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We really want to go out on our honeymoon: Kalki

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) They had a quiet wedding and immediately plunged into work! The newly wedded couple - filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actress Kalki Koechlin - hope to spend quality time...
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Imran, Aamir together on screen for the first time

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) The latest trailer of "Delhi Belly", to come out July 19, will bring together Aamir and Imran Khan for the first time in a mock-argument over the colourful...
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Bike skids, sexy Sam takes a fall!

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 9 -- Sameera Reddy has just returned from Scotland where she was filming the action thriller, Tezz and is all shaken up, literally. The actor was doing a stunt in...
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Vinay takes on government!

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 9 -- I was just about to go for my bubble bath when a mail dropped into my kaaliberry inbox. Turns out to be my parinda from Andheri's Lokhandwala Complex, eager to...
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Aftab's knock in vain

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 9 -- Contrary to his usual pattern of disappearing after giving his todu khabar of the day, Sher Lock bhai now wants me to hear about Aftab Shivdasani. Of all...
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Salman: Not so sporting

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 9 -- Howdee doo hoo my darling dim sums! I was so beginning to enjoy the rains over the last few days, but the sun shining bright and hot, is playing truant again....
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SRK calls truce with Farah Khan

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 9 -- Shah Rukh Khan has finally ended his animosity towards director-choreographer Farah Khan. At a public event, the actor complimented her, saying, "It is one of...
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Kangna-Mallika New best friends?

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 8 -- Arrey yaar! I have to tell my dhobi that I'm tired of listening to these stories about two lady actors being friends in the eyes of the press but not seeing...
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Preity wants to educate!

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 8 -- Aha! The first good news of the day is here. Sher Lock wants to tell me that Preity Zinta, my favourite girl with dimples, is working towards educating kids...
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Sonam-Shahid: Mutual admiration society

By Hindustan Times Mumbai, June 8 -- Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... this is what happens to me when someone tries to tell me that two colleagues, who've been linked to each other, only admire each...
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Sush quitting films?
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By Hindustan Times

Mumbai, June 8 -- Sushmita Sen has taken a break from Bollywood's commercial boulevard and is in no hurry to sign any new films. The former Miss Universe will now only pick a script that is "really good", as films keep her away from her two daughters - Renee and Alisah.

"If I agree to do a movie, I will be away from my kids for at least three months. The script must be really enticing for me to make such a sacrifice," smiles Sushmita, who adopted Renee and Alisah in 2000 and 2010 respectively. "Having worked in 30 to 35 Bollywood ventures, I've had my fill of commercial movies," she says. "Also, similar potboilers have left me a bit drained, so I have given myself a break."

Sush, who was last seen in the multi-starrer dud No Problem (2010), is in no mood to take up random offers. According to her, she needs to feel inspired to take up a film at this stage of her career. "No longer do I want to do films which only look excellent on paper," says Sushmita, whose last few big budget projects, including Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007), Do Knot Disturb (2009) and Dulha Mil Gaya (2010), all flopped at the box office. "A number of my films, which I really loved, turned out to be damp squibs. But you can't control such things. I haven't taken up any new film after No Problem. And I'm in no hurry to do so," she says.

Meanwhile, the actor is both amused and amazed with reports that claim her two films - a Benazir Bhutto biopic and Rani Laxmibai - have been shelved. "A UK-based production house is backing the Benazir Bhutto film. So, if they are not getting permission from Pakistan People's Party (PPP), I can't do anything," she says.

But she is gung-ho about Rani Laxmibai. "The script is locked and it's an asset. If it hasn't taken off till date, it doesn't mean we aren't going to make it," says the actor, adding that she is "getting investors, but not the right ones with the right pockets (laughs)". "We need a certain kind of look, feel and pricing for Rani Laxmibai, because it's going to be costly. We don't want to look at it and feel, 'Oh! We shouldn't have cut costs in this scene.' It will take off at the right time," she says.

 
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