Photo - Akshay Kumar with Sonakshi Sinha enjoys at film ‘Joker’ sets

Photo - Akshay Kumar with Sonakshi Sinha enjoys at film ‘Joker’ sets: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha to play a lead role in biggest budget film 'Joker' is directed by Shirish Kunder, and at here we present the memorable moments on the sets of Joker of the cast.

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'Thank You' movie first look

'Thank You' movie first look: Husbands will be sorry… Wives say thank you - this is what the poster of the film Thank You says. Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film is an out-and-out comedy starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Celina Jaitley, Sunil Shetty and Rimi Sen.

Sonam is paired opposite Akki for the first time. She plays a tennis player while Akki is a playboy who falls in love with her. The film is shot in exotic locales of Canada: Vancouver and Niagra Falls.

Sonam has posted many photographs from the sets of Thank You on her Twitter account. She looks awesome with Akshay and that is also the USP of the film. The bombshell Mallika Sherawat has been roped in to do an item song in the film.

We hope Anees-Akshay pair to do some dhamaal with Thank You at box office, repeating the success story of films like Welcome and Singh Is Kinng.

Akshay Kumar Interview: It was time to change focus

Akshay Kumar Interview: It was time to change focus: Akshay Kumar is in the mood for intense and dramatic roles and will be seen as a Sikh guy trapped in the patriarchal family system in “Patiala House”. He says he accepted the offer as it was completely opposite to his real life story and also because he is keen to change his funny guy image.

"It was a conscious decision to do a serious role because it’s been three years since I’ve done something like this. The last was ‘Namastey London’. I’ve been away from it for quite sometime now and was concentrating on comedy. So I thought of changing focus and doing something serious,” Akshay told us.

“While playing the character, I felt that I’m playing what real people go through in life, what circumstances they face. I’m not playing just a role, it is a culmination of the lives of common people out there,” added the 43-year-old.

Akshay showed his funny side in his first hit comedy “Hera Pheri”, but his comedies like “Action Replayy” and “Tees Maar Khan” bombed at the box office.

Set in London, “Patiala House” sees Akshay Kumar’s character Gattu trapped between his dreams and his father’s aspirations for him.

The film has been directed by Nikhil Advani and co-produced by Bhushan Kumar, Mukesh Talreja, Krishan Kumar and Akshay along with his wife Twinkle Khanna.

Akshay says what attracted him to the role was that his life story was completely opposite to his character in the movie.

“My father supported all my dreams. He worked double shifts so that I could train in martial arts. So this situation was completely alien to me. I grew up with love and support from my parents. So that’s why it was so endearing to play a son, who forgets his dreams for his father’s,” he said.

The film that also stars Anushka Sharma and Rishi Kapoor among others will see Akshay sharing screen with his real life mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia. The senior actress plays his mother in the movie and the actor said he had fun filming with her.

“Me and my mother-in-law are quite inseparable. I have more things common with her than Twinkle. Twinkle and I are totally opposite, whereas me and Dimpleji are quite similar,” said the actor.

“During the entire schedule, we played cards, fooled around on youtube, she taught me sudoku (number game) and I took her to various places with my son. So it was fun. She is a fun lady,” he added.

This is his first film with Anushka and he said: “Anushka has a very vital role to play in the film. She is my shoulder, my brick wall and my unconditional support in the movie. She shocked me on the sets with her expertise. There is no doubt that she will go very far,” he added.

Akshay Kumar lead with Sonakshi Sinha in Prabhu Deva’s next project

Akshay Kumar lead with Sonakshi Sinha in Prabhu Deva’s next project: This Valentine’s Day Prabhu Deva will not be with his ladylove down south. He’ll be in Mumbai to discuss with Akshay Kumar his new film to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

While talking to a daily the choreographer-turned-director reveals that he is a happy man. Not only has the turmoil in his personal life almost settled, he is waiting for the right time to marry Nayanthara. His Tamil film which is entirely shot in Paris with Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani, Engeyam Kadhal, is almost ready for release, and now work is only on his mind.

