Kareena waits for appreciation

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By Naresh Kumar - Eye TV India Bureau

Kareena waits for appreciation

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Kareena Kapoor has just returned from her US tour. She is back not for shooting but for celebrating the success of her '36 China Town' and secondly, for acknowledging praises on her acting in 'Chup Chupke'. She wonders if the viewers would not admire her acting as a dumb girl in 'Chup Chupke' like they did for Rani Mukherjee's character of a blind girl in Sanjay Leela's Bhansali's 'Black'. Abhishek admires SRK, Preity

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Karan Johar's 'Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna' is Abhishek's third movie with his Papa. He says he has learnt acting from his parents, and considers relationship as vital in one's life. This has been amply expressed in 'KANK'. Regarding the movie, he says, " I play Rishi and Rani plays Maya, my wife while Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta play Dev and Riya, husband and wife, respectively. The movie takes a turn when Dev and Rani fall for each other. Abhishek is all praise for both Shah Rukh and Preity though he has worked with them for the first time in this movie. " I always looked forward to work with Shah Rukh, and have learnt a lot from him. The industry has rightly called him 'Badshah (king)'. He gives cent percent marks to Preity too. She is very serious during the shoot and very bubbly soon after. I am acting with her in 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'. When asked about Rakeysh Mehra's 'Delhi 6', he said that this is an interesting movie on the city of Delhi, the Capital of India. Its shooting will start soon after its casting is completed, he adds.

Kangana's on screen romance

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'Gangster's heroine Kangana Ranaut is in the news for her onscreen romance. This is to recall that the nineteen-year young girl from Manali is the discovery of writer - director - producer Mahesh Bhatt. The girl has thrown a challenge to her mentor this time by offering to act in his coveted movie titled 'Lamhe'. 'Lamhe' is based on the life of late Parveen Babi and Kangana has played the character of Parveen in the movie.

Upen Patel turns hot property

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Upen Patel who last acted in '36 China Town' has created a crisis for Dr Neeraj Dubey! You may recall that Upen Patel who played the character of Rocky in ' 36 China Town' had given a mobile number 9820420420 to girls in the movie. Interestingly, the number belongs to Dr Neeraj Dubey. So, he has been getting thousand of calls from girls on his mobile. Learning about it, Subhash Ghai wonders that if he signs Upen for ten movies, he will have the fortune. Isn't Upen a hot property?

Why no honor for Dharmendra?

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He-man of Punjab Dharmender doesn't regret that he has never got an award or an honor despite his umpteen number of good performance in Bollywood. This is indeed amazing that no institution has ever though of honoring Dharmender for his excellent contribution to the film industry.

Amrish' last 'Tamasha'

Bollywood's mokamboo Amrish Puri is no more. He worked until his last in his 'Tamasha'. Though the movie was not completed in his lifetime, yet its director Hayat Asif says that Puri has completed it with the help of a duplicate. In fact, Amrish Puri had almost finished 90 per cent of the shooting before his death. Asif adds that 'Tamasha' will be releasing soon as a tribute to Amrish Puri. Speaking about it, Asif informs that it had Amrish Puri's both shades. In the movie, Amrish hates young girls following the occurrence of an incident in his life. But he turns positive later by changing his heart.

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