Zayed Khan To Turn Director Soon

After his business partner and co-actor of his upcoming film - LOVE, BREAKUPS, ZINDAGI, Dia Mirza, announced her directorial plans; it seems Zayed Khan does want to be left behind.
In a move to show his multi-talented persona, Zayed Khan has expressed interest in directing a film too. But unlike Dia who has no criteria laid out regarding the star cast and budget, Zayed Khan on the other hand has a clear cut agenda in mind. According to the actor, “I would love to direct a film in my career. The criteria will be that it would have to be a big budget film with a big star cast. But before this happens, I have to wait for some more time as I have already many commitments to take care of.”
At the moment Zayed has his hands full. The actor has three films lined up for release this year that includes; TEZZ, SHARAFAT GAYI TEL LENE and LOVE BREAKUPS ZINDAGI, which is produced under his home banner Born Free Entertainment. Source
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Ameesha Patel Appoints Priyadarshan As Her Film’s Director

Ameesha Patel is leaving no stone unturned to make sure her production house gets the best of directors on board. After signing David Dhawan to direct the first film for Ameesha Patel Productions, the actress turned producer has now signed Priyadarshan to direct the second film for her banner. Needless to say, Ameesha will be playing the lead role in both these films while the rest of the cast is yet to be announced.
It may be recalled that Ameesha had worked with David earlier in Yeh Hai Jalwa and with Priyadarshan in Bhool Bhulaiya. Both the films made under Ameesha Patel Productions will be family entertainers and will go on floors by the year end.
Meanwhile Ameesha’s next release is the Sanjay Dutt starrer Chatur Singh Two Star. Source
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Shahid Kapoor To Turn Director - Takes Inspiration From Dad

After watching his father, Pankaj Kapoor’s tranquil style of direction during the making of ‘Mausam’, Bollywood chocolate boy Shahid Kapoor has decided to don the director’s cap.
Talking to a daily on Shahid’s newfound passion, a source said, “Shahid was hands-on from the start of the project. And by `start` I don`t mean the day shooting began. ‘Mausam’ was Shahid`s pet project from the time his father wrote it. It was known that Shahid would play the lead, and participate actively in all the behind-the-scenes activities, including casting.”
Apparently, the decision to cast Sonam Kapoor was very much Shahid`s own decision as the source continued, “Since it`s a love story, there are only two principal characters in ‘Mausam’. It was very important to cast the right face and personality. Various names including Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha and Deepika Padukone were considered. Both, Pankaj and Shahid zeroed in on Sonam. The role required a Kashmiri girl, and they felt Sonam looked the part. She should have a dreamy look on screen.” the source said.
Buzz has it that Shahid has learnt the art of surrendering himself to the director and this is why he will not cast himself as actor in the film he plans to directs. “While Ranbir Kapoor is willing to cast himself in his directorial debut, Shahid won`t. When he directs a film next year, it will feature another actor,” added the source.
When enquired the actor, Shahid said, “Working with my dad has been a very different experience. He`s a very sorted director. That`s the way I want to be. To surrender to the director and trust him blindly is a great feeling. I want to experience it first-hand. From now on, when I am acting, I`ll surrender to the director`s vision. It takes away from the pressure of being an actor. It was humbling working with dad.” Source
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Tabu - An Upcoming Of A New Director

Tabu declared in a tabloid chat, “I don’t feel the need to do every film that comes my way. I’m quite happy waiting for films that I find satisfying artistically and stimulating creatively. I’ve been through that phase where I did films purely for financial security and it’s easy to see which ones those were.”
Shuttling between Mumbai and Hyderabad (”I’ve always been Mumbai based, I got to Hyderabad, coz’ I have a house there too”), juggling South movies (”I did a special song in ‘Prithviraj’ only for Santosh Sivan”) and Hindi cinema, the actress who scored with ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘The Namesake,’ states that “I’ve always followed my heart and lived on my own.”
Tabu, however, is quite tickled about rumours insisting that she’s been signed up by Madhur Bhandarkar for the sequel of ‘Chandni Bar’. “Not yet,” she clarifes. “Madhur knows me, he will approach me only if he has a role which I won’t be able to turn down.”
The superlative actress is readying to take a detour in the business of histrionics. “I’d love to direct someday and I’ve already considered it myself,” bares Tabu. “The day I get the right script, I’ll be ready to plunge into direction.” Source
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