Big news!  Kareena and Saif just confirmed their pregnancy!  Yaaaaay!  I guess?  I mean, it seems like something they both want, so it is nice that it is happening.  Although I will miss Kareena onscreen.

Here is Saif’s statement:

“My wife and I would like to announce that we are expecting our first child in December. We would like to thank our well wishers for their blessings and support and also the press for their discretion and patience.”

Isn’t that nice?  And very well-planned, it should give Kareena just enough time to finish all her current responsibilities.  Rhea and Ekta Kapoor, who are producing Kareena’s next film, already released a statement congratulating her and saying that they will start filming her bits immediately.

I don’t know why Aishwarya’s pregnancy was such a problem, everyone else seems able to adjust.  When Kajol was pregnant with Yug, Shahrukh changed the schedule of Ra.One so Kareena could be available to finish We Are Family super fast so Kajol could go on break.  And now the Kapoor sisters are arranging the schedule of Veere di Wedding so Kareena can finish promptly.  I don’t know why the Heroine thing was such an issue, either Mahesh Bhadarkar was not willing to adjust at all, or Aishwarya put it way too long to tell him.  I kind of suspect the first, since his team also seemed to be the one that was pushing the story.

(And then the movie got terrible reviews, so it was a lucky escape for Aish.)

Couple of other less exciting things.  Kabir Khan is taking advantage of the big Salman focus going on this week and made a few announcements about their next movie together, Tubelight.  It’s going to be a period piece set during the Sin0-Chinese war.  Or, as I think of it, the war that inspired “Aye Mere Watan ke Logon”.  Sohail is also supposed to be in it, presumably playing Salman’s brother.  And they are supposedly looking for a heroine, who will only come up in the second half of the film and has a “small but impactful” role.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRC36g5ex_k

Some early buzz is also coming out about IIFA performances.  The media is trying to make a story about Priyanka and Deepika performing separately, instead of together.  The story making the rounds is that they pretended to be friends for the Bajirao publicity, but they actually hate each other and are rivals for Hollywood success and so on and so on.  Now, see, I don’t believe the “we’re best friends!” story, but I also don’t believe they “we HATE each other!” story.  Both of versions of the story are assuming that the personal has to become a factor when women work together.  Can’t they just be professionals who work together when it is their job to work together, but are also ambitious for their own opportunities?

Oh, and a teaser video came out of Salman’s performance.  Bollywoodhungama has it.