Less collecting, more reading: Soha's mantra (Movie Snippets)

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Last Updated : Jan 07 2014 | 8:21 PM IST

Following the release of her Bollywood film "Mr Joe B. Carvalho", actress Soha Ali Khan has her eyes set on collecting less books and reading more of them.

"Plan: less book collecting, more actual reading - starting with Ramachandra Guha's 'India After Gandhi'. The best analysis of post-independence India," Soha, an avid reader, posted on her Twitter page Tuesday.

The actress' elder brother, Saif Ali Khan too is a voracious reader.

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For Anil, DiCaprio is 'world's best star actor'

Anil Kapoor is so impressed with Leonardo DiCaprio's work in his latest Hollywood film "The Wolf of Wall Street" that he feels he is currently the world's best actor.

"Is Leonardo DiCaprio the world's best star actor today? I think so. Please watch 'Wolf...," Anil, who starred in the international TV show "24" and had a cameo in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol", tweeted.

"The Wolf Of Wall Street", directed by Martin Scorsese, released in India Jan 3.

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'Highway' music simple, heartfelt: Imtiaz Ali

After giving Bollywood buffs a musical like "Rockstar", filmmaker Imtiaz Ali promises a soundtrack of simple and heartfelt songs in his next movie "Highway". The album is composed by the Oscar winning A.R. Rahman.

"After 'Rockstar', it was great to collaborate with Rahman sir again and we have tried to keep the Highway album melodious, simple and heartfelt," Imtiaz said in a statement.

"Patakha guddi", the first song of the film, was launched Tuesday.

Written by Irshad Kamil and sung by the Nooran sisters from Punjab, it is picturised on the leading lady of "Highway", Alia Bhatt.

The song celebrates her character Veera's free spirit.

"'Patakha guddi' is about freedom. It is also about purity and wildness. Who better than the wild children of Punjabi music - Sultana and Jyoti Nooran - to sing the track," added Imtiaz.

"Highway", produced by Window Seat Films and presented by Sajid Nadiadwala, will be released worldwide by UTV Motion Pictures Feb 21. The music of the film will be available on T-Series.

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First Published: Jan 07 2014 | 8:16 PM IST

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