Professional Ranbir handles granny’s death with stoicism

Ranbir Kapoor is handling a death in the family, and his stoic professional take is appreciable. His maternal grandmother, with whom he was very close, expired this week. Living in the same house in a room right opposite his and her constant in and out of her favourite grandson’s space, Ranbir is bound to feel the painful void left by his granny, but he is bearing up with courage.What is even more striking is his stoicism. Handling his grief very well, Ranbir was ready the very next day to shoot for a special last-minute song in the songless ‘Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year’. He is dancing to Ahmed Khan’s choreography at Yashraj Films.

The song happens to be an inspirational add-up at the last moment.

Choreographer Ahmed revealed to a news daily, “Even I was surprised when Aditya Chopra approached me for a song in ‘Rocket Singh’. Then I heard the track by Salim-Suleiman and I was blown. It’s a sure-shot hit!”

Ahmed has forged a durable star-choreogrpaher bond with Ranbir. Ahmad is predictably excited. He said, “This is a young cute Sardarji having a blast on the dance floor. It’s unlike anything anyone has ever seen. We had to cancel on Tuesday because Ranbir’s Naani passed away. But we managed in two days.”

Working with such a devoted performer would be a joy to anyone.

`Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani ` to release on November 6

Rajkumar Santoshi`s `Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani` is all set for a threatrical release on November six.Santoshi, who has not had box office success for quite some time, has tried his hand at comedy after his debut movie `Andaz Apna Apna`.

He is optimistic that audiences will like the film and his lead pair Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif.

"Katrina has tried her hand at comedy for the first time and has done a good job," Santoshi said.

"Ranbir plays Prem in the film. It`s a love story and Prem also stands for love," he said.

Santoshi`s last film was `Halla Bol` starring Ajay Devgan.

The filmmaker is working on his new projects `Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhiya Woh Jamiya Nahin` an adaptation of Asghar Wajahat`s play and `Kanwal Pal Singh Gill` on the Khalistan movement.

He said he will announce the project in October and added that he would start work on `Jis Lahore...` after the release of `Ajab Prem...`

Priyanka-Ranbir, the new ‘IT’ couple!

Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor will soon be setting the silver screen on fire with Sajid Nadidawala’s ‘Anjana Anjani’, which will bring the duo together for the first time.According to reports, the flick will go on floors in November with the crew flying to San Francisco on a 45-day schedule. The crew will cover Los Angeles and New York besides shooting a major part of the movie in San Francisco. The film is expected to be wrapped up by January 2010.

The movie, to be directed by Siddharth Anand, is said to have derived its title from ‘Anjana Anjani’, a popular song from Mani Ratnam’s ‘Yuva’ that had featured Kareena and Vivek Oberoi.

Ranbir Kapoor’s beard in ‘Rocket Singh’ gives him itches

Singh seems to be King in Bollywood with every other star going for the ‘surd’ look. After Saif in ‘Love Aaj Kal’, Rani in ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, Salman in ‘Heroes’, Akshay in ‘Singh is Kinng’, Ranbir Kapoor is playing a ‘sardar’ in ‘Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year’. But the good looking actor is very uncomfortable sporting a beard and wants to get rid of it as soon as possible.

According to latest news, the film was supposed to wrap up by August 14 but due to some reason got delayed, which added to the discomfort of Ranbir. Director Shimit Amin of ‘Rocket Singh’, particularly likes Ranbir’s look but the actor wants to do away with it.

A source said to a news daily, “Ranbir`s immediate concern is a song that he has to shoot for ‘Wake Up Sid’, which he has to shoot towards the end of this month. So the poor chap has been working at rocket speed to finish shooting for ‘Rocket Singh’.”

We empathise with you Ranbir but ‘no pain, no gain’. Have patience!

Ranbir's sardar look in 'Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'.

Ranbir's sardar look in 'Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'. Like THis???

Deepika is one of Ranbir’s girlfriends, so what, asks Rishi

Flying high after the success of her latest flick ‘Love Aaj Kal’, and beaming with pride due to her romantic alliance with industry heartthrob Ranbir, Deepika Padukone had been on cloud nine until now.

