Katrina Kaif signed up for Dhoom3

The news of Aamir Khan being roped in to play the villain in Dhoom 3 was a rage last week. However, the big question since then has been, who will be signed as the lead actress opposite him. Though a number of names were being tossed around by the media, Bollywood Today has learnt from its sources that Katrina Kaif will be playing the female lead in Dhoom 3.

Katrina, who is currently doing YRF's Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, has beaten the other contenders to clinch the role.

Though the rest of the cast, namely Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra remains unchanged, Aamir and Katrina's addition to the cast certainly heats things up. Considering the chemistry between Aamir and Katrina, the duo has put all questions to rest, with their photographic rendition of the classic film Pyaasa that garnered positive response from fans and industry folk alike.

Bollywood Today has also learnt from its sources that Aamir won't be charging his usual fee for D: 3. Instead, he will have a stake in the profits of the film. To be precise Aamir will have a total of 33% stake in the profits of the film. This will be the first time that YRF has permitted such sharing. However, though this may be a first for the production house, Aamir has cut down his share from the usual 40% that he had for the film 3 Idiots.

When we contacted, Rafiq Gangjee from YRF replied, "The casting for the girls of Dhoom3 has not started. Also, YRF does not discuss artist contracts and agreements."

While Aamir's publicist said, "The 33% profit sharing ratio is not true, besides we do not have any profit sharing ratio with YRF as such. While on the remuneration i will not comment."

While Yash Raj Films refrains to comment on this, we can safely bet that with Katrina being signed on for Dhoom: 3, and Aamir adding another shade to the film with his talent, the high octane torque film promises to be more than just fast bikes.

Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor most wanted celebs for Valentine's Day date

Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor have topped a list of Bollywood actors with whom young boys and girls respectively would like to go on a Valentine's Day date, while Shahid Kapoor was declared the sexiest male star in a poll by a movie portal.

Ranbir received 39.4 percent votes, while Shahid followed close on the heels with 37.7 percent votes from female fans. Imran Khan, who recently tied the knot with Avantika Malik, is on number three with 15.9 percent votes. The minimum votes were cast in favour of Ranveer Singh of 'Band Baaja Baaraat' fame and dimpled boy Abhay Deol, who rounded up the top five with 4.5 and 2.5 percent votes respectively.
Among the females, Katrina took away the lion's share with 35.6 percent of the votes. The second most wanted Bollywood girl, according to the poll, is Deepika Padukone at 22.4 votes, followed by Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor with 17.5, 12.4 and 12.1 votes respectively.
The poll was conducted with over 2,500 respondents from Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

The respondents were also asked to choose the sexiest man in Bollywood, and Shahid Kapoor walked away with the title, leaving behind the likes of John Abraham, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and even Salman Khan.

Kunal and me have our parent's approval: Soha Ali Khan

Actress Soha Ali Khan, who's been dating co-actor Kunal Khemu after doing a movie together, admits that she's ready to settle down in a “couple of years”.

“I am in a comfortable space. We (she and Kunal) are both independent with our careers going well. We have met each other’s parents and have their approval. I think I’ll be ready to settle down in a couple of years,” says Soha candidly.

Isn’t she afraid of losing out on plum projects after marriage? “Why should I? Look at my mom (Sharmila Tagore), she had her biggest hits after marriage. If she is said to be an exception, then I would also like to be an exception like her,” says the actress.

The Pataudi girl is now keen to master cooking, especially to graduate from cooking stir fried chicken to mutton rogan josh.

“Kunal loves good food, and I know to cook just a couple of dishes. I can make stir fried chicken, which I think he likes,but I have made a resolution to learn to cook more dishes, especially rogan josh and Kashmiri dum aloo,” she says.

Though Soha admits to her shortcomings when it comes to cooking, she reluctantly admits to having the upper-hand in the relationship, especially in an argument.

“If I am angry then I can really say hurtful things.It’s something I don’t like about myself. I never raise my voice when I am angry, but simply cut off or answer in monosyllables. This is one aspect that Saif (Ali Khan) and I have got from dad… we would laugh when mother would fret and shout in anger, but with dad (Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi) it was different — we would simply freeze in fear,” she reveals adding, “But Kunal is generally chilled out about everything."

But didn’t Saif say that he’ll get married before Soha as he’s the elder brother? “That was just a tongue-in-cheek answer. Besides, if he takes 10 more years to get married, do you think I am going to wait for that long?” she counters.

When Kangana Ranaut stayed at Delhi University hostel

She never went to college, but Kangana Ranaut got the chance to enjoy campus life when she stayed in a Delhi University hostel to prepare for her role in the romantic comedy 'Tanu Weds Manu'.

