Riteish, Genelia to come together in Tips' next film

Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza are excited to share screen space after a gap of seven years since their last outing together in 2004.

The yet to be titled movie is being produced by Tips Films.

"Working with my first n my most favourite co-star @geneliad after 7 long years. Today is the first day of the shoot. Excitttteeeeddd yeaahh (sic)," Riteish said on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Riteish and Genelia made their debut in Bollywood together in 2003 with Tujhe Meri Kasam. Though the movie was average but Riteish-Genelia chemistry worked pretty well. Later, the duo worked together in Masti (2004).

An excited Genelia said, "My new film starts 2day, workin with @Riteishd after 7yrs.lllongggg time but excited 4sure. Need your prayers n wishes tweeps, bring it on (sic)."

"Dats such a sweet tweet rd (Riteish), I think its goin 2b so much fun again, fingers crossed (sic)," Genelia tweeted soon after Riteish expressed his enthusiasm.

There is a buzz in B-town that Riteish and Genelia, who have been dating each other for long, will be tying the knot in 2012. But both actors have never come on record about their relationship status, they have maintained the 'we are just good friends' stance.

Also, Riteish said, "My first film with TIPS - Kumarji (Taurani)- have been wanting to work with them for a long time."

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Ritesh and Genelia's hide and seek romance

While each award ceremony has some hustle-bustle to talk about, this year's IIFA has consistently unfolded the darkest of secrets and most glamorous hook-ups of Bollywood. While news was also buzzing about witty Ritesh Deshmukh and charming Genelia D'souza hooking up to get married, here some glimpse of the PDA that one and all witnessed in Toronto!

Always kept under covers, this time the relationship between the two actors have managed to attract much attention from across the Bollywood fraternity with their absence from the parties, events and the much talked about SRK's bash post awards! 

Not only this, even while being awarded for his wit at IIFA, the handsome actor quickly displayed his love for beautiful girlfriend as he said, "I love you" and winked at her right from the stage. Bull's Eye! Well, all this hiding and running away for what Jenny and Ritesh?

No Bachchan for Genelia

His reputation for over crowding his films with A-listers and undertaking exclusively male centric projects has paid off for the most part for director Rohit Shetty. But, with the latest turn of events he might have to reconsider this formula that has usually won him critical acclaim.

Reportedly, the leading lady in his upcoming production Bol Bachchan, Genelia D’Souza, felt inconsequential in the Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn starrer and so, opted out of the film.

Apparently, Shetty was rather taken-aback by the actress’s decision and tried very hard to convince her to stay on-board.

However, Genelia, who was to essay Bindiya Goswami’s character in the original, was adamant about not going forward with the project. A source explained that while Shetty has had to return to the drawing board to cast another actress, his losses are minimal as the film has not yet gone on floors.

The source explained, “If shooting was in process, Shetty would have to re-shoot with Genelia’s replacement, which in turn would have increased the cost of the film.

At least now, producers Ashtavinayak will not have to bear a hole in their pocket. It was a good call for Genelia to opt out before the film went on floors.”

When asked why the actress opted out, the source said, “When she read the script, Genelia felt that she didn’t have a very significant role in the film. But that is with most of Shetty’s films - either they are too crowded or they are male-centric.”

However, a friend of the actress came to her defence and denied these claims. “Her dates are clashing with Navdeep Singh’s film, starring Abhay Deol. She had to chose one between the two,” said the actress’s friend.

With Genelia giving up her role in the film, the industry is already abuzz with speculation about her possible replacement. And it seems that Prachi Desai is the most likely contender.

“Shetty spoke to Prachi, who instantly agreed to step into Genelia’s shoes,” added the source. When contacted, both Genelia and Prachi remained unavailable for comment.

'Buy my silence about John-Genelia wedding'

The panditji is blackmailing Vipul Shah to keep mum about John-Genelia 'wedding' There was much hullabaloo about how John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza's marriage scene in Force apparently turned out to be a 'real' wedding. However, what is transpiring now is something neither the actors nor their director-producer Vipul Shah might have expected even in their wildest dreams. According to sources, the pandit has been blackmailing Shah. Also, the director is now looking for an amicable settlement by paying him off. If he still creates issues, Shah says that he will resort to legal means. Says a source close to the director-producer, "The pandit wanted monetary compensation to not raise an alarm over the supposed sampurn shaadi (complete marriage) when it had been shot. At that time Vipul had brushed off the pandit's demands. Now when he read about Genelia's purported wedding with Riteish Deshmukh he is looking at a hefty pay-off to not bring up the legal validity and moral sanctity of the filmed wedding." What happened... According to Vipul, while he suggested a filmy wedding with an actor playing the priest, it was director Nishikant Kamat who wanted the rituals to look bona fide. Says the harried director, "This is the price we pay for my director's penchant for realism. It was he who suggested that we get a real priest. How were we to know that the priest would suddenly claim he had performed a real wedding?" Vipul also fears that this would be a good playground for Hindu organisations, who might also jump into the fray. Says Vipul, "But I'd like to remind the potential trouble-makers that Genelia is not a Hindu, and therefore the Hindu wedding rituals are not applicable to her." A publicity stunt While the industry is claiming that this whole tamasha is actually a promotional technique, the producer claims that it is true but only for the pandit. "He is in the news. More people would now approach him to perform marriages. I'm happy he is famous at the cost of my film. But I am not taking this lying down." "Are people really saying I'm doing this for publicity? If I wanted to carry this absurd matter forward I'd have got some Hindu organisation to jump in myself. There were at least a dozen news channels wanting to do special programme on the so-called marriage. I declined."

'Genelia D'Souza is married to John Abraham'

Riteish, Genelia to have two weddings

Actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza are officially a couple now...

Well, they haven't announced anything yet, but their action spoke louder than words as the two walked hand-in-hand at a recent awards function, even in the presence of Mom D'Souza, who only looked too happy with the couple's close camaraderie.

Riteish and Genelia have been 'good friends' for a long time now. If sources are to be believed the two would've settled down together a long time ago had Riteish's family agreed to the wedding of their son to a Catholic girl. Apparently, the Deshmukh family wanted Riteish to settle down with a girl from their community.

However, it looks like after all these years the family has given in, or so we are told by friends of the actor's. And if a wedding does happen in 2012, there are going to be two shaadis - one will be a Maharashtrian wedding, while the other will be a Church wedding for Riteish and Genelia!