Talking on the International Women's Day, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said that despite working twice as hard as men, women in Bollywood don't get the recognition that they deserve.

“They work harder, they look better, they make the film stick together and I honestly think sometimes, they do not get the due credit that they deserve,” said Shah Rukh Khan in an interview with IANS.

“I truly believe that women are the backbone, at least in my field of work. I am inspired by all of them," he added.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day TATA Tea's Jaago Re campaign Shah Rukh Khan has taken a pledge that from now on in all his films, the lead actress' name would appear before his in the credits. This trend will start with his upcoming movie ‘Chennai Express’, where Deepika Padukone’s name will feature before Shah Rukh Khan.

Actress Konkona Sen Sharma, who is making a comeback on big screen after giving birth with horror movie ‘Ek Thi Daayan’, said that she accepted the movie because she loves the genre.

“Right now, it's ‘Ek Thi Daayan’. I think one (film) is a lot for now. I like the genre a lot, I am drawn towards it personally because I also kind of believe in everything,” said Konkona Sen Sharma to IANS.

The actress said that she was very excited about the movie.

“I am really excited about it. I hope the audiences also accept it,” she said.

Konkona Sen Sharma was present at the launch of the TV series ‘Ek Thhi Naayka’ made for the promotion of the film.

Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was supposed to do an extended cameo in his good friend Shilpa Shetty’s upcoming home production, has walked out of the movie.

Reportedly, Sanjay Dutt was unable to allot any dates to the movie due to his hectic schedule.

Shilpa Shetty, who waited for Sanjay Dutt to allot her movie some dates, has decided to movie and replace Sanjay Dutt with Sunny Deol in the movie.

“Shilpa had been waiting for a long time for Sanjay's dates but he has an extremely packed schedule. The actress-turned-producer was not ready to wait any longer and signed Sunny Deol for her film,” said a source to Mid Day.

Subhash Kapoor, who will be directing the third installment of the ‘Munnabhai’ franchise, revealed that the third movie will go on floors early next year.

“Right now, I am completely tied up with ‘Jolly LLB’ and after the film's release; we will start scripting for Munnabhai. So most probably the film will go on the floors early next year," Subhash Kapoor told IANS.

The first two movies from the franchise- ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S’ and ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ were both directed by Rajkumar Hirani. But recently Subhash Kapoor, of ‘Phas Gaya Re Obama’ fame, was signed to direct the third film.

The director denied that the third movie was titled ‘Munna Bhai Chale Delhi’.

“I don't know from where this ‘Munna Bhai Chale Delhi’ has come from. Nothing has been finalized yet. Once Raju Hirani gets free from ‘Peekay’, we will sit together and discuss the film,” said Subhash Kapoor.

Today the Mumbai Sessions court adjourned the hearing over actor Salman Khan's plea, regarding his 2002 hit-and-run case, to March 8, Friday.

Salman Khan had challenged the order of a lower court to try Salman Khan for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

In his petition yesterday, the actor had said that the lower court's order was "bad in law" and "erroneous".

The Sessions Court debated whether it had the jurisdiction to examine the matter.

“The matter is interlocutory in nature and therefore you should approach the Bombay High court as I don't have the jurisdiction to hear the same," the judge observed before adjourning the hearing.

The High Court has refused to stay the release of Subhash Kapoor’s upcoming movie ‘Jolly LLB’.

Recently a petition was filed by a group of lawyers alleging that the trailers of the movie were not only defamatory to lawyers but also amounted to contempt of court.

“The contents of the film are defamatory. In the film, the lawyers from the Meerut law college have been portrayed in a bad light," said the petition.

But the High Court refused to stay the release of the movie and reserved its order on a plea alleging that its trailers were defamatory to lawyers.

A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice VK Jain refused to stay the release of the film scheduled for March 15, noting that at this stage "it is difficult to find out in what context" the statements shown in the trailer were said.

After Salman Khan, it’s his good friend Ajay Devgn’s turn to sign a lucrative deal of Rs 400 crore with a leading GEC for exclusive satellite rights of all his upcoming films until 2018.

“After Salman's deal, Devgn is the next superstar to sign such a huge deal. The agreement is for five years and will roughly have around 10 of his films. Ajay is one of the most popular guys in satellite business as some of his recent films have done tremendous business. Films like ‘Bol Bachchan’,’ Singham’, ‘Son Of Sardaar’ and the ‘Golmaal’ series have not only crossed the Rs 100 crore mark but have also generated huge TRPs on satellite channels,” said a source to Mid-Day.

According to this contract Star TV Network now own exclusive broadcast rights to movies involving Ajay Devgn from 2013.

According to sources the first movie on the list is Sajid Khan's ‘Himmatwala’.

Bollywood actor John Abraham, who plays gangster Manya Surve in ‘Shootout at Wadala’, said that playing Manya Surve was tough as he did not have enough reference points for the real-life inspired character.

“Manya Surve is no more. It was the first case of an encounter in Mumbai. It's a very interesting character. He was a normal Maharashtrian boy, who wanted to be an engineer but somehow got into the thick blanket of underworld. We had few photographs of Manya Surve for our reference and took help from a veteran journalist. Sanjay Gupta (director) researched a lot," John Abraham told PTI.

John Abraham feels that he has grown as an actor as he isn’t stuck in a particular genre as he is playing varied roles.

“As an actor, I have seen growth. I am not stuck in a particular genre. Be it 'Race 2', 'I, Me Aur Main' or 'Shootout at Wadala', I am playing three different characters at the same time,” he said.

Bollywood’s real life couple Ajay Devgn and Kajol might soon come together for a film.

Ajay Devgn and Kajol, who previously worked together in ‘Hulchul’, ‘Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha’, ‘Raju Chacha’, ‘Dil Kya Kare’ and ‘U Me Aur Hum’, are planning to team up for yet another movie.

“We are working on something for Kajol but lets see if we are together or someone else. We should get the right kind of script to come together," Ajay Devgn told PTI.

The actor refused to divulge any further information and said that he will announce more details when the movie is finalized.

“We are planning something but I can't talk about it right now. When the time is right we will talk about it. Whatever we work out we will let you all know... it is too early to talk about it," he said.

Abhishek Kapoor’s movie ‘Kai Po Che!’ has become the first Hindi movie to be released with English subtitles in Tamil Nadu.

“‘Kai Po Che!’ has created a tremendous buzz in Tamil Nadu and it is being released with English subtitles for the Tamil audience. This is for the first time that a Hindi film is being subtitled in English and being released in the market - it is a very interesting development for the future," said Archana Kalpathi, CEO, AGS Cinemas Pvt Ltd., in a statement.

“‘Kai Po Che!’ with its universal appeal is breaking boundaries," she added.

‘Kai Po Che!’ directed by Abhishek Kapoor, is the movie adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘The Three Mistakes of My Life’.