Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Talented Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar doesn’t have any plan to make a sequel to any of his movies that have been a huge success at the box office despite being realistic in nature.The director said his films like “Chandni Bar”, “Page 3″, “Corporate” and “Traffic Signal” had an open ending, but he won’t make a second part of these films.He said: “I don’t believe in re-make or sequel. My films are mirror to the society. In those films, I have shown what I wanted to show. I don’t have any plan to take those story further. (more…)

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) After writing youth-based books like “Five Points Someone”, “One Night @ The Call Center” and “Three Mistakes Of My Life”, of which two dealt with a group of three friends, author Chetan Bhagat has no plans to base his next book on the same theme.”I am not going to write anymore dark novels and surely my next book will not be about three friends. It will be about something else about which I am still unaware as of now,” said Bhagat. (more…)

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Contrary to her sentimental and lovelorn image in “Pyaar Ke Side Effects”, Bollywood’s oomph girl Mallika Sherawat is all set to take on her man in a dominating role in forthcoming romantic comedy “Ugly Aur Pagli”.”In the film, Mallika is the beauty with the brains and she meets a geek (Ranvir Shorey). The story is about how they ultimately fall in love with each other,” director Sachin Khot, who makes his foray into Bollywood with the film, told IANS on phone. (more…)

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Abhishek Bachchan is Sonam Kapoor’s second co-star and the newcomer, who is enjoying his company on the sets of “Dilli 6″, says they make a good pair.”Abhishek and I are very well-matched, height-wise. Though he is very mischievous, I find him very mature,” Sonam told IANS. (more…)

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Ever since Darsheel Safary became the youngest star of Bollywood to get nominated for the best actor award, there has been much speculation about which film he would do next. What’s more, his going price is apparently Rs.75 lakhs (7.5 million)! (more…)

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Although Priyanka Chopra had decided not to do a lip lock or don a bikini on screen, she has agreed to get into a swimsuit for Karan Johar’s romantic comedy “Dostana”. “Karan Johar didn’t ask me to wear a bikini. But this is a beach movie. So it’s only natural that I get into beachwear. And I don’t mind at all. Because everyone else will be wearing even tinier clothes,” Priyanka told IANS. (more…)

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) A website claiming to be the world’s first cricket gaming portal was launched here Wednesday, aiming to cash in on the newfound genre of ‘cricketainment’. The site, www.CricContest.com, promoted by brothers Ashok Wadhwa and Anoop Wadhwa of content providers RAPL Television, was launched by well-known cricket commentator and presenter Gautam Bhimani. (more…)

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Television actress Shilpa Shinde of “Maayka” fame is in trouble again - she has irked a producer by quitting his soon-to-be-aired reality show “Saas Vs Bahu”, saying that she didn’t like the concept. Siddharth Tewary, the producer of the show, was taken aback by her comments. (more…)

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Walt Disney Studios has bought the Home Video rights of Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s directorial debut “Taare Zameen Par” for release in the US. The deal is estimated to be worth Rs.50 million but Aamir Khan’s production office refused to corroborate it. (more…)