In the film, Kangana plays a resident student of Delhi University. The 23-year-old stayed at the PG Women's Hostel in 2009. The producers arranged for her stay and took the required measures to protect her identity.

"The character of Tanu is rooted in Delhi University. I stayed there and it helped me in my performance. Till date I am thankful to the girl who hosted me and was my roommate. We ended up becoming friends," Kangana, who started working at the age of 16, said.

Directed by Anand Rai, 'Tanu Weds Manu' will release Feb 25. R. Madhavan plays Kangana's love interest in the film.

Aamir Khan signed to Dhoom3

Now its Aamir's turn to be the villain of Dhoom After John Abrahim and Hritik Roshan.In the first part of Dhoom John played negative role and in Dhoom2 Hritik was the villian. 

Dhoom, India's version of the hi-octane thriller films is one of the most successful series in Bollywood. The much talked about third part of Dhoom has finally got the booster shot it needed. It is now official that Aamir Khan will be playing the villain in Dhoom: 3.

Confirming this Aamir says, "It is indeed a pleasure to be working with Yashji and Adi once again. Dhoom is a great franchise, most entertaining and full of fun. Every time I hear the theme tune of Dhoom it brings a swing to my step. Victor's script really won me over and I look forward to working with him."

Says producer Yash Chopra, "It's a great pleasure to have Aamir working with YRF once again. It's even more special that he will be doing Dhoom: 3. I am terribly excited with what an actor like Aamir will bring to the Dhoom franchise with his unique star power and level of performance. Adi and Victor have worked over a year to bring out, what I can now confidently say, is possibly one of the best scripts coming out of YRF and I am sure that with Aamir and Adi together, they will both create magic to give our audience one of the most exciting films they have ever seen."

Coming to the rest of the cast, Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will be seen in their previous avatars of Jai Dixit and Ali respectively.

Produced by Aditya Chopra, Dhoom 3 will be directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. Vijay is the writer of all three Dhoom films and has also directed Tashan.

The film will begin shooting end of this year and is slated for a 2012 Christmas release.

Are Karina and Shahid Patched up again?

Bollywood's season of patchups sure hit its highest point this past weekend when Kareena Kapoor and her former flame Shahid Kapoor were spotted chatting at an awards function.Ever since they broke up in 2007, Kareena has been studiously avoiding Shahid at public events, leave alone talking to him. Subsequently, Shahid moved on to his current heartthrob Priyanka Chopra , whose cold vibes with Kareena are only too well known. Kareena, on her part, found steady love in Saif Ali Khan.Last weekend's incident has therefore made the industry sit up and take notice. The grapevine is already abuzz with one question: does it mean Shahid and Kareena are about to sign a new film together, much against what Saif or Priyanka would tolerate? At the awards' do, Kareena was making an exit from the hall after performing live on the stage.Shahid was having a conversation with Shah Rukh Khan just outside the stage. Onlookers expected Kareena to ignore Shahid and walk past the two actors.However, she chose to stop by and started chatting them up. "Kareena actually stopped because of Shah Rukh. You don't just ignore SRK and walk past him. Since Shahid was also around, she might have conversed with him for the sake of courtesy," says a source who witnessed the incident.So, after exchanging pleasantries, Kareena struck a conversation involving both SRK and Shahid. "They seemed in a jovial mood. Kareena was happy because her just-concluded performance had rocked. Shahid looked pleasantly shocked when Kareena spoke to him," said the source.The vibes between Kareena and Shahid have gone worse over the recent past because she and his girlfriend Priyanka have been regularly engaged in taking potshots at each other in the last few months.

Salman Khan with Miss Universe2010 Ximena Navarrete in 'Partner 2'

Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete who is an ardent fan of Bollywood hunk Salman Khan is going to make Bollywood debut in David Dhawan’s new film, Partner 2 opposite Salman.


The Mexican beauty is on a 10 day tour to India to promote designer Sanjana Jon's Celebrate The Girl Child Campaign. A reliable industry source reveals, Ximena will romance Salman Khan in the Partner sequel. The makers were looking for the female lead in the film and felt that Ximena fits the bill but she will have to learn Hindi and some Bollywood dance moves for her role.


The model recently met Salman and has already started taking lessons in Hindi. The New York-based fashion designer Sanjana Jon will style her clothes for the film.


Sanjana, who is close to both Salman and Ximena, has been instrumental in making this happen. Ximena in an interview said that she is a huge fan of Salman Khan and also expressed her desire to work in Bollywood.