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SRK plays an autistic in My Name is Khan

SRK is not resting on the laurels that his current flick Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has brought for him, instead he is back to work as he is all set to start filming for Karan Johar’s My Name is Khan from tomorrow and SRK will be seen suffering from autism in the movie.

SRK plays Rizvan Khan who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome which makes interaction and behavior strange and difficult.

SRK has to say bye bye to lean look as he needs to put on weight for his role, SRK says, “The role requires me to have a fuller look. I am reading, watching documentaries, meeting people who are affected by autism and doctors who deal with it. It’s very unnerving and I salute parents who bring up children with any disorders.”

Rizwan Khan is suspected to be terrorist because of two reasons in the movie - one he is a Muslim and the other his strange behavior due to autism.

Well looks like we would get to see another splendid performance from SRK after Chak De.

17th December 2008

Delhi 6 trailer starring Sonam & Abhishek

Check out the trailer of Delhi 6 starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. You can listen to the soulful music rendered by A.R Rahman in the background. Do leave your valuable comments about the movie.

17th December 2008

Aamir Khan on his eight-pack abs

Aamir Khan is looking stunning these days, while other Khans are sporting six-pack abs, Aamir has gone two pack ahead with his physique.

Aamir reveals the secret behind his ripped Ghajini look. Read below to know more:

Talking about his physique Aamir says, “I needed this kind of physique because the kind of action you see me doing, you will believe I am capable of only because of my body.”

“It took three hours of workout every day. I began on March 15, 2007, one day after my birthday, and it went on till April 21, 2008, I learnt a lot about fitness in this period. And how far I can push myself.”

“All credit goes to my physical trainer Satyajit Chaurasia and diet by Dr. Vinod Durandhar. The workout was a cycle of three days…”

“Mondays I did chest and back, Tuesdays I worked on the arms, and Wednesdays I exercised my shoulders and legs. Then I would repeat the cycle. This included cardio every day of between half-hour to an hour.”

“I did abs to work the core muscles and get the six-pack, say 1,000 crunches. On days when I felt good, I would push myself more. There was no time to think… because I’d be screaming in pain!”

“I was particular about getting eight hours of sleep. No matter what time I went to bed, I’d get eight hours, then get up and start training.”

It was tough, because I was into post production for Taare Zameen Par at the time. And I’d finish my workouts, shower, crash out for a while to regain strength, then go to work.”

“It was a balanced diet, one-third fat, one-third carbs, one-third protein, but normal food, rotis, rice, sabzis, chicken, 16 egg whites, fruit, and four litres of water. All cooked in three teaspoons of oil.”

“No, not olive oil. There was no sugar, no potatoes, no bananas, no red meat, no egg yolks and no fried stuff. The diet changed every month.”

“In the last week and before I went on the sets of Ghajini, I cut down salt. And the last three days, I took myself to the brink of dehydration by having just one glass of water a day. This cut that last bit of fat. And the body looked lean and ripped.”

So guys now you know how to get that lean mean Aamir Khan’s look from Ghajini.

17th December 2008

Madonna wants to meet Amitabh

Madonna is currently busy with her divorce, A-Rod and her Sticky & Sweet tour however the Queen of Pop is eager to meet Shehenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan some day.

In an interview when Madonna was asked, Madonna is synonymous with song and dance, just like Bollywood movies. Does Bollywood appeal to y4eou?

She said, Thank you for the compliment! To me, Indian cinema means musicals. When I was in India, I really wanted to see a Bollywood flick but didn’t manage to do so. But I have heard a lot about Mr Amitabh Bachchan, I would love to meet him some day.

What about you Big B? Are you eager to meet Madonna?

17th December 2008

Happy Birthday John Abraham

The sexiest actor of Bollywood, John Abraham turns a year older today as his age sums up to 36. John Abraham was born Farhan on December 17, 1972/

John made his foray into the world of modeling by winning Gladrags Manhunt Contest .

John Abraham is famously known as villain ‘Kabir’ from flick Dhoom. He was recently seen in Dostana and looked stunningly hot.

We wish Bipasha’s lucky boy a very happy birthday and success in his future endeavours.

Folks leave birthday wishes for John Abraham in the comments section.

17th December 2008

Aamir Khan walks the ramp

Check out Aamir Khan sizzling on the ramp for Van Heusens Ghajini collection. You like?

17th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this reel life and real life couple?

Yesterday’s answer: Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif

17th December 2008

Rab Ne Banadi Jodi super hit

Rab Ne has finally bana di Yash Raj ki kismat, as their latest flick Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has broken weekend collection records of Yash Raj’s previous flick.

RNBDJ approximately raked in a whooping 60 crore worldwide in its opening week, surpassing the record set by Dhoom 2.

RNBDJ also broke all records in Middle East by raking 47 crores in first week.

Well this is just the beginning more money will be grossed by YRF only until Ghajini is released.

17th December 2008

Arjun turns down Daddy role

Arjun Rampal in reality is a doting father to his two young daughters but in reel life he doesn’t want to play father of two kids and that’s the reason he turned down Meghna Gulzar’s next directorial flick.

A source says, “Meghna was keen to cast Arjun in a very important role, but Arjun said he did not want to be cast as the father.”

Producer Savita confirmed the news, “Arjun did turn down the role. We have two kids in the film aged ten and eight. Arjun did not want to play a father to two kids.”

Savita adds, “After Rock On!! maybe he wants to maintain a certain image and we respect that. However we are talking to Arjun for some other films. We would love to have him on board for one of our forthcoming projects.”

But didn’t he play a father in Rock On too?

16th December 2008

Question of the day?

Who do you think looked well with SRK in their debuts? Deepika Padukone or Anoushka Sharma?

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16th December 2008

Salman proposes to Asin in Paris

Bollywood hottie Salman Khan recently shot the most crucial scene of his upcoming flick London Dreams in Paris, where he proposes his heroine Asin underneath the beautiful Eiffel Tower.

Apparently Salman had convinced director Vipul Shah to shoot the scene at the romantic place. When the director-actor duo went to check out Eiffel Tower on Champ de Mar they were in for a surprise as they tower was lit up in blue and gold as France was celebrating their presidency of European Union.

In the scene Salman bends on his knees to propose Asin.

Salman looks great in the above picture. Don’t you feel the same folks?

16th December 2008

Abhishek Bachchan And Aishwarya Rai Separated!

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai had been totally cut off over the last few days thanks to Mani Ratnam’s shooting venue in the jungles of Kerala that rendered the couple totally inaccessible to the world.

Jaya Bachchan fell ill last week and this left the leading couple of Mani Ratnam’s film with no choice but to take a day off from shooting. When Abhishek left with Rakeysh Mehra to Dubai he was absolutely out of contact with dear wife Aishwarya and not only family every one in the industry could not access the couple who seem separated from the rest of the world.

Says Abhishek, “This wouldn’t have been possible if we weren’t for the fact that we wrapped up shooting at one location and we were moving to another location. So that gave me manoeuvring power.

It’s not so much the distance but the inaccessibility. Out there in the jungles me and Aishwarya were totally cut off from Mumbai and the rest of the world. That really had us worried about the family.”

Directors Sanjay Bansali and Vipul Shah got extremely frustrated because they wanted to lock Aishwarya’s dates before she commits to someone else.

“I’ve been trying to contact Aishwarya for weeks. She’s totally unreachable. I’m willing to fly down wherever she is. Now if she’s moving to Ooty she’d be more accessible,” says a desperate Vipul Shah.

16th December 2008

When Nobody Recognized Shahrukh Khan

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is rocking at the box office and Shahrukh Khan’s simple middle class avatar is getting all the rave reviews. And getting into the character of Surinder Sahni was the most memorable time SRK had while shooting for RNBDJ

“The first character is Surinder Sahni and we wanted him to look like a middle class guy, having a fixed routine - perhaps to the extent of being boring. We also wanted to give him a little bit of amusing quality without making him a caricature and to get all that, I think a physical appearance was important. Especially, for the movement of the story, the look was very important. One day, I put a moustache and got some hairpiece done and showed it to Adi and he said, ‘This is the guy he should look like.’ It’s not how weird or funny I look, but the simplicity of the character will permeate through the screen.

I think the most memorable part was the first seven-eight days when I changed my look for Surinder Sahni. When I used to walk on the sets, nobody would recognise me.I got a taste of things that will come 30 years later in my life when I will no longer be a star and nobody will recognise me. I think that is the most memorable moment but I hope it never happens to me ever again because not to be recognised after 20 years of such high recognition is something I wasn’t ready for.”

Shahrukh says he identifies more with Surinder than with Raj and Rahul that he has been playing over the last 15 years.

“I am basically very ordinary in the way I think, in the way I do things. I come from an educated lower middle class background and I have never lost touch with that. Suri is what I really am. And my challenge as an actor is genuinely to make Surinder Sahni the new romantic icon.

I want everybody not to love Raj anymore and say ‘We want to be Suri’. The romantic iconic status crown now shifts from Raj and Rahul to Surinder Sahni because he’s got a good heart.”

We hope so too!

16th December 2008

Aamir Khan to grace the ramp

Aamir Khan is leaving no stone unturned to turn Ghajini into a mega block buster and now he will be walking the ramp to promote his Ghajini style.

Van Heusen has been associated with Ghajini for designing Aamir’s clothes in the first part of the movie and they asked Aamir to walk the ramp for them for which he instantly agreed.

A source says, “Aamir will be wearing this brand in the first half of the movie where he has a corporate, modern and fashion-conscious look. The brand just approached him with a formal letter asking him to walk the ramp. Aamir readily accepted, simply stating in reply, ‘It’s a good idea’. Aamir agreed to walk the ramp without monetary expectations.”

Well looks like the ramp will soon be set on fire by the perfectionist Khan.

16th December 2008

Adah Sharma paints the town

Apart from being a beautiful actress who made a strong impact with her debut movie 1920, Adah Sharma has many more talents, she is an excellent painter(of walls), a dancer and a composer too.

The actress who picks up the brush whenever she is free says, “I love painting and I paint everywhere in my house. I’ve done the doors, walls, cups and the candle stand too. Yes, I also tried painting the ceiling once, but couldn’t manage to do it!”

She also plays piano and is a pro at it as she has been practicing for five years, “I have been playing the piano for five years because I love playing it. I haven’t given any exams because I don’t want to take it up professionally. I’m also a kathak graduate and have been pursuing it for a while now.”

Well this beauty surely has many hidden talents.

Ghajini latest trailer

Check out Ghajini’s latest trailer. Aamir is looking really really hot, desperate to see Aamir live in action.

16th December 2008

Akshay teaches son some cool Karate moves

Akshay Kumar lives and loves martial arts and now his son his also going the same way, as Aarav loves Karate.

So when Akshay was shooting with some Kung-fu kids for his flick Chandni Chowk to China he also took Aarav to check them out, “I wanted my son to see how good he could be if he trains hard, too. It’s difficult for kids to think they can be as good as adults, but when they see kids their own age doing amazing stuff, it makes them want to be just like them.”

Akki revealed that Aarav trains thrice a week for Karate, “He loves it, he is just dying to perform kicks like me! When we train at home, he sometimes get frustrated, but he is learning fast, some of his moves are better than mine,”

Finally he says, “Martial arts is in Araav’s blood. Yesterday I was learing karate with my dad, now I’m teaching my own son.”

Well all we can say is - Jaisa baap waisa beta .

16th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this famous on-screen couple?

Yesterday’s answer: Ranbir Kapoor

16th December 2008

Shetty sisters on Femina

Shetty sisters grace this month’s second edition of Femina. Who do you think looks better?

16th December 2008

Mallika Sherawat Desperate For a Boyfriend!

