Akshay Kumar -host of adventure reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi 4″

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will return as the host of adventure reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi 4″ and says that he feels good to be back on his home turf.Akshay had hosted the first two seasons of the show, while the third one saw actress Priyanka Chopra taking the mantle of anchoring. But now Colors channel has brought the actor back.

“It feels good to be back to my home ground with ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ and it is exciting to do something which I love to do – adventurous stunts. This time the boys will be expected to perform some really edgy stunts. I am going to be absolutely tough and brutal with the boys and yes, it will be worth watching,” Akshay said in a statement.

The show will be shot in South Africa with 13 male celebrities and their 13 female partners.

Saif Ali Khan has been busy brushing up on his Hindi.

Saif Ali Khan has been busy brushing up on his Hindi. The actor who plays a school teacher in director Prakash Jha’s “Aarakshan” is required to speak in chaste Hindi and at times even Sanskrit for the movie.

So Saif sat like a good student in his room for days and learned Hindi and also took up Amitabh Bachchan’s suggestion to keep saying his dialogues through the day.

After “Omkara”, the 40-year-old actor will be seen in another unconventional role in “Aarakshan” – of a moustache-sporting village school teacher.

Speaking chaste Hindi was a bit of a challenge for Saif, as he has spent quite a lot of his days as a student in Britain. In fact, he also has a slight accent when he talks in English.

“Everyone knows Prakashji speaks serious Hindi in his movies! And Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) and Manoj Bajpai clearly don’t have a problem with that at all,” said Saif, who has teamed up with Jha for the first time.

So, it was almost like going back to school for Saif, and he had to spend hours on his diction for “Aarakshan”.

“Before I started work on ‘Aarakshan’, my mother (Sharmila Tagore) had told me – ‘Saif, you better learn your language’. I took it lightly then, but she was right. I really had to sit in my room and learn Hindi like a student,” Saif told IANS.

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu fresh perspective towards acting.

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu has completed a decade in the Hindi film industry and donned numerous roles, but her forthcoming international venture “Singularity” , she says, gave her a fresh perspective towards acting.

” ‘Singularity’ has been a fantastic experience because I have been in the film industry for a long time now. But this film gave me a completely fresh take towards acting,” the 32-year-old actress told IANS in an interview.

“It just introduced me to a new kind of acting, new kind of cinema, which for an artist is great,” she added.

Bipasha stars as a Maratha warrior in the period film that is being helmed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Roland Joffe. It also stars Hollywood star Josh Hartnett.

“My role is that of a Maratha warrior and the backdrop of the film is the Anglo-Maratha war in 18th-century colonial India. It’s basically the love story between a British soldier and this Maratha queen that is played by me,” she revealed.

The actress, who has worked in films like “Ajnabee”, “Apaharan”, “Corporate”, “Race” and “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, among others, said “Singularity” just fell into her lap.

“Any actor would give an arm to work with Joffe and for me it happened so easily. I kind of bumped into him and he just loved my voice and cast me in the lead role,” Bipasha said.

“I was in Los Angeles and I just happened to say hello to him because a friend of mine knew him and I was there for a meeting. So for me this role just fell into my lap,” she added.

Bipasha has always been known for fitness and her perfect 10 body. Because of her fitness levels, the actress was itching to do an action role and her dream came true with “Singularity” and another forthcoming film “Players”.

Preity Zinta-very spontaneous person in my decisions

Actress Preity Zinta, who is currently making her presence felt on the small screen as the host of “Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega”, says she doesn’t think much before taking her decisions.

“I’ve always been a very spontaneous person in my decisions. The fact that I jumped into cricket so quickly, that’s a very big decision at the peak of your career. Not think and go. I got into films also like that without thinking too much. I think I believe in destiny and that’s why I leave everything on it,” the model-turned-actress told IANS.

The 36-year-old, who took a two-year gap from films, will return to Bollywood this year with a couple of projects.

She gave hits like “Soldier”, “Kal Ho Naa Ho”, “Dil Chahta Hai”, “Koi…Mil Gaya” and “Salaam Namaste”.

Thank You-a funny take on extra-marital affairs.

After doing a cricket-based drama “Patiala House”, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is back on thebig screend with multi-starrer comedy “Thank You”, a funny take on extra-marital affairs. The film releases Friday.

Produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Hari Om Productions, the film is about three married men trying to have some fun outside their marriages. Apart from Akshay the film stars Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty, Rimi Sen, Celina Jaitly and Sonam Kapoor.

In the film, three best friends and business partners – Raj (Bobby), Yogi (Suniel) and Vikram (Irrfan) – are portrayed as womanizers. Their wives are clueless about their husbands cheating on them with every pretty girl they lay their eyes on.

Katrina refused to go negative for Krrish 2

Katrina Kaif who was quite excited about taking up Krissh 2 opposite Hrithik Roshan could not say yes to the project. The actress had to turn down the offer as her dates were clashing with Yash Chopra's next venture opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Also both Chopra and Roshan wished to go on floors with their respective films by October 2011.

A source told Mumbai Mirror, “Katrina very much wanted to do Krrish 2. She loved the fact that she would be playing a negative role for the first time in her career. The mutant’s role has several shades which Katrina wanted to toy with.”

After Katrina's refusal, Rakesh Roshan signed Chitrangada Singh for the mutant's role.

Rakesh Roshan however said, “I haven’t finalised the casting of Krrish 2. I am still working on the script.”