The success and the resultant adulation after Rock On!! have gone to Arjun Rampal's head. When Arjun asked Vipul Shah to double his price for the already signed Action Replay, it led to his ouster from the film. He has now been replaced by Roadies host and MTV VJ Ranvijay.

A source close to the production house said, "Ever since Arjun won awards for his performance in Rock On!!, he feels that the money that Vipul was paying him for Action Replay was not justified. He demanded almost double of the earlier amount and refused to work for the earlier sum. Vipul was completely taken aback with Arjun's demand as the producer-director had worked with Arjun in Aankhen (2002), when he was yet to make his mark. Also, after a long wait, the two friends had got together for this film. Feeling betrayed by Arjun's high-handed behaviour, he replaced him with Ranvijay. The shooting began yesterday at ND Studios."

Arjun Rampal confirmed that he is no longer doing Action Replay and said, "Yes it is true that I am not doing Vipul's film but it is not because of the money factor. There are some other issues which are best left between Vipul and me." When we checked with Vipul Shah, he maintained a diplomatic stand and said, "Arjun and I are friends. His dates were clashing with Rajneeti, so we mutually decided not to work on this film. Ranvijay is doing the role now." The film also stars Randhir Kapoor with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, who have been paired opposite each other after Khakee (2004).

This may be old news to most of you Bollywood fans who'd watched the earlier 'Star Screen Awards' and 'Filmfare Awards' this year, but I'd just like to point out the sweet moments our beloved stars shared with each other in these events. Be it Hrithik Roshan who instinctively got up from his seat to hug Ash after she won the 'Star Screen Popular Actress' award or Arjun Rampal who got hugged by Ash after winning the 'Filmfare Best Supporting Actor' award.

Finally, I've upgraded the fanlisting section to the Enthusiast Script. Makes it easier for me to manage members, and more so faster for me to update members. All pending members have been added, and I've also checked out all existing member's websites for my codes. If they're hotlinked or no linkage at all, I have deleted your website's URL from the list. So do update me if by any chance you'll be updating your links again.

Producer-director Vipul Shah whose had four hits to his credit is now on a new high. the producer director has started working on his next venture titled 'Flash Forward' with Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai and Arjun Rampal in the lead.

The director is on the look out for a young actor. He is now on the look out for a young actor. Vipul has a penchant to shoot his films on outdoor locales especially Punjab. But Unlike all other films this film will be shot in N.D. Studios with a start to finish scehdule.

The film is based on a play titled 'Action Reply'. The film is being produced in association with Akshay Kumar’s banner Hari Om Production. Meanwhile the producer-director is going on in full swing with his forthcoming venture London Dreams at Chandigarh.

The director is busy wrapping up the shoot with Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin in the lead and has planned to release the film on August 14. Incidentally Vipul Shah’s last release 'Singh Is Kinng' starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif was the biggest box office success. Vipul believes that the August month is favourable to him, especially the independence day. Hence he has set the date in advance for his on August 14.


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Hrithik Roshan has become quite choosy of late and this is quite apparent by the fact that the only film Hrithik has signed after his home production Kites is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next. Hrithik confirmed this and said, “Sanjay Bhansali’s film is the only film that I’ve accepted after Kites. I just jumped at it. We’re both very passionate film persons.Though there’s one other script that I’m looking at, nothing touched my soul except Bhansali’s script.”

“I believe he’s passionate and his passion is evident in his films. I thought Devdas and Saawariya were spectacular. I’m no one to judge, but I thought Saawariya was wrongly marketed.Otherwise it was as passionate as his earlier films,” raved Hrithik about Bhansali.

Hrithik is also pretty excited about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan being his co-star in the film. After all they shared a very special chemistry in Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa-Akbar. “The pairing with Aishwarya will be as special as the film that will project it. It’s always about how committed and passionate the script allows us to be. Given Sanjay’s calibre I don’t see why we won’t be able to recreate the same chemistry again. The project is definitely going into a different territory, in more ways than one,” he said, hinting at a unique shooting location.

(We hear that Sanjay is revisiting Goa for this film, a huge departure from his other set-bound films.)

The film will require a great deal of emotional wrenching from Hrithik. “I feel all the physical pain and turmoil that I’ve gone through in the recent past will add to my experiences as an actor. The more turmoil I go through the better I am as an actor. My work is about creativity and not about the business side of it. I know Sanjay’s film will offer me optimum emotional sustenance,” he signed off.

What is next on cards?
Aishwarya: I am working on Robot and Mani Ratnam’s film. I have accepted Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Vipul Shah’s film. I am excited.

The rumors that master director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the brilliant Hrithik Roshan will be working together have been growing for months. If that was not enough to get fans in in a tizzy, now the buzz is that his co-star in a romantic story will be none other than the beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Not much is known about the project but a source told Mid-day, "Hrithik has signed on the dotted line and even allotted his dates for the shooting, which starts in the second week of July. Aishwarya has heard the script and has liked her part but because she is away shooting for Mani Ratnam's next, she has not been signed on officially. She has confirmed her dates for the movie, though.”

None of this has been confirmed by Bhansali or Hrithik as of yet. Only thing that is confirmed is that according to Aishwarya’s manager Hari Singh she and the director have had several meetings.

We will all have to wait and watch to see if these rumors are indeed true and that the exciting team of Bhansali, Hrithik and Aishwarya will come together for the film! BollySpice will be sure to report as soon as it is confirmed or denied so keep checking back everyday!

I'd just like to add recent spoof of 'Jodhaa Akbar' done up by the ever spiffy MTV India. Those who haven't watch, I recommend you to have a look. They surely are a good laugh.

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I'm afraid to say that there's not much update this time. I'm just in the midst of listing out the website to certain directories and such.. Although, I think for old time's sake, I'll just add this old but still sexy looking Arjun/Aishwarya Filmfare photoshoot from a few years back, eh?

Well, I'm sure by now... all those of you 'Jodhaa Akbar' fans must have already got your hands on the long awaited DVD which got released recently on the 21st August. Although, if you asked me, I was rather disappointed with the DVD, beside it being non-anamorphic as otherwise stated on the cover. The only good thing about the special feature disc was the deleted scenes. Aside from that, there were no behind-the-scene stuff or bloopers of such. What a waste of waiting time. *snorts*

But anyways, I realised there was another quote by Hrithik Roshan on his views on Aishwarya that I realised weren't included in the Quotes section. It's of the 'Vogue Man' May 2008 issue of their magazine.

Hrithik on Ash: (2008 May) Aishwarya and I work very well together. We understand each other as actors a lot more now since we've had two films back to back [Dhoom:2 and Jodhaa Akbar]. Her most distinguishing feature as an actress is that she's completely selfless. It's easy to imagine that she'd be completely besotted by her own looks and obsessed with her close-ups and not concerned with the big picture. On the contrary, Aishwarya gives so much to every frame; as an actor, she instills the atmosphere with a sense of teamwork. She makes it very comfortable. I believe in the same approach, so I'm relieved to work with others who share that.

Bad news for Jodhaa Akbar fans, the DVD is yet again postponed to another date. Amazon UK has the DVD slated for release on 22 September 2008. Though don't count on it too much. I think we've learnt our lesson with Jodhaa Akbar, na?

But anyway, I've uncovered a new quote Hrithik said about Aishwarya recently to IndiaTimes. Enjoy!

Hrithik on Ash: (2008 Jun) Aishwarya is a lovely co-actor. People liked us together in Dhoom:2, and now in Jodhaa... Let's hope we get more movies to do together. It's easy when you know the actors working alongside you. It makes the ambience less formal, more friendly, and that helps.