Pics - Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Kumar gets fun together in Joker

Pics - Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Kumar gets fun together in Joker: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha have apparently been having a whale of a time while shooting together for Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder’s film Joker.

Pics - Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Kumar gets fun together in Joker

Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha 'Joker' song shoot enjoys with sadhus

Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha 'Joker' song shoot enjoys with sadhus: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha shot with real sadhus for their song in the movie Joker.

The song was being shot by Farah Khan and hubby Shirish Kunder in Chandigarh when the duo spotted a procession of sadhus passing by on the day of Mahashivratri. Immediately the duo hit upon the idea of having the sadhus shoot with Akshay and Sonakshi for the song.

The holy men, known to renounce the things and ways of the world, were initially reluctant to shoot for the film, but when Farah persuaded them that they were required for just one shot, they agreed.

So kicked was Kunder by this little cameo by the sadhus that he also made the extras on the sets dress up like sadhus.

More than anything, Akshay and Sonakshi enjoyed the company of the sadhus, as is evident from this pic.

Photo - Akshay Kumar with Sonakshi Sinha enjoys at film ‘Joker’ sets

Photo - Akshay Kumar with Sonakshi Sinha enjoys at film ‘Joker’ sets: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha to play a lead role in biggest budget film 'Joker' is directed by Shirish Kunder, and at here we present the memorable moments on the sets of Joker of the cast.

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Photos - Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Patiala House Promotion

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'Thank You' movie first look

'Thank You' movie first look: Husbands will be sorry… Wives say thank you - this is what the poster of the film Thank You says. Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film is an out-and-out comedy starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Celina Jaitley, Sunil Shetty and Rimi Sen.

Sonam is paired opposite Akki for the first time. She plays a tennis player while Akki is a playboy who falls in love with her. The film is shot in exotic locales of Canada: Vancouver and Niagra Falls.

Sonam has posted many photographs from the sets of Thank You on her Twitter account. She looks awesome with Akshay and that is also the USP of the film. The bombshell Mallika Sherawat has been roped in to do an item song in the film.

We hope Anees-Akshay pair to do some dhamaal with Thank You at box office, repeating the success story of films like Welcome and Singh Is Kinng.

Akshay Kumar Interview: It was time to change focus

Akshay Kumar Interview: It was time to change focus: Akshay Kumar is in the mood for intense and dramatic roles and will be seen as a Sikh guy trapped in the patriarchal family system in “Patiala House”. He says he accepted the offer as it was completely opposite to his real life story and also because he is keen to change his funny guy image.

"It was a conscious decision to do a serious role because it’s been three years since I’ve done something like this. The last was ‘Namastey London’. I’ve been away from it for quite sometime now and was concentrating on comedy. So I thought of changing focus and doing something serious,” Akshay told us.

“While playing the character, I felt that I’m playing what real people go through in life, what circumstances they face. I’m not playing just a role, it is a culmination of the lives of common people out there,” added the 43-year-old.

Akshay showed his funny side in his first hit comedy “Hera Pheri”, but his comedies like “Action Replayy” and “Tees Maar Khan” bombed at the box office.

Set in London, “Patiala House” sees Akshay Kumar’s character Gattu trapped between his dreams and his father’s aspirations for him.

The film has been directed by Nikhil Advani and co-produced by Bhushan Kumar, Mukesh Talreja, Krishan Kumar and Akshay along with his wife Twinkle Khanna.

Akshay says what attracted him to the role was that his life story was completely opposite to his character in the movie.

“My father supported all my dreams. He worked double shifts so that I could train in martial arts. So this situation was completely alien to me. I grew up with love and support from my parents. So that’s why it was so endearing to play a son, who forgets his dreams for his father’s,” he said.

The film that also stars Anushka Sharma and Rishi Kapoor among others will see Akshay sharing screen with his real life mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia. The senior actress plays his mother in the movie and the actor said he had fun filming with her.

“Me and my mother-in-law are quite inseparable. I have more things common with her than Twinkle. Twinkle and I are totally opposite, whereas me and Dimpleji are quite similar,” said the actor.

“During the entire schedule, we played cards, fooled around on youtube, she taught me sudoku (number game) and I took her to various places with my son. So it was fun. She is a fun lady,” he added.

This is his first film with Anushka and he said: “Anushka has a very vital role to play in the film. She is my shoulder, my brick wall and my unconditional support in the movie. She shocked me on the sets with her expertise. There is no doubt that she will go very far,” he added.

Akshay Kumar lead with Sonakshi Sinha in Prabhu Deva’s next project

Akshay Kumar lead with Sonakshi Sinha in Prabhu Deva’s next project: This Valentine’s Day Prabhu Deva will not be with his ladylove down south. He’ll be in Mumbai to discuss with Akshay Kumar his new film to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

While talking to a daily the choreographer-turned-director reveals that he is a happy man. Not only has the turmoil in his personal life almost settled, he is waiting for the right time to marry Nayanthara. His Tamil film which is entirely shot in Paris with Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani, Engeyam Kadhal, is almost ready for release, and now work is only on his mind.