Prabhu Deva’s new Bollywood project has got a very interesting cast. The film has Akshay with Sonakshi Sinha and the maverick director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali will produce it. It’s going to be a full masala film, very much like Wanted.

Can we expect another with Salman Khan, Prabhu!

Akshay Kumar in action in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ sequel!

Akshay Kumar in action in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ sequel!: Though his last few films couldn’t do much wonder at the box office, Akshay Kumar still continues to be a hot favourite of the producers. The Khiladi Kumar has been approached by Ekta Kapoor to play Dawood in the sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.

Wondering what will happen to Ajay Devgan and Emran Hashmi? Well, both the actors are not part of the sequel. Ajay couldn’t have been because his character was killed in the film. Emraan, however, has got the short end of the stick and replaced by Akshay who will play a matured don.

We hear that Akki has already spoken to Ekta about the role. Milan Luthria will again wield the megaphone for the project which will continue the story of Shoaib (Dawood) and how he makes his empire after Sultan (Haji) dies in the first part.

It’s heard that Akki is negotiating his remuneration for the film. The original was a major hit of the year 2010 and Ekta doesn’t want to take chances. She can even opt for a new storyline and there might be another actor who will act as the rival of Akki.

Since Akshay is there, expect the film to be high on action sequences.

Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan & Madhuri Dixit at Imran Khan's wedding reception

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Junior Akshay to act as Akshay's teenage version in Patiala House

Junior Akshay to act as Akshay's teenage version in Patiala House: There was no way director Nikhil Advani was going to compromise on casting for the boy who would play Bollywood star Akshay Kumar's teenage version in his upcoming film "Patiala House". He found the perfect junior Akshay in Usman Quereshi.

Advani was hunting for a boy to play 17-year-old Akshay, and Usman was on board on the first meeting itself because of his resemblance with the 43-year-old actor. In fact, the resemblance was so strong that the crew gave him the nickname Akki Junior, said a source.

"We were completely bowled over by the striking resemblance between the two - Akshay and Usman. And after the screen test, without a doubt we found our 17-year-old Akshay for 'Patiala House'. It is not easy to play a younger role of such a superstar but Usman has done a great job," said Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, the co-producer of the movie.

In fact, Akshay was quite surprised and excited to see Usman, and discovered that they shared a similar scar on their eyebrow. Akshay also said that Usman's body structure is quite similar to his own when he was 17.

"Patiala House" will release Feb 11, 2011.

Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Chak Dhoom Dhoom for Patiala House Promo

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Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma at Chak Dhoom Dhoom for Patiala House Promo

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Akshay Kumar on film signing spree, says analyst

Akshay Kumar on film signing spree, says analyst: Action. Comedy. Multi-starrers. Flops, flops and more flops. Akshay Kumar might be yearning to roll out a decent hit since “Singh Is Kinng”, but experts say it is not the end of the road for the Bollywood star.

"Akshay Kumar is a star and will remain a star irrespective of the fate of his films. He has a line-up of movies. Just last week he signed three more films - a remake of ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next and Tony D’Souza’s next," trade analyst Vikas Mohan told us.

After “Singh Is Kinng” the filmography of actor-producer-star anchor Akshay has only flops listed on it. With the exception of “Housefull”, almost all of his outings - “Jumbo” (voice over), “Chandni Chowk to China”, “8 X 10 Tasveer”, “Kambakkht Ishq”, “Blue”, “De Dana Dan”, “Khatta Meetha”, “Action Replayy” and “Tees Maar Khan”- have left the industry bleeding.

Sajjan Damani of Shree International, who distributed “Action Replayy” in the international market, said: “Akshay has never been out of the game. He is a star who has always been there. What has failed is his films and not he as an actor. The problem has been with the content of his films or the filmmaker. He will always be there among the top stars. He just needs one right film.”

