Kajol goes on all-girls holiday

When everyone seems to be returning to Mumbai from their holidays, Kajol is all set to go on hers.

She is going to Switzerland and France with daughter Nysa, sister Tanishaa and mom Tanuja.

Kajol decided to go on the holiday on her own as husband Ajay Devgan will be busy for next one month shooting in Goa and then in Singapore.

Tanuja is said to have been a bit reluctant to accompany Kajol, but the persuasive Kajol managed to convice her.

Kajol rejected Vikram Phadnis' adaptation of Stepmom but said yes to KJo's

In the end, Kajol picked Karan Johar (as opposed to working with a newbie) yet again. The actress, who was approached first by designer Vikram Phadnis to star in an adaptation of Susan Sarandon-Julia Roberts starrer Stepmom, turned him down at the time citing date problems. As is now confirmed, Karan Johar will produce a remake of the film with Kajol and Kareena in the lead roles.

A source reveals, "Vikram has been working on his script for a very long time. In fact, it has been ready for over a year and he's busy trying to get the right actors on board. His dream team included Madhuri Dixit and Kads . He even approached them. But now, with Kajol saying yes to KJo, Phadnis has backed off."
The source adds that the designer was shocked when he read that Kajol agreed to be a part of Karan's remake while declining to be a part of his. "It is obvious that Kajol said yes to Karan because of her friendship with him. She treats him like family, so agreeing to do the film came quite naturally."

Vikram confirms he was working on an adaptation of the film, "I had the script ready but it wasn't a remake. It was more of an adaptation on the lines of the original film. However, since Karan has the rights to the film, I have given up the project. He's a dear friend and it doesn't make sense for me to pursue the same story."
Phadnis adds that the Stepmom adaptation took up a major chunk of his time. "The last 10 months of my life were taken up by this film. Now I plan to get back to taking on more films. Besides Dulha Mil Gaya, I am also working on Rohit Shetty's All The Best."

However, he doesn't plan to give up his filmi ambitions as yet. "I definitely want to get into filmmaking. Since Stepmom didn't work out, I have another script with me that was to be my second film. It is getting doctored and worked upon. The film will have a very glossy and elaborate feel to it."

Lastly, when asked if he feels any remorse on losing out on Stepmom he adds, "Well, if I made the film it would be silly. Since Karan has the actual rights and is going ahead with his project, I wish him the very best and will now work on my second script."

I'm a Kajol fan: Stepmom Kareena

Everyone knows Karan Johar is remaking Stepmom with Kajol and Kareena Kapoor playing the roles done to ‘depth’ by Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts.

What nobody knows is that the original screenplay is being considerably rewritten to etch out Julia Roberts part so that there would be many more confrontational sequences between ‘mom’ Kajol and ‘stepmom’ Kareena.

The fact that Kareena happens to be a self-confessed fan of both Kajol and Julia Roberts certainly helps the situation.

Kareena, currently holidaying with Saif Ali Khan in Italy, said, “When I recently got an award from Erin Brockovich I enjoyed the moment doubly because Julia Roberts had played Erin. I love the spunky militant roles she plays. And Kajol is my favourite actress, to be pitched against her is a dream for me. We didn’t have many scenes together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. But here it’s the two of us all the way. Julia Roberts had rocked in the original. I want to make my role in the remake just as exciting.”

Kareena will cut her hair for the first time in her career for this role. “I want to get experimental with my look this time,” she admitted. recently, both Raj Kumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and Rensil D’Silva’s film have taken more of Kareena’s time and energy than she had bargained for. “I had to give a hundred days each to both. Now there’s Karan’s film with Kajol.”

Bollywood Stars who gave Voting Day a miss

Thursday (30^th April) saw quite a few Bollywood bigwigs take out time from their busy schedule to cast their vote for the Elections. The ballot centres in Bandra, Juhu and Andheri areas of Mumbai saw stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, the Bachchan parivaar, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar etc. troop in to cast their vote. However, there were quite a few B-town celebs, who in spite of being pretty active in asking people to vote decided to give the V-Day (Voting Day) a miss themselves. We brings you a list of a few Bollywood stars 'Jo Bolte Kuch Hai Aur Karte Kuch Hain'

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena was part of the special video created by Karan Johar and Tarun Mansukhani encouraging citizens to go and vote. However, when the V-day came, Bebo was nowhere in the picture. Apparently, Kareena is shooting for Karan Johar's production along with Saif Ali Khan and Vivek Oberoi in the US of A and hence couldn't make it. Well, that certainly doesn't count as an excuse cos if Aamir and Shah Rukh could fly down from US and South Africa respectively for casting their Vote, Kareena surely could have. This is one Tashan of Bebo which failed to impress us one bit.

Shahid Kapoor

Kareena's once-upon-a- time 'good friend' Shahid Kapoor also didn't make it to cast his Vote and this despite him being in town. We really don't know the reason why but considering Shahid's 'good friend' Priyanka Chopra was also missing, we cant help but wonder if they were upto something Chup Chup Ke.

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra was full of emotions encouraging people to go and vote in the special video created by Karan Johar and Tarun Mansukhani. However, when the V-Day came, the actress was conspicuous by her absence. PC…we all are keen to know more on What's your Reason rather than What's Your Raashee?

Salman Khan

Sallu was here, there and everywhere during the pre-election campaigning; hence it was indeed extremely surprising that the actor after encouraging people to go and Vote decided to give V-day a miss himself. The actor apparently was busy shooting in London for his film Veer at a time when he was most 'Wanted' in Mumbai to cast his vote.

Imran Khan

It was Imran Khan who came up with the idea of making a special video asking people to vote. Imran along with Karan Johar and Tarun Mansukhani gathered some of B-town's biggest stars for this initiative but when it was his time to Vote, Imran himself couldn't get his finger inked. The Reason: Imran was not eligible as he is an American citizen. Poor Imran indeed couldn't practice what he preached so hard.

Preity Zinta & Shilpa Shetty

Bollywood beauties Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty also didn't make it to cast their vote. They were busy cheering their respective teams 'Kings XI Punjab' and 'Rajasthan Royals' at the on-going IPL matches in South Africa. Looks like they didn't realize that the opportunity to vote comes only once in 5 years unlike the IPL which is an annual event

Deepika Padukone and Asin

The South Indian babes Deepika Padukone and Asin couldn't vote in Mumbai as Deepika is originally from Bangalore while Asin is from Kerala. Hope these two beauties at least have voted in their respective home town.

Akshay Kumar

Akki was among the other B-town celebs who gave Voting a miss. The star was busy shooting for Priyadarshan's film De Dhana Dhan in Singapore. Akki when you can travel from Chandni Chowk to China in 3 hours you surely could have come down from Singapore to Mumbai and exercised your right to vote as a responsible citizen.

Ajay Devgan and Kajol

Probably the biggest shocker comes in the form of Ajay Devgan and Kajol who were busy holidaying in Goa and didn't find it necessary to come down and cast their vote. Ajay what's the point in doing a film on Rajniti when you can't even come and vote for the leaders in whose hands lies the future of our country?

K3 teams up

Karan Johar is teaming up with Kareena and Kajol after a gap of eight years.

After casting the two in K3G, Karan is planning to cast the talented actresses in his upcoming film. The film will be directed by debutant Siddharth Malhotra, Prem Kishen’s son and grandson of the late Prem Nath.

The film is said to be based on the Hollywood hit film Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. The shooting for this new project will begin soon after My Name Is Khan wraps up.