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John and Neil shoot in Jail

Neil Nitin Mukesh and his mentor and bade bhaiyya John Abraham are shooting at the same venue for two different films.But they aren't meeting. The interesting part is the two adjacent sets at Nitin Desai's studio in Karjat both represent huge prison sets. While Madhur Bhandarkar is shooting his prison film Jail on one prison set, next-door David Dhawan is shooting scenes in a prison with John Abraham for Hook Ya Crook.Desperate attempts are being made to keep the cast and crew of one separate from the other to ensure there's no creative overlapping or duplicating from one to another.The fact that gym buddies John and Neil aren't fraternizing although they are shooting a breath away from one another is ample proof that the two units have decided to stay away from one another with their respective prison secrets.Innocent jailbird that he is, Neil says from Karjat, "To be honest I have hardly had the chance to meet John here, although we're shooting just a hop and skip away from one another. In all this time maybe we've met just once."

This, after spending all their free time together in Philadelphia when they were shooting for New York, and later in Mumbai where they even gymed together.Lekin bhai, creativity ka sawaal hai.Incidentally Kabir Khan's New York has prison scenes where John is stripped naked and tortured for being a suspected terrorist.Neil too gets into his birthday suit in Jail and is similarly tortured for crimes he hasn't committed in Jail.

With one prison story resembling another without trying, is it any wonder that best buddies John and Neil have decided to stay away from one another and not exchange notes over their prison stories

7Seas Tech to foray into gaming retail

Hyderabad based game developing company, 7Seas Technologies has entered into the game retail market in India with the launch of six popular budgeted casual computer game CD packs.The online and mobile games developer has awarded the exclusive rights to publish and distribute these game CD packs across India to a Hyderabad based company Comprint, which will take the games to leading stores by May 2, 2009."We are launching six casual computer game CD packs in genres including action, sports, kids, fun, puzzle and cricket in the Indian market. India is a price sensitive market and therefore we have priced these packs very competitively. This will also help thwart piracy," said L Maruti Sanker, Managing Director of 7Seas Technologies.The CD packs, each containing 20 games, are priced at Rs99 whereas the whole set is available for Rs399. The games will be available at more than 600 large format retail stores including Landmark, Big Bazaar, Music World, Odyssey and Planet M.Satyanarayana, General Manager, Comprint said, "Comprint is also gearing up to open its own shop-in-shops in leading retail stores such as Big Bazaar. We plan to launch nearly 30 shop-in-shops exclusively for retailing game CDs and DVDs under our brand 'GameX' during this calendar year," he said.

"Our main objective is to attract game enthusiasts who want to play such games on their normal household PCs in the offline mode. These games will suit well for those in rural and semi-urban areas which don't have proper internet facilities," Sanker added

Freida Pinto among world's top 10 sexiest women

"Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto appeared in the chart of world's sexiest women for the first time in the British men's lifestyle magazine FHM.She debuted in at the 10th position in the magazine while singer Cherly Cole topped the list, reports thesun.co.uk.Last month, Pinto was also voted among the top five Hollywood sexiest women by men's magazine Details.The "Girls aloud" beauty Cole, 25, knocked last year's winner, actress Megan Fox, to the second place in FHM sexiest women list. Cole's victory is the first for a Britisher in three years.Other additions to the chart included French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni, who was voted 40th sexiest woman in the world.

John Abraham and the 'Boys in Blue' gear up to play cricket

Cricket Fever has caught on big time thanks to the on-going IPL frenzy and hence it comes as no surprise to see some Bollywood filmmakers cashing in on the popularity of the sport which is almost a religion in India.UTV Motion Pictures' forthcoming film Hook Ya Crook is one such film that has cricket as the backdrop. The film, directed by the David Dhawan, has John Abraham, Genelia D'souza, Kay Kay Menon and Shreyas Talpade in lead roles. The film is set in a prison and revolves around a cricket match played among the inmates.

With David at the helm of things, this one promises to be a complete entertainer. Also it would be interesting to see the fresh pairing of John and Genelia for the first time on the big screen. Majority of the film has been shot at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The supporting cast includes talented actors like Pavan Malhotra, Murli Sharma, Krishna and Sharad Kapoor (who would be seen making a comeback of sorts after a really long time).

John who impressed one and all with his football skills in Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal will showcase his cricket skills this time in Hook Ya Crook. If the buzz is to be believed, then John's good friend and captain of the Indian Cricket Team M.S. Dhoni is also slated to make a guest appearance in this film. With such an impressive star cast and an interesting premise, Hook Ya Crook is certainly among the most awaited films of this year

Himesh to play a radio jockey in his next film - Radio

Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Himesh Reshammiya, who was last seen in the box office dud "Karzzzz", has now started attending acting workshops before beginning to shoot for his films. The composer-turned-singer-turned-actor says he is doing so to grasp the essence of his character and perform with ease.

