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Hear ’em out! WORLD people assume that I will take on the mantle of a producer too. Honestly speaking, I don’t have a head for figures... Nor RAP do I wish to get into the nitty- gritty of production. I’d much rather continue with acting. Akshaye Khanna Trade buzz has it that you have been signed by Subhash Ghai for his home produc- tion Homeland which means one more multi-starrer for you? Yes, Subhash Ghai and I have met and discussed things but nothing has been confi- Anil Kapoor rmed yet. There’s no signed Rumours doing the rounds and sealed document for us to are that Rani Mukherjee talk about. As for doing a mul- Ticket trouble for Aguilera-Timberlake! and you are having a clan- ti-starrer, what’s wrong with he Stripped And Justified tour of pop the US/ Canadian border resulting in insuf- destine romance. Is this a it? Also, instead of asking me heavyweights Justin Timberlake and ficient set-up time for the tour’s extensive publicity gimmick for why I’m doing a multi-star- T Christina Aguilera is being forced to scale production,’’ but Chicago radio station Kiss Calcutta Mail? rer, why don’t you ask down its venue sizes because promoters 103.5FM claims many seats were unsold. Are people really talk- Subhash Ghai why he’s are struggling to sell tickets. Promoters The station said at the time, ‘‘The 45-city ing about this? But it suits making one? I am do- Concerts West are looking for ‘‘more inti- tour, already knocked down from 60 cities, me since you can’t hide love ing films I want to, ir- mate’’ venues, although they deny this. The may have to be moved to even smaller ven- for long. Jokes aside, get real. respective of how many opening gig in Vancouver, Canada, was of- ues due to lacklustre I am an actor and I realise the actors are in it. (Filmfare Online) ficially called off because of ‘‘long delays at ticket sales.’’ importance of a friendly en- vironment on the sets. My re- lationship with all my co- stars is healthy. But I’m not looking at an affair with any- one. As for a publicity gim- mick, nothing works at the box-office but a good movie. Sonali Bendre Is it true that you’ll be get- ting into film production soon? Everyone’s been asking me this. Just because Goldie has a production house and many other actresses are get- ting into film production,

The other side of Crowe! ollywood star Russell HCrowe was partying at Sydney’s swanky W Hotel with local rugby team the Rabbitoh’s when the group decided to go on a rampage. A hotel source explains, ‘‘He came with a football to start a game. He was

smashed against the wall in one tackle. A game of crick- et also started after the fur- niture was removed and a table leg was used as a bat.’’ By the time Russell and his pals retired at 3 am, the ac- tor had racked up a food and drinks bill of $10,500 and damage costing the same amount — but the star was happy to pay, and even in- cluded generous tips for staff totalling $3,000.

Watch out for Vikram Bhatt! he Bhatts’ blue-eyed T boy Vikram is on a roll. If everything goes as planned, Vikram will have not one, but three big re- leases in a row. Coming soon this year will be Footpath (starring Aftab

Shivdasani and ); while Intehaa will have newcomers Asmit Patel (Amisha’s brother), Nauheed Cyrusi and Vidya; and Aitbaar has Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu. All the above films are scheduled to release one after another.

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