Necklace had to face the brunt of the Sun God

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The scorching sun and rising mercury levels is making it increasingly difficult for the cine stars to shoot this summer. Locket Chatterjee and Rudranil Ghosh who are shooting for the movie Necklace directed by Shekhar Das had to face the brunt of the Sun God recently.
The director was being forced to wrap up the shooting recently when the actors gave it to the heat.

The movie was being shot at Hastings and Race Course, when the actors began to feel uneasy. Blood started dripping from Locket’s neck as she was wearing a heavy make-up and being exposed to the sun.

Rudranil’s condition was no better and the actor had to take rest at home. Shekhar did not want to comprise with the sequence and thus cancelled it.

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Actor Aamir Khan's cold war on the director of ‘Delhi Belly’

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Perfectionist actor Aamir Khan, who is infamous for his tiff with all his directors and accused of ghost directing his films, is once again in the news for a similar reason. The actor recently declared a cold war on the director of ‘Delhi Belly’, Abhinav Deo over difference in opinion. Reportedly, the actor and director are not seeing eye-to-eye and the film is clearly in trouble.

A source told a news daily, “Abhinav is irritated that Delhi Belly has been kept on the backburner. He has moved on and is now directing ‘Crooked’. How long could he wait?”

The source further added, “Aamir is not at fault. He has been very busy and likes to get involved in one project at a time. He will start working on Delhi Belly soon. But yes, Aamir does like to be in total charge of whatever his production house makes.”

Well, it seems that Abhinav Deo is going through what Amol Gupte experienced during the making of ‘Taare Zameen Par’. We feel sorry for the director who is up and against a creative ogre like Aamir Khan.

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Aamir Khan has always respected Actor Shammi Kapoor

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Aamir Khan has always respected Shammi Kapoor. In fact, the actor admits to watching all of Shammi Kapoor’s films when he was debuting as a romantic hero as no one could beat Shammi Kapoor in the romance aspect.

And since the legendary actor has also launched the music of Aamir’s films, Taare Zameen Par and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Aamir shares a special closeness with him. That’s why at the special show that Aamir did for the Cine Artiste Association, he requested Shammi Kapoor appears with him on a special segment on romance.

Since Shammi was unwell, Aamir organized the shoot at the veteran actor’s residence.

According to sources, Shammi has always been close to Aamir’s uncle Nasir Hussain. That’s how long back Aamir goes with Shammi. When the organizers asked Shammi to do the show, he refused for health reasons. However, Aamir convinced him into doing it.

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Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots has grossed over $70 million globally

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Aamir Khan starrer comedy-drama "3 Idiots" has grossed over Rs.315 crore ($70 million) globally in the 19 days since its release, a statement by Reliance BIG Entertainment, the film’s distributor, said Tuesday.

Based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller Five Point Someone, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

"’3 Idiots’ has opened new vistas for the Indian film industry. The huge response across continents reinforces our belief that a well-made, well-exploited film can still create magic in the darkened auditorium. We are proud to be associated with Vinod, Aamir, Raju and the talented team of ’3 idiots’," said Amit Khanna, chairman, Reliance BIG Entertainment.

Added Chopra: "I am thrilled and humbled that so many people all over the world have loved this film. It proves true Rancho’s (the protagonist in the movie) mantra - chase excellence and success will follow."

Aamir echoed the sentiment, saying: "As a member of the team I am so happy with the kind of success that the film is achieving. Thanks to Raju (Hirani), for making the film so well, to Vinod for doing such a great job as a producer and to Reliance BIG Pictures for the kind of release they gave the film."

According to the statement, more that 60 million people have so far watched the film in theatres since its release Dec 25. Its box office collections have exceeded the over Rs.260 crore earned by another Aamir starrer, "Ghajini", considered Hindi cinema’s highest grosser till date.

"3 Idiots" is also being touted as the highest grossing Indian film ever to release in the US, Middle East, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, Kenya and Fiji.

The film has retained its position in the top 10 film at the British Box Office and is also Aamir’s biggest grosser so far and highest box office grosser of 2009. The screen count in the US for "3 Idiots" has increased by 25 percent by the third week.

