Fans and followers of Hrithik Roshan can rejoice. The reluctant actor, who has been doing only one or two films a year for a while now, will be breaking his rules. The next couple of years will see his itinerary become much more prolific, giving B’town’s leading ladies an opportunity to work with their favourite hunk.

Mallika Sherawat sure knows how to network with the global glitterati. After dancing away with Hollywood star Antonio Banderas and sharing the same frame as American President Barack Obama, the actress was last seen hobnobbing with yet another international bigwig, and musical legend Sir Elton John.

Irrfan Khan, who delivered one of the most unexpected hits with Tigmanshu Dhulia in Paan Singh Tomar this year, has signed on his next film Bullet Raja as well. But he is yet to know what exactly his role entails in the film.

Just like his recent hits Rowdy Rathore and Housefull 2, Akshay Kumar makes no bones about the fact that his next release Khiladi 786 is a film that caters to the masses.

At a time when remakes have managed to hit bull’s eye at the box office, Saif Ali Khan is charting a different course. Cocktail, an original film, managed to rake in the moolah, and now Saif is looking forward to Race 2 .

When something starts working for them, expect our Bollywood stars to stick to the winning formula. Akshay Kumar has done exactly that for his next film Boss. He has locked the film’s arrival for June 7 next year, around the same time as Rowdy Rathore, which had turned out to be a blockbuster.

In a day and age where aggressively promoting one’s upcoming film across all mediums is the norm, Aamir Khan is once again defying the convention. With just 15 days to go for the release of his highly anticipated suspense thriller Talaash, Aamir is maintaining a surprisingly low profile.

“What else explains the variety of her films and co-stars in the next year?” asks a source, “She is working with senior superstars like Rajinikant and Shah Rukh Khan, has a film ready for release with Saif Ali Khan, is already shooting for a film each with Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. She is expected to pair up with Ranbir again and also Emraan Hashmi in 2013.”

Ragini MMS may have been a small and unassuming venture by Ekta Kapoor, but the surprise success of the film has prompted her to follow it up with a squeal.

It’s raining gangs in Bollywood. After Gangs of Wasseypur swept the box office, a few other gangs are set to follow suit. Next year two gangster films will be hitting the theatres, that too on the same day — March 8.