Actor-producer Shreyas Talpade's “Poshter Boyz” has become the first Marathi movie to get a Google Hangout.

One of the most successful online tools, Google Hangouts have been increasingly used by Bollywood and even politicians to directly interact with their target audiences.

The focus of the “Poshter Boyz” Google Hangout was questions surrounding the movie, which recently launched its theatrical trailer, along with Shreyas' decision and experience on turning a hands-on producer.

In the interactive hangout session, Shreyas, apart from answering questions related to the trailer and his decision to turn producer also spoke at length about the music of the movie.

Lesle Lewis has composed music for the movie, another first for Marathi cinema.

The highlight of the soundtrack is the opening number, which features a fusion of a romantic melody, Lavani and a bhajan and is designed to introduce the three principal characters of the movie played by Dilip Prabhavalkar, Aniket Vishwasrao and Hrishikesh Joshi.

Meanwhile, "Poshter Boyz" trailer got an overwhelming response on the official Affluence Movies Youtube channel as it touched 1.5 lakh views within four days of its release, said a statement.

Shreyas said that “Poshter Boyz” is about three ordinary people who find their pictures on a poster promoting vasectomy and how that error changes their lives around.

Being produced under Shreyas's banner Affluence Movies Private Limited and co-produced by Hadi Ali Abrar, the film has been directed by Sameer Patil.

It was been shot across real locations across Western Maharashtra.

“Poshter Boyz” is set to hit the screens Aug 1.

Bollywood's ace choreographer Saroj Khan has roped in Aditi Rao Hydari to do a special song for Mrinal Kulkarni's Marathi period film "Rama Madhav".

Saroj Khan had earlier choreographed Aditi in one of her southern films and the latter felt that the actress is a perfect choice for the song keeping in mind her “classic beauty” and her training in “classical dance”, said a statement.

Set in the 17th century, based on the love story of legendary warrior of Maratha empire Peshwa Madhavrao and his wife Ramabai, the film has historic, old world appeal.

"The characters, their clothes, etc are all exactly like it was in the 17th century. Given this, Aditi's special song showcases her in a beautiful classic lehanga-choli with exquisite gold jewellery, right from the maang teeka to the round nose rings,” said a source.

“Keeping the look in mind and the fact that she needed a beautifully trained classical dancer, Sarojji immediately requested Aditi to do the song and the actress was happy to do it. Her classic beauty coupled with the fact that she's a trained classical dancer, all the pieces just fit in beautifully,” the source added.

Saroj Khan is known for bringing out the best in some of the dancing divas of Bollywood including Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit.

Producer Vashu Bhagnani is so upset Bipasha Basu, one of the female leads in his just released "Humshakals", that he has decided not to work with her again.

Directed by Sajid Khan, "Humshakals", which also features Riteish Deshmukh, Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor, Esha Gupta and Tammannaah Bhatia, hit the theatres Friday.

"I will not work with Bipasha in future. I should not give such statement, but I would try not to work with her," Bhagnani said here Thursday at the screening of the film.

The dusky beauty, who has been missing from all the promotional events of the film, stated that she was dissatisfied with the end result of her role in the film.

Bhagnani says that never misled her about her role.

"I myself asked Sajid to cast Bipasha. She is a lovely lady. But I don't know what is her problem. After watching the film, she can't say that her role is smaller. At the time of signing the film, I only gave her the remuneration. It's not like that we told her something else and have done otherwise," he said.

After hit Bollywood number “Baby Doll”, Meet Bros Anjjan and singer Kanika Kapoor have now teamed up for “Love Letter” for “The Legend of Michael Mishra”.

Composed by Meet Bros Anjjan and sung by London-based singer Kanika, who is an Indian Punjabi Sufi folk singer, "Baby Doll", which was picturised on Indo-Canadian adult film actress Sunny Leone for the movie "Ragini MMS 2", became a chartbuster.

Now they are set to create the same sensation with "Love Letter", which will feature in Manish Jha's directorial venture "The Legend of Michael Mishra" that stars Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Boman Irani and Kayoze Irani, said a statement.

Shareen Mantri Kedia and Kishor Arora of Eyecandy Films and WAVE Cinemas have co-produce the film.

Talking about the song, Arora said: "Being a quirky comedy with a different narrative, getting a fun fast paced track like 'Love Letter' as part of the film's music felt like the right decision.”

“Kanika's voice and the beats by Meet Bros fall in beautifully with the fun tone of the film. After hearing the song, Manish Jha and I knew that this was a perfect track for our film. Meet Bros have done a great job with the track and Kanika has sung it with a lot of vigour,” he added.

The film shoot is close to completion.

Superstar Salman Khan Friday unveiled "Jumme ki raat" from his forthcoming film "Kick", and says that the song is not similar to "Jumma chumma dede", which he really enjoys watching.

