The Kat that got away!

Salman Khan had a bash at his Bandra home on Saturday night and no prizes for guessing who was missing: his 'girlfriend' Katrina Kaif!

Tweets a Bandra birdie, "Sallu called everyone associated with his show 10 Ka Dum from the channel folk, crew to the producers Anita and Siddharth Basu to watch the first episode together at his home apart from his family members. It was a happy get together.

Everyone was enjoying themselves so much that no one missed Kat's presence."

We wonder where Katrina was while the party was on was she with new SMS buddy John Abraham who was nursing a broken leg (read on page 14) at home the same night (while girlfriend Bipasha Basu is away shooting in Goa)? Your guess is as good as ours!

Having the last laugh?

John Abraham refused to step into the role of a father played by Ed Harris in the remake of the Hollywood film Stepmom.


Arjun Rampal (father to two lovely girls) has no qualms about playing 'daddy' and has now been pencilled in for this Karan Johar production.

Remember how every actress from Twinkle Khanna to Urmila Matondkar refused the part of the mother of a eight-year old in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?

The part was eventually essayed by Rani Mukerji and it catapulted her into the big league overnight. And all the actresses who'd refused the part bitterly regretted their decision. Don't they say history repeats itself?

The Movies I Loved Growing Up

David Dhawan
The comedy director with a streak of No 1 titled films to his name, reveals his own pick of number one flicks...

Meghe Dhaka Tara: Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak's black-and-white movie changed my perspective towards cinema. I saw it as a student at the Pune Institute when I joined it in 1974.


I was a student of editing but the film made me aware of all aspects of the craft. It was a serious film that made me cry. After that I focussed on filmmaking. It's a great film for a student to watch.

The Apartment: I love all of Billy Wilder's films but my personal favourite is The Apartment. He's a superb director and his narration is so easy.
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I love the way he tells the stories of the three couples whose lives get entangled. In fact, there are glimpses of the film in Anurag Basu's Metro.