Bipasha Basu gets a song named after her

MUMBAI: Bipasha Basu has joined a special group. The sultry actor now has a song named after herself in the upcoming film, Jodi Breakers, also starring R. Madhavan.

“Yes, I have a song now. But I think, as kids, we are more excited about having a song named after us,” says Bips with a laugh. The actor also insists she has always been wary of having her character or a song named Bipasha. “If we have a certain 

name in films or songs, they become very popular. So, I was known as Billo for the longest time. Over the years, a lot of filmmakers asked if they could name my character Bipasha or make a song with the name in it, but I have always been apprehensive about it,” she says.

Bipasha, incidentally, means ‘deep, dark desire’. “It’s a tough decision. As actors, we give away so much to the business,” she says, but adds that she loves the song. “Salim-Sulaiman first made the composition and presented it to me. I really love their works. And I made my manager, family members and friends listen to it, and everyone simply loved it,” she says.

Choreographed by Bosco-Ceaser, Bips also worked on her styling. She says, “My stylist Shyamalee and I worked on it because I work on my looks myself.”

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Kareena Kapoor caught between the Khans

MUMBAI: It’s not easy working with two Khans. And Kareena Kapoor will probably vouch for that at this point. The actor is currently juggling the on-going promotions for the Imran Khan-starrer Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and is working on the postproduction of Aamir Khan’s Talaash.

While the actor is apparently having a tough time shuffling dates, Aamir and Imran keep pulling her leg for paying more attention to the other’s film.

“She is going all out to manage Talaash’s post-production work as well as Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu promotions. She has to wrap up all the work soon because Talaash releases this June,” says a team member close to the actor, adding, “Aamir keeps telling her that she is giving Imran more time, and Imran constantly teases her about how she’s giving mamu (uncle) all her dates.”

Says Kareena, “They both are adorable as co-stars. It’s a pleasure working with them. I have already worked with Aamir in 3 Idiots (2009). I love both of them equally.”

Ask Imran about the teasing bit and he laughs before saying, “I love teasing her about how she has no time for me and is giving all her attention to mamu (uncle) and his film. It’s great fun.”

Interestingly, Kareena has also become a messenger of sorts for the uncle and nephew. Since both the Khans remain caught up with their respective films, they hardly get the time to meet each other. So both of them get updates about each other from Kareena.

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Jacqueline Fernandez out of Raaz 3

MUMBAI: It’s no secret that actor Jacqueline Fernandez became a hot favourite of the Bhatt banner after the success of Murder 2 (2011). She was then signed on for the third installment of their horror franchise Raaz, which is supposed to be made in 3D. But apparently, the filmmakers have now dismissed the contract with her.

Confirming the news, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, says, “Yes Jacqueline is not in Raaz 3 any more. Actor Esha Gupta will be playing the role instead.” This will be the second film in a row with the Bhatts for debutant Esha Gupta, since she is also playing the female lead opposite Emraan Hashmi in Jannat 2.

As for Jacqueline, the story is that the actor disagreed with director Vikram Bhatt over the wardrobe choices he had made for her character. Forced to choose between the vision of their director and their female lead’s demands, the producers decided to go with Vikram.

“My director communicated to us there was a radical difference between him and Jacqueline over the way the character should dress in the film,” says Mahesh, adding, “Since the director’s vision is paramount for us and for the business of filmmaking, we gracefully decided to part ways.” Jacqueline remained unavailable to comment.

But the Sri Lankan model-turned-actor is not in dearth of projects. She will be seen in two big-ticket sequels — alleged boyfriend Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2 and director duo Abbas Mustan’s Race 2.

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