Starring <strong>Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Tusshar Kapoor,Kangna Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Manoj Bajpai, Ronit Roy</strong> Directed by <strong>Sanjay Gupta</strong> Rating: <strong>*** ?</strong> <em>Babli badmash hai</em>, sings Priyanka Chopra in one of the 3 utterly wasted item numbers in this film about blazing guns, flaring nostrils, sanguinary revenge and bleak atonement. Babli is not the only one who’s a <em>badmaash</em> here. The characters are all hardened players of the underworld from the 1970s.They all mean business in the business of being mean.

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta is very disturbed with Sanjay Dutt’s imminent incarceration. Though the two friends and business partners had a noisy fall-out some years ago, they patched up their differences at the Big B Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th birthday party in October 2012. The honourable Supreme Court’s judgement on 23 March (2013) left Gupta devastated, and in no mood for celebrations.

Kangna Ranaut seems to be a hot favourite when it comes to bagging films with strong women-centric roles. Days after bagging a stellar role for filmmaker Vishwas Patil’s film <em>Rajjo</em> in which she would play a <em>mujra</em> dancer, Kangna has been roped by producer Viki Rajani to play a crime sleuth in a film tentatively titled <em>Nikita Pai </em> in which the actress will play a science teacher who also moonlights as an amateur detective exposing supernatural crimes.

Renowned author, historian and filmmaker Vishwas Patil ‘s search for the lead of his debut directorial venture <em>Rajjo</em> came to an end when he signed Kangna Ranaut for the lead in the hard-hitting, real to life musical entertainer that will showcase the changing scenario of Mumbai. Winner of several prestigious literary awards, Vishwas, while zeroing in on his leading lady who plays a nautch girl in the film, was looking for a powerhouse performer with a regal appeal on the lines of the iconic Madhubala. And he found it all in Kangna.

Fashionista Kangna Ranaut goes back to her roots. Her new film borrows generously from the actress’ own past experiences. In Vikas Behl’s <em>Queen</em> Kangna has been cast as a dreamer with aspirations that her small-town upbringing cannot accommodate. So what does she do? She sets out on a journey that takes her soaring into her aspirations. Sounds familiar? Kangna’s character in <em>Queen</em> is inspired by her own beginnings in a village in Himachal Pradesh.

It looks like Kangna’s grievances with the Roshans regarding Kites has been completely washed away. Not only was she treated like a princess all through the making of <em>Krissh 3</em>, we hear she will be shooting a song with Hrithik this week in Jordan.

The Sunny Deol-Kangna Ranaut starrer I Love New York which was shot entirely in New York is 95 percent complete. In fact it has been in that stage for the last one and a half years. So what’s stopping the film from pushing through the finishing line? According to a source close to the project it’s the payment money issues of Sunny Deol is one of the issues. Secondly, the producers T Series had to resort to selling off the satellite rights of the film at a much lower price than what Deol starrers generally fetch.