In keeping with its long-term production plans, Sahara One is teaming up with some of the most talented directors in the industry. After Madhur Bhandarkar and Sujoy Ghosh, Sahara has signed on director Imtiaz Ali for "Highway".

"Highway" will be produced by Shabbir Boxwalla for Sahara One and will star Imtiaz's close friend and mentor Sunny Deol, reports Bollywood Trade.

"The film, which tells the story of an intense relationship against the backdrop of a thriller, will have Sunny playing a very different role from the ones he has played so far," says Imtiaz, who won critical appreciation for his directorial debut "Socha Na Tha".

Imtiaz wrote the subject of the film two years ago when "Socha Na Tha" was under production and narrated it to Sunny, who gave it an immediate go-ahead. "In fact, it was Sunny who reminded me about the subject when I was looking at various possibilities for my next film. I had approached a few producers earlier but the people at Sahara were more than willing to produce it."

Imtiaz has written another script with Sunny in mind. It will have Sunny playing himself, which is - reticent, shy and romantic at heart. "But that will have to wait for some time," he says.

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Arya Babbar ready for a change

After a gap of almost four years, Arya Babbar is all set to make a major comeback in a role with shades of grey in a film inspired by his father, Raj Babbar's thriller, "Insaaf Ka Tarazu". The film will be his second release after his inconsequential debut "Ab Ke Baras".

Arya is now looking forward to shifting his focus to action with his second film, after the chocolate hero image he acquired in his debut film, reports Bollywood Trade.

Though talk that the film is a remake of "Insaaf Ka Tarazu", reports quoting Arya clearly state that the film is not a remake but is a step ahead of it.

Reports say that Arya has been working on his physique, acting skills and voice modulation in the past four years to gear up for his new action image. At one point of time, Arya was fed up of being called the poor man's Hrithik Roshan. He is now ready for a big change.

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Love is in the air for Milind Soman!

Milind Soman has been bitten by the love bug the second time and quite seriously too.

His female fans will be quite disappointed to know the new love interest in his life is said to be a half-French and half-Chinese actress, Mylene Jampanoi, whom he met in Ladakh while shooting for the German film "Valley Of Flowers", reports Bollywood Trade.

The two are said to have been going steady for a year now and meet each other outside India every six weeks, according to reports.

Milind has even confessed that he believes she is the one for him, but he hasn't gone all out for the relationship because there are issues of cultural differences and distance that need to be sorted out yet.

Meanwhile, he and ex-flame Madhu Sapre, who is happily settled in Italy, have got over their past differences. The two had even got engaged to each other, until the relationship went sour due to irreconcilable differences. Milind said he showed Madhu photographs of his new girlfriend and she found the latter to be quite beautiful.