Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is reportedly going to take his beloved Kareena Kapoor off to Switzerland for a New Year bonanza as this is the place that Kareena loves the most as had been revealed by the two at a recent popular chat show.

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Tinsel villa’s glam thespian Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has already lined up her next project after the release of her latest film, ‘Guzaarish’.

Taking a cue from the latest reports it’s heard that Aish has bagged a role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s next where she would share screen space with Saif Ali Khan.

Aishwarya to work with Vishal after 14 years.The filmmaker, who has been chasing Aishwarya for 14 years to do his project, is still persistently trying to coax the actress to work with him in his new, even though she has turned down a couple of his projects due to non-availability of dates.

It’s learnt that recently Vishal had gone to the Bachchan’s abode, Janak to have few rounds of discussions with Aishwarya for his new project and hence, finalize the deal.

Speaking on this, sources close to the filmmaker stated, “Vishal was indeed there to meet with Ash. It went on for an hour at least where they discussed and dissected the offers that he had for her. As of now things are very hush hush."

With a clutch of new projects in his hand, apart from this film, Vishal is also keen on roping in Aishwarya for one more project. Buzz has it that the filmmaker has made plans to cast her in a film with Hrithik Roshan.

It isn’t going to be a very happy birthday for Kareena Kapoor on September 21st. She will be far away from home shooting for Sriram Raghavan’s Agent Vinod in Latvia. Earlier, in July, she missed her sister Karisma’s birthday since she was shooting in London with Shah Rukh Khan for Ra.1.

On September 21, which is Tuesday next week, Kareena turns 30. But she will be busy shooting for boyfriend Saif Ali Khan’s home production Agent Vinod in Latvia. Saif will indeed hope to make the day special for Bebo.

Says the actress, “I’m now entering a new phase in my life and career. This year I hope to conquer many new peaks. By God’s grace Agent Vinod and Ra.1 are shaping up very well.”

Deepika Padukone and Saif Ali Khan are supposed to be cast together in a new movie even as the magic of the couple in Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj kal continues to enchant audiences. In Love Aajkal, the duo as a romantic couple had made a splash on the silver screen.

It is Vishal Bharadwaj who has plans to rope in both Deepika and Saif to play the lead roles in his next project. The director wants to recreate the onscreen magic that the couple is still remembered for.

A source close to the director reveals that Priyanka Chopra was supposed to be cast against Saif in the project. But the director’s plan has turned over. If the grapevine stories are to be believed, Priyanka has been a favorite of the director. For her outstanding performance in Kaminey and Saat Khoon Maaf, Vishal had signed her first. But the impression of Deepika’s performance in Love Aaj kal and Karthik Calling Karthik, is no less than the spell of Priyanka’s. Vishal has secretly approached Deepika and signed her to be heroine in his next celluloid venture. Chances are that the idea of casting them together once again will click with the audience.

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have their Valentine’s Day planned. Bebo will first fly to Paris to shoot a commercial, and then she will proceed to an European destination to be joined by the Junior Nawab of Pataudi. You guessed right.
These two will spend their Valentine’s Day far from the madding crowds of Mumbai, and then fly back in time to do some serious work. Bebo has tied up her projects for the year, but Saif is still refusing scripts. In fact, he is said to have shot down portions of the Agent Vinod script again, and there’s some serious reworking happening on his spy saga. Hopefully, it’ll go on the floors this summer.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan says it is “ridiculous” to think that his mother and censor board chief Sharmila Tagore gave an ‘adult’ rating to “Kaminey” because it starred Shahid Kapoor.

“It is ridiculous to state that anyone had any personal bias against ‘Kaminey’,” Saif told IANS even as his own movie “Kurbaan” is about to release Friday with an A certificate.

“I know for sure that my mother is a great authority when it comes to the censors. My own ‘Kurbaan’ has got an ‘A’ certificate and I know where she is coming from.”

It was insinuated that Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Kaminey” was given an A rating – restricting viewership – as its lead actor Shahid was once in a relationship with Saif’s girlfriend Kareena Kapoor.

