After a horrible tiff with one of photojournalist of Patiala on Sunday, Now the actor Saif Ali Khan has sent his apologies for the same.

As per the latest reports, trouble started on Sunday when the photographer Pawan Sharma, who was beaten up by the security guards at the behest of the film crew and Saif, lodged a complaint against Saif. Pawan claimed that he had gone to click some pictures of the film's shooting at the Patiala Railway station. As he was about to click the pictures Saif directed his guards to beat him up. The security staff of Saif allegedly reacted and snatched his camera, mobile phone and wallet.

The issue got more intensified on Monday when it was discovered that the actor's name was not registered in the FIR lodged. On this, the journalists began to protest; they blocked the trains and shouted slogans outside GRP Police station.

Realizing this Saif finally broke his silence by holding a meeting with local journalists on Monday and apologized about his behaviour.

Amir Khan's wife Kiran Rao seems to have found a liking for Pratiek Babbar, son of Raj Babbar and the late Smita Patil.

Kiran will direct the young actor in her directorial debut.

According to the grapevine, she was very impressed by Pratiek's performance in Aamir's production, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, where he Genelia D'Souza's brother.

Kiran is tight-lipped about her project but a source tells us that it will be an urban film, to be shot at real locations.

Kiran had earlier Ashutosh Gowariker in Lagaan and Swades.

Meanwhile, Pratiek has bagged a role in Baiju-Tansen, where he will play Baiju Bawra, the singer who challenged Mughal Emperor Akbar's official court singer Tansen.

Milan Luthria (who last directed Hattrick) is busy with the pre-production of his next film titled Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. For this film, that deals with the origin of the Mafia scene in Mumbai (during the 70's& 80's), Milan has signed Ajay Devgan to play the main lead. Rumors have it that Ajay's character is loosely based on notorious don Haji Mastan who ruled the crime syndicate in Mumbai during that era. He did confirm having signed Ajay for the film but dispelled any notions of his character being based on Haji Mastan. "Ajay is doing my film Once Upon A Time In Mumbai but it would be wrong to say that his character is based on the notorious gangster Haji Mastan. There is a lot of media speculation going on but there is no truth to it. My film basically talks of how the Mafia came into force for the first time in Mumbai. It's a fast paced action thriller which depicts the crime scenario in Mumbai during the 70's and 80's. We have done research in finding out who were the people who ruled the crime syndicate, how did they operate, what was their code of conduct etc. at that time in Mumbai. But let me make it clear that our film is a totally fictional account and is not based on anybody's life."

So who else stars in the film apart from Ajay Devgan? "We are yet to finalize the other actors. There are 3 female leads also but we are still in the process of developing each character before we can go ahead with the complete casting. As for Ajay, he is the best in this genre and hasn't done a film like this in a while. I needed somebody with controlled intensity. Besides Ajay and I have done 2 films together (Chori Chori and Kachche Dhaage). We share a good comfort level. In my last couple of films, I didn't have a suitable role for him. But this time when the opportunity came by, I approached him and am glad that we are working together once again," says the talented filmmaker.

The film is produced by Balaji Motion Pictures along with Popcorn Entertainment and goes on floors in May 2009. Major portions of the film will be shot in Mumbai while some important scenes will be filmed in Vishakhapatnam, Dubai and Bangkok

When Sanjay Gadhvi left his Dhoom and Yashraj days behind, little did he know that one day he would be back in the reckoning with a film that would be vying with the biggest Abhishek Bachchan vehicle ever.

At the time when Dhoom 2 had released, many of those close to Abhishek including filmmakers who were that time working with Abhishek or planning projects with him, felt Abhishek had been given a raw deal in Dhoom 2.

One of them had said, "The film was designed as a Hrithik Roshan vehicle. Abhishek did it only because of his relations with the Chopras and because he didn't want to break the chain of the sequel."

Now when much water has flown under he box-office bridge, Gadhvi has pitched his Kidnap right next to Abhishek's Drona. Gadhvi thinks there's room for both the biggies at the box-office. "We have a four-day weekend starting with Thursday, October 2, when we're both releasing. And then they're two completely different kinds of films. Earlier we've had two films on the same day doing well. Gaddar and Lagaan, for example. Besides it's Eid and a festive time. Everyone releases films on Friday. We're releasing on Dry Day. We were supposed to release in August but were pushed forward."

But before that Gadhvi wants to show the film to his mentor Aditya Chopra. "After the screening for the cast and crew, I'll hold a special show at Yashraj Studios for Yashji and Adi. And as a sign of respect, I also gave the first CD to them. I am what I am because of them. Adi gave me the title and the script rights for Kidnap. I go to the Yashraj office every fortnight have lunch and hang around. They send me CDs of all their films. I'm in touch with Uday and Aditya."

In fact, Minissha Lamba was cast in Yashraj's Bachna Ae Haseenon after she started shooting for Gadhvi's Kidnap. "I was at Yashraj's office once. And Adi asked me how she was. The next thing I knew she was cast in a Yashraj film."

After the release of Kidnap, Gadhvi intends to take a break. "I feel burnt out. I haven't had a break in 19 years. I live with my parents. I've a wife and kids. The children are not brats, fortunately."

Gadhvi's dad is a Gujarati filmmaker. "He has made two Gujarati films both with music by Kalyanji-Anandji. I grew up in their house with Kalyanjibhai's son Viju Shah. We Gadhvis are community of storytellers. I hope I've done a good job of it in Kidnap."

Shah Rukh Khan has done it again. After having done many guest appearances and cameos in the recent past in films like I See You, Heyy Babyy, Bhoothnath, the superstar will once again be seen in a cameo in director Vivek Sharma's next film Kal Kisne Dekha.

The film marks the acting debut of producer Vashu Bhagnani's son Jackie Bhagnani and is a romantic drama slated to release early next year. Incidentally, Shah Rukh agreed to do a guest appearance in the film because of his proximity with director Vivek Sharma. SRK was even seen in a small role in Vivek's directorial debut Bhoothnath alongside Juhi Chawla and Amitabh Bachchan.

Hope SRK is able to weave his magic once again.

Subhash Ghai's mega musical extravaganza Yuvvraaj is all set to showcase its trailer to the audience along with the release of Drona on October 2. The musical extravaganza Yuvvraaj stars Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Boman Irani in the lead roles and has been shot in various picturesque location of Europe, Mumbai etc.

The music has been scored by maestro A.R. Rahman while the lyrics have been written by Gulzar. This musical entertainer has been written by Subhash Ghai himself and sharing the screenplay with him is Sachin Bhowmick and Kamlesh Pandey. Kabir Lall is the cinematographer while the production design is being done by Omung Kumar.

Yuvvraaj is being produced by Mukta Arts Entertainment and is slated to release on November 21, 2008.