Sunny Deol might be gearing up to rub shoulders again with father Dharmendra and younger brother Bobby in laugh-riot 'Yamla Pagla Deewana' after 'Apne', but the actor-turned-director says they are more family than professionals on sets.

'He is more of a father to us than an actor (on sets). We in fact don't think whether who is father, actor, son or anything while we are working. We just work and if someone is not comfortable with something than we come in and make it comfortable. When we are acting, we're just doing our roles basically,' Sunny told IANS.

'Bobby and I have got a good rapport between us. He is like a younger son to me. It's always been like that,' he added.

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My perception about Rahul Mahajan has changed: Ram Kapoor

TV actor Ram Kapoor says he always thought of Rahul Mahajan as a notorious guy, but his perception changed when he met him on the sets of the reality show 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega'

'I got to meet Rahul for the first time on the sets of this show. Whatever I knew of him was through articles that I had read about his various scandals. So I formed an opinion that maybe he is wild and immature. But all that drastically changed when I met him,' said Ram, who is hosting the show.

'He is a very different man underneath. He is very emotional and sensitive,' he added.

'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega', which comes on NDTV Imagine, is an attempt to find a suitable match for Rahul through a worldwide search.

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Designer Shabina Khan says that Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, has given standing instructions that he wants to wear only non-itchy clothes for his reality show 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega'.

'Rahul was not very fussy and choosy with the designs. He had just laid a very simple ground rule that he does not want any itchy fabric to be used as comfort was his first priority,' Shabina told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega' went on air Feb 1 on NDTV Imagine.

'He let me explore my creativity, in appropriation with his personality. I used warm fabrics with rich textures and splashed a lot of colours.'

Shabina Khan has worked as designer for more than 30 films, including 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun?', 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' and 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'.

'It was a wonderful experience to work with Rahul. He is very talkative and fun-loving person.'

When asked about his looks and personality, Shabina said: 'Rahul doesn't represent a high profile metrosexual hunk. He has very sweet middle-class look (Mumbaiya looks) which helps him appeal to the masses and relate more.'

Shabina started designing for Salman Khan initially and has also designed for stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Madhuri Dixit.

Shabina's forthcoming projects are Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Chenab Gandhi', Vipul Shah's 'Action Replay' and Sajid Nadiadwala's 'Housefull'.

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Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan said Wednesday that she had no plans to quit the party and would like to finish her term in the Rajya Sabha 'gracefully'.

'I have spoken with my family and I would like to continue in the Rajya Sabha. I have six more months to go and I want to finish it gracefully. I can't leave the party as well because I want to finish my term,' Bachchan told NDTV, a day after her close friend Amar Singh was sacked from the primary membership of the SP.

'If they want me to resign, (I'll resign) only if Mulayam Singhji comes upfront and asks for my resignation,' she added.

The actor-MP described herself as an upfront and straightforward person who would never contest elections.

'I can't handle politics at all. I am a very straightforward person. I would rather be a good person than good politician. In politics, even if you have an opinion, you should have the quality to hide it. I can't do this because I am very upfront.'

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Expelling Amar Singh from the Samajwadi Party (SP) could not have been party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's decision, actor-MP Jaya Bachchan said Wednesday.

'I don't think the decision to expel Amar Singh from the party has anything to do with Mulayam Singhji. I think that he has been pressurised to take this decision,' Bachchan told NDTV, a day after her close friend Amar Singh was sacked from the primary membership of the SP.

'My association with Mulayam Singhji has always been open as he has always allowed party members to speak their mind and he has been democratic in his vision,' she added.

According to Bachchan, Amar Singh's views didn't go down well with party members.

'I think the kind of noises Amar was talking about was right. We have to modernise our way of thinking, we have to evolve and that is what he wanted to bring in the party. This incident is very unfortunate,' explained Bachchan.

'The problem is that he (Amar) speaks the truth and doesn't want to be called a typical politician,' she said.

The Rajya Sabha member also expressed her concern for Amar Singh, who underwent a kidney transplant last year.

'Right now, my prime concern has been Amar's health because for the past five years I have seen him working for the party. He used to forget sleep, food and think only about the party. He was way too obsessed with it.'

'It's just not this only. He has also suffered a lot for the party. When (Bharatiya Janata Party leader) Kalyan Singh was brought back in the party, all blame was put on him. Despite the fact that it was a party decision and not his only. But he was accused of this.'

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New Delhi, (IANS) With all eyes now on 'My Name Is Khan', channel NDTV 24X7 is bringing an exclusive preview to the movies' star cast, filmmaker and its making with the hit trio of Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

The channel has tied up with Dharma Productions for the special series also called 'My Name Is Khan', said a press release.

NDTV chairman Prannoy Roy will interview Johar, Shah Rukh and Kajol, who will share their trials and tribulation of working as a team and some moments from the movie.

The film is about Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh), an autist, who is mistaken for a terrorist while travelling in the US. It releases Feb 12.

In the first episode of the NDTV series, Shah Rukh talks about his childhood desire to dress up like Amitabh Bachchan's character in 'Satte Pe Satte'. He also shares the experience of his first day on set with Madhuri Dixit and friend and co-actor Kajol, about the advice given to him by actors like Anil Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah.

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