Housefull 3 for clash with IPL 2014

Moving ahead of Judwaa 2 has proven to be beneficial in ways more than one for both Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid Khan. Since earlier Sajid Khan was supposed to be in charge of both the films, they were meant to be spaced out. However, with a new director coming on board for Judwaa 2, Sajid Khan would be beginning work on Housefull 3, hence releasing it in April 2014.

"This also means that the trend of one Housefull flick releasing every two years in the month of April would be maintained", says our well placed source, "If Sajid Khan would have started work on Judwaa, he would have been forced to delay Housefull 3 even further. He is anyways working on Himmatwala currently and plans to release it next year. After that if he would have done Judwaa 2, the wait would have prolonged for Housefull 3. However, now after Himmatwala, he can solely concentrate on Housefull 3."

"Yet again the film would clash with IPL though", adds a trade source, "In a way IPL is beneficial instead of being jinxed for the Housefull series. This has been proven in the first two films and now yet again both Sajids want to take IPL heads-on."

"They can't be expected to work with each other in practically every film. If Sajid Khan is currently doing Himmatwala, Sajid Nadiadwala too has directors like Imtiaz Ali and Kabir Khan lined up", says a common friend, "Both of them have maintained that they are friends first. They will keep making movies together but only if they both are passionate about the subject."

Vinod Khanna - Randhir Kapoor is back after 38 years

Life has come a full circle for Vinod Khanna and Randhir Kapoor. 38 years after Prakash Mehra's Haath Ki Safaai, they're coming together again in Prabhu Dheva's Hindi remake of his Tamil hit Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. The veterans had played long-lost brothers in Haath Ki Safaai.

Strangely they were never cast together again. It was believed that the two did not have an easy time shooting together for Haath Ki Safaai.

Says Prabhu Dheva, "Since I am launching Kumar Taurani's son in my film, I wanted a strong supporting cast. Randhir Kapoor and Vinod Khanna were my natural choices for two very important roles in the film."

Interestingly, both Randhir and Vinod were away from the camera for a very long time. Randhir returned with Housefull this year and Vinod Khanna did Players recently after a long hiatus.

Says an actress who knows both the veteran actors well, "For a long time both the actors stayed away from the camera. Vinod and Daboo are bored with trying other things. They're both itching to get back to the camera with as many roles as possible."