LARA QUITS BACHCHANS' TOUR

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There is another bad news for the Bachchans' 'The Unforgettable Tour'. This time Lara Dutta has walked out of the tour following her knee problem. Lara says, "I have injured my knee and my doctors have asked me not to strain it further." Besides, she adds, "I am doing a film called 'Blue', which has a lot of action scenes. Hence, I need to get back to my feet as soon as possible." In the same breath, she regrets her withdrawal from the tour. Only recently Akshay Kumar, who was supposed to be a part of the tour, had opted out. The already delayed entourage includes besides Akki and Lara who have quit, Bipasha Basu, Riteish Deshmukh, Shiamak Davar and the Bachchans (Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya).

PRIYANKA'S REAL LIFE BEAU ON SCREEN, TOO

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Priyanka Chopra will romance this time with her real-life beau Harman Baweja onscreen. This came to our notice recently at a launch function. However, Harman was conspicuous by his absence. When asked about the lapse, Priyanka said that Harman would be introduced at the proper launch party of the movie. The actress seemed very excited with her real life beau as her co-star in 'Love Story -2050'. However, she made it light by saying that an actor needs to be friendly with his or her co-stars!

UDAY CHOPRA MOVES TO DIRECTION

Uday Chopra who has assisted his father Yash Chopra in 'Dil To Paagal Hai', 'Darr' and 'Yeh Dillagi', is now set to make it a career by assisting his brother Aditya Chopra in the latter's home production 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', starring Shah Rukh Khan. Yes, Uday has had in the past hits as well as flops in his acting career. His hits were 'Dhoom' and 'Mohabbatein' and flops included 'Meri Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' and 'Neal - N - Nikki'.

ZAYED BANKS ON 'MISSION ISTANBUL'

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Zayed Khan is all set for his next release, 'Mission Istanbul' directed by Apoorva Lakhia. Zayed wishes his movie to hit theatres in July. He says, "It's been crazy doing all those stunts in Turkey and I can't wait to see how the audience reacts to our film." Zayed had been down after a spate of box office duds like 'Cash', 'Speed' and 'Rocky', but he isn't out yet in the hope of his 'Mission Istanbul' coupled with forthcoming Subhash Ghai's Salman Khan starrer 'Yuvraj' and Akshay Kumar starrer 'Blue'.

FARDEEN SHAPES UP FOR 'ACID FACTORY'

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Sanjay Gupta is a producer who sets trends for his heroes. This time he is making an experiment of setting a trend on Fardeen Khan by imparting him a lean and rough look in his home production - 'Acid Factory' being directed by Suparn Varma He has assigned this task to Prashant. Incidentally, Prashant has been responsible for Shah Rukh Khan's six-pack abs in 'Om Shanti Om'. Prashant has already started imparting the training to Fardeen as Sanjay Gupta is very keen on Fardeen having a new look though others like Aftab Shivdasani, Danny Denzongpa, Irrfan Khan and Manoj Bajpai are also being imparted a new look. Besides, Maya (Prashant's wife who is a dietician) is also involved in helping and assisting Fardeen Khan, Aftab, Irrfan and Manoj get back in shape.