Indian multiplexes added on an average 14 to 21 new shows in the second week of the movie compared to its first week with 150 additional shows.

The paid previews of the movie also garnered over Rs.9 crore worldwide, above those of the paid preview collections of "Ghajini" that were Rs.7 crore globally.

The film also stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles.

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A hotel where Aamir Khan stayed incognito can heave a sigh of relief

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A hotel where Aamir Khan stayed incognito can heave a sigh of relief. The Uttar Pradesh authorities have decided not to cancel its license, days after it was found to have let the Bollywood actor stay without establishing his true identity.Hotel Saraswati in Mugalsarai town, some 300 km from Lucknow, in Chandauli district has been let off with a warning.

“After probing the matter for over a week, we finally decided not to cancel the license,” Chandauli district magistrate Rigzin Samphel told reporters.

“However, we have warned the manager and owner of the hotel that if they are found giving hotel rooms without establishing the identity of individuals in future, the license would surely be cancelled,” he added.

Aamir stayed there as part of the promotion strategy for his new movie, “The Three Idiots .”

Police had served a notice to Hotel Saraswati Dec 15 seeking an explanation for “flouting the basic rules for allotment of rooms in a hotel”.

The hotel in its reply did not mention anything about Aamir’s stay, but accepted that procedural identification was not carried out while giving rooms to the actor’s team.

According to police, for promoting his movie “3 Idiots”, Aamir Khan roamed around Varanasi district in the guise of an elderly Maulana and stayed in Hotel Saraswati.

According to police, in the name of Akram Shah and Co, seven rooms were booked for Aamir and his team in the hotel. The actor arrived in Varanasi Dec 11 and headed to other destination Dec 13.

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This is another example of Aamir Khan is open-mindedness person

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This is another example of Aamir Khan’s level of acceptance and open-mindedness as a person. We all know that the actor and his films where banned from ‘Gujarat’ due to the actor’s support for a cause.

During his latest promotional tour, the actor also visited Gujarat, obviously disguised.

On return, the actor is in all praise for his once forbidden Modiland.

Aamir was impressed by the infrastructure provided by the Gujarat government to its people especially in the field of education.

At a crowded press conference yesterday, the actor was referring to the education system prevailing in India and he also shared the thought of an improved infrastructure to provide proper education to boys and girls.

The actor cited the example of Gujarat and hoped that other states also follow the system of maintaining a well planned infrastructure in order to groom tomorrow’s India. It must be recalled that Aamir’s ‘3 Idiots’ deals with the pressures of education and performance between the parents and teenagers where it makes a comment on the outcome of forced or overpressures from the system and parents.

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The Indian prints of 3 Idiots wont carry the Rajneeti trailers

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Earlier we had it that ‘3 Idiots’ will bring the first looks of ‘Rajneeti ’ on its release. However the producer of ‘3 Idiots’ seems to have got second thoughts now.

It is said that Vidhu Vinod Chopra has asked UTV, the distributors of ‘Rajneeti’, to withdraw their film’s trailer from 3 Idiots’s interval slot. Said sources, “This decision came in the wake of a private screening of ’3 Idiots’ held recently. Everybody who saw the film spoke very highly about the trailer of ’Raajneeti’ and felt that it would be a very strong film. This set Vidhu’s mind ticking and he decided that he would rather do away with the trailer than have people distracted from ’3 Idiots’.”

Prakash Jha, the director of ’Rajneeti’ confirmed the news recalling that Vidhu had initially appreciated his film and he was glad to screen it. “Now he has developed cold feet at the last minute. UTV told me that Vidhu found that at a recent screening of 3 Idiots, people who saw the film were talking only about the trailer of ’Raajneeti’. Vidhu hasn’t spoken to me but I learnt that he found the trailer of ’Raajneeti’ too powerful,” stated Jha.

However, only the Indian prints o f‘3 Idiots’ won’t carry the ‘Rajneeti’ trailers, as the overseas prints with the trailers are already said to be dispatched.

