Genelia hasn't given up on acting and taken up a new profession

Genelia hasn't given up on acting and taken up a new profession
altogether.

It is just that she is playing a tutor in her next film Katha. “I liked the script immensely,” says the actress. The chirpy actress expressed happiness about exploring a different genre in her career. “It will be a novel experience,” she adds. The village girl of Sasirekha Parinayam who made scathing remarks against male chauvinism in the film, has to accomplish a more daunting task in her latest ‘suspense thriller’. Way to go girl!

Salman khan is still launching new faces

In 1989, Salman Khan launched a new face in his blockbuster film Maine Pyar Kiya. Twenty years later, Salman is still launching new faces.

His upcoming film Veer will introduce British model and Miss Universe UK 2008 Lisa Lazarus. Lisa grew up in Wales and is presently studying Diagnostic Radiography at the Hertfordshire University.

As we wait for Salman's latest discovery to hit the theatres, we take a look at the other women whose career he helped launch.

Wuthering Heights searing heat of India in a Bollywood-style

British novel Wuthering Heights has been moved from the windswept moors of Yorkshire to the searing heat of India in a Bollywood-style production hitting the London stage this week.

British TV actor Deepak Verma has given Emily Bronte's tale a drastic makeover, tapping into the fast-rising profile of Bollywood which is attracting a wider audience thanks to the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

In the production at the Lyric Hammersmith theatre in west London, the novel's main character - the brooding Heathcliff - has been renamed Krishnan and his search for love is played out against a dazzling swirl of colour.

The director of the play, Kristine Landon-Smith, is half-Indian and half-Australian.

She says the biggest hurdle she faced was taking the original story of love and heartbreak in the 18th century and setting it to music.

"One of the biggest challenges is making a new musical. We haven't just put Wuthering Heights into an Indian setting, we've made it into a musical and therein lies a huge challenge," she told AFP.

"We kept the production in the same timeframe as the book," she added.

"At that time in India there was a real hierarchy and a class system and all that sat very well with the social context of the novel."

Verma, a former star of popular British soap opera Eastenders, says Wuthering Heights was "just perfect" for adaptation.

"There are so many things about it that just fitted in with aspects of Indian culture," he said.

"What interested me is the ghostly, haunting aspect of the book.

"The Victorian values in the novel are also found in Indian society and the desert is a harsh place, just like the moors of Yorkshire."

The play has been produced by the Tamasha theatre company.

Kareena Kapoor had to shoot for 36 hours without a break

The actress has a choc-a-block schedule, thanks to films like Kambakkht Ishq, 3 Idiots, Agent Vinod, Mr and Mrs Khanna and an untitled movie by Rensil D’silva – all of which are bein shot in different locations.

Says a source, “She just went rushing from one set to another, shooting continuously without complaining about tiredness or lack of sleep. The unit members of her films were saying this is what stars are made of.” Well, all we can say is, keep it up, gal!

John and Karan Johar’s dostana continues

John and Karan Johar’s dostana continues. No, we are not talking about the sequel of the gay comedy, but another project starring Kajol and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles.

Karan Johar has pulled off another casting coup by roping in John Abraham to play the character of Luke in the Hindi remake of Hollywood film ‘Stepmom’. Given the film’s serious subject, John will most likely shed tears, instead of clothes for this flick. Sorry gals!

Karan, however, wanted a young actor for the movie and thus zeroed in on John with whom he has worked in productions like Kaal and Dostana . This time, too, Karan won’t direct but only produce the film. Siddharth Malhotra, the grandson of Prem Nath, will direct.

With John’s inclusion in Johar’s production, the speculation about Shahrukh Khan playing the lead has also come to an end.

Lara Dutta and Dino Morea haven’t parted ways yet

The couple seems to have ironed out their differences and are dating again, but not without being overcautious about their PDA (or the lack of it).

So, Lara Dutta and Dino Morea haven’t parted ways yet. Their romance may have hit a few hurdles, but the lovebirds steeplechased them all and their love appears to be stronger than their troubles.

The duo has recently been spotted spending quality time with each other in public. They were seen walking their pets – Lara’s two dogs along with Dino’s three – at Bandra sea face. The couple was chatting away like thick friends.

Sonam Kapoor reached home very late Anil Kapoor

We heard that lately Sonam Kapoor reached home very late at nigh at 4.00 a.m. Anil Kapoor, who was waiting for her desperately knowing the bad work out there, simply grounded her for one month. He said that no parties at all for one month just stay home. Anil just let her go for her professional commitments, which is why she attended a function arranged by an NGO, where she distributed the books to the kids. Anil Kapoor happens to be very protective about his daughters, as he knows the atmosphere of the industry.

Not a single hit to her credit yet, nonetheless Sonam Kapoor has been weaving high waves. And the same is happening with her costar in Sawaariya, Ranbir Kapoor, who too does not have any hit to name but is riding high. Both have become the brand ambassadors of many renowned products and are seen in a number of modeling assignments. Even Ranbir’s popularity took him to host the shows also.