The Oomph girl Mallika Sherawat has quite a lot of free time these days, following her flop shows lately. So for some entertainment Mallika is desperately looking for a boyfriend now and she has also revealed what kinda man she is interested in -

“Speaking to a tabloid, Mallika said she is searching for a man who is “intelligent, educated, articulate, single, and financially independent”.

But, according to Mallika, there are two strong conditions that her man has to meet.

Firstly, he shouldn’t be from Bollywood. People from the film industry apparently don’t turn Mallika on.

Secondly, as Mallika herself puts it: “I need a tough guy to handle me.”

Anyone interested?

16th December 2008

Kareena’s Coldest Night With Saif

Kareena Kapoor experienced the coldest night with her beau Saif Ali Khan while shooting in Philadelphia. The couple is otherwise quite cosy together but Kareena needed a whole lot of winter wear including jackets, shawls, boots and pullovers to keep warm while shooting for Karan Johar’s flick with Saif.

She said, “It was the coldest night of my life… You’ve no idea what it was like in that heavy snowfall with a unit of 80 people. But it looked like heaven.”

No points for guessing who made it ‘heavenly’ in such freezing cold for Kareena. The couple decided to keep shooting in such an extreme climate because they want to take a break from Christmas to New Year for Saif’s annual family bash at his ancestral home.

16th December 2008

Aamir Helps Jiah Learn Urdu!

Aamir Khan who chose Jiah Khan over Kangana Ranaut in his forthcoming film Ghajini got into trouble when his lady had to deliver lengthy emotional dialogues in Urdu. Jiah is not at all good at Hindi or Urdu and just didn’t sound right when she spoke her dialogues. But Aamir, the perfectionist he stands, knew exactly what to do.

“I must admit it was a bit of a problem. Aamir and the director got me an Urdu dialogue coach, Athar Nawaz who guided me. And each time I’d be stuck with a line Aamir helped me out,” Jiah told IANS.

“My mom, who lives in London, flew down during the shooting. She speaks Urdu fluently. She ran through the dialogues with me over and over again. I think I’ve done my lines very well. To have my lines dubbed would have taken away from my performance. I think I managed my lines well,” she added.

“Like the Urdu-Hindi, I’ve mastered the dancing to a large extent,” she said talking about her song Lattoo in the film.

“I realised how hard it is to do a sizzling song. The song is a very Jennifer Lopez kind of number. It’s very stylish and chic. In a week’s time, it goes on air. That should answer the question why I’m not seen in the publicity,” she said.

Well… to me she doesn’t look pretty one bit… But if Aamir was okay with her, it means the girl has got something!

Cant wait to watch Ghajini!

16th December 2008

Shilpa’s Nose In the Air Results in Foot Injury

Shilpa Shetty has now learnt the importance of staying grounded thanks to her foot injury. She injured her foot in an accident because of her big sunglasses. She wrote on her blog -

“I hurt my foot bad enough to get 15 stitches? don’t ask me how. In a freak accident, thanks to my big sunglasses and nose in the air, I overlooked a sharp metal piece that slit my foot, thankfully not below but over the foot.”

“It is nothing that local anesthesia, a tetanus injection and antibiotics couldn’t solve. There’s nothing to worry about other than my dates that have gone for a toss, disabling me from taking Odissi lessons for my new film ‘Desire’,” she wrote.

She ended her blog writing, ” “Look before you leap and stay grounded.”

Hah! Have learnt it the hard way… haven’t you Shilpa?

16th December 2008

Deepika Padukone Covergirl for The Man

Former supermodel Deepika Padukone who made a superhit debut with Shahrukh Khan in OSO and delivered another hit with beau Ranbir Kapoor is looking forward to give another smashhit with Kinng Akshay Kumar. She graced the cover of ‘The Man’ and she looks absolutely stunning.

Go grab your copy now.

15th December 2008

Question of the Day

Which avatar of SRK in Rab Ne.. do you like the most? The simple one or the young one?

15th December 2008

First Look : Veer

Check out hunk Salman Khan looking all hot as a warrior in Veer. Do you like Salman’s look in Veer?

15th December 2008

Asin doesn’t mind being overshadowed by Aamir

Asin is all set to make a big mark in Bollywood by starring opposite Aamir Khan in the most awaited movie of the year Ghajini.

However Asin knows her place and is aware that Aamir is going to hog all the attention, she says, “I obviously know that Aamir will outshine me. The film is about Sanjay Singhania; Aamir is the central part… I am just glad that I have a small role in this big project.”

When quizzed about playing a small role, she says, “How can that even be an issue? Aamir Khan is such a fabulous actor, that anyone would give an arm and a leg to share the frame with him. I shouldn’t and don’t have ego hassles, and instead am thanking my stars that I got to be part of such a project.”

Well it’s good that she is well aware of Aamir’s charm at the box-office before the release of the flick.

15th December 2008

Dilli 6 arrives at Dubai Film Festival

All Sonam fans who were eagerly awaiting for the leggy lass next movie after Saawariya can heave a sigh of relief now coz Dilli 6 ab door nahi hai.

The trailer of Dilli 6 was unveiled to the audience at Dubai film festival

The movie is based in Chandni Chowk situated in Delhi.

Check out Sonam’s new hairdo and hair color. Do you like it?

15th December 2008

Shahid Kapoor is not money minded

Unlike his ex-girlfriend Shahid Kapoor is in no hurry to make moolah as he is carefully treading his career and making a slow move.

The cute hunk recently refused Ashutosh Gowariker’s What’s Your Rashee and Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani which ultimately went to new hunk Ranbir Kapoor.

Shahid who was seen in ads like Pepsi, Clinic All Clear and few others is not lured by the big bucks the endorsement deals are offering him.

A source reveals, “There are a host of corporates approaching him to be their brand ambassador, but Shahid is just not giving in. He’s made of different stuff, you know, and isn’t like the other actors who are endorsing anything and everything under the sun!”

Folks do you get bored when you see the same actor/actress endorsing a soap then creams etc.?

15th December 2008

Tujh Me Rab Dikhta Hai Video

Check out the video of song Tujh Me Rab Dikhta Hai from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi featuring both the avatars of SRK. Do leave your valuable comments in the comments section.

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actor?

Yesterday’s answer: Sonam Kapoor

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15th December 2008

Top Ten Songs of the Week

1. Guzarish - Ghajini

2.Haule Haule - Rab Ne bana di jodi

3.Maa Da ladla Remix - Dostana

4.Tu hi meri dost hai - Yuvraaj

5.Sinbad the Sailor - Rock On

6.Kuch Khaas - Fashion

7.Bachna Ae Haseeno - Bachna Ae haseeno

8.Nazrein milana - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane…

9.Oye Lucky - Oye Lucky Lucky oye

10.Lut Jaon Lut jaon - Karzzzz

Question of the day?

With release of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi… do you think Salman’s Yuvraaj was better than SRK RNBDJ or do you think otherwise?

14th December 2008

Exclusive New York Trailer starring John, Katrina & Neil

Check out the exclusive trailer of latest Yash Raj flick starring John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh. Do give your views about the flick.

14th December 2008

John Abraham: I don’t stick my butt out unnecessarily

Yes! That’s John Abraham for you who remains calm and composed even after being ranked as the World’s Sexiest Man in Asia.

John says, “I don’t mean to deride or demean anybody and while it’s an honor and feels great, the important thing is that hard work has got me here more than just my physicality. I smile and accept the praise today, tomorrow is another day, I try to be normal and don’t stick my butt out unnecessarily!”

John doesn’t believe he is sexy, well the reason is, “People who know me don’t think I’m sexy… they know I’m a regular guy. But the big thing is that if John Abraham can do it, people should feel good… because what’s stopping them from doing it too?”

However John cannot stop himself from being happy at being awarded the tag, he says, “It’s nice to be liked by all ages and genders .Though I turn red when little girls of 12 and 13 say I’m so hot! It’s embarrassing but also beautiful. And what can I do, sexy is a part of their lingo!”

Do you folks find John sexy or wannabe?

14th December 2008

Salman Khan helps Lisa Lazarus

Lisa Lazarus a newbie in Bollywood who is all set to make her debut with Salman Khan’s epic saga Veer is finding hard to groove to Bollywood’s typical jhatkas and matkas, so our Sallu Bhai helped Miss Universe UK 2008 with her dance steps.

A source reveals, Lisa Lazarus could not get the dance steps right for a song which she was shooting with Salman. During one of her attempts, she fell flat on her face. Before she could get up, Salman rushed by her side and gave her a helping hand.”

“Lisa was shooting for a number which required her to perform a few typical Bollywood dance steps. Since Lisa is not used to dancing to Hindi numbers, she was struggling quite a bit to follow the instructions. However, all’s well that ends well. Salman really helped Lisa that day.”

With Salman’s blessings and help in her career, Lisa is all set to make a impact like Katrina I guess!!

14th December 2008

Miss India Parvathy is Miss World 2008 first runner up

Parvathy Omanakuttan finally broke the series of bad records of Indian participants in the Miss World contest from the past few years by bagging the first runner up title at the exclusive event held in Africa.

The Miss World 2008 title was bagged by Russian beauty Sukhinova.

Parvathy was excited and said, “In India and South Africa people are warm and warm-hearted. I felt at home in Johannesburg. Presence of two great leaders Mahatma Gandhi (India) and Nelson Mandela (South Africa) have influenced millions of people in both the countries.”

“It’s been a great journey for me.”

Well you have surely made us proud Parvathy!! Go girl.

14th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actress??

Yesterday’s answer: Katrina Kaif

14th December 2008

Secret behind Deepika’s cheeni eyes

Deepika Padukone is looking all Chinki in her upcoming flick Chandni Chowk to China which also starrs Akshay Kumar. According to rumors the leggy lass is playing a double role in the movie and she confirms the news and says it’s not a publicity gimmick.

She says, “It’s actually a double role and no publicity gimmick. I play two different characters in Chandni Chowk To China , one is an Indian called Sukhi, and the other is a Chinese girl, Meow Meow. The Chinese character is a pro at martial arts for which I had to undergo four months of rigorous training before the film started.”

There were rumors that Deepika had used tapes to make her wide eyes look like Chinese eyes, however Deepika says, “We had thought of that initially but it wasn’t a good idea to use tapes, they’re bad for the skin. My makeup artist came up with a simpler solution and used the eyeliner in such a way that it gave my eyes the Chinese tweak.”

So do you think Deepika does justice to her Chinese role?

14th December 2008

Ghajini haircut now a publicity tool

Aamir Khan is not only a perfectionist he is smart too, he known how to generate good publicity as well as bad publicity.

In his latest initiative, Aamir has collaborated with multiplexes and food chains across the nation to give all waiters and ticket-seller the popular Ghajini-buzz cut that Aamir sports in the later half of the flick.

A source says, “People will go to watch SRK’s film but see these Aamir’s Ghajini prototypes everywhere in the theaters. The producers of Ghajini were delighted with Aamir’s idea. It was difficult to get almost 1,500 ushers to shave off their hair just like Aamir, though he himself was kicked with the idea. Not just ushers, but also men at the ticket-counters and those who work in the food courts, will be sporting the Ghajini look.”

When quizzed about the initiative Aamir says, “I am very happy that theater chains are carrying out this activity. I sense that they are treating the release of my film like an important event. I am glad that they consider Ghajini as one of the important films of the year.”

Well surely Ghajini is most awaited film of the year. Are you excited about Ghajini?

