Contrary to rumours of ill-health Saroj Khan is all set to face one of her career’s biggest challenges. She would be doing a song and dance for <em>Ram Leela</em> on a scale that leaves behind <em>Maar daala</em>, the song-and-dance Saroj Khan did with Madhuri Dixit for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s <em>Devdas</em>. “Who’s spreading rumours about me being unwell?” fumes choreographer Saroj Khan when I call her up to ask about her health. For the last few days the print media and internet have been abuzz with rumours of Saroj Khan being “critically ill” and hospitalized.

Maryam Zakaria, of Iranian-Swedish origin, who has earlier done two item numbers, one <em>Pritam Pyaare</em> in <em>Rowdy Rathore</em> and the second <em>Dil Mera Muft Ka</em> in <em>Agent Vinod</em> has bagged the first lead role of her career in Indra Kumar's upcoming film <em>Grand Masti</em> in which she has been paired opposite Aftab Shivdasani. Having stayed in India for quite some time, the waiting period to strike big in Bollywood wasn't really difficult for her as there was something or the other happening practically every year in her three year stint so far.