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The girl on the right went on to become a star. Can you identify her?

(Find the answer under Caption Contest) about shooting mishaps. Sanjay suffered extensive burns and almost lost his life. become a movie actor, their first and only pre-condition was no dangerous stunts. Zayed now hopes his parents accept the truth. “If you are an actor, you gotta do it all. One can be wounded even while standing under a roof. Jo hona hoga woh hoga (whatever has to happen, will happen),” he said.

Asin Thottumkal, whose back-to-back promotional campaigns for London Dreams left her exhausted, ushered in her 24th birthday quietly with a few friends and family members. And she savoured every minute of it.

A quiet dinner with eight of her closest friends was her best present ever.

“We had a ball. At midnight they

From earning a meager Rs 30 a day, Gupte has now jumped onto production bandwagon as well. “With your wits in place, you can get it through. And money is no problem, when a film brings in Rs.140 crore (Taare Zameen Par), then every second person (considers you) because of an unfortunate herd mentality,” said Gupte, who is also a painter and musician.

“I now have 17 locked scripts with me. I have written and completed them all. Some of them are Happy Diwali, Underbelly and Stanley Ka , which is my next,” Gupte said. But Sapno Ko Ginte Ginte his next? Sapno Ko... is yet to be locked. I think that will take a backseat as of now. The film is about the large economic disparity among children and I want it to be told. It should transcend barriers; therefore I want to start shooting it once everything is in place,” added the scriptwriter-director-actor.

Stanley Ka Dabba is already on floors and he has started directing it. Gupte is planning to release it next year “when children could watch it during summer holidays”.

Just like Taare Zameen Par that was initially directed by Gupte before Aamir Khan took over, both Stanley Ka Dabba and Sapno Ko... are also children-oriented films.

Sanjay Dutt has been shooting with the much younger Kangana Ranaut Knock Out and if they look compatible in spite of the latter being half his age, it’s all because of a special ketosis diet - a high-fat, lowcarbohydrate food.

acclaimed directorial debut Luck By Chance. But for her second film Zoya Akhtar has specially written a part for brother Farhan.

“It’s a road movie set in Spain about three boys and one of the three characters is definitely Farhan. I knew I wanted him. I was very clear that I wanted to work with him again,” said Zoya.

Daughter of well-known lyricist Javed Akhtar, Zoya informed that her writer filmmaker-actor brother will not only act in the film, but also pen the dialogues for it.

“I am writing this film with Reema Kagti. I’m wrapping up the script but it is not locked yet. Then probably I’ll sit with Farhan for the dialogues and the casting,” she said.

Throwing light on the film, she said: “It’s a coming-of-age genre. But it’ll be simpler than Luck By Chance and simpler to understand. A feelgood factor will be there in that sense,” said Zoya.

As an actor he loves to experiment and as he turns producer with Basra, Abhay Deol promises to be high on content. The film is said to be an action thriller that will not only keep audiences on the edge of their seats but also make them think.

Abhay has roped in Navdeep Singh of Manorama Six Feet Under to helm the project that will feature him along with Shahana Goswami and another girl whose name has been kept under wraps. Basra is high on content, but a good dose of action sequences will make it edgy and pretty dark as, he reveals.

The 32-year-old was launched by his uncle Dharmendra with Socha Na Tha in 2005. He then went on to prove his mettle with films like Ahista Ahista, Manorama Six Feet Under, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd and more recently Dev D

So does he plan to sign his cousins Sunny and Bobby Deol for his home productions?

“I would love to sign them for my films but it also depends on whether the role is right for them.” So, definitely not for the moment. Right now the actor is excited about his upcoming film Road with Dev Benegal and his romantic film Ayesha with Sonam Kapoor.