Kareena Kapoor chose Esha Gupta for Saif Ali Khan starrer

Kareena Kapoor might not be working with her husband in any of his forthcoming films, but she seems to be influencing the choice of actresses working with Saif Ali Khan. Now, when Esha Gupta has been signed opposite Saif in Sajid Khan’s next, it’s said that the decision could have something to do with Bebo.

It’s no news now that director Sajid Khan has dropped his ex-girlfriend Jacqueline Fernandez to rope in Esha Gupta for his next that stars Saif Ali Khan in lead. As per reports, it was Kareena Kapoor, who referred Esha first to Saif, and then the hubby dear passed the word on to Sajid.

Kareena Kapoor came in contact with Esha Gupta on the sets of her film Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. Esha has done a special item song for the film and both the actresses get along well. “It was during the film’s shooting that Esha got to know Kareena... It was at the same time Sajid was looking for a heroine for his film. Kareena happened to tell Saif about Esha and that’s how a meeting took place between Esha and the director and that’s how she came on board,” a source tells a tabloid.

Though last year was quite good for Esha in terms of three releases, she wasn’t getting any major film after Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh. Till now, Esha hasn’t done a full-fledged masala caper. Also, her roles in her past films were devoid of glamour, thus getting a Sajid Khan film is a win-win situation for the actress.

Sajid Khan’s next is a multi-starrer comedy, also starring Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah besides Esha Gupta and Saif Ali Khan.

This Friday two films from very different genres will fight it out at the box office. Saif Ali Khan's zombie comedy will clash with a teenage drama 'Gippi'. Saif Ali Khan has turned blonde for his new film 'Go Goa Gone'-a first of its kind zom-com in India. Vir Das, Kunal Khemu and Anand Tiwary find themselves surrounded by zombies in the remote in Goa.






On the other hand, Sonam Nair's new film 'Gippi' is a teenage drama, a genre not much explored in Bollywood. 'Gippi' is primarily the story of an overweight 13-year-old girl, who hates the idea of dieting.

Fourteen-year-old Riya Vij plays the title role of Gurpreet Kaur aka Gippi, who is learning new things while growing up and adapting to changes.

Actor-producer Saif Ali Khan is treading new territories with "Go Goa Gone" - a zombie comedy, after making romance-based entertainers like "Love Aaj Kal" and "Cocktail", but he's quite sure he won't ever make a "sleazy" comedy.



There's a thin line between "naughty" and "sleazy", he believes.

Why is comedy all about sleaze nowadays?

"Everything should have a representative, I guess! So, also have a branch of comedy, which is sleazy, but I suppose there is an audience for that as well. There are different kinds of people in our country, and you've got to cater to all."

"But I don't think I want to make a sleazy film. I'd rather make a naughty one," the 42-year-old told over phone from Mumbai.

"Go Goa Gone", his production and acting venture, releases May 10. Starring Kunal Kemmu, Vir Das and Anand Tiwari in key roles, the movie, as Saif believes, is a "naughty" kind!

Narrating a scene from the movie, he said: "There's a scene in which Kunal's character goes and buys condoms. The shopkeeper asks him, 'So what kind of condoms do you want?' and then Kunal's character says, 'Well, the ones for having sex!'



"So this, I think is naughty and funny, but not sleazy."

While the movie has been heavily promoted as a 'zombie' film, Saif says it's not all that "zombie".

"It's a very urban movie, it's a funny one and not aimed at buying anyone into the theory of the zombie. It is essentially a story of these three boys and their ridiculous adventures. So, I think it's nice if we can just laugh a little bit without thinking what's a zombie and all of that," he said.

The idea behind "Go Goa Gone" was also to cater to the audience which wants "new and exciting" genres and storylines.

"The audience is ready and maturing. So it is up to us now to give them the content. I remember Kunal (Kemmu) came up to me with this script, and said this is a comedy about zombies. At first I was apprehensive to try something new, to produce something new, but then when I read the script, I laughed out loud quite a number of times."

