Does anyone care if co-stars date each other? By anyone, we mean the audience. Do they care? Does it matter? Have you ever purchased a ticket to see a film just because the actors were dating each other? Looking at how things are now, we miss the time when actors used to hide their relationship and pretend they are brother and sister to each other. Well that’s a bit too far, but so are all the fake relationships that Bollywood people are cooking up these days. It has become tiring and exhausting because they keep on trying to make us all believe in their love story.

You know what it is like when you take a lie so long and far and you can’t stop because you know if you do, people will catch you on it. This is what they are doing these days. That’s why don’t be surprised if they get engaged or even married, it’s all part of the plan. The blind item below is by Rajeev Masand. He is just wasting good space in his collumn by talking about things that we already know about.

Now, these two have been pushed to date each other since they started shooting this film. You all remember the blind items about how Kebab Jo wanted them to create the hype surrounding their relationship just to take the attention away from their, mostly her, acting skills. Sadly, her mother passed away (still can’t believe she is not here) and all PR strategies were forgotten and not used because they all knew people would go to watch this film out of curiosity.

See, the thing is this girl has a boyfriend. She had one during the time that she was shooting this film. The boyfriend used to tag along everywhere with her and her family. This guy has been with her for a long time and by long time, we mean pre-cosmetic-surgery days. So now, the question is: was he asked to disappear until the hype surrounding this film dies down or did they truly break-up?

Speaking of dating, MM reported earlier this week that her male co-star in her debut film was dating one of the two young girls, who is debuting in the sequel of Kebab Jo’s first newcomers-only film. Quite a small world of nepotism, after all. About this male newcomer, did you notice how he avoided mentioning his father’s name during interviews? He mentioned his step-brother a lot and even said that he was a father-figure to him. His mother too gave an interview praising the first son and not mentioning the second son’s father at all.

Anyways, this just the beginning, just wait and watch what more Kebab Jo is up to. At least, he will spare us from more Aloo Sherbet recipes. Check out the blind item below from Rajeev Masand.

 

Bollywood Blind Item

 

Off-Screen Love

As it turns out, the answer to the niggling question, ‘Are they dating?’ is ‘yes’. For some weeks now, there have been whispers, not to mention open speculation in Mumbai tabloids, about whether the two are romantically involved. Recently launched together in a Hindi movie, the couple have revealed terrific chemistry off screen.

Insiders at the studio that has produced the film say the pair—who started out as strangers, then became friends—‘got close’ during the film’s making ‘as most newcomers do’. One source points out that the experience of making one’s first film is so unique and challenging that two people going though it at the same time inevitably find themselves drawn together.

The source adds that the two may be infatuated with each other for the moment, but like another pair launched by the same studio some years ago, they are likely to drift apart as they move on to other projects. Apparently, the young actors in question have made no promises of undying, lifelong companionship. “They’re mature and intelligent and they understand that they have long lives and careers ahead, and that nothing is permanent,” says the source.

 

OSOP Guesses

Hindi Movie: Dhadak

Pair: Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khattar

Studio: Dharma Productions

Another fake pair: Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt