New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Ace designer Manish Malhotra says he was not instrumental in getting his nephew Punit his directorial debut ‘I Hate Luv Storys’.
Rumours were doing the rounds that Manish had recommended Punit’s name to Karan Johar to give him an opportunity to direct ‘I Hate Luv Storys’ for his banner Dharma Productions.
Rubbishing the rumours, the designer told IANS: ‘No. I only recommended the cast of the film to him.’
Manish has designed the costumes for the film that also stars Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor.
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra happy with 14 nominations for ‘3 Idiots’
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the producer of the blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’, is excited that his film has been nominated in 14 categories at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards and says that he is really looking forward to the event.
‘I really appreciate IIFA because it is when the whole film fraternity gets together. At the IIFA Weekend, the whole film fraternity gets together and there is a feeling of togetherness. It not something like you just go and pick your award and come back,’ said Chopra.
‘3 Idiots’, which starred Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor and was directed by Rajkumar Hirani, has been nominated in categories like best film, best actor, best director and best music, among others.
IIFA, 2010, organised by Wizcraft, will be held in Colombo June 3-5.
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Sonam and I are just friends: Punit Malhotra
No romance was brewing on the sets of ‘I Hate Luv Storys’, says Punit Malhotra, who has been linked with Sonam Kapoor, the female lead of his ready-to-release directorial debut.
‘We are just friends and nothing more. There is nothing between us,’ Malhotra, 28, told IANS over the phone from Mumbai.
‘Both Sonam and I didn’t even concentrate on the stories because we knew and everyone else also knew that these are just rumours. So there was no awkwardness between us while shooting the film.’
