Bollywood is the place for the unlikeliest of friendships to spring up. Egos, the numbers game and link-ups often come in the way of true bonding.

Some movies take forever to take off simply because they are unable to finalise their cast. The remake to The Italian Job had a lot of iffy moments before a lead heroine was signed on.

Akshay Kumar is one of those stars who puts his personal rapport with his directors over the fate of their film.

Some movies are more in the news before they are made than after. For months now, there has been talk of Kareena Kapoor playing the lead role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine.

First he decided to remake an old hit, Amitabh’s film Don. He gave it a twist in the tale and left room for a sequel.

Getting technical people from Hollywood to share their expertise with Bollywood seems to be fast becoming a trend.

Although maverick director Rajkumar Santoshi is currently busy with his mega venture Power, with hot shots like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor starring in the film, he is also working on another script to be announced soon. Apparently, the director is keen on casting Salman Khan, the hottest hunk in Bollywood in his next project. And why not? After the stupendous success of Salman’s Dabangg who wouldn’t want to cash in on him.

The creative efforts of Aamir Khan and Amol Gupte had given us a sensitive film like Taare Zameen Par. But if the buzz is to be believed, Aamir refused to work on Amol’s next film. Rumours suggest that scriptwriter and actor Amol approached Aamir for a film. It was a subject close to Amol’s heart which he felt only Aamir could do justice to.

After Paa, the Bachchans are so impressed with Balki that his next project will have them all involved. Yes, the latest talk doing the rounds is that R. Balki is all set to announce his next venture.

Mallika Sherawat’s penchant for the burqa isn’t something new. The actress often uses it as a tool to avoid the public eye.