Looks like Rann is all set to be the new year’s first release to hit the bull’s eye at the box office. With positive pre-release reports and glowing trade reviews, Ram Gopal Varma’s keenly awaited drama is much in the news for its gripping storyline and first-rate performances.

On Wednesday night, Riteish Deshmukh, who is a part of the film’s talented ensemble cast, organised a special preview of the film for his close friends at PVR Juhu.

Those in attendance included Aftab Shivdasani, Zayed-Malaika Khan, Ashish-Samita Chaudhary, Chunky-Bhavna Pandey, Sanjay-Maheep Kapoor, Kumar Taurani of Tips, producers Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria, Vashu Bhagnani and Sajid Nadiadwala, Shirish Kunder, Sajid Khan, Sujoy Ghosh, Genelia D’Souza, Dia Mirza, Avinash Gowariker and Fardeen Khan, to name a few.

A star-studded premiere of Rann is the big event for Thursday evening and will be attended by the film’s protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan, and a host of A-list celebrities from the film industry.

Rann is out on Friday January 29 and is an Indian Films-Studio 18 international release.

What: Hello premiere
Where: Fun Republic, Andheri, Mumbai
When: Thursday (night), 9 October 2008
Spotted at the Premiere: Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Tulip Joshi, Chetan Bhagat, Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Agnihotri, Arpita Khan, Sharman Joshi, Prem Chopra, Farah Khan, Shirish Kunder, Gul Panag and others

Congratulations are in order for Farah Khan and her husband Shirish Kunder as they became first time parents today of triplets, two girls and one boy. The choreographer turned filmmaker became a proud momma early Monday morning accompanied by her husband Shirish and brother Sajid Khan.

Khan had planned to give birth through a C-section today (Monday, Feb. 11) as the date is suppose to be astrologically good.

Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri are expected at the hospital later in the day, when they return from the Berlin Film Festival. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has been to visit and shower his congratulations. Karan Johar is currently in the US but is expected back before the end of the week.

On November 9, 2007, I Crave Bollywood featured the news that Farah Khan vowed never to work with her hubby Shirish Kunder on another project after a dispute over a scene in their film Om Shanti Om. However, despite their differences and a long standing dispute, there are rumors that SRK and Shirish will work collaboratively on a comedy venture by Kunder, untitled at this time.

What melted the ice between the two? It seems at the screening of OSO, Kunder went up and complimented Khan on his performance. Guess a little praise goes a long way.

After working together on Om Shanti Om, Farah Khan swears that she’ll never work alongside her husband Shirish Kunder on another film. She won’t be choreographing anymore for him and he won’t be editing for her. So what’s got Farah needing to chillax?

According to Khan, the experience of working together on OSO was horrible enough for her to lament in an interview that she couldn’t do it again. It seems that there was a scene in question which was being interpreted in two very different ways; one by Khan (over the top) and the other by Kunder (very subtle). The problem escaladed when Khan’s conviction was overridden and the edit revealed the subtle take remained. Not pleased at all, she changed it to her version and there it stayed, much to the dismay of her editor/husband.

The decision proved to be the correct one in the end, when at a special showing of the film, the audiences, in between applauds, were on the floor in stitches. Khan looked at the star of the film SRK and they both knew it had been the right choice to make.

So what is Khan’s retort to her husband? “I am not making a crass commercial movie. My movies are on a big scale, they are technically well-shot, and they have a thought process.”

Well … so much for a day in the life of an editor. Sorry Shirish but the director wins this time. Maybe you should bring some flowers home with you tonight … just in case.