In these days when Bappi Lahiri consents to have his hit tune “Ooeee Amma Ooeee Amma” from the 1983 “Mawaali” refurbished as “Ooh La La” in Vishal-Shekhar’s “The Dirty Picture,” and even sings it himself, it is interesting to know how songs composed for one film were finally used in another one by

Soap queen and now box-office Czarina Ekta Kapoor, and the mush-cum-“different entertainment” man Karan Johar, will join forces for a romantic movie.

Two “young bachelors” and a third “young at heart” bachelor form the trio of protagonists of the comedy starring Sharman Joshi, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Manoj Pahwa, Manish Nagpal, Himani Shivpuri and others. The music is by Daboo Malik.

After singing a few lines in her home production “Hissss,” Mallika Sherawat is singing a song with Sonu Sood for her film “Lucky Unlucky.” Mallika and Sonu will croon in Hariyanvi (Mallika’s mother tongue) under the baton of Santokh Singh. Since the road movie will be shot across the country, Sonu,

While we examined the box-office and business highs of 2011’s Hindi cinema last week (I-W, Dec. 30, 2011), it is now time to check on the artistic highs and lows of the year gone by.

Action-thriller films such as “Bodyguard” and “Singham” successfully captured the attention of many moviegoers in 2011. The trend will continue in 2012 when films such as “Players” and “Agneepath” hit the box office.

This reporter stumbled upon an old article in the Sunday Express on veteran actor Danny Denzongpa, last seen in the 2010 “Endhiran”/“Robot.”

What did today’s hotties have by way of kinks as kids? A Mumbai Mirror article had Rishi Kapoor talking on son Ranbir; moms Punam and Neelima on Sonakshi and Shahid respectively; and uncle Aamir on Imran Khan.

Dev, with his trademark puff of hair, the crooked gait, the unique dialogues delivery and expressions and of course his adherence to light entertainers, gradually came to represent modernism and agelessness and all the energy that came with these.

The only clear beneficiary and sparkler from “Rockstar,” Ranbir Kapoor, is now doing Anurag Basu’s “Barfee” and Ayan Mukerji’s “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.”