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Defence ministry has not given permission for Aamir Khan in OTA

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This might come as a surprise to all of you but Aamir Khan , who has been criss-crossing the country in disguise to promote his new film “3 Idiots“, has been denied permission to spend a day with the Indian Army’s cadets at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

“The film star had sent a request to the defence ministry to spend a day at OTA. But it has been declined and the ministry has not given any reason for it,” sources said. Aamir wanted to interact with the cadets and wanted to see their lives from close quarter.

Nearly 500 cadets from the Short Service Commission cadre pass out from the military institution every year. It is yet not clear whether Aamir wanted to spend a day at the army institution for his future project or to promote “3 Idiots ” releasing this Friday.

The movie revolves around three friends and their college days and marks Aamir’s return to the big screen after a year. The actor has created a buzz because of the innovative ways he has been promoting the film. To market the film, Aamir has been travelling across the country in different get-ups. His travels have so far taken him to Varanasi, Madhya Pradesh’s Chanderi district, former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s home in Kolkata, Jaipur and Punjab’s Faridkot district.

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Aamir Khan gifted a Rs.25,000 handloom saree to Kareena Kapoor

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Aamir Khan recently gifted a Rs. 25, 000 handloom saree to Kareena Kapoor made by handloom workers of Chanderi village in Madhya Pradesh. Kareena was overwhelmed by the present.

Kareena was asked to fly down to Madhya Pradesh for two days. She had to travel for 14 hours to reach Chanderi. All this while, she didn’t know where they were going and all she knew was that they had to meet Aamir. So when she received the black and gold traditional saree, like the ones the weavers used to make for the nawabs, she was overjoyed.

According to Kareena, Aamir Khan wanted her to have the saree because she is a style icon and she should promote the work of these handloom industries.

The ancestors of the workers used to work for royal families. Kareena and Aamir went to the workers’ homes, interacted with them and saw that they live in miserable conditions and make only about Rs. 50 while the designers borrow their work and sell it for Rs. 30-40, 000.

Aamir has invited some of the workers to the premiere of 3 Idiots.

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Perfectionist Aamir Khan wants to improve the life of weavers

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Being a Perfectionist , the actor has made sure that the recently-launched- game strategy is more than just a promotional affair. On the course of this game journey Aamir is said to be highlighting several social issues.

Aamir Khan, who is currently on a promotional tour for ‘3 Idiots’ in disguise, had been in Madhya Pradesh lately. There, he came across the weavers of Chanderi and said to have got an insight of their poor livelihood. Aamir felt the need to revive the dying art of weaving and wants to improve the life of weavers there. For this the actor will highlight the issue by wearing handloom clothes hereafter and even seek help from his co-stars.

Sources believe that Aamir will also pull in his ‘3 Idiots’ lady Kareena Kapoor to help him in promoting the cause. Birdies reveal that Bebo had recently purchased a saree from Chanderi worth Rs 25,000.

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Aamir Khan has introduced the 10,000 autorickshaws to indian cites

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Strange are the ways in which Aamir Khan works; though he hardly attended college and couldn’t further his studies, no one can surpass him when it comes to planning marketing strategies.

Dhan tana, now you can see autorickshaws that are emblazoned with ‘Capacity: 3 Idiots’ on the back. Yes, Aamir has printed these stickers for 10,000 ricks and has introduced them into the places like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Gujarat, Jaipur, Kota, Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Kolkata, Bhopal, Indore, Bangalore and Chennai .

So while riding a rick, make sure to read it’s back. About this auto rickshaw stunt, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra is quoted as saying, “The auto-rickshaw is the most popular mode for commuting and works as a wonderful reminder medium. We have used this sticker in all the cities wherever rickshaws are one of the common modes for commuting.”

In fact, a few days ago, the makers of 3 Idiots also painted the walls of the washrooms of some of the theatres and they read…. “You are an idiot!”

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Aamir Khan and Salman Khan spend some time together

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In an industry rife with cut-throat competition where simmering emotions boil up in a series of verbal potshots now and then, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan have surprisingly been bonding like thick buddies.

