Most people would've gone crazy if they had been shuttling between work, moving into a new house in Mumbai and opening a restaurant in Delhi. But Arjun Rampal is just plain happy. "This is indeed one of the best phases of my life,” he said. “Everything seems perfect—we moved into our new house, a penthouse in Bandra, early this week. We're both decorating our house the way we want and at the pace we enjoy."

And his restaurant, Lap—which is opening its doors in posh Malcha Marg—has him smiling even more. Sandeep Khosla, of the famed Abu-Sandeep duo, is designing the restaurant—a collaboration with restaurateur A D Singh.

It was a year long chase but it finally culminated in a win for the cast and crew of FOX. The film, which began it's shooting in the month of May last year, got completed exactly a year later in the hourly hours of 29th May this year.

''I am terribly FFFF'd'', confesses Deepak Tijori who has not just directed but also co-produced FOX with Zee Motion Pictures, ''And before you start running your imagination wild, FFFF stands for 'Finally Finished Filming Fox'!

Deepak can afford to smile and joke now considering the fact that he was finally taking a breather after a week long shooting schedule for FOX which saw participation from entire star cast comprising of Sunny Deol, Arjun Rampal, Udita Goswami, Sagarika Ghatge and newcomer Vipul Gupta.

Arjun Rampal is keen to make a film based on the life of his maternal grandfather Brigadier Gurdayal Singh who designed the first artillery gun for the Indian army post-independence; one that is still being used today.

The actor, who turned producer with I See You (2006) says, "Both my paternal and maternal grandfathers were in the army but my maternal grandfather Brigadier Gurdayal Singh designed the first artillery gun for the Indian army post-independence.

It's light artillery, long-range gun which one can easily take and airdrop or carry up into the mountains. Though grandfather had not studied engineering, he had a very intelligent mind and worked on the design with lots of engineers.

John Abraham refused to step into the role of a father played by Ed Harris in the remake of the Hollywood film Stepmom.

Arjun Rampal (father to two lovely girls) has no qualms about playing 'daddy' and has now been pencilled in for this Karan Johar production.

Remember how every actress from Twinkle Khanna to Urmila Matondkar refused the part of the mother of a eight-year old in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?

The beverage ad which Arjun Rampal shot for with Nicole Kidman, has him play Prince Charming. After charming Nicole, now Arjun is all set to work his magic on the beautiful people at Cannes, thanks to the brand he endorses.

The beveage folks are eager that Arjun be present at the Cannes Film Festival where the full commercial will be released.

As a result, they've made special arrangements for the actor to travel to the French Riviera. He will fly from Paris to Cannes in a specially chartered flight and will be put up at the company's luxury villa. Arjun will walk the red carpet along with Hollywood folk.

Spending your best summer time in the Caribbean islands and being disturbed every five minutes is not what you'd be ideally looking forward to. But Arjun Rampal is.

The actor who is currently spending quality time out with his family in the scenic Caribbean is on cloud nine after his mobile being inundated with multiple text messages from his friends and well wishers congratulating him on his latest Schweppes commercial that he shot with Nicole Kidman.

Speaking exclusively to us from the Caribbean islands, Arjun comments on the scene where Nicole Kidman walks towards him unzipping her dress.