Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger goes global….

Salman Khan’s next flick, Ek Tha Tiger is all set to be shot all across the globe. The film will be shot in five countries around the world. News has it that Chile in South America, Dublin in Ireland, and Istanbul, have been confirmed so far.
Ek Tha Tiger will be Yash Raj’s biggest budget film. A trusted source says, “Kabir is not shooting at these locations just to beautify his film.
The film is based on a true story. Kabir is exploring seven countries, out of which they will finalise five. He had gone on a recce recently to figure out the logistics. So far they have been able to decide on these three countries.”
The shooting of the film will begin in July and is slated for an early summer release, next year. The first shooting schedulesis in Chile.
Kabir Khan refused to divulge any further details.

Salman To Play A RAW Agent

Salman Khan seems to be getting ready to play his most realistic character yet.

In Kabir Khan's much talked-about film, that will go on the floors towards the end of the year, Salman will play the role of an undercover agent for India's external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

To get into the mind of a RAW agent would require a level of intellectual preparation that Salman, who believes in spontaneity, has never undertaken in his life.

Says a source, "Salman has always been a very spontaneous actor. Woh dil se kaam karta hai. But when he heard the script for Kabir Khan's film, Salman was absolutely fascinated.

He couldn't get over the fact that ordinary civilians sometimes act as undercover government agents. Aisa bhi hota hai kya? he asked Aditya Chopra, who went to Salman with the offer. Salman has agreed to undertake all the preparation needed for the part."

Playing a RAW agent is not quite the same experience as playing a swanky flamboyant guns-and-gals secret agent in the James Bond or Mission Impossible series.

Says the source, "It's far more complicated. Salman has to be a covert not an overt agent. RAW agents are taught to blend with the mainstream, to not stand out in a crowd, to be as nondescript as possible.

And yet, when the need arises, they need to be panther-like in their intellectual and physical agility. Salman has lately been doing extremely flamboyant parts. This one requires him to go the other way."

Saif Ali Khan, too, plays an undercover agent in his home production Agent Vinod. Director Sriram Raghavan has made sure Saif stays within the authentic zone.

But Kabir Khan, with his experience in well-researched documentary and docu-drama feature films, is looking at giving an entirely new dimension to Salman's personality.

When asked if Salman plays a RAW agent in his film Kabir Khan replied, "You know I will not comment on that."

In an earlier tete-a-tete Kabir had said, "Whatever I will direct next will have to be in the realistic space. My roots are in documentary filmmaking. And even if I make feature films, I can't stray too far away from my origins."

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Sohail Khan to Produce Sher Khan Movie starring Salman Khan

After co-producing Ready, Sohail Khan will start yet another project with Salman Khan called Sher Khan. The film will have Sallu playing a lion-hearted ‘He-Man’ who lives life for the world. Sher Khan will be a treat for kids and will boast of some mind-blowing special effects.
Telugu writer Kona Venkat, who wrote the original Telugu version of Ready, is currently working on the script of Sher Khan. While Salman has been finalised for the lead role, the female lead is yet to be finalised.

Salman Khan as Bodyguard of Kareena Kapoor In His Upcoming Movie

Bodyguard revolves around young Salman Khan, who has a very strange habit that is he adulates anyone with a trace of heroism. Whenever he develops an admiration towards a person, he prefers to move with that person as a sort of bodyguard. He starts admiring Ashokan, a former liquor tycoon and leading businessman. Salman Khan wants to be Ashokan's bodyguard, but Ashokan does not need a bodyguard. Later, Salman Khan approaches Ashokan with a recommendation from someone he cannot refuse. He achieves his luck after saving Ashokan from danger.

Ashokan doesn’t need a bodyguard so he assigns Salman Khan to become the bodyguard of his daughter Kareena. Salman Khan follows Kareena to her college as her bodyguard. Kareena and her friend Rose gets irritated with him following them all day.

The two girls started making fake calls to Salman Khan's number, trying to get rid of him. Kareena calls him and pretends that she is very much in love with him. At first things goes smoothly but later Salman Khan starts loving the girl who calls him and eventually Kareena starts to love him trulely. Later he decides to leave the city with her after their college examination and Rose encourage Kareena to meet Salman at the railway station to reveal her identify. But things get confusing, Ashokan beats Salman Khan for some reason but Kareena saved him by saying that he loves a girl and going to meet her at the railway station. Kareena make her friend, Rose, go to the railway station pretending as the girl who calls him to save his life.

