Asin to miss Ready's International premier?

While the film Ready is ready for a grand premier in Dubai, the leading actress of the film Asin might not be able to join Salman Khan for the celebration. Asin, who was looking forward for the International premier of this most awaited flick, says that her passport is still stuck in the process. 

Asin says that though the premier is all set to rock, she has still not lost her hope to attend it. She confirms that even if she gets her passport at the very last moment she will fly to Dubai to accompany Salman for the grand premier. 

Ready is a romantic comedy flick, which is a remake of the 2008 Telugu film of the same name. The film is directed by Anees Bazmee. It stars Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar apart from Salman and Asin. The film will also see Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan in their cameo appearances. 

Salman plays the role of a bindas rich guy in the film Ready, who runs away from responsibilities. Asin plays a girl who is surrounded by her greedy uncles. Both Asin and Salman fall in love with each other and finally plan to teach her uncles a lesson.

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I'm still No.1: Ramya

It seems that Sandalwood's self-proclaimed No. 1 actress Ramya has taken the item-number route to success. However, it doesn't seem to have gone down very well with her fans. 

The actress, who has shaken a leg for the song Don't Know You Know I'm Very Sexy in the upcoming Vijay-starrer Johnny Mera Naam, is seen sporting midriff-baring outfits in the song. However, Ramya denies that the track is an item number. "It's a situational song that's ultra-glam. The song is shot well and is not vulgar. Besides, I'm the heroine of the film. So how I can be part of an item number?" she asks. 

According to the actress, the song is very different from her previous films. "I've put a lot of effort into the film, especially for the songs. I went on a strict diet to look slim. There's another song sequence that has been shot under water. It's a romantic number and is something I've never attempted before," she says. 

There is also much speculation about whether Ramya is actually doing the Yogi-starrer Siddlingu as she has accepted and rejected the project a number of times. "Initially, I accepted the film, but I had date problems, which is why I refused it later. But the director came back to me with reworked dialogues. Yogi also expressed his desire to work with me. I did not want to disappoint them and I've decided to accommodate my dates for the movie," she reveals. 

After a string of flops, the actress is happy that Sanju Weds Geetha is doing well at the box office. "I've been in the industry for nine years, but I remain Sandalwood's number one actress. Even newcomers say they want to become a heroine like me, and that makes me very happy," says Ramya. And it seems that her claims of being the ruling heroine of Kannada cinema are justified — she is reportedly the highest paid actress in the industry as she gets `32 lakh per film. "I don't need to mention the figure. But I was told that I get paid the most. Also, I don't go around asking what other heroines are getting. But I deserve this money for my 
popularity," she says. 

Anuya's hiding a secret

Actress Anuya, who made heads turn with her impressive performances in Madurai Sabavamand Siva Manasulla Sakthi, is back in the news again. 

The pretty lass, it seems, is now busy shuttling between Mumbai and Chennai. Says Anuya, who is doing an important role in Shankar's Nanben, the Tamil remake of 3 idiots, "I play the role of Ileana's sister in the film and the film's climax revolves around my character in the film. I've been shooting for my portions in the film and shooting is scheduled to go on until August this year."

However, the young actress refuses to divulge details of the role that she has done in Naan, a film through which music director Vijay Antony hopes to make his debut as hero in Kollywood. Says she, "I'm afraid I can't disclose details of my role in Naan. That's because then, I would have to disclose the plot of the film which I don't want to!"

I'm not working with Kamal: Shriya Saran

As a policy, Shriya Saran talks about a new film only after she's signed on the dotted line. Naturally, it irks her when rumours of her being paired with a different actor surface every other day. "At the moment, I am supposed to be in talks to star with Kamal Hassan and Karthi, but none of that is true. Everyone just keeps speculating. 

I'd love to work with both these actors, but I haven't signed any project opposite either of these men. Reports of me having had a script narration with director Selvaraghan for Viswaroopam are ridiculous. I've not yet seen the script," says Shriya, who was in the city recently to fulfil her ambassador duties for the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL). 

The actress, who is busy with her Tamil film Rowthiram with Jiiva, has just wound up Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Midnight's Children, titled Winds of Change. And while she maintains that she has an important role in the film, she has signed a no-disclosure bond. "I'm not allowed to speak about the project until Deepa gives me the go ahead. But yes, I had a blast working with her and the rest of the cast," says Shriya. Winds of Change also stars Soha Ali Khan, Shabana Azmi and Rahul Bose, among others. But while Shriya is unwilling to divulge just how much screen space she actually got with the rest of the cast, she does admit to having met all of them. "I met the entire cast of the film as we had extensive workshops before shooting actually began," is all she adds. 

Meanwhile, her film with Jiiva, she says, is shaping up well. "We've been having a lot of fun on the set. The film's being shot at some exotic locations. I have to shoot for the film for another two days and then it's a wrap," says Shriya. 

