Bebo's chooses Aamir over Saif

The actress has decided to shoot for Aamir's film rather than finishing Saif's Agent Vinod, which is running behind schedule

Kareena Kapoor is indeed a professional to the core. She refused to give dates for her beau Saif Ali Khan's home production, Agent Vinod, as she had already committed all her dates for Reema Kagti's film, opposite Amir Khan.

The actress is busy until the end of June, although she still has some important action sequences to shoot for Agent Vinod. Thus, forcing the Agent Vinod team to put the film's shooting on hold.

A source tells us, "Kareena has allotted her dates in April, May and June to Reema Kagti's film, with Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherji.

Despite the fact that Agent Vinod has been delayed many times over for various reasons and now is in its last stage of production."

The source further added, "Most of the shooting is over. But there are still songs and sequences that require VFX. And yes, a schedule with Kareena is pending. But she's busy with another film. So, we'll just have to wait."

When one wonders why she didn't give priority to Agent Vinod over Kagti's film, Sriram quickly rises to his leading lady's defense, "She was committed to the other film from some time. But that's okay.

Saif and I will be busy with other scenes until she becomes free. I also have a couple of visual-effects scenes to put into place."

Well Bebo you don't seem to believe in the school of favouritism, poor Saif!

Agent Vinod 'Saif' is back in action

Agent Vinod is back on track. All the hiccups pertaining to this Saif Ali Khan Dinesh Vijan film are over.

Recently, it had been rumoured that large chunks of the film had been shot, but there were crucial links missing in the screenplay.

This was causing tension between Saif, who is also the producer of the film, and Sriram Raghavan, its director. The latest is that Sriram Raghavan is very much in charge of the film.

Saif and Kareena start shooting for this film by end of this week. The couple is flying down to Delhi. "We are shooting for the climax in Delhi. Then we have a schedule in London and Russia. Everything has been chalked out.

We had a few issues with Kareena and my dates. I, in particular, got very busy with Aarakshan. But now, we are full-on with Agent Vinod," said Saif.

Issues cropped up between the co-producers Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan last November and one schedule of the film was cancelled.

Director Raghavan had then told us, "The reason why we aren't shooting in November is because I wanted to concentrate on the exhaustive action sequences."

A source close to the film told Mumbai Mirror yesterday, "Agent Vinod is a hardcore action film and not an easy project to shoot.

A few delays were imminent." Let's hope mission impossible becomes mission incredible.

Giselli Monteiro’s passport under scrutiny

The Love Aaj Kal actress was grilled at the international airport recently, the officials doubted her nationality.

We last saw her with Saif Ali Khan as the beautiful Punjabi girl Harleen Kaur in Love Aaj Kal. No one thought she was actually a Brazilian and that is what exactly happened recently even on the airport.

We bumped into Giselli on the final day of the Lakme Fashion Week and couldn't recognize her for she does look Indian!

Smiling at our opinion she nodded in affirmative and spoke to us in English with subtle Portuguese accent, "Yes everybody feels the same! I had gone back home to Brazil recently for a couple of weeks. My mother accompanied me back to India. The security people at the Mumbai airport were shocked as they went through my passport where it was mentioned that my nationality is Brazilian. They asked for my mother's passport too thinking may be I was half Indian or something. But nor my mum or dad have any Indian connection and that took them by surprise. They examined my passport closely and told me that I look Indian."

The actress adds, "I have no complains as it works in my favour. My mother has been here a couple of times, and she is not worried about me living here alone as I have been modelling since the age of 16. I am 22 now."

The actress will be soon seen in Shah Rukh's home production, Always Kabhi Kabhi.

Produced by Shah Rukh Khan, the film marks the directorial debut of actor-presenter, radio jockey and theatre artist, Roshan Abbas and stars debutantes Zoa Morani, Giselli Monteiro, Ali Fazal and Satyajeet Dubey in the lead roles.

