Neha Dhupia takes 'Dacoity' training from Shabana Subhash Kapoor's film, With Love to Obama, will see Neha Dhupia playing a frightening UP dacoit. Seeing as she has never played a role of this sort before, Neha needed some help and reference to prepare for it. Luckily for her, she decided to meet the best possible person, Shabana Azmi. Shabana is remembered for her perfect portrayal of a gangster in the film, Godmother. According to sources, With Love to Obama is about the subject of recession and its result on the underworld. It's a comic take on jobless dacoits. Neha and Shabana met at an event recently where the former told her about the film and asked for some reference points. Shabana asked her to watch Godmother and promised to give her more tips so that she could play the character with ease and perfection. The director of the film, Subhash Kapoor confirmed that Neha and Shabana met at a recent event where they discussed the film. Neha then watched Godmother and loved it so much that she watched it five times. She also spoke about the shades of her character with Shabana who then gave her advice about how to get into character. Neha is pleased with the advice and tips she got thanks to Shabana.

Shahid chooses IPL over Dad's film and loving it

Shahid Kapoor is in acute pain. Some days back he sprained his neck severely. Rather than rest it out, as suggested by the doctors Shahid performed impromptu at the IPL finals in Mumbai on Sunday.

And the fact that he danced his way through the acute pain made his condition worse.

Interestingly he was a last-minute addition among the other performers namely A R Rahman and Bipasha Basu. Shahid wasn't really supposed to be performing at the IPL finals.

Says the actor, “My Dad and I were supposed to head to Europe for a short shooting stint of his film (Mausam). Then that volcano eruption happened in Iceland. So all flights got cancelled. In any case were only supposed to shoot for a few days and I was supposed to come back to Mumbai. So we decided to cancel the stint in Europe. ”

It was then that Shahid decided he would dance at the IPL after all. “I contacted the organizers the Moranis. And they let me perform. I had never performed in a stadium before. I loved the experience. I interacted with the live cricket crowd, went into the crowds sang with them. Great fun. ”

Usually Shahid prepares for at least a week for any of his live performances. “But for the IPL finals I was ready in a day. It was a great platform. Dancing to a live cricket crowd and that too a crowd cheering for the Mumbai team, was an experience I wouldn't have liked to miss. So yes, I guess the cancellation of our shooting in Europe isn't something I regret. ”

Shahid also doesn't regret dancing when he already had a sprained neck. It aggravated his condition manifold.

Trying to play down the pain Shahid says, “I guess there's a downside to being spontaneous. I was in a bad condition. "

Shahid was on painkiller injections. “But I don't mind my condition being worsened. I am just glad I performed in front of that live excited audience. People accuse me of not being spontaneous enough. So here I was actually doing something without much though or rehearsals. And I loved it!”