Bollywood celebrities have offered condolences to the families of the Uri attack martyrs and demanded a strong action against the attackers.

Director Vivek Agnihotri, who recently made a name with an erotic thriller Hate Story that starred the hot Paoli Dam, has shown his keenness to work with Ajay Devgn in a satire on land acquisition titled <em>Awwal</em>. "I want to work with Ajay Devgn for <em>Awwal</em> and feel he will be suitable for the film because he can seriously carry a comic role," quipped Agnihotri talking to <em>Tellychakkar.com</em> without discussing much into the storyline. The film is scheduled to go on the floors next year (2014).

After a not-so-good reception of his last film Hate Story both by the audience and the box-office, Vivek Agnihotri is leaving no stone unturned to make his next Freedom a special and different film. In his zest to scout new and untapped talent for his film, he has chosen Salman Yusuff Khan from <em>Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa</em> as a choreographer for his film. Though Salman failed to clinch the title of <em>Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa</em> due to injury of his fellow contestant Isha Sharvani, he has bagged this plump offer for <em>Freedom</em>.

After the commercial success of his erotic thriller Hate Story, Vivek Agnihotri is back in action, this time exploring a new genre of political and historic thriller with his new film titled <em>Freedom</em> to be produced under his banner Durgamaaya Productions. The film deals with the underbelly of Delhi and will be based between the period of ‘70s to 2000. The film will have a realistic and a rustic take along with various dramatic elements unlike the usual commercial cinema.

Twenty six years after Basu Chatterji made the courtroom drama Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, Vivek Agnihotri, who was recently in the limelight for his film <em>Hate Story</em>, has decided to make the third edition of the film entitled 12. The original film <em>12 Angry Men</em> was directed by Sidney Lumet. Though the director tapped Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni and Kay Kay Menon on the remake way back in 2009, no one was ready to fund an offbeat film then. All the studios, then, were inclined to put their money into commercial ventures.