There are just a few days left for the release of ‘Shaapit’. What are your feelings?
Oh, the jitters have definitely begun. I signed this film in August, 2008, and have been a part of it for the past year and a half. I am very anxious about the film. At the same time, I am very confident about it as well.

Do you think it was easier for you to get into films because you are a celebrity son?
No. My father has worked really hard to reach the stage in life where he is right now, and I am very proud of that. I am very sure that if I wanted to pursue music as a career then he would have been a lot of help. But I don’t think that being from the music fraternity makes everything easy. You have to learn a lot. I think you do get a chance to do what you believe in. It is what you do with that one chance that matters. But I must say that my parents’ support, trust and encouragement has really helped me in life.

What kind of preparations went into your role in ‘Shaapit’?
I slogged a lot for this role, mentally as well as physically. When I went for my first look test, I was 20 years old, and I was supposed to look heroic. I had to meet that challenge. Vikram Bhatt (the director of ‘Shaapit’) also asked me to work on my body and look fit for the role. The film has a lot of action scenes, a lot of tables and chairs were thrown at me!

What are the incidents that you remember from the film?
The first incident which I remember is the library sequence where, for the first time, we dealt with cables. I’ve been beaten up a lot in this film! I was beaten with chairs and tables…that was our first proper horror sequence. The climax of our film was shot over 17 days which required me to look quite bad and stinky. So, for that particular sequence, I did not take a bath for nearly 17 days. It wasn’t something that one would like to repeat again though. When I saw the climax, I thought that this whole effort gave that added touch to the scene. So, I am very happy that I did not bathe for 17 days. (Laughs)

Right from your ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ days, you have been quite popular with girls. How do you react to the attention?
I am very fortunate that I have a fan following. I feel lucky that people have accepted me. When you are accepted, you get creative freedom to perform independently. So I think that whatever I am and whatever I will become in the future, all the credit goes to my fans.

Tell us about your future projects.
I am reading scripts but I have not zeroed in on anything. I am doing Vikram Bhatt’s next film which is going on the floors from May or June. I was getting many offers from television but television audiences are completely different from films, and I didn’t want to mix the two.

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I didn’t take a bath for 17 days!” Aditya Narayan

Sanjay Dutt has installed a 42-inch LCD in his vanity van especially to catch the Indian Premier League matches. As the actor is busy shooting for Anees Bazmee’s No Problem, he has been catching up on the action during the breaks in the van. Says the film’s producer Rajat Rawail, “Baba in recent times installed this huge screen so that all of us could watch it together. He has his own team of buddies to watch the matches along.

It includes his business manager Dharam Oberoi, producer Sohail Maklai, distributor Raju Bansal and myself.” Adds Rawail, “Baba is an ardent cricket fan. We are supporting the game and not any particular team, we just want to enjoy the sport — a good match makes for some compelling viewing for us.”

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Sanju Baba installs a 42-inch LCD in his vanity van

Action star Akshay Kumar newly enjoyed a tight slap from an extraordinary monkey. The ‘Khiladi Kumar’ did not mind it at all and took it sportingly as it was a part of a comic sequence in ‘Housefull’. The actor was happy that the monkey, in question, was a special one – a Hollywood star. The monkey named Tara, a10-year-old female capuchin, rose to stardom as Captain Barbossa`s monkey ‘Jack’ in the Johnny Depp-starrer ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’.Tara is a superstar and according to reports, she has a whole range of toys designed after her character in the ‘Pirates…’.

Sources reveal that when producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Sajid Khan tried to get the monkey’s dates for their film, they came across a problem. Her dates clashed with those of Akshay Kumar. The producer-director finally managed to get one day for their shoot and the comic shot was completed at one go. Sajid Nadiadwala is trying his best to get Tara’s dates to promote the film and bring her safely to Mumbai. After all, she is no less a star than Akshay Kumar.

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Akshay slapped by Hollywood monkey?

Priyanka Chopra played 12 characters in ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ and now Bipasha Basu is doing much the same in ‘Pankh’ where she sports nine different looks.

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Bipasha’s nine avatars

Divya Bharti was an Indian Bollywood actress who was born on 25 February 1974. Divya started her career in 1990 with Telugu movies making her debut in Bobbili Raja. After various other hits in the South. then she made her entry in Hindi flicks with Vishwatma in 1992 that was her debut film.

This film was average in the box office but even then Divya claimed lot of praise for the song Saat Samundar Paar which gave her fame. Divya Bharti appeared in more than 14 Hindi films within a year, the years between 1992 and Mid 1993 are till date remembered for her smashing record at the time for a newcomer that nobody could ever beat.

Divya Bharti married Sajid Nadiadwala in May 1992. Her career was cut short by her tragic death in April 1993 at the age of 19. Divya’s death is still a mystery unknown to everyone as no one could find enough evidence of how she died therefore the closed the case in 1998.

The actress also appeared in Bollywood films like Dil Aashna Hai, Shola Aur Shabnam, Dil Ka Kya Kasoor, Geet, Jaan Se Pyaara, Rang and many more.

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Divya Bharti