Vivek signs Salman Yusuf Khan for Freedom

The saying 'One man's loss is another man's gain' has come true in the case of choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan, who has been the winner of a dance show plus choreographer to Yana Gupta and Isha Sharwani.

A few days back, Chandan Roy Sanyal had walked out of Vivek Agnihotri's Freedom due to date clashes. And as luck would have it, Vivek's eyes fell on Salman as a replacement to Sanyal. Talking about this, Vivek said that he spotted Salman while he was doing some scenes with his team in a film that is being directed by Remo D'souza. Wasting no time, he immediately auditioned him and signed him.

Details about Salman's role in the film are awaited.

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Sridevi's English Vinglish encourages Bihari dalit girls

Speaking fluent English is not only a big deal for a Maharashtrian housewife as shown in Gauri Shinde'sEnglish Vinglish. The film's message of overcoming a linguistic barrier has gripped Bihar's college-going Dalit girls who are rooting for Sridevi in English Vinglish in the way cricket lovers cheered Aamir Khan in Lagaan.

Girls en masse from various colleges in Patna and neighbouring towns of Bihar have watched the film and are motivated into improving their spoken English. 

Suman Sinha a leading Patna exhibitor says, "It's not just housewives. Young unmarried college-going girls feel the same sense of inferiority that Sridevi experiences in English Vinglish because of a lack of fluency in English. They are coming forward in huge numbers to see the film and going back with the determination to join English-improvement classes." 

Delighted by the turn of events, English Vinglish producer R Balki said, "That our film has influenced a section of the audience to improve its language is awesome. English Vinglish is not just about learning English. It's about the determination that the lack of a familiarity will not stop people's aspirations and dreams from growing." 

Adds Sridevi, "To see our film make such an impact makes me happier about its success. This is the real success of English Vinglish."

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Vikram Bhatt - Bhushan Kumar revive Bhaag Johnny

It was in 2009 that Vikram Bhatt announced his filmBhaag Johnny, however post shooting for a few days the project was shelved, with Bhatt citing creative differences with director Deepak Tijori. While on the other hand, Tijori got busy with his independent projects.

Three years on and we hear that post the success ofRaaz 3 and close to the release of 1920- Evil ReturnsVikram is all set to revive the film Bhaag Johnny with T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar.

Confirming the revival, Bhushan says, "Vikram and I want to make movies that will enthrall the audience.Bhaag Johnny is Vikram's idea that I loved and wanted to produce. It is a concept that I want to bring to the audience through Vikram's expertise."

Vikram, who is currently in London celebrating the success of Raaz 3, will be finalizing the cast and crew, albeit with a change. In fact the revived version will be directed by Prashant Chadda and will have Kunal Khemu in the lead.

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Wishing Amitabh Bachchan a very happy Birthday

Legends say that the alphabets 'ABCD' was initially written as 'DCBA'. But, after the birth of the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, they rewrote it as 'AB'CD, as a dedication to Mr. AB (Amitabh Bachchan). Well, all of us know that the aforementioned was only an exaggeration. But when it comes to describing the legendary and today's birthday boy Amitabh Bachchan, no exaggeration remains an exaggeration before him! 

Amitabh Bachchan is one man who has not just conquered Bollywood, but also TV as well as brand endorsements! There's nothing that he has not done or achieved till date! While he has always been the Best Father, Husband and Son, he also became the Best Grandfather with the arrival of the 'angelic' Aradhya. He is not just an icon in Bollywood, but also a role model to many! 

Join Bollywood Hungama as we wish this Superstar Of the millennium a very Happy Birthday by posting your wishes below:

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Bollywood News Sanjay Dutt to shoot in 60 locations of Mumbai

Sanjay Dutt has done some very dangerous things in real and reel life. But his real-time real-location cops' action scenes for Rensil D'Silva's Unglee, beats them all.

Dutt would not only be shooting in some of the most crowded areas of Mumbai, he would also be chasing down his opponents and hammering his adversaries to a pulp right there in the heart of Mumbai. All this without organized crowds of junior artistes surrounding Dutt. 

Security would be a distance away, far from camera range. 

From October 16, Sanjay Dutt starts shooting for Rensil D'Silva's Unglee where Dutt once again plays a cop. This is Dutt's fourth cops' role in a row after Ram Gopal Varma's Department, Vinod Bachchan's Zilla Ghaziabad and the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit Samy. 

The tough part of keeping Dutt's part in Unglee apart from the dozens of cops' films the actor has done in his career, was to be taken care of through rehearsals and workshops. Alas, there was no time to let the actor prepare. And Dutt starts shooting for Unglee from October 16 on the streets of Mumbai without space for preparation. 

Defending his actors' lack of preparation, director Rensil D'Silva says, "Whether it's Sanjay Dutt or Emraan Hashmi, these are thoroughly professional actors. Give them their lines and they'd know what to do within no time. I have been working on the script for a while now. One of the reasons why I took time to startUnglee was because I wanted to know my characters better than anyone else on location. The other reason was Student Of The Year. I was writing Karan Johar's film simultaneously with my own Unglee." 

Rensil admits there was no time for rehearsals. "This is a very realistic film. It's an ensemble cast. I want every actor who stands in a frame to be sharply etched. Yes, Sanjay Dutt has played the cop many times before. But never one of this nature. As far as rehearsals go, both Sanjay Dutt and Emraan Hashmi have been pretty busy." 

The film will be shot in 60 different locations in Mumbai. Dutt, we hear, would have to be part of real crowd scenes. 

Says a source, "The outdoor chase and fight sequences would not be shot in the presence of junior artistes playing mobs and crowds. Dutt would have to fight his way through a gauntlet of authentic bystanders while enacting the action scenes. This is a potentially dangerous situation for an actor of Dutt's image. It's about creating maara-maari (violence) on the streets. And that's dangerous." 

Rensil has ruled out shooting the film in a studio since Dutt's previous cop act in the Hindi remake of Samyis being shot in a studio. 

"There are no studio shots in Unglee. It's all going to be done on real locations. God knows we've gone through hell to get permission for all the locations. But we've managed," says Rensil.

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