12th December 2008

DonateUs Award for Best Supporting Actress

Today we have the category for the Best Supporting Actress award. The nominations for the Best Supporting Actress award 2008 are as follows

1. Kangana Ranaut - Fashion
2. Shefali Shah - Black and White
3. Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar
4. Bipasha Basu - Race
5. Juhi Chawla - Kismet Konnection
6. Jiah Khan - Ghajini

12th December 2008

I am Popular Because of My Fans: Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is the Most Search Bollywood Celebrity on Google and Katrina gives all the credit to her fans who have made her so popular. Reacting to this news Katrina said,

“I think I need to learn more about computers, get more familiar with the Internet. I think its really sweet of the fans. It is the basic want of the human nature to be loved. In our industry, it is really important for us, we are only as successful as the fans who love us. We are who we are because of our fans.”

Katrina’s so popular with netizens that even former Miss World and Salman Khan’s ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai comes second to Katrina on Google India Zeitgeist list.

“But Katrina says, “I don’t think one needs to get too much into these things. Aishwarya Rai is an icon of Indian cinema. But beyond that, one shouldn’t pick apart this whole thing too much. It is something you can smile about and feel nice about it. Because there will be a time when I won’t be the winner, and when one is, one should just be happy about it and enjoy it.”

Thats pretty modest!

12th December 2008

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie Review

With Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi director Aditya Chopra returned to the silver screen as director after 8 long years since his last movie Mohabbatein released. It hadn’t been a great year for Yash Raj Films and there were one too many reasons why YRF desperately wanted Rab Ne to be a hit.

Shahrukh Khan’s movies very obviously arouse a lot of interest and this movie did the same job but with a difference - that being Shahrukh’s ordinary looks in the film. Shahrukh plays an ordinary guy named Surinder Sahni working for Punjab Powers. He is quite nerdish - bole toh a simple lovable guy many people can relate to.

He attends the wedding of his Professor’s daughter where he falls in love with the bride Taani (Anushka Sharma), she is beautiful, bright and bubbly (ala Preity Zinta) but things take a favorable turn when the news of the groom’s death in an accident reach the wedding party. In such a time apna hero comes forward to help the girl in distress and her family. And being his professor’s favorite student he wins his daughters hand and rab makes this jodi for the film to proceed.

Throughout the film he is shown asserting and compromising his true self balancing the act between ordinary and extraordinary to win his lady love. However, there are flaws in the script, Surinder and Taani’s relationship is not established well enough to justify her having an extra marital affair. Taani’s character needed more detail than just establishing her as a bubbly girl.

In some cases you need to just switch your mind off instead of trying to find a reason as to why Taani doesn’t recognize her husband in his funky avatar. Now coming to SRK’s makeover story - the makeover is not convincing at all. SRK is at his ham best, he tends to go a bit over board with his dressing sense to dialogue delivery - extremely irritating at times. Only hardcore SRK fans can like him in this avatar.

Overall, this movie has enough drama to draw you to the screens and keep you hooked. Although it is quite lengthy. 2 hours 40 minutes are a bit too much for this particular film. Adi could have easily done with only 2 hours but some unnecessary masala scenes added to the length.

Anushka Sharma makes a good debut. The girl has to hone her acting skills but she did a fair job as a new comer. She is a very good dancer too. Shahrukh Khan as the nerd makes a mark. Vinay Pathak is another rememberable character in the film.

I would say this is an average film, not a very intelligent fare not bad either. Music is average too, nothing like DDLJ or Mohabbatein or other YRF films. SRK is the only reason people would watch this movie for.

Worth a watch not second.

Rating 3/5

12th December 2008

Flops Mellow Salman Khan Down

Salman Khan has become very very professional and looks like all his flops have mellowed him down. He is shooting with full dedication his forthcoming movie Veer. For the first time in his career he is putting the movie ahead of his stardom.

A close friend of Salman reveals, “Veer is his dream project and he has been putting his mind and soul completely into it.

He even rushed back to Mumbai from Greece for the shoot of Veer as the sets had been put up and every day was important as his second leading lady Liza Lazarus had already arrived in India by then too.

In fact due to time constraints he headed directly to the shoot of Veer in Film City from the airport in his make up van which was waiting for him at the airport. Despite the jet lag, he did not go to his home. He shot a few scenes and then took a two hour break and rested in his make up before continuing to shoot till midnight.”

And unbelievably Salman did not want to waste time travelling from the film set to his gym instead he worked out at the Whistling Woods gym to save time.

His friend confirms, “Salman is leaving no stone unturned for the film. So to ensure that there is no delay in the making of the film he is visiting the gym at Whistling Woods which is close to his sets of Veer to save time lost in traveling from Bandra to Film City.”

Desperate attempts to deliver a hit and save his stardom… Hope the effort pays him well.

12th December 2008

Nandana’s Topless Scene Approved By Censor Board

Nandana Sen is all set to make history as her controversial topless scene in her forthcoming film Rang Rasiya has been approved by the Indian censor board.

The film Rang Rasiya is the story of the legendary painter Raja Ravi Verma played by Randeep Hooda and his muse Sugandha played by Nandana. Sugandha used to pose nude for Verma. The film required scenes of frontal nudity and Nandana’s nude scenes are very crucial to the film’s narrative.

Nandana’s nude scenes form “the very core of the film” probably thats why it narrowly escaped the Censor’s scissors.

Nandana confirms the news and says, “I’m not surprised by the decision at all. That scene forms the very core of the film. Rang Rasiya is itself about censorship of art. The political message as well as the emotional drama in our film revolves entirely around that particular scene, making it absolutely essential to the narrative.”

“Everyone who has seen the film has commented to us about how the scene complements the film, so why would the censor board think any differently?” she added.

The Censor board must have approved the scenes but will the people accept it? Does this approval indicate that the Indian audiences have come of age to view frontal nudity on the screens of Indian cinema halls? Only time will tell.

12th December 2008

AR Rahman Gets A Golden Globe Nomination

India’s best musician today - AR Rahman has got himself a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Score.

AR Rahman is a truly gifted musician and has many Indian and international awards to his credit. He has won “the Mauritius National Award and the Malaysian Award for contributions to music. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his first West-End production. A four time National Award winner and conferred the Padma Shri from the Government of India, Rahman has received six awards for Best Music at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and eleven awards for his scores at the Filmfare and Filmfare Awards South each.”

We wish him luck for the Golden Globes… this would be definitely the largest feather in his already crowded cap!

12th December 2008

Michael Jackson meets Hrithik Roshan

It rarely happens that Hollywood stars are keen to meet Bollywood stars, however recently pop king Michael Jackson specially came to meet our very own Bollywood hottie Hrithik Roshan.

Apparently Hrithik was shooting for his home movie Kites, in LA when he was busy preparing for a shot and suddenly spotted Jackson at the set.

A source reveals, “Michael introduced himself to Hrithik. It was a funny scene to see someone like him, who the whole world knows introducing himself. The two spoke for a short time and then Michael left.”

Michael was in the same area for his filming commitments and decided to meet Hrithik when he heard that he was nearby.

SRK on marriage, Suhana and Aryan

Shahrukh Khan is always seen speaking about his films and projects, however he churns out some intimate details about his family and his kids in a recent interview.

SRK reveals that his life with Gauri became extraordinary when their kids came into their life, he says, “Can you believe that Gauri and I have been together for 24 years now? Just imagine we have spent almost a quarter of a century together. We got married in 1991, so it’s been 17 years of marriage now. There seemed nothing extraordinary about our life or marriage, till the children came along.”

SRK adds, “We still look at Aryan and Suhana and we wonder how we managed to produce them. As you must have noticed Aryan looks just like Gauri and Suhana looks like me. So it is as if we have managed to produce clones of ourselves. Gauri and I are not very smart people though. I perhaps can’t even make a paper plane properly. Yet we have come together to make these extraordinary, special children. Here they are growing up so fast and yet we feel that we are still the same people when we had met. We believe that we will stay young forever.”

Now that’s really cute SRK!!! BTW did anyone see Rab ne… What’s your verdict?

12th December 2008

Dhoni’s Bollywood Debut

Move over cricket, our very own Mahi - MS Dhoni is all set to rock Bollywood with his debut in David Dhawan’s Hook Ya Crook based on cricket.

A source reveals, “UTV, who had earlier made Goal, a football-based film, want Hook Ya Crook to be an authentic cricket film. The climax will be a huge cricket match a la Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan. Dhoni, who has a full-fledged role, is being brought on board to share the field and cinema space with the rest of the cast and also to help his colleagues give a believable spin to the game.”

David Dhavan reveals, “Cricket does play a very important part in my film.”

So guys what do you think about Dhoni’s Bollywood debut. The guy surely looks hot but his voice doesn’t have much impact.

12th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this beautiful actress?

Yesterday’s answer: Neha Dhupia

12th December 2008

Akshay pours his heart out after Mumbai attacks

Akshay Kumar like his many other colleagues has also penned down his thoughts about the Mumbai attacks and what he feels about the whole issue.

He writes, The morning of November 27, was the most horrendous day I can remember since I lost my father. The night before I pretended to sleep; now awake, I thought I could have nearly lost my wife, for she was there at the Taj the previous evening. If she had stayed for dinner, I don’t want to know what may have happened to her. Now as I watched her sleep, looking troubled, holding our son close, as I lay next to them, I made up my mind — I was not going to let my family live in fear. Not now, not ever! It’s the 21st century, for God’s sake.

How can we still be surrounded by such pain and suffering? There were so many mothers whose sons had been lost to the terrorists’ bullets, and many who had braved them to ensure others were saved. But the biggest victory for any terrorists would be to see us affected. Yes, they wanted to snatch away our smiles, ruin what ‘we’ as a country live and breathe for… that is love and respect. But they cannot damage us, we are a family, a union, but only if we stand together. If you want to fight these terrorist, then fight we shall, but by coming together — not by starting a war.

We must learn how to protect ourselves, learn how to fight with our brains not just our machinery. We are loved as a country that is humble, beautiful, and full of culture, we cannot become terrorists ourselves, we are better than that… It’s been a week now and we have all been counting the hours, a lot has been said about the system failing, the authorities failing, and the loss that is beyond repair… But I believe in my people, we can’t fight politicians!

We just need to vote intelligently, only ‘We the People’ can save our country, no one else… We need to think like Kiran Bedi. Remember ‘Temper is what gets us into trouble, but pride is what keeps us there.’ Let us calm our thoughts, like my mother always says, ‘Jai mata di, jai mata di.’ Those soldiers have given their lives for us, let it not be in vain. Hold your tears and hide your pain. We are Indians and we are respected, respected for our strength and our humble hearts, let’s do the right thing — fight for peace, not war. Jai Hind!

Akshay Kumar

What do you think about his thoughts folks?

12th December 2008

Kangana upset with Bhatts, does not promote Raaz2

Kangana Ranaut is looking hot in the promos of Raaz: The Mystery Continues however the beautiful actress is upset with Bhatts for using her personal life as a publicity tool for the flick.

Kangana says, “I just won’t participate in any of the promotional activities of Raaz 2. I’m terribly hurt that my personal matters are being used to create hype around the film.”

The personal matter she is talking about is her relationship with her Raaz2 co-actor Adhyayan Suman.

Kangana adds, “Adhyayan and I both respect our relationship too much to do anything frivolous on the sets. Moreover, I am a professional. I won’t let my personal life be used for the publicity of Raaz 2.”

What do you think folks? Do producers cross the line for the promotions of their film?

12th December 2008

Happy Birthday Rajinikanth

December 12 is no less than a day of festival for thousands of hardcore Rajinikanth fans as the actor turns 58 today.

Rajinikanth is the undisputed king of the Tamil cinema for more than two decades. He has done around 153 movies in his career of 33 years and still entertains his fans and audience with the same passion and devotion.

