Karan Johar and other celebs calls on an injured Aamir Khan

Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor and Ayan Mukerji visited Aamir Khan at his house on Tuesday night.

Photos: Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar visit Aamir Khan

The star returned from Ludhiana with a shoulder spasm and the doctors have advised him complete rest for two weeks. 


Karan Johar

Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan

Ayan Mukerji

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Deepika Padukone: My declaration of love for Ranbir gets misconstrued

Actress Deepika Padukone says when she professes her love for Ranbir Kapoor, it often gets misconstrued.

Deepika Padukone. Pic/Santa Banta

"I don't think you can define love... He said he loves me, I said I love him, it's misconstrued and it's stated very differently because love is not just one feeling. It's a very layered emotion, layered feeling. It's something which develops overtime...

"So it's not one dimensional that 'Oh I love him' means only one thing. It's comes from a place of honesty, respect and being protective of one another," Deepika told reporters here. The 29-year-old actress was speaking on the occasion of a 'Chemistry Meter' event for their upcoming film 'Tamasha'.

Ranbir, 33, said the duo have made their individual identity and are not trying to sell their personal history. "Deepika and I started our journey in the film industry 8 years ago. I think we have worked hard to make our individual identities... We try that individual people like our work. We are not trying to sell our personal life or history.

"We try to do our best on screen and hope audience likes our work. It doesn't affect our personal relationship." Deepika, who has worked with Ranbir in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', said she respects the genuine friendship she has with the "Bombay Velvet" star.

"There's much more what goes into a relationship than just chemistry. What we value and appreciate more is that we have a genuine friendship for life. That's what we respect about each other the most." 'Tamasha', directed by Imtiaz Ali, releases on November 27.

Has Balki chosen a new music team over his favourite, Ilaiyaraaja for 'Ki And Ka'?

R Balki has collaborated with Bhushan Kumar for the music of his Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor-starrer 'Ki And Ka'; apparently included an Ilaiyaraaja composition at the last minute

In all his three Hindi films so far ('Cheeni Kum', 'Paa' and 'Shamitabh'), R Balki had legendary South composer Ilaiyaraaja on board. He had reportedly said, "My biggest inspiration has been Ilaiyaraaja's music; it was his music that got me interested in cinema in the first place." However, in his Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor-starrer 'Ki And Ka', Balki almost went ahead sans his 'favourite' composer.

R Balki with his lead pair, Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan

The upcoming film will see T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar turn music producer. He has already roped in Meet Bros, who have done a fresh version of Yo Yo Honey Singh's 2012 track, 'High Heels'. We hear there are five tracks in all with Mithoon scoring the music too.

Sources state that Balki had no choice, but to give his favourite composer a miss this time under the changed scenario. He later relented and included a track by Ilaiyaraaja since he could not imagine not having his touch in the film.


Ilaiyaraaja and Bhushan Kumar

Says a source, "Balki was upset after his last film Shamitabh did not do well at the box office. With his upcoming project, he does not want anything to go wrong. So, he is following the market trends."

Bhushan remained unavailable for comment. Balki, however, maintains, "Ilaiyaraaja is the music director of the film. He has done the main song and is also doing the music of the film."

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Funny take on Sooraj Barjatya's 'young love story'

With Sooraj Barjatya keen to attempt a 'young love story', industry comics hazard a guess on how the film could turn out - all in jest though

Family values have always been at the core of Sooraj Barjatya films, but now the director wants to experiment with concepts that appeal to today's youth — something like a 'young love story'.

This was revealed at a recent press conference where he thanked "all the big families" for watching his latest venture, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which has already grossed Rs 250-crore worldwide.

In pictures: Sooraj Barjatya's family-film connect

"There are a lot of youngsters who see me as an uncle and I hope I will appeal to them. But, someone needs to make these films (family dramas) too. I will try my level best to make a young love story. But I really don't know what the youth wants," said Barjatya.

hitlist invited a few funnymen to imagine what a love story a la Sooraj Barjatya would be like. Here's what they had to say:

Suresh Menon, comedian

It will be about a big, fat wedding at a cyber cafe with a title like Prem Ratan Facebook Pe Likes Payo or Hum Aapke Hain Wi-Fi. Salman or Saif Ali Khan can play a "teen" in it.

