Whether they say it or not, whether they act cool and unimpressed about it or not, the fact remains a fact that the ultimate dream of all the Bollywood stars is Hollywood. Now, our Aamir Khan will be seen in his first Hollywood flick and and that too opposite none other than the Oscar winner Titanic actress Kate Winslet. The flick will be directed by Pan Nalin. However, Kate has not given a final nod to the role of Dr. Sophie and if she refuses it, the offer goes to Mummy actress Rachel Weisz.
Nalin says, “Either Kate or Rachel will be doing my film. I will be meeting both of them after my Cannes trip to finalise the casting. Either of them will be able to do justice to this marvelous story.”
The movie is based on Pakistani play Toba Keh Singh, a story which shows the comical side of an Indian mental asylum in 1947, during partition of India. Aamir will be playing a mentally retarded person in the asylum.
They say that two swords can’t lie in the same cover and so is true with two Bollywood biggies Aamir Khan and Farhan Akhtar who seemed to have fallen out with each other from their next venture together. Now, Shah Rukh Khan will apparently replace Aamir Khan in this next Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani venture.
Inside sources say that Ritesh approached Aamir with a script on the sets of ‘3 Idiots’ but they had such a major disagreement over payment and percentages that Ritesh left the sets in a huff. Aamir demanded an exhorbitant amount for the movie together with a hefty share of the percentage.
Ritesh confirmed that he had talks with Aamir which failed. He also confirmed that they were looking for another actor, but if it was SRK or someone else would be revealed in good time. Aamir on the other hand said that the money was not the issue. It was the script which he didn’t like.
It may be mentioned here that Aamir, Farhan and Ritesh have given a smash hit with ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, but the viewers won’t get to see the trio re-create their magic, or so it seems.
Now, it seems here that beautiful Katrina Kaif loves to bond with her young co-stars. Last time, while shooting for ‘Azab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’, she got along so well with Ranbir Kapoor that Deepika Padukone had to drop in at the sets unannounced to check if there was something going on between the two.
Now, when Kaif and Imran Khan have been signed on by Sanjay Gandhvi for his next film, a romantic comedy, the two stars have already begun bonding even though the film is yet to go on the floors.
Both of them are attending the acting and speech classes together organized by Sanjay prior to the film’s shoot. The two also indulged in fun when they met at a suburban gym in Mumbai. Katrina, who is otherwise reserved, tried pulling Imran’s leg by joking that his height and weight are less in comparison to hers. However, when measured, she was proved wrong as Imran outnumbered her in both weight and height.
We also hear that Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla Ka Ghosla fame) is also considering both Katrina and Imran for his next. He is also keen to rope in Abhay Deol , who is likely to play a gay character in the flick.