"Jumma chumma dede" is a song from 1991 multi-starrer "Hum" and the chartbuster was picturised on Amitabh Bachchan and Kimi Katkar.

When asked is the song similar to "Jumma chumma dede", Salman said: "I knew this...I knew somebody would come up with this question. Whenever this Amitabh Bachchan song comes on TV, I enjoy it. I watch the entire song."

But he added that "Jumme ki raat""has been shot differently. The song has been choreographed by Ahmed Khan."

The superstar will be seen letting his hair down in the track.

Himesh Reshammiya has composed "Jumme ki raat" and he too feels that it's not fair to compare his number with "Jumma".

He said "Jumma" came over 20 years ago and that his "Jumme ki raat" is a "different song".

"We hope it will be the biggest youth anthem," he added.

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut "Kick" also features Jacqueline Fernandez in the female lead. It is being readied for Eid release.

Running to packed houses in its third week, critically acclaimed documentary "The World Before Her" by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja Friday made its way to two new cities - Kochi and Surat.

"The World Before Her" first released in five cities - Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, kolkata and Pune - across 18 screens. In its second week, it reached Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

The documentary, which explores the environment in which modern-day women are growing in India, has been raved over by critics as well as audiences.

The overwhelming response by the audience has made "The World Before Her" a hit at the ticket window.

"It's true that 'The World Before Her' has become the highest grossing Indian documentary. We plan to release it in other cities as there seems to be high demand," Shiladitya Bora, who manages PVR Director's Rare, told IANS.

The film focuses on two dynamically opposite women - model Ruhi Singh and Hindu nationalist camp member Prachi Trivedi - who struggle for freedom of choice even in the 21st century.

Well-known filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who was moved by the film, has presented the movie in the country.

It's a known that superstar Salman Khan's friends and fans fondly call him 'bhai', but he says that only boys should address him that.

At the launch of "Jumme ki raat" Friday, a song from his forthcoming film "Kick", his fans were going berserk, especially the girls who started shouting "Sallu, Sallu" and "Jaanu, Jaanu".

But the 48-year-old asked them to call him 'bhai' (brother).

When Salman said that, a reporter teasingly asked him why did he want to be called 'bhai' when girls want to make you 'jaan'?

Responding, Salman said humorously: "I am 'bhai' only for boys, and I have two sisters and two rakhi sisters. And thanks for all your love."

Directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, "Kick", which stars Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez as Salman's love interest, will come out on Eid.

When asked what gives you kick in real life, he said: "If somebody tries to bog me down, I try to prove him wrong and if somebody gives me compliment, I try to work harder."

Singer Aditya Narayan has teamed up with 20 other artists, including rapper Blaaze, Jimmy Khan from Pakistan and Vasudha Sharma of Aasma fame, to celebrate World Music Day, Saturday, with a cheery rendition of “Don’t Worry Be Happy”, originally sung by American Vocalist Bobby McFerrin.

The musical video, that is aired Friday, is created by Digital video entertainment company Culture Machine as a tribute to a day that brings everyone together through music, said a statement.

The other artists who are seen in the video include Mihir Joshi, Nirdosh Sobti, Ravi Iyer, Igor Vincetic from Serbia, nine-year old Aditi Iyer, Prajoth D'sa, Vivek Rajagopalan, Aadar Malik, Sheldon Pereira, Ankita Sachdev, Vajra Band, Faraz Sohail, Kamna Karamchandani, Kunal Choudry and Madri Mudgal.

Aditya, son of successful playabck singer Udit Narayan, has sung songs like “Kabhi na kabhi to miloge” and “Ishqyaun dhishqyaun”.

Sujoy Ghosh, who started his career with hit film "Jhankaar Beats" in 2003, is ecstatic after the musical has completed 11 years. He thanks Pritish Nandy, one of the co-writers of the film, for coming up with such a strong concept.

“11 years of Jhankaar Beats and career today thanks to Pritish Nandy, the man with b***s of steel. faatafaati aadmi,” tweeted Ghosh.

"Jhankaar Beats", a small budget film, boasted a wonderful cast - Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna, Riya Sen and Shayan Munshi - and their performances complemented Ghosh's storytelling technique making the film a good watch.

The musical was a tribute to legendary composer Rahul Dev Burman.

Vishal Dadlani, who had composed music for the film along with Shekhar Ravjiani, also tweeted Thursday night: “Tomorrow is the eleventh anniversary of the release of 'Jhankaar Beats!' Sujoy, how time flies! Our stupidity is unchanged, thankfully!”

Actor Kunal Kemmu has completed “Guddu Ki Gun” shooting in Kolkata and says that it was wonderful being in the city, which was his “home away from home”.

