Bollywood director Rohit Shetty surprises Venkatesh Bollywood director Rohit Shetty, who has directed 'Bol Bachchan' with Ajay Devgn and Abhisekh Bachchan, has surprised the 'Garam Masala' team by visiting the sets of the movie.

It is already known that 'Garam Masala', starring Venkatesh, Ram, Anjali and Shazahn Padamsee in the lead roles, is the remake of 'Bol Bachchan'. Rohit Shetty visited the sets of the movie and wished good luck to the movie team.

K Vijaya Bhaskar, the director of Venkatesh's 'Nuvvu Naku Nachchav' and 'Malliswari', has been directing this film and the shooting of the film is going on at a very brisk pace. D Suresh Babu and Sravanthi Ravi Kishore are producing this movie.

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Twirled moustache for Venkatesh in 'Bol Bachchan' remake
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'Digitisation ensures bumper openings for films'
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South cinema is worth Rs 21,190 crore: Kamal Haasan
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Makuta Effects expands internationally
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02:04 PM, Jul 20, 2012

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