The Buzz: Fardeen fracas | Big B back

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan and his wife Natasha threw a party for Hollywood superstar Will Smith who is currently in Mumbai.

Smith, who has starred in blockbusters like Independence Day and Men in Black, visited the couple's Juhu home where the gathering snacked on sushi and wine before moving to the Club Lounge of the J W Mariott Hotel.

Several Bollywood personalities including Abhishek Bachchan, Pooja Bedi, Mandira Bedi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Pooja Batra and Kashmira Shah were part of the gala party.

It is believed that Fardeen allegedly bashed up a friend from Delhi following a minor argument at the party. However, no complaint has been filed yet in the matter.

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Mumbai: There is good news for superstar Amitabh Bachchan's fans, producers and directors - the actor is back to dazzle Bollywood.

Nearly three months after he took ill, Big B is set to resume shooting for Ravi Chopra's Babul. CNN-IBN correspondent Sunayana Nadkarni spoke with the relieved producer of the film.

"We will begin shooting with him but we are going to go slow because we don't want to tax him too much," Chopra said.

The sets are getting dressed up, and the team working on the film is gearing up for a new schedule of their multi-starrer, which will commence on March 27.

On that date, Bachchan will face the camera for the first time since he was taken ill in November.

Chopra, who is producing and directing this family drama, is in the process of discussing the details of the song sequence, which he will shoot with Bachchan on the first day of the shooting.

Earlier this week, Bachchan recorded two songs for the same film at music composer Aadesh Srivastava's music studio.

A family saga starring Bachchan, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan and John Abraham, Babul is Chopra's follow up to his box-office blockbuster Baaghbaan.

Chopra's film is nearing completion, and the team cannot wait to get back to the sets, as Varun Mukherjee, director of photography said, "We are very excited about his comeback. We are going to shoot a song sequence between him and John and he is so full of enery that we will have to slow him down."

When Bachchan gives his first shot on Chopra's set next month, it will bring relief to an industry which has been waiting with bated breath for the legend to dazzle the big screen again with his performance.