Jealous actresses are spreading rumours about me: Rani Mukerji

After maintaining a stoic silence over her romantic alliance with the Yash Raj scion Aditya Chopra, dusky belle Rani Mukerji has opened fire at all her colleagues who dub her as a Yash Raj girl.

Though ending up with back-to-back duds with the banner, the lady has hardly left any scope for being seen as an independent actress. Nevertheless, she is uncomfortable with the fact that she is largely been seen as a Yash Raj babe and believes that her contemporaries are spreading vicious rumours about her.

According to Rani, there have been nasty attempts by people within the industry who insist on labelling her as the exclusive leading lady of Yash Raj Films. She thinks some jealous actresses are spreading the rumours.

And coming to her quick defence are her friends, who state that the actress been reading scripts by other banners but is in no hurry to sign films just to prove a point.

She was heard telling a friend, “I won’t do anything just because it’s expected of me. My heart has to be in it.”

According to the latest Bollywood news, Rani now finds herself in the same position as she was during ‘Saathiya’ days in 2002. A daily quoted her pal as saying, “At that time, Rani had only one project, which was Yash Raj’s ‘Saathiya’. She had told friends that if it didn’t work, she would quit films. Fortunately, ‘Saathiya’ was a big hit and proved to be a turning point in her career. Now again, Rani has only one film on hand, ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, which again is a Yash Raj film.”

Well, here’s hoping that ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ ends Rani’s flop series at the box Office.

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Rani terrific, Priyanka incredible: Toronto festival chief

Bollywood is set to steal the limelight at the Toronto International Film Festival starting here September 10.

For the first time, the world`s premier film event will premiere two Bollywood films - `What`s Your Raashee?` and `Dil Bole Hadippa`.

"You know, last year our audiences launched `Slumdog Millionaire` that went on to win everything (at the Oscars). And this year, we are thrilled to have two Bollywood movies under big banners making their world premiere," Cameron Bailey, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) co-director, told IANS in an exclusive interview.

He said, "It is the first time that two Bollywood films are making their world premiere here. We had major Bollywood films in the past, but not for world premiere. We had their special presentation and galas with the stars. Those films had opened just before the Toronto festival and we had their presentation."

Bailey, who personally selected the two films during his visit to Mumbai in July, said: "These films were in the final stages when I was in Mumbai. These are highly anticipated films and we will be thrilled to see their stars like Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra and Hurman Baweja in town."

An avid fan of Rani, Bailey said: "Rani is terrific. She can go the whole range - from serious dramatic roles to light comedy. Here (in `Dil Bole Hadippa`) she is in the role of a woman who loves cricket but cannot get on the team because she is a woman. It has that Shakespearean conceit when she dresses as a man to get on the team."

Rating Priyanka one of the most versatile actors today, he said: "Priyanka is incredible. In this film (`What`s Your Raashee?`), she does 12 roles transforming herself into 12 completely different women. Now that is incredible."

He said the film festival will also be privileged to host Ashutosh Gowariker whom he described as one of the best directors in India.

"We had Ashutosh here previously as director of `Lagaan`. He is a great maker of period films with such an attention to detail.

"But what is different about him this time - and people would love to see it - is that he has done a contemporary film (`What`s Your Raashee?`), and it is a love story. Wow, he has not done that before. I am sure he will prove himself to be a master again."

Bailey, who gave a big break to Bollywood at the festival three years ago by organizing a gala presentation for the film "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" in the presence of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar, said he is determined to raise Bollywood`s profile here for two reasons.

"One, we have an avid audience which comes (only) to see Bollywood films and their stars in town. Two, we want to introduce Bollywood to our audiences that do not know this kind of cinema."

In fact, he didn`t rule the future possibility of live musical performances by Bollywood stars at the festival.

"We would love to showcase the musical part of Bollywood, and it is something we may consider down the line," he said.

"Many may not see it that way, but Bollywood is already a mainstream global player. Stars from Bollywood are globally recognised. People who make and finance Bollyood films are global players. See what Reliance is doing in Hollywood as a major player," he added.

The 34th film festival, which runs from Sep 10 to 19, will feature more than 300 films, including 100 brand-new, from 64 countries.

Rani, Priyanka to join Playboy founder as Toronto film fest guests

Bollywood directors Ashutosh Gowariker and Anurag Singh and stars Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra, Lisa Ray and Harman Baweja will rub shoulders with George Clooney, Demi Moore, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey at this year`s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.The 34th annual mega-film show will run here from Sep 10-19.

Anurag Singh`s `Dil Bole Hadippa` and Ashutosh Gowariker`s `What`s Your Rashee?` will make their world premiere at the festival.

Announcing the names of 500 guests, including directors, producers, and actors, the organizers also included daytime TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson in the final list.

Other big names are Nicolas Cage, Sir Ridley Scott, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Spacey, Michael Douglas, Penelope Cruz and Keanu Reeves.

Apart from Gowariker, Anurag Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Baweja, Rani Mukerji, and Lisa Ray, the guest list also includes actor Abhay Deol, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Deepa Mehta`s brother Dilip Mehta, and documentary maker Vikram Jayanti.

Set for release September 18 in India, `Dil Bole Hadippa` is a hilarious drama-comedy with Shahid Kapur (Rohan) and Rani Mukerji (Veera Kaur) in lead roles. It also features Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra.

`What`s Your Rashee?`, based on Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Arya, is a romantic comedy starring Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja.

These two Bollywood films are among 335 from 64 countries to be screened at the festival. These include 271 feature-length films.

About 72 percent of the films to be screened here will make their world or North American premieres.

According to the organizers, 71 directors will make their debut at the film festival, including Drew Barrymore with her comedy film `Whip It!`

Deepa Mehta`s `Heaven on Earth` had its world premiere at the festival last year. Anees Bazmee`s hit `Singh is Kingg` and Nandita Das`s directorial debut `Firaaq` also had their gala premiere last year.

Rani transforms into Bikini babe

Well we never expected the girl-next-door of Bollywood Rani Mukherjee would transform into a bikini babe one day, however she has broken all shackles and looks smoking hot in Dil Bole Hadippa.

Rani Mukherjee’s last flick Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic saw the bubbly actress dressed in full length frocks covering every inch of her body but she is flaunting her fab abs now. Rani worked on her body with Aamir Khan’s train Satyadev.

So folks do you like the new hot Rani Mukherjee?