Shahid Kapoor’s butt exposed!

Shahid Kapoor needs to wear bum bags to make his rear look in shape. Shahid, who has worked on achieving a good physique, was still not very confident about his butt. So, in order to make his hips look nice and round, he wears a bum bag, which is a small pouch like thing secured with a zipper and is worn at the waist.

Shahid has been wearing bum bags since his first film in 2003. While he doesn’t wear these at home, he needs to wear them during film shoots because he is afraid his near-flat butt will look bad. Guess everyone has their own little quirks!

‘Dil Bole Hadippa!’ a huge let down

Film: “Dil Bole Hadippa!”

Cast: Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Poonam Dhillon, Rakhi Sawant, Sheryln Chopra; Director: Anuraag Singh

Somewhere down the line in this mish-mash of “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, “Chak De” and what have you, Shahid Kapoor, looking as intense as a man who has just discovered he has acute molar ache, scowls at Rani and says, “You should be an actress in films”.

Actress she is. And a highly competent one. Rani has worked really hard on getting the Sardar-ji’s act together. At times she’s quite funny and poignant. But her attempts go waste in a film that seems to move in a rudderless stupor.

Rani is sorely let down in her made-to-order vehicle by a script that’s as phony and pasted-on as the moustache she pastes on to infiltrate the all-boy’s cricket team helmed by a Britain-returned dude from a broken family.

Shahid’s dad Anupam Kher lives in Amritsar, while his mom, Poonam Dhillon, lives in London.

Backgrounds are not very high in the list of this messy and annoying mishmash about cross-dressing and sporting spirit. While Shahid’s character we know is from a broken home, only god and the scripwriter know where Rani’s character Veera/Veer comes from.

While Hillary Swank, as a girl dressed as a guy, got the Oscar for “Boys Don’t Cry”, Rani misses her award-winning turn by a wide margin, thanks to a script that meanders like a bumbling bumblebee which doesn’t know whom to sting.

The story of the spirited girl’s sprint into a men’s game and into the coach’s heart lacks bite and humour. The dialogues are ultra-pedestrian, some of the exchanges between the rustic Rani and the posh Shahid shamelessly taken from “Jab We Met”.

What were the makers of this film thinking? Not much, as we can easily see in the slithering progression of the material and dismaying lack of motivation. After the interval, the wobbly narration just collapses in a tired heap, with scenes in a nautanki featuring Rakhi Sawant plunging to the bottom-most rung of mediocrity.

The climactic cricket match between India and Pakistan is as exciting as watching “Kaminey” with the soundtrack turned off. In “Dil Bole Hadippa!”, the soundtrack is so loud it drowns any finer point that the narration may possess.

Don’t waste your time looking for silver linings in this dreadful cricket film. Someone said cricket is a game played by 12 fools and watched by 12,000 fools. No we know what he meant.

Shahid Rani Sweat it out with Salman!

If Rani lost weight for Dil Bole Hadippa, then the even more professional Shahid Kapoor built his muscles for Kaminey. And while at it, Shahid jokes, and says on Salman’s Dus Ka Dum, “I did three four other films to use the good physique to the maximum.”

But Salman, who appreciates everybody who takes care of their physical health, advised him, “Never let go of this good habit!” and turning around to Rani advised: “You better watch out too. For if you give up now you will spread sideways! If we don’t like what we see in the mirror, how will the audience?” Valid point.

Shahid’s Kaminey dreams about Madhuri Dixit!

Shahid Kapoor is still dazzled by Madhuri Dixit. The Kaminey actor, who was on Farah Khan’s show, Tere Mere Beach Mein recently, was asked which actress he would like to pick for his dream project and the reply was instant– Madhuri.

He also wants to cast Amitabh Bachchan as one of the actors. The film would be set in the 70s and would be directed by Nasser Hussain and will have Ranjit playing the villain. Shahid would love to flirt with all the heroines and he’d even get the time to, as there were no mobile phones back then.

