Subhash K Jha (DNA; November 28, 2015)


Four years ago she got into the querulous mode with Akshay and all hell had broken loose. The provocation was her husband Shirish Kunder’s film Joker which Akshay had starred in. When the film turned out to be exceptionally unappetising, Akshay, breaking his normal protocol of professionalism, decided not to promote the film.

At that time, Farah fumed and spewed venom against the otherwise-uncontroversial Akshay. They also vowed never to work together again.

Like they say, there are no permanent friendships and enemies in showbiz. On Tuesday, when Akshay walked into Farah’s brother Sajid Khan’s birthday bash he ran into feisty Farah. And here’s an eyewitness account of what happened, “For quite a while Akshay, who had come without his wife Twinkle, and Farah avoided one another. But it’s a small world, especially at a Bollywood party. And the two found themselves face to face. Akshay and Farah spoke and the ice was broken.” We don’t know where the renewed relationship will go.

Upala KBR (DNA; November 23, 2015)


There were rumours of Saif and Sajid falling out over the BO disaster of Humshakals, but the two patched up and the actor is expected to attend the party with his biwi Kareena.

Sajid tells us that though he’s not a party person, this year is special. “On my 40th birthday, I had invited just a handful of guests to my party. But this time, we (the two Sajids) decided to call many people, especially all our friends. Sajid (Nadiadwala) said that his office has a beautiful party hall, hence we decided to hold it there.”

Besides Saif, Kareena, SRK and Salman, Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Sajid’s sister Farah Khan and her husband Shirish Kunder, tennis star Sania Mirza, Tabu, Randhir Kapoor and others are expected.

Sajid doesn’t have any wishes for this birthday but he has a birthday resolution. Life has made him wiser. “From now on, I will be very politically correct. Earlier, I would criticise other people’s films, which made me sound arrogant. Now I have learned to control myself. I am neither a box-office pundit nor a film critic and it’s time I stopped shooting my mouth off.”

ANOTHER KHAN BASH
Farah Khan had thrown a party for Sania Mirza to celebrate the tennis star’s 29th birthday at the filmmaker’s Lokhandwala apartment. Some of the stars who came were Salman Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Tabu, Sajid Khan, Genelia Deshmukh and Parineeti Chopra.