Lata’s concert in Pune
Lata Mangeshkar will perform at a live concert in Pune on December 16 to raise funds for the Dinanath Mangeshkar Memorial Hospital, Pandit Hridayanath Mangeshkar announced at a press conference in Pune. The show, he said, is expected to raise Rs 3 crore. Among those who are expected to feature in the programme are Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan. The show will be compered by Harish Bhimani and the stage arrangements will be supervised by Raj Thackeray of Shiv Udyog Sena.

‘ AB’s birthday on KBC set
Even as people from different parts of the country gathered outside MAANSA to greet Amitabh Bachchan on his 58th birthday, he slipped out unnoticed in his van to Film City to shoot for two new episodes of KBC. The set at Film City was also overcrowded with well-wishers and among them were a group of child patients from the KEM hospital, whom he greeted individually. He shot till late in the night and then went home for a quiet dinner with his family.

Aashiq progresses
Director Indra Kumar, producer Anil Sharma and the unit of Shweta International’s Aashiq returned to Mumbai after completing a 25-day shooting spell in Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy and Germany. Four songs and several scenes were picturised on Bobby Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Mukesh Rishi, Ashok Saraf, Rahul Dev, Smita Jaykar, Nazzar Khan and Anupam Kher during the schedule. Cinematography by Harmeet Singh, art by Bijon Das Gupta, lyrics by Sameer and music by Sanjeev-Darshan are other major credits.

Final stint of Jodi No 1
Director David Dhawan and producers Dhiraj Shah, Pravin Shah and Hasmukh Shah commenced a 27-day final shooting schedule for Time Film International’s Jodi No.1 on October 15, on eleven different sets built at different studios. A song and many scenes are being picturised during the schedule. Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Twinkle Khanna, Monica Bedi, Ashok Saraf, Sayaji Shinde and Anupam Kher play key roles in the film.

Ashiqui Deewangi launched
Producer-director Vimal Kumar launched Ashiqui Deewangi on October 2 with a song recording. Penned by Sameer, it was rendered by Sonu Nigam and Prabha Bharati under the baton of Nadeem-Shravan. The star cast and other credits of the film, written by Javed Siddique, are being finalised.

Joru Ka ... celebrates 100 days
Producer-director Shakeel Noorani’s maiden directorial venture Joru Ka Ghulam celebrated its successful 100 days run at many cinemas in the country. The film starring Govinda and Twinkle Khanna in the lead, has music by Aadesh Shrivastav.

Ashok Pandit’s film rolls
Wellknown television director Ashok Pandit, who rose to fame with Filmi Chakkar and Tere Mere Sapne made his big screen debut on October 12 with the launch of his still untitled film being made under the banner of Sai Shiv Films Pvt. Ltd.
The film, based on Kashmir problem, stars Anupam Kher and Bengali actress Nandana Sen. Music by Lalit Sen, story by Dr. Agnishekar and screenplay-dialogue by Raman Kumar are other major credits. Mahesh Bhatt is the creative consultant of the film. A start-to-finish shooting schedule will commence in December at Himachal Pradesh.