Valentine’s Day Bollywood Updates

The latest news updates from Bollywood on Valentine’s Day – February 14th 2012.

News

• Director Apoorva Lakhia will be remaking Amitabh Bachchan’s Zanjeer => Full Details
• Amitabh Bachchan surgery was successful, but the legend has been suffering from pain for the last two days. His discharge from the hospital has been delayed.
• Mahesh Bhatt is furious over the leaked sex scene of Blood Money and has denied that it was a publicity stunt.
• Sanjay Dutt and Raj Kundra’s Super Fight League have signed a 3 year deal with video-sharing website Youtube. Every show will be steamed on SFL’s Youtube channel – www.youtube.com/SFL
• Lyricist Shahryar of Umrao Jaan fame and fourth Urdu writer to win the Jnanpith Award in 2008, died of lung cancer in Uttar Pradesh.
• The Prayer ceremony of Anupam Kher’s father Pushkar Nath Kher was held yesterday. Friends and family appeared in colorful clothes. Kher tweeted “I know he (father) wants us to celebrate life. So there will be Rock band playing in His memory at d ceremony”

Rumours (unconfirmed reports)

• Saif Ali Khan’s mother Sharmila Tagore will be gifting a Rs 9 crore worth apartment to daughter Soha Ali Khan as a wedding gift. Soha will be moving into the apartment in Khar (Mumbai) after marriage.
• Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor are likely to sign Katrina Kaif or Kareena Kapoor for their co-production => Full Details
• The sequel to ROCK ON!! is likely to go on floors next year. It will be directed once again by Abhishek Kapoor.
• NDTV has reported that Kareena Kapoor is likely to take up direction after marriage. The film could be produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions!

Box office Updates

• Ek Main Aur Ek Tu has remained steady on Monday, with about Rs 2.5 crores. Total 4 day collections – Rs 24 crores.
• Agneepath has remained steady at single-screens but crashed at multiplexes in Week 3. Unlikely to go past Salman Khan’s Ready and ‘Blockbuster’ status too is doubtful now. But considering the limited appeal towards family audience, the film has done outstanding business. Verdict – SUPERHIT

Quotes of the day

• “The morning has been nightmarish. There has been incredible pain in the region of the surgery, and the spasms so acute that they brought me to the level of a scream … which is saying a lot, for, my resistance to pain has been quite satisfactory in the past,” Amitabh Bachchan on his blog.
• “I don’t need an alarm clock to wake up. Akshay snores so loudly that I’m usually awake the entire night” says Akshay Kumar’s wife Twinkle Khanna!
• “I rely on my wife for everything. I can’t imagine a day without her!  says Akshay Kumar on wife Twinkle.
• “I’m quite superstitious about Valentine’s Day.” says a man who is known as the king of romance – Shahrukh Khan
• “The pressure of stardom cries out for relief. The taste of success cries out for celebration. Drug abuse is a part of Hollywood’s heritage,” said Mahesh Bhatt after the untimely death of Whitney Houston.
• “I am scared of kissing on screen.” says Bipasha Basu on her kissing scene with Madhavan in Jodi Breakers.
• “I am here to do good work. I have absolutely no time for love” says Ladies vs Ricky Bahl actor Ranveer Singh.
• “Enjoying the best phase of my life. I love my life” says Ritesh Deshmukh who recently married Genelia D’Souza.
• “It has been more than a year since I quit smoking” says Aamir Khan.
• “No issues between me and Juhi. We are friends” says Shahrukh Khan on rumors of his soured friendship with Juhi Chawla.

Picture of the Day

Prateik Babbar proposes to Amy Jackson on Valentines Day