BUZZThe Freida in 007 role

If rumours are to be believed, Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto has been roped in to play the next Bond girl. The 24-year-old actress will be seen alongside Daniel Craig in the upcoming 007 movie, which is to be directed by Sam Mendes, and will be set in Afghanistan.

“It will be a typically glamorous and raunchy role and Dev (Patel) has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007,” said a source.

Meanwhile, American actress Olivia Wilde is reportedly in talks to star as the second Bond girl in the 23rd outing of the spy franchise. “Sam (Mendes) has been talking about Bond for months now and is so excited about it. The project has been in the pipeline for months and Freida was always the dream Bond girl, but initially she was nervous about accepting it,” said a source.

“This is going to be the most ambitious 007 yet. Sam plans to reinvent the genre. Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, has penned the first draft of the script and it promises to be visually stunning.”

From Slumdog to Bond, Frieda’s sure come a long way….

Milap Zaveri says his film is not a sci-fi action movie but a romantic comedy about Tara, a girl from Venus who comes to Earth in search of love. And that’s why he didn’t want his heroine to do daredevil stunts but she does have some super abilities - the Venus woman has the power to freeze time.

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Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai is a love story, rather than a superwoman story. So there was no point indulging in anything that would have made Jackie (as Jacqueline is fondly called) appear to be overtly larger than life. Yes, she is different in a lot of senses and hence there had to be something special attached to her. However, we didn’t want anything too gimmicky about her behaviour or persona,” Zaveri said in an interview.

Jacqueline’s now from Venus

Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez will be seen having special powers in her next Bollywood venture Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai No, she doesn’t play superwoman...she plays a woman from planet Venus! Writer-director

Jumping from rooftops, dodging bullets, hopping across skyscrapers, taking on 200 baddies at a time and indulging in gravitydefying stunts were a complete no-no for the makers of the film. As they started exploring various options, the one that struck the right chord was the concept of ‘time freeze’.

“We thought that this would be a nice touch to the character, especially so because it would work with kids as well as adults alike,” revealed Zaveri. “Also, we could use this character trait in different moods and situations in the film, whether a funny sequence, a romantic moment or an emotional encounter. Once we decided to go ahead with ‘time freeze’, it was a matter of improvising on the script while incorporating this trait,” he added. Zaveri has written either the script or dialogues of films like Masti, Kaante, Jhankaar Beats and Heyy Babyy

Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai sees Jacqueline paired opposite Riteish Deshmukh, who had acted with the former Miss Sri Lanka in her debut film Aladin as well. So how does Jacqueline end up freezing time? A source sneakily reveals, “There are some humorous as well as beautiful moments in the film when Jackie freezes time. One of the