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But marriage is not the end of all this plump girl-turned-producer8217;s woes. Her film Angaarey is not exactly setting box office previews on fire. It stars Akshay Kumar, Nagarjuna and Sonali Bendre, among others. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, all the so-called stars are thanda names right now. In fact God alone knows which of these people are the plus point of the film and which are the minuspoints.

Engaged signal

NOW, for more on the Khan celebration. Feroz8217;s name has always been associated with style and grandeur and his daughter8217;s pre-nuptials are expected to be no different. Laila8217;s engagement to a Delhi-based guy she has been madly in love with him for a long time has been planned over an entire month. A month when Khan was busy completing a shooting schedule for Fardeen8217;s launch film in Australia. But that has not come in his way. While invitation cards are not common for engagement parties, Feroz has decided it is the only way to go. Elegant invites have been sent out to the who8217;s who of the film world and the buzz is that everyone will be there. The wedding is slated for December. If the engagement is so elaborate, imagine what the wedding has in store?

Khan clan

Meanwhile, brother Fardeen was also in the news last fortnight. Apparently, director Deepak Shivdasani had announced Khan jr8217;s name for his film Aksar. The Khans however were not pleased with the news andmade it clear that Fardeen had nothing to do with the project. Now, someone close to Fardeen says that the director had to write a letter of apology to the family well, it8217;s not easy to mess with the Khans.

Direct debacle

Not that Deepak Shivdasani spares those less-powerful than him, if rumours are to be believed. I read an interview recently of an aspiring starlet, who, without taking names, points a finger at Shivdasani. She talks about a film she made with Sunil Shetty where the director made a pass at her and harassed her when she refused. Finally, she was rescued by Shetty who donned the garb of guardian angel.

Now, she takes no names but the only film this girl 8212; Kareena 8212; has done with Sunil is Krishna. And guess who the director of the film is? Right. Shivdasani. Except for Nagma, most heroines end up disliking this director. He had problems with Pooja Batra during Bhai. Even Sonali Bendre thought she got a raw deal in the same film. And now, the rumour mills say that Sunil Shetty hasrefused to work with him, as well. As a result Shivdasani has had to sign Ajay Devgan 8212; losing out on his brawny points.

Crying foul

One man8217;s read woman medicine is another one8217;s poison. While Kareena has been praising Sunil Shetty, there is another girl called Tina who is crying foul. She says the publicity campaign for Aakrosh sidelined her, all thanks to Shetty. Apparently, he gave preference to another Shetty 8212; Shilpa 8212; over her. Now, this happens to newcomers all the time but what really rankles is that Tina is allegedly involved with the producer of this film 8212; Ramesh Sharma alias Munnabhai. Now, what has set tongues wagging is that would her so-called godfather have let Sunil get away with murder? Or, was she given a raw deal with his tacit approval.