John Abhraham replaces Harman Baweja

It is not good news for Harman as after two consecuitive flops - Victory and Love Story 2050, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has decided to dump Hurman Baweja as the lead actor for his upcoming flick ‘Chenab Gandhi’.

It is believed that John Abraham is the man who would play the lead role in the film. Hurman was the lead actor in the film, but after the poor show in previous films Sanjay seems to have lost trust in the young boy.


If John becomes the lead actor in the film, this is going to be actor`s fourth film with Big B after Viruddh, Aetbaar and Babul. ‘Chenab Gandhi’, also stars Vidya Balan as the lead actress. The film is expected to have a budget of Rs 35 crores.

Does Konkona play a Lesbian?

The gay/lesbian element has been the perfect recipe for the success of a film of late.There has been thalks that Konkona Sen Sharma is playing a lesbian in the latest flick 'The President Is Coming'.

But the fact is that it was nothing but a marketing strategy. It's shocking to know the extent to which filmmakers go to generate hype around a film. And surprisingly though Konkona has no problems with this strategy. She's certainly learnt the tricks of the business.

There was a similar misconseption among the audiences about 'Dostana'. The press kept saying John and Abhishek were playing homosexuals in the film but reality was quite different, as everyone discovered on the release of the film. Konkona's character is quite similar. She plays a woman who pretends to be lesbian in order to make things easier.

One may wonder how happy gay rights groups would be about this increasingly frequent portrayal of homosexuality as a way out of trouble.

Incidentally, 'The President Is Coming' was supposed to release much earlier, but had to be postponed due to the 26/11 terror attacks.

Dhoni pairs up with John Abhraham for Hook Ya Crook

Hook Ya Crook is an Indian version of the 1981 hit "Escape to Victory". Escape to Victory focussed on a football match and featured the football legend Pele. The inimitable David Dhawan is directing the movie, titled Hook Ya Crook starring John Abraham and none other than Indian Cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Hook Ya Crook revolves around Cricket. ‘It features a big cricket match as the climax. Dhoni is playing a leading role in the film.

UTV, who had earlier made Goal, want Hook Ya Crook to be an authentic cricket film. Indian cricket captain Dhoni is being brought on board to share the field and cinema space with the rest of the cast and also to help his teammates give a believable spin to the game.

John is the Sexiest Asian Guy

John Abraham has been adjudged the sexiest Asian man in the world in 2008. In the annual round conducted by Eastern Eye, a leading British Asian weekly, Abraham emerged the top in a shortlist of 10.

The weekly sent judges a shortlist of 10 names. The judges included Brianna Ragel, editor of Asian Woman Magazine, Che Kurrien, editor of GQ India and the former editor of FHM India, Farhad Dadyburjor. They ranked the names according to their individual preferences and the newspaper then compiled the results to produce a final list.

2007's top guy actor Shah Rukh Khan stood at third place after Hrithik Roshan in second place. Abraham was at third place last year. Britons on this year's list include Upen Patel (five), Jay Sean (nine) and boxer Amir Khan (ten). Newcomers to the 2008 list include TV presenter Rav Wilding who ranked 20, actors Harman Baweja ranked 22 and Stephen Uppal 21.

Kareena, John front runners for PETA's 'Sexiest Vegetarian Alive' Tag

Thinking and being "green", living healthy, and looking fabulous is the latest trend in bollywood and show biz . More and more celebrities are finally figuring out that the best way to make all these things a part of their daily lives is by going vegetarian.

PETA India's youth division is now back with its second annual 'Sexiest Vegetarian Alive' contest where hottest hunks and sexiest actresses from Bollywood and Hollywood will vie for the prestigious title of the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive.

Some of front runners for the 'Sexiest Vegetarian Alive' title include Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Shahid Kapoor, R.Madhavan, John Abraham, Mahima Chaudhary and cricketers such as Ishant Sharma and S.Sreesanth.

Even Hollywood hotties such as Alicia Silverstone, Kim Basinger, Pamela Anderson, Shania Twain and hunks like Bryan Adams, Joaquin Phoenix and Tobey Maguire are fighting it out to be voted the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive The results will be decided on the basis of votes.

