Vidya, Farhan pair-up for ‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’

After the latest hits, Vidya Balan is on great demand. She has signed film opposite Farhan Akhar titled, ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’. This is a sequel to Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose’s film, ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’
 Producer Pritish Nandy adds, "SKSE begins where PKSE ends. Except the lead pair, everyone including director Saket Choudhary and music director Pritam remain. SKSE is a funny, clever, wild film full of the fascinating ways love works before and after marriage. PKSE had four songs that became very popular, and the story had very strong connectivity with the audience, so we decided to make a sequel. Unfortunately, it a took a while in writing. Saket is a brilliant director but a slow writer!"
 Talking about the unusual casting of Vidya and Farhan, Nandy says, "We make cinema that is big and also intelligent. Farhan is one of the most intelligent actors today. He and Vidya are two of the biggest stars of 2011. It will instantly make my film topical. Both of them loved the script immediately."
 Farhan says, "SKSE is a departure from my earlier work as an actor. It's a romantic comedy — a genre I haven't done yet — so it promises to be a new experience. Saket has written a funny yet moving story about simple things that everyone can relate to. Also, I look forward to working with Vidya."
 Vidya says, "I loved Pyaar Ke Side Effects, and SKSE is the story of what happens to a man and a woman after they become husband and wife. It begins where every romcom ends. Saket's observation of relationships is simple and that makes it naturally and perhaps sometimes even unintentionally funny, mad and sexy. It's the first time that Farhan and I will be working together. He's so real that everything about our situation in SKSE would seem believable.''

Sonam Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar On the Cover/Scans of HT Brunch – March/May 2012

New Still of Farhan Akhtar from ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’

Check out Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh

Farhan Akhtar has done it. Managed to metamorphose into Milkha Singh for the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, that is. And the resemblance is uncanny.

But Akhtar’s preparation for the role was not limited to just looking the part. He studied pictures and videos of the world famous athlete to get the body language right. He even met Singh’s trainer Havaldar Gurdev Singh to take notes on how he trained the Flying Sikh.

Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is Farhan’s first biopic. An insider reveals, “He was quite nervous because Milkha is a legendary sportsman. He had to imbibe everything, from his look to his body language. Over the past year-and-a-half, Farhan has been training rigorously for the role.”

Since Akhtar has a high metabolism rate and tends to lose weight quickly, he had to workout every single day to maintain the physique he has built for the film. In fact, when the crew was shooting in the town of Firozpur in Punjab, a gym was kept open 24×7 so he could use it whenever the time permitted.

Interestingly, the gym owner’s mother — who is a huge fan of the athlete — was astounded by Akhtar’s resemblance to Milkha. Says Mehra, “Farhan has transformed himself. When you see him, you can only see Milkha Singh.”

Sonam Kapoor & Farhan Akhtar On The Cover Of Ht Brunch