Prabhu Deva’s new Bollywood project has got a very interesting cast. The film has Akshay with Sonakshi Sinha and the maverick director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali will produce it. It’s going to be a full masala film, very much like Wanted.

Can we expect another with Salman Khan, Prabhu!

Akshay Kumar in action in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ sequel!

Akshay Kumar in action in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ sequel!: Though his last few films couldn’t do much wonder at the box office, Akshay Kumar still continues to be a hot favourite of the producers. The Khiladi Kumar has been approached by Ekta Kapoor to play Dawood in the sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.

Wondering what will happen to Ajay Devgan and Emran Hashmi? Well, both the actors are not part of the sequel. Ajay couldn’t have been because his character was killed in the film. Emraan, however, has got the short end of the stick and replaced by Akshay who will play a matured don.

We hear that Akki has already spoken to Ekta about the role. Milan Luthria will again wield the megaphone for the project which will continue the story of Shoaib (Dawood) and how he makes his empire after Sultan (Haji) dies in the first part.

It’s heard that Akki is negotiating his remuneration for the film. The original was a major hit of the year 2010 and Ekta doesn’t want to take chances. She can even opt for a new storyline and there might be another actor who will act as the rival of Akki.

Since Akshay is there, expect the film to be high on action sequences.

Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan & Madhuri Dixit at Imran Khan's wedding reception

Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan & Madhuri Dixit at Imran Khan's wedding reception:

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Junior Akshay to act as Akshay's teenage version in Patiala House

Junior Akshay to act as Akshay's teenage version in Patiala House: There was no way director Nikhil Advani was going to compromise on casting for the boy who would play Bollywood star Akshay Kumar's teenage version in his upcoming film "Patiala House". He found the perfect junior Akshay in Usman Quereshi.

Advani was hunting for a boy to play 17-year-old Akshay, and Usman was on board on the first meeting itself because of his resemblance with the 43-year-old actor. In fact, the resemblance was so strong that the crew gave him the nickname Akki Junior, said a source.

"We were completely bowled over by the striking resemblance between the two - Akshay and Usman. And after the screen test, without a doubt we found our 17-year-old Akshay for 'Patiala House'. It is not easy to play a younger role of such a superstar but Usman has done a great job," said Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, the co-producer of the movie.

In fact, Akshay was quite surprised and excited to see Usman, and discovered that they shared a similar scar on their eyebrow. Akshay also said that Usman's body structure is quite similar to his own when he was 17.

"Patiala House" will release Feb 11, 2011.

Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Chak Dhoom Dhoom for Patiala House Promo

Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Chak Dhoom Dhoom for Patiala House Promo:

Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Chak Dhoom Dhoom for Patiala House Promo

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Akshay Kumar on film signing spree, says analyst

Akshay Kumar on film signing spree, says analyst: Action. Comedy. Multi-starrers. Flops, flops and more flops. Akshay Kumar might be yearning to roll out a decent hit since “Singh Is Kinng”, but experts say it is not the end of the road for the Bollywood star.

"Akshay Kumar is a star and will remain a star irrespective of the fate of his films. He has a line-up of movies. Just last week he signed three more films - a remake of ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next and Tony D’Souza’s next," trade analyst Vikas Mohan told us.

After “Singh Is Kinng” the filmography of actor-producer-star anchor Akshay has only flops listed on it. With the exception of “Housefull”, almost all of his outings - “Jumbo” (voice over), “Chandni Chowk to China”, “8 X 10 Tasveer”, “Kambakkht Ishq”, “Blue”, “De Dana Dan”, “Khatta Meetha”, “Action Replayy” and “Tees Maar Khan”- have left the industry bleeding.

Sajjan Damani of Shree International, who distributed “Action Replayy” in the international market, said: “Akshay has never been out of the game. He is a star who has always been there. What has failed is his films and not he as an actor. The problem has been with the content of his films or the filmmaker. He will always be there among the top stars. He just needs one right film.”

His first release of 2011 is Nikhil Advani’s “Patiala House”, releasing Feb 11. In the latter part of the year, Akshay has several movies lined up like “Thank You”, “Desi Boyz”, “Joker” and “Housefull 2″.

“Akshay Kumar is one of the most professional actors that our industry is blessed with. He has outdone himself in ‘Patiala House’ and the audiences will get to see a new level of Akshay. He is truly the ‘Khiladi’,” said “Patiala House” co-producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series.

The 43-year-old is, however, infamous for his exorbitant fees. He reportedly asked for Rs.24 crore as remuneration to play Dawood Ibrahim in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel to her 2010 hit “Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai”.

