Abhishek Jhooms with Frank Lampard

Yashraj camp has done it again. After getting international pop star, Tata Young, to perform an item song in Dhoom, Yashraj Films have now tied up a deal with Chelsea, a leading football club of UK. The reason for the involvement of Chelsea in the film is that Abhishek Bachchan plays a die hard Chelsea fan in the film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom which is being directed by Shaad Ali.

Players like Frank Lampard and John Terry along with other members of the Chelsea team will make an appearance in the film. The Chelsea team manager is very excited on the team’s involvement with Bollywood. They will present Abhishek Bachchan with a jersey of the team. It will be a real bonus for Abhishek Bachchan too since in real life too, Abhishek is a big fan of Chelsea.

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom also stars Priety Zinta, Bobby Deol, and Lara Dutta in lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan also plays a cameo in the film. Rumors are rife that Aishwarya Rai will also be making a cameo in the film in an item number. Let us wait and watch.

Source: Indiafm

The turban trouble of Abhishek Bachchan in 'Umrao Jaan'

Abhishek Bachchan faced a unique problem while shooting for Umrao Jaan that stars the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai in the title role.

Reports are that since the film required actors to be garbed in period costumes and lots of jewellery, it would take a long time for the actors – Abhishek, Ash and others – to get ready for the shot.

But Abhishek had an additional burden – the ‘saafa’ or traditional turban – which was so long that it took at least ten minutes to tie it around his head.

Director J.P. Dutta had appointed a special ‘saafawala’ to be around Abhishek whenever he needed the turban to be tied around his head.

The saafawala would tie it around Abhishek’s head just before a shot, and in-between shots, Abhishek would take it off as he found it cumbersome.

Things were going on smoothly till one day the saafawala simply disappeared. Everyone got busy looking for the saafawala and the shoot invariably got delayed.

Finally, the unit came up with a solution and one of the production hands was taught how to tie the saafa and was positioned next to Abhishek throughout the shoot.

Only then did Abhishek’s saafa problems come to an end.

'Umrao Jaan' is scheduled to release on October 20, 2006.

Deepika Padukone opposite Abhishek Bachchan?

Rumours are that upcoming model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone has been signed opposite Abhishek Bachchan for a forthcoming film.

The film is rumoured to be ‘Delhi 6’ to be directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra , who last directed the mega hit Rang De Basanti .

Deepika has already been finalized for Farah Khan 's next ‘Om Shanti Om’ opposite Shah Rukh Khan .

‘Om Shanti Om’ is Deepika’s debut film and will go on floors in December.

Deepika has done a three-month acting course from Anupam Kher 's Actor Prepares Academy and also knows Bharatnatyam.

Deepika surely has lady luck on her side for she will be sharing the same frame with SRK and then also work with Abhishek at the very onset of her career.

Source: Apunkachoice

Abhishek Bachchan on the cameo in Lage Raho Munnabhai

The unexpected has almost become the expected for Abhishek Bachchan. After the surprise appearances in Kunal Kohli's Hum Tum and Siddhartha Anand's Salaam Namaste, Abhishek Bachchan gets the audience all revved-up with his surprise appearance in Raj Kumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munnabhai.

So what gives? "Nothing!" says Abhishek from London where he's shooting for Shaad Ali's Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom. "Producer Vinod Chopra called and asked me if I'd do a small cameo. And I said yes. It's as simple as that." The fact that Vinod Chopra and Abhishek's father are working together in Eklavya also weighed in favor of Abhishek's guest appearance.

"I wouldn't call it a guest appearance. There are no guests in a film. Either you're part of a film, or you're not. Whether it was the small but significant part of Rani's husband in Hum Tum or the wacky doctor in Salaam Namaste or Diya Mirza's husband in Lage Raho Munnabhai, I play a character in the films. I don't believe in the concept of guest appearances."

Some years ago Abhishek had done a walk-on appearance in Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham which was finally cut on editing table. "I had to wait for KANK to get a role in Karan's cinema." Smiles Abhishek who's in London for most of this month for Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom which teams him Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol, the last mentioned for the first time.

"As kids Bobby and I attended so many birthday parties together. It's good to be working with him at last," says Abhishek emotionally.

Source: IndiaFM

Abhishek ready to be gay icon

Actor Abhishek Bachchan says he's ready to be an icon for homosexuals as well.

Asked by a national daily if he would feel comfortable having a big following among gay men, Bachchan said, "Great! Why not?"

"Appreciation and love from any quarter is welcome," he was quoted as saying.

While such a sentiment would surprise few in Hollywood, homosexuality remains a taboo in India.

Even in Bollywood's relatively liberal social circles, there are few openly gay personalities.

As for his female fan base, Bachchan jokingly said, "You bribe them very well and keep them on payroll."

Abhishek Rates His ´KANK´ Performance Better Than ´Sarkar´

It may come as a surprise to many that Abhishek Bachchan finds his performance in Karan Johar's 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' better as compared to that of 'Sarkar'.

Giving the reason Abhishek says , " I'd choose 'KANK' because an actor should improve on a daily basis . If you're not an observer and if you're not trying to improve on a daily basis , your creativity will stagnate and that's suicidal for an actor . Your endeavour should be to be a better actor than you were yesterday . There are innumerabale ways to perform a scene and one should try to discover those ways . Based on that , 'Sarkar' released last year in July and a year later 'KANK' released . By merit of those 365-odd days , I've improved . I'd like to believe that my best performance is my last performance ."

Source: Planet Bollywood

Abhishek Bachchan in Salaam-e-Ishq?

Just recently we informed you about the possibility of presence of Riteish Deshmukh in Vipul Shah's Namastey London. Bobby Deol who was shooting for Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom also visited the sets of Shah's film that stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles.

Nikhil Advani's Salaam-e-Ishq is also presently being shot in London. Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra are shooting for a song sequence since the last couple of days. And this time, Abhishek Bachchan, who is shooting in the same city for Jhoom Barabar Jhoom with Preity Zinta ended his day early to come on the sets of Salaam-e-Ishq and spent some time with director Nikhil Advani and friends Salman and Priyanka. So there's buzz again of the probability of Abhishek Bachchan making a guest appearance in the Salaam-e-Ishq.

To add to the rumors of Salman-Priyanka feud, one of the sources who was present on the song shoot says, "Throughout the entire shoot Salman and Priyanka (who had many scenes together) never said a single word to each other".

Another interesting fact is that Priyanka Chopra's bodyguard is the same as Akhshay Kumar's (on sets of Namastey London), which makes one wonder that Akhsay Kumar does so much for Priyanka's safety.

Source: IndiaFM