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His debut "Fired", a Rahul Bose-starrer thriller, might not have seen the light of the day yet but that has not deterred director Sajit Warrier from using his creative prowess on a second project on similar lines.

"I'm working on another low-budget psychological thriller. It is again a controversial subject with some horror in it. It is based on a real incident and we'll merge it with real footage. We haven't decided the title yet and it'll completely be with newcomers," Warrier told IANS.

His directorial debut "Hide & Seek" might have been a horror outing about friends trapped in a house but Shawn Arranha has now moved on to a romcom.

"I am writing a romcom and I'm in talks with actors and producers. Negotiations are going on. It will be a totally different version of romcom and not the usual style," Arranha told IANS.

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New Delhi, Jan 12 - Filmmaker Onir, who once again explores homosexuality in his upcoming film "I Am", is upset with the way homosexuals are portrayed in Bollywood, making them objects of laughter.

"The community of homosexuals is presented in such a way that people laugh at them. That's not fair; they are also human beings. It is important to show some respect for them," Onir told IANS from Mumbai.

Onir has been chosen the celebrity of the month by UTV World Movies for its "50 movies to see before you die" segment.

Mumbai, Jan 12 - Actor Salman Khan's blockbuster entertainer "Dabangg" made it's presence felt at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards Tuesday night by bagging eight awards in different categories.

The film that has been produced by Arbaaz Khan and directed by Abhinav Kashyap laid its hands on trophies for categories like best film, best actor (Salman Khan), best female singer (Mamta Sharma), best performance in negative role (Sonu Sood), best female debut (Sonakshi Sinha), best music (Sajid-Wajid), best dialogues (Abhinav Kashyap) and best male singer (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan).