Amitabh Bachchan praises Honey Irani for investing well in her children Zoya and Farhan

Amitabh Bachchan

Farhan Akhtar, Director Zoya Akhtar

Honey Irani

Amitabh Bachchan has announced 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' (ZNMD) a 'delightful' movie and has admired not only the entire team but also Honey Irani, the mother of Farhan and Zoya Akhtar for investing well in her children.

'It is a delightful film, different and presented in such a novel manner. Male bonding over a travel trip and some of the most natural performances recently seen. Farhan and Abhay Deol were a delight to watch and of course Hritik moved like a dream,' Big B wrote on his blog.

'Honey, Farhan's mother has invested well in her children. Zoya, Farhan's sister has directed the film in a most easy and natural manner. Congratulations!!' he included.

Honey Irani was wedded to lyricist Javed Akhtar but they later divorced.

The film, released Friday, also features Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin and has received a warm response from the audiences.

Step-mother Shabana Azmi praises Zoya Akhtar’s Direction prowess!

Director Zoya Akhtar

Shabana Azmi

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi is overwhelmed with her step-daughter Zoya Akhtar's prowess as a director, and tells she has loved her latest venture 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', which will release July 15.

'I loved 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'. Zoya's work is wonderful and all performances great. Feel truly proud. Go watch it and seize the moment,' Shabana wrote on her blog.

The film features Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Katrina Kaif. It has been attracting a lot of attention for its songs, as well as fun-loving picturisation.

This is Zoya's second directorial project after 'Luck By Chance', which also featured Hrithik and Farhan.

Abhay Deol says, Zoya Akhtar is very sharp!

Bollywood actor Abhay Deol, who is working with Zoya Akhtar for the first time in 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', tells he found the director to be very sharp.

'I like Zoya's understanding of human emotions and characters. She is very sharp and working with her I've realized that you cannot fool this girl. You cannot put up an act in front of her. She reads people like a book. She likes subtleties and that's what I like about her,' the actor told.

'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', a story of three friends, also stars Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik Roshan and is slated to release July 15.

Zoya in dilemma to retain a three-minute kissing scene in ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’!

As reported previously, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ has a 3-min long kiss between Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan and now, Zoya Akhtar, the director of the film is planning on toning it down.

Just a few weeks ago, Zoya had to tone down the sizzling chemistry between Hrithik and Katrina in the song Ek Junoon from the same film, as it was a little to HOT. Also since it was a group song, Zoya felt that the duo’s chemistry was takng away the essence of the group number.

Now, Zoya is faced with another dilemma; to retain or tone down a three-minute intense kissing scene filmed on both of them.

Revealing the nature of the scene, an insider reveals, “After a severe exchange of words, Hrithik’s character Arjun leaves in a Buick. Katrina (Laila) chases him on her bike. Stopping his car, she forces him out and pinning him on the bonnet, kisses him. And it’s a rather long scene, about three minutes long.”

“When they saw the first cut of the song shot during the Spanish Tomatina festival, Zoya felt that the chemistry between the two actors was too much for a group song,” includes the close source.

“Hrithik’s kissing scenes with Barbara Mori in Kites and Aishwarya Rai in Dhoom 2 were talked about a lot. Kats’ lip lock with John Abraham in New York was hyped too.”

A highly trusted source maintains that the scene is very crucial as it conveys the strengthening of Arjun and Laila’s romance. “That’s why Zoya is finding it difficult to decide on how much of the kiss to retain and how much to leave out,” source says.