Opening scene of original Chashme Buddoor my favourite: Divyendu

Divyendu Sharma, who plays one of the friends in "Chashme Baddoor" remake, says the first scene of the original film is his favourite one.

Director David Dhawan has revisited 1981-cult buddy film "Chashme Buddoor", which had a fair dose of romance and comedy. Farooque Sheikh had played the central character in it.

In the remake, hitting theatres April 5, Divyendu will reprise the role played by Rakesh Bedi, the poet, while Siddharth steps into Ravi Baswani's shoes. Ali Zafar is the main lead and Taapsee plays the role essayed by Deepti Naval in Sai Paranjpye's directorial venture.

"My best moment of the original one is the first scene where a cigarette is being passed on without seeing each other. Farooque Sheikh is reading a book, the other two are also doing their work and without seeing each other they are passing the cigarette," the 29-year-old said here Tuesday at a college where he was promoting the film.

"Farooque Sheikh gets it last. He is sitting in a manner that the cigarette is put between his toes, the feet goes up and he picks it up and takes a drag. That tells you so much about the chemistry in the very first shot of the film. You get to know what kind of friends they are, you don't need to explain anything," he added.

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Lot to learn from Ali Zafar: Yami Gautam

Actress Yami Gautam, who will be be seen with Ali Zafar in "Aman Ki Aasha" says she is eagerly waiting to work with the actor-singer as she feels there is a lot to learn from him.

"There is a lot to learn from Ali. He is such a fabulous actor. He is an all-rounder. He is a singer, music composer, actor and what not. I am really looking forward to work with him," Yami told.

Yami will play a Hindu girl in the film.

"Ali is playing a Pakistani boy and I am playing a Hindu girl. I am not allowed to talk about the film, so that is all I can say. But this film is going to be completely different from 'Vicky Donor'. It is a very interesting role," she said.

The film will be directed by E.Niwas, who has earlier helmed "Shool", "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves" and "De Taali".

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Nargis Fakhri and Ali Zafar perform daredevil stunts

Ali Zafar and Nargis Fakhri recently performed some dangerous stunts on a bike

Whoever thought that Ali Zafar is too much of a chocolate boy to don an action avatar needs to think again

Turns out the Pakistani actor-singer refused to use a body double for a considerably dangerous stunt for an ad. And Nargis Fakhri amazed the ad-makers by bravely staying pillion seated for this particular shot.

While shooting for the video, Ali and Nargis were slated for a bike scene in which the vehicle was supposed to take a flight from a significant height.

Even though the duo was offered an alternative of stuntmen as is the norm in the industry to perform the required daredevilry, they decided to go ahead without any fear of consequence.

Our source says, Ali is passionate about bikes and Nargis is an action freak. Luckily enough, the shot was okayed in the first shot itself and thankfully, none of the two was injured.

The crewmembers ended up giving them a round of applause. Both Ali and Nargis were shown the stunt by the stunt doubles and were told that certain portions of it needed to be shot for their close-ups and for the rest, the stunt doubles would manage.

However, Ali surprised everyone by insisting to do the deed on his own. To make matters more exciting, even Nargis showed her adrenaline junkie side, sums up the source.

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Ali Zafar told me to shut up and sing

Bollywood has seen a number of actresses trying their hand at singing. And one of them is Aditi Rao Hydari.

The actress lent her voice to two songs in London, Paris, New York and says she would love to sing again. Talking to B-S about the experience, she says, I made a big fuss about it in the beginning, so I was told to shut up and sing!

Once I went inside the studio, Ali (Zafar) became very different. From my co-star he turned into this music composer, who was very stern and a total taskmaster to boot. But I had a party recording the songs! I would absolutely love to sing again.

Well, we hope the music composers are listening.

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Yami Gautam and Ali Zafar to romance for Aman Ki Aasha

After Katrina Kaif and Aditi Rao Hydari, Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar will be seen romancing Yami Gautam in tentatively tiled "Aman Ki Aasha". 

Confirming the news, director of the film E. Niwas told: "Yes, I am making a film which stars Ali Zafar and Yami Gautami. It's a love story." 

TV actress Yami made a successful journey to big screen with hit movie "Vicky Donor". 

To be produced by Neeraj Pandey's production house, the film is reportedly about a Pakistani boy and an Indian girl. 
"The film is tentatively titled 'Aman Ki Aasha' but we are contemplating other titles as well.

Let's see how things fall in place. The film will go on floors in March 2013, " said Niwas, who earlier directed "Shool", "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves" and "De Taali", among others.

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