The actor today will be spending his birthday in Hyderabad filming his daughter Soundarya’s animation flick Sultan.

The superstar is also working with Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai in Shankar’s magnum opus Enthiren.

Lets wish the iconinc superstar a very happy birthday.

11th December 2008

Best Supporting Actor of the year Celebden Award

Today we have the category for the Best Supporting Actor award. The nominations for the Best Supporting Actor award 2008 are as follows.

1. Kay Kay Menon - Shaurya
2. Anil Kapoor - Black & White
3. Arjun Rampal - Rock On
4. Anil Kapoor - Yuvraaj
5. Rahul Bose - Tahaan
6. Sanjay Dutt - Kidnap
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11th December 2008

Akshay tattoos for Mumbai terror victims

Instead of penning his thoughts on paper and blogs, King of Bollywood Akshay Kumar has found that his skin is the best plaxe to sport a message for the victims of Mumbai Terror attack and all Mumbaiites.

Akshay will sport the tattoo “Everything’s gonna be alright” on his arm, which is a song from his animated movie Jumbo, apparently the entire cast of Jumbo including Dimple Kapadia will be sporting the tattoo.

CEO of producing company of Jumbo, Navin Shah says, “When we were filming this song, we never imagined that it would end up being so appropriate in this situation, but anything that makes people feel good is something we would like to do. The lyrics of the song are appropriate considering what’s happened and the low mood in the country today. Led by Akshay Kumar, everybody without exception, has loved the idea and they actually not only live the thought of it, but will physically put the tattoo on their hands.”

Do you think Akki’s gesture is great?

11th December 2008

Katrina Kaif - Most Searched Bollywood Actress on Google

Google’s 2008 India Zeitgeist list revealed that Katrina Kaif is the most searched Bollywood actress on Google.

Katrina Kaif who was named the Sexiest Asian Woman in 2008 Eastern Eye Poll, is extremely popular in India for her hit films like Namaste London, Singh is Kinng, Welcome and Race. She is very popular in Pakistan as well. Many people regard her as the most beautiful face in India.

A source reveals, “While Katrina tops the ‘Most Popular Bollywood Celebrity’ category, she figures at No.3 in the ‘Fast Rising Searches’ category and at No.10 in the ‘Most Popular Searches’ category. In fact she is the only ‘person’ to feature in the Top 10 ‘Most Popular Searches’ category which otherwise features topics as diverse as Cricket to Indian Railways.”

There goes another feather in Katrina’s already crowded cap!

11th December 2008

Kangana Ranaut wants to be like Hrithik

Kangana surely looked every inch like a model in her last successful flick Fashion but the leggy lass is still not happy with her body and wants a body like some other Bollywood celebrity.

The celebrity here in question is not any actress but apna hottie Hrithik Roshan.

Kangana recently said, “I’m going to have a body like Hrithik Roshan.”

Can you imagine Kangana’s face on Hrithik’s body, that would be hilarious.

11th December 2008

SRK: Sushmita calls me an uncle

Shahrukh Khan must be 43 according to his birth date, but the actor is very young at heart and of course his body also doesn’t show any signs of aging, however there is one person who feels SRK is an oldy, his Main Hoon Na co-star Sushmita Sen.

SRK says about his young actresses in movies, “They tell me that I am the youngest hero they have worked with. In fact, they say I am younger than the young guys. I work with these young girls without any ulterior motives of seducing them. I have so much love for Kareena, Deepika, Priyanka and Anoushka. Priyanka still does not call me by my name. I had crowned her at a beauty pageant. She says ‘Sir’ or just begins the conversation without taking my name. Nobody calls me uncle except Sush-mita, she tells me I’m very old!”

Well what do you think folks? SRK for you is young or old?

11th December 2008

Maahi Ve trailer from Raaz2

Check out the song Maahi Ve from Raaz: The mystery continues. The song is featured on hot jodi Kangana Ranaut( she looks great with the new hairdo) and Emraan Hashmi. The couple is back after Gangster and both are looking good together.

BTW, do you like the song?

11th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actress?

Yesterday’s answer: Shahrukh Khan

11th December 2008

Asin: Aamir is not a perfectionist

While the whole world tags hot Khan Aamir with Mr Perfectionist tag, his co-star from his soon-to-be releasing movie Ghajini thinks otherwise.

Asin on Aamir says, The term Perfectionist is negative, he’s hard-working, dedicated and sincere. He’s not tough to work with in fact, Aamir’s down-to-earth and easygoing. “

Asin who is currently filming with Salman for Vipul Shah’s London Dreams cannot decide with which Khan she shares a better chemistry, she says, “I can’t say with whom I share better chemistry. As to who is the better co-star, it’s difficult to compare the two. All I can say is it was an absolute pleasure working with both the Khans at the start of my career.”

Well the girl is surely going to rock with Ghajini, Aye Bachchu. !!!

11th December 2008

Deepika and Akki at CC2C music launch

Check out Deepika Padukone looking hot with a long length collared black dress and Akshay looking equally good with his vested attire.

Do you like Deepika’s dress?

Asin Scared of Photoshoots!

Asin is a very well known actress in Tollywood and she has become quite popular up in Bollywood thanks to her debut vehicle Ghajini opposite the Perfectionist Khan - Aamir Khan.

Aamir, who is known for experimenting with different looks for each of his film is said to have worked to improve Asin’s look in the film too. Asin claims to be really scared of Photoshoots. Wonder why because she looks absolutely stunning in all her photoshoots.

Nevertheless, Aamir the perfectionist decided to arrange Asin a very good make-up man, hair stylist and asked his favorite photographer to take her pictures for Ghajini’s posters.

Looks like Aamir has really put his heart and soul in the movie… he seems to be so particular about every minute detail. Even Asin’s look in the posters.

11th December 2008

When Shahrukh Khan Cried!

Shahrukh Khan’s film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is going to hit the screens tomorrow and people have great expectations from the film. Before the film officially released worldwide, Aditya Chopra held a special screening for the team of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai had a deep impact on Shahrukh and he says he felt ashamed in promoting his film in such a time. On the press meet of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Shahrukh said,

“The movie is funny. But when I watched it, I cried and I laughed and I cried because I felt that by killing innocent, normal people, they (gunmen) are denying us the simple pleasures of life…I didn’t feel like saying ‘Go watch a film’ when people had died. What about the thousands who are affected?”

“I can’t tell people it will get you out of your sadness, but I can assure you that the two hours and 20 minutes is going to be great fun,” assured King Khan.

We hope so too!

11th December 2008

Amrita Rao’s Sister Preeta Makes It to Filmdom!

Actress Amrita Rao has been flying high after the success of her last two films Vivaah and Welcome to Sajjanpur and now her younger sister Preeta Rao is also going to make her debut in films.

Preeta is a qualified journalist and is a successful model. She has been signed for a South flick called Rakthaksha. She wants to hone her acting skills with South movies before she makes her Bollywood debut.

She looks very similar to her sister Amrita. Looks like the Rao sisters will be taking on the Kapoor sisters, the Shetty sisters and the Khanna sisters.

11th December 2008

Kangana-Adhyayan Locked For Hours In Vanity Van

Kangana Ranaut is sharing screen space with her current boyfriend Adhyayan Suman in Raaz 2 and the lovebirds seem to make most out of the time they are together.

Kangana and Adhyayan fell in love while shooting for Raaz - The Mystery Continues and they were inseperable reports a source on the sets. So much that the two lost count of the time while they were locked together in the vanity van.

They had a shot with Emraan Hashmi who was made to wait for hours before Mohit Suri, the director cancelled the shoot in frustration. Kanagana and Adhyayan unaware of this were really shocked to see the shoot cancelled and apologized to producer Mukesh Bhatt, report sources on the sets.

When this buzz reached Adhyayan’s daddy Shekhar Suman, he was pretty upset. Adhyayan slammed the media for these rumors saying,

“Come on, we are young, leave us alone… What have we done wrong to be under constant scrutiny all this while. First and foremost it is our personal life and it is no one else’s business to be interfering in that. Secondly, we have made our relationship public and just because we have done that and don’t have anything to hide, you can’t be writing something since you have to fill up your scoop column. Thirdly, though I could choose to completely keep quiet about it, I can’t help but cry out loud that nothing like this ever happened. Was the person who wrote all this there on the sets to see what was actually transpiring?”

“I can go on to say that people should act with some responsibility but I know that it won’t be the last time that something like this has happened. I guess I will have to just start making myself oblivious about such rumors and baseless gossips being written about me. However, it is just not fair for Kangna to be going through this trauma. Guys, respect a lady at least”, said Adhyayan in anger.”Yet again, my dad was upset about the entire incident. I have to time and again pull the strings back and concentrate on my work. ‘Raaz - TMC’ has been such a fabulous movie and it pains when rather than talking about the film, I end up being a part of such conversations. Seriously, I have had enough and it’s just not fair anymore. Kangna has just withdrawn herself from media after this baseless story.”

But Mr. Suman Jr. there is no smoke without fire!

Pink Panther is Not About Me:Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai’s recent Hollywood venture seemed to be a damp squib when people discovered that she had only a few scenes. But she went ahead and justified her presence and role in Pink Panther saying that she did the movie only for Peter Sellers and not to make any statement.

She said, “I loved Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series when I was a kid and watched these films. It was hilarious, a laugh riot and a thorough family entertainer. People across different age groups love ‘The Pink Panther’ because the films always bring a smile to one’s face.”

“When I was offered this film, I was really excited as for me I was doing something which I have loved seeing as a child. It was a fun film which I would enjoy working in. The film did not require me to do intense acting and I did not have to look forward to scoring points as it had an ensemble cast of terrifically talented actors. I wanted to have a good time with all of them and I said a yes to the project. I’m not expecting critical acclaim or something from this film since the film is not about me, it’s about Steve Martin and ‘The Pink Panther’.”

Then I wonder what was the hype and hoopla all about!

11th December 2008

Shahrukh Khan’s Biography Bestseller in Poland

No one can beat Shahrukh Khan in terms of international appeal and fan following. India’s charming King Khan is a superstar in Poland as well.

Shahrukh Khan is hugely popular in European countries like Germany and Poland. His latest biography penned by Film Journalist Anupama Chopra has become a bestseller in Poland.

A source reports, “SRK’s autobiography ‘The King of Bollywood’ penned by Film Journalist Anupama Chopra is selling like hot cakes in Poland. Interestingly now, big posters of the Indian super star are on display in all the big cities of this European country.”

Shahrukh’s superhit films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Main Hoon Na were released in Polish subtitles and that has made him a star there.

11th December 2008

Terrorism Is Faith Gone Wrong: Ranbir Kapoor

Almost every Bollywood star is commenting on the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai and the latest person is Ranbir Kapoor. He was also a witness to the 9/11 attacks in New York and he relates the experiences.

“I was shooting at Film City when I got to know of the attack around 10 pm. When I went back home I switched on the news and was glued to the TV. Those three days were absolutely tragic. I remember I was in New York during the 9/11 attacks and I was studying there. It was as bad as that. I’m no body to comment on this. And I don’t want to comment on the political status of our country. I hope and pray to god that such acts stop,” said Ranbir.

On being asked if he was scared since the attacks took place in the plush iconic Taj Hotel a hub for Bollywood bigwigs and Mumbai’s elite, he said,

“Absolutely not. As I feel no one should live in fear. What has happened is unfortunate and terrible but life goes on. We can’t live our lives in terror. It’s going to a while before we get back to life the way we were. But I still think no one should live in fear.”

Ranbir echoed Aamir, Shahrukh and Salman’s words when he said,

“Terrorism has no religion, it’s just faith gone wrong.”