"Yes, the character of Vivan that I play in 'Radio' is such that I thought of doing some serious workshops with theatre actors. I'm feeling on top of the world to perform in front of the camera now. The workshop has helped me loosen up further," said Reshammiya who debuted as an actor with "Aap Ka Surroor".

In "Radio", Reshammiya plays a radio jockey. To be produced by Ravi Agarwal, "Radio" would be directed by Isshaan Trivedi, who made "7 1/2 Phere" with Irrfan Khan and Juhi Chawla four years back and is ready with Jimmy Sheirgill-Arbaaz Khan-Nauheed Cyrusi starrer "Bachelor Party".

This is not the first time though that Reshammiya has indulged in attending a workshop. Even for Studio 18's "Ishk Unplugged", which is directed by Swapna Joshi, he had attended a workshop before actual shoot.

"Henceforth, I will be doing workshops for every film, like I did for 'Ishk Unplugged' and the one I'm doing for 'Radio'. I have completed the shooting of 'Ishk Unplugged' in a 65 day nonstop schedule and now realise how much the workshops have helped," said Reshammiya.

A source close to Reshammiya added: "Isshaan is giving a realistic touch to 'Radio' which is basically a romantic comedy. Since the film doesn't require any pretence, Himesh was sure that he wanted to be a part of some serious workshops. He is dead serious about his career as an actor and is giving it his all to get his future films going."

Himesh Reshammiya may have suffered a jolt after Karzzzz but let aside a momentary time period that saw him keeping a low profile, he has hardly withdrawn from the scene. Soon after finishing a major portion of John Mathew Mathan's A Love Issshtory, he is ready to move on to his next project which is interesting titled Radio. In the film, Himesh would be playing a radio jockey.To be produced by Ravi Agarwal, the film would be directed by Isshaan Trivedi, the young filmmaker who made 7 1/2 Phere [Irrfan Khan, Juhi Chawla] four years back and is ready with Jimmy Sheirgill-Arbaaz Khan-Nauheed Cyrusi starrer Bachelor Party.Confirms Himesh Reshammiya, "Yes, I have signed the film with Isshaan Trivedi. The film is a romantic comedy and would bear a realistic touch."Beginning 25th May, Radio would embark on a non-stop 60 days schedule. A song recording, which would be held today, would mark the film's launch. Interestingly, while Isshaan's last release was centred on a TV (the film had a sting operation as an undercurrent theme), Radio, as the name suggests, has a radio being an integral part of the film."These are actually interesting times for me", exclaims Himesh who has been donning a new look for his fresh bunch of projects, "After completing Studio 18's Ishk Unplugged (directed by Swapna Joshi and written by Subrat Sinha) in a 65 days non-stop schedule, I am moving on to another non-stop schedule for Ravi Agarwal's Radio. I am enjoying every moment."

Meanwhile, his other under production films too are making brisk progress.Says a trade insider, "There should be four Himesh Reshammiya releases in next 12 months. Other than Ishk Unplugged and Radio, he also has A Love Issshtory and Kajraare in the line up. Contrary to the reports that Kajraare has been shelved, that is hardly the case. In fact Himesh leaves for Devigad on 25th April for the last schedule of this Pooja Bhatt film. Moreover, for John Mathew's A Love Issshtory, Himesh has completed the talkie portion with only songs being left to be shot."On his part, Himesh promises that it is going to be a great outing ahead not just for him but also the entire film industry which is reeling under dozens of box office disasters being churned out month after month. A source adds, "Super-confident of his films, he truly believes that recession in the film industry will end with releases of these films."

Prakash Jha gets arrested

Elections are just around the corner and the media houses and corporates are going all out to enhance the general voter awareness. However, even with this hi intensity media barrage, there are some who mend their way the other side to win. If the recent report is anything to go by, then filmmaker and Lok Janshakti Party candidate from West Champaran seat, Prakash Jha, was recently arrested after police raided his guest house allegedly seizing Rs 10.25 lakhs following some reports that he was apparently distributing money among voters.

The bust was made as West Champaran Superintendent of Police - K S Anupam led a team of local police and central paramilitary forces in a raid at Jha's guest house around midnight where the said sum was recovered and 29 people where arrested, including the filmmaker. They were, however, later let off on furnishing personal bonds, official sources said on Wednesday.Prakash Jha, however, denied that the money was meant for distribution among the voters and said that it was meant to be paid to the labourers and other employees of the factory he is building.At the same time the filmmaker accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi of acting with vendetta against him to sully his image.

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