His first release of 2011 is Nikhil Advani’s “Patiala House”, releasing Feb 11. In the latter part of the year, Akshay has several movies lined up like “Thank You”, “Desi Boyz”, “Joker” and “Housefull 2″.

“Akshay Kumar is one of the most professional actors that our industry is blessed with. He has outdone himself in ‘Patiala House’ and the audiences will get to see a new level of Akshay. He is truly the ‘Khiladi’,” said “Patiala House” co-producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series.

The 43-year-old is, however, infamous for his exorbitant fees. He reportedly asked for Rs.24 crore as remuneration to play Dawood Ibrahim in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel to her 2010 hit “Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai”.

“The discussions are on and no movie has been fixed yet. It is to premature to talk on this thing now until any deal is locked. However, Akshay has the capacity and he is one of the biggest money spinning actors of the modern era. He is a force to reckon with,” Girish Johar, head of acquisition and distribution of Ekta’s Balaji Motion Pictures, told us.

Mohan said: “Akshay Kumar starrers are always big budget movies. If he asks and people pay, then how can one raise questions?”

Akshay on the other hand had said: “I’m not an unreasonable person who’ll want losses for his associates. I’m ensuring that the production cost is under check.”

“Everyone wants to work with Akshay Kumar. He is not down. It is the films that are letting him down. He drives in good numbers and people still want to go for an Akshay Kumar movie,” said an analyst.

'Seeta Aur Geeta' Remake: Akshay Kumar to play with Katrina Kaif!

'Seeta Aur Geeta' Remake: Akshay Kumar to play with Katrina Kaif!: Akshay Kumar the real action star of Bollywood may have seen quite a pitfall in his recent releases like Action Replay and Tees Maar Khan which had both bombed at the box office but that has not deterred his popularity amongst film makers.

This star is soon going to be seen in a very different genre film titled Patiala House where he plays the role of a cricketer who has to fight out his way with his family to achieve his dreams.

However, his retro look is yet again going to be explored as reports are that Akshay has been confirmed to star in the remake of Seeta Aur Geeta, a film which was one of the biggest blockbusters of the seventies. The original film had Hema Malini in a double role. The two male protagonists were played by Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar where Dharmendra gets attracted to the village belle and Sanjeev Kumar to the city bred gal.

The remake is to have Akshay Kumar sashaying the role of Dharmedra and Katrina Kaif to be the female protagonist. The other star has not yet been finalized suggest reports.

Seems like this year is going to see a lot of Akshay Kumar on the silver screen and that too if he’s paired opposite the hot Katrina again maybe the magic of their earlier films together like Namaste London, Welcome, Singh Is Kingg etc might be back and the remake of Seeta Aur Geeta becomes a bigger hit than the original. At least their fans hope it does. Keep an eye on more of this right here.

Hard Kaur turns in a de-glam avatar for Akshay's 'Patiala House'

Hard Kaur turns in a de-glam avatar for Akshay's 'Patiala House': Don't be surprised if you notice a deglam Hard Kaur in Akshay Kumar starrer "Patiala House". The female rapper is trying to make a mark with her Bollywood debut.

Real name Taran Kaur Dhillon, the hip hop singer has given up on her oomph and funky avatar to play a desi Punjabi girl Komal in the movie.

"Patiala House is going to surprise everyone with Hard Kaur now as an actor, playing the role of Komal. Her fans will enjoy her fresh role and her new avatar as a Punjabi kudi," producer Bhushan Kumar said in a statement.

Said a source: "She plays the role of a Punjabi girl who wears only Indian dresses which is quite the opposite of her in real life."

Releasing Feb 11, "Patiala House" has been directed by Nikhil Advani. It also stars Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia.

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor: For all those cine buffs who wanted to see the fresh pairing of Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar here is a sneak peek into their film Thank You.

Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film is a comedy ,based in Canada, with many stars including Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sunil Shetty and Celina Jaitley. Anees who has given hit comedies like Welcome and No Entry is working for the first time with Sonam and this film is also the actress’s first comedy.