Indeed.

10th December 2008

Salman says Shun Terrorism Follow Quran

Salman Khan broke his silence over the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and spoke for the first time about Islam and terrorism. He said Islam doesn’t teach terrorism and Muslims should rather follow Quran than extremists. In a television interview he said,

“Islam mein toh yeh hai hi nahin… ya toh aap in terrorists ki baat suniye ya phir jo Rasool Allah (Prophet Mohammed) ne jo baatein sikhayi hain hadeeson mein aur jo Quran mein likha hai usey follow karein”

Criticizing the government like all the Bollywood actors have done in the past two weeks, he said -

“Jab buses aur trainon mein blast ho te thay everyone was going on with their normal regular life… ab jo yeh period hai unko aisa lag raha hai ke hum kahin par bhi safe nahin hain… ab government unki baatein sunegi - the powerful people who do not feel safe anymore… they will now take a stand… aur yeh achi baat hai… lekin yeh agar baat pehle ho jaati toh yeh naubath hi nahin aati.”

Salman also disapproved of the blame game India and Pakistan are playing after the attacks. He believes -

“Itna terrorism Pakistan mein khud ho raha hai… Benazir Bhutto maari gayi, Parvez Musharraf par kitne saare attacks hue hain… Marriott blast kardiya gaya… so this is not in control of even Pakistan. Main wahan ke newspapers toh pardhta nahin lekin agar wahan pe aisi koi ghatna hoti hai toh kya woh log bolte hain ke hindustaniyon ne kiya”

Talking about the Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial visit to Taj, Salman says,

“Picture ka set dekhne ke liye agar gaye hain toh woh toh bohot hi gadbad hai. Lekin agar woh saath mein thay aur he was concerned ke yeh kya hogaya I cant imagine this, then its fine.”

10th December 2008

Eid Celebrations Subdued As Muslim Celebs Protest

It has been a subdued Eid for Bollywood this year following the terror attacks on Mumbai last month. All the Muslim actors and actresses in Bollywood wore black bands in protest. They kept their Eid a low key affairs and abstained from lavish celebration and parties.

Salman Khan who hosts a big bash for his family and friends every Bakreid emersed himself in the shooting of his film Veer. Shahrukh and Aamir wore black bands as well but kept themselves busy with the promotion of their forthcoming films Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Ghajini.

Irrfan Khan joined the black band group and urged that Muslims should come together against terrorism. While veteran Naseeruddin Shah plainly wondered “Why are Indian Muslims perpetually required to prove their patriotism?”

Amongst the other actors who wore black bands were Farhan Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza, Zayed Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif. Other celebrities like Javed Akhtar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Abbas Tyrewala, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan etc also joined in.

10th December 2008

Akshay Kumar’s Italian Suit Worth 5 Lakhs

Aishwarya Rai made news when she picked up shades worth 10 Lakh rupees, Asin picked up shoes worth 2 lakhs and now Akshay Kumar has raised a lot of eyebrows when he decided to wear an Italian designer suit worth Rs. 5 lakh for his forthcoming film Kambakht Ishq.

The movie produced by Sajid Nadiadwala has been already declared one of the biggest budget films. It stars Hollywood biggies like Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh Brandon Routh, and Carmen Electra along with apne desi Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

A source from the film’s crew reported, “Akshay was shooting for his introductory scene in the film. Shabina had sent nearly a dozen suits, each priced at approximately Rs 1.5 lakh. But Akshay didn’t like any suit. There was chaos with everybody wondering how to resolve the problem since Akshay was supposed to shoot for the particular scene in a few hours.”

That’s when Akshay and Sabir decided to go shopping. “The scene also has Kareena Kapoor. Kambakkht Ishq also stars a few prominent Hollywood actors. Akshay obviously wanted to look suave so he chose a suit, which was much more expensive than what Sajid had imagined. But Sajid is a magnanimous producer. He and Akshay are quite close. In fact, they went to the same school (Don Bosco, Matunga) where Akshay was one year junior to Sajid,” said our source.

A source close to Sajid, confirmed the story and said, “Yes. This did happen. Akshay didn’t wear any of the suits sent by Shabina. But that’s okay. Such things do happen during film shoots. Akshay chose a superb black suit with a hint of blue. It’s a unique piece.”

All good things come for a price… and Akshay Kumar is getting pricey as he gets good.

10th December 2008

Asin Going Strong In Bollywood

South Indian actress Asin is going really strong even before her debut Hindi film Ghajini has hit the theatres. The 23 yr old has impressed everyone from Aamir to Salman and even Vipul Shah. She has a meaty Tanishq endorsement and a Fanta advertisement in her kitty that has got her noticed.

Now she has also bagged Tata Sky’s telly ad replacing former Miss India Gul Panag as Aamir’s better half.

Asin confirms, “Yes, you’re right. I have signed a deal with Tata Sky for their next television commercial opposite Aamir Khan which goes on air on the 25th December. I haven’t shot for the advert. It should be anytime soon.”

It is said to be a promotional sort for Ghajini after its release. Wonder what Gul Panag has to say as Asin steals her screen hubby.

Asin’s next Bollywood film is Vipul Shah’s London Dreams opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. This girl is surely going hot.

10th December 2008

Ranbir Kapoor Smacks Katrina Kaif; Nose Injured!

Ranbir Kapoor hit Katrina Kaif on her nose so hard that she fell on ground yelling in pain. They were shooting at Madh Island in Mumbai for Raj Kumar Santoshi’s forthcoming film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Katrina was attended by a doctor and a nurse immediately and the film’s shooting was cancelled due to this incident.

A member of the film crew revealed, “An elaborate set was created at Madh Island and it was a chase sequence where Ranbir and Katrina were supposed to be running away from some goons. All was fine till the point where Ranbir needed to suddenly turn around. He did that but in the bargain hit Katrina’s nose with his hand and the delicate actress went tumbling to the ground. She was in great pain but realised that it was unintentional, so she didn’t complain.”

Katrina confirmed the incident saying, “Yes (it did happen). It’s ok now.”

Ranbir, Katrina has a beautiful nose unlike yours. Be careful boy!

10th December 2008

Hema Malini and Jeetendra To Judge Reality Show

Its raining reality shows and yet another show is Dancing Queen to be launched on the channel Colors. The promos show that they are going to choose who makes the best Item girl.

I was rather surprised to see Hema Malini and Jeetendra appointed as judges. Okay, Hema is a trained classical dancer but for dance of this type I expected to see Helen or Bindu on the judges seat. Wonder what Jeetendra is going to judge there.

He looks out of place there just like Chunkey Pandey who judged a reality show. Anyway, there are some interesting participants which include some infamous names from Tellywood and flop actresses of Bollywood starting from Barkha Bisht, Mink, Sambhavana Seth, Meghna Naidu, Anita Hassanandani, Shweta Menon, Sanober Kabir, Ishitta Arun, Bruna Abdullah and Deepshikha.

Lets see if cabarets, item performances and skin show can get them good TRPs. (Dont forget to notice Jeetendra’s jet black hair.)

10th December 2008

Makdee Girl Ready To Join Bollywood’s Glam Girls

We have no doubts about the acting skills Shweta Prasad of Iqbal and Makdee fame. The girl proved to be one of the finest child actors India has ever produced. Now she is 17 years old and looking forward to join Bollywood’s glam girls. She has already made her debut as a leading lady in a Telugu film which has become a runaway hit.

“I was looking for a break when director Srikanth Addala offered me a role. He watched Iqbal and was impressed. I was however apprehensive about the production house. The only person we recognise from Tollywood is Nagarjuna, so, my mom and I, googled to know more about Dil Raju. We found that he is a big producer in Tollywood and that’s when we went ahead,” says Shweta.

She is working on two more Telugu films and she has also been signed up for a Bollywood film too. Looks like this girl is surely gonna go places even as a leading lady.

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10th December 2008

Adnan Sami Gets Death Threats Post 26/11

Adnan Sami, a British-Pakistani singer and composer is facing the aftermaths of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. He has been receiving death threats from anonymous callers on Wednesday.

“The calls started coming immediately after that horrific Wednesday. The command was simple, ‘Leave Mumbai immediately or be killed’,” says a harrowed Adnan.

Adnan didn’t know who was making these calls. He had already received a lot of flak from fellow Indian musicians who dislike the coming of Pakistani singers in India (read: Aadesh Shrivastava and Abhijeet). When the calls repeated

“Adnan then decided that this time, the threat was more serious than before. For the first time, he became seriously worried for himself and his wife Sabah,” says his friend.

Apparently Adnan contacted Sonia Gandhi for help but with elections overhead, she probably didn’t want any controversies hampering Congress’ chances. So she did not provide him any security. Poor Adnan had to get in touch with a private agency for security.

His friend confirms, “He now moves around with four bodyguards and four armed men provided by an agency named 911. This security posse accompanies him everywhere. They stay in his house and go to concerts and other social occasions with him. Adnan is seriously scared for his life. He has told very close friends the name of the organisation that should be held responsible if something untoward were to happen to him.”

Well, if the threats are to be taken seriously, then Pakistani artistes in Bollywood should surely be careful.

SRK wants to make people smile

Shah Rukh Khan wants to return back smile to the faces of all Mumbaites by doing something that he is best at - Entertaining.

SRK says, “Maybe it’s not the best time, but I am leaving everything in Allah’s hands, I have been fortunate not to lose a loved one, but that doesn’t make me hurt less. We have realised the vulnerability of life. Terror is a reality and we need to realistically challenge it.”

SRK wants to make a difference in the lives of people, “As an actor my job is to make people smile, to offer them a few hours of solace from all these happenings,” says SRK.

SRK then adds, . “It’s sad that change had to emerge this way. But at least it has. Hopefully, this will be considered as a sacrifice for a better tomorrow. We have always seen that big changes are at the cost of lives laid down. It’s a very sad fact of life. I wish it didn’t happen like this. I wish innocent lives were not lost like this.”

“We need to be secure with our language. Every religion is a language, a communication with yourself and with God. If my religion is good that doesn’t mean I will make fun of a different religion. We must understand this. Terrorism has it’s own religion. It’s a language which only terrorists understand. They do not belong to any religion.”

“To change things around, we need to change ourselves. We should first become law abiding citizens. It should be mandatory for every party to include a security system in their agenda. Which must function independently. We cannot do away with the voting system. So let’s give one secular party of our choice the chance to rule. Let it rule for five years and be accountable to us. Then let’s see. Coalitions and alliances are half-baked ideas. They are always insecure that the majority will go away.”

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is all set to release on 12th December. Are you excited about RNBDJ.

10th December 2008

Katrina finds working with new directors risky

Katrina Kaif from start of her career has worked with established directors like David Dhawan, Anees Bazmee and Subhash Ghai amongst many others. However the beautiful actress doesn’t want to risk her hit career by working with new directors.

She says, “The first thing that I see before choosing a film is definitely the director. If a new person comes to me with a script and says ‘let’s go for it’, I should be really willing to take risks to agree but I guess that will also happen sometime. Working with new directors is risky.”

Katrina also stresses on the right man behind the camera, “If a director who can’t pull off a good script comes up to me with a fantastic script and I love it, it is still a meaningless and futile exercise to go ahead with the film. For me, who directs the film is of utmost importance,” says Katrina.

Well all new Bollywood directors who were keen to cast Katrina must be sobbing on reading this news.

10th December 2008

Ranbir Kapoor unveils his website

Ranbir Kapoor has teamed up with 58080 to unveil his website along with some exciting content for his fans on mobile. Not only Ranbir, Fashion actress Mugdha Godse and Sikander Kher have also launched their websites in collaboration with 58080. Their website features their profile, likes, current assignments and photo gallery.

