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Live Chat: Aditya Narayan on March 12 at 1330 hrs IST

Entering the industry as lead actor is the famous playback singer Udit Narayan’s son Aditya Narayan. He made quite a rage few years back as a child artist alongside SRK and Salman in Pardes and Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai respectively. But gone are those days as he is back in the industry ready with his debut as the leading star in Vikram Bhatt’s horror flick Shaapit. In fact Aditya has also written and composed the promotional song for the film. Seems like he is extremely geared up about his maiden venture.

Burdened with expectations or confident with experience, that’s for you to ask and for him to answer as he joins us for a celebrity live on Friday, March 12, at 1330 hrs IST exclusively for you on Bollywood Hungama. Be here to meet this new chocolate boy of Bollywood.

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After The Hurt Locker, David Bryan’s next is Abbas Tyrewala’s film

The Best Picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker’s victory came as no surprise to some big Bollywood names, specifically, Abbas Tyrewala, John Abraham and Madhu Mantena. David Bryan, Supervising Art Director on The Hurt Locker who was widely praised for his life like replication of the battle scarred streets of Iraq in Jordan, is the Production Designer for Abbas Tyrewala’s next venture, starring John Abraham. The really interesting story however, is that David’s only managed to convince Abbas to join his project as a Production Designer after showing Abbas footage from The Hurt Locker and how he’d recreated the streets of Iraq in the award winning film. David has on several occasions impressed Abbas with his detail and precision in Production Design.

Looks like the Abbas is going to every extent recruiting genuinely talented people to mount this film (earlier titled 1-800 Love) on a large beautiful canvas. It may be recalled that during the shooting of the film in London, the production had managed to block off traffic completely on Tower Bridge for 3 nights and had shot several scenes with even boat traffic on the Thames being restricted!

David’s first release after The Hurt Locker is to be Abbas’s film, which is now under post-production.

Speaking on this film, David said, “We wanted to portray the real London that is rarely seen, it’s an amazing city with very diverse locations. In particular we were looking for a real iconic Studio Apartment for our lead actor John Abraham. Later in autumn, the climax to the film grew into an epic 4 nights filming on Tower Bridge with John doing his own stunts, a real star!”

He went on to further add, “Working with a Bollywood crew was a great experience, much more than on a similar British film.”

Expectations are already high from Abbas’s new film, coming as it does on the heels of the scripting and debut directorial magic that he displayed in the smash hit Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Now with a key member of the history making Oscar Best Picture winner responsible for creating the look and feel of his film, the expectations are only bound to grow.

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I’m the ugliest debutant of 2010: Anshuman
Says newbie Anshuman Jha who’s making his debut in Bollywood…..

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Rana Daggubati wants to remake Telugu film Leader in Hindi

Rana Daggubati who makes his Hindi debut in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum wants to bring his Telugu political blockbuster Leader to Mumbai with subtitles.
Says Rana, “The political message of the film is definitely not restricted to Andhra Pradesh. I’d like to remake the film into Tamil and then maybe Hindi. After I do Rohan Sippy’s film in Hindi, I’d like to do Leader in Hindi.”
Explains Rana, “We’ve tried to show the difference between a politician and a leader. We need responsible leaders. I play an honest leader, a Chief Minister. We’ve heard so many CMs being sworn in. We didn’t know what their oath means. From the time we were children we read about Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mahatma Gandhi. Today my 5-year old nephew is studying about the same national leaders. Where are the political heroes of and for the new generation?” Says Rana Daggubati, “My role is actually an amalgamation of a whole lot of younger politicians from Rahul Gandhi to Barak Obama. For months my laptop would be open showing profiles of international politicians. Locally my reference points were Rahul Gandhi, Milind Deora and Sachin Pilot. Today’s youth – and I mean people from the age of 19 to 25 – is fully knowledge of present-day politics. They’re becoming more and more politically savvy. It’s a beautiful direction in which we’re heading. I thought the youngsters my age would enjoy the love story. But they connect more with the politics in Leader.”
Apparently, a song ‘Maa Telugu Talli’ in Leader had to be changed because of the current political disturbances in Andhra Pradesh.
Rana plays it safe by saying, “There were some rumours about removing the song. We did alter it during the shooting because we understand the sensitivity of the issue.”

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Rajeev Khandelwal to get engaged to girlfriend Manjiri Kamtikar

Given a choice Rajeev Khandelwal was happy being attached to his girlfriend Manjiri Kamtikar because he knew marriage or not, he was in love with her for keeps and he didn’t need any formal announcement to prove it.

But the engagement to be held in May is being done to comply with the lady’s parent’s wishes…

Says Rajeev, “Manjiri and her parents come from a world far removed from cinema and the entertainment industry. They don’t understand the workings of Bollywood and their knowledge of what goes on here is based on what they read and see on television. You can’t blame them for thinking actors are not to be trusted.”

Manjiri’s parents were anxious that he make the association formal. Gallantly, Rajeev volunteered an engagement ceremony.

Says Rajeev, “But I don’t know how it got out. I haven’t discussed it with anyone. Manjiri’s parents or my parents in all their innocence must have shared the information with some people.”

Rajeev enjoys the distance that his girlfriend provides from the goings-on in the industry. “She works in an ad agency and is far removed from show world. She keeps me grounded. I’m looking forward to spending my life with her.”

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