Commenting on the working style of the Hollywood, John said: “They are very organised. I hate to say that they are far more efficient. We are getting there.

Rajkumar Santoshi has always made Ajay Devgan do the unusual. In ‘Halla Bol’, releasing in January, the actor plays a film star and to give a dose of reality to the character, the director had cameraman Nataraj Subramaniam trail Ajay at movie sets and functions.

The producers of an old regional film of Shilpa Shetty have announced their plans of re-releasing the film dubbed in Hindi in the first week of January 2008. This has stunned and offended the actress. Moreover, as the re-release is happening without her knowledge and consent.

If there is honesty in your face, the battle is won. Yours needn’t be the most beautiful face in the world. But the audience will then feel love for you, not lust.

When quizzed about the incident, Shweta admitted that she did get upset with Mika. She says, “But he is not all that bad. He just gets carried away with the conversation and doesn’t realise what he is saying. I realised this after spending some time with him on the sets. I guess he is a little stupid.”

He is all set to celebrate the silver jubilee year of his production banner. But film-maker Pahlaj Nihalani, who has worked with stars from Shatrughan Sinha, Anil Kapoor, to Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor, has chosen to cast fresh faces Avantikka and Rishi Rehan in his latest movie ‘Khushboo’.

“Yes, it’s true that he doesn’t really watch films, including those starring Saif and me. Movies are almost never discussed when I’m with him but it’s actually a good thing, if you ask me. And that’s because I get to completely switch myself off movies when I’m with him.”

Albert Almeida, programming head, Sony clarifies, “The channel is free to nominate its candidate for ‘Asian Idol’. We were toying with the idea of getting the three winners to compete against each other, but getting them together was proving difficult. So we decided to send the first ‘Indian Idol’ to ‘Asian Idol’.”

“This was the decision taken by the organising committee. Also, if the film is to be shown in the festival, it needs English subtitles, and very few Bollywood producers are willing to provide those,” sources say.

To rewind, Gandhi— My Father was the only Indian film in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival, in which Shefali Shah romped home with the Best Actress Award. At the Lyon Asian Film Festival, it picked up three trophies – the Critics, Audience and Junior Jury Choice awards.