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Ladies Vs Punit Malhotra

Deepika, Anushka and even Shraddha have turned down the offer to romance Sonam Kapoor's rumoured boyfriend in his debut film as actor in Main Aur Mr Riight

He started out his career in Bollywood as a director. And after Punit Malhotra's directorial debut film, I Hate Luv Storys in 2010, it seems that he is eager to move from behind-the-scenes to face the camera.

Mumbai Mirror has learnt that Malhotra is currently chalking out plans to make his acting debut in newcomer Adeeb Rais' maiden venture Main Aur Mr Riight. While Malhotra might play Mr Right in the film, finding Miss Right seems to be more challenging than expected, claims a source close to the director.

The source explained, "Before making I Hate Luv Storys, Punit was keen on acting. But, he was not very excited by the roles that were offered to him. Right now, he is in talks with Adeeb about starring in Main Aur Mr Riight.

The film is a story about a young, independent, career-oriented woman, who is in search of her Mr Right. It depicts her selection criteria for finding the one. While the director has zeroed in on Punit, finding a female lead has been quite the challenge. Many leading actresses, including Anushka, Deepika and Shraddha, have been approached to star in the film. However, they have all turned down the film citing date issues."

When contacted, Adeeb Rais said, "After the release of I Hate Luv Storys, I was reading a magazine and happened to see pictures of Punit. I felt he was apt for the character that I had in mind. We have approached him to star in the film.

We are currently in talks and he has shown interest. However, nothing has been finalised yet. The only hold-up has been finding a female lead. Deepika, Anushka and Shraddha Kapoor have been offered the lead role in the film, but they have declined because of date issues. I guess they are busy with the Kapoors and the Khans."

When asked if Punit's rumoured girlfriend, Sonam Kapoor, has been considered for the role, Rais said, "We have her in mind as well, so let's see what happens."

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Mumbai, Nov 29 Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has rubbished reports that he had approached po*n star Sunny Leone to star in a film opposite his son Rahul Bhatt.

"The reports are all false. Some irresponsible journalist made up the news. But these reports don't hold any truth. Yes, in 2003, we did think of her but couldn't approach her as we didn't have the proper contact back then," Mahesh Bhatt said in an interview.

Now Bhatt has a different plan for Sunny. He will enter the "Bigg Boss 5? house Wednesday and offer Sunny the lead role in his film "Jism 2?.

The 63-year-old producer-director sees no harm in using the "Bigg Boss" platform to announce his decision.

"For us publicity is not a bad word, it is our heartbeat. Everybody uses the stage to sell their product, we too are using it to simply promote our product," said Bhatt, who in his 42 years in the industry has produced films like "Arth", "Saaransh", "Zakhm", "Aashiqui" and "Tamanna".

"Jism 2? was earlier offered to Bipasha Basu and Mallika Sherawat, but things didn't work out.

Shah Rukh Khan talks about the films he is doing next, the ones he has refused, and why, and what he plans to do in 2012. A Koimoi.com Exclusive.

Now that his Ra.One is released and Don 2 is due for release, Shah Rukh Khan is all set to start his new slate of films. The first movie he will face the cameras for will be Yash Chopra's untitled film, co-starringKatrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. Although the original plan was to have the cameras rolling for it in the first week of December, Shah Rukh requested the maverick filmmaker to postpone its launching by a month.

The superstar, who will go with family to Dubai on 29th December, will return to India on 4th January in the new year. Says Shah Rukh Khan, "I will start shooting for Yashji's film on 5th (January)." Before that, Katrina and Anushka will do a workshop with the actor.

SRK: There is a project with Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap'

There is a project each with Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap on the anvil. Anurag Basu's script for the Shah Rukh starrer was ready quite some time back but the superstar asked him to completeBarfee first as he knew, he would be busy with Ra.One. As for the Kashyap film, Shah Rukh smiles, "He says, he has got a full-on commercial film up his sleeve this time, which he wants to make with me." If Anurag Kashyap is keen to open his account with Shah Rukh Khan, so is younger brother, Abhinav Kashyap. "Abhinav had met me soon after Dabangg was released but I don't know what is happening thereafter," explains Shah Rukh, adding, "He wanted to make a film with me but he also has the subject of a rom-com ready for a younger actor."

SRK: I have decided not to do Vishal Bhardwaj's 2 States

What about Vishal Bhardwaj's film based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, 2 States? "I have decided not to do that film," admits the actor. "Too many people were saying too many things about the film and so, I lost interest in the project. I told Vishal, I wouldn't want to work in this film. But I'll definitely do a film with him. He is very talented, hardworking and very sincere." Shah Rukh then reveals what he jocularly told Vishal: "I told him, we'll not make a dark film, we will shoot with a lot of lights. In fact, when Adi (Aditya Chopra), Vishal and I met together, Adi told him to keep the ending of his proposed film starring me, completely commercial. Why, I jokingly asked him to shoot his climax first, and then the rest of the film." The actor is all praise for Vishal's musical genius too. Rohit Shetty's Chennai Express finds a definite place in Shah Rukh's dates diary. "Rohit has completed writing the first half of Chennai Express, and it is damn good," reveals Khan.

SRK: I'm not playing any role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year

Denying rumours that he is acting in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, Shah Rukh reveals, "No I'm not playing any role in the film. My name will adorn its credit titles as one of the producers because Karan feels, I must be a joint producer in every film he makes." So what is Shah Rukh Khan's plan of action before he leaves for Dubai in December-end? In the next 33 days, he would, of course, be promoting Don 2. He also intends devoting time to all the aforementioned filmmakers he is in conversation with for their films. "I need to understand which films I would be starting and when," says Shah Rukh. "I intend sitting in my new office for two-three days and meeting Anurag Basu, Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, etc."

There is one more film Shah Rukh Khan is kicked about and that is his friend, Sanjay Ray Chaudhuri's (cofounder of the Network 18 group with Raghav Bahl) debut film. "Sanjay and I are friends since college days," explains the actor. All of this means that Shah Rukh will be busier than the proverbial bee once the New Year sets in.

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A leading international lingerie brand is apparently interested in roping actor Vidya Balan as their brand ambassador for one of their future campaigns. Victoria's Secret, apparently, played a song from her forthcoming film, during an international ramp show that was aired recently on an international fashion based TV channel.

"They've discovered that Indian women don't fit into the international bracket when it comes to lingerie sizes.So, when they were thinking about a campaign specially aimed for Indian women who are generously endowed, Vidya's name came to the fore. Of course, there's a shock value too, when you have an A-list actor's associated with a lingerie brand," says a source.

"The campaign is at an ideating stage, and needs to go through various stages of approvals, before hitting the public space domain. It also includes getting an approval from the actor herself. But yes, there is a chance she might become the first model for the line that is aimed exclusively at Indian women, who are of bigger built than an average model," adds the source.

The production house admitted to being aware of the developments. "We are aware of the lingerie brand using the music from our film for their fashion show. Yes, they have been showing a sudden interest. However, we can't comment any further," said Tanuj Garg, CEO, Balaji Telefilms.

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_vidya-balan-may-model-for-international-lingerie-brand_1618800