Katrina Kaif to perform at four award shows in January

Katrina Kaif will begin 2013 on a bang while performing at award shows in January itself. It is learnt that Katrina will be performing at four such award shows. If the figures are to be believed, she will be getting paid almost Rs. 10 crores for all these four shows. As the year 2012 was, so it seems will be the case for her in the next year.

Katrina Kaif delivered two hits this year, one each with Salman Khan and the other with Shah Rukh Khan. With Salman Khan first it was Ek Tha Tiger and then with Shah Rukh Khan, the recently released Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Both the films broke into the Rs. 100 cr. club. That automatically increased the market value for Katrina Kaif.

The success for Katrina at the box office does not only mean that she has a high value for her presence at the shows and stage performances, but in fact, she will also have a greater range to choose the numbers to perform at the shows.

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan breaks into the Rs. 100cr. mark

After the successful run of Salman Khan’s films that went into the Rs. 100cr. mark, it was Jab Tak Hai Jaan that broke the same milestone. It took just 11 days for the domestic earnings to reach that mark. Jab Tak Hai Jaan features lead actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif along with Anushka Sharma.

The film was produced at a budget of around Rs. 50 crores. And earning twice the amount only from India is indeed heartening. However, as far as the overall earnings are concerned, Rs. 100 crores were earned within six days only, which also included earnings from overseas as well. The film was released on the day of Diwali – the 13th of this month.

There were a couple of reasons, in fact more, why the film was such a popular production from the YRF house. Firstly, it was the last directorial venture of the late Yash Chopra; secondly, he had taken to direction after as many as eight years since he had made Veer-Zaara.

The final reason and probably the most important of them all, was that the director had roped in Shah Rukh Khan. And it was also the first ever film for SRK along with Katrina Kaif.

Yash Raj Films gets a legal notice from Ajay Devgn

Ajay Devgn proved to be a completely professional man by sending a legal notice to Yash Raj Films. It is breaking news, almost literally as it has sent shock waves amongst many in Bollywood. It was totally unexpected considering the sad demise of the grand old man of Indian romantic cinema, Yash Chopra.

According to an insider, the notice was sent on October 18, only three days before Yash Chopra breathed his last. The notice was sent to the son of Yash, Aditya Chopra. The notice is regarding the respective films Son of Sardar and Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

According to Ajay Devgn the YRF has exercised their power in the industry to put pressure on the exhibitors. With this they wanted to give preference to their film ahead of Son of Sardar.

There was a general trend in the industry that Ajay Devgn, as a respect, would not release the film on the same date that Jab Tak Hai Jaan is releasing. Both films are set to release on November 13 – the all important day of Diwali.

As far as the YRF is concerned, they have said that they haven’t received any such notice as yet and will take appropriate action if required.

King of romance Yash Chopra passes away

The undisputed King of Romance Yash Chopra passed away in Mumbai this evening. He was 80. Yash Chopra was given the tag of King of Romance after he produced hit films like Deewar, Chandni, Silsila and Darr. Yash Chopra worked for many decades in Bollywood and was active as long as until the last month.

Last week he was admitted to the hospitalafter the dengue fever had gripped him. Jab Tak Hai Jaan was the last film he successfully produced. The film is slated to be released on November 13. It is an irony that the great producer is not alive to see the last film of his life and hear its success.

Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif are the leading superstars in the film. Katrina Kaif had said that she was happy to have got a chance to work with the legendary producer at least once in her life. But at the same time she expressed unhappiness about his retirement.

The statement of the death of the iconic figure was given out by the Yash Raj studio – his film production company.

Though it is said that the dengue fever had gripped him, some reports also carried the news that there were multiple organ failure that caused the death of Yash Chopra at about 5.30 pm at the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai.

Rest in Peace, Yash Sir!

Yash Chopra in hospital due to dengue

The legendary film maker Yash Chopra, who recently turned 80, has been admitted to the Lilavati hospital in Bandra. He was diagnosed with dengue. One of the sources close to him said that the film maker had an attack of dengue and so had to be admitted to the hospital immediately.

The film maker just had recently announced his retirement from the business of film making. Jab Tak Hai Jaan has been his last film with Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. Anushka Sharma will also be seen in the lead role in the film. The film will hit the screens on November 13.

Yash Chopra has been a legendary film maker in India for decades now. Katrina Kaif had just recently expresses her unhappiness over the retirement of Yash Chopra. But she said that she was happy to get to work at least in his last movie.

Harshdeep Kaur to sing for Katrina Kaif

The little known singer Harshdeep Kaur will sing for the beautiful Katrina Kaif in her upcoming film Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Harshdeep Kaur is the first choice to sing the songs for Katrina Kaif in the film directly by A R Rehman. As a matter of fact, Harshdeep has been a part of the Rehman troupe almost all the time.

Jab Tak Hai Jaan is a Yash Chopra for which A R Rehman has scored the music. He is known to give opportunities to fresh talents for the singing in his films. All are aware of the opportunity he gave to Mohit Chauhan to sing the songs in Rockstar for Ranbir Kapoor.

Let us not also forget to mention that Harshdeep Kaur has also offered her services for the film Rockstar. The songs are quite diverse in nature. However, Harshdeep Kaur has been up to the task as she is the winner of a reality show. It looks like the Mozart of Madras has got the right voice for Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

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Anushka Sharma to don white ganji in Jab Tak Hai Jaan

The white chiffon saree happens to be the signature of the YRF studio. However, in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Anushka Sharma will mostly be seen in a white ganji. Anushka had the guts to make comments openly about the character she is playing and that too when doing a film for a banner like Yash Raj Films.

Anushka Sharma has said that the character she plays is that of a very hardworking and ambitious girl. She also did not forget to add that her character in the movie would not go well with a white chiffon saree. However, she did not forget to compliment YRF for giving the heroines a unique identity.

In the film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Anushka plays the character of a 21-year old girl. The character of the girl is hardworking indeed. She works for the Discovery channel and is working on a documentary project.

Anushka is happy to be back with the YRF camp. She got her first film Band Baaja Baarat opposite Shah Rukh Khan. She feels herself honored to be called a Yash Chopra heroine.

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