Kajol-Shah Rukh in Aditya's next!

Speculations about Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham being Kajol's last film have been doing the rounds in the industry.

However, there have been reports that director Aditya Chopra’s next project titled Na Jaane Kaise Pyar Ho Gaya has Kajol and Shah Rukh in the lead. Expected to go on the floors in June 2002, the film is aiming for a Diwali 2003 release.

Rinkie goes South

Rinkie Khanna has moved to doing films down South after having failed to make a mark in the Hindi film industry. With her film opposite Prashanth faring pretty well at the box-office she has already been signed for three more films.

Rinkie has also been cast in another film co-starring Malayalam superstar Mammootty.

Jackie Shroff will be seen playing Duryodhan in Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Shri Krishna. It may be recalled he will also be playing Raavan in Sanjay Khan’s Maryada Purshottam Ram.

Nagesh Kukoonoor’s Three Walls co-starring Naseeruddin Shah and Juhi Chawla and a film with Mukta Arts to be directed by Madhur Bhandkar are the other films in Jaggu's kitty.

Rumours about AR Rahman bidding adieu to Bollywood are rife in the industry.

Reports are that the composer will concentrate on a new career in UK musicals depending of course on the success of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Bombay Dreams. The first musical for which AR Rahman has composed the music, it will open at London's prestigious Apollo Victoria theatre on June 19, this year.

Preity Zinta is in a dilemma. She has been offered a role each, by Farhan Akhtar and his scriptwriter-mother Honey Irani, for her directorial debut.

While Farhan’s film features her opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan, Honey's film, a mature love story, features Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu.

The problem however is that Honey wants single-minded devotion from Preity once production begins in May, which means Preity cannot work in another equally demanding film. Obviously Preity is not amused!

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