Desi Houston

Friday, May 22, 2009

Nandana Sen to undergo surgery for her hip injury

During the shooting of Tips Films Prince with Vivek Oberoi, Nandana Sen sustained a serious hip injury.

Now in deep pain, the Rang Rasiya actress might have to cancel the film shooting in New York for urgent hip surgery.

Nandana injured her hip during a fight sequence.

"These things happen during a film shoot. Can't be avoided. My joint has sustained a major labrium tear. Only surgery can rectify it, and the soonest possible."

Nandana got temporary surgery done so that her shooting doesn't get disrupted. "It was a bit complicated and very painful. Steroid was administered directly into the injury track by scanning machines. It should work for two weeks."

Although her worried family has advised her against it, Nandana hopes to complete Prince in these two weeks before going for permanent surgery. "I don't want the shooting to suffer. But I'm suffering. Shakira was right. Hips don't lie."

Barbara Mori didn't know English before she began shooting for Kites

Did anyone in India know who Barbara Mori was until the Roshans brought her over for Kites? And now after Cannes, Barbara is being recognized on an international podium.

It's not just fame that Kites has brought Ms Mori. She also knew no English before she started shooting for Kites. But by the time the shooting concluded she could grope around the English language, thanks to Hrithik Roshan.

Apparently, Barbara and Hrithik made a pact. Hrithik would teach Barbara English and Barbara would teach him Spanish.

"I don't know how much of the promised linguistic exchange worked. But Hrithik knows enough Spanish to understand Mori better than his character in Kites who can't follow a word of what she says in the film," says a crew member.

As for Barbara's angrezi, she has picked up enough to conduct herself coherently with the media in Cannes. Although, apparently, she would often turn to Hrithik to get the right word.

Says Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan, "Barbara knew only Spanish when she started shooting for Kites. That suited us fine since her character is supposed to understand only Spanish. During shooting she needed to communicate with her co-stars and the crew. She was forced to learn English. Now she speaks just enough to make herself understood."

The film's shooting is over. But the editing remains. Rakesh Roshan is hoping for an October release.

"All the prospective buyers and media persons loved the trailer we took to Cannes. This was my first official visit to Cannes though I've been to this city for holidays," says Rakesh Roshan.

CID swoops down on Adnan Sami's father in hospital

On Thursday afternoon an impromptu CID raid was conducted on Adnan Sami and his critically-ill father at the Kokilabehn-Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital to ascertain the authenticity of the documents pertaining to Adnan's father's medical treatment in a hospital on foreign soil.

This seems to be a further attempt to demoralize the Sami family in the ongoing legal and media-oriented battle between the singer and his wife Sabah.

The raid that took place late afternoon had Adnan and his parents stunned. Says Adnan, "We had no idea this was going to be the next salvo from our beloved opponents. I wasn't in the hospital when the CID members swooped down on the ICU section where my Dad is kept. My mother was with my comatose father when they asked for our papers. Our enemies would be saddened to know we had all the relevant papers for my father's treatment in the hospital."

Sighs Adnan, "Even the worst enemy shows leniency towards the ill. Not these people, I guess."