BOLLYWOOD NEWS

Bollywood's biggest celeb, Amitabh Bachchan, went into the hospital last week for some "minor surgery". Once the surgery was over it came out that his minor surgery was actually major surgery. Apparently the Big B was suffering from colitis, and now after nearly two hours of surgery he's apparently recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Indians here and there prayed for his recovery (see right), which brought back memories of 1983 when he was injured while shooting COOLIE and almost died, practically shutting down India for three days while people prayed for his recovery.

Up and coming pipsqueak, Saif Ali Khan, has turned down a role in Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming remake of SHOLAY so the role has gone to ol' reliable Ajay Devgan who's putting a brave face on it.

And the el cheapo motorcycle movie about pizza delivery boys who steal money, DHOOM, is getting the sequel treatment. With 8 crore budgeted just for the action scenes, DHOOM II stars super-big stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. I was believing this one until they went and said "Aishwarya Rai".

And, by the way, if you know how much a crore is, chime in. Cause I sure don't. Except I know it's a lot of rupees.