But things take a turn and the friend goes with Salman Khan. Years later, Salman Khan comes back to the place with his son to meet Ashokan. His wife, Rose, died and wrote the entire story in a diary which she gave to her son. Her son asks Kareena to join them and she does. At the railway station Salman Khan sees his son throwing a diary into the waste bin. He retrieves it without his son seeing. He realizes that the girl he loves and the caller are both the same person, Kareena.

Salman finally agrees to kiss Asin

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been maintaining a clean image on screen all these years but it looks like he just can't resist Asin Thottumkal. It is said that the actor has finally agreed to kiss Asin in their much-hyped film Ready.

“It is not yet decided if it will be a long, passionate kiss or a short peck, but director Bazmee has managed to convince Salman that the scene is important to the script. Salman had initially refused to give the shot and it took some talking on Bazmee's part to convince him,” India Today quoted a source from the film unit as saying.

Well, Salman has been staying away from on-screen smooching in order not to spoil the clean image he has earned all these years. Asin, who is a big name down south, too has a traditional image. But surprisingly, the usually reserved actors have suddenly agreed to kiss.

Shah Rukh, Salman Up For Best Actor Trophy At IIFA

Bollywood biggies Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are battling it out alongside Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn for the coveted Best Actor trophy at this year's IIFA awards.

Shah Rukh is nominated for My Name Is Khan, while Salman is in the running for Dabangg.

Hrithik's portrayal of a paraplegic in Guzaarish and Devgn's role of a mafia don in Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai have included them in the race.

Ranbir Kapoor is the only young actor nominated in the category for his display of histrionics in Raajneeti.

The Best Director category has a mix of old and new names in the industry. Rubbing shoulders with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar are debutantes like Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baraat), Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan) and Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg). Milan Luthria is also nominated in the category for directing Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai.

The Best Actress in a leading role category includes nominees Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Guzaarish, Kareena Kapoor for Golmaal 3, Vidya Balan for Ishqiya, Katrina Kaif for Raajneeti and Anushka Sharma for Band Baaja Baraat.

Pitted against each other in the Best Supporting Actor Male category are Mithun Chakraborty (Golmaal 3), Arshad Warsi (Ishqiya), Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai), Manoj Bajpayee and Arjun Rampal both for Raajneeti.

Newcomer Amrita Puri (Aisha), Prachi Desai (Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai), are nominated in the Best Supporting Role Female alongside veterans Ratna Pathak Shah (Golmaal 3), Dimple Kapadia (Dabangg) and Shernaz Patel (Guzaarish).

Nominated for the Best Actor in a negative role award are Naseeruddin Shah (Allah Ke Banday), Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Manoj Bajpayee (Raajneeti), Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai) and Ronit Roy (Udaan).

The International Indian Film Academy awards will take place June 23-25 in Toronto this year.

NDTV

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Meet The New Khatron Ke Khiladi Host: Salman Khan

Salman Khan is hot property on TV. There's no denying that. That said, Akshay Kumar is no pushover, either.

So imagine the shock Akki was in for when he heard from friends that Salman Khan had ousted him as host of the upcoming fourth season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.

According to a source, the Dabangg star is already on for KKK4. "Salman shot a promo for KKK4 in Bangkok while shooting for Bhushan Kumar's Ready. He would never shoot a promo unless he had signed a contract.

The channel is debating on how to break the news to Akshay who was kicked about hosting the show's fourth season."

A source explains the shift in loyalties. "After successful runs with 10 Ka Dum and Bigg Boss 4 and his runaway hit, Dabangg, Salman is on a hot streak. He's friends with Colors' head, Ashwini Yardi.

He has hinted on cutting them a bargain for a double deal for Big Boss 5 and KKK 4. The clincher could be BB4's higher TRPs than Akshay has ever had on his show for the same channel."

These factors have convinced the channel to do a rethink despite signing AK to host KKK4. Apparently, both the actor and the channel have an exit clause where one can opt out of the deal without having to break it.

Colors is exploring this clause as Akki has already shot for a promo for KKK4 in South Africa in February.

Says a source close to Akshay, "He has heard the rumours of Salman replacing him but is choosing not to believe them till the channel tells him so. He refuses to believe that Salman would do something so underhand."

When asked to comment, Ashwini Yardi says, "I cannot say anything at this point." While Akki and Sallu remained unavailable for comment.

For Sony's 10 Ka Dum, Salman was paid Rs 90 crore for 100 episodes. When he realised that Akshay was being paid Rs 1.5 crore for 16 episodes to host Colors' Khatron Ke Khiladi, he was upset. Sallu refused to come on the sets until his price was hiked. Sony was in a fix. The show with Salman had already been announced and the promos were to soon go on air. It was finally agreed that Salman should be paid a crore per episode, making him richer by Rs 104 crore for 100 episodes!

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