<>Mumbai: Varun Dhawan is set to throw a bachelor party! No, he’s not getting married, but the celebrations are part of a promotional strategy for his forthcoming Bollywood entertainer ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’.

The party will be held June 20.

Talking about it, the 27-year-old “Student Of The Year” actor said: “On June 20 night, we have planned a very big thing with MTV. I am throwing a bachelor party. So I will be there and I will dance with everyone.”

Varun Dhawan during ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dukhania’ promotion.

He spoke at the Radio Mirchi studio where he was present here with his ‘Humpty Sharma…’ co-star Alia Bhatt to promote the film.

“Please, everyone is invited. So on Saturday night, there is going to be a lot of dance and masti (fun),” he added.

‘Humpty Sharma…’, produced by Karan Johar, is directed by Shashank Khaitan. It hits theatres July 11.

New Delhi: Madhuri Dixit may have starred in just one dance-based film, ‘Aaja Nachle’ in her career so far but the Bollywood diva says she makes sure to promote the classical art forms through her projects.

Madhuri, who played the role of a Kathak dancer in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, did a traditional dance number in the film choreographed by Kathak exponent Birju Maharaj.

“I may not have done an-out-and-out dance film after ‘Aaja Nachle’ but I have always promoted classical dance and music through my films right from the beginning.

A file photo of Madhuri Dixit.

“In my last film (‘Dedh Ishqiya’), I played a Kathak dancer and I did have a lovely dance based on a classical song which Maharaj ji again choreographed,” Madhuri told PTI.

The 47-year-old actress, who has given the industry many hit dance numbers in her three-decade-long career, said the dances which had Indian influences have stayed in the audience’s mind for a longer period of time.

“Western and another influences are going to be everywhere. They have always been there even in Bollywood from the beginning. But if you see the songs that are superhits, you will notice that they have an Indian touch,” she added.

The actress was in the capital recently to launch a new variant of Taj Mahal tea. The evening saw a music programme crafted by Madhuri and young sitarist Niladri Kumar.

The ‘Dhak-dhak girl’ feels that youngsters should come forward and create awareness for classical music.

“That’s where our youngsters come in because they understand the psyche of the traditional values and they understand the psyche of youngsters.

“So, they are the ones who should carry the torch forward to make the music accessible to others and make people realise that it is not difficult after all. All of us should come together and create an awareness,” Madhuri said.

New Delhi: Dilip Kumar and Madhubala would have been together had her father not tried to make a business venture out of their proposed marriage which did not go down well with the actor, who did not want someone else to dictate his career choices.

In his just-released autobiography ‘Dilip Kumar: The Substance And The Shadow’, Kumar, 91, reveals details about his relationship with Madhubala that continues to intrigue cinema fans even today.

The screen icon fondly remembers Madhubala as a great artiste and “vivacious and spirited person” with whom he attained an ease while working in 1951 film ‘Tarana’.

Dilip Kumar and Madhubala would have been together had her father not tried to make a business venture out of it.

“I must admit that I was attracted to her (Madhubala) both as a fine co-star and as a person who had some of the attributes I hoped to find in a woman at that age and time…She, as I said earlier, was very sprightly and vivacious and, as such, she could draw me out of my shyness and reticence effortlessly,” Kumar says in the book, published by Hay House.

Their pairing in K Asif’s ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ made headlines because of rumours about their emotional involvement, which made the director very happy. Madhubala confided to Asif about her feelings for Kumar and the director encouraged her.

But unfortunately things soured badly during the long production of the classic. “I sensed, Asif was seriously trying to mend the situation for her when matters began to sour between us, thanks to her father’s attempt to make the proposed marriage a business venture,” Kumar recalls.

Their relationship worsened during the shooting of the film. Kumar reveals that the feather scene, described as one of the most sensuous moments in Hindi cinema, was shot when they had stopped speaking to each other. “The outcome was that halfway through the production of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ we were not even talking to each other. The classic scene with the feather coming between our lips, which set a million imaginations on fire, was shot when we had completely stopped even greeting each other,” Kumar writes.

The actor says the tribute for that scene should go to “the artistry of two professionally committed actors” for keeping aside their personal differences to carry out the vision of the director.

Madhubala’s father Ataullah Khan had his own production company and he was only to glad to have two stars under the same roof. Madhubala thought things would get sorted once they were married but Kumar was not ready to surrender his career to someone else’s “dictates and strategies”. Kumar felt he was letting himself into the relationship on the rebound than out of a genuine need for a permanent companion.

“The scenario was not very pleasant and it was heading inevitably to a dead end. In the circumstances, therefore, it seemed best that we did not decide to marry or even give each

other a chance to rethink,” he says.

“… I did not want to share a lifetime with someone whose priorities were different from mine. Besides, she certainly would have been drawn to other colleagues in the profession, as I found out, and they to her but that wasn’t an issue because I was myself surfacing from an emotional upheaval at that point of time.”

He says he had “many upfront discussions with her father and she, not surprisingly, remain neutral and unmoved by my dilemma. The scenario was not very pleasant and it was heading inevitably to a dead end.