After Rowthiram, the only other film keeping her busy is the much-delayed Malayalam film Casanova. Ask her about the delay and Shriya rolls her eyes in disbelief. "I have no clue why it's getting delayed like this. We are hoping to finish it soon, though," she signs off. 

Salman Khan in trouble again

The actor may have unwittingly bought land which legally cannot be bought or sold as it belongs to the entire village. 

On Thursday, more than 250 villagers gathered at the talathi's office in Panvel, protesting what they say is an illegal sale of their land to a political leader and actor Salman Khan. 

The actor, who is embroiled in two other court cases, may be looking at a protracted legal battle again, because according to the rule book, buying or selling of land which belongs to any village is a cognisable offence. 

The sleepy Vaje village near Panvel, home to 307 families, is putting up a spirited fight for 83 acres of surplus land they were given by the government to be tilled. 

The Panch along with the villagers were joint custodians of this land till it was sold off to Congress leader Harbhans Singh and Salman. Villagers allege they were conned into parting with their land by the Panch, who convinced them that the alternative to selling was allowing the government to confiscate the land. 

"The government gave the land to poor farmers for cultivation. Sometime back our Panch told us that government was planning to take the land back and in order to meet the expenses of putting up a fight, we need to sell a part of the land. 

Recently we found out that 2.5 acres of the land had been sold to actor Salman Khan without even seeking any clearance from us, which is mandatory. Nobody knows where the money went," said Vishnu Patil, a resident of the village. 

The villagers allege that the remaining 81 acres was also sold off unscrupulously. "The Panch gave us the same story and we agreed assuming that it was in our interest. We were conned into signing documents. 

It was much later that we found out that the land was being sold to a political bigwig for profit," said Ganesh Patil, another resident, adding, "Though we did get some money from the second sale, we are all against letting outsiders grab it. We want all our land back." 

The resolute villagers have filed complaints with Collector of Raigadh district who in turn has ordered an inquiry into the transactions. The inquiry is based on a circular dated January 2009 issued by the Raigadh District Collector, which says this about the vast tracts of lands owned by villages: "Since names of all the villagers cannot be put on the land records only names of Panch are put on them. 

However, it has come to our notice that Panch or their kins sell off such land claiming to be theirs. These vast stretches of land are for the benefit for of public at large and not property of handful of people." 

It further states, "It has been found that not only such sales have taken place but local Talathis and Circle Officers have given clearances to such sales. In some cases even the names of new owners have been added to land records. 

This is a cognisable offence. In future no such sale or purchases should be allowed and would be considered as offences and action would be taken." 

The panch however claims to be ignorant of the existence of any such rule. Bhagwan Patil, a member of the Panch, said, "We had no clue this circular. We are uneducated villagers. The officials who registered the names of new owners should have at least warned us. If we are being held responsible for this, so should they." 

Patil also maintained that the decision to sell the land was taken in order to meet the expenses incurred during taking care of government formalities. "Every penny from both the sales was accounted for," he added. 

The 7/12 land extract bearing Salman Khan's name 
The Collector's office confirmed that an inquiry has been ordered. "Land belonging to the entire village cannot be sold or bought. In this case the villagers allege that they were conned by the Panch. Now we are hearing out the villagers, next we will question the Panch and buyers," said Chandrasen Pawar, Nayab Tehsildar of Panvel. 

"We will finish the inquiry and recommend for both the deals to be scrapped. There is no doubt that the deals are in violation of the law," said a senior revenue department's official. 

When Mumbai Mirror contacted Harbhans Singh, he said, "I had no idea of any such law. The deal was cleared by the then Tehsildar and even our name is on 7/12 extracts. I have paid the entire value of the plot to the village and I should not be blamed." 

Several attempts to get in touch with Salman and his father Salim Khan, who manages the actor's property matters, did not yield any results. 

Meanwhile both Khan and Singh have started work on their plots. A trip to the village revealed that they were constructing compound walls to demarcate their properties. 

Success gone into Tapasee's head!

Tapasee was introduced to Telugu film industry by Lakshmi Manchu with Jhummandi Naadam. Though, the movie failed to impress the audience, it earned her a rave reviews for her performance and fetched her a lot of movies. She also gave a few hits likeMr.Perfect in Telugu and Aadukalam in Tamil. But it seems like this has gone into her head, as she has reportedly snubbed Lakshmi.

Industry insiders say that Tapasee signed an exclusive four-film contract with Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Movies and featured in two flops Jhummandi Naadamand Vasthadu Naa Raju. Now, Lakshmi Manchu has started her next film with Manchu Vishnu in the lead and has approached the actress to pair up her brother in her home production film. But the Mr.Perfect actress has reportedly declined her offer, which has irked the producer.

Meanwhile, Lakshmi Manchu has seek the Film Chamber and the Movie Artistes Association's intervention to resolve the issue but as the actress is not a member of the association, it has refused to act against her.