There have been murmurs about how the quirky Kashmera Shah has gone under the brush to get her hot look in the recent calendar, and the actor is definitely not amused by all this talk. “Only the backgrounds have been photoshopped. And in some places the colour of my hair. Neither did we add any abs nor did we remove any flab to make me look thinner than I am. I have worked out for months and lost a lot of weight to prepare for the photoshoot. So no one can take the credit away from me,” says Kashmera.The sexy actress feels that the top female stars need to push the envelope when it comes to doing shoots. “When I watch the songs and photoshoots done by top stars, I feel they are very talented and that they can do so much better! They don’t really push the envolope. I wanted to do a bold, edgy and outrageous calendar as that is who I am! I have done over 40 films. I have survived in the industry for 10 years not because of my controversies! I am an actor first and then an item girl or whatever else. At least, I don’t have silicon breasts like others. Mine are natural!” she says, in her inimitable bold way. Is a certain Rakhi Sawant listening?

Bollywood has always been influenced by a wave of superstitious beliefs. Some think that fetishes can help conceal a bad script, while others resort to the plain numbers game. Perhaps resorting to the same idea, the makers of the Agneepath remake have postponed the release date of the movie to January 13, which is as close as they could get to the date of hero Hrithik Roshan’s first release, Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai. KNPH had hit the screens on January 14, and since then Hrithik has been grooving through the labyrinths of B-town, headed steadily upwards, even though some of his releases bombed at the BO. The remake ofAgneepath is a huge affair, considering every actor in the movie - especially Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt – has to live up to the benchmark created by the original. We can just imagine Karan Johar biting his otherwise well-manicured nails and thinking of innovative ways to create the much needed noise for this one. What’s interesting is when people in B-town resort to an amalgamation of marketing and superstitious tactics for the success of their films. So all we can do is wait and watch if the strategy to recreate Hrithik’s magic works for the movie. Eventually we all know that the super formula for any film to work at the BO is its ability to strike a chord with the masses. After a while, marketing tools and sacred good luck charms, number games and altered spellings all go down the drain….

Still no relief for director Prakash Jha. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Jha to make Uttar Pradesh chief secretary as party in the case. 

Jha's counsel Ameet Naik told TOI, "Judge has asked us to make Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary as party in the case."

It maybe recalled here that Prakash Jha moved Supreme Court on Friday challenging the ban on his film 'Aarakshan' in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.

However, as the day wore on, it was clear that it was the viewers who had reservations going to theatres, fearing trouble. Jha failed to get interim relief to lift the ban on the film before its release.
Day after the release of Aarakshan, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab lifted the ban on the film but Uttar Pradesh continued to stay the release for three weeks.

According to website boxofficeindia, the film has collected a total of Rs 19 crore in the first weekend of the release. 

Pakistan born and UK based filmmaker Faisal Aman Khan has taken initiative to do a feature film on former Pakistan Cricketer Imran Khanwho is considered to be one of the living legends in the world of cricket. 

Faisal further adds, "The story centers on how Khan's disappointment at Pakistan's dismal state of affairs triggered him to enter the political arena. He also juxtaposes Khan's struggle for Pakistan's future with that of Mohammad Ali Jinnah's. The film also recreates scenes of major incidents such as his hunger strike while in jail, his arrest at Punjab University in Lahore, and then certain intimate scenes with his ex-wife, Jemima Khan."
The shooting of the film is completed and now the movie is in the post production phase. "We are planning to release the movie soon. I plan to screen it all over the globe." Any plans to screen the movie in India and he adds, "Yes why not, I would love to screen the movie in India too. Both my paternal and maternal sides are from India, unfortunately I have never got the chance to visit India till now. It will be a great moment for me if I get the opportunity to visit India soon and do the screening my movie kaptaan there." Ask about his family connection in India and he says, " My father side is from Azamgarh and my mother side is from Lucknow. We have lot of relatives still staying there in India."

Talking about the lead actors in the movie he says, "It was tough for us to select someone who could play the role of Imran and Jemima. As the story centrally focuses on Imran's relationship with Jemima there was lot of pressure on hiring a character for the suitable role. We had to do lot of auditions. Finally we selected a Pakistan based model Abdul Mannan for the role of Imran khan and Saeeda Imtiaz a Pakistan - American based model from NewYork."

Both are fresh faces and they had to really work hard for nearly 6 months starting from looks to accents facial expression and so on. Abdul who has played the role of Imran in the movie had to grow his hair and change his entire look for the movie. Frankly while selecting the main lead actor we didn't want someone who exactly looks like Imran but someone who can act and give justice to the role. Also Saeeda who will be playing the role of Jemima Khan has to work hard on her looks and appearance. Jemima Khan as all of us have known her is a lady who was beautiful graceful and elegant. Honestly speaking the movie was made in a hoe string budget. We did lot of the movie shooting in Pakistan and winded up the shooting in 30 days time. The support we got from the local people in Pakistan was amazing."