Ken Ghosh admits he had loud arguments with Shahid Kapoor

Ken Ghosh admits he had loud arguments with Shahid Kapoor on the sets during the shooting of Chance Pe Dance.

But it had to do with Shahid’s suddenly-saturated schedules.

Says Ken, “For the first time in his career Shahid was doing three films at the same time-Kaminey, Dil Bole Hadippa and my film Chance Pe Dance. Naturally there was a conflict of interest.”

Ken admits there were loud arguments over Shahid’s schedules. “I’d ask for three days. He would have only one day to spare. I’d naturally be upset. Then understandably, Shahid wanted time off.

He couldn’t be seen on my set straight after shooting for one of the other two films. This naturally led to heated arguments. For me as a director it was okay to come on the sets without sleep. But Shahid had to catch up on his resting time.

Or the dark circles would have shown on camera. And since Shahid is fair-complexioned those dark circles would be even more visible.”

The last thing that Ken wanted was for his hero to fall ill. “Priyanka Chopra had to be hospitalized because of overwork and exhaustion. I didn’t want Shahid to go through the same experience.”

The effort has been worth it for both Shahid and Ken. “Shahid’s dancing in Chance Pe Dance is the film’s mainstay. But his performance is not just about dancing.

Some of the things he has done with in the dramatic scenes took me by surprise. Shahid has brought subtle expressions into scenes which I didn’t catch while shooting. Only during editing I realized what he had done.”

Ken Ghosh who introduced Shahid Kapoor in Ishq Vishq five years ago admits the actor has changed. “Isn’t change inevitable? We all evolve with time. Shahid is no exception.”

So are the stories of a rift between the two true?

Ken doesn’t deny the fact that there were heated arguments and fights during the making of Chance Pe Dance. “But they were all for the betterment of the film. See when Shahid did his first film Ishq Vishq with me he only had that film on hand and was able to give me his full attention.

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Shahid Kapoor plays a struggler wanting to make it big in Bollywood

Those who’ve seen the Amitabh Bachchan -Amjad Khan film Yaarana will recall that Big B goes through an entire sequence saying ‘kaccha papad pakka papad’ much to the chagrin of his co-star Neetu Singh.

Now, Shahid Kapoor will be seen mouthing the same line in his next film Chance Pe Dance where he plays a struggler wanting to make it big in Bollywood.

It’s a well known acting technique where actors mouth tongue twisters to get their pronunciation right. It’s believed that Shahid religiously does these exercises every morning.

It’s surprising though, to learn that he still needs to do these recitation each day, considering that in his last film there were more than enough tongue twisters thanks to the “Sa ko Fa” bit of Kaminey.

Here’s more power to the perfectionist Fahid!

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Shahid smashed by his female fans in Bangkok

It was a rare occasion for actor Shahid Kapoor yesterday while shooting in Bangkok when some female fans were adamant to see him bare chested much to his embarrassment.

Shahid , who is shooting for Parmeet Sethi’s upcoming film was shocked to notice a group of female fans shouting that he take off his vest and show them his body.

Though Shahid didn’t relent, the fans kept chasing him till he entered his vanity van and refused to leave.

Finally the guards were called to take the situation under control.

Well, it seems after his dare bare act in the film KAMINEY, Shahid’s female fans can go to any extent to watch him do the bare act again.

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Shahid Kapur has called off his relationship with Priyanka Chopra

They came together during the making of Vishal Bharadwaj’s ’Kaminey’. Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur were the most unlikely of lovers as they were as different from each other as chalk and cheese. But in ’Kaminey’ both actors managed to break through their images and do a splendid job in the movie.

Of course, ’Kaminey’ is more of Shahid’s film, but there is no taking away from Priynaka’s gutsy performance in the movie. But probably the differences in their personalities only sought to take them away from each other. Priyanka is known to be part loving, very sociable creature while Shahid is more the home loving type.

There were reports of a rift developing between the two, but the differences come out in the open at a recent award function, where both were felicitated. It seems that Shahid ignored Priyanka and took his award and walked out of the function. According to reports, it is Shahid who has called off the relationship, something which Priyanka is not being able to accept.

According to sources, she seems to have been the more involved of the two. Anyway, Shahid has been on a rolling spree even since he split with Kareena Kapoor. Vidya Balan and Sania Mirza were there before Priyanka came onto the scene. To give him credit, Shahid is very young and is just beginning to taste success in his acting career.

He realises that he needs to focus on his career first and foremost. Priyanka, on the other hand, has more or less made it. She is among the top ranking actresses today, right along with Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Shahid still has some distance to travel.

Anyway, with ’Kaminey’, a lot of things may have changed in Shahid’s life. It was like his coming of age film. As for the presence of Priyanka in his life, the duo has never been really vocal about their relationship so one really does not know how much of the reports regarding the relationship were true and to what extent.

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Shahid Kapoor is a closed chapter-Kareena Kapoor

The lie of so-called ’cool break up’ between Shahid and Kareena was exposed when the duo refused to romance in two new songs for their much-delayed Boney Kapoor film Milenge Milenge.

Though Kareena refused to comment, a source close to her says, “Kareena is more than happy to extend all cooperation to producer Boney Kapoor and director Satish Kaushik, but she won’t shoot an extra songs for the film. Shahid is a closed chapter.”

This has made hapless Satish Kaushik to use the footage for the two songs, which would be used as promotional videos. It is also said that the actors would not promote for the film together.

A music video for the newly-recorded Himesh track was also planned as part of the film’s promotion. However, there would be no joint appearances by Shahid and Kareena.

