Sandesh Shandilya's guest track for Jab We Met

While Pritam has composed the soundtrack of the eagerly awaited Shahid and Kareena starrer Jab We Met, director Imtiaz Ali has roped in his old friend, Sandesh Shandilya to compose a guest track, "Aaoge Jab Tum Saamne", a beautiful mellow number, known to be Shandilya's trademark.

Shandilya's erstwhile composition, "Suraj Hua Maddham" in Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was a smash hit.

Imtiaz and Sandesh go back a long way since the latter had composed the much appreciated soundtrack of Imtiaz's debut directorial venture, Socha Na Tha, which starred Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia.

Jab We Met releases worldwide on October 26.

Bal Thackeray sends his staff to watch Chak De

If you thought that Chak De India has been there and done it all, including finding itself a place in the Oscar library and management books as a case study, then, you need to think again, as this film has got something that no other film in Mumbai has got it. It has the approval of none other than the Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray!

It is learnt that Thackeray has planned to send his entire staff of the ‘Saamna’ newspaper and ‘Marmik’ magazine to watch Chak De India, today for the 3.15pm show at Chitra Cinema Dadar, to see and experience the ‘team spirit’ of the film and imbibe them in their lives. Needless to say that the entire staff of the newspaper couldn’t have asked for more, as this is the first time that the entire staff will be going for a movie together. There are 350 tickets booked for this show. The icing on the cakes is the probability of Uddhav Thackeray being present at the show.

Lara fights trafficking with MTV EXIT

Lara Dutta fights the social issue of human trafficking. She is the brand ambassador for MTV EXIT, (End Exploitation, and Trafficking). She was asked to talk about trafficking and now features in the documentary called ‘SOLD’ which deals with human trafficking. MTV India will screen the documentary on September 22 at 1900 hrs IST.

“I was previously working on female infanticide with the UNFPA and trafficking of brides. It is after the approach from MTV that I explored further into the details of human trafficking” says Lara. On asking about trafficking in the film industry, she says, “There are a lot of people who come from far of places with the desire to become actors, but it’s not the only field where trafficking takes place. There should be agencies that give the right guidance to aspiring actors.”

“Being a celebrity I can reach a larger audience and I am glad I can use my status to promote this social cause and reach people” states Lara.