Konkona to become mother in March mid

The actress is due in March but would rather talk about two of her soon-to-release films Konkona Sensharma turns a year older on December 3. The actress has lots to look forward to in the coming year motherhood and two of her movies Vinay Shukla's Mirch and her mom Aparna Sen's Iti Mrinalani release shortly. Though the actress believes in only talking about her films and detests answering any personal questions.

Q: When is the baby due?

A: Sometime in March.

Q: There was a lot of speculation when you were spotted last month with a big belly considering that you got married to Ranvir Shorey in September.

A: People can speculate and gossip till the cows come home. I will not say anything on this front.

Q: You will be back on the scene break ke baad?

A: I will definitely be back to acting after my delivery. Right now, no one will hire an actress with a big belly.

Q: Have you planned anything for your birthday on December 3?

A: It's not something I would like to talk about. But I do celebrate sometimes they are big, sometimes small. There will be something but I have no clue about it now.

Q: You essay two roles in Vinay Shukla's Mirch?

A: Yes. I essay a Rajasthani princess and a contemporary woman. I have known Vinay through Shabana Azmi for a while. I had seen his earlier film Godmother and loved it.

Q: When he related the story of Mirch to me, I was greatly interested in its script. The movie is about a director showcasing four of his stories that he wants to make into a film. The stories are about the sexual emancipation of women.

A: I feature in two of the stories. There is a fantastic ensemble cast in the movie. The women in the film are naughty and saucy but Vinay has treated the subject in a sophisticated manner, it is definitely not vulgar.

Q: Iti Mrinalani is doing the festival circuit...

A: Right now, my mother is with the movie at the Cairo Film Festival. The movie, about the life of an actress, has been shot in Bengali and dubbed in Hindi. It is slated to release later this month. Interestingly, mother and I play the same character in the movie.

Q: You also feature in Saat Khoon Maaf?

A: I have just done a cameo in the movie and have completed it long back.

Source: SantaBanta

Atif Aslam will join Ranbir's world tour

Ranbir Kapoor's world tour in July 2011 would have him sharing the stage with Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu and Malaika Arora-Khan. A fifth girl is yet to be finalised. But it won't be Deepika Padukone or Sonam Kapoor. "Unfortunately Shahid Kapoor can't accompany us. We've got Atif Aslam instead. He's a huge draw among Asians abroad. The show will be youth-oriented," said Ranbir's father Rishi Kapoor.

The combinations and permutations for Ranbir's world tour have gone through more changes. While Shahid Kapoor has been replaced by Pakistani pop singer Atif Aslam, Deepika Padukone is no more a part of Ranbir's world tour because Katrina Kaif was not comfortable with the idea of being in Deepika's company for nearly a month at a stretch.

The ever-forthright Rishi admits it was impossible to have both Deepika and Katrina on board. "Deepika wanted to come along. We didn't want any stress behind the stage. See, as it is, Ranbir has never been on stage. We want it to go smoothly, no backstage jhik-jhik, please!" Sonam has backed out too. Adds Chintu, "She begged off saying she didn't have a song repertoire to stand on stage with Katrina and Priyanka."

Giving details of the world concert Ranbir's dad says, "We start off in the UK, US and Canada. Then after six months we'll go for another lap of the tour. I've done these world tours over and over again. But for Ranbir, the world tour would be a new experience.

Not even once, has he danced on stage even at award functions. This was planned so that he could be seen for the first time on stage during the world tour. The complaint of Indians abroad is that as much as they love Shah Rukh and Salman they've been seen performing on television extensively.

If you're seen performing on 300 channels 365 days a year why would Indians in the US want to pay $200 to see you on stage? That's where we hope to score with Ranbir's concert. By God's grace, he does have a bank of songs to perform to. We'll be all over the US, UK and Canada over the five weekends in July."

Apparently, Sheila Katrina and Munni Malaika would actually perform a fusion of their mega-hits Sheila Ki Jawani and Munni Badnaam Hui. Rishi Kapoor too would be sharing the stage with his son.

Rishi ain't telling. "You'll just have to wait and watch. The Morani Brothers are in the UK and US to finalise everything. Hopefully, we'll be doing Ranbir's first world concert without any hitch," he said.

Source: NDTV









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