Kareena chooses Punit's film over Bhansali's: TOI Report

When Kareena had signed Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Ram Leela', both parties seemed to be extremely excited about it. They had waited to work with each other for 13 long years and it had finally happened...
It is therefore difficult to imagine what went wrong as Kareena seems to have walked out of this very special project.
There is news that she will be working with Punit Malhotra in his next film after 'I Hate Luv Stories'. This will be under Karan Johar's Dharma productions.
Kareena's business manager Zahid said to TOI,
"We thought it was better to do three films in 150 days than just get stuck with one."
 Earlier the actress had revealed that she had signed a couple of big banner projects. We learnt that the Karan Johar production is one of them.
Well, what we are wondering is, what could the reason be for the actress to let go of the Bhansali film when she was waiting for such an opportunity for so many years? Surely it can't be only a monetary one?

A married heroine can't be Juliet: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

In talks with TOI, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sources finally break the silence on what actually went wrong between Kareena and the magnum opus director who waited 13 long years to work with each other.
"While Kareena says she played runaway bride from Ram Leela, the director maintains he called off the deal with her because the Juliet of his film can't be a married heroine
Aishwarya Rai couldn't be Heroine because she was pregnant. And Kareena, who is Heroine, can't be Leela in Bhansali's Ram Leela because she's getting married. While the actress said she had walked out from the Gujarati adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the filmmaker says he was the one to take the call not to work with her for this project.
"A Juliet no matter how far removed from Shakespeare's original vision of her cannot be a married woman. With images of her wedding festivities flashing all over, it would have been impossible for Kareena to pass herself as a Gujju Juliet despite her great talent," a source close to Bhansali said.
Initial mutual excitement over finally working together dissolved into doubts and misgivings because, the source added, Kareena was not being clear about her wedding dates. "Sanjay holds no grudge against the actress although she was less than honest with him about her wedding plans," the source said.
To start with, the announcement of her wedding came as a bolt from the blue to the director. "It threw up a series of frightening scenarios. Kareena would, understandably, get busy with pre-wedding and post-wedding events. In the midst of her wedding in October, Kareena also needed at least a month to promote Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine which releases a month ahead of her wedding date."
"The parting was anything but acrimonious. Sanjay was surprised to read on Monday morning that Kareena had 'walked out' of Ram Leela. The truth is, this was building up for a long time. And money was the least of the problems. Sanjay was extremely keen to work with Kareena. He thinks she is an exceptional actress."
According to this source, it was too early to decide who would step into Kareena Kapoor's sharp stilettos. A friend of Sanjay's, requesting anonymity, said, "It isn't easy to find a replacement for Kareena. Sanjay isn't even trying. He is now looking for a completely new Leela."
This is the third time Bhansali and Kareena have come 'this' close to working with each other. She was earlier offered Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas - both of which eventually starred Aishwarya."
So what do you guys think? After pregnancy, is marriage also seen as a handicap?

Kareena won't convert to Islam, to marry Saif Ali Khan

Kareena though has decided to wear her mother in law Sharara during her wedding day but seems like she won’t be following her footsteps in terms of changing her religion to Islam.
 Sharmila Tagore who was a Hindu-Bengali girl converted to Islam for her marriage to Mansoor Ali Khan and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. But Kareena will not be changing her religion in order to marry her long time boyfriend Saif Ali Khan.
Saif has recently admitted to Hindustan Times :
 "I would never want her (Kareena) to change her religion. That is the trouble with religion really... it expects conversion. I don't buy or believe that. I think it's good that the government, too, has - unless I'm misinformed about the law amended to include it in the Special Marriage Act. If and when we do get married, no one has to change his or her religion."
Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan (with Suzanne Khan), Fardeen Feroz Khan (with Natasha Madhvani) and Aamir Khan (with Kiran Rao) kept their and their spouses' respective religions and got married by a civil wedding, and it is an admirable act.

Top 10 Saddest Break-ups in Bollywood: No. 3: Shahid Kapur & Kareena Kapoor

This was one of the most popular relationships, when it was going on and even when it wasn’t. These young Kap(u)oors were the talk of the town what with their mms scandal and inseparable appearances. They were one of the stable couples and had been going out for 3-4 years. Their sudden break-up came as a shock to everybody. Nobody knows the clear reason but if rumours are to be believed, Kareena’s closeness with saif during the filming of Tashan led to their break-up. We would’ve loved to see them together but fate had other plans and Kareena is now busy making wedding preps with Saif.

