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We reported earlier that Salman Khan has been telling his friends, “Whatever happened between Ash and me is over. I’m really fond of the Bachchans. Abhishek is a buddy and I really like him.”

On Monday afternoon, Sallu followed up his words with some action. Putting the past completely behind him, Sallu spent half an hour with Abhishek, in the latter’s vanity van, at Mehboob Studios.

At the Studios Salman was shooting for Veer, Abhishek was there at the same time for a promotional shoot of Drona. At about 3 pm Salman took the initiative to break the ice with Aishwarya’s husband. He went to meet Abhishek and the two were closetted in Abhi’s vanity van for 30 minutes.

At around 3.30 pm Salman and Abhishek emerged from the van, looking pretty happy with themselves. After escorting Sallu back to the sets, Abhi returned to his vanity van.

What did Salman do after that? Reports an eyewitness, “Salman headed straight to his set and started shooting.”

The eyewitness adds, “It was heartwarming to see Salman and Abhishek bonding so well. Everyone was pleasantly surprised.”

Salman’s official spokesperson Alok Mathur confirmed the news and said, “It is true that Salman and Abhishek met at Mehboob Studios on Monday afternoon. They chatted for some time. Salman is extremely fond of Abhishek.”

To hash a loose chronology, Aishwarya and Salman were a couple for four years (1999-2003), before they split. She married Abhishek in April 2007.

According to past reports, Salman and Abhishek were spotted walking the ramp for Farah Khan in 2006 and the two stayed away from each other literally dividing the ramp into two factions. While Hrithik Roshan, D J Aqeel and Kunal Kapoor stood by Salman; Arjun Rampal, Zayed Khan and Ritiesh Deshmukh were on Abhishek’s side. Everyone present on the show could sense the tension between the two.

In 2007, there were more reports suggesting friction between between Salman and Abhishek. Apparently, at one of the awards events in 2007, when Katrina Kaif was performing, Salman Khan had jumped on the stage to join her. Soon after Abhishek too dragged Aishwarya, who was sitting with the audience, to join him for his dance number, because he wanted to send out a message to Aishwarya.

Bong beauty Bipasha Basu is the latest member to take a ride in the reality show wagon.

She will be soon seen as a judge for the reality show "Chak De-Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde".

In the dance based show she will be sharing her responsibilities with the yesteryear actress Raveena Tandon.

Getting the hot and happening Bips to be part of the show is going to add on to the Viewer ship and the world will see another face of the stunning dusky lady.

Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Akshay Kumar's daredevil stunts and Kareena Kapoor's lip-locking with Hollywoood action star Sylvester Stallone in "Kambakht Ishq" has been widely reported, but Aftab Shivdasani's stunning action scenes have not been written about.

Aftab, who hasn't had any big hits lately, plays Akshay's younger brother and both the actors are cast as stuntmen in Hollywood and have a lot of scenes together where they perform some unbelievable, high-flying scenes.

"I've been shooting for 'Kambakht Ishq' in LA. Yeah, I play Akshay Kumar's sibling. We both play stuntmen. So it kind of runs in the family and it's a family that runs fast. The role requires considerable physical skill and energy," Aftab told IANS on the telephone.

Aftab, whose recently released "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" flopped, underwent rigorous training to look and feel fit enough to pull off those daring stunts at Universal Studios.

"The stunts are dangerous. But everything is so professional here in Hollywood. Safety while doing action scenes is top priority not just for the lead stars but also for the stuntmen. Otherwise, the experience of working at Universal is no different from the studios back home," he said.

Commenting upon his tryst with the Hollywood star, Aftab said: "I've scenes with Sly Stallone. He was a pleasure to work with."

But he refused to comment on reports that he has moved to the second lead in the film.

"I don't know about that. Everyone is entitled to his or her perception," said the actor whose next release is multi-starrer "Acid Factory".

Right now, Aftab has only one film as main lead called "Aloo Chaat" in which he has teamed up with TV actress Amna Sharif. The film is complete.

Like his other colleagues Saif Ali Khan and Dino Morea, Aftab has also turned producer to create an interesting acting opportunity for himself. He will produce and act in a film to be directed by Glen, one-half of the Glen-Ankush duo who directed him in the little-seen sci-fi cloning tale "Jaane Kya Hoga" with Bipasha Basu.

Aftab is also doing Indra Kumar's "Daddy Cool"

New York (PTI): Bollywood super star Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Ashwarya Rai ended their tour of five cities of the United States with an energetic mega performance here on Friday.

Bachchan family was also accompanied by actors Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit, Ritesh Deshmukh, choreorgrapher Shiamak Davar and other 130 performers on their "unforgettable tour" which began from Toronto on July 19.

Talking to reporters, the star family said, though the tour was hectic, it gave them an opportunity to spend quality time together, something which is hard to find when they are busy shooting for movies.

It was a massive venture, they agreed, saying that each show cost around one million dollar to organise but it ran to full houses.

They shared their happiness of staying together and spending time under one roof during the tour. "It is an experience to spend time together without hectic filming schedules," as Abhisek put it.

He said it provided an opportunity to spend six weeks on the road with the family and "I don't think we have spent this amount of time and such quality time for over 10 years together."

The warm reaction of the audiences, Amitabh Bachchan said, is their reward and incentive.

Abhisek said their success is tribute to the successful film industry and movies which are appreciated everywhere by the audiences.