"I believe the audience will laugh too," Saif said.



The budget for the film, he said, was "not very much". But he promises they haven't "cheated" the audience.

He said the crew shot a lot on beaches and in jungles of Mauritius, besides getting Hollywood experts to work on the zombies' make-up. Saif's own look is different in the film - he sports blonde locks.

"I liked the idea," he said.

Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan promotes 'Go Goa Gone' at the IPL 6 Extra Time. Lets see the promotion of the upcoming bollywood cinema 'Go Goa Gone' at the IPL 6 Extra Time.

Ileana D'Cruz seems to be getting pretty lucky in Bollywood. After her success in Barfi, she has not signed any Telugu or Tamil movies. Ileana famous in Telugu industry for her curves and dance moves seems to have moved on to Bollywood without looking back.

Ileana has signed Phata Poster Nikla Hero, where she acts next to Shahid Kapoor. Latest update on her Bollywood career is that she is going to be the lead actress in the next Saif Ali Khan's movie. Raj and DK are set to direct this movie and they are pretty keen on casting Ileana.

Ileana has acted in many hit Telugu movies such as Pokiri, Julayi and Kick. Born in Mumbai, the beautiful actress got a break in Bollywood cinema with the super successful film Barfi. She even bagged Best Debutant Actress Award in Filmfare.

After the success from Barfi, Ileana has not signed any Telugu or Tamil films. There were rumours that she has already signed an Ekta Kapoor film and now that she has bagged a Khan movie, she will surely not be seen in town anytime soon.

In the times when there are so many proposals being made and promises penned, Sajid has quietly created a pool of resources which would ensure that he has a film of his release at regular intervals. With actors like Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor all set to work in a film each with him, Sajid is certainly busier than ever before,' informs an industry source.



Meanwhile he is already looking forward to a prolific 2014 ahead, what with HEROPANTI (14th February) and 2 STATES (18th April) already boasting of confirmed release dates. If Tiger Shroff's debut film would be the flavour of next Valentine's season, Arjun Kapoor's film (which has Karan Johar as Sajid's co-producer) would be hitting the screens in the season when Sajid has seen his HOUSEFULL and HOUSEFULL 2 turning out to be huge successes.

Sajid Nadiadwala, Saif Ali Khan & Kabir Khan team up for political thriller Moreover, KICK too would be arriving in 2014 though it would be interesting to see if the Salman starrer would pick up Eid or Christmas as its preferred day of arrival,' the source adds, 'In the meantime, release date of HIGHWAY, which has been made in collaboration with Imtiaz Ali, would be announced soon as well.'

With Sajid already announcing plans for HOUSEFULL 3, one can well expect Sajid to have at least half a dozen films of his arrive in quick succession.

Go Goa Gone is definitely an uncommon mixture of hilarious comedy, camaraderie, slick action and zombies. Raj says, “A zombie film in Hindi was unheard of till then.” DK adds, “But we had been certain that this really is the film we would like to make right after Shor in the City.”

Saif Ali Khan, who has acted and made the film, play Boris who is a Russian Mafia Lord. “I loved Boris in the very first time I discovered him. He’s tough and cool, but additionally really funny. He has an excellent heart and is brave. The dynamics between him and the boys is hysterical. I was really excited to play Boris the zombie hunter as well as happier to generate this film,” says Saif.

Dinesh Vijan, Producer, Illuminati Films explains, “There hasn’t been a character like Boris or possibly a notion like this on Indian screens. That is specifically what got us excited to produce this film. The zombies will keep you on the edge of the seat plus the humor will make you fall of it – generating it a zombie comedy… a ZOM-COM! Hopefully it’ll be a genre defining film for us.”

“We have usually liked being related to cinema that is a keeper. Go Goa Gone is going to be that a single film you can find challenging to neglect and would desire to go back and watch. It really is always about taking the following step within the film business and we are glad we’re a portion of this project,” says Sunil Lulla, Producer, Eros International Media Ltd.