Kareena to wear Sharmila’s bridal attire on her wedding

Bollywood is geared up for the next big fat royal wedding of Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan which is slated to take place on October 16. Many hullabaloo surrounding Saif and Bebo’s wedding but the duo is silent on the entire affair and making arrangement silently. Everyone might be wondering what Kareena is going to wear on her D-day and who will design her lavish bridal attire but the fact unveiled that Kareena Kapoor will wear Sharmila Tagore’s 43 years old sharara (wedding dress) on her wedding.
The interesting fact is that Kareena will wear the dress without any alteration as confirmed by Sharmila Tagore. Kareena’s favorite designer Manish Malhotra who designed Karisma’s wedding dress will put together Bebo’s entire wedding trousseau.

Kareena has been on shopping spree for her wedding and as per report, she has ordered traditional necklace Rajkot based Kruti jewelers worth Rs 40 lakhs.
Sharmila and Soha Ali Khan confirmed Saif and Bebo's wedding date but the bride and the groom are not yet open about their wedding details. They are engrossed in their professional commitments.
They will have a registered wedding at the Pataudi’s palace and the same day in the evening a grand reception with be thrown for all.

Top 10 Saddest Break-ups in Bollywood: No. 9: Saif Ali Khan & Amrita Singh

Saif married Amrita Singh, 5 years his senior in a secret ceremony and dropped the bomb on his parents only later. This odd relationship was talked about initially but not for long when people saw them happily married with 2 kids in tow. But who knew this happy couple would head for splitsville after a few years. Saif has since moved on to a stable relationship with Kareena while Amrita is just another has-been actor and an ex-wife, who we truly feel sad for.

First Look! ‘Raunchy’ Kareena Kapoor’s Halkat Jawani Curves

Kareena Kapoor has joined the ever growing brigade of item girls! Here’s the first look of the star in the song Halkat Jawani from the film Heroine. No more size zero, Bebo is flaunting her curves. Director Madhur Bhandarkar shared the first look and tweeted: ‘Scintillating & beautiful Kareena in her HalkatJawani look on the sets of Heroine.’
According to reports, Kareena followed a special diet for weeks to get those perfect curves. Kareena seems to have lost a lot of flab around her waist for the song (compared to her last appearance in the Agent Vinod mujra ‘Dil Mera Muft Ka’).
Halkat Jawani is sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. Her costume has been designed by favourite designer Manish Malhotra. Dressed in a fuschia sari and black choli, Kareena’s look reminds us of Katrina Kaif’s turn in Chikni Chameli.

HEROINE Kareena Kapoor gets ready for item song 'Halkat Jawani'

Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor is all gearing up for her much talked about item number 'Halkat Jawani' in her upcoming film HEROINE.
Director Madhur Bhandarkar posted a picture of Bebo on the social networking site, "My 'Heroine' Kareena gearing up for Halkat Jawani."
It's a picture taken in the dressing room and Kareena is spotted applying eye make-up. The actress is looking ravishing and one is surely waiting for a glance at her 'lavani' look in the song.

Helen and Kareena on the sets of Heroine

Emraan and Kareena in Karan’s next??

Karan Johar’s next flick might see Kareena Kapoor opposite Emraan Harshmi. However, all details about the film are kept under wraps. With Emraan giving back-to-back hits, Bebo is eagerly looking forward to working with him.
It is heard that, Hashmi has already signed his first flick with the Karan camp and is fast becoming a favorite of many producers, including Karan johar.
If buzz is to be believed, Kareena is reworking on her dates just so that she gets to work with Emraan.
Says a source, “As Kareena and Emraan are a very fresh pair, she’s very keen on working with him. She is excited to be part of the Karan film.”

“My film is not titled ‘Ram Leela’” : Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is quite pumped about his new film with Kareena Kapoor and Ranveer Singh.
The Director clarifies that his film is not titled ‘Ram Leela’. He adds that the film is a full on masala entertainer and would have 11 songs.The director is looking forward to working with both Kareena and Ranveer for the first time. He’s really looking forward to working with Bebo and says, “We have wanted to work together for a while and I am immensely excited. We met for the first time around the release of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). She was working on her debut, Refugee (2000), then. So, we’ve been constantly thinking and talking to each other. I’m happy that this has finally worked out now,”
Bhansali is all praises for Ranveer too. “He is a great guy to work with. Plus, with 11 songs and great locales, I feel the chemistry between Ranveer and Kareena is going to rock,” Bhansali adds.

