Sonakshi won't share her item with Minissha

ACCORDING to the grapevine, not all is well between Sonakshi Sinha and Minissha Lamba, both of whom are starring in Shirish Kunder's Joker, an upcoming fantasy film that will also star Akshay Kumar.



Sources claimed that after Lamba heard about Sinha's item number that would be choreographed by Farah Khan (Kunder's wife), she requested the director that she be made a part of it.



The fact that Sinha would be doing an item number has already created quite a stir in the media.



However, Sinha insisted that Lamba be kept out of the song and Kunder in order to make peace had to reportedly promise Lamba a music video for the film instead.



A source said Lamba was right to feel jittery about Sinha's item number.



"After the way Zarine Khan walked away with all the attention in Ready with just one item song, stealing Asin's thunder, and with Kareena having to put her foot down with regards to Katrina's item song in Bodyguard, Minissha wanted to take no chances. That's why she asked Shirish to include her in the number, " he said.



When contacted, Kunder said, "Yes, Minissha did express a desire to be in the item song. I'd have loved her to be part of it.



Unfortunately, her character is not supposed to be introduced at the stage the item song appears in the film. I have, however, promised that I'll shoot a special music video with her."



Minissha Lamba was, however, evasive when asked why she wasn't part of the song. "I don't know about all that. It's a creative call taken by the director, " she said.

Lamba: “Bheja Fry 2 is a fantastic comedy”

Getting ready for an evening event in her vanity van, Minissha Lamba looked every bit excited about her upcoming movie Bheja Fry 2. Having started her career with Yahaan, she continued wooing the audience and critics alike with her performances in Bachna Ae Haseeno, Honeymoon Travels Private Limited and Well Done Abba.

Director Sagar Ballary, with whom she worked first in Hum, Tum aur Shabana was highly impressed with her work, which is why he cast her in his next movie Bheja Fry 2. Bheja Fry was highly liked by all and there’s no doubt that that those involved with the sequel have a lot to live up to. So what are Minissha’s hopes and expectations from this movie?

I will start with the obvious. What made you say yes to Bheja Fry 2?

I loved Bheja Fry and it was a great movie. So, of course when a sequel is getting made and you are offered the sequel it’s the most natural thing that you would want to be a part of it.

Tell us something about the character you are playing in this movie.

I play the role of an Executive Producer on a reality show and the whole plot of the film starts from there. So, we introduce Bharat Bhushan’s character through the reality show and how because of this show, the plot goes forward. You have a completely new episode, new situations where Bharat Bhushan bheja fries everyone!

Bheja Fry was a big hit with critics and audience alike. So do you think there is a lot of pressure because of the expectations from the sequel?

You know, the pressure’s always there. Especially since people loved the first film. But, you know, I feel very lucky. I have got a very talented director Sagar Ballary who teamed up with a producer like Mukul Deora both who understand what the film requires, understands the requirement of the sequel and how from making Bheja Fry 1 to making Bheja Fry 2, it is a product that is worthy of a sequel. We really collaborated and worked very hard to make the script something that is modern, very today, yet something that is different from the first but keeping the essence of Bheja Fry as a story and as a character of Bharat Bhushan the same.

This is your second movie with director Sagar…

(smiles)Yes.

So tell us how was it working with him; how is he on the sets as a director?

It was superb working with him. I think a director has to be a combination of everything. It’s a film shoot at the end of the day, you know…so we can’t have ‘fun’ directors and you can’t have very strict ‘directors’. A director’s like a paternal figure, he’s loving, he’s caring, he can be strict; he has to know how to get his work out of you and Sagar has been like that. He has been the big brother, he has been a father figure to a lot of people on sets whom he has guided and mentored.

Tell us something about the music of the movie.

Bheja Fry is not essentially a music driven film. But still that doesn’t mean that it is devoid of music. It has some fantastic songs; a fantastic track which is a part of the soundtrack of the film, but not as part of the film as far as the running is concerned. You won’t see a song in the film.

What was the best thing about being a part of Bheja Fry 2?

I think the best part about being involved with Bheja Fry 2 was that we got to shoot on a ship because I have never got to be on a ship before and the killer excuse of being stranded on the ship for two whole weeks! We used to stop at different places every single day and it was beautiful. The ship experience is like fabulous!

Bheja Fry is almost synonymous with Vinay Pathak…

Yes!

So how was it working with him?

He is a fantastic bundle of energy! The kind of performances that he does as a comedian is very physical comedy and it’s very difficult. For him to be up as his character Bharat Bhushan is not only something which you require a lot of talent for, which he has, but you also require great energy for. He is always alert. He has this most charming, beautiful grey eyes that is something one would look very deeply into!

Any particular incident on the sets which comes to your mind right now?

Loads of them! The fact that we have so many actors aboard meant that we would have great sessions of dumb charades, sessions of Pictionary together…so it felt really good that you could play games like in your childhood and we would actually become children..screaming and fighting and you know all of that. So it was fun.

What are the first three words that come to your mind when one says Bheja Fry?

