A birthday bash on sets of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 in London

Director Sangeeth Sivan turned a year older recently and the occasion was celebrated with great fanfare on the sets of his film in the UK

Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma and other members of the cast apart from the crew got into action mode as they smeared cake on the birthday boy's face. The director was also gifted a painting of Lord Ganesha by his team.

If this wasn't enough, there was a dhol-tasha group too, which pumped up the proceedings with their Punjabi beats!

It seems that the South Indian director has taken to Punjabi in a big way! Last heard, he was even learning Punjabi expletives from his team.

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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 finally gets going in London

The Deols begin shooting in London

Director Sangeeth Sivan will finally begin shooting a long schedule of Yamla Pagla Deewana (YPD) 2 in London from September 5. The film stars the Deols - Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby - who will reprise their roles of Dharam, Paramvir and Gajodhar.

Maintaining the spirit of the first part of YPD, the second one has a totally different story laced with comedy and thrills. Dharmendra's character has him performing with the emotional grit of Anupama and the spontaneity of Chupke Chupke.

Says a source, The Deols share an excellent rapport with Sangeeth Sivan. The film, though showcasing foreign locales, will have a rare Indianness about it. A while ago, the stars were in London scouting for locations. Though delayed, the project is finally rolling.

Though the sequel was announced immediately after the film released in January 2011, it has taken the Deols one and half years to get going. Samir Karnik directed the first outing and there was buzz that Rahul Rawail would direct the second part, but finally Sivan was roped in.

The film also marks the third time that the Deol family is cast together after Apne (2007) and YPD. The film's title is inspired from the song Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana from Dharam's 1975 film Pratigya.

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Find out what Esha will wear for her wedding, also why were Sunny, Bobby missing!

Neeta Lulla who has styled Deol for her big day says, “Kanjivarams are very pretty but we didn’t want a standard look for Esha, thanks to her height and the way she carries herself" 

So we bought three Kanjivarams and then designed to make them into one. She looks very elegant in it.” In fact, Hema, who went shopping in Chennai, also bought sarees for her family members.

She also gifted one to Neeta and asked her to wear it for the wedding. The designer also worked on the ensembles of the bridegroom Bharat Takhtani besides Hema and Ahana.

Grooving to 'Dhoom Macha Le'

Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani's sangeet ceremony was held on Monday night at a hotel at Sahar 

While the bridal couple danced to Dhoom Macha Le, Hema Malini swayed to the Dream Girl song. 

Esha Deol was spotted with glitter nail varnish and the diamond ring is what Bharat gifted herSunny, Bobby missing!

Conspicuous by their absence at Esha's sangeet were Sunny and Bobby Deol 

Both Deol brothers were conspicuous by their absence at sister Esha's sangeet ceremony 

Dharmendra apparently came for an extremely short while. Strange, no? 

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Bobby Deol smiles following Yamla Pagla Deewana Box Office report

Following the success of “Yamla Pagla Deewana”, Bobby Deol is smiling again. Talking about the success of the film, Bobby stated “Every film counts. Every Friday changes your life.”

He said further, “I am glad that while shooting for YMD, I signed a couple of great banners. I was not down in the dumps though. If I weren’t good enough, people like Anees Bazmee and Abbas Mustan would not have signed me before YMD.”

Bobby added “I have never got so much warmth from people and I am surprised because in this industry people always pull each other down.”

He said further, “I have been in the industry for 15 years and I’ve seen people change with every release.”

Buzz is in the air that the sequel of Yamla Pagla Deewana will hit theatres soon.

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Dharmendra talks about his item no ‘Pal Pal Na Maane Tinku Jiya'

Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra, who will be seen shaking a leg in popular number ‘Pal Pal Na Maane Tinku Jiya’ in his next release says he is comfortable doing such songs. “It was easy for me to do the item song. I was very much comfortable doing it. Once the camera is on I am easy to open.

If I would have been uncomfortable then I wouldn’t have been in the industry since last 50 years or so,” Dharmendra said. After Malaika Arora’s ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ and Katrina Kaif’s ‘Shiela Ki Jawani’, now its ‘Pal Pal...’ from ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’, which is climbing high on the countdown chart.

Directed by Samir Karnik, the film, releasing on January 14, is a comedy of confusion where the Deols — Sunny, Bobby and Dharmendra — will be seen in a never seen avatar. “Since the promos have been released we are getting good reviews about the film. We hope that ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ turns out to be the biggest hit,” the 75-year-old actor said.

Meanwhile, Dharmendra and Sunny Deol have launched an entertainment portal. The website is a one—stop portal for tickets to movies, concerts, plays and sports events. It enables people to buy tickets, see film reviews, celebrity news, gossip, celebrity blogs, photographs and videos. Actor Ajay Devgn was the first one to buy the tickets of Dharmendra’s home production.

“We have been working on it for the past one year with a team. When they came to me with the concept I liked the idea found it interesting and agreed it to be a part of it,” Ajay said.

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