Though Sonam is quite young in comparison to Akki, after seeing the images, unveiled by Sonam on her site and also on Twitter, we can say the duo looks fresh and can bring out a smashing chemistry on screen. The movie is releasing April 8.

‘Thank You’ Movie First Look: fresh pairing Akshay Kumar with Sonam Kapoor

Mallika Sherawat with Akshay Kumar having fun on the set of song 'Razia Gundon Mein'

Mallika Sherawat with Akshay Kumar having fun on the set of song 'Razia Gundon Mein': Here is Razia and the gunda snapped! Mallika Sherawat is dancing to a raunchy item song Razia Gundon Mein Phas Gayi with Akshay Kumar and the duo have been bonding well during the shoot, as is apparent from this snap from the sets of the Anees Bazmee-directed film.

Mallika recently posted this image on Twitter and wrote, “havin fun with Akshay Kumar on set:) self-portraited!” The still is a hit among her followers who have showered her with praises. On fan writes: “Two amazing people in industry..Lovely.”

It’s believed that due to this song Mallika has opted out from the TV show Chak Dhoom Dhoom as apparently it was getting too hectic for the actress to work on the show and then shoot this sexy item song as well. Mallika has earlier worked with Akki in the film Welcome and played the love interest of both Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar in the film.

Sonakshi Sinha's next film Joker: shooting start from 12 February

Sonakshi Sinha's next film Joker shooting start from 12 February: Shirish Kunder's next directorial venture after Jaane-Mann, titled Joker will go on floors from 12 February.

This will be Kunder's second movie as director and stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the main leads. Shreyas Talpade has been cast as the second male lead in Joker and will be essaying the role of Akshay's brother. The female lead opposite Talpade has not yet been decided.

Kunder will be heading to Chandigarh tomorrow for location scouting. Earlier this week, Kunder also went on a location recce in the interiors of Maharashtra for the movie.

Kunder wrote on his Twitter, "Joker is not a Superhero film. At one point it used to be. But what we are making now is a completely new script, with the same title."

The movie is slated to release around Christmas this year and is being produced by Akshay Kumar.

Kunder recently co-produced Tees Maar Khan along with Akshay Kumar's Hari Om Productions. The movie was directed by Farah Khan and starred Kumar and Katrina Kaif in the lead.

Akshay Kumar to play with cricket legends in 'Patiala House'!

Akshay Kumar to play with cricket legends in 'Patiala House'!: In the upcoming film Patiala House, Akshay Kumar gets to share screen space with real cricketers from the world over.

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The film, slated to release on February 11, has Akshay playing a pace bowler from England. He’s a Punjabi and therefore his proud father (Rishi Kapoor) is against him playing for the goras.

Now, since the film revolves around cricket, director Nikhil Advani and producer Bhushan Kumar decided to rope in real cricketers for authenticity sake.

We hear that the film will feature international players like Nasir Hussain, Brendon McCullum, Herschelle Gibbs, Kieron Pollard, Andrews Symonds, Kamran Akmal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Graham Gooch, Wasim Akram and Matthew Hayden.

“In the film, Akshay is playing for England and it is the World Cup that they are playing for. So it needed to have a lot of known faces to be seen with Akshay. That’s when we approached these players, sent them the script and got them on board,” Bhushan is quoted as saying by a news agency.

While most of the players will be seen on the field with Akshay, a few, like Nasir Hussain, will commentate.

Patiala House is pursuing your dreams!

Patiala House is pursuing your dreams!: T-Series and People Tree Films Patiala House is touted to be one of the films to watch out for in 2011. The film stars Akshay Kumar with no other than Anushka Sharma, who is now a hot property, after the immense success of Band Baaja Baarat! The excitement just does not end there. This film also brings together of a real life family members, Akshay Kumar and Dimple Kapadia, on celluloid.

