Shaad Ali returns to direction

(Mumbai Mirror)

After his last directorial debacle Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Shaad Ali had stuck to assisting other filmmakers in their projects.

But now, the filmmaker has decided to give it another shot. His next venture, after Saathiya, Bunty Aur Babli and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom will star Ranveer Singh in the lead role. The film will go on floors later this year.

The development was confirmed by Ranveer's close friend, who responded on the actor's behalf.

Mumbai Mirror has learnt that the film will be produced by Yash Raj Films. This will also mark YRF's third project with Ranveer completing their three-film-deal with the actor. The heroine is still to be decided.

Earlier, Shaad had planned to cast Shahid in his next but the actor didn't show much interest in the filmmaker's offer. In fact, a source close to the production house revealed that even Ranveer wasn't too inclined towards Shaad's film initially. However, now the two of them have sorted out their issues.

"Ranveer and Shaad are now on the same page and ready to work together. They go back a long way. He assisted Shaad in Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom and the two have been close friends since then. It was Shaad who showed Ranveer around in the industry and introduced him to important filmmakers," added the source.

According to the source, Shaad had asked Ranveer to star in his film even before Band Baja Baarat went on floors. Said the source, "Anyway, all's well that ends well. The two of them met recently, had a long chat and decided to go with Shaad's idea."

Flops made Shahid choosy

After having seen duds back to back Shahid Kapoor is little picky about not only his films but also the directors. He has lately refused to do Shaad Ali’s film. Ali too has seen a flop with Jhoom Barabar Jhoom in past but has given hits like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Bubly to the Yash Raj Films banner.

Later he had gone back to assisting his mentor Mani Ratnam for Raavan. Unfortunately, after the latest failure followed with Raavan’s failure has shaken the actors’ faith in the director and so when he is looking forward to cast stars in his upcoming Yash Raj banner film, he is facing trouble.

The film is actually a three hero project made under Yashraj banner. When Shaad approached Shahid for one of the roles, the actor did not show any interest in doing the film and didn’t even revert back. Shaad is hurt and is launching three new faces in the film.

(IndiaInfo.com)

Akshay-Kareena in Shaad Ali's next

Shaad Ali, who directed the hit Bunty Aur Babli and the flop Jhoom Barabar Jhoom for Yash Raj Films, is back with a new film for the same banner.

Titled Tevar, the film is likely to star Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

This will be Akshay's second film with Yash Raj, after the upcoming film, Tashan. The only other time Akki worked with Yash Raj was in a guest appearance in Dil Toh Pagal Hai.

Shaad Ali showed promise as a director when he made his debut with Saathiya in 2002. Bunty Aur Babli seemed to establish that fact but his last film, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom sank at the box office.

Lets hope Tevar shows off his talent again.

Shaad Ali's next with Yash Raj

Forget the fate of 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' at the box-office and move on. This is what Aditya Chopra must have told Shaad Ali the film's director.

Shaad Ali will be directing his fourth film for Yash Raj after Saathiya', 'Bunty Aur Babli' and 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'. The film titled 'Tevar' will have Akshay Kumar in the lead role and will roll out in October of this year.

Interestingly, the title of the film has been suggested by none other than Salman Khan.

(Source : bollyvista)