Kareena Kapoor reveals that Saif likes her in a bikini

Mar 7, Mumbai: Trendsetter of size zero in India, Kareena Kapoor, has got a figure to die for. In “Tashan” and “Kambakkht Ishq”, she donned bikini and flaunted her bikini-perfect body. Her vital stats, is a hot topic of discussion among the youngsters, after she whittled herself down to nearly a skeletal frame. But, now she is putting on weight (only at the right places), and has achieved a curvy voluptuous body.

 

When interviewed Bebo said, her beau Saif Ali Khan, loves to see her in bikini, and with makeup. He does not like to see her plain and simple. But, Bebo has decided that she wont be wearing bikini onscreen, because she flaunted her assets a lot in the previous movies, and now that she is getting curvy again, does not want to attain a size zero figure, which is difficult to maintain.

Even though, Saif does not mind her wearing bikinis onscreen, she has made up her mind to opt for less show off. However, she will be seen in a hot avatar, in the flick “Ra. One”; giving audience a glimpse of her cleavage and thighs.

Audience likes this curvy Bebo, and despite Bebo’s NO to bikinis, viewers won’t be less thrilled to see the sexy voluptuous lady onscreen.

Saif likes me in bikini: Bebo

Kareena Kapoor is undoubtedly one of the most versatile actresses of the decade gone by. But it is Bebo's sex appeal that comes up for discussion at regular intervals.

On being asked why even the most recognised actresses crave for titles like sexy and hot, Bebo in her candid style says, "I love being called sexy. But then I'm equally charged about being recognised as a good actress. In my case, I first won notices for my work and then when the size zero phase happened, people started noticing my physical attributes. To me, the important fact is that I have got recognition as an actor. Now being called pretty, sexy, hot, powerful or any such thing is also flattering."

Ms Sensuous Kapoor, however, has vowed not to wear bikinis on screen anymore. And her reasons for this decision are surprising. One would imagine it is her boyfriend Saif Ali KhanTashan who had put a spoke in the wheel. But Bebo says, "The bikini is a highly overrated garment. For me it has lost its' novelty. I have worn it twice on screen. In (2008) and in Kambakkht Ishq (2009). However my fans preferred me in Jab We Met (2007), 3-Idiots (2009) and Golmaal-3 (2010) where I stayed steered clear of exposing. I don't have the patience to go through the whole regimen that needs to be in place for your body to look bikini-perfect. So I've decided that I will not wear a bikini on screen again."

The actress however admits that we will get to see a flash of thigh and cleavage in some of her upcoming movies. Says Kareena, "The songs of RA.1 are hot, but in Bodyguard there is no skin show. In Agent Vinod too there is more style and pizzazz than any actual exposure. In Short Term Shaadi I'm playing a bohemian character."

Oh, and what are Saif's views on her decision not to wear bikini again? Does he also share her fans' view point? Flashing a naughty smile, her brown-eyes twinkling with laughter, Bebo says, "Saif likes me in a bikini. He has no issues with it. Saif actually prefers me glamourous. He liked me in Kambakkht Ishq; he thought I was very hot in it. He says that it is his personal choice but he doesn't necessarily want me to abide by it. Saif likes it when I use a bit of make-up and dress fashionably rather than when I step out looking like a plain-Jane."

Bebo can't part with Saif's private number

Saif Ali Khan has put one of his cellphones into a drawer and thrown the key away. That's right! The Junior Nawab of Pataudi usually gets grouchy and out of reach when he is shooting a film. 

The actor, as everyone knows is on a start-to-finish schedule of Aarakshan in Bhopal. And, he doesn't wish to be disturbed. Of course, he still has another cellphone number on which he stays connected with his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor, his children-Sarah and Ibrahim and his parents.

Now Bebo is in a dilemma because people who cannot reach Saif are constantly calling her. They want her to part with Saif's private number. The actress knows she can hardly say that she doesn't have Saif's number. Yet at the same time she has been asked by Saif not to give his number away! What will she do?