There’s an audience for adult content today: Tusshar Kapoor

MUMBAI: The first Announcement promo of the Kya Kool Hain Hum (2005) sequel released last Friday along with The Dirty Picture barely a fortnight since the film went on the floors. The five-second teaser includes clippings of reviews of the previous film, running it down with the promise that Kya Super Kool Hain Hum would be as Shameless as ever.

Tusshar Kapoor who returns with Riteish Deshmukh to take the Kool brand further, insists that despite the change in director (Sachin Yardi takes over from Sangeeth Sivan) and cast (Bipasha Basu, Neha Sharma and Sarah Jane Dias are his female co-stars this time), it felt like they were continuing with the same shoot.

“The six years just fell away and it was like a blast from the past,” smiles the actor who recently picturised a song on the beach through the night.


Part 1 had got the thumbs down from the critics for its below-the-belt humour but the team is not shying away from a repeat.

“The film is a sex comedy and these jokes are its Unique Selling Preposition,” reasons Tusshar.

“Earlier this year Delhi Belly proved that there’s an audience for Adult content, and now The Dirty Picture has people returning home moved by Silk’s story rather than mad at a sleaze fest.”

Insisting that the scenario has changed significantly since 2005, Tusshar points out that today the conversation of nice, sweet college kids is peppered with such wisecracks and no eyebrows are raised.

He says, “When we narrated the script to a few couples, they said, ‘Aur masala dalo (Add more masala). However, since the intention this time is to pull in women and family audiences and not target only the frontbenchers, we will ensure that we stay within certified limits.”

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'After Agent Vinod, we'll fix wedding date'

MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor has been making news about her impending marriage with boyfriend-actor Saif Ali Khan for a while now.

But of late, she has been insisting on not talking about it. Says Kareena, “Of course, marriage will happen. But we are waiting for Agent Vinod to release first. Once it does, we will be able to lock a date.”

For some time now, reports have been rife about their wedding being planned in March next year in Pataudi. A few days ago, even Saif mentioned that marriage was on the cards in the first half of 2012.

But Kareena deflects, as she feels that marriage talk might affect the film’s prospects. “Saif has invested a lot of time and effort into making this film, and talking about the marriage takes away from it. Then suddenly, no one will talk about Agent Vinod. Everyone will be like, ‘when are they getting married?’ And both of us don’t want that to happen,” says the actor.

At the same time, Kareena also wonders why their wedding is a big deal in the first place. “At the end of the day, marriage is about commitment, and both Saif and I are completely committed to one other. Marriage is for the registers. In an office, it’s just a piece of paper. If you are in love, you will be ready for marriage eventually,” she says, before adding, “I want people to watch the film for Saif and me as actors, not as an off-screen couple. That’s the only reason I don’t want to talk about my marriage yet.”

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Imran Khan is an item ‘bum’ for Kareena Kapoor

MUMBAI: In a sequence in the theatrical promo of the Imran Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kareena unabashedly gives Imran’s bum a rating of 8/10, and also comments on how she finds his derrière ‘cute’.

Interestingly, the inspiration for this scene came from a real life incident. Apparently, during the film’s shooting, a joke was doing the rounds about a random remark made by Kareena, where she casually implied that she really likes Imran’s posterior.

So everyone on the sets advised Shakun Batra (director) to include the joke in the film. “Her (Kareena) character is known to flirt, and Imran essays the role of one of her close friends, who she flirts with,” says a unit member.

When contacted, Shakun laughs: “It ‘s a funny scene where Imran keeps getting shocked at the bold statements she’s making. Otherwise too, Kareena is extremely fond of the young Khan.”

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