Sahil Shah, stand-up comic

The boy and girl will fall in love at the age of 45, because that's how old the Indian youth is in a Barjatya film. Besides, the boy and girl will get only to fourth base, which is touching the feet of elders.

Amrit Raj Gupta of Screenpatti
Before marriage, the heroine will chat with the hero only on her family Whatsapp group. Or maybe, after dining at a pure vegetarian restaurant, the hero and heroine will ask for Gangajal instead of a finger bowl.

Sorabh Pant of East India Comedy

I think the young heroine's mother would date the young hero's father in Sooraj Barjatya's love story. I cannot think of any younger concept. But, I am also interested to watch an action film made by him.

Krushna Abhishek, actor-comedian

The hero will propose to the girl only outside a Hanuman temple. The film would be shot at Haridwar, Badrinath and Shirdi. The costumes will be mind blowing, but they will only be pure cotton kurtas and pyjamas.

Hitlist imagines
What we think could happen in a Sooraj Barjatya love story:

1. Two roses will be brought back from the '60s to be flashed on screen when the boy and the girl attempt to kiss.

2. The boy and girl will fix their first date after consulting the family pandit about a 'shubh mahurat'.

3. The girl will be dressed in lehenga choli for the date at Starbucks and touch the feet of the babuji of the family (Alok Nath or Anupam Kher) before leaving. The girl and the guy will order a glass of latte each.

4. The girl and the boy will be fed dahi by the women in the family before they proceed to chat with each other online.

5. The boy would carry an engagement ring in his kurta pocket on the first date.

All the comments have been made in jest; this is in no way an attempt to question Sooraj Barjatya's credibility as a filmmaker.

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Is Bipasha Basu keen on getting hitched soon?

When Bipasha Basu congratulated the recently engaged Yuvraj Singh on Twitter, the cricketer told the Bong bombshell that now it was her turn to get hitched.

Bipasha Basu and Karan Grover

The actress replied, "Soon mera number bhi aayega." This has led to speculation about Bipasha and her 'good friend' Karan Singh Grover taking their relationship to the next level. Ever since they worked together in the horror flick Alone, Bips and KSG have been together.

Let's wait and watch even though Karan has been saying buddies don't wed.

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Akshay Kumar to flaunt new avatar in 'Rustom'

Actor Akshay Kumar will soon be seen in a new avatar in the upcoming film 'Rustom', which is set in the late 1950s.

Akshay Kumar. Pic/Santa Banta

Co-produced by Essel Vision, Cape of Good Films and Kriarj Entertainment, the film has been written by Vipul Rawal and will be directed by debutant Tinu Suresh Desai.

Slated to release during the Independence Day weekend next year, "Rustom" will be inspired by real life incidents.

"The film is set in the late 1950s and is a pure work of fiction. 'Rustom' is inspired from certain real life incidents that happened in the past and will be shot in India as well as in Britain," Shital Bhatia of Friday Filmworks said in a statement.

"Akshay Kumar's character in 'Rustom' demands a completely new avatar. Ameira Punvani who is the costume designer has already begun work on Akshay's look. Though we can't reveal much, the role is something that he has never played before," Bhatia added.

The music of the film has been composed by Ankit Tiwari with Santosh Thundiyil as the cinematographer.

Juhi Chawla, Nawazuddin Siddiqui to get Indira Gandhi Award 2015

Bollywood actors Juhi Chawla and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are among seven prominent personalities from different fields named for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Memorial Award 2015, a top official said here on Wednesday.

Juhi Chawla

The other awardees include international athlete Kavita Raut; first woman editor of a Marathi daily Punyanagri, Rahi Bhide; author Kavita Mahajan; academician Farida Lambay and industrialist Megha Phansalkar.

Well known actor Nawazuddin, who played the lead role in the film "Manjhi: The Mountain Man" is the only male selected in this year's list, said Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam.

"Two prominent personalities - former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, the first woman to hold the august post, and All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi, who both worked with late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for many years, shall be the chief guests and felicitate all the awardees," Nirupam told IANS.

The honour carries no cash award or other benefits. The birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi is celebrated by felicitating leading personalities from different walks of life for their achievements, he added.

The function will be held at Y.B. Chavan Auditorium here on Thursday on the occasion of Indira Gandhi's 98th birth anniversary in the presence of top Congress leaders, former union ministers and past and present lawmakers.