Bollywood News Ravi Chopra admitted in ICU

Just two days back, the whole world was shocked with the sudden demise of Yash Chopra. And now, his nephew filmmaker Ravi Chopra (66) has been admitted to the ICU of a city hospital.

Ravi, the son of late producer-director B. R. Chopra, has been reportedly diagnosed with an acute lung ailment.

The talented filmmaker has films like Zameer, The Burning Train, Baghban, Baabul to his credit.

Bollywood Hungama prays for the quick recovery of Ravi Chopra.

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Sanjay Dutt signs up to play Pran's role in Zanjeer

On August 28, 2012 this writer had reported that Sanjay Dutt would be playing the iconic Pathan Sher Khan in Apoorva Lakhia's remake of Prakash Mehra'sZanjeer.

At that time Dutt and his faithful team stoutly denied the reports and even accused the remakers of cashing in on his name prematurely. Dutt, we hear, was influenced by some of his friends and well-wishers against doing the film. Uncertain about the star's intentions, the makers of the new Zanjeer went and negotiated with Sonu Sood to play Sher Khan. 

The combination of Sonu Sood who is a major force in Telugu cinema and Telugu superstar Ramcharan Teja made huge box office sense in the South. Sonu was supposed to do both the Hindi and Telugu versions of Zanjeer. He had even begun to work on his 'Sher Khan' look. 

Turns out, Sanjay Dutt is doing the role after all. 

On Wednesday morning, the star finally signed on the dotted line and hopped on board to do the part. As for Sonu, he is still playing Sher Khan, but only in the Telugu version of the film. 

Jubilant, director Apoorva Lakhia said, "I've worked with Sanju Sir before in Shootout At Lokhandwala and we hit it off immediately. I keenly wanted him to play Pran Saab's role in Zanjeer. I couldn't see anyone else from the contemporary actors playing Sher Khan. Now after many uncertainties, Sanju Sir is finally doing the role. I think this is the first time that he plays a Pathan. We'll give him a really striking look." 

About Sonu Sood, Lakhia says, "Sonu is a fine human being and a gentleman. We can't possibly let him down. And we won't. He will be playing Sher Khan in the Telugu version of Zanjeer. Ramcharan and Sonu Sood are both names to reckon with in Telugu cinema. They'll be coming together in my film for the first time." 

As for Pran's iconic Qawwalli 'Yaari Hai Imaan Mera' from Zanjeer, it won't feature in the new Zanjeer. "We're working on an entirely new Qawwalli and look for Sanju Sir," informs Lakia. 

Adds producer Amit Mehra, "I can't tell you how excited I am about having Sanju Sir on board. It's a dream come true. I was just a kid when he worked with my dad (producer-director Prakash Mehra) inImaandar and Mohabbat Ke Dushman. Sanju Sir used to take me and my brother on drives in his fancy wheels. We hero-worshipped him. And now to be working with him...wow!" 

Adds Zanjeer's leading man Ramcharan, "We're all very happy to have Sanju Baba on board. Especially me. Sanju Sir and I met a few times recently in Hyderabad when he was here to shoot for the Hindi remake ofSamy. We did speak about Zanjeer and how it was shaping up. I mentioned to him that the director Apoorva Lakhia was still searching for the perfect Sher Khan. Now I hear Sanju Sir is playing Sher Khan. Nobody except he could justify Sher Khan's personality to today's audience. I am glad we waited for Sanju Sir to play this character."

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Model of the Week : Nele Kenzler

Height:
180cm (5’11″)
Place of Origin:
Hamburg, Germany
Ethnic Origin:
German
Birthsign:
Gemini
How discovered:
I was with another agency before, after a while they called me home to tell me that I have had no response and they don’t believe that it can work out with me, so they released my contract. After some weeks, I met Yannis Nikolaou, who is my agent now at Place Models and he convinced me to try again.
Favorite things:
My rabbits, my piano, sweets, listening to music, my Sony tablet, Icelandic horses, Wii game ‘Just Dance’, my pieces of vintage furniture
Favorite music, band:
Paolo Nutini, Josh Rouse, Bon Iver, Matt Costa, Andrew Bird, Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, Stromae
Hobbies:
Doing sports (badminton, zumba, horse riding ), reading books, playing the piano, sewing + crafting + painting
Favorite piece of clothing:
My ball dress and wearing (two different and colorful) socks
What’s something uncool that you love anyway?
Bollywood (movies and music) and animated movies for kids
Favorite modeling experience so far?
The variety of clothes and backstage activities at the shows
What’s the best thing about your hometown/country?
My family :)
Favorite artist (any kind):
Composer Erik Satie
Place you would love to visit:
Once again Barcelona, Ljubljana and North Sea island Spiekeroog as well as lots of other European cities I haven’t visited yet

Currently you’re obsessed with/about:
Buying stuff for my own flat I might have in the near future

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Bollywood News 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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Rani's brother gets bail

Rani Mukerji's brother Raja, who was arrested in Versova a couple of days back post being accused by a television actress of molestation, was granted bail on Monday on a surety of Rs 10,000. Apparently, the incident happened when she had gone to meet Raja to narrate a script.

Following the complaint that was lodged, Raja was taken into custody and sent for a medical test. He was lodged in Andheri jail under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code.

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