Who can forget Salman’s personal ode to Ghajini when he painted Aamir’s portraits (in the Ghajini look) ahead of the film’s release last year. Though the SRK-Salman cold war may have driven a wedge through the industry and its camp-loyal folks, Aamir’s friendship with Salman has remained unaffected.

The two stars make it a point to meet and spend some time together whenever their busy schedules permit. But we now learn that they also go out for rides on Salman’s mobike when the streets of Mumbai are almost deserted in the dead of the night.

According to reports, Aamir first drives to Salman’s Bandra residence where he parks his car. Later, the duo ride out on Salman’s bike while a small pose of security guards follows them.

After the ride, the duo often sits down for a chat over a couple of drinks either at Salman’s place or at Aamir’s.

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Aamir Khan taken the internet route to pitch his film 3 Idiots

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Bollywood actor Aamir Khan excels at innovative promotion for his films and this time the star has taken the internet route to pitch his forthcoming film "3 Idiots" - where the film’s star cast will video chat with fans on the web.

Film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director Rajkumar Hirani, other technicians and actors, including Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan and Boman Irani alongside Aamir, will have a visual chat with the masses, after releasing the music of the film on the internet.

"We are launching the music of ’3i’ (’Three Idiots’) on the 9th of November, but for the first time this is happening on the (Inter)net... So the plan is to release the music at 11 a.m. and then all of us are in private chat rooms with you (fans) for an hour," Aamir posted on his blog Saturday.

"When I say all of us, I mean Vinod Chopra, Raju Hirani, Kareena, Maddy (R.Madhavan ), Sharman, Boman, the music director Shantanu, the lyricist Swanand, the singers Shaan, Shreya (Ghoshal), Suraj, and me... The chat is going to be a video chat as well and not only text," he added.Based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller "Five Point Someone", the movie is releasing Dec 25.

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Aamir Khan confesses to his nerves in his blog

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Completion of 3 Idiots has just occurred and the perfectionist Khan has already started worrying about the audiences’ reaction. The movie is due for Christmas release and nervous Aamir Khan confesses to his nerves in his blog.

“The last one week has been very busy with ‘3 Idiots’ work. The final song is done and now the cut is locked too. I think we have managed to make the film that we set out to.” Aamir is quoted as saying, “As you can well imagine the good old butterflies have begun to spread their wings once again and their feathery touch has started to tickle my insides. I’m tempted to try and snuff them out with smoke...but I won’t. I think this time I have quit for good.”

In fact, Aamir was also nervous when he walked the ramp for the first time at the recently held HDIL couture week for his good friend Salman Khan. “I was extremely nervous because I have never done it before. I am not used to doing all this. This is not my world,” he told the press. He was even nervous while rehearsing for the show and was thinking about how the audience would react.

Nevertheless, nervous or not nervous, Aamir knows how to wow his fans.

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Aamir Khan was nervous before his ramp debut for Salman Khan's Being Human

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He is in showbiz for more than two decades, yet Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was nervous before his ramp debut for Salman Khan’s "Being Human" show at the ongoing HDIL India Couture Week. He said he wanted to go back home.

"I was extremely nervous because I have never done it before. I am not used to doing all this. This is not my world. But I did it just for my friend Salman and to support the cause," Aamir told reporters Tuesday after the show.

"When I was rehearsing, the show area was empty still I was nervous. I thought that when I’m nervous now, what will happen when I will walk the ramp in front of the audiences. And I thought I should go back home," he added.

Before starting the walk, the actor stood on the ramp for a second, looked around, smiled at everyone, took a deep breath and very shyly started walking maintaining eye-contact with the audience and acknowledging their cheers.

Despite his nervousness, he charmed everyone with his boyish looks and cute smile.

Once he got over the initial inhibitions, Aamir entertained people by dancing with the kids who had initially done a small jig at the beginning of the show.

Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan , Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, Arbaaz Khan, Salman Khan and Sohail Khan too walked the ramp.

Other than Aamir, Ajay Devgn too made his ramp debut and he was also very scared before walking down the ramp.

Actress Amisha Patel, who was there to support the cause, told IANS that the nervousness of these actors was very evident, as they had never walked the ramp before. But it was good to see them all come together for a good cause.