“Schedule of guddu ki gun comes to an end here in Kolkata. It's been a wonderful experience. Can't wait to share it with all of you on screen,” he tweeted.

“A very big thank you to everyone... It's been like a home away from home,” he further tweeted.

"Guddu Ki Gun" will see Kunal romance Bengali actress Payel Sarkar, who is making her Bollywood debut with the movie.

Finally sport enthusiast and composer Shantanu Moitra is on Cloud Nine - he is in Brazil for the FIFA World Cup.

“Friends I am in Brazil for the World Cup and it's a dream come true ...that's. One off my bucket list,” he tweeted early morning Friday.

Moitra has composed music for Hindi films. He is known for his scores in films like “Parineeta”, “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi”, “Lage Raho Munnabhai” and “3 Idiots”.

Seasoned actor Tom Alter will be seen playing a scientist in Arijit Lahiri's sci-fi thriller “Out Of Time”, a film about time travel that focuses on enticing yet terrifying idea of being trapped in a particular timeframe or loop.

The actor, known for working with acclaimed directors like Satyajit Ray and Shyam Benegal in “Shatranj Ke Khiladi” and “Junoon”, plays a scientist in the movie about a father who goes missing in a mansion, built in the British Era.

His son, many years later, comes back looking for him. But, the events that take place are least expected by them, said a statement.

Tom Alter, a Padma Shri Award winner, liked the idea of being trapped in time and gave it a thumb's up after reading the script.

Co-written and produced by Vaibhav Bhatnagar, the movie was aesthetically shot by international cinematographer Jeremy Reagan, who ventures into Hindi films after his award winning Indian debut with the critically acclaimed Marathi film “Pune 52”.

Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha took to micro-blogging site Twitter Friday to express his views on the ongoing feud between Bollywood actress Preity Zinta and businessman and her former boyfriend Ness Wadia saying it is their "internal matter" and they should be "left alone".

In a series of posts, Sinha shared his views on the entire episode.

"I know both of them & they seem to be nice people,& I do not see any reason to speculate on possible angles in this unfortunate development," he wrote.

The actress June 12 lodged a written complaint against Wadia of molestation with the Marine Drive police station. Wadia, who is Preity's former beau and co-owns the the IPL team Kings XI Punjab with the actress, has denied the allegations, terming them "totally false and baseless".

According to sources, Preity has accused Wadia of grabbing her hand and abusing her during a cricket match in Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai May 30.

"It is their internal matter & they should be left alone. No matter how weak and defensive the Mumbai police may have become after 26/11. the investigations and the legal process will take its own course and truth shall prevail. We shall wait and watch.

"Meanwhile my best wishes to messy Ness and love to pretty Preity Zinta. God bless! @realpreityzinta," he tweeted.

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who is busy shooting for Tamil film "Uttama Villain", will unveil the audio of upcoming Tamil romantic-comedy "Valeba Raja" here, June 25.

Kamal Haasan will be gracing over the occasion of Valeba Raja' audio launch that is scheduled to take place on June 25Aat Devi cinemas, said a statement from the film's production house Vanks Vision.

Directed by Sai Gokul Ramnath, "Valeba Raja" features Sethu, Vishaka Singh, Nushrat Bharucha and VTV Ganesh in lead roles.

The film has music by newcomer Radhan, who shot to fame for his sensational musical hit in Telugu movie "Andala Rakshasi".

Actor-producer Saif Ali Khan, who is the father of two children - Sara and Ibrahim - says he gives them their space and is not sure whether his daughter wants to get into films.

Both are Saif and ex-wife, actress Amrita Singh's, children.

On reports that Sara is planning to get into film he said: "I give them a lot of space and don't control them. I think may be Sarah is a little interested but she is studying in her first year in America. After she gets her degree from Columbia she can do whatever she wants.

"I think she wants to work in some government agency so I don't know if she is going to get into movies."

He further added: "She gets compliments and she is excited with the idea but her work has nothing to do with films."

Meanwhile, Saif says his daughter is a huge fan of Parineeti Chopra.

"My daughter is a big fan of Parineeti and she says she is the best actress we have," said Saif.

The actor will be seen with Parineeti Chopra in Dinesh Vijayan's directorial debut.

Tamil superstar Vijay, who will turn 40 Sunday, will receive the first look motion poster of his upcoming film "Kaththi" as his birthday gift. The makers plan to release it at midnight on Saturday.

"The film's first look motion poster will be released at midnight on the occasion of Vijay sir's birthday," the film's director A.R Murugadoss told IANS.

This is the second time Murugadoss and Vijay have teamed up after "Thuppakki".

"Kaththia, which has music by Anirudh Ravichander, is slated for Diwali release. It also features Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Neil Nitin Mukesh in important roles.

Meanwhile, Vijaya's fan are planning celebrate his birthday, but since he will be busy shooting for "Kaththi", the celebrations will be low-key.

