The Diwali hit Son Of Sardaar (SOS) is the official remake of Tamil super-director S Rajamouli’s Maryada Ramanna. However the remake has deviated drastically from the original. Says the SOS director Ashwini Dhir, “I’d love Rajamouli to watch our film and tell us what he thinks of the changes that we’ve made in the original. We’ve deviated considerably from Rajamouli’s film. In Maryada Ramanna the lead is played by a famous comic actor of the South (Sunil). When Ajay Devgn took over the role, the comic element had to be seriously modified.”

These days’ film audiences see something new before a film begins and also after the interval and that is warning tickers against the hazards of smoking or usage of tobacco in any other form. If this was not enough, it seems filmmakers have decided to use such a warning of the hazards of performing dangerous stunts. In the just-released Ajay Devgn-Sonakshi Sinha-starrer <em>Son Of Sardaar</em> a lengthy stunt involving Devgn on a horse and a villainish supporting actor on a motor bike carries a ticker- warning saying the stunts were generated through computer graphics.

Fed up of the controversies surrounding the Diwali battle between <em>Son Of Sardaar (SOS) </em>and <em>Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ)</em>, Ajay has left with Kajol and his two children for a holiday in Goa, thereby killing two birds with one stone. He not only avoided any further post-release comparisons and controversies he also managed to get his wife out of the dilemma regarding attending the premiere of Yashraj Films’ <em>Jab Tak Hai Jaan.</em> Said a source, “Ajay, Kajol and family would be in Goa until the whole SOS-JTHJ controversies and comparisons cool down.”

<strong>Starring: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Tanuja, Mukul Dev, Vindoo Dara Singh Directed by: Ashwani Dhir Rating: *** ?</strong> Every time Vindoo Dara Singh who plays a part of an extended patriarchal Punjabi parivaar in the Sikh heartland, opens his mouth to speak, he is shushed down by others saying,<em> ‘Silencer lagaa’.</em>

Everyone knows by now that Ajay Devgn has waged an all-out ideological war against the alleged monopolistic practices of Yashraj Films. In his fight against what he believes to be a monopolistic trade practice of Yashraj Films Ajay Devgn is not alone. Filmmaker Prakash Jha, a long-standing friend of Devgn, has pitched in vocally with Ajay, going as far as to say he’s willing to take on the various film guilds and associations in Bollywood in Devgn’s fight against Yashraj’s alleged monopoly.

Sonakshi, as we all know, is a very busy star. So busy that she has not found time to visit her home town Patna for many years. She would often visit Patna during her childhood with her parents when her <em>Daadi</em> (Shatruji’s mother) was alive. Once <em>Daadi</em> died and grand-daughter Sonakshi became an overnight star with <em>Dabangg</em> the people of Patna have not seen their Bihari Babu’s Bihari beti’s face. And they aren’t too pleased about it. Finally after 3 years of dillydallying Sonakshi is all set to come “home” to Patna on Saturday.

Pretty actress Sonakshi Sinha not only loves to be in front of the camera, but behind as well. We are all aware about her culinary expertise and whistling skills. Now adding one more skill to her kitty is her passion for photography. Observes Sonakshi, “I have always liked art and sketching and since I have been travelling to beautiful places for my films, I want to capture all those moments with my SLR.”