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Shahid Kapoor was voted as the sexiest vegetarian

Bollywood celebrities such as Shahid Kapoor,Amrita Rao, John Abraham and Sonu Nigam have said that they are interested in getting involved with PETA for the welfare rights of animals. Other stars, also interested, are Esha Deol, Upen Deol, Yana Gupta and Raveena Tandon. All these bollywood celebrities could be seen in poster campaigns for the charity in the full nude.
Shahid Kapoor was chosen because he was voted the sexiest vegetarian and Amrita Rao is a sexy girl-next-door who promotes vegetarianism. What’s more is that they look good together. He adds that Amrita has already tried the sexy look in Shortkut but she failed. Amrita will wear hot pants and a tube top in the advert.

She wants to give it (her sexy avatar) another (vegetarian) shot and the campaign will get people talking about her and she does need some publicity. Shahid Kapoor will flaunt his chiselled six-pack-abs and it will be his sexiest look since ‘the running with the horses sequence’ in Kaminey.
A PETA spokesperson has said that these pictures might not be acceptable in India but might work overseas, and there is no reason why stars such as John and Sonu cannot be seen going without clothes for the overseas Indian.
The campaign will be shot next month. Shahid Kapoor is currently in the US and was unavailable for comment while Amrita Rao said that she was looking forward to the campaign which will spread the message of how sexy vegetarianism is.

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Shahid Kapoor's speech defect the fashion statement

Shahid Kapoor’s speech defect in KAMINEY is now a fashion statement, and is being copied by the young and old. The actor not only essayed both his speech defect roles (a news that we broke, as usual, on April 14 - Shahid stammers when nervous! ) to perfection, but with the cute way in which he spoke, he won all the hearts, and we can now hear many trying to emulate his style by substituting ’s’ with ’f’.

School children, and especially the youth have picked up his style and made it into a fashion statement. We have had fans emulating hairstyles, dresses and walking, dancing styles of their favourite actors, but this is the first time in the history of cinema that the mannerisms relating to speech defect are being aped by so many.

In fact, people even go to the extent of calling out to Shahid when they see him, by asking, ’Arre, Fahid, kaifa hai tu yaar?" and Shahid simply enjoys all the attention. Recently, in an interview to a leading daily, he admitted that it was really very nice to know that people find him synonymous to his character of Charlie in KAMINEY.

Well, Shahid it’s your charm that has ensured that your latest Eid release, DIL BOLE HADIPPA, has shown decent collections, despite a super strong challenger in the form of Salman Khan’s much hyped WANTED. Way to go, man.

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Shahid Kapoor to seriously consider hiring personal bodyguards now

Last month Shahid was able to save a paper cup full of coffee without a drop spilling despite being mobbed while promoting his then upcoming film KAMINEY. This week post the release of this blockbuster, when Shahid walked across screaming fans on his multiplex visits, he not only lost his expensive dark glasses, but his metallic coffee flask was actually broken thanks to hysterical fans.

The spurt of fans since his superstardom has taken gigantic proportions. So much so that his spot boy, makeup artist, manager and publicist are almost doubling up as his body guards, struggling to keep him and themselves secure at public events.

It’s not easy to break a metallic flask even in normal circumstances. This incident coupled with his sunglasses being picked up, and his team dealing with the increased crowds has lead Shahid to seriously consider hiring personal bodyguards now.

’’Yes I am currently in talks with some security agencies so as to make sure my team’s security is taken care of at such times,’’ said Shahid Kapoor.

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Sheena Shahabadi says that I am a lot like- 'Mahee'!

As Teree Sang released a hatke story, people have been eager to know about the lead actors in the film. Ruslaan and Sheena, the lead actors of the film are young and energetic.

Sheena Shahabadi who happens to be the daughter of Sadhana Singh, of Nadiya ke paar fame. The young actress chose Teree Sang to be her launch vehicle knowing pretty well that the film doesn’t actually have a regular Bollywood theme.

Sheena identifies her self with the character she plays with plays in the film and says “I am a lot like Mahee. If I commit a mistake, I take responsibility for it. So, apart from the pregnancy part, I completely identify with the character.”

She adds, “As for playing the part of a pregnant girl, I would consult my mom because an actor has to be a good observer. It’s tough to play the part of a pregnant, teenage girl who doesn’t really know how painful it is. So it was very challenging.”

Sheena seems to have learnt the trick of the trade. She is also full of praise for her Satish Kaushik and Ruslaan. She also denies the film being copied from Hollywood flick Juno.

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Shahid in one of his most likeable avatars alongwith Miss Chopra

 

Kaminey - the very term that could actually invoke anybody to bash the person mouthing it, also happens to be the name of the much anticipated film that stars Shahid Kapoor alongwith the Priyanka Chopra and directed by the ever so versatile Vishal Bhardwaj.

For many days, after the announcement of the film, not even a single soul got to know of Shahid’s double role in it, a much guarded secret that has now become the USP of the film! So much for irony. The adjoining snap has Shahid in one of his most likeable avatars alongwith Miss Chopra, which has been shot inside of a train.

Well, the news from our reliable sources also has it that the till now chocolate boy Shahid will be seen as someone who is totally absolutely raw, rigid and sturdy!

Not just that, even the locations in which the film has shot have been kept as rustic as possible, which includes local stations, and scarp and junkyards!

Word also has it that in this film, Priyanka  plays an extremely vocal Maharashtrian girl, who believes in making herself heard. If that wasn’t enough, then, hear this one.

Kaminey also marks the ’debut’ of Amole Gupte as the ruthless villain. For starters, Amole is the very name that was in eternal spotlight for quite sometime, courtesy the ’creative differences’ between him and Aamir Khan, during the shoot of Taare Zameen Par.

Well, we are just having galore of reasons to yearn for that time machine as we just cannot wait any longer for Kaminey.

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