He also joked that he would ask for a longer lunch break to be able to flirt for a longer time. Especially with Madhuri. Now, isn’t someone very impressed by Mads?

Nationalism is my religion, says Salman Khan

Bollywood actor Salman Khan showed his patriotic side Wednesday when he encouraged Delhiites to unite and work towards the betterment of the country.

“I am an Indian. Nationalism is my religion. We want responsible citizens who think about India first,” said Salman while addressing a gathering at Vijay Chowk at an event organised by Zee News as part of their India First campaign.

“We should unite and do everything for the betterment of our country,” added the actor who has three releases lined up. He will be first seen in “Wanted”, followed by “Main Aur Mrs. Khanna” and “London Dreams”.

India First campaign has also garnered support from noted personalities like Baichung Bhutia, Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Suniel Shetty and many more in the past.

When Shahid sat jobless at home for six months

The success of “Kaminey” has catapulted him into the big league, but actor Shahid Kapoor says he sat at home for six months without any work after his box office hit “Vivaah” in 2006.

“The most difficult phase was after ‘Vivaah’ was a super hit. I was at home for six months without work. I got some 60 film offers but none inspired me,” Shahid told choreographer-director Farah Khan on STAR Plus’ chat show “Tere Mere Beach Mein”.

On the show, the actor spoke of losing his confidence after a spate of failures following his debut “Ishq Vishk”.

He even shared how apprehensive and nervous he was when he had begun shooting for “Vivaah”, but gained a little confidence after director Sooraj Barjatya gave him a pep talk saying: “There’s only one thing that can take you ahead and that’s talent and you have that in you!”

“I was unconvinced and gave one shot, then I saw it on the monitor and I said, ‘I’ve given a perfect shot…I know my work.’ After that I used to just focus on my work.”

The episode featuring Shahid will be aired Saturday at 9 p.m.

Shahid Kapoor breaks into Top 5!

The newly tagged superstar of Bollywood, Shahid Kapoor has arrived with the resounding success of Kaminey. But the cherry on the cake is that this is his 4 consecutive hit in the last 2 years, making him one of the most bankable stars in the current times. With an unbeatable track record of 2 super hits, 1 average hit and now a blockbuster hit, the actor who not too long ago spoke about how much he admired his seniors is now being hailed as one of them, and this at the age of just 28!

The hits started with Suraj Barjatya’s Vivah which was hailed as a super hit, followed by a average performance of Tips’ Kismet Konnection, post which came the super hit Jab We Met and he tops it up with the biggest super hit of his career, Kaminey.

“Shahid is rather shy about the superstar tag that he has been given since Kaminey’s success and believes its more important to constantly be doing good work and surprising his audiences,” says a friend of Shahid Kapoor.

Shahid fears over-exposure with back-to-back releases!

‘Kaminey’ is a good success, critically as well as commercially, and now all of a sudden Shahid Kapoor finds himself in the super big league. While the Khans (Shah Rukh, Aamir, Salman) have been dominating from the top along with Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan, the success of ‘Kaminey’ means that both Shahid Kapoor, as well as Saif Ali Khan are both making the Top-5 actors uncomfortable.

As this Vishal Bharadwaj film continues to fetch audiences and reactions for itself in it’s second week, Shahid Kapoor looks forward to the release of two more films before the end of year. These are ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ opposite Rani Mukherjee and ‘Chance Pe Dance’ opposite Genelia D’Souza. Isn’t it too much happening all on one go?

“Yes, it is actually quite a lot”, agrees Shahid who is currently also shooting for Yash Raj Films’ next which has Parmeet Sethi as the director and Anushka Sharma as his co-star, “Usually I have had one release a year. Last year I had just ‘Kismat Konnection’. However, 2009 has been a busy year.”

He understands though that over exposure is a twin edged sword.

“Yeah, I know that three releases in succession could work out both ways”, he smiles, “‘Kaminey’ has started the year well for me and I would want the momentum to work to continue. I am happy thought that thankfully each of my three films, whether ‘Kaminey’, ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ or ‘Chance Pe Dance’, are extremely different movies. If at all they were similar films then it would have been a disaster for me.”

