NEWS: Sonu Sood to fight with Shahid Kapoor

Actor Sonu Sood who played a villain in Salman Khan’s 2010 film ‘Dabangg’, is all set to essay a negative character once again on the big screen.

According to the latest reports, the actor has been signed by Tauranis(Ramesh & Kumar Taurani) to play the main antagonist inShahid Kapoor starrer ‘Namak’.

Apparently, Sonu shares a great relationship with ‘Namak’ producer Tauranis and director Prabhudeva, and he is also doing a film called ‘Ravaiya Vastavaiya’ with them. So, it isn’t surprising that they chose Sonu for ‘Namak’ too.

A source close to ‘Namak’ says, “Prabhu Dheva and Sonu get along very well. Besides, they both share a south connection. Sonu is all geared up for the role and like in ‘Dabangg’, will work hard on his look. Prabhu is more than happy to have a sincere actor in his film.”

‘Namak’ will feature Sonu Sood as the antagonist in war with Shahid Kapoor to snatch his love Sonakshi Sinha. The action masala flick is expected to start rolling form January.

NEWS: Imran wary of controversy before 'Matru Ki...' release

Actor Imran Khan believes his forthcoming film "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" deals with a somewhat taboo subject and this may give rise to some controversy before its release.

"It's a very taboo subject. Not controversial but people can find a way to make it controversial," the 29-year-old said here Tuesday at a radio station.

"I'll tell you what will happen, one week before the release someone will find a way to make it controversial, someone or the other will get offended, just see," he added.

His co-star Anushka Sharma chipped in, "It is what it is."

The film is set in a village where Anushka plays Pankaj Kapoor's daughter, while Imran works with Pankaj. However, problems arise when Anushka gets involved with another man, Arya Babbar, a powerful politician Shabana Azmi's son.

Anushka, who plays Bijlee, said the role was quite tough for her.

"For me the role was difficult to play because of the way I am, I say whatever I think. But Bijlee is somebody who holds her emotions and her thoughts to herself," the 24-year-old said here.

"She portrays an image that is not maybe who she is. So I think that was a little difficult," she added.

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the film releases Jan 11.

NEWS: Kareena happier after marriage says Farah Khan

Farah Khan, who has choreographed Kareena Kapoor for "Dabangg 2" song "Fevicol Se", says the actress seems to be happier after her wedding with Saif Ali Khan.

Farah and Kareena have worked together before, but the former feels their bonding became stronger while shooting for the song.

"Kareena's bonding with me became good after the song. She is also relaxed and is in a happier state after marriage. She is hardworking," Farah said at the launch of a new channel, Nick Juniors Tuesday.

Farah says both Kareena and Salman Khan were very supportive during the shoot.

"Kareena has put in a lot of effort. She rehearsed a lot for it. In fact, she let me do whatever I wanted for the costumes and look," said the choreographer.

"Salman was learning everything in one rehearsal. The shooting of the movie was over and the song was at the end, so everyone was relaxed. It was fun shooting in the end," Farah added.

After Kareena's song "Halkat jawaani" from "Heroine" became a hit, Farah wanted to give the actress a completely different look in "Fevicol se".

"Manish Malhotra and I were aware that she did 'Halkat jawaani' a few months before and we wanted to give her a different look. I wanted her to look a little mismatched and I also didn't give her too much make-up," she said.

Farah is happy that she has had an interesting 2012.

"(The year) 2012 was good. 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' gave me good reviews and 'Fevicol se' has also became a hit. Ups and downs come in every year, but overall it was not bad," she said.

Farah's new film "Happy New Year" will go on floors next year and its leading lady is yet to be disclosed.

HOLLYWOOD: Johnny Depp Plays a Computer in His Next Movie

If you're tired of endless Depp roles that are just an excuse to parade him around in makeup and tight pants, here's some insane, welcome news: his next role will be that of a brain uploaded to a computer.

Transcendence, which is a movie that actually will exist according to The Wrap, will be directed by Christopher Nolan's sidekick Wall Pfister. There's not really much to say about this other than it sounds batshit crazy, but The Wrap has what's possibly the best quote of the year:

The film's producer, Andrew Kosove, confirmed in an interview with TheWrap on Tuesday: "It is true Johnny Depp's brain is uploaded into a computer."

It is true.

So what we have here is a movie made by the Inception team which will star Johnny Depp as a a computer, and is essentially about the singularity. Will he talk in a regular Depp voice, or will he sound like a computer? Isn't this just Tron? Will Tim Burton rush onto the set and start clawing at things?

VIDEO: Be Intehaan - RACE 2

RACE 2 comes out with a beautiful track featuring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone called "BE INTEHAAN" sung by Atif Aslam

NEWS: 'Race 2' has been most challenging: Jaqueline Fernandez

Actress Jaqueline Fernandez considers "Race 2" as her most challenging film and says a lot of hard work has gone into it.

"It is the most negative character I have played. It is very challenging to do something like that. I had to tackle each scene with an underlying thought that the character is concealing a deep dark secret. Every character is dark and that is the beauty of the film," she said in an interview.

"It is a nice change. It's something new to try. It was very challenging. To be this evil person and be negative, you have to work on yourself," she added.

Comparing "Race 2" to her previous hit "Housefull 2", Jaqueline said: "'Housefull 2' was like a walk in the park. It was fun, everyone was having a good time. Everything was spontaneous. 'Race 2' is more calculative, you have to rehearse. You need to understand that certain messages need to be sent to the audience. So 'Race 2' was most challenging."

With so many films crossing the Rs.100-crore-mark, Jaqueline feels the term is overrated now.

"I feel that a lot of films have crossed Rs.100 crore now, I think it has become overrated. Now we should talk about Rs.200 crore," she said.

Asked how does she go about choosing scripts, Jaqueline said: "I don't have any strategy, I just took whatever came my way. It just happened that these were fantastic offers which just came my way. Things have really started shaping up for me," she said.

Directed by Abbas-Mustan, "Race 2" also features Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ameesha Patel in prominent roles.

PHOTO: Ranbir Kapoor is BESHARAM!!

Check out Ranbir Kapoor as he has no Sharam and thats why is called "BESHARAM"