Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy’s daughter Sheena is traveling with the Bachchans on the Unforgettable Tour to photograph the show and compile the pictures into a book. Sheena is a professional photographer and has done assignments with personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Imran Khan, Naomi Campbell, and Zakir Husain. Sources say that Sheena is not happy with the fact that Amitabh posts pictures from the concerts on his blog with detailed captions. “The demand for the photographs of the shows is increasing,” says Amitabh on his blog. “I am compiling some more pictures. But this is not being received well by the photographer (Sheena) since she has been assigned to do a book on the tour. She feels all her work is going out to the world before time.” Big B praises Sheena on her work, “The magnificence of the arena and the enthusiasm of the crowds are so beautifully captured by Sheena Sippy Kapoor, who has been assigned to do a book on the tour.” Sheena is married to Shashi Kapoor’s son Kunal. Her family’s association with the Bachchan’s dates back to the time when her father directed Amitabh in the blockbuster Sholay. Later on, her brother Rohan Sippy teamed up with Abhishek Bachchan in Bluffmaster. “We are indeed such an integrated fraternity and proud of it,” says Amitabh.

Preity Zinta, who is accompanying the Bachchans on their Unforgettable Tour, says even though she gets along with everyone in Bollywood’s first family, she shares a special bond with Jaya Bachchan. Jaya is accompanying her family on the tour even though she’s not performing. Preity says Jaya Aunty is her favorite, “We bonded earlier during Kal Ho Naa Ho. At that time we had gotten really close. Now it’s like old times again. Jaya Aunty is my favorite member of the Bachchan family. We get along so well. ” The two ladies seem to take off on long walks and shopping sprees at every venue. “Just the two of us. We love it!” says Preity.

Speaking of Preity, she too lost her luggage along with Amitabh Bachchan on arrival in LA, just hours before she was to go on stage! Her suitcase contained a precious golden gown and there was no way she would go on stage without it. So in order to get a replacement she began to hunt in the shopping areas of LA for a designer. “I finally found this place run by a guy called Mike. At first he was horrified. ‘How can I make a duplicate dress without a pattern, and that too in just hours?’ But you know me. I badgered, threatened, pleaded. It was done. I got my golden gown just in time,” said Preity.

On the subject of Unforgettable Tour disasters…During the show in Houston, when Amitabh was on stage, the power to the sound went out in the middle of ‘Rang Barse.’ In a flash, the percussions and drums who don’t need power kept the beat going. In addition, everyone from backstage ran on to the stage and kept clapping to the beat and dancing. When the audience realized the power was gone they stood up and joined in the clapping and dancing. In the words of Amitabh, “It was electric. I had goose bumps. What a crowd. What an audience!” He adds, “You won our hearts Houston. I shall never forget this moment.” Houston also seems to be the best show yet for the tour. “This is the biggest and the best that I have ever done, what will I do next”, says Amitabh.

Yes, you read that right! Amitabh will play his son Abhishek’s grandfather in Rakeysh Mehra’s forthcoming film, Dilli 6. Abhishek will star alongside Sonam Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman, Big B’s favorite actress.

Speaking of Big B, the Unforgettable Tour has been just that-truly unforgettable for him. He has thanked the media and his fans, especially in San Francisco, for its grand success. “Thank you press and thank you San Francisco. You guys made our night and day and many many days and years impossible to forget,” he said on Tuesday.

Sanjay Dutt, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Tuesday, plans to play a gangster once again in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, a joint production by Ekta Kapoor and Sunil Shetty. The film is meant to take the audience through an entire decade of gangsterism in the 80s.

Akshay Kumar promoted his upcoming film Singh is Kinng in LA today. The movie will be released on August 8. Akshay stars along Katrina Kaif once again after Namastey London and Welcome.

Speaking of Katrina…she and Salman Khan have finally split and are no longer on speaking terms! That was bound to happen. Apparently, the reason being Salman’s behavior towards Shahrukh on Katrina’s birthday.

Back in the Western hemisphere…the annual South Asian Masala! Mehndi! Masti!, in Toronto, claims to have conducted the world’s biggest dance class ever! It was attended by 3,500 people and broke the previous Guiness record of 1,800 in Moscow.

Speaking of Canada, the Unforgettable Tour has been canceled in Vancouver. Why you ask? Because of the high ticket prices set by the Canadian promoters (Ethnic Guru). Even though the American shows are highly priced as well, they are still affordable. The two Canadian shows in Toronto and Vancouver were extremely over priced resulting in only 10,000 fans turning up at the Toronto show for a venue that had a 20-25,000 capacity. On the other hand, 20,000 fans attended the recent shows in LA and San Francisco.

Soha Ali Khan approves of Kareena Kapoor for her brother, saying, “The fact that Kareena loves my brother, and makes him really happy, is what I like about her. Kareena is great fun to be with. She takes a lot of efforts with my parents too. I wish her loads of happiness.” Let’s wait and see what happens to this relationship.