Their official websites are:

www.myranbirkapoor.com

www.mymugdhagodse.com

www.mysikandarkher.com

Make sure you check them out.

10th December 2008

Femina five cover issue

Check out Femina’s 50th year exclusive five cover issue with Bollywood beauties, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif gracing the five individual covers which read “Fifty most beautiful women”.

CEO of Femina, Tarun Rai says, “We continue with the 50 year celebrations of Femina. We plan to build the ‘50 Most Beautiful Women’ as an annual property. Next year it will be much bigger and will include an event.”

The list of 50 most beautiful women were decided by the Femina readers from a list of 100 beauties.

So which cover looks the best?

10th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this hottie?

Yesterday’s answer: Esha Deol

10th December 2008

Bollywood says STOP Piracy - it helps terrorists

Bollywood has come together to inform the common man that the 50 rupees he spends on buying a pirated DVD actually helps terrorist buy arms and ammunition as major chunk of the profit from piracy goes into terror camps.

Here’s what Bollywood is saying about piracy:

Abhay Deol - “I did not know that earlier. I am sure the underworld will have many such sources. The root of the problem is our own prejudices and apathy as a culture. Whether it is the right wing Hindu parties or Muslim parties, innocent people get caught in the cross fire and new terrorists are born. The only way to fight the menace is to start making individual efforts by spreading awareness about such things and respecting the many communities that make this nation.”

Farah Khan - “People should be made to realize that piracy is not just killing an industry but it also has a larger perspective to it. When activities related to terrorism are funded through piracy, one can understand the gravity of the situation. Hence, there has to be a bigger call taken for this. After all it is not just about the industry losing crores. In the last 10 days, I have seen that we do talk a lot when things like these happen but I am also worried that are we doing something about it? Celebrities are coming together to file petition and that has motivated me also to do something, raise a voice, bring up an issue, debate! On one end entertainment is anyways costly, then there is so much of tax. In between you bring in piracy. In such a scenario, a film maker making money is a huge thing in itself. Think about it, if piracy is eradicated, how much enhancement we could see in the movie business!”

John Abraham - “It’s a shame if our people buy these DVDs”

Sajid Khan - “I know this for a fact that piracy is not less than terrorism. The only difference being terrorism kills directly and piracy kills indirectly. Piracy not just kills an industry but also kills entire families by creating losses and recession.”

Sonu Sood - “It should be stopped completely. Every pirated DVD helps them in buying a bullet which is used against our loved ones.”

So stop supporting Piracy as you are indirectly supporting Terrorism.

Deepika graces Elle

Check out Deepika Padukone wearing a hot Manish Arora number and sizzling on the cover of Elle’s December issue. You like the look?

9th December 2008

Muslim Celebrities wear black band this Eid

Bollywood Muslim Celebrities like Diz Mirza, Zayed Khan, Farhan Akhtar and many others are wearing a black band to show the terrorists that they cannont divide India in the name of religion.

Dia Mirza: “Of course I will wear a black band. It will give out a token signal against polarization in the nation. It is important for the Muslim community to speak up at this time and protest against acts of terror.

Irrfan Khan: “Yes I will wear the black band to send out the message that terrorists are the enemies of Islam. And they cannot divide Indians in the name of religion

Naseeruddin Shah: “The trouble with these symbolic gestures is you feel you’ve done your bit. We should hold on to this feeling of dissastisfaction and helplessness so that we are galvanized into action.

Muslims feel obliged to take up token gestures to distance themselves from the bastards behind the 26/11 horror. But why are Indian Muslims perpetually required to prove their patriotism?

Shabana Azmi: “I’ll most definitely wear the black band and urge all Indians to do so.”

Farhan Akhtar: “My request is that all Indians should wear a black band regardless od their religion and community to show terrorists and those who try and exploit this situation in the upcoming elections that their tactics to divide us will no longer work.

Adnan Sami: “Sorry I won’t wear the black band. These gestures are meaningless and cannot undo the ghastly tragedy that has fallen over our beloved city. Pardon me for saying this. But I think lighting of candles, etc is all humbug.

Where was the state security when our Mumbayites were being mowed down? We were calling the Black Cats from Delhi! Why don’t we have our own Black Cats in Mumbai?

After all it is the financial capital of India. What difference is a black band going to make? Will it resurrect the dead?

My heart bleeds for all those who died because of these barbaric brutal misguided fools who crept in from sea to drown us in shame and sorrow.

Amna Sharif: “First of all there’s nothing to celebrate. And yes I’d wear a black band on an auspicious day like Eid but not only as a Muslim, but an Indian. All of us should stand united against the brutal terrorists who are enemies of humanity and peace.”

Zayed Khan: “Our nation has been attacked by a bunch of cowards who in the name of religion call themselves martyrs of God. What a joke! What kind of people would attack defenceless humanbeings?

These people have hijacked our religion to put forward their own political agenda of dividing our people and country. We must pause to look at history where we’ll see how the same divide-and-rule policy was applied by other invaders.

I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with all my brothers and sisters from every religion against the evil and cowardly act.

I will wear the black band on Eid and urge every Muslim who loves India as much as I do to do the same. We must send out a clear and strong message to the perpetrators of this ghastly act that they can never ever win.

I don’t think the next time Terrorists will refrain from attacking out country ‘coz all celebrity Muslims have worn a black band, it will not make any difference to their plans of killing innocents. So are you wearing a black band today?

9th December 2008

Bipasha thanks Karan for making John hot

Bipasha Basu apparently forgot how hot and sexy her boyfriend John Abraham is and her thoughts rekindled when she saw a bare body Abraham in his current flick Dostana.

Bipasha says, “I actually ended up telling Karan Johar that I had forgotten how hot my boyfriend is. I thanked him (Karan) for reminding me.”

“Each and every muscle of his body was so sharp that it appeared effortless.”

“John is genetically gifted to have a body frame like that. Besides both of us have been models at some point in time and we are pretty comfortable with our bodies. He is doing well for himself in terms of looking good.”

Well looks like the couple keep their romance rekindled forever by impressing each other with their bodies - Bipasha for Dhoom2 and now John with Dostana.

9th December 2008

Kylie Minogue to sing for Bollywood

Famous popstar Kylie Minogue of the Slow fame, will be singing her first Bollywood song for a whooping $1million.

Music composer A R Rahman has approached the Australian singer for singing a song for his film Blue. Kylie has agreed to his offer and will record the song early next year. The movie bosses of Blue which also stars Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt have agreed to pay Minogue a whooping $ 1 million for the five minute song.

Rahman first approached Umbrella singer Rihanna for the song but when she turned down his request he approached Madonna and the song finally went to Kylie.

The song will be picturised on Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif.

9th December 2008

Sanjay Dutt speaks on terror

Munnabhai of Bollywood Sanjay Dutt is also giving his view about the recent terror attacks.

He says, “It’s my voice and your voice. It’s optimistic to see this great awakening amongst the youth. I hope and pray that this right emotion prevails till we bring about the change we have always dreamed of.
Yes, I am terribly angry at our government and the entire political infrastructure. Where’s the tax we pay going? It’s time they understand the gravity of the situation and act. At such times I miss my Dad.

He would have taken this up in a big way. He would have been very happy to see this new wave of change. We cannot continue to have such a facile approach towards terrorism, a phenomenon that’s assuming a global threat. The police and the security system needs to be equipped with modern arms and ammunition. We must lend our moral support to them. We have lost many brave hearts, and now we have to deal with people who seek our votes.

It is said adversities bring people closer. The attack has not only united us to fight against terrorism but also all kinds of evil. “

What do you think about his views folks?

9th December 2008

Asin in Aye Bachchu

Check out Asin rocking in Ghajini to the song Aye Bachchu. Don’t you think the background music of the song sounds similar to Yuva’s title song?

SRK bangaya Datuk

SRK received the Malaysian equivalent of British Knighthood in complete tradition Malaysian attire called Baju Melayu which he teamed up with Samping(sarong) and Songkok( traditional cap).

Do you like SRK in the Malaysian attire?

8th December 2008

Shobhaa De blasts SRK

Not very well known writer Shobha De has vent out her anger against A graders of Bollywood like SRK, Saif, Hrithik, Akshay and Salman as they chose to keep quiet on the Mumbai terror issue.

She writes in her Facebook article, “I read ‘Shah Rukh Khan’s on BBC Asia’ (reported in a local tabloid) with a great deal of disappointment. The report begins by quoting him stating, “I tried to keep away from commenting on all this…” He later goes on to say, “Youngsters need to understand Islam and respect the religion in the right way….” Yes, Shah Rukh! You are not telling your fans something they don’t know! Also, “……..no agenda should be attached to any kind of religion.'’ Thank you SRK, for stating the obvious. And for being so very politically correct…. non-committal ….during the most violent attack on Mumbai - the very city that has made you. I wanted to hear some words of comfort for those who died; some strong condemnation of those who committed this crime. This report made no mention of any such thing. And it was the only published comment from SRK to date.”

The writer who is known to write gibberish in a fiesty way says, “SRK is no ordinary Bollywood star. Others from his fraternity have spoken up boldly. Why such a wishy-washy response from The King\Badshah etc etc?? This is the time for people like him, Sachin Tendulkar and others who preen away as ‘National Icons’ at other times, to stand up and be counted. Look at RGV’s arrogant and offensive stance even today - boycott his lousy films and teach him a lesson. The Taj is not a potential movie set he needed to study for art direction! Most of the filmwallas owe something to someone sitting in Dubai.

“No wonder they have been so cautious and guarded in their response. Cowards! All they can think of are overseas’ box office returns (they make the most money in those markets). Dhanda has silenced their conscience. Amitabh(the same man who helped her sell her lousy novel by unveiling it.) sleeps with a gun under his pillow, and then says it is a symbolic act! Aamir weighs his words with care. Salman stays chhhup (just as well). Akshay, Hrithik, Saif…… lost your voices all of a sudden??”

Well you are doing the same Shobhaa madam, instead of gaining publicity by blasting others you can do something good by actually doing something instead of just writing and blaming. Just writing and speaking boldly about the attacks in papers and blogs is not inspiring and helping anybody, if you really wanna be bold step out from your lousy homes and work for the betterment of the country.

What do you think folks?

8th December 2008

Big B creates havoc with his gun

Big B and his Gun are in news for all the wrong reasons for so many days, this time the Gun has caused havoc for him not under the pillow but at the airport.

Amitabh was caught with the pistol which had a different number not matching the one on his license document. After he surrendered his pistol he was given a green signal to fly to Pune.

A security officer at the airport said, “The digits on the pistol were different from those on the license. Airline officials found the curvature of the pistol different from the one the digits indicated.”

Jet Airways too confirmed the news, saying, “There was a slight discrepancy in the license number. Mr Bachchan apologised for the error. He then took the flight without the pistol.”

Well let the gun rest under your pillow Big B, its causing way too damage to you!!

8th December 2008

Katrina Kaif: Sexiest Asian Woman

Weekly newspaper Eastern Eye has announced Bollywood actress the most sexiest Asian woman of 2009.

The judges came out with a list of top ten sexy actresses from Asia for the list.

The list is as follows:

1. Katrina Kaif
2. Bipasha Basu
3. Kareena Kapoor
4. Priyanka Chopra
5. Laila Rouass
6. Mallika Sherawat
7. Aishwarya Rai
8. Malaika Arora
9. Mehwish Hayat (pakistani actress)
10. Simran Kaur Mundi

Editor of Eastern Eye, Hemant Verma says, “Katrina Kaif’s natural beauty and easy charm has enabled her stock to rise in Bollywood. This has resulted in a number of lucrative offers, and appearances in films
that proved to be box-office hits across the world, such as Singh Is Kinng.”

