Anil Kapoor won’t charge fee for acting in the remake of a Marathi film produced by Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation

Anil Kapoor will work for free in Mahesh Manjrekar’s Hindi remake of Mee Shivajiraje Bhosle Boltoy (MSBB), produced bySalman Khan’s Being Human Foundation.

ays a source, “Anil and Mahesh met at Khan’s house a few days ago to finalise the details. An announcement will be made shortly, Anil is expected to play the role Sachin Khedekar played in the original.”

Manjrekar prefers to be guarded. He says, “We are in talks with stars but at this stage, I do not want to name anyone. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip. Once everything is on paper, we will make a formal announcement.”

Mee Shivajiraje…, which released in April 2009, was penned by Manjrekar who played the title role. Themovie is about an ordinary middle-class Maharashtrian (played by Khedekar) who finds nothing going right for him.

Enter Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who transforms his life and tells him to take responsibility for what he does.
The film is akin to Lage Raho Munnabhai, which had Mahatma Gandhi guiding Munnabhai. Like Munnabhai, who alone could see the Father of the Nation, in MSBB, only the simple Maharashtrian guy can see the Chhatrapati.
Apart from MSBB, Manjrekar’s other Marathi film Shikshanacha Aaicha Gho (SAG), which takes on the educational system, is also being produced under the Being Human banner.

Adds Manjrekar, “I will be remaking both films. SAG will go on the floors first.”

Salman Khan and Kangna Ranaut are slated to feature in the SAG remake and Sallu will play dad to two kids.
Buzz is that the proceeds of the movies will entirely go towards the Being Human Foundation charities.
Anil Kapoor remained unavailable for comment.

Anil Kapoor is Hollywood bound!

After more than three decades in Bollywood, Anil Kapoor is now heading West. The TV show 24 that opened in the US in February, has fetched him more “worthwhile” roles. “There are no mavericks in Hollywood,” he asserts. “They are all filmmakers and it’ll be great,” says the actor. “Thanks to movies like Slumdog Millionaire, Hollywood does not stereotype Indian actors as brown fluff anymore.”

In 24, Kapoor plays President Omar Hassan and says he listened to a lot of speeches on Youtube to add to his knowledge of Middle Eastern characters. He is however wary of doing similar roles in Hollywood.

August is a big month for Kapoor with two career-altering projects lining up. 24 will premiere on Indian TV on August 23. Before that, on August 6, his second home production, Aisha will launch daughter Rhea as a producer. The film features his other daughter, Sonam, in the lead.

“I’m anxious. August is a big month for us. I wasn’t around much during the making of Aisha since I was filming 24 but Rhea had things under control. She pretty much did everything on her own,” he admits. “The kids did a brilliant job. I only guided and they sailed the ship solo.

Hollywood calling Sonam Kapoor

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor wooed Hollywood and now it is his daughter Sonam to be wooed by the west. She has been offered two Hollywood films in the space of six months. While in LA, Anil met Ben Stiller to exchange ideas for a production company they want to launch together for a joint production. During one such talk, the actor told him about his home production Aisha, starring his elder daughter. Ben asked to see the film’s show reel as he was casting for the role of Kate for his production house’s (Red Hour Films) $30 million film. Titled 30 Minutes Or Less, it is directed by Reuben Fleischer and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Danny MacBride. After Stiller saw the show reel, he sent an e-mail to Anil saying he thought Sonam was ‘fantastic’ and that he wanted to cast her.

This isn’t all. Within a month of Anil’s return to India, he got a call for another offer for his beti. This time from Edoardo Ponti (son of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti’s) who just announced a new project called Das and wants to cast the IHLS girl. The film would be made in India. Way to go Sonam…