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Mahima on Bollywood's special menu

By Vickey Lalwani
February 26, 2003 18:27 IST
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Mahima on Bollywood's special menu

Vickey Lalwani

In addition to her special appearance in Ravi Chopra's Baghbaan opposite Salman Khan, Mahima ChMahimaaudhary will be seen in another special appearance in Anurag Basu's Saaya.

Producer Mahesh Bhatt says, "Mahima has no love interest in this role. She empathises with John Abraham's state of mind after his wife's death and helps him overcome his confusion."

Saaya is a supernatural thriller about life after death.

Togetherness, Deol-ishtyle

All three Deols -- Dharmendra and sons Sunny and Bobby -- are said to be starring in a film together. The Deols are now discussing the script. The project will be a home production and is likely to be announced soon.

Ghosh takes on multiple assignments

Director Partho Ghosh has a number of films awaiting release. There is Maseeha -- The Saviour starring Suniel Shetty, Namrata Shirodkar; Mastana starring Govinda, Jackie Shroff, Mahima Chaudhary aPartho Ghoshnd Panchi with Manoj Bajpai, Mahima, Bikram Saluja and Shamita Shetty.

He is already working on his new project Surya, which will feature model-turned-actors Rahul Dev and Milind Soman. Newcomer Netanya Singh provides the female angle.

Plus, Ghosh has two films in the pre-production stages, one of which features Amarr Upadhyay. The other is produced by Mohan Kumar.

Sush side up!

Sushmita Sen's sensitive performance in Meghna Gulzar's Filhaal is bearing fruit now. You will see her soon in interesting films like Manisha Koirala's Paisa Vasool, iDreams Productions' Samay, Farha Khan's Main Hoon Na, Mahesh Manjrekar's It Happened One Night (English and Bengali version of Astitva), Boney Kapoor's Bewafaa, and Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta's Musafir Hoon Yaaron, where she plays a tempestuous character opposite Jackie Shroff and John Abraham.

Afzal Khan revives MehboobaSanjay Dutt

Afzal Khan has revived his film Mehbooba, an emotional story about two brothers in love with the same woman. The film's shooting had come to a standstill not so long ago.Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan play brothers in arms. Manisha Koirala plays the object of their affection. Many scenes featuring the trio were shot in Bikaner recently and a few have already been shot in the UA.

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