New kid on the block: Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt is Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter with Soni Razdan. She will make her debut in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year which will release later this year.



This is Karan Johar’s first film post My Name is Khan and the only film in which Shah Rukh Khan does not have a leading role. He might do a cameo in it, though. The film will be a launch pad for Siddharth Malhtra, Varun Dhawan, and Alia Bhatt. Shooting begins in June. Alia is already dating her co-star Varun Dhawan.

Alia and Varun met during the casting and got along well. Alia is new to Dharma while Varun is a regular at the production house and has also assisted KJo on My Name is Khan. They hit it off from the first day and are now dating and getting to know each other before shooting begins.

Alia is seventeen-years-old and loves to watch movies and television shows and listen to music. She is Pooja and Rahul Bhatt’s step-sister. She is on Twitter but does not tweet often and follows only her family members. She gets cranky if she does not sleep enough. She likes partying and is friends with Akanksha Ranjan, y\the younger daughter of Anu and Shashi Ranjan, among others.

Nothing is known about her role in the film but one can guess that the movie will be like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. While KKHH had two girls and one guy, SOTY has one girl and two guys fighting over her. It is a campus romance which should be out by the end of this year.

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Hrithik shoots back at Salman

On his 'happy' birthday a few days ago, Hrithik Roshan was truly exultant.

He seemed to be blissfully content and in a mood to forgive and forget, which is why he reacted to Salman Khan calling him a "child", in an oddly calm tone. Hrithik said, "Salman must have said it with affection. And I don't think there is anything wrong in being a child," (Mumbai Mirror, January 10, 2011).

But things are not always what they seem on the surface. Hrithik's passivity was, as it appears, only a garb. Recently, Hrithik and his wife Sussanne shot with Karan Johar for an episode of Koffee with Karan.

On the show, Hrithik shot back at Sallu by saying, "Salman thinks that the world is conspiring against him, but that's not true. We all love him." He further added, "I don't want to use this as a medium to comment on Salman."

Naturally, a few things between the two actors are still not over and buried. We wonder what Sallu has to say about Hrithik's latest comment but unfortunately, both Duggu and he did not revert on this. Call it instinct, but Sallu just might. So, watch this space for more.


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'Student Of The Year' Couple are already dating each other

Debutant co-stars of Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year' are already dating each other, even before their shoot begins

B-Town is filled with tales of co-stars falling for each other while shooting for their first screen pairing together.

However, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan who make their debut in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, hit it off even before shooting began.

The two met during casting and liked each other almost immediately and are now seeing each other.

While Varun has been a Dharma regular and even assisted Karan on My Name Is Khan, Alia is a rank newcomer. Even though their first encounter was awkward, things changed when they started reading for the film.

A source says, "Both come from filmy families.

Alia is Mahesh Bhatt's daughter and Varun is David Dhawan's son. They started off by getting to know each other's families.

Also, since Alia is much younger to Varun, he was naturally protective of her. During the narration and first introduction, Varun kept making sure she was comfortable with him."

Both have a common interest in the latest music and movies. "They would often end up discussing the latest TV shows and movies for several hours.

Varun is a chilled out guy and Alia enjoys his company. They have a close group of common friends who they hang around with."

The shoot of the film begins in June and Alia and Varun are making sure they get to know each other better before they face the camera.

"One of the reasons they have been bonding is also to break any ice before the actual shoot begins. The two were spotted together in Bandra a couple of times on their way to scene rehearsals."

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Was KJo supposed to make 'A for Apple....'?

Karan Johar's next directorial venture would be 'Student of the Year'. However just before this announcement was made, there was speculation in the air that his movie was supposed to be titled - hold your breath- 'A for Apple, B for Boy, C for Cat'.

"Omigawd, were people really speculating that to be the title of my next movie," said KJo in disbelief when told about the story which had made the rounds.

On being told that this was indeed the case, he laughed uproariously for full one minute before catching hold of his breath.

"Puhleeze, there have been rumours around my films and there would be rumours in months to come as well. But this one is the weirdest of all. Come on, 'A for Apple...'? They can't be serious. Any more of this and K for Karan will definitely go for a toss", he gets cracking here.

Now a rumour like this could possibly have been started by one of those overzealous media types who wanted KJo to blurt out the real name of his next movie. However the smart man would have none of it.

"Well, I would for sure want to meet the person who actually invented this title. Hats off to his/her creativity," smiles Karan before signing off.

Well, we too would want to know more about the source here Karan. After all it isn't everyday that you come across such a title.

(Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz)

STUDENT OF THE YEAR : 'K.K.H.H.' meets 'Mohabbatein'?

Pic postted by Karan on Twitter - Johar will be launching Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt, David Dhawan's son Varun Dhawan and another newcomer Siddharth Malhotra in the movie.

Ever since Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar launched their new venture STUDENT OF THE YEAR last week, industry people and even those on social networking websites are busy speculating the plotline of the film. Rumours are rife that the film, which stars three newcomers in the lead, is the present-day version of Karan's own KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI and Aditya Chopra's MOHABBATEIN. But Karan rubbishes the rumours, "Not at all! There's no KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI or MOHABBATEIN in this one. Not a moment, not a dialogue, not a scene. It's a completely new script."

There's talk that SRK will enact a significant role in the film, although the news is being kept under wraps. "Shah Rukh has undertaken the biggest responsibility of producing the film with Dharma [Karan's production house]. It was very magnanimous of Shah Rukh to step forward to produce the film with newcomers. If we don't do it, who will? As far as Shah Rukh's screen appearance is concerned, I wouldn't like to commit anything yet. He has been an integral part of my films and will always be," Karan states.

(Bollywood Hungama )

Why pile up when you can unfold: Karan Johar

Filmmaker Karan Johar has a New Year resolution. He wants to throw away all kinds of excess baggage in his life.

"My resolution for 2011...get rid of all kinds of excess baggage...emotional and my cluttered closet!!! Why pile up when you can unfold," Johar posted on his Twitter page.

He will hopefully get back to direction in the coming year, and has wished everyone "Big love and happiness in 2011!!!".

(TOI)

Rishi Kapoor back in KJo's 'Agneepath'

Rishi Kapoor is all set to do an important role in Karan Johar's remake of Agneepath.


Rishi's return to the film means that all is now well between Karan and Rishi Kapoor after a spat over the comments Deepika and Sonam made on his casanova son in Koffee With Karan.

Our source said, "Rishi was always supposed to do the role. However after the Deepika-Sonam episode on Koffee With Karan, Rishiji walked out of the film.

He was extremely upset with Karan and thought that he was the one who instigated the girls to make catty remarks on his son Ranbir. Following this controversy Rishi Kapoor walked out of Agneepath. However, during a recent police show, both Karan and Rishi met and when Karan went up to Rishiji everything was fine.

They hugged each other and made up. Now Rishiji is back in the film and the role will be one of the biggest highlights of the film."

In an earlier interview to Mumbai Mirror, Rishi Kapoor had said that he is not going to do Agneepath and that he would not be comfortable. Now all that is the past. Text messages sent to Rishi Kapoor and Karan Johar went unanswered.


(TOI)