Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

Sunny Deol will be directing Shilpa Shetty in his home production, The Man . This is the first film Shilpa has signed after the success of Celebrity Big Brother . Her publicist Dale Bhagwagar confirmed the news saying, "Yes, Shilpa will indeed be directed by Sunny and Neeraj Pathak in The Man. It will be fun for her as Sunny has been her co-star in more than three films and she admires him too." Her last release Apne was with the Deols too, though it was completed before her CBB participation. When we probed further on Shilpa's other projects, Bhagwagar said, "I can't reveal the names of makers who have approached Shilpa, but I can tell you that there are many. There are offers from the UK, the US and Bollywood. Shilpa is going through a dozen scripts at the moment and you will hear some very interesting announcements soon. Apart from The Man, she has also given the nod to Uru Patel's international venture Hanuman (where she would be playing the role of

Bobby Deol is excited as he has four films lined up for release in the forth coming months. Yash Chopra's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom , Anil Sharma's Apne , Sameer Karnik's Nanhe Jaisalmer and Abbas Mustan's Naqaab . But it's Apne which is closest to his heart. "I am looking forward to all the films, but at the same time, I am nervous. We are all attached to Apne because it is the first time that we were all working together and that made us very emotional," says Bobby. He adds, "I have always been watch ing my father and learning from him on his sets during since childhood. I have known him to be a very humble person and very helpful to his co-actors. But this time, I also noticed that he was always improvising on the sets. I believe he is a superb actor and the best." "Well, I was very nervous on the sets working with Papa. Everyone knows how he is," smiles Bobby. After Shakalaka Boom Boom, is Bobby playing a rock star once again in this fil