Truly a deserving honor for Katrina Kaif. Who do you think does not deserve to be on the list?

8th December 2008

Kareena Kapoor on Mumbai terror attacks

Inspire by boyfriend Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor has also written a big letter expressing her feelings about the barbaric Mumbai Terror Attacks.

She writes,” 7000 miles away and very, very angry.

On Wednesday, 26th November, when the terrorists attacked Mumbai, I was getting ready to start my day 7000 miles away in Philadelphia. I got a call from my sister saying there are bomb blasts in Mumbai.

It was an eerie feeling. Seven years ago, we were in India following the news coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York.

Today, I was in the US, following the news coverage of the 26/11 attack on India’s financial capital. CNN was carrying live coverage of the attacks.

In the days that have followed the 26th of November, I have felt a surge of mixed emotions. Sadness at the loss of lives and property.

Admiration for our police, armed forces and firemen, who did their best and fought bravely despite the limited means at their disposal.

Disgust with the so-called political leaders who provide no leadership and ironically surround themselves with so many security guards while doing little or nothing for the security of the people who have voted them to power.

And anger at the cowards who kill in the name of religion, and anger at the cowards who support them without owning up.

I am writing this after seeing pictures of the citizens’ rally at the Gateway of India and I am filled with pride. It was wonderful to see so many of us speaking in one voice for our city, our country. I am writing this piece as this is the only way I can reach out to our people from so far away.

I want to applaud the media for being pro active… and for being the force that is trying to unite the nation. We must genuinely unite if real change is to come… there are too many divisions…political and religious in our minds. If we are to be secure and strong we need to fight terror together… without any negotiation.

Saif and I both would like to offer our deepest condolences to all the bereaved families…you are in our thoughts and will stay in our minds…I love my city very much…Mumbai is my home, our home… and is the city that has given us all so much. I pray that we can build a better tomorrow on the rubble of our today.

With all my love,

Kareena Kapoor”

Does the message inspire you in anyway?

8th December 2008

Dia Mirza sizzles on T3 magazine

Check out Dia Mirza sizzling on the cover of tech magazine T3. Do you like her look?

8th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actress?

Yesterday’s answer: Aamir Khan

8th December 2008

Shahid helps make-up man

Shahid Kapoor has always known for helping his friends in need. However this time Shahid helped his make-up man Srikant when he met with a fatal accident. His fingers got jammed in the door of the vanity van which resulted in a fractured finger bone.

Since the shoot was away from the city, Shahid immediately took Srikant to hospital as his pain worsened. Since the hospital was very far the shoot got delay.

A source reveals,“Shahid did not move till Srikant felt completely okay. He got back to the set only when Srikant was given first aid. It delayed the shoot for a few hours,”

“Shahid didn’t wait for other make up artist rather did his own make up and shot for the ad.”

Well surely a gem of a person he is, but why tell it to the world?

8th December 2008

Raaz: The Mystery Continues wallpaper

Check out the wallpaper of Raaz2 . Do you find it scary?

Best Debut actress of the year DonateUs Award

Today we have the category for the Best Debut actress award. The nominations for the Best Debut actress award 2008 are as follows.

1. Mughda Godse - Fashion
2. Adah Sharma - 1920
3. Prachi Desai - Rock On
4. Sonal Chauhan - Jannat
5. Shweta Kumar- Karzz
6. Asin - Ghajini
7. Anoushka Sharma - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Give vote to your favorite debut actor in the comments section. Give vote to Asin and Anoushka on prediction basis.

6th December 2008

Aamir Khan blames political parties for attacks

Aamir Khan has blamed the political parties for the barbaric terrorist attack on Mumbai.

In his blog, Aamir writes, “As I had expected, various politicians have tried to use this traumatic attack to their advantage. I only hope people see through them this time. Both the major political parties have failed to tackle terrorism. There have been repeated attacks on us during both their reigns that neither has been able to anticipate or deal with well. While what happened in Mumbai recently clearly exposes the incompetence of the Congress, the hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight 814 during the BJP rule shows them in an even worse light. They actually negotiated with and released dreaded terrorists from Indian jails. All the five hijackers and the three terrorists released from India by the government in power, then were allowed to escape to attack us another day. I think the first lesson to learn from this is that we MUST NOT NEGOTIATE. No matter what, the next time round around, and let’s not fool ourselves. We MUST NOT NEGOTIATE. All potential terrorists must get a very clear message that INDIA DOES NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. What that means is, that in the future if there is a situation where me or my kids are held hostage by a bunch of terrorists then I must be prepared to tell our government - to hell with me and my children, just go in there and kill the terrorists. I am prepared to sacrifice myself and my loved ones for the larger safety and security of the country but DON’T LISTEN TO AND NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.

The other important thing we need to remind ourselves in this time of anger and hurt is to stay calm and take sensible steps, and not give in to thoughtless knee-jerk reactions. I heard someone say on television that we should all stop paying our taxes as a show of protest. Haven’t heard of a sillier idea. If we stop paying our taxes, we won’t have an army and NSG to save us next time around!!! Instead, we should all START PAYING OUR TAXES. We demand so much of our leaders but are we fulfilling our basic responsibility? Can we say with honesty that as citizens of our country we all honestly pay our taxes? If we don’t our taxes can we blame the government for being inefficient?

What I would really like to see emerge from all this is the youth of this country starting a political party. A group that we can all support. Faith.”

This is the dialogue Aamir told in Rang De Basanti, ” Zindagi jeene ke do tareeke hote hain. Ek, jo ho raha hai hone do. Bardasht karte raho. Ya phir zimmedari uthao usse badalne ki’”

And I want to say to our celebrities, instead of venting your anger in papers and blogs, ZIMMEDARI UTHAO USSE BADALNE KI!!!

6th December 2008

Lisa Lazarus finds Mumbai safe

On one hand England cricket players are leaving the country as they have been left terrorized by Mumbai Terror Attacks, Miss UK Lisa Lazarus finds the city safe. She even toured the city with her boyfriend and was keen to attend the peace rally held at Gateway but couldn’t make it on time because of her shooting schedule.

Lisa says, “I feel very safe here. I don’t think I would feel safe in Pakistan. If I was asked to go there now, I wouldn’t. Here everyone’s been so overly protective. If something has to happen, it will happen, death is something you cannot run away from.” Incidentally, Lisa was to reach Mumbai on 26/11 but didn’t get her visa. Instead, she sat at home and watched with horror at the carnage unfolding live on television. “It was still Tuesday there. Taj was one place I thought of visiting.”

Meanwhile Lisa is gushing about her co-star Salman Khan, “I saw his pictures. He is so good looking but I also love Aamir Khan. I think these guys are the Brad Pitt of India.”

On comparision with Katrina, she says, “It’s a compliment. We can be friends. Katrina is also from UK, like me.”

Well this girl is surely talking sense.

6th December 2008

John’s very angry after Mumbai attacks

John Abraham was recently seen inaugurating food and wine show my magazine Upper Crust and represented the never-say-die Mumbai spirit who bounced back after the attacks.

However John is quite angry, “I’ve been born and brought up in Mumbai. I may be smiling and laughing now, but I’m so angry that I can beat up someone,” says John.

Although the media is being criticized by many for minute by minute coverage of the attacks which helped the terrorist and informed them about every external move, John is quite happy with them.

He says, “This is the first time I’m saying this — the media has done a fabulous job. You guys were very good.”

Do you guys think that media did the right thing by showing the minute-by-minute coverage of the attacks which ultimately helped the terrorists?

6th December 2008

Saif Ali Khan on Mumbai attacks

Taking a hint from little sister Soha Ali Khan, actor Saif Ali Khan has also penned his thoughts about the barbaric Mumbai attacks for a leading newspaper.

Saif writes, Mumbaikars are resilient! The spirit of Mumbai back on its feet… I am sick and tired of hearing about the spirit of the resilient Mumbaikar. What choice do we have? I really hope we don’t forget this.

The government has failed us again. Politicians are advertising for your votes while the bodies of the dead are not yet cremated. Mr Modi has offered a crore to Hemant Karkare’s widow. Everyone, as usual, is gaining his own mileage from a deplorable situation. The Taj in flames… 60 people shot dead at the CST. 9/11 was not so close to us. Terror has come home. Who will protect us from this happening again? Is getting shot in the coffee shop of a 5-star hotel or getting killed in an explosion another legitimate way to die? Like getting run over or dying of some disease? In our parents’ time, Beirut was called the Paris of the East — will Mumbai succumb to a similar fate?

I think there’s no voice of liberal Islam anywhere to be heard today, which is why I choose to express my anguish at what’s taking place around us today. We have either the fundamentalist forces or someone blowing up the place. As an Indian and a Muslim, I feel like expressing my condemnation and outright disgust at any party killing innocent people in the name of God, Allah or whatever we choose to call him. I am so worried that the whole religion will be judged and condemned. There are strong communal feelings running through all stratas of our society and I find it hard to defend the fact that there seems to be a Muslim hand behind every detonator. Indians must unite as Indians and not split under any circumstances on any line.

I too want revenge for what has happened. I know the whole city is baying for Pakistani blood. We want to bring back draconian laws like POTA. While I might agree with this I feel we should all remember that 500,000 Indians are in jail under this law without a trial. Is it humane to go in this direction without fully understanding the situation? We should get our facts right. Yes, if Pakistan is to blame then we should go to war against them. But till we know what the truth is, we should stop having these knee-jerk reactions like going to war or not paying taxes. If we don’t pay taxes, who will support our brave soldiers who battle such attacks and go to war?

I feel a little scared as a Muslim. I want to urge us to fight the right enemy. This is beyond religion. It’s not about India vs. Pakistan. I do feel that to fight Pakistan or to go to war is to play into the hands of the terrorists. This is what they want. We need to unite as a region against this common enemy. Pakistan is fighting the Al-Qaeda on the Afghanistan border. The US has pledged support.

The Marriott hotel was destroyed and Mrs Bhutto was killed — we have the same enemy.
I applaud Condoleezza Rice for flying to India and saying that non-state actors sometimes act in the confines of a state and there has to be strong action against them and it is still a matter of Islamabad’s responsibility and Pakistan has to act against them.

I would like to thank the NSG and the Mumbai police who handled the situation so well with so little on their side in terms of equipment and support.

Some of our government agencies like RAW have failed us yet again. Since 1970, there has been more politicising of these agencies leading to their inefficiency.

Let’s get it right this time and vote for the government that we believe in and then stand by them.

Let us unite on this issue as Indians.

Shooting cold wintry nights in Philadelphia, in the USA and already miserable with the weather and the hours — and making a film on terrorism of all things. Both Kareena and I were exposed to the news that has shaken the foundations of our city and destroyed our already shaky belief in our government’s ability to protect us. We feel so terribly sad and depressed for our city… Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Mumbai…

Saif Ali Khan Pataudi

Well what do you folks feel about Saif’s views?

6th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actor?

Yesterday’s answer: Genelia D’Souza

6th December 2008

SRK & Shimit Amin come again for YRF

The combo of SRK and Shimit Ami gave a super duper hit flick Chak De last year and now the deadly duo is teaming up again for YRF.

The next flick of Shimit Amin is reportedly a multi-starrer with actor like Shahid Kapoor, Akshay Khanna and Anil Kapoor doing some guest appearances. Shah rukh Khan will be seen playing a important role in the flick.

When Yash Raj was quizzed about the new movie, their spokesperson said, “We will announce Shimit’s film when we are ready to do so.”

So are you ready for another Chak De India kinda performance from SRK?

