Working with De Niro, Cooper was amazing: Anupam

Veteran actor Anupam Kher got an opportunity to work with Hollywood superstar Robert De Nero and director David O'Russell in "The Silver Linings Playbook" and calls it the most exhilarating experience.

"Shooting for 'The Silver Linings...' was the most amazing experience, working with two of my favourite people, director David O'Russell and god of acting Robert De Niro. It was the most exhilarating and elevating experience," Anupam told IANS.

"The kind of discipline and professionalism they have, we have to force it because we are not used to that professionalism and discipline. But gradually that professionalism is coming," he added.

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Ajay Devgn envies Anil Kapoor

Actor Ajay Devgn envies the sheer dedication with which his co-actor Anil Kapoor works.

"It's great fun to work with Anil Kapoor. The kind of dedication he has for his work I think no other actor in Bollywood would have," Ajay said in a statement.

"He is always involved with his work and only talks about work all the time to a point it becomes boring. But then you start envying him for the dedication he has even after all these years.

"Anil Kapoor is so dedicated on the sets that you cannot distract him. No wonder he has such great body of work behind him," he added.

Both the actors will be seen in action thriller "Tezz", which releases April 27. The film also stars Kangna Ranaut, Sameera Reddy, Zayed Khan and Boman Irani.

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Emraan Hashmi's tobacco woes!

Emraan Hashmi bid adieu to smoking a long time back but little did the actor knew he would have to chew tobacco soon. To play a foul-mouthed reporter in Dibakar Banerjee's "Shanghai", he had to re-start the habit.

On the first day of the shoot, Emraan was asked to chew tobacco for a scene and it was not a pleasant experience. Tobacco left him with such a distaste that Emraan almost threw up and felt giddy.

The director insisted that since his role required him to do it, there was no other way out. After a lot of discussions, Banerjee and Emraan came to the conclusion that the actor should chew tobacco.