Its been reported that Oscar nominated director Shekhar Kapur has replaced actor Hrithik Roshan with Ranbir Kapoor for his next ambitious project ‘Paani’.

But the director recently rubbished the reports and said that there was no way he would replace someone like Hrithik Roshan.

“Oops! Can't I meet an actor I like without setting off rounds of speculation? And would anyone be silly enough to give up Hrithik for a film?” wrote the actor on his Twitter page.

The speculations started after the veteran filmmaker met with Ranbir Kapoor recently.

“Press asking why I've been seen with Ranbir Kapoor. I really enjoy listening to him. Future of Indian Cinema safe in this breed of new stars,” the director tweeted.

The director, who has previously directed critical and commercially successful movies like ‘Masoom’, ‘Mr. India’, ‘Bandit Queen’, will be directing an Indian movie after a gap of 8 long years.

Actress Priyanka Chopra celebrates her 30^th birthday today.

The actress is currently in Ibiza, Spain with her close friends, where she is not only taking a much needed vacation but also working on her upcoming music album.

“Late night in the studio!! Uff!! Tired but gotta sing my ass off!! Last few days of vocals!! Inspiration and TLC needed!” tweeted the actress few days ago.

The past few months have a great for Priyanka Chopra and the actress hopes that next few months too will be great for her.

“‘Don-2’ and ‘Agneepath’ both did good BO business. Now, hopefully my music career will also take off in another few months when I get ready to launch my international album. Up next are, ‘Barfi’ and ‘Krrissh – 2’,” she said to a daily.

The first superstar of Indian Cinema passed away on afternoon of Wednesday after prolonged illness. He was 69.

The actor breathed his last breath in presence of his wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle and Rinkie Khanna, son in law Akshay Kumar, his grand children and very close relatives.

His funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 11 AM in Mumbai.

The health of the actor had been deteriorating for past few months. The actor in month of April was admitted in hospital for over exhaustion. He was later released and was taken care by his wife Dimple Kapadia and youngest daughter Rinkie Khanna.

In the last week of June the actor was again admitted in Lilavati hospital as he had stopped intake of food. He was kept under observation for few days and was released on 8 July. But just after a week from discharge he was readmitted to hospital on July 15.

The on-screen chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in both their movies ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ and ‘Raajneeti’ turned out to be very successful and was loved by their fans.

Many directors including director Anurag Basu wanted to repeat this Jodi in their movies. In fact director Anurag Basu approached Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor for his movie ‘Barfi’.

“I wanted to cast them (Ranbir and Katrina). They look nice together. I was glad when Katrina said ‘yes’ as she was my first choice for the role. I had approached her for the character that Ileana finally ended up doing,” he said to a daily.

While Ranbir Kapoor ended up doing the movie Katrina Kaif walked out of it due to date issues.

“Things didn’t fall into place with Katrina because 'Rockstar' (2011) got delayed, which ultimately was affecting Barfi’s schedule. Therefore, we had to reschedule everybody’s dates, which took time. Things clicked with Ileana and I’m glad she came on board,” Anurag Basu said.

For the past few days there have been reports doing rounds saying that Aamir Khan isn’t happy with the way his movie ‘Talaash’ has shaped up and was having a rift with his director Reema Kagti regarding the same.

But the actor ridiculed the reports and said that there was not an ounce of truth in the rumors.

“Over the last few weeks, I have noticed that there have been some attempts to spread rumors about my film. Clearly, someone is not very happy with the way it is progressing, and I can assure you that ‘someone’ is not from our team,” said the actor to a daily.

The reports suggested that Aamir Khan wasn’t happy with the way the second half of ‘Talaash’ has turned out and was at loggerheads with the director to re-shoot the second portion of the movie. It was said that the movie would be further delayed due to this.

“Reema, Farhan, Ritesh and I are very happy with the way Talaash has turned out, and I would like to clarify that our film is releasing as planned on November 30. There’s no change in that date,” Aamir Khan insisted.

Even with the couple constantly denying the reports, the rumors about Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor wedding refuse to die down.

If the latest reports doing round in tinsel town is to be believed then Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor along with their families have decided to have a low key wedding in London.

According to a source close to the family the decision to have a wedding overseas was taken so as to avoid the media frenzy.

“The reason could be that the family wants to avoid media frenzy that happens around most celebrity weddings in the country,” said a source to Mid Day.

“The entire Pataudi family will be going to Bhopal next week and that is when the exact venue and date will be decided,” the source added.

Filmmaker Karan Johar has received a special invite to attend 2012 Olympics to be held in London from July 27 to August 12.

The director, who is the brand ambassador of Visit Britain, received the invite from British Tourist Authority.

Karan Johar, who is currently shooting for his movie ‘Student of the Year’, has decided to halt the shooting and attend the prestigious event. The director is excited and humbled to be able to witness the grand event from such close quarters. The director will join other 506 dignitaries for the opening ceremony, where he will be seated in a special reserved box.

The director will be leaving for London on July 26^th and is planning on staying till the end of the tournament. Once he returns he will commence the shooting of his movie.

The only other Indian to receive the official invite for the event is our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

While many actors and actresses shy away from working with their ex’s, scared that things between them would be awkward, Deepika Padukone is teaming up with her ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor for the movie ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani’.

But the actress said that there was absolutely no awkwardness between them.

“I feel if there was any sort of awkwardness I would not have signed the film. We agree to do the film together because we knew that there will be a certain comfort. I think in that sense we both have handled it very well,” Deepika Padukone said to PTI.

“I think we have handled it how to keep our personal life aside and focus on our professional commitments. For us nothing matters than doing this film itself. But on a personal note, we have a beautiful friendship and I am glad that we are friends and I respect that more than anything else,” she added.

Few weeks ago Sharmila Tagore had confirmed that Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor would indeed be tying knot on October 16this year. But in a recent interview Saif Ali Khan denied the news and said that a date for their wedding had never been fixed.

This news has not just stunned us but also his own sister Soha Ali Khan.

“I am quite confused myself. I know it is happening with the people in question, but they haven't set the date or talked about it,” said Soha Ali Khan to a daily.

“I think it is happening imminently,” she added.

When asked if she had begun her sisterly duties for the wedding she said, “I'm not getting very involved at this stage. When I'm told to conduct my sisterly duties, I will do as I am told.”

Actor Ranbir Kapoor has played variety of roles in his short career. But the movie Ranbir Kapoor wants to be a part of the most is a movie based on sports.

“I would love to do a film on football, hockey, boxing, kabaddi or anything as long as it has an interesting story build upon it,” he said to IANS.

“A film is only made if there is an engaging story behind it. If you are just making a film for sports without an engaging story, then it doesn't matter,” he added.

The actor, who is a sports enthusiast, said that it was required that everyone indulges themselves in one sport or another, as it keeps them healthy.

“My favorite sport has been football. I love playing football, but now I don't get time to play football. I am upset about it because I also feel that to live a healthy lifestyle you must play a sport, you must be active,” he said.

“A healthy lifestyle comprises good sleep, good sport and good exercise,” he added.

Ranbir Kapoor, who is a part of NDTV and Nirmal Lifestyle's second year of 'Fit India Movement', said that it was great to see many celebrities like Bipasha Basu (Mumbai), Virender Sehwag (Delhi), Sania Mirza (Hyderabad), Baichung Bhutia (Kolkata), Mahesh Bhupathi (Bangalore) and Vijender Singh (Chandigarh) participate in the campaign as brand ambassadors.

“It's really interesting that all these people are coming together for this campaign to build a healthier country. I hope we will be successful,” he concluded.