For the uninitiated, Patiala House is the story of a Sikh joint family. Four generations of the Kahlon family live together, in a suburban house in London. The term 'Patiala' in this film, signifies a fourth generation Sikh household in Southall, London, UK. A house with 22 members both young and old ruled by an autocratic and big headed Gurtej Singh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor).

A house where the disparity in thought between the younger and older generation has reached a simmering boiling point and mutiny, rebellion is round the corner. How a 34 year old ex-cricketer who has been forced to sacrifice his dreams for his fathers ideals is given a second chance to see it getting fulfilled.

Talking about the film, both the producers Mukesh Talreja and Bhushan Kumar, say in unison that, "We feel that this is a film that every Indian will be able to identify with, as almost all Indians at some point have the experience of living in a joint family. Patiala House is a full entertainer with all the ingredients of a family entertainer thrown in."

While Nikhil Advani said, "The essence of Patiala House is pursuing your dream when life gives you a second chance. In this pursuit, Akshay happens to be a cricketer, but he could've been a musician or a poet. It can be your story or mine. Patiala House is the story of the Kahlon family, and their travails."

Patiala House is all set to release on February 11.

Ranbir Kapoor-Imran Khan-Ranveer Singh now in Akshay's favorite list

Ranbir Kapoor-Imran Khan-Ranveer Singh now in Akshay's favorite list: After completing two successful decades in the Hindi film industry, Akshay Kumar is now definitely into the senior bracket and is counted amongst the top stars of Bollywood, despite the recent setbacks. The actor picked his favourite new generation of actors who he feels come closest to him.

The first name that Akshay chooses does not spring a surprise. It is Ranbir Kapoor, who Akshay feels is doing a fine job. Ranbir is not just a future super star but with super hit films like AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI and RAJNEETI, he is already a force to reckon with and amongst the top five actors of Bollywood.

Then Akki picks up Imran Khan who has already made his presence felt in the industry with hits like JAANE TU...YA JAANE NA and the runaway success I HATE LUV STORYS and is certainly counted amongst the most promising future stars of Bollywood.

The third and last name does surprise and in fact we are sure that the newest entrant in Bollywood, Ranveer Singh, who made such a terrific debut via BAND BAAJA BAARAAT will be thrilled to bits when he comes to know that Akshay finds him very good and is amongst his choice of promising talents.

Akshay Kumar love to work again with Farah Khan

Akshay Kumar love to work  again with Farah Khan: Even after the failure of 'Tees Maar Khan' and a number of flops last year, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar still holds a lot of confidence in filmmakers he has worked with and hopes to create box-office success this year.

After his last release Farah’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’ received a lukewarm response at the box-office, it’s learnt that the actor is still keen to work with the filmmaker.

Talking about Farah, Akshay stated, “A film may or may not click for several reasons, so Fridays do not decide my equations with anyone. I still believe that Farah’s one of the best film-makers in Bollywood and I’d love to work with her again.”

Akshay in Farah’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’ sequel
Interestingly, it’s also been rumored that Akshay would be seen in the sequel of ‘Tees Maar Khan’ and when the actor was asked about this, he stated that if that happens he would be happy to work in the sequel.

“I'm looking forward to working with her again. She's a tough taskmaster. Men are scared of her. So am I. She speaks her mind no matter what the consequences. She wasn't making a film to win the National award. She made a commercial film,” stated Akki.

Akshay is waiting to work with Sonakshi
Akshay, who has given several hit films with Katrina Kaif, is now looking forward to his fresh pairing with Sonakshi in Shrish’s ‘Joker’.

After seeing her ‘Dabangg’ performance, Akshay was impressed with her acting talent and he revealed that it didn’t look like it was her first film.

"I saw her in Dabangg. It didn't look like her first film. She was so confident. She complemented Salman perfectly. I hope we look as good together,” stated Akshay.

Speaking about Shirish’s ‘Joker’, Akshay stated that he would be co-producing the film with Shirish who will be directing it.

Speculation is rife that the film revolves around the circus, however, Akshay rejected those rumors and revealed that film has nothing to with the circus.