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Saif Ali Khan and Imtiaz Ali promoted Love Aaj Kal's mobile gaming application at an event in Mumbai. We were wondering where the bubbly actress Deepika Padukone was...recovering from an illness, possibly. Check out the actor-producer and the director of the film, instead.

When it's a Kareena Kapoor event, the most obvious question is, "When are you getting married?" Kareena maintains that it is at least two years away. But that didn't stop her from endorsing a line of diamonds specially designed for newly married girls. Without giving away many details, Kareena gave her marriage fundas to the media. Kareena is the new brand ambassador for Gitanjali group.

Saif Ali Khan could not contain the joy of Kareena joining him in the sequel to Race and spilled the beans.

Revealing he has convinced producers to rope in Abbas-Mustan again as directors and Bebo instead of Bips for the second inning of Race, Saif said the new Race would be larger than the previous one.

Well this news surely won’t go down well with the Bengali tigress, who has been slyly written-off the new Race.

We hear Saif was so convinced about the Race magic that he went out of the way to convince the producers to hire Abbas-Mustan again as directors; applauding them for doing a wonderful job on a fast-paced thriller like Race.

Saif also shocked Bipasha by writing her off the Race sequel in favor of his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor. Saif is hoping to make Race 2 bigger and better than the original thriller and has sidelined fuming Bipasha in the name of script demand.

This is not the first time Saif has miffed a reputed actress, his current co-star in Love Aaj Kal Deepika Padukone is also left fuming at Saif who goes on raving about Kareena in all his press meets and promotions for the film. This has irked Deepika to such an extent that she is telling media on how she was the original choice for Love Aaj Kal, director Imtiaz Ali and that she was offered the role before Om Shanti Om happened. Not very professional of Chote Nawaab we say, going around B-Town putting-off leading ladies is surely very ungentlemanly.

By the way, looking at the rate at which Chote Nawab is vexing his leading ladies we feel it won’t be long before he is left with no one else but beloved Bebo to work with

If the latest news is to be believed, the infamous Bollywood love triangle involving Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor will be made into a film. It is said that Spectra Multimedia Films is producing a film tentatively titled The Secret Life of Karina based on the lives of Saif, Kareena and Shahid.

The makers of the film claimed that the film would be made on Rs.20 crores budget. It is inspired by the real life love story of Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, and would be based mostly on the media reports. It will also include the infamous MMS clip showing Shahid and Kareena kissing. Another incident where Kareena snubbed Saif's sister Soha Ali Khan will be there too.

The makers of the film have cleverly twisted the names of the protagonists as Karina, Saifee and Shaheed to avoid controversies. They also revealed that the Saifee's character in the film would be a mix of Salman Khan and Saif's personalities, with traces of Salman's violent love stories with his ex-girlfriends Somi Ali and Aishwarya Rai (now Aishwarya Bachchan).

The cast of the film is yet to be finalised though its makers are ready to start shooting next month. Actress Shradha Sharma was approached for the role but she turned it down. She said that she doesn't want to offend Kareena Kapoor. Moreover, she is uncomfortable with a particular scene where Shaheed has to cut his wrists for the actress.

However, it looks unlikely that the proposed film The Secret Life of Karina will ever see the light of the day, as making plots out of big stars' real life incidents means inviting trouble.

Salman’s spokesperson Alok Mathur said that the production house would get into real trouble if they openly claim that the character is that of Salman. He added that they are using Salman's name to get publicity. Shahid Kapoor’s spokesperson also said that the news hasn't reached Shahid. He added that he would not be bothered by the news, as all they (producers) want is nothing publicity. However, Saif and Kareena were not available for comment.

It may be recalled that Shahid-Kareena were one of the most-talked-about couples in Bollywood at one point of time. They made their affair public from the very start and didn't shy away from showing their affection even in public, which often landed them in trouble. They went on steadily until Saif entered Kareena's life.

What followed was Kareena dumping Shahid, her boyfriend of over four years, for Saif. She fell in love with Saif while shooting for Tashan. Since then, Shahid has been linked with many actresses including Vidya Balan, Amrita Rao and Priyanka Chopra but he has not made any of his relationships public.

Well, Saif-Katrina-Shahid love triangle would surely make a good film, provided the makers of the film get permission from the persons concerned.

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, who has turned producer with his forthcoming film "Love Aaj Kal", says it was Kareena Kapoor who recommended
Saif
Imtiaz Ali as director for his first production venture.
Kareena had worked with Ali in the successful romantic comedy "Jab We Met".

"Kareena highly recommended Imtiaz when I decided to produce a film. At that time 'Jab We Met' hadn't released. So I met him... it was the script and the way he narrated it to me that really impressed me and we decided to make 'Love aaj Kal'," Saif told reporters here.

"I love the way Imtiaz works. He is amazing," he added.

Saif was in the capital Thursday with his co-star Deepika Padukone and Ali to promote the film that is scheduled for July 31 release.

The film also stars yesteryear hit couple Neetu Singh and Rishi Kapoor along with Rahul Khanna and focuses on relationships in two different eras, showing that the experience of being in love remains the same.

Asked why he decided to venture into production, the 38-year-old said: "I decided to turn producer because I wanted to own the work that is done. I wanted to be more creatively involved in a project apart from just acting in it and take the responsibility. Basically, after working in the industry for so many years, I wanted growth."

So did he change in anyway after taking this step?

"Yes, I have become more conscious of small things now after becoming a producer - I became more conscious about small details during shootings like whether an artist is coming on time or not, production plans are working in close coordination with other, et al," Saif said.

The actor, who is co-producing the film with Dinesh Vijan under their banner Illuminati Films, says it is an unconventional move and will appeal to viewers.

" 'Love Aaj Kal' will appeal to people since it has got very genuine dialogues. It has a certain newness and boldness in character. It is unconventional, yet very commercial," he said.

By sabrina on Dec 3, 2008 in Bollywood News, Kareena Kapoor, saif ali khan and tagged Bollywood News, bollywood star kareena and saif, entertainment news, Kareena Kapoor, kareena news, latest news, live, Saif, saif ali khan, saif news

The buzz is that the Chote Nawab and his beloved girlfriend Bebo are planning to move in together. They are set to share the same apartment soon.Well, good for them. After all they love to act like Siamese Twins all the time.Saif and Kareena have been traveling long distances just to be with each other in the middle of their hectic work schedules. They’ve indulged in PDA whenever possible.

Saif has shown off his passionate love by getting his name tattooed on his arm. Now, the pair is planning to take their relationship to another level by living in together.The buzz is that they have bought a flat in Bandra which is being renovated and decorated by Twinkle Khanna. They will move in whenever the apartment is ready.

It’s being said that the live-in relationship is like a prelude to the couple’s marriage, which is likely to happen soon.

Actually Saif wants to marry Bebo as soon as possible. But she wants to concentrate on her flourishing career right now.

Audiences are set to get a feel of their real life passionate romance soon in Karan Johar’s upcoming production to be directed by Rensil D’Silva.

Looks like this is one couple which will never fall out love with each other!

Kareena, Saif and Rani at the wedding of their yoga teachers, Payal Gidwani and Manish Tiwari.

Kareena kapoor and Saif ali khan doing yoga with their instructor Payal Gidwani, she has been teaching yoga to Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Vaibhavi Merchant, Saif Ali Khan and Farah Khan for a while.