Comic actor Jim Carrey likes to try on women's clothing, says his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy.The 45-year-old stunned onlookers on a California beach earlier this year when he wore McCarthy's black swimsuit during the US Independence Day celebrations. McCarthy claims it was not a solitary incident. "All I can say is that he's a great, great guy who sometimes likes to dabble in women's clothing," said Jenna.She also added that they are in no hurry to get married, "We are just happy as we are."
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has hit it off so well with Sylvester Stallone while shooting for Kambakht Ishq that he has convinced the Rocky star star to attend the premiere of the film in India as well as to work together in more movies. “Yes, Stallone will be coming to Mumbai for the premiere. In fact, we have hit it off so well that I’ve convinced him for more collaborations with us,” said Nadiadwala.
“However, it’s too premature to talk about any concrete plans between the two of us. He did give me a book to read, but that doesn’t mean I’m making a movie out of it, not yet.” The producer has huge plans for Kambakht Ishq. He plans to have an international release of the English version of the movie at the same time with the Hindi in April-May 2009. “It’ll be a much shorter version of the original. While the Hindi version will be around 130 minutes, the English version will be 90-100 minutes long and without any song.”
Nadiadwala is working on the English version of Kambakht Ishq. Though Akshay is all set to finally go international with his first English-language film, he won’t be heard speaking in his own voice. “I’ll get dubbing artistes from outside India to dub for everyone, excluding Sylvester Stallone. Akshay certainly can’t make himself comprehensible to American audiences in his own voice,” said Nadiadwala from Vicenza in Italy, where the last portion of Kambakht Ishq is being shot with Kareena, Akshay, Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora.
To knock off the elaborate Hindi song sequences for the English version, Sajid is getting a creative music director from Hollywood as a consultant. “We’ve zeroed in on three guys who specialise in editing Hollywood musicals including the gentleman who did The wedding Singer. I’ll hire one of them to put together the English version of Kambakht Ishq. I don’t want it to be seen as a dubbed Bollywood film. I want it to be on a par with the American releases, just as slick.”
This is where the presence of Stallone, Denise Richards and Entourage star Holy Valencia would help. “These stars would help bring in the American audience and establish a connect with the film. Like in India, most audiences won’t care about Stallone and other Hollywood stars. They’ll just go to watch Akshay.” Nadiadwala is hoping Kambakht Ishq would be the international launch of Akshay’s career.
“He has it in him. And we’ve worked really hard to give Kambakht Ishqn an international look and feel. My film has gone way above budget. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make a film so expensive. The ticket fare to Europe alone costs what was the entire budget of my first production.”
After playing a hassled mother in Taare Zameen Par, actress Tisca Chopra now wants to play a terrorist, an adventurous housewife and even former prime minister Indira Gandhi!
"I am getting excellent film offers. There is an absolute range of roles that are coming to me and people are waking up to the fact that actors have evolved.
"But I would like to play a terrorist, a person with a mental problem like an obsessive multiple disorder, a housewife who breaks all the shackles and goes on a wild and mad adventure and Indira Gandhi. I would also like to do a period film," said Tisca.
The actress, who played Darsheel Safary's harried mother in Taare Zameen Par, is more keen on working with known directors than actors.
"More than the actors, I want to work with different directors like Mani Ratnam, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Yash Chopra, Ashutosh Gowariker and Rakesh Roshan," said the actress who who was in the capital to launch a bi-weekly show that she is going to anchor.
The actress forayed into Bollywood in 1993 with box office dud Platform. It was followed by other flops like 15th August, Baali Umar Ko Salaam and Taqdeerwala.
When she didn't get her due in Bollywood, Tisca took a sabbatical from the big screen during which she was involved with theatre and did plays like Mahatma v/s Gandhi, Salesman Ramlal and Inshah Allah before shifting to TV with Balaji Telefilms' Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii that gave her recognition.
Later she was then seen in TV soaps like Astitva- Ek Prem Kahani and Kahani Sarrkkar: Risshton Ki Ankahi Kahani. She was also involved in a consumer grievances show on TV called Main Hoon Na.
Although she got her initial share of fame from her stint in daily soaps, Tisca now keeps away from serials and reality shows.
"TV is another mode of entertainment and a very strong medium with which people can relate to. But the time lines, set for a show on TV, are causing the quality to suffer. This compromise on quality bothers me," Tisca said.
"Acting in serials takes a lot of time. That is the reason why I am only hosting TV shows as of now. I will not do any reality shows either because I don't think I am that entertaining as a person. I am quite dull," she added.
Recently she came into limelight with Taare Zameen Par for which she also received a nomination in the best actor in a supporting role (female) category at the 53rd annual Filmfare Awards.
On being asked for her reaction when she first heard that the film had been selected as the official entry for the Oscars in the foreign film category, she said: "I was having a very bad day when I received the news on phone. I was earlier trying hard to be cheerful but after hearing the news I was elated."
Apart from her show, Tisca is doing a comedy with actor-director Rajat Kapoor and will be next seen in Nandita Das' directorial debut Firaaq releasing next year.
