Bollywood

Looks like Varun Dhawan is in the mood to experiment. After playing a high school boy in Student Of The Year (2012), the actor will now play a mainstream character in father David Dhawan’s Main Tera Hero (MTH).

Farhan has offered a flexible schedule to Richa for their next film, Fukrey, giving her enough time to rest before she starts dubbing for the film.  An impressed Richa Chadha says, "I love Farhan and Ritesh (Sidhwani, co-founder of Excel Entertainment). They are the best producers."

Although only a film old, Sidharth Malhotra is busy as a bee. With multiple projects in his kitty, the actor’s schedule is chock-a-block till December. Currently, he is shooting for his second film, Hasee Toh Phasee (HTP).

Anurag Kashyap's dream project Bombay Velvet was so far being produced by Viacom. But in a recent development the opus will now be co-produced by Fox Studios in partnership with Anurag's Phantom Films. Apparently, there were budget issues.

Deepika has agreed to do a Konkani-English short film that will be directed by Homi Adajania. Deepika says, “I don’t like using the word offbeat, but it’s different from whatever I’ve done before in my career. Homi has wanted to make this film for a long time, and I’m happy he’s finally put it together.”

Actor Divyendu Sharma, who is ridinghigh on the success of Chashme Baddoor, has bagged his first solo lead role in Zaleem Dilli.

Model-actor Puja Gupta says she knows the importance of education in life and wants to be a graduate

The release of director Prem Raj’s Preity Zinta starrer Ishkq In Paris may have been delayed, but he is confident that the film will manage to recover the money.

Malayalam filmmakers Shaji Kailas and A K Sajan have announced a film on tainted cricketer Sreesanth’s life. This has not gone down well with Bollywood. Filmmakers Ramesh Taurani, Onir, Mahesh Bhatt speak their minds.

Ranchi boy Hemwant Kumar Tiwari had never imagined that his days as a struggling actor would be over at Cannes!  He is on cloud nine as his debut film Zindagi Bahut Khoobsurat Hai has grabbed a little spot at the ongoing Cannes film festival.