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After making sure Saif Ali Khan learnt the typical Uttar Pradesh dialect for Omkara, filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj forced actress Vidya Balan to overcome her road phobia for a driving scene in his next movie Ishqiya.

"Vidya has an acute road phobia. She was petrified at the thought of driving earlier, but not any more," said a source close to the film.



"Driving a car was something completely alien to her. But Vishal saw to it that she mastered the art and now is pretty comfortable manoeuvring her car on the road," the source added.

The filmmaker is known to be particular about making his actors learn the required skills in reality rather than making them pretend on screen.

'Hema Malini's Vijayaraje Scindia look decided in 48 hours'


It took fashion designer Neeta Lulla just 48 hours of hard work to decide the right look for Bollywood 'dream girl' Hema Malini's forthcoming venture Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi in which she plays erstwhile Gwalior queen Vijayaraje Scindia.

"Actually we both had time constraints so I had to work round-the-clock to give Hemaji the look of the Rajmata. I did my own research and Hemaji also gave me a reference book, which helped me a lot," said Lulla.



Lulla is the one who gave Aishwarya Rai the ethereal look in Ashutosh Gowarikar's period drama Jodhaa Akbar.


She was also behind Hema Malini's refreshing look in Ravi Chopra's Baghban.


"I tried to give her a different look in Baghban and people loved the way she looked in the film. Hope people will like it this time too," the designer added.


Being directed by Gulbahar Singh, Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi went on floors recently and is being produced by the Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Smriti Trust.

Katrina dominates Yuvvraaj posters

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif seems to be the shining star of the hoardings of Subhash Ghai's forthcoming film Yuvvraaj, with the male actors - Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Zayed Khan - taking a backseat.



"Katrina is considered to be a lucky mascot for her directors and Subhash is confident that Katrina will bring luck for him too," a source close to the project said.

The filmmaker apparently chose to give Katrina such a prominent spot to let her know that she has earned her rightful place in the film.

"Katrina has done a fabulous job in Yuvvraaj and Subhash has witnessed the dedication with which Katrina has worked in the film. Hence the solo hoarding," the source added.

source:ibnlive.com

He had a nationwide shocking break up with Kareena but he didn't utter a word, he was paired with Amrita Rao still he stood numb but now even though his pairing with Vidya was much on speculation, this time the chocolate boy Shahid Kapoor could not bear this and has opened his mouth for the first time. Too hot to resist!

The romance between Shahid and Vidya blossomed on the sets of Kismat Konnection (maybe the film was, tough unintentionally, named to suggest both reel and real life star connection). But see the kismet!

Shahid is not ready to accept the fact behind the fiction. He says that both of them are just good friends! Well, we may consider the friendship as the fist step towards love. But Shahid has problem with that also.

"I am single now so everyone will link me with anyone, " Shahid gets little indignant.

People have been talking about his and Vidya's love connection from the very beginning of the schedule of this film.

They both spent 15 days together in Toronto on the shoot and came close to one another as because they had no other choice. Think again.

Firstly, the break up between Kareena and Shahid, then followed the Amrita episode which also flopped miserably and see, now Shahid is with cool Kerala beau Vidya. That’s how kismet draws people to their connections. Shahid, are you still looking for more clues?

Very few know that Shahid Kapoor is a prankster. While shooting for Aziz Mirza’s Kismet Konnetion, he played a trick with Vidya but unfortunately her mother became the victim. Unknowingly, he scared Vidya’s mom. The incident turned to be quite funny for the unit members but later Shahid felt awkward to face Mrs. Balan.

The incident took place in Canada during the shooting of Kismet Konnection. While discussing, Shahid discovered that Vidya scared of spirit and he decided to scare her wearing a horrifying mask. Joining him in the game was actor Vishal Malhotra who is playing Shahid’s friend in the film.

One night, around 2:30 am, he knocked on Vidya’s door. And to his surprise, Vidya’s mom opened the door as she and Vidya were put up in the same room with a common door. Shahid expected Vidya but he was stunned to see Mrs. Balan attending him. The next morning, he felt embarrassed to face her but when the unit member clarified the entire matter to Mrs. Balan, she just laughed over the happening.