He is also enjoying working with variety of co-stars in each of his films. While ‘Kaminey’ had one of the top female actors of today, Priyanka Chopra, ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ sees Rani Mukherjee making a comeback of sorts. And then in ‘Chance Pe Dance’, he has upcoming Genelia D’Souza who incidentally replaced Jiah Khan in this Ken Ghosh directed film.

“Due to fresh casting, it only makes these projects further interesting”, says Shahid, “I have not worked with any of my female co-stars before, so for me too it was a new experience shooting with them for these films.”

He laments the fact that producers’ strike did play a major role in a sudden rush of releases.

“Everyone in the industry faced the heat due to this. ‘Kaminey’ was supposed to arrive at least a couple of months back, but due to the strike, we had to move ahead. At the end of the day I am an actor, and the producers and distributors decide which film of mine releases in what order and frequency. ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ and then ‘Chance Pe Dance’ are now coming in succession though from year 2010 on, I guess it would be a sane state for me with at maximum a couple of releases a year”, concludes Shahid hopefully.

I can never be like my father: Shahid Kapoor

He has bagged kudos for his outstanding performance in the latest hit “Kaminey”, but Shahid Kapoor says he can never match his father Pankaj Kapoor when it comes to acting.

“I can never be like my father (in terms of acting)…he is way beyond anyone to be like him. I don’t even have any aspirations to be like him because I know that’s not happening. I just hope whenever my father sees my films, he likes my work,” Shahid said.

Apparently the father and son are going to come together in a film for the first time. Yet untitled, the project will go on floors early next year.

Shahid promises “Kaminey”is a movie for all age group

Shahid assures who is playing double role in Vishal Bharadwaj movie`Kaminey` has been given an `A` certificate it is not a film that will make viewers uncomfortable. The young actor also says that the film provides intelligent fare to the audience.

Shahid says”Normally filmmakers ask viewers to leave their brain at home when they come to see their movies, but here I am advising them to bring their minds along. It is not a run of the mill movie, it actually stands out,” .

According to information given by sources `Kaminey` is releasing Friday with 1,100 prints despite an `A` certificate.Shahid adds”It is given `A` certificate but it is a movie for all age group… it`s not a film that would make you uncomfortable while watching. `Kaminey` will be my widest released movie so far. Till date my biggest hit `Jab we met` was released in 927 prints but `Kaminey` is releasing with 1,100 prints,”

Shahid with promising note says new things in the movie and present here to promote movie”`Kaminey` is certainly an important film for me as I have tried many new things in it. For the first time I am playing a double role and I am trying something different from a love story. In fact, this is also the first commercial film of Vishal Bharadwaj,” .

Shahid co-star is priyanka choptra in the movie”I have seen the movie and also shown it to my family members. The movie has really come out well and we are getting good reactions,”.

Explains his role briefly says “I am playing the role of Charlie and Guddu – two brothers – in the movie. They are entirely different characters and do not even match with my real life, therefore it was a challenging task for me to play the role to perfection.”

One of the characters he plays stammers and to prepare for the role Shahid met many ENT doctors, speech therapists and people with stammering problems.He said”As the protagonist in the movie has some speech disorder, I met many experts as we did not want to make a caricature out of the characters. We have portrayed them very seriously and sensibly,” .

Shahid comments about tittle are “When Vishal told me the title then I actually stood up in surprise. Even Priyanka and other star-cast were equally surprised. But when Vishal explained to us the plot, we realised that it is the most appropriate title as he wanted to communicate something that was really different.”

Shahid, who has six-pack abs in the film, says he is more concerned about building physical strength.

“I`m purely vegetarian and crazy about my fitness. My main aim is to increase my physical strength and not the body size. I do an amalgamation of cardio-vascular exercises, free hand and weight training for four-five days in a week,” he said.