It has come out that Saif Ali Khan was supposed to do Vishal Bharadwaj's `Kaminay'. But the director spoke to him about it only to pass it on to Shahid Kapoor.

The director-actor duo shared a great rapport thanks to the success of `Omkara' and Saif's amazing performance.

But Vishal is a perfectionist and eventually started feeling that Shahid would be the better choice for the script.

He started thinking that the role required a young actor and what turned on Vishal instantly was the thought of taking on the challenge of turning a chocolate boy into what is now seen in the promos.

Rensil d'Silva who wrote one of the most original films ever Rang De Basanti is being accused of plagiarizing the screenplay of David Dhawan's Hook Ya Crook from the Adam Sandler film The Longest Yard.

But Rensil, currently editing his Kareena-Saif directorial debut , denies any similarity between his film and the Peter Segal-directed 2005 prison drama.

Yet another weekend has passed by for Bollywood and it is clear that there would still be some more time required before industry as well as audiences would be smiling again. Three films released over the weekend gone by but none of them took an opening which could be termed as good, let alone be considered terrific! (On second thoughts, except for RAAZ - THE MYSYERY CONTINUES, no other movie release this year has seen a terrific start with 'Dev D' being only good to an extent)

Paris - French composer and three-time Oscar winner Maurice Jarre died at 84 after a battle with cancer, French media reported Monday.

Jarre died Sunday in Los Angeles, the reports said, citing Jarre's management.

The Lyon-born composer considered a pioneer of modern film scoring wrote the music for more than 150 films and was nominated nine times for Academy Awards, winning three for 1962's Lawrence of Arabia, 1965's Doctor Zhivago and 1984's A Passage to India.

He worked with some of the world's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, David Lean, John Frankenheimer and Luchino Visconti.

London, March 30 : Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, High School Musical 3, claimed victory at the 22nd Kids'' Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

A new record was set when more than 90 million voted online to choose winners for the event, which honours the year''s biggest television, movie, and music acts, on March 28.

Katrna's face will now adorn the Barbie dolls. And the actress is for once openly flattered.

"I'd call it a fun honour. To have your face on dolls that you've played with from childhood is quite flattering. We've been in negotiation for nearly six months. It finally came together for the 50-year celebration of Barbie."

At the Fashion Week on Friday Katrina walked the ramp in the small pink dress that the `Katrina Barbie' will be wearing from September.