Last year, Kareena Kapoor and R.Madhavan walked away with the title of 'Cutest Vegetarians'. Who will it be this time ? One will have to wait and watch.

DOSTANA is coming to rock you

It’s all happening in the Beach Party Capital of the world . Maimi is the setting for Dharma Productions latest offering “Dostana”The movie is serving a cocktail of all ingredients to do with Friendship, Fun, Frolic and that thing called Love...but with a slight twist – there is a small case of pretending to be Gay!!

When Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) are turned down for an apartment because the land lady doesn’t want 2 strapping young men to corrupt her young sexy niece Neha (Priyanka Chopra), they go to plan “G – they pretend to be “Gay” to secure the apartment.

All is well till they meet the sexy siren Neha and thus begins a journey of fun, frolic and a test of friendship like never before Neha’s boss Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol) enters the fray as the third contender for her affections.It gets even hotter under everyone’s vests and bikini’s and the boy’s get down and dirty, in sunny Miami.
The result is there to be seen.....

Dostana' hits the theatres on 14 November 2008.

John-Bips Play the Host

John Abraham was recently in Delhi, and then he was to be in Bangkok later, with girlfriend Bipasha Basu. But the couple cancelled their trip for a wedding. Not theirs – hold your horses – but that of John’s brother Alan! They were scheduled to attend an award function in the Thai capital, but they cancelled because Alan got married to his Romanian girlfriend Anca recently.

John’s brother Alan got married to his long-time girlfriend Anca in Romania just two weeks ago.
Hence, John has been very busy with his brother’s wedding preparations and cancelled his trip to Bangkok. His family hosted a grand reception in Mumbai on Saturday evening. The reception was held in Bandra, and John and Bips played the hosts there.

It was a completely private affair and John didn’t want many people to know about it. The guests at the reception included mostly his close friends and relatives. It’s been a while since Anca shifted to Mumbai and that’s how she met Alan. He’s finally gotten married and John and his family are very happy about it.”

John gets mobbed by 1000 Girls

The unconventionally planned music release of Aashayein turned out to be far more unusual than planned. After John Abraham sang the number he had diligently rehearsed, girls in the crowd forced him and the band back on stage for more.

"It was simply crazy. I think we underestimated John's pull and his pursuit of excellence. I thought he'd come on stage croon a few lines, shake his hips in tight trousers, blow kisses and melt into the night. No way," Elahi Hiptoolah, executive producer of Aashayein said.

"John arrived in the afternoon for the technical rehearsal and by evening he was fully prepared. And so was the audience. It was all calm peaceful and romantic with a 3,000-strong audience waiting quietly by the seaside," she added.

The event took place Wednesday at the Heritage Property in Bandra, and Elahi says that they were not aware of the fact that the music launch of Love Story 2050 is also taking place.

"We hadn't planned a big music launch and we certainly had no clue there was another music launch the same evening. We just wanted to do something different. So we thought of making all the singers including John perform their tracks from Aashayein live on stage. We never thought there would be such a massive turn-out, or that John would take his first live performance so seriously.

"John sang Ab mujhko jeena. There was a deathly silence and then the roar began until it grew in to a deafening crescendo. Salim-Suleiman's band had already packed up and left. They had to be called back to unzip their equipment and accompany John's singing," Elahi added.

The film revolves around a compulsive gambler and is set to release next month.

John And Aish To be Seen together for a Romantic Comdy

After directing two thrillers 'Ek Hasina Thi' and 'Johnny Gaddar', Sriram Raghavan is ready with his third script, which is a romantic film. The director says he is waiting for dates from Aishwarya Rai and John Abraham to start the film.

"I wanted to start the shoot in March but the script was not ready. Now, I am waiting for the dates from the actors," Raghavan told us.

He also said that Aishwarya had glanced through the script and given her consent. Taking a break from his favourite thriller genre, Raghavan is attempting a love story which will be produced by Rohan Sippy.

Apart from this, Raghavan is also working on actor Saif Ali Khan's first production titled 'Agent Vinod'.

About the status of 'Agent Vinod', Raghavan said: "I can only tell about this after I get the dates of shoot for Sippy's project."

Saif will play the lead in the film, which is again a thriller.