Archive for May, 2007



Actor Ajay Devgan, who had the directorial baton in his hand for the first time has returned a satisfied creator.

The cast and crew of U, Me Aur Hum is back in good ol’ Mumbai after their first shooting schedule aboard a cruise liner.

A unit member tells us,”The schedule lasted over twenty days and we had a great time. A song and some scenes were canned during the first schedule.” Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan’s career shift cruises along’

As Veeru, Ajay Devgan’s biggest challenge in RGV’s Sholay would be to draw the laughs from the audience as readily as Dharmendra did in Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay. Known to be a prankster in real life, comedy in films is an area where Ajay has yet to make his mark.

Going by the promos, the remake has most of the scenes between Veeru and Basanti that provided comic relief in the original thriller.

Dharmendra was recently asked to comment on the remake and this is how he responded in his inimitable no nonsense style. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan as Veeru in RGV’s Sholay’

Ajay Devgan completes the first schedule of his directorial debut Ajay Devgan, who is making his debut as a director with the home production ‘U Me Aur Hum’ has completed his first shooting schedule.

The stint, which went for 20 days on board a cruise liner saw the picturisation of a song and several dramatic scenes. Ajay is very excited to see the rushes.

The film stars Ajay Devgan, his wife Kajol, Divya Dutta and Isha Sharvani. Kumar Mangat is co-producing the film. Vishal Bhardwaj is the music director and Eros is presenting the film. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan completes the first schedule of his directorial debut’

Ajay Devgan and his secretary-turn-producer Kumar Mangat have stood by each other. When Mangat turned producer and launch his daughter, Ajay sat down and personally sifted through the list of boys to be cast opposite her. And now that Ajay is turning director, Mangat is backing Ajay, so that he has the best infrastructure for his directorial debut.

Actor Ajay Devgan is set to play king Ashoka in a film to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi .

Santoshi has been doing extensive research on Ashoka, who became an emperor sometime between 269-264 BC and extended his empire through a series of battles before converting to Buddhism and non-violence (after the bloody Kalinga war).

Ashoka’s life has previously fascinated Shah Rukh Khan who made the movie Asoka with Santosh Sivan a couple of years back. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan to play king Ashoka’

Would there be a Ajay Devgan v/s Ajay Devgan clash at the box office this July? If Ram Gopal Verma has his way, then there soon may be one.

This is because he is planning to bring his version of SHOLAY, aptly titled RAM GOPAL VERMA KE SHOLAY, on July 13th. So what’s wrong in that? Well, the fact is that even Anubhav Sinha has booked his CASH on the same Friday and this decision was taken quite a few days back.

Originally slated to arrive in May, the release of CASH was earlier postponed to June 29th since Anurag wanted some additional work to be done during the film’s post production. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan’s SHOLAY and CASH to clash? No way!’

Ajay Devgan turns director

After a number of award winning performances, actor Ajay Devgan has taken his illustrious career in a new direction, literally! Titled U, ME AUR HUM, this Devgan Film’s venture marks Ajay’s first time at film direction.

Produced-directed by Ajay Devgan, the romantic film stars Ajay Devgan and Kajol in the lead along with Sumeet Raghvan, Karan Khanna and Isha Sharvani. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan turns director’

We had told you last week that according to our Manali based sources, the unit of Imtiaz Ali’s Shahid-Kareena starrer is now in the picturesque hill station. We also told you that the movie has been titled ‘Train’. Here is more.

Imtiaz has picturised some important scenes on the lead pair in the famous tourist location of Naggar. However, the cloud cover is playing havoc with the shooting schedule. Continue reading ‘Ajay Devgan in Shahid-Kareena’s ‘Train’ ?’