Cover Story
Cover Story’s final dubbing is in progress at Prasad Lab, Chennai. The movie stars Tabu, Suresh Gopi and Viju Menon in the lead. A Suresh G Seth presentation, it is producer by Raj Kukreja and directed by GS Vijayan and has music by Sharath. It is slated for release in March.

Maine Dil Tujhko Diya
Presenter Salim Khan, Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, producers Bunty Walia and Sohail Khan’s Maine Dil Tujhko Diya has mounted the sets. Sohail Khan makes his debut as a hero with the film and he is paired opposite newfind Sameera in GS Entertainment’s third venture. Directed by Sohail Khan on his own story and screenplay, the film has choreography of Ganesh Hegde, action by Amin-Gani, dialogue by Talat Jani, cinematography by Kabir Lal, editing by Yusuf Khan and music by Daboo Malik.

Raj Kumar Kohli’s next
Producer-director Raj Kumar Kohli has signed Atul Agnihotri for a guest appearance in Shankar Movies’ Production No 25. Mahi and Johnny Lever have also been added to the cast. The film also stars Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aditya Panscholi, Manisha Koirala, Rambha, Sharad Kapoor, Rajat Bedi, Siddharth, Payal, Mohini Sharma, Arshad Warsi, new find Kiran Rathod, Nikita, Raju Mawani and Munish Kohli. Sonu Nigam also plays a key role. The film has story by Aatish, dialogue by KK Singh, cinematography by Thomas Xavier, action by Tinu Verma, art by Sunil Singh, sound by JP Saigal, lyrics by Sameer and music by Anand Milind.

Vatsyayana Kamasutra
Vijayshri Pictures’ Vatsyayana Kamasutra (English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu) has been passed by the Censors with an A certificate and minor cuts and the film is all set for release on March 9. The film is produced and directed by Ravi K Patwa and Sanjay Khandelwal and stars Sudesh Berry (as Vatsyayana), newfinds Sainora, Adarsh,Moona Mathar, Divya Dwidedi and Fauzia alongwith Rohit Raaj and Abid. It has screenplay-dialogue by Edward George, Adarsh, Ravi K Patwa and Sanjay Khandelwal, cinematography by Trilok Chaudhary and Munir Khan, lyrics by Pandit Kiran Mishra, music by Ram Shankar, editing by Tirupati Reddy and Govind Dube.

Chandni Bar
Producer R Mohan and director Madhur Bhandarkar recorded the title song for Shlok Films’ Chandni Bar. A theme song was rendered by Shobha Mudgal under the supervision of music director Raju Singh on February 14. The dubbing of the film is in progress at Sight-N-Sound. The film stars Tabu, Atul Kulkarni, Sri Vallabh Vyas, Rajpal Yadav, Vinay Apte, Abhay Bhargav, Varun Vardhan, Ananya Dev Ashish Shedge, Manish Mehta and Suhas Palsekar. Based on a story by Madhur Bhandarkar it has screenplay by Mohan Azad, dialogue by Masood Mirza, cinematography by Rajeev Ravi, action by Harish Shetty, choreography by Kishore Oreshkar, art by Prasanna and Yashwant Patil and editing by Hemal Kothare.

Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat
A 25-day shoot for Ashco Media Arts’ first movie, Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat which commenced on February 11, is currently being held in Mumbai at Kamalistan Studios, Royal Challenge, Mudh Island, Ballard Pier and Oshiwara, wherein romantic, action and dramatic songs are being canned alongwith one song picturisation. The entire star cast including newfind Krishna, Sakshi Shivanand, Sharad Kapoor, Mukesh Rishi, Anjan Shrivastav and Deepak Tijori are participating. Being directed by debutant Dinkar Kapoor, erstwhile associate of Abbas-Mastaan for producer Ashok K Kotwani the film has music by Sandeep Chowta. It has cinematography by S Pappu, screenplay and dialogue by Aadesh K Arjun, editing by Deepak Kapoor, art by Liladhar Sawant and action by Andalip Pathan. Vinith Handa is the executive producer.

Babbar Sher
Leading man Dharmendra faced the camera alongwith RM Mishra, Amreet Pal, Shiva and newfind Sikander for Savitri International’s Babbar Sher on February 12 at Essel Studios. A 12-day shooting stint followed later at Panvel, Khandala, and Mumbai. The film will be nearly complete after this shooting spell. Being written, produced and directed by Surinder Kuku Kapoor and co-produced by Asha Kapoor, the film also stars Kiran Kumar, Raza Murad, Hemant Birje, Shiva, Gurbachan, Prem Chopra, Asha Singh, Yogee and newfinds Madhoo Bala, Nargis and Pratibha. Presented by RM Mishra, it has cinematography by Rocky Fonseca, music by Abhi-Raaj and editing by Vibhuti Bhushan.

Kama Sundari
BS Films’ Kama Sundari has been passed by the Appellate Tribunal in Delhi with an A certificate and minor cuts. Being readied for release on March 9, the film is produced and directed by Balvendra Sandhu from his own story. Nagesh Bhosle, Anil Nagrath, Shehzad Khan, Pramod Moutho, Satyen Kappu, Dilip Raj, Shashi Sharma and Ranjeet play key roles. It has screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Mishra, lyrics by Sudhakar Sharma, music by SR Rajan, cinematography by Harish Patel and action by Kinder Singh.