But Saif said: “Any talk of personal enmity are completely fictional. I don’t even know the actual people involved who spread such rumours and frankly I don’t care. Such things don’t even enter my radar.”

“It’s really rubbish if some people feel so. ‘Kurbaan’ getting an ‘A’ certificate is hardly a fitting reply. It’s a sad state of affairs when people start speculating about everything and anything. As someone who has been part of the industry for long, I don’t take such things seriously,” Saif told IANS.

As for “Kaminey”, he said: “I think Vishal (Bharadwaj) is a wonderful filmmaker and I liked everyone’s performance in the film.” Saif himself came up with an award-winning act of Langda Tyagi in Bharadwaj’s “Omkara”.

Is it really easy to be oblivious to all talk that his mother may have shown bias?

“I hear a lot of things in the 24 hours that I have in a day. This is why I just chuck out whatever is irrelevant. I don’t quite get into the ‘why’ and ‘where’ of affairs till it is absolutely warranted.

“I know one has to live with all the negativity around; after all it’s human nature to gossip and speculate. Guess what? Some people think that even Elvis (Presley) is alive today. So conspiracy theories will always remain,” he said.

“Kurbaan” has been given an ‘A’ certificate owing to its violent content and also because of erotic scenes picturised on Saif and Kareena. “Kurbaan”, about global terrorism, stars Saif, Kareena and Vivek Oberoi in lead roles.

Bollywood actors often describe their shooting schedule as a picnic. But “cold and depressing” is what Saif Ali Khan has to say about the US shoot of “Kurbaan”, speaking for not just himself but also girlfriend and co-star Kareena Kapoor.

“Kurbaan was hard work. Period. In fact, the Philadelphia schedule was plain hell. It wasn’t anything like a picnic shooting for the film,” shudders Saif, who is glad that the film is complete and ready for release.

Saif says, “It gets dark there at 4 p.m. itself. Moreover, it’s so cold and at minus 10 degrees it can actually get really depressing. Since we were shooting in sync sound, it was extremely difficult to get the pitch and tone right while delivering our dialogues.”

The film by Rensil D’Souza also stars Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Om Puri and Kirron Kher and will be released Nov 20.

It was during the shoot of the film that Saif and Kareena got news of the terror attack in Mumbai last year. “Because of that, it was so difficult to concentrate on the film’s shoot. Thankfully, Bebo (Kareena Kapoor) was there with me at that time but still both of us were very depressed,” says Saif.

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, who strutted down the ramp for her friend Manish Malhotra’s bridal collection at the ongoing HDIL India Couture Week here with her boyfriend Saif Ali Khan, says it was a very special show for her.

“I have walked the ramp so many times in the past for my friend Manish, but this was different and very special because for the first time I was walking with Saif. It’s always a special feeling to be with him,” Kareena told IANS after the show.

Added Saif: “Yeah, it was a lot of fun. We had fun during rehearsals as well.”

While sashaying down the ramp Kareena kept looking at the audiences smilingly while Saif managed to keep a poker face.

Shahid Kapoor and Katrina Kaif were awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Awards for their achievement in the field of entertainment in Mumbai on Wednesday.

An elated Shahid who entertained the audience by singing Dhan Te Nan from his latest flick Kaminey said, “I am just 28 years old and only five years in the profession. I grew up watching Rajiv Gandhi and I too want to do something for the country.”

Katrina after winning the award said,‘Winning this prestigious award was an overwhelming experience, I am honored.“

Kareena Kapoor gifted her beau Saif Ali Khan, a four days secret vacation on his 39th birthday.

A source says, “Saif and Kareena always try to spend time together on each other’s birthday. But this time they had professional commitments in Houston due to Independence Day. They also had to attend a meet and greet event in Chicago. They reached Chicago late evening on August 15 to attend an event with Shah Rukh and Katrina.”

Saif and Kareena flew to an undisclosed location near Chicago to spend their vacation, “Kareena planned the four-day holiday as she wanted to surprise Saif. They don’t want to reveal the location and will be back in Mumbai only by the end of this week,” adds the source.