John Abraham gets Chitrangada Singh for his next

Goldie Behl is all set to bring the Desi Boyz jodi of John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh together for his forthcoming film tentatively titled as I, Me Ishaan. The film has gone on floors yesterday.

Debutant Kapil Sharma who was an assistant director of Goldie Behl is going to direct this film. Sharma assisted Goldie on Drona . I, Me Ishaan also stars Raima Sen and Prachi Desai in lead roles.

It is also believed that the film will be co produced by John Abraham's home production JA Entertainment. Now do we see John getting close to another girl soon after his breakup with Bipasha!

Bipasha not too happy with John

While John Abraham used Simi Garewal's show Simi Selects India's Most Desirable to extend an olive branch to his ex Bipasha, Bipasha hasn't quite taken to it.

The actress had her say courtesy her Twitter page: "I don't need to be on a talk show to prove my goodness! My relationship with John Abraham is over for good - for reasons known best to the both of us."

She further added to her rant, saying, "What happens between two people is supposed to stay between the two when it's over, that's the dignity that I have grown up with and the respect I deserve."

John thought that a public outpouring on Simi's show was the best way to let Bipasha know how sorry he feels about the big bad break up. So he re-shot the show, poured his out heart out and said it like he felt it and then 12 minutes of the segment were cut at the editing table.

On the other hand, Bipasha may be linked to all the single hotties out there - from Rana Daggubati to Josh Hartnett and even Shahid - but she knows what she wants. "Waking upto stories about my life everyday is no fun! Making me sound tragic when I am in a happy place is not ok with me!"

It's clear that Bipasha is single, ready to mingle and loving it, but is John regretting the break-up or envying her happy place. That is something we'll never know. 

NO SMOKING wins awards at Indian Film Festival

NO SMOKING released in 2007 is still continuing to make an impression in the festival circuit abroad. The Anurag Kashyap directed film has recently won a few awards for itself at the Indian Film Festival and would be enjoying repeated screening for itself. The festival would first play at three venues in Beijing (China) and then also travel five cities globally.

Film Producer Kumar Mangat says, "I am very happy that my film NO SMOKING is being awarded and appreciated even outside India. It has been almost four years since NO SMOKING was released and it's still getting a huge platform and a chance to be part of these festivals. What more can a producer wish for?" 

Vishal Bhardwaj, who had co-produced the film with Kumar Mangat, adds, "I felt very pleased and contented on learning about my film being recognized and awarded internationally. NO SMOKING was a film based on different subject unlikely the customary commercial cinema. When a film like this garners so much appreciation, it is overwhelming and motivates it's makers too!

'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'

John Abraham dating a banker!

There's a new girl in John Abraham's life, and her name is Priya Marwah. A banker by profession, she has been friends with the actor for some time now. After John's eight-year relationship with Bipasha Basu ended recently, the duo became close.

She was even seen visiting John on the sets of Shristi Arya's untitled project and then Housefull 2 in London, ostensibly to spend time with the busy actor.

A source close to the actor reveals, "He's definitely spending a lot of time with Priya. They met through a common friend who happens to be Priya's best friend. They hit it off instantly and decided to keep in touch."

John and Priya have been spotted going out for cozy dinners to a five-star SoBo hotel, leading one to believe that they've been driving all the way from the suburbs to avoid running into common acquaintances and the paparazzi. If that was the case, however, she wouldn't have visited him while he was shooting in London. Everyone knows that the quickest way to out a celebrity relationship is to be seen on a film set. A source adds, "When Priya visited him in UK, they went out quite a bit. They were spotted at Trafalgar Square and a couple of pubs."
BT has learnt that Priya comes from a conservative family that doesn't approve of her dating an actor. While it's too early to say whether or not Priya is for keeps, John is definitely not denying his interest to his friends. "He's making the most of his single status, but when asked about his affair with Priya, he prefers to keep mum."