Kareena Kapoor Smokes for Heroine.

Actress Kareena Kapoor is seen smoking and holding a glass of drink while shooting for her upcoming film HEROINE. Madhur Bhandarkar and Karisma Kapoor were also snapped on the sets of the film.

Kareena and Ranveer in Bhansali's Ram Leela

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has pulled off a casting coup by pairing Bollywood's top most actress Kareena Kapoor with new gen star Ranveer Singh in his next directorial venture Ram Leela.
 Kareena, who has worked with almost all the top most directors in her career span, will be working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the first time. She is very excited to work with him because according to her, every actor wants to work with Sanjay at least once.
 Kareena is also looking forward to work with Ranveer Singh. She will start shooting for the film after she is done with Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine.
 Ram Leela is reportedly an Indian take of Shakespearean classic 'Romeo And Juliet' which will be shot in the interiors of Gujarat.

Kareena-Ranbir say YES to Zoya Akhtar’s next!

After a lot of coaxing from many film makers, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor have finally decided to do a film together for Zoya Akhtar.
The Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara director has successfully managed to convince the actors. Now, RK and Bebo will share the scree as brother-sister in Zoya’s next film.
According to a source, “Both Ranbir and Kareena were always aware that they couldn’t pair romantically for any film. So for them to come together for any project, it needed to have an extraordinary script. Zoya narrated the idea to Kareena while she was shooting for Talaash. Kareena immediately loved it. Ranbir too has given it his consent. The film will now go on floors by the end of this year,” said the source.
It is heard that the film portrays a brother-sister relationship.
 “Zoya will be reviving the brother-sister relationship genre. And she has now managed to cast real life siblings Ranbir and Kareena for it,” added the source.

Kareena Kapoor On April 2012 Seventy MM Magazine - Full Cover/Scans

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Kareena's New still from Heroine

Kareena Kapoor as queen Arundhati in the Hindi remake of Telugu hit ‘Arundhati’

“I am excited to do this that had importance for the female character.” - Kareena Kapoor
She is already shooting for a challenging role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s film Heroine, and now Kareena Kapoor has bagged the role of queen Arundhati in the Hindi remake of 2009 Telugu blockbuster Arundhati.
The Telugu Arundhati was one of its kind women-centric film set in the ancient times with awe-inspiring graphics and technology. It was also Telugu cinema’s biggest blockbuster. The movie’s super success made Anushka Shetty the top heroine of Telugu films.
It’s said that many top actresses like Katrina Kaif and Rani Mukherjee were in the race to essay the role of queen Arundhati who kills a devil played by Sonu Sood, but the role has finally gone to Kareena Kapoor. In fact, Sonu Sood will play the villain in the Hindi version as well. Gemini Film Circuit has acquired the Hindi remake rights of the film Arundhati and wants to give the same grand feel to the Bollywood version.
Speaking about the role, Kareena Kapoor says, “I am excited to do this that had importance for the female character.” Arundhati is an action thriller with a few gory scenes as well. Anushka Shetty excelled in the character of Arundhati which got her Filmfare Best Actress Award of the year, and also won praises galore.
So not only our Bollywood actors are keen on starring in South remakes, our actresses too have shown their inclination. Arundhati was a blockbuster; will the Hindi remake do justice to the original? When it comes to Kareena Kapoor, we are sure she will look beautiful as the fierce queen on big screen

Kareena Kapoor on the sets of Heroine

Salman Khan to gift Kareena Kapoor a BMW for being a part of Dabangg 2

Recently news has been floating around the internet that Actor Salman Khan will gave Kareena Kapoor a "gift" for doing the item song in Dabangg 2. As Kareena is extremely fond of the Khans she has decided to do the song  for free  in the movie and hence why the Khan family decided to gift something to Kareena.

Top 10 Bollywood: CAT FIGHTS: Number 7: Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra

Actors Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor have never been on good terms with each other. Only recently, the two got into a fight when Priyanka Chopra while practising for an award function performance was delayed and ate into Kareena's practice time, who in turn threatened to walk out. Actor Shah Rukh Kha, who was also on the sets, helped peace prevail between the two.

Katrina stepped into the limelight the two had been vying for the top spot. There were also rumours that Rani and Abhishek were dating each other for a while.
Kareena and Priyanka once shared a good equation but all that became a thing of the past when Bebo became Shahid's ex and Priyanka his present. In some projects Kareena was also rumoured to have stepped into Priyanka's shoes which did not go down too well with Piggy Chops.