"We have come to learn that Vijay sir will be shooting for 'Kaththi'. He is not expected to be in Chennai. Therefore, we don't plan to have grand celebrations," a member of Vijay's fan club told IANS.

Actor-producer Ritesh Deshmukh says that he would love to direct a film in the future.

"Film making is a great process...acting is great and I am enjoying myself in production (too). As a producer you own the entire film, while director is the creator. I feel I should direct a film but not right now I am not ready but in future I will direct a film," Ritesh told reporters in a group interview.

As a producer, he has received his first National Award for his second Marathi production venture “Yellow” at the 61st National Film Awards ceremony, May 3.

The actor, son of late political leader Vilasrao Deshmukh, also feels that as a citizen one must know about their country but not sure whether he will join the politics in near future or not.

"Whether I want to join it or not is a different thing but as a citizen you must know about your country. Being aware is important and having an opinion is very important," said Ritesh who made his Bollywood acting debut with “Tujhe Meri Kasam” in 2003.

The film also helped him find his soul mate in his co-star Genelia D’Souza, with whom he tied the knot in 2012.

Actress Bipasha Basu is happy with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s recent gesture and says his surprise visit on the first day of shoot of her upcoming film “Alone” was a “tremendous morale booster” for her and the film’s team.

Bhatt, who has worked with the actress in movies like “Jism” and “Raaz”, paid a surprise visit Friday afternoon on the sets of Bhushan Patel'directorial venture to wish Bipasha and the team.

"It is always a pleasure to be in Bhatt saab's presence. He is someone I respect a lot and I am truly fond of him. His coming all the way to bless us at the start of the film, before we took our first shot, was a great gesture on his side and tremendous morale booster for me, Bhushan and the entire team,” she told IANS.

Produced under the banner of Panorama Studios, the film is the Bollywood remake of the Thai horror film "Alone".

Actress Kriti Sanon, who made her Bollywood debut with Tiger Shroff-starrer "Heropanti", is enjoying the film's success. But for the newcomer, the most special celebration was the one hosted here by her father Rahul Sanon.

Rahul had recently hosted a party for the entire family and relatives to celebrate his daughter's big success.

"It was a very emotional and proud moment for me to see my daughter's film become a super hit. My entire family got together and celebrated for this huge success here in Delhi," Kriti's father said in a statement.

For Kriti, it was certainly a special moment too.

"It has been a time of celebration as our film, ‘Heropanti’ has crossed Rs.50 crore and is being loved so much. But, the most special celebration that I was a part of was the one that my dad hosted back in Delhi.

"I met them after a very long time and we all danced on the songs of ‘Heropanti’,” she said.

Newcomer Armaan Jain's debut film is ready to take off but his love life is yet to begin. The 23-year-old confesses that he has never been in a relationship, probably due to his weight.

The grandson of late actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor is set to make his acting debut with Arif Ali's "Lekar Hum Deewana Dil" and said that girls were probably not attracted to him as he was fat.

"I've never had a girlfriend. It sounds very funny but I haven't. I don't know why. It was probably because I was around 95 kilos, so no one probably looked at me. After that also, all the girls I knew made me their brother. They tied me rakhi.

"And I started working very young. I was focused. I didn't have time to go out also," Armaan, who assisted filmmaker Karan Johar when he was a teenager, told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

If not for girlfriend's sake, the son of investment banker Manoj Jain and Raj Kapoor's daughter Rima, chose to cut down on fat to become an actor.

"I was really fat. I wanted to pursue acting. I realised that I had to stop eating at some point and get serious with gymming and diet," said the football lover.

Armaan, who left business management course midway to build a career in the film industry, says his weight fluctuates often.

"Before going to college I had lost weight. I put on 12 kg again and then I lost again. It's been going up and down. My lowest was 66 kg. I put on weight and then I lose.

"It's like music. I have personal best after every two weeks. My favourite was 'Khalifa' and now it's 'Mawwali qawwali'. My weight fluctuates every week," said Armaan, who was the student of London's Regents College.

Being related to the Kapoor family of Bollywood might seem like a life full of movies and songs, but he says that it wasn't so.

"Growing up was not filmy or watching too many films. Coming from an investment banking background, for me it was more of watching stock markets than films. It was more of watching sports than movies. For me, it was never about taking tips or advices. It's about discovering myself," said Armaan.

His decision to quit education and join the film industry came as a surprise to his parents but they were proud of him and supportive.

"I was nervous before telling my parents. They never thought I would take this decision. They were anxious as in how will I learn the craft.

"But they have been very supportive. They told me to follow my passion and that they would back me up as long as I work hard," he said.

"Lekar Hum Deewana Dil", also featuring Deeksha Seth, is set to release July 4.