Bheja Fry…uhh…(laughing) this heat of Bombay…Bheja Fry for me can only mean the movie Bheja Fry and nothing else!

So is there anything which makes Minissha’s Bheja Fry?

I get very irritated when you have an address in front of you and you cannot find it and you are running around in circles and every other house or building number can be located except the one you are looking for. That really fries my brain! Really! Ya!

Why should the audience come and watch Bheja Fry 2 ?

Bheja Fry 1 is reason enough. Also it’s a fantastic comedy and I can vouch for that because I only sign films which I believe in and which I believe is a value for money for audience.

Your upcoming projects…

I have another romantic movie by Sagar – Hum, Tum aur Shabana – and Shirish Kunder’s Joker.

Bheja Fry 2 is in theaters this Friday June 17th, be sure to check it out!

Minissha Lamba detained at Mumbai Airport

Minissha Lamba, who walked the red carpet at Cannes recently, was detained by customs officials at the Mumbai International airport today. The actress has been held for carrying undeclared diamond jewelry worth Rs 50 lakhs.

Lamba is now being interrogated by custom officials to give an account of the jewelry that was found in her baggage. She was at the French city to attend the premiere of Woody Allen`s `Midnight in Paris`. Minnisha was also invited for a bash post the screening. Minnisha has acted in ‘Yahaan’, ‘Corporate, ‘Welldone Abba’ to name a few.

Minissha Lamba is back in her Bikini

The actress is the new cover girl of men's magazine 'Man's World' and is dressed in a floral bikini accessorised with a surf board on the publication's front page.

The 26-year-old shot for the spread on the sunny beaches of Goa, dressed in a variety of bikinis and also posed for some underwater shots. "I am a beach person and I love sports. I got to kite surf during the shoot and I really enjoyed that," said the actress who had made her debut playing a Kashmiri girl in the 2005 film 'Yahaan'.

Bikinis and actresses have been in news recently but for the wrong reasons as both Sonakshi Sinha and Vidya Balan had threatened to sue magazines for allegedly photoshopping their pictures to look like they had posed in swimsuits. But Minissha has no qualms about it and had earlier donned a barely there bikini for the cover of Maxim's October 2009 cover.

Bollywood divas dazzle at the Lakme Fashion Week

Designer Manish Malhotra showcased his spring summer collection at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week 2011, and seemed satisfied with his show. 'Show went super : feel great and relaxed,' he tweeted.

Hard Kaur loved his show as well: 'Went to manish malhotra's show last night LFW amazing collection as always..loved my outfit by the man himself x gooooo manish ;)' she updated. Minissha Lamba attended Rajat Tangri's show at Lakme Fashion Week. 'Sunday begins with fashion week. Attending my dear friend Rajat Tangri's show today wearing a simple yet stunning piece of his creation,' she tweeted.

Juhi Chawla attended designer Anita Dongre's show. 'Attended anita dongre s show at LFW ... Very very pretty ... Each garment each outfit was lovely ..the whole look was waiflike ..angelic,' she wrote.

Minissha Lamba talk about her property at UAE

Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba has hit out at fraudsters who allegedly used her name to extort more than AED9m ($2.45m) from investors as part of a UAE-based property scam.

At least twelve investors, including Emirati businessman Ahmad Al Falasi, are locked in a legal battle with Stallion Properties, who they say convinced them to buy real estate in Ras Al Khaimah after falsely capitalising on the names of Lamba and Hollywood actress Tara Reid. “It’s a really sad state of affairs to dupe people like this,” Delhi-based Lamba told Arabian Business. Tara Reid’s publicist did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Minissha Lamba is Muskan Ali in WELL DONE ABBA!!

Minissha Lamba, the sizzling hot sexy babe of bollywood who plays lead in veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s upcoming flick.

Well Done Abba’, is all set to wow the audience with her simple rural belle character in stark contrast to her bikini clad modern sexy avatar in ‘Kidnap.’

Minissha Lamba is very excited about the flick and hopes that the Midas touch of director Shyam Benegal would be able to provide her bollywood career the much needed boost.

The movie also features veteran bollywood actor Boman Irani in the character of Minissha Lamba’s father.

Who takes leave from his employer in Mumbai to search for a suitable groom for his young daughter.

Sources say that the flick has a circumstantial comic touch throughout and the audiences would feel it hard to control their laughing.

The movie also has the ironic touch in it and presents the social problem of marrying off girls in a very subtle and ironic way before the society.

In this way, the flick also conveys a social message to society and becomes relevant to modern times.

Shyam Benegal’s earlier flick ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’, which was very successful at the box office, also had a social message for the society. Though Minissha Lamba featured in several films like Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Corporate’ with Bipasha Basu and critically acclaimed ‘Yahaan’, but she could not claim commercial success at the box office or could win the recognition of being an actress of caliber.

However, with ‘Well Done Abba’, Minissha Lamba hopes to change all the notions of the past and come out a winner at the box office. Even trade sources are hopeful about the flick’s success at the box office due to presence of Boman Irani and the superb direction of Shyam Benegal, who was once the doyen of parallel cinema in the country.