“The discussions are on and no movie has been fixed yet. It is to premature to talk on this thing now until any deal is locked. However, Akshay has the capacity and he is one of the biggest money spinning actors of the modern era. He is a force to reckon with,” Girish Johar, head of acquisition and distribution of Ekta’s Balaji Motion Pictures, told us.

Mohan said: “Akshay Kumar starrers are always big budget movies. If he asks and people pay, then how can one raise questions?”

Akshay on the other hand had said: “I’m not an unreasonable person who’ll want losses for his associates. I’m ensuring that the production cost is under check.”

“Everyone wants to work with Akshay Kumar. He is not down. It is the films that are letting him down. He drives in good numbers and people still want to go for an Akshay Kumar movie,” said an analyst.

Srk-Akhi share a light moment in mid-air

Who said two superstars can’t be friends??? All the rumours between Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar took a back seat when the two stars met up on a flight to London and bonded like thick buddies. They joked and laughed and later tweeted about their mid-air experience.

Akshay wrote: “I flew back to London to join my wife and son for our summer holidays and I met Shah Rukh Khan on my flight! It was nice to know Shah Rukh feels as grateful as I am for being a part of our industry and how lucky we are.”

Shahrukh, too, enjoyed bonding with Akshay. He tweeted: “I had Akshay Kumar for company on flight. Was wonderful to be with him after so long. Laughed for hours. We always do whenever we meet. Happiness to him.”

Shahrukh was flying to London to shoot for his home production Ra.One and also attend the premiere of Raavan.

“It’s amazing I managed to chat more with my work mates on a flight than I do in the entire year” he wrote.

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Housefull will be Akshay’s biggest opening film ever

First theatrical promo of Housefull is out and undoubtedly, it has got to an all around positive response. While the makers have done well by blending class with mass in the First Look, they have also smartly included a shot from the film which features the three leading ladies – Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan – in a two piece bikini.

Akshay Kumar handcuffed for 4 hours

It all happened at the sets of the forthcoming directorial venture from Farah Khan, ‘Tees Maar Khan’ where Khiladi Kumar was handcuffed for not one or two but long four hours. However, this was not for some crime done by Akshay but it was an accident. Akshay had to shoot for a sequence with handcuffs on and when Akshay was playing with the cuffs and he put them on, the lock was clicked. It was then discovered that the only key to the cuffs was accidentally broken and there was no duplicate key. The production team immediately beckoned a locksmith but the cuffs being imported stuff he couldn’t open them. Farah then sent a team member to bring the duplicate key which was at the other end of the city and it took 4 hours.

But sporting as Akshay is, he did not complain once and taking it in the right spirit he went around the sets handcuffed and even finished all the shots that were supposed to be filmed with the hero in hand cuffs.

Akshay-Aishwarya’s romantic song to be shelved?

Vipul Shah’s schedules for Action Replay seem to be going awry for no fault of any body’s. First it was his principal actors’ choc-a-block schedules that delayed the film. Now when the film had just two more songs to be filmed, Vipul is again left high and dry, and this time it’s the weather god who is to be blamed.

The song was to be shot in Manali. “And who would have thought there would be snow in Manali in February? It has never happened before!” marvels Vipul.

“We had planned the whole song schedule for a time when we were sure there would be no inclement weather. When we got to know there was heavy snowfall we were stunned. There was no way we could shoot,” says Vipul who now needs to find alternative dates for the Manali song.

Vipul!! rather than delaying the release of the film further, you may drop the song completely..

Farah Khan announces Tees Maar Khan release date

This Christmas, audiences are in for a big treat with Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan which is set to release on the Christmas Eve, December 24.

Says Farah, “I’m really happy that we will be releasing Tees Maar Khan on the 24th December, 2010. TMK is a very kid friendly, holiday season kind of film, full of fun, big dance numbers and action comedy. It’s just the kind of film you’d want to watch in the holidays.”

Still in its developing stages, Tees Maar Khan is already in the news for its leading jodi Akshay Kumar & Katrina Kaif and director Farah Khan’s track record for delivering two super-hit films.

Says Akshay Kumar, “Tees Maar Khan will be our gift to audiences this holiday season. It’s a great film with a great script and with Farah you know you’re in for a treat with larger than life scenes, great music and hilarious dialogues. The movie will have you laughing uncontrollably.”

A sneak-peek into forthcoming ‘Housefull’

To hit the screens this 30th April is the multi-starrer romantic comedy starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan. The film narrates the story of Aarush - the world’s unluckiest man who believes that his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. This quest leads to utter confusion resulting in this hilarious comedy of errors resulting in total chaos and mayhem forms the crux of the story.

The movie will see three hot actresses spice up the screen with two piece bikinis as they try hard to compete with each other. Produced by Sajid Nadiawala and directed by Sajid Khan this movie seems to be one of the awaited flicks for this year. Check out the stills and wallpapers for the movie.