share in the percentage of profits. The profit-sharing bit is right but actors, especially those like Salman and Akshay Kumar also charge a price and over and above it, they take home a share in the profits." Salman is reportedly charging Rs 17.5 cr for Ready and he is a partner on the project. So he will get a percentage of the profits too.

Salman who is red-hot after Dabangg has allegedly even been made an offer of Rs 30 cr as his price. The share in the profits goes without saying.

The IIFA in Canada to be promoted by Khiladi Akshay Kumar

Feb 26, Toronto: After a rupture in the alliance of megastar Amitabh Bachchan with the organisers of IIFA, the organisers of IIFA is looking for a new brand ambassador. Mr. Bachchan was the face of IIFA for more than a decade. Bachchan missed the IIFA weekend which was held in Sri Lanka the last year. And this resulted in the rift between Amitabh and IIFA. 

This year IIFA will be held in Toronto, Canada. And the organisers of IIFA are seriously thinking about Khiladi Akshay Kumar, to be made the new face. He will be promoting the event in Canada this time. But, no final decision has yet been made, about who should be the IIFA brand ambassador. 

International Indian Film Academy, popularly known as IIFA, helps in promoting Indian cinema worldwide, to reach out to the millions of fans. Its spearheaded by Wizcraft International Entertainment Ltd. Acclaimed as the “Oscars Of Bollywood”, it has successfully showcased the treasures of Indian film. IIFA has travelled through London, Malaysia, Johannesburg, Yorkshire, Thailand, Colombo, and many other places. 

Akki is overjoyed to get a chance of promoting IIFA in Canada. He has got a huge number of fans there. He expressed that Canada is a very charming place, and he even suggests his directors and producers to shoot in Canada. Canadians love Bollywood movies and bollywood stars are very popular over there.

However, Salman is also considered by IIFA as the star who can be the face of IIFA, besides Akshay.

Akshay Kumar plays coolest role of his career in ‘Housefull 2′: Sajid Khan

Mumbai – Sajid Khan is busy with the sequel to his comedy “Housefull” and says that Akshay Kumar will be seen in a never before seen avatar in it.

In “Housefull 2″, Akshay’s role has apparently gone back to the storyboard. “Golmaal” writers Sajid-Farhad have been roped in to write the part.

“We’ve really enhanced the cool quotient for Akshay in ‘Housefull 2′. The Akshay that you’ll see in ‘Housefull 2′ has never been seen before,” said Sajid.

According to sources, the script for the sequel has devised some of the scariest action sequences ever. Apparently Akshay’s introductory stunt in “Housefull 2″ would be directed by Robert Alonzo who is Tom Cruise’s stunt co-ordinator in “Mission Impossible 4″.

Sajid doesn’t deny the James Bond influence on “Housefull 2″. 

He said: “If Akshay played a ‘Sad Sack’ in ‘Housefull’, he plays the coolest character of his career in ‘Housefull 2′. Yes, James Bond is a deep influence on me. As a child I remember seeing exotic countries as locations in the Bond films.”