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Shah Rukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar team up for Don 3?

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:26 AM PST

The actor who has taken time off from Rohit Shetty's Chennai Express, has reportedly been looking at several new projects, including Farhan Akhtar's Don 3

What's in the air at Mannat? From the sounds of it, Don 3 and may be Rohit Shetty's next, which Shah Rukh has reportedly taken a shine to.

TOI has learnt that SRK, who is on a short break from Chennai Express right now, has had several meetings with Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, to firm up the fine print for the third installment of the slick and commercially successful franchise.

Meanwhile, in a recent interview, SRK also lavished praises on Rohit Shetty, saying how much he has enjoyed working with him for Chennai Express. "We are looking at two more scripts," he said, indicating that he may work with the filmmaker soon again.

So where does that put the other keenly awaited SRK-starrer? According to sources, SRK has been taking his time over Happy New Year, to be directed by Farah Khan and produced by SRK's Red Chillies.

"SRK was supposed to help Farah finalise the casting for her film. It was expected that Farah will announce the name of her heroine - there has been quite a bit of speculation on who that is - at the beginning of the year. But no one, except Abhishek Bachchan and SRK, have been finalised for the four-hero project yet," said a source.

In fact, the script for Happy New Year has been locked, and songs are also about to be recorded, but with the casting yet to be finalised there is enough and more room for speculation.

There have been reports that Farah may be tweaking the role of the female protagonist Mohini, who hails from a Bhandup chawl, to accommodate a fresh face from the South. But the filmmaker pooh-poohed all the reports, and insisted that she is not willing to compromise on her script.

"I need someone who can match up to the four men in the film. Someone who is not too young, since my hero is mature. A girl who can emote, looks good and can dance well. There is no way I will make any changes to this character," she insisted.

As for the delay in finalising the casting, she said, "I am waiting for Shah Rukh to free himself from Chennai Express," said Farah to TOI. "We have not had the time to discuss the project in a while, but we will very soon," she assured us.
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Ranbir Kapoor to co-produce Bombay Velvet

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:29 AM PST

Ranbir Kapoor, who has been toying with the idea of producing a film for a while, has taken a small but significant step in the direction. The actor, who is gearing up for Anurag Kashyap-headed Phantom Productions' most ambitious project, Bombay Velvet, has agreed to come on broad as a co-producer. When contacted Ranbir said:"Innovative content excites me and I believe the Phantom team is a pioneer at it. This seems to be the perfect time in my career to take up bigger ownership of a film and be a producer. " A source close to the development elaborated: "Anurag had several meetings with the presenters of the film, Viacom 18. The film has an epic canvas, with a budget of approximately 95 crores. Ranbir was not a part of the proposal at that time, since the casting was far from final." For a while Ranbir was not even sure if he would play the lead in the film, as there was a toss up between the projects of Anurag, Abhinav and several other scripts in the interim. While Abhinav's Besharm is already underway, where the actor has agreed to a profit-share model with the producers, the decision to coproduce Bombay Velvet was taken recently. Vikas Bahl, from Phantom Productions said: "As a team we realised his inputs to the script is much more than an actor's. He looks at the bigger picture, the scope of the film beyond his role. And that is when it occurred to us that it would be great to have him play a part in the production as well." Apparently, during one of the script reading sessions, Ranbir was asked if he would like to play a bigger role in the film, and he agreed. However, it is not decided if Ranbir's name will be featured in the film credits as producer. Bombay Velvet, based on historian Gyan Prakash's Mumbai Fables, is the story of how the city became a metropolis against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and Jazz music. The film is a part of a trilogy that aims at recreating Bombay of the 50s, 60s and 70s and co-stars Anushka Sharma.
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