The swishy beauty, who had been seen bonding with her potential father-in-law Rishi Kapoor during the promotion of her last film, has now been left dumbfounded after he dubbed her as just another girl in his sonny’s life.

Known for their outlandish ways and outspoken antics, the Kapoor family never disappoints when it comes to making controversial statements. Going in flashback, Ranbir’s mom Neetu too had stirred quite a hornet’s nest after she expressed her apparent disliking for Dips through some raucous comments.

And now with Rishi calling Dips just another girl for Ranbir, the swishy beauty is feeling gloomy and low. According to the latest Bollywood news, Rishi who was recently asked about Deepika told a news daily, “I think she’s one of Ranbir’s girlfriends, so what?”

But ask the yesteryears hunk about his son and Rishi is all praises. “He’s had only two releases, he has a long way to go yet. But what I’m happy about is that he’s very passionate about his work. You have to love what you do, and Ranbir is absolutely engrossed in what he does, passionate about his films, just like his grandfather and his father,” said Rishi.

Now, the blog bug bites Ranbir Kapoor

While most filmy youngsters struggle to find their feet, as they stumble on their way to success, Ranbir Kapoor is comfortably climbing the ladder to stardom. The actor, who owing to his family status, is often spotted among the right top-notch filmdom actors, has now taken to blogging as the next safe step to expand his fan following.With this, Ranbir has joined the ranks of superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, whose blogs have been a rage among fans.

According to sources, the dishy actor will start blogging from Wednesday and his posts will appear on an entertainment website. The actor, who is currently shooting for Karan Johar’s ‘Wake up Sid’, will be penning down his experience of working in the film.

Confirming the news, a daily quoted a source as saying, “Contrary to his role in Wake Up Sid, in which he plays an extremely lazy character, Ranbir is quite creative in real life. He will be blogging on a daily basis where he will write about his role and his experience of working with producer Karan Johar, co-star Konkona SenSharma and director Ayaan Mukherjee. If his write-ups get a positive response, he will continue blogging.”

Well, looks like Ranbir has given his female fans a reason to say Cheers!

Imtiaz Ali to rope in Ranbir for his English film!

With the astounding success of ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’ more recently, Imtiaz Ali surely seems to know what the Indian audience is seeking and it is this very instinct that’s made him come to a conclusion that the Indian movie goers are finally ready for an English potboiler!According to reports, Imtiaz is likely to make a film purely in English. Confirming his plans, the director said, “In ‘Love Aaj Kal’, I sometimes felt that the characters should’ve been expressing their thoughts in English rather than Hindi. So yes, making a film in the language of the youth is not such a bad idea.”

Buzz has it that Imtiaz is already considering Ranbir to play the lead character in the film in question. When enquired about the star cast of the movie, Imtiaz said, “I always cast after the script is ready. Ranbir is an exciting actor to work with.”

So shall we look forward to ‘Once upon a time’ now?

Salman Khan’s unusual bonhomie with Ranbir Kapoor !

Controversies favourite child Salman Khan seems to have perfected the art of putting speculations to end. The actor who was recently in news for his reported rift with Ranbir Kapoor has put all rumours to rest as he sat down with the Kapoor scion for a chat to plan a friendly game of football. Bonding at Mehboob Studio, Bandra, while they were shooting for their films the two stars got along like a house on fire.

Buzz has it that it was Sallu who made the first move. On hearing that Ranbir too was shooting on the same location, the actor went to greet. Over lunch the two actors decided to spend time together on Independence Day.

Confirming the news a daily quoted a source as saying, "Salman intends to spend the day with his gang of boys playing football. He invited Ranbir when they were chatting at Mehboob Studio on Sunday afternoon”.

Known for planning fun-packed parties, Sallu is making sure that everything is planned perfectly for the match too.

The actor has reportedly asked his younger brothers Arbaaz and Sohail to invite their pals. And as of now Ranbir, Dino Morea, Ashish Chaudhary, Vatsal Seth and music composers Sajid-Wajid will be joining the Khan brothers.

Wake up Sid new posters

Check out the new poster of Ranbir Kapoor-Konkona Sen Sharma starrer Wake up Sid. Like it?