Not many know this, but the actress has a long-standing association with Sajid Khan. In fact, Asin was approached for the first installment of the movie, ‘Housefull’. But unfortunately the actor could not accommodate the movie due to date issues.

“Despite not being able to accommodate dates for the film, director Sajid Khan was keen for Asin to do the hit dance number ‘Dhanno’ from the same movie. But that too didn’t work out as she was busy with another film. That’s when Jacqueline Fernandez was roped in for the same,” says a source.

However, when the team of ‘Housefull’ decided to make a sequel to the super hit flick, Asin was roped in for the movie and this time around, they found the perfect opportunity to work together.

The actor will be seen sharing screen space with a stellar star-cast of Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani and Zarine Khan among others.

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According to a leading daily, initially Kareena Kapoor was chosen for the role, but after she opted out of the film, Kangana has been finalised for the same. Even earlier Kangana played a crucial role in the first part of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, where she played the role of actress-girlfriend of Ajay Devgn’s mafiosi Sultan Mirza.

When contacted Tanuj Garg, CEO of Ekta’s production house, he told that they are yet to lock the final script after which they will be focusing on casting the actresses for the film.

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Though Sunny is not yet finalised for the item number, but an elated Sunny is currently very excited about her Bollywood debut Jism 2. Sunny tweeted, “For everyone asking! The first time you are going to see me on the big screen in India is going to be for @jism2 ONLY!!!(sic).”

She also warned all, “Everything else you hear in the news is not true. I am going to make my debut with @jism2 ONLY!!!! I LOVE @jism2(sic).” Though Jism 2 release is still a long way to go, Sunny seems to be extremely happy even with the thought of it.

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According to the survey, the youth aged between 15-24 years have chosen Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan as their Top 3 icons. Other budding stars like Virat Kohli, Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan have failed to make to the top ten list of youth icons.

However, the average age of the top 3 icons in the survey conducted by Brand Equity is 43 years, but Sachin, Shahrukh and Salman are seen as trendsetters in their profession. They are considered as the inspiring role models, have a great style quotient and are evidently convincing brand ambassadors for brands they endorse.

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We hear that when Deepika Padukone entered the venue at the Grand Hyatt, Siddharth Mallya was already in and enjoying a photoshoot backstage. After spotting Siddharth, Deepika chose to avoid him.

Siddharth, too, when he came to know of Deepika’s presence at the award function, made no effort to even exchange a pleasantry such as a casual “hi” or “hello” or “hey! there…how’re you” with Deepika Padukone.

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In fact, when asked by a news channel, Siddharth confirmed that he was single and he refused to talk anything about Deepika.

“I am single. You don’t go looking for love. It happens,” Sid said.

Deepika Padukone, on the other hand, rubbed it in by saying that she’s happy to be doing a romantic film with Ranbir Kapoor, another of her exes.

“I am just happy to be doing an Ayaan Mukherjee film with Ranbir, that too a romantic one, it could not get better than that,” she said.

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A UTV Motion Pictures’ project, the quirky film is expected to go on floors in August and will be directed by Rajkumar Gupta, who worked with Vidya in No One Killed Jessica. Gupta, who claims Ghanchakkar is one of his best projects till date, says a lot of thought went behind casting the two actors in the movie.

“As a director, you always visualise certain actors for the roles and if you are not required to compromise on the casting; you have won half the battle,” said Gupta.

“This is the first time I am going to be working with Emraan, who, I think, will do complete justice to the role… and this is the first time the audiences will see him essay a role of an eccentric man.

“Having worked with Vidya before, she was definitely my first choice for the role. It’ll be a delight to get her to work in an entirely new genre in a totally different avatar and in a quirky, mad, out-of-the-box role. The two leads and the crackling chemistry between them will take the viewers on a laughter ride,” he added.

Ghanchakkar tells the story of Sanju (Emraan), an ex-conman who is laid back and has a taste for finer things in life. The problem is his ambitious wife (played by Vidya). Vidya and Emraan are excited about being paired again after The Dirty Picture.

“As an actor, all you want to do is reach out to the audiences with diverse yet entertaining roles. Having said that, the story, the director, the co-actors, producer, play an extremely critical role while selecting a film. With Ghanchakkar, it all just fell in place,” said Vidya.

“When you have worked with an actor before, there is a certain amount of comfort that is brought to the table. Emraan is a brilliant co-star and together we hope to rock it,” she added.

Emraan said: “I jumped on board when Rajkumar offered it to me. It’s a brilliant story factoring all the essential components – comedy, thrilling, edgy and entertaining, which is sure to connect with the audiences. It is undoubtedly going to be a challenging role for me, something that I haven’t attempted before.

“And now to add to the excitement, me and Vidya will be seen on screen together again and am sure, under Rajkumar’s apt direction, we will recreate the magic on screen.”

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Tasleema Nasreen Tweets : “Poonam Pandey got naked but not satisfied. She wanna do dirtiest things none did before. Wants to get f****d in public!”

This is one of the most violent attacks on the model. Meanwhile, Poonam was unavailable for comment.

Poonam Pandey knows how to grab the eyeballs, either with her tall claims or by posting some semi-nude pictures. The wannabe model never ceases to treat (well…more like titillate) her fans with her saucy pictures.

Poonam Pandey is the latest internet queen whose svelte figure and sensuous looks make Indian men go gaga over her.

Poonam left the nation stunned with her bold stripping acts and has definitely gone the Hollywood’s way.

She has produced series of raunchy videos and pictures of herself posing in skimpy bikinis and single-piece swimsuits.

Poonam’s such controversial acts earned her innumerable fans.

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