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Friday, 8 November 2013

Deepika working hard to be a great dancer?

Actress Deepika Padukone, who will play an out-of-work bar dancer in 'Happy New Year', says she is working hard to be a great dancer in the film.

"Farah had a list of do's for the actress. I will prepare for it like any other film. If I am required to be a great dancer in the film, I will have to work damn hard.

She wants a girl who is Maharashtrian, good dancer and a specific look. Manish Malhotra is doing my clothes, my hair stylist is there, I hope it turns out good," Deepika said. Deepika has just completed one schedule of the Farah Khan directed film and will shoot the rest in April.

Her character in the film influences the lives of his co-stars - Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah and Boman Irani - as all of them are dancers and Deepika will help them win a dance trophy. Deepika is riding high on the success of her last three releases- 'Race 2', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Chennai Express'.

Her last release 'Chennai Express' was aired on Zee TV last month and it managed to grab maximum eyeballs, taking Zee TV to be the number one channel. "Record after record in our kitty, I am very happy.

It is a great feeling.... Whether we like it or not, it (film) did get lot of love and appreciation. Forget it on TV, people even went to see the film again in theatres. It is that kind of the film that has repeat value. It is a wholesome entertainer. When you make the film from heart, I think this can be the end result (records)," she said. But the records aren't putting much pressure on Deepika.

"I take each film as it comes. I put same kind of effort for 'Ram-Leela' as in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Chennai Express'. I have done the film with the same kind of hard work, conviction and honesty. I hope the end result is same as my previous films," Deepika said.

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Didn't refuse 'Begum Samru' due to bold scenes: Kareena

Kareena Kapoor has shot down the reports that she refused to do Tigmanshu Dhulia's "Begum Samru" due to bold scenes in the film.

"I will do the films whose subject will interest me and it has nothing to do with bold or not bold," Kareena said here on the sets of the TV show "Kaun Banega Crorepati".

"There are no limitations after my marriage, it's all in your minds," added the actress who got married to actor Saif Ali Khan last year.

Begum Samru was the ruler of Sardhana, near Meerut, and Dhulia's film will trace her evolution from a 'nautch' girl into a strong political figure of Sardhana princely state.

Meanwhile, Kareena is busy promoting her next "Gori Tere Pyaar Mein", slated to release Nov 22. Directed by Punit Malhotra, it features Imran Khan with her.

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Should've taken time to deal with my dad's loss: Priyanka priyanka157

Just four days after her father's death Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra resumed work and says she did so to escape from dealing with her loss.

The actress' father Ashok Chopra died in June this year after battling cancer. A doctor by profession, he had retired from the Indian Army in 1997 as lieutenant-colonel.

"I don't think it's strength. I should have taken the time to deal with it. I wanted to run away from dealing with it and I did," Priyanka told film critic and journalist Anupama Chopra on her show "The Front Row".

"I started work four days later, one, because my dad hated me sitting at home, and second, I would have lost my mind if I did."

"Losing my father was not just losing my dad, it was losing a part of me. My dad was my best friend, my idol and my protector. He was the man of my life, so I went back to work because that was my only solace and I haven't stopped since," she added.

The episode will be aired Nov 8 on Star World.

With an endeavour to try and become a renowned singer, which her father wanted her to be, the actress is slowly gaining success with her singles "In my city" and "Exotic".

"Hopefully, in a few years, I will be the musician that my dad wanted me to be or that I want to be. Whether it's 'In my city' or whether it's 'Exotic', for them to have done as well as they did, to hear it on the radio in LA, it's very cool," she said.

The actress is used to quick feedback for films, but music industry works at a different pace.

"The way the music industry works, especially in the West, is that one single comes out, it develops, it bubbles, then another one comes out, it bubbles," she said and added that the process takes a-year-and-a-half before your entire album comes.

"Whereas, I'm so used to movies, where we know on a Monday whether the movie is a hit or a flop," she said.

For the actress who has proved her mettle in films like "Fashion", "7 Khoon Maaf" and "Barfi!", both singing and acting hold an important place.

"I don't know if I have a preference. I didn't know anything about acting when I joined movies. I didn't know it was an art, it was a craft."

"It took me around four or five years to find out the actor in myself. But music, I learned my alphabets singing. That's how much it's been a part of me," she said.

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SRK, Salman can never be friends: Salim Khan on SRK-Salman

Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are seen as rivals in Bollywood and Salman's father Salim Khan Thursday said that it's not possible for two competitors to appreciate each other's work.

Salim Khan just patched up with his writing partner Javed Akhtar to unveil the trailer of the 3D version of their 1975 cult film "Sholay". They parted ways about 32 years ago after writing together hit scripts like "Zanjeer", "Sholay", "Deewaar" and "Mr. India".

When asked would the hit pair of "Karan Arjun" (Shah Rukh and Salman) ever appear as Jai and Veeru in future, Salim Khan said: "They are individuals and grown up people, and such things happen, but there cannot be love between rivals. It's not possible. Only saints can do that."

"If Shah Rukh's film does well, Salman will not throw a party and vise versa. Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand had maintained, but now these kids are impatient. They feel bad for small things, but there should be courtesy amongst rivals," he added.

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