6th December 2008

Arjun Rampal is quite happy

Arjun Rampal is on a high these days inspite the debacle of his latest release EMI ‘coz he hit the jackpot this year with Rock On and then gave a hardcore performance in The Last Lear.

Arjun says, “I hope this is not the peak of my career and I go further ahead. I have taken a lot of time to learn. I am thankful to all the people to have given me the opportunity to work many times.”

Arjun thanks many people around him who have helped him climb the ladder of success, “I am also thankful to people like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Farah Khan who have understood me as an actor. I am indebted to my family and the many people who have supported me in this industry. I could not have done this alone.”

“It has been a fantastic year for me both personally and professionally. Professionally because I got to do a lot of good films this year and personally because my family was happy as my films worked and also see my children growing and my wife is also very happy. God has been very kind to me.”

Well we hope that God continues to shower his kindness on you Arjun

Best Debut actor of the year DonateUs Award

Today we have the category for the Best Debut actor award. The nominations for the Best Debut actor award 2008 are as follows.

1. Farhan Akhtar - Rock on
2. Imran Khan - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
3. Rajeev Khandelwal - Aamir
4. Anurag Sinha - Black & White
5. Purav Bhandare - Tahaan
6. Harman Baweja - Love Story 2050
7. Mikaal Zulfiqar - Shoot On Sight
8. Sikander Kher - Woodstock Villa

5th December 2008

Famous Bollywood Kisses

There was a time when kisses on screen seemed like a taboo. Today they are as popular as item numbers in movies, thanks to apni Mallika Sherawat who broke all the norms with her 17 kisses in the film Khwahish.

There have been smooches on screen time and again that hit the headlines and raised a few eyebrows. Through the course of history lets look at some of the most sensational smooches on screen.

Bobby(1973) - Way back in 1973, Bobby was declared a bold film. Raj Kapoor dared to experiment with everything from skimpy clothes to a quick smooch between Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia to rake gold at the box-office.

Dayavan (1988) - This Mani Ratnam film is much known only for its hot kissing scene between ’sweet and young’ Madhuri Dixit and ‘once-upon-a-time superstar’ (then in his mid-age) Vinod Khanna . The film was a remake of a Tamil film which didn’t do well at the Box-office.

Raja Hindustani (1996) - The Kissing scene between Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor drenched in rain came as a surprise to many watching the film in the Indian cinemas. Nonetheless, it was an amazingly shot kiss.

Fire (1996) - One of the most controversial films in the history of Indian cinema. A super hit overseas as it told the tale of lesbian love in the heart of middle class India. Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi share a controversial kissing scene in the film.

Khwahish (2003) - Govind Menon’s Khwahish is synonymous with Mallika Sherawat’s 17 kisses on screen. Record breaking I must say!

Hey Ram (2000) - Apart from a controversial subject matter, what added to the controversy was the scandalous love-making and kissing scenes between Rani Mukherjee and South superstar Kamal Hassan.

Kyun…Ho Gaya Na (2004) - Aishwarya Rai had always been an enigma for the media especially after she broke up with Salman Khan. She was said to be dating Vivek Oberoi during the time Kyun… Ho Gaya Na released. Although the kiss between Vivek and Ash evoked curiosity, the film was a major flop.

Boom (2003) - Boom did not do well on the box-office only that it made news for its kissing scenes. The lovemaking scene that made news and the censor board go chop-chop-chop was the one between Gulshan Grover and newcomer Katrina Kaif (in her debut role). Apparently Gulshan demanded 7-8 retakes of his kissing scene with Katrina. Katrina had no complaints because she didn’t have Salman as her boyfriend then

Black(2005) - A Kissing scene in the film between veteran Amitabh Bachchan and co-star Rani Mukherjee, playing teacher and student gathered a lot of smirks.

Dev (2004) - Kareena and Fardeen Khan shared a kiss on screen for the movie Dev and that became quite controversial because it didnt go down well with the Muslim community because they both played Muslims in the film.

Musafir (2004)- Musafir is amongst those umpteen Sanjay Dutt gangster films. The only reason why this one is fresh in people’s minds is because of some sensational (and sometimes unnecessary) love-making scenes between Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy.

Dhoom 2 (2006) - Nothing wrong with the kiss between Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan. But someone filed a case against the Yash Raj films because he found the kiss obscene. Also the kiss is said to have upset the Bachchans who are Aishwarya’s in-laws now. Hrithik Roshan was not invited to the Abhi-Ash Wedding despite being Abhishek’s childhood friend.

5th December 2008

Katrina feels lost without attention

Beautiful actress Katrina Kaif has become so prone to media’s attention and Indian paparazzi’s that she feels lost without them.

In an interview with the Vogue magazine, Katrina says, “Actors feel lost without all the attention. I am most comfortable in front of 300 people on a set. Otherwise, I am lost. It’s too much quiet, too much alone”

Well looks like the attention bug has bitten our beautiful Katrina too.

5th December 2008

Shahid Kapoor to Yahoo!

Shahid Kapoor is all set to portray his real life passion on screen - Dancing. The hunk will be seen as dancer in his next flick Yahoo.

Designer Shabina Khan reveals, “In Yahoo, Shahid is playing a rookie who wants to become a great dancer. The story moves around his struggle period and how he becomes a dancer.”

When quizzed about Shahid’s look in the movie, she reveals, “It is a boy next door look. Keeping in mind he is a dancer, I have designed his clothes. So he will be seen wearing casual T-Shirts and Jeans.”

Shahid will also be seen sporting a new tanned look for the movie and also has lost oodles of weight for the role.

Shahid reveals, “I had to lose a lot of my muscle mass as dancers have lean bodies. My work out schedule had to be changed and instead of weights, I am doing more of cardio.”

Yahoo will release in 2009.

5th December 2008

Priyanka to help Harman with

While Harman is in desperate need for a hit after a flop debut, girlfriend Priyanka Chopra is basking in the success of Fashion and Dostana. So the newbie has asked girlfriend Priyanka to help him out with his next flick Victory by doing a sizzling item dance for his flick.

Apparently due to recession and Harman’s debut disaster many buyers are shying away from buying the film and are demanding heavy cuts in price.

A source reveals, “Now one of the producers of the film, Manmohan Shetty, has urged the debutant director of the film, Ajit Pal, to put an item number in the film. This may just improve the prospects of the film on the ticket windows. Harman has requested girl friend Priyanka to do the number and she has agreed.”

Well I wonder if her presence will make it better? Remember Priyanka had a full-fledged role in LoveStory and still it flopped.

5th December 2008

Shahid Kapoor’s pup goes vegetarian

Shahid Kapoor is a strict vegetarian and a teetotaler, everybody is aware how he became a vegetarian when he was with ex-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor a vegetarian too, but not many know that the hot hunk has made his dog a vegetarian.

Shahid’s puppy has been denied meat and bones are not allowed for the poor puppy too.

A source reveals, “Shahid has put his doggie on a veg diet. The poor animal is not allowed to eat any sort of meat!”

Arey Shahid bhai!! Yeh to badi nainsafi hai!!!

5th December 2008

Kareena Kapoor: Cindrella to Desi Girl

Check out Kareena Kapoor’s Kurkure Desi Beats ad which shows Godmother Ila Arun transforming her from a Cindrella into a ghagra-choli clad Desi Girl. What do you think about the advertisement folks?

5th December 2008

Paichan Kaun?

Guess who is this actress?

Yesterday’s answer: Neha Dhupia

5th December 2008

Kangana sizzles up on Filmfare

Check out Kangana getting it hot and hotter on the December edition of Filmfare magazine. The actress bares out her soul in the interview. How do you like her look on the cover?

5th December 2008

Dil Mill Gaye Heartthrob Married?

There is a buzz in the tellywood that TV heartthrob Karan Singh Grover aka Dr. Armaan Mallik of the soap called Dill Mill Gaye has taken a few day sabbatical from shooting and has whipped of the Goa with his longtime love Shraddha Nigam (of the Krishna Arjun and Choodiyan Fame).

Karan who hit popularity charts after he got Dil Mill Gaye has been dating Shraddha Nigam for a long time now and the couple were expected to tie the knot anytime. This secret wedding might surely prove as a heartbreaker for girls who were great fans of him.

A source reveals,”Karan and Shraddha realize that at this time Karan’s career is more important and his wedding affect his popularity amongst female fans.”

Shraddha has also dismissed the rumors saying that she went to Goa to holiday with her ‘family’. Now would that mean with ‘Karan’?

5th December 2008

Jodhaa Akbar a favorite for BAFTA Awards

Ashutosh Gowariker’s magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar is a favorite at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards this year.Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar starring Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan has been nominated at the BAFTA for the Best Foreign Film Category.

According to sources the film has been well received by the critics and the BAFTA jury and has very good chances of winning the award if all goes well.

The BAFTA awards ceremony will be held at the Royal Opera House in London on 8th February.

We wish the team of Jodhaa Akbar all the best!

5th December 2008

SRK Mighty Impressed With Aamir’s Ghajini Look!

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini look (i should say looks) are raved all over the world and look who is mighty impressed with Aamir’s new looks - apna King Khan.

But Aamir Khan is not likely to get credit for all that from SRK. Shahrukh Khan is really impressed with director Murugadoss’s work on the promos of the film and Aamir’s looks. And the buzz is that he has zeroed in on Murugadoss to direct his next film.

A source reports,”Cinematographer Ravi K Chandran who has filmed the actor’s projects ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, ‘My Name is Khan’ as well commercials is said to have recommended Murugadoss. In fact some officials from King Khan’s Red Chillies met him recently to discuss some scripts.”

Looks like Shahrukh Khan is also going the Perfectionist way!

5th December 2008

Abhishek Proud To Be A Gay Icon

Now that Dostana is has had phenomenal success at the box office worldwide, Abhishek Bachchan has no qualms in declaring that its a matter of pride for him that he is regarded as a Gay Icon by homosexuals.

He says, “I’m very happy with that. Why should I be surprised or shocked? I think homosexuals are as human as anyone else. It’s a matter of great pride if I’m their icon,” said Abhishek. Abhishek proudly declared his pairing with John as the Jodi of the Moment saying, “Other screen couples can go eat their hearts out.”

There were rumors that the Bachchan family didnt take Abhishek’s homosexual act very well. But Abhi clarifies,

“Why should he take offence? Not at all! The film is not about homosexuality. Dostana isn’t Brokeback Mountain. It was just a comedy. My whole family has thoroughly enjoyed it. Who doesn’t enjoy a good laugh? It’s a normal fun film. Aishwarya is very happy it’s a big hit…my second big hit of the year after Sarkar Raj.”

Ehem Ehem… Was Sarkar Raj a hit Mr.Bachchan?

4th December 2008

Best offbeat movie the year DonateUs Award

Today we have the category for the Best Offbeat Movie award. The nominations for the Best Offbeat Movie award 2008 are as follows.

1. Aamir
2. A Wednesday
3. Rock On
4. Halla Bol
5. Mumbai Meri Jaan
6. Shoot at Sight
7. The Last Lear
8. Shaurya
9. Black and White
10. Mithya

4th December 2008

Priyanka Chopra’s 12 avatars

Priyanka Chopra has hit the bull’s eye with Dostana and Fashion and now the Desi Girl is maha excited about her upcoming Ashuthosh Gowarikar’s movie ‘What’s your Rashi’ with Harman Baweja.

The reason behind the excitement is that, Priyanka will be seen enacting 12 unique characters that are based on 12 rashis- zodiac signs.

Priyanka reveals, “It’s a romantic comedy and my character is something nobody’s ever played in Indian cinema, no female heroine for sure.”

Well the news does sound interesting, I hope the movie turns out interesting too.