With the Great Indian victory down under, cricket is surely the flavor of the season. While India’s next series is the three Test series against the South Africans at home, fans are actually looking forward to the grand launch of probably cricket’s biggest event, the prestigious IPL (Indian Premiere League) which kicks off from April 18th.

Adding glamour to the cricketing action would be the presence of Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta who own the franchise of the Kolkata and Mohali teams respectively. Needless to say both Khan and Zinta are leaving no stone unturned to get maximum publicity for their teams.

At a time when most filmmakers from Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om) to Siddharth Anand (Bachna Ae Haseenon) are naming their films after evergreen songs, it’s refreshing to come across a filmmaker who doesn’t hesitate in pushing the envelope. Rajkumar Santoshi has always chosen rather apt and succinct titles for his films so far….like Ghayal, Ghatak, Damini and Halla Bol.

But the title of his latest film is just so zany it makes you chuckle and keeps you intrigued even before the film goes on the floors. The film is called Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Prem was what Salman Khan was named in Raj Santoshi’s only comedy Andaz Apna Apna Apna .Now it’s Ranbir’s turn in Santoshi’s first-ever love story which coincidentally stars Salman’s love interest, Katrina Kaif.

2008 has begun and from jotting down entries for what worked and what didn’t in the year gone by, we move on to what is expected from the months to follow. So here we kick start with 10 of the most anticipated soundtracks of year 2008, all in alphabetical order:

Alladin (Vishal-Shekhar)

Bipasha Basu and Arshad were absolutely shocked the way a group of white men roughed them near Glassy Junction, a popular Indian pub in Southall, West London, some months back. Both were verbally attacked by some white men. Both Bipasha and Arshad claimed that they were racially abused while shooting for their latest film ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal’.

Just less than a year after Shilpa Shetty became the victim of racial slur in Britain. And the same thing happened once again .Even fellow actor John Abraham, who was also present at that time said “When you come into London and you are shooting, it’s the last thing you expect.”

ShahRukh Khan is in big trouble for his superhit movie Om Shanti Om. Well, the Veteran actor Manoj Kumar is very unhappy with the way his character has been portrayed in the movie. He has threatened to sue Shah Rukh Khan for aping him. He said that he will sue Shah Rukh and Farah Khan for what he alleges is a conspiracy to humiliate and ridicule him. Manoj Kumar told the CNN-IBN that ‘People who make such movies do not know the meaning of respect and decency.

Good News in the Roshan Family. Sussane Roshan is Pregnant with her second child. Hrithik Roshan will be on Cloud 9 after his junior arrives. The couple is already blessed with a baby boy Hrehaan and soon he will be joined by another partner. The baby is expected to arrive next year in June. Hrithik had said that his baby was very lucky for him, when his wife was pregnant with his first child. Let’s see if the next baby too proves lucky for him. Well, right now its time for celebration in the Roshan Family.

Om Shanti Om has proved be a greater hit than Saawariya. The review that it has got is good and better than Saawariya but it has not turned out to be as it was expected. The movie’s total credit goes to Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika. A Farah Khan movie has lot of expectations but when she has Shah Rukh Khan she need not worry.

Om Shanti Om is based on the idea of incarnation. It surely is more lively and interesting than Saawariya. The opening of Om Shanti Om was really good. The advance bookings of both the movies were good but according to the people who watched the movies most of them felt that Om Shanti OM was better than Saawariya. The vice president of fun republic said that ‘Om Shanti Om has an edge over Saawariya this weekend but Saawariya too has opened up well.’

The year’s most awaited movie turns out to be truly Disappointing. The movie starts in a small town which doesn’t look like a town at all, it looks a beautiful set of Arabian times. The movie revolves around two characters who meet each other near a bridge and the boy (Ranbir Kapoor) falls in love with the girl (Sonam Kapoor).

She’s just a new comer and in her second movie she is getting a chance to work with Abhishek Bacchan. I’m talking about Sonam Kapoor. Her movie Saawariya is not yet released and she has signed a movie opposite Abhishek Bacchan. She will be doing Delhi 6 opposite Jr. Bacchan. The movie is directed by Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra. Sonam is really lucky to get a Rakeysh Mehra Movie in her second film. We still do not know much about the movie as it has not been revealed. Lets wait and watch for the promos to be out.