“I was truly relieved when we parted ways because I had also begun to get an inkling that it was all very well to be working together as artistes but in marriage it is important for a woman to be ready to give more than receive,” he writes. Kumar also talks about his closeness with Kamini Kaushal, whose real name was Uma Kashyap. Kaushal was married at that time. They worked together in ‘Shaheed’, ‘Nadiya Ke Paar’ and ‘Shabnam’.

“Stardom bothered me more than it pleased me and I guess I was drawn more intellectually than emotionally to Uma, with whom I could talk about matters and topics that interested me outside the purview of our working relationship. If that was love, may be it was. I don’t know and I don’t think it matters any more,” he recalls.

New Delhi: Dilip Kumar and Madhubala would have been together had her father not tried to make a business venture out of their proposed marriage which did not go down well with the actor, who did not want someone else to dictate his career choices.

In his just-released autobiography ‘Dilip Kumar: The Substance And The Shadow’, Kumar, 91, reveals details about his relationship with Madhubala that continues to intrigue cinema fans even today.

The screen icon fondly remembers Madhubala as a great artiste and “vivacious and spirited person” with whom he attained an ease while working in 1951 film ‘Tarana’.

Dilip Kumar and Madhubala would have been together had her father not tried to make a business venture out of it.

“I must admit that I was attracted to her (Madhubala) both as a fine co-star and as a person who had some of the attributes I hoped to find in a woman at that age and time…She, as I said earlier, was very sprightly and vivacious and, as such, she could draw me out of my shyness and reticence effortlessly,” Kumar says in the book, published by Hay House.

Their pairing in K Asif’s ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ made headlines because of rumours about their emotional involvement, which made the director very happy. Madhubala confided to Asif about her feelings for Kumar and the director encouraged her.

But unfortunately things soured badly during the long production of the classic. “I sensed, Asif was seriously trying to mend the situation for her when matters began to sour between us, thanks to her father’s attempt to make the proposed marriage a business venture,” Kumar recalls.

Their relationship worsened during the shooting of the film. Kumar reveals that the feather scene, described as one of the most sensuous moments in Hindi cinema, was shot when they had stopped speaking to each other. “The outcome was that halfway through the production of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ we were not even talking to each other. The classic scene with the feather coming between our lips, which set a million imaginations on fire, was shot when we had completely stopped even greeting each other,” Kumar writes.

The actor says the tribute for that scene should go to “the artistry of two professionally committed actors” for keeping aside their personal differences to carry out the vision of the director.

Madhubala’s father Ataullah Khan had his own production company and he was only to glad to have two stars under the same roof. Madhubala thought things would get sorted once they were married but Kumar was not ready to surrender his career to someone else’s “dictates and strategies”. Kumar felt he was letting himself into the relationship on the rebound than out of a genuine need for a permanent companion.

“The scenario was not very pleasant and it was heading inevitably to a dead end. In the circumstances, therefore, it seemed best that we did not decide to marry or even give each

other a chance to rethink,” he says.

“… I did not want to share a lifetime with someone whose priorities were different from mine. Besides, she certainly would have been drawn to other colleagues in the profession, as I found out, and they to her but that wasn’t an issue because I was myself surfacing from an emotional upheaval at that point of time.”

He says he had “many upfront discussions with her father and she, not surprisingly, remain neutral and unmoved by my dilemma. The scenario was not very pleasant and it was heading inevitably to a dead end.

“I was truly relieved when we parted ways because I had also begun to get an inkling that it was all very well to be working together as artistes but in marriage it is important for a woman to be ready to give more than receive,” he writes. Kumar also talks about his closeness with Kamini Kaushal, whose real name was Uma Kashyap. Kaushal was married at that time. They worked together in ‘Shaheed’, ‘Nadiya Ke Paar’ and ‘Shabnam’.

“Stardom bothered me more than it pleased me and I guess I was drawn more intellectually than emotionally to Uma, with whom I could talk about matters and topics that interested me outside the purview of our working relationship. If that was love, may be it was. I don’t know and I don’t think it matters any more,” he recalls.

Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has been tight-lipped about his most-talked project ‘Shuddhi’, says he is flattered that the upcoming film is being given so

much importance.

‘Shuddhi’ has been in news all this time primarily due to its elite casting but this seems to be further delaying its commencement.

Karan Johar says he is flattered that the upcoming film is being given so much importance.

“I am so flattered that something that I have done has become such a talk point… I feel I am beyond flattered. I have to thank media for giving ‘Shuddhi’ so much importance.

It makes me feel loved and important,” Karan said at an event here.

“Both me and the director Karan Malhotra want to thank everyone for giving ‘Shuddhi’ so much importance. I never thought any film of mine will garner so much importance. I thought we were talking about it (‘Shuddhi’) more than national politics,” he said in a lighter vein.

“I am excited… Well done ‘Shuddhi’ and we have arrived,” he added. The film initially had Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead but later both of them walked out of the project.

This was followed by reports that Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone might replace them. But apparently there is a talk that these two are also not doing this film.

Meanwhile, names of superstars like Aamir Khan and Salman Khan have also cropped up for this project. However, there is no official confirmation yet on the leading cast of the film.