Every celebrity does her own contribution to the society. The latest we hear of is none other than the leggy damsel Katrina Kaif who isn’t far behind in the philanthropic race

Of late there were rumours around Emraan Hashmi opting out of a Yash Raj film. However, the fact of the matter is that these are, well, rumours. Talks on the film are still on and Emraan along with Chopras continue to be in constant touch to figure out logistics pertaining to the film before making an official announcement. “It is plain speculation that Emraan has said no to the Chopras. As a matter of fact he has been meeting them on a regular basis and was recently spotted in their office as well. Rumours around him not doing the film have been spread by mischievous elements”, says a mutual associate, “Yash Raj Films is a premium production house and makes a definite value add to an actor’s profile. On the other hand, the kind of high that Emraan has been enjoying, all top production houses of the country are interested in him coming on board. It is a mutually win-win situation for both.” However, it was being insinuated that it is this very reason which has led to a choc-o-block date diary for Emraan, as a result of which he had to pick and choose between films. Since he has recently signed Karan Johar’s production and is also busy with at least three other films, there was apparently no time available for Yash Raj’s next. “Emraan is still interested in the film and so are Chopras to rope him in”, the associate continues, “It is just that Emraan has been busy with Jannat 2 and hasn’t signed anything new for a while

Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision’s untitled next directed by Soham Shah and starring Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Humaima Mallick (of Bol fame) and Paresh Rawal has commenced shoot in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The movie is based on the Gujarat underworld and will be shot on a start-to-finish 50 days schedule in Jaipur where huge set has been put up for the mammoth big-budget venture. Apart from this schedule the songs in the movie will be shot in Mumbai. The film is slated for release in December, 2012.

Producer Mukesh Bhatt’s son, Vishesh Bhatt is all set to take over his father’s banner, named after him. Vishesh is now ready to direct his first film. Vishesh, who is currently scripting his debut directorial venture, has signed Randeep Hooda to play the lead of the film. Vishesh had earlier written the story and screenplay for Jannat .

Normally it is Salman Khan who makes the crew wait for his late arrival. But this time it was the villain of Salman starrer Dabangg 2 , Prakash Raj, who reported 3 hours late for the shoot. Reason, he had a party to attend the previous night. A source revealed, “May 3 was the first day shoot of the second schedule of Dabangg 2 in Mazgaon at St Mary School. The call time was 9 am and Prakash Raj came in at 12 pm. Luckily, he didn’t have any scene with Salman Khan, or else Sallu would have to wait. Salman’s call time was 2 pm.” The source continues, “Since Prakash is not from Mumbai, he resides at his sister’s house in Malad, and a car from the production team was sent to fetch him. Till he arrived the entire unit killed their time in playing cricket