Says an upset Madhavan, “Its amazing how many Indians don’t know that one has to stand at attention and without movement during the National Anthem. Sad.”

The star was also overwhelmed when he saw the Afghanistan cricket team’s response to their national anthem during the recent World Cup. “Was so moving to hear the Afghanistan players reaction to their national Anthem at the T20 WC… What a great moment for them,” adds Maddy.

Well Madhavan sure had brought us to tears with his patriotic performance in the blockbuster ‘Rang De Basanti’ and we salute him for not just his reel life character but his real life values as well.

In Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Running with the Bulls’, Kat is said to venture in the stunt zone – that includes dirt bike riding and deep sea diving. Hmmm, looks like the gori is all set to follow the steps of her lucky charm and colleague, our Khiladi Kumar Akshay….

Currently the actress is in London visiting her family; however, she is doing her homework for the film simultaneously. Heard that Kat is very kicked about the stunts in the film – be it dirt bike riding for which she has already started training or deep sea diving for which she is soon to enroll in classes on her return from London.

This is the first time that Katrina is going to do the stunt stuffs and one can imagine her excitement to try them. The beauty is said to have already started preparing for her role. Nazuk kali banegi stunt kudi! Go for it Kat.

Says Sameera: “I’m a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan, and when he invited me to Eden Gardens to cheer for KKR, I was overjoyed. Though I don’t know much about cricket and T20, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it.”
Sameera also turned out to be KKR’s “lucky mascot”, when they won a hard fought battle against Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs. Sam was the cynosure of all eyes and was repeatedly shown on television.

Raavan is a multi-lingual film that has Vikram and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan playing the lead roles in the Tamil version, while Ash pairs up with Abhishek Bachchan for the Hindi version.

Well, she may be a good motivator and all, but once her boys are on the field, apart from cheering and waving the team’s flag, there’s nothing much Preity can do. Thankfully, though she can do something about the heat. Preity has often been seen desperately fanning herself with a hand fan, especially when the going’s tough. Interestingly, the fan’s colour matches that of the team’s uniform. Team T-shirt, red fan, what else for team support, girl.

He will be accompanied by wife Jaya, Balki, Aparna Sen and Kabir Khan (whose New York will also be screened as part of the ‘New Indian Cinema’ section). A gala screening of Paa where AB and Balki will address the audience, a live appearance on a local TV show, a meeting with University students and a dinner reception hosted by the Indian Embassy — there’s lots on Big B’s itinerary in this trip. Poland is waiting for the event. As Januesz Bylinski, Consul General of Poland puts it: “We are proud to host the super star of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, who is a great ambassador of Indian culture.”

Applauding her was a foreign audience and our very own Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and music directorsinger Shankar Mahadevan. After her foreign stint, it is safe to assume that Vidya now knows a little more about the business of cinema than she knew before. Meanwhile, the actress is said to be waiting with bated breath for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Chenab Gandhi also starring Amitabh Bachchan to go on the floors.

In fact, PC is said to have flown in from her outdoor shooting and signed Anurag Basu’s new film with Ranbir, forcing Katrina Kaif to exit. Kat knows PC is a powerhouse performer and will give her stiff competition. Also, rumours suggest that with PC and Ranbir no longer being strangers, Kat will be uncomfortable around them.

During the interval, Neetu was seen posing for pictures while Jagmohan waited patiently for her. “At around 1.30 am, they left together before the film ended,” says the source. It’s possible that sparks flew while they were working on Apartment. And now, it’s upto Neetu to accept or deny the story. We guess she’d be choosing to do the latter!

Soon after reports that Katrina had agreed to be part of a film which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, comes news that she has opted out of the Anurag Basu film. Explaining the rationale of her decision, a close friend of the actress says, “When Katrina agreed to do Anurag Basu’s film with Ranbir, no mention was made of another heroine, and certainly not of Priyanka. However, when word about this reached her, she found the whole idea of the credit titles reading ‘Ranbir-Katrina-Priyanka’ too gimmicky. Not that she has anything against Priyanka or any other co-star.”

But the more immediate reason for Katrina could be that she has finally acquired the rights to produce the remake of a French film –she’s been after it for almost a year now and wants to immediately allot time for this pet project.
Having signed Dostana 2 and Zoya Akhtar’s next, besides Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan (for which she’s shooting at the moment), the only way she could accommodate this remake was to refuse any other projects this year.
Katrina doesn’t deny she has decided to do only solo-heroine films. “I am not saying I won’t do films with other leading ladies, but for now, I’m happy in the space I am. Why should I unnecessarily rock the boat? And yes, I am finally about to lock the deal to produce my film. It’s a fabulous role and I’ve been angling for the remake rights for quite some time. I’d like to get down to it as soon as possible.”

The remake of the French film will feature Katrina as a scheming gold-digger. She has apparently been pining to play a grey role for some time now.