Shahid-Kareena : Eyes wide open

Mumbai: On the sets of the comic flick Chup Chup Ke, the off-screen couple Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor were seen exchanging glances as director Priyadarshan led the stars to perform in yet another comedy of errors.

In the film, Kareena silently romances Shahid as a deaf and mute girl, but when it came to reality, she could not stop talking about her chocolate hero.

"I think that he is the most promising actor that we have today. He is a not just a star, he is an actor," Kareena raved.

Shahid, however, maintained his modesty. "I always keep saying this to her that I am not scared to stand in the frame with anybody, but when I am standing in the frame with her, I am always a little scared," he said.

The star cast of the film includes Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Sunil Shetty and Neha Dupia, who is steadily breaking out of her bold image.

Dhupia swears by the on-screen chemistry of the Kapoors. "I would say that from the very beginning, they have been a very pleasant looking couple and the offscreen chemistry obviously does come out on the screen as well," Dhupia said.

When they were first cast as an on-screen couple in Fida, the film fizzled at the box office.

However, the stars hope to shine together in Boney Kapoor's Milenge Milenge, Subhash Ghai's 36 China Town as well as Priyadarshan's Chup Chup Ke, which releases in June.