Another shy actor and Salman’s good friend Sunny Deol too was supposed to make his ramp debut.

"He was here but he is very shy. He didn’t know that he had to walk the ramp. As soon as I told him, he hid somewhere," said Salman jokingly.

"He was telling me behind the ramp that he would be there," he added.

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Aamir Khan is keeping a close tab on his buddy Salman Khan's Wanted

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It is learnt that Aamir Khan is keeping a close tab on his buddySalman Khan’s film Wanted’s box office collections. The film has opened to bumper collections all over India in the single screens and the multiplexes collections, if not as big, has been rising steadily as well. Aamir’s Ghajini was the last Bollywood film to break big in the single screens and amass huge collections.

The trade has been claiming Wanted has over taken Ghajini at many centers and this has intrigued the perfectionist Aamir more. Though most of the critics have lashed the film out, Wanted has been conquering the box office even in its second week.

Incidentally, Aamir was invited personally by Salman to have a dekko of his Wanted, days before its release. However, with Aamir being busy with his 3 Idiots it was not possible for him. But he seems to have finally watched the film on last weekend and loved Salman’s act in it.

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Boyle has already signed Aamir Khan for Bombay Velvet

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Ever since Slumdog Millionaire’s Oscar haul, Bollywood has been waiting for Danny Boyle’s next announcement. According to reports, Boyle has already signed Aamir Khan for Bombay Velvet. And is now in advanced stages of talks with Shah Rukh Khan.

According to Mumbai Mirror, the film will be a trilogy directed by Anurag Kashyap. While Aamir Khan will be the protagonist in the third one, Boyle is reportedly keen on getting SRK for the first one.

Interestingly Boyle had even offered Slumdog Millionaire to SRK. But things didn’t work out then. The same news daily also reports that a new actor has been signed on for the second one.

If the reports are true, this will surely be the mother of all casting coups. Bombay Velvet is a period thriller set in 1940s’ Mumbai.

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Aamir khan favorite sport badminton

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Aamir Khan has grown fat. The actor, who hasn’t had much time to workout because of having to cope with wife Kiran’s miscarriage, had put on 7 kgs.

Aamir is currently holidaying in Europe with Kiran and is supposed to shoot a song on 21 September for Three Idiots with Kareena Kapoor.

But being the perfectionist he is, he wants to look his best for the song. So, he looked up a badminton coach in Europe online, to get back in shape.

Badminton has always been Aamir’s favorite sport and he finds it a fun way to stay healthy. Aamir is known to play badminton regularly in the mornings, along with his diet and workouts.

And while it was difficult to find a coach since badminton is not very popular in Europe, he has found one, and now the coach stays with him 24X7 at the European villa.

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Aamir Khan - next film is based on Chetan Bhagat’s story!

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After Hello, this is second film to be based on Chetan Bhagat’s novels. Hello was based Bhagat’s best seller One Night in Call Center. Aamir’s 3 Idiots is based on Bhagat’s Five Point Someone.

The film would be directed by Raj Kumar Hirani. 3 Idiots happens to be the working title for the film. The story based on the IITians lives is going to cast Aamir Khan, Sarman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor.

The film is being produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who has also produced by Munn Bhai film which were also directed by Hirani.

Even Shah Rukh wanted to produce the film initially. Oops, an Aamir Khan flick to be produced by Shah Rukh, hard to digest!

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Aamir Khan leads in Kiran's film Dhobi Ghaat

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Aamir Khan has agreed to star in Dhobi Ghaat, the directorial debut from his wife Kiran Rao.

Khan, who recently wrapped up shooting 3 Idiots, confirmed that he would play a leading role in the film following extensive media speculation.

The 44-year-old actor wrote on his blog: "The cat is finally out of the bag. I’m playing one of the leads in Kiran ’s film Dhobi Ghaat.

"The reason we kept this under wraps is that she didn’t want to attract much attention to her film. She wanted to make this film on real locations with a tiny crew, very guerrilla style."

He added: "So we had to do it very quietly. And for once we managed to keep a secret from the media, at least until we finished the shoot."

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