Just how professional can a person get in tinsel town? There's no limit or so Kamal Hassan seems to think. His Mrs Doubtfire-remake, Chikni Chachi has been making news for a while - sometimes for the right reasons but more often for the wrong ones. Here's some more masala. No, we are not about to get into the details about how Shantanu Sheorey and Kamal had problems. That's history. Everyone knows that Kamal is now directing the film himself. But not many people know that the role which eventually went to Ayesha Jhulka had earlier been assigned to Ashwini Bhave. But Ashwini dared to report 15 minutes late - this she explained was due to traffic - by the time she got there, she was told she was out. Imagine what would happen if Govinda and Kamal had to work together.Family tiesIt gets lonely for stars while they are shooting aboard, especially if the heroine is the no-lafda kind. Perhaps Akshay Kumar knew this, so he took his girlfriend with him to London where he is shooting with the so-boring Madhuri Dixit for Arzoo. But these days, filmi lovers have started taking an entourage with them. It's in vogue, I think to ask families to come along for the joy ride. Perhaps Kajol, who took her family along with boy friend Ajay Devgan, started this trend.Now Akshay has followed suit. While his family is there to keep him company, Raveena, who is not shooting but just holidaying, has also taken her family along. Probably, this happens when lovers spend too much time together.Going astrayNana Patekar's affairs always make news. This could have something to do with the fact that he has always been involved with controversial women. Like Manisha and him - each time they fought and made up, the film glossies would heave a sigh of relief and fill up a few colour pages. Now it's Rekha Prakash who is the grapevine favourite. his choreographer who makes the stars dance, along with her husband Chinni, is now allegedly smitten by Nana's charm. Apparently though, she's been blaming her husband for the state of affairs. A friend of hers tells us that she found out about her husband going astray and claims to have done the same.Straight copyWHEN Priyadarshan took on Virasat one expected him to do a good job of the film, which is a remake of Thevar Magan. What he did however was a good job of copying and not directing. Just about every scene in the film is a copy from Thevar Magan. There is no originality or any creative contribution from Priyadarshan. But then what the hell? They had bought the remake rights of the original, so ethically there is nothing wrong with what they did. After all, a hit is what they want.BorderlineThe queues for the booking of Border tickets may be intimidating but don't get carried away. Wait till a few people come back and tell you what they think. The film which got so much hype during its making is now carrying mixed reports. Those who have seen the trial shows feel that the film is like one long documentary. There are all those claims about Border being the only war film but that's what the problem is. Apparently, there's too much war. Now Border, which was predicted to be a sure hit, has everyone confused.Eternal love stories Who says the film industry is full of unfaithful people. There are so many real-life sagas of love that put Lailla and Majnu to shame: Madame X tops our list. Who hasn't shed tears for her love for this married man. Even while giving speeches on stage, she talks about the Big A or is it B. And yet the list of her toy boys is endless.Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Master Satyajit, Aditya Panscholi. wonder if she can remember them all. Aamir Khan, the goodie-goodie chocolate hero, swears he's never dreamt of another woman off screen. But Pooja Bhatt spilt the beans. Then, there's Sunny Deol. The one-woman man who probably sits next to Dimple Kapadia while giving interviews about Pooja being the best thing that happened to him. Ajay Devgan, the hero who loves wearing blue lenses, is another one. He goes on about how much he loves Kajol and how he is so faithful. Ask a particular film unit about what happened between and him and his flop queen heroine in Pune recently.
