Kunal Roy Kapoor's mainstream debut as a director

After helming The President Is Coming back in 2008, Kunal Roy Kapoor dons the director's hat again

This time for producer Siddharth Jain's (Ragini MMS) horror film. The project will be Kunal's first mainstream film after directing his first film under Rohan Sippy's banner.

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Rohan Sippy's film with Ayushmann, Kunaal, goes on floors

After 'Dum Maaro Dum', director Rohan Sippy is back to work with yet-to-be titled film featuring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur.

"Roll camera. And we are off and running. Started shooting my fourth film."

Son of director Ramesh Sippy, this is his fourth film as a director after 'Kuch Naa Kaho' 'Bluffmaster' and 'Dum Maaro Dum'. This is the second film for Ayushmann after the stupendous success of "Vicky Donor".

Directors Abhishek Kapoor and Kabir Khan congratulated him on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Kabir Khan: Have a great shoot Rohan.

Abhishek Kapoor: Congrats Sippy. Good luck.

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Bollywood, fashion world unite against cervical cancer

A bevy of popular names from the world of fashion and Bollywood came together Saturday night to create awareness on cervical cancer.

Actors Kunal Kapoor and Yuvika Chaudhary, singer Shibani Kashyap and Miss India Earth Hasleen Kaur walked the runway to show their support for the cause.

Ace fashion designers Namrata Joshipura, Anju Modi and Poonam Bhagat showcased varied collections, which ranged from white angelic anarkali suits to glittering black pants.

"It's very important that people are coming out and creating such awareness about cervical cancer because it's a cancer that kills one woman every seven minutes. It is the only cancer that can be prevented. There is a vaccination for it, " Kunal Kapoor told.

"We are proud to launch 'Guard Your Angel', an initiative to create awareness on cervical cancer and its preventive options. I don't think many people are aware of that. I think not only women but men should also come forward for the cause.

We all have mothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends who we should take care of, " said K.G. Ananthakrishnan, managing director of MSD Pharmaceuticals India.

Shibani Kashyap, who sang a few verses of the song she had created to support the cause, said there should be campaigns and ads for the not-so-tech-savvy women, so that they are also informed about the cancer.

"There needs to be more campaigns on television. Women who are housewives or the ones who do not surf the net, they do watch television, " she said.

Femina Miss India Earth 2011 Hasleen Kaur said women should not be bogged down by responsibilities and should take care of themselves.

"I think daughters as well as mothers who have responsibilities should not be bogged down by the responsibilities. Symptoms are something that you may not get to know for a long time. You should take an action and forcefully and not just plain talking, " Kaur said.

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Ayushmann-Kunal Roy Kapoor in Rohan Sippy's Rom-Com

Bestfriends for life Abhishek Bachchan and Rohan Sippy have decided to take a break from one another. After starring in all the three films that Rohan Sippy has directed (Kuch Na Kaho, Bluffmaster and Dum Maro Dum) Abhishek Bachchan has decided to take a break from all things Sippy.

The actor currently exploring an area beyond his comfort zone working with directors who aren’t necessarily personal friends (e. g Rohit Shetty)has opted out of Rohan Sippy’s next to make way for Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunal Roy Kapoor who will do what appears to be a buddy-buddy film on the lines of Bluffmaster.

Says a source close to the project, “Rohan can’t dream of directing without Abhishek. He wrote his new film with Abhishek in mind to play one of the leads. He wanted to revive the Bluffmaster duo of Abhishek and Riteish Deshmukh. But after Dum Maro Dum Abhishek has done some serious re-thinking. He is not doing the next films of either of his childhood friends Rohan Sippy or Goldie Behl. ”

The new Rohan Sippy film stars the Vicky Donor actor Ayushmann Khurrana with the Delhi Belly actor Kunal Roy Kapoor.

Roy Kapoor had directed the political satire Shall We Tell The President for producer Rohan Sippy 5 years ago.

Confirming the casting Kunal Roy Kapoor said, “It’s a rom-com. I can’t say much more. I am really looking forward to working with Rohan and Ayushmann. ”

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