Ranbir kapoor follows bad boy ''Salman Khan''

Inspite of all the flak 'Saawariya' has received, Ranbir Kapoor has become a darling with girls. Will this help him find strong footing in Bollywood? When we quizzed Bollywood's leading publicist Dale Bhagwagar about this, he had an interesting take on the situation.

"Ranbir is already on strong footing. Though he has made some mistakes and needs to immediately look into them. He's been grudging the fourth estate for being too critical of him. He should stop doing that," said the PR specialist.

He analyzed, "It is not Ranbir's fault that he was recklessly over-hyped. Expectations had zoomed putting extraordinary pressure on the debutant to deliver brilliantly. Ranbir has done a relatively good job in the film. He has also shown that he has the potential to become a big star."

"Instead of attacking the media (which will not serve any purpose), he should direct his energies towards expressing gratitude for the vast appreciation the masses have showered upon him.

His media strategies need solid revamp. Cause, right now, by messing with the media, he seems to be going the Salman Khan way."

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‘Singh is Kinng’ in controversies

The hottest dude of Bollywood Akshay Kumar’s Sikh forthcoming movie ‘Singh is Kinng’ has been in controversies from the time the first promotional still of the film was released.

It is being said that his clean-shaven face with a trendy turban is a mere mockery of the Sikh culture.A photo of Akshay on the net is also greatly objected by Punjabi community in Australia.

However, director Vipul Shah tells the photo does not depict Akki’s real look in the film. It was taken without permission. Vipul Shah defends himself by saying that Akshay is himself a Punjabi and is working in close coordination with stylist Shabina Khan for his look in the film. Apart from this, a local Sikh is always on the sets to guide Akshay about how to wear a turban.

Vipul Shah is shooting almost half of the movie in Australia. And the second half will be shot in Punjab, Mumbai and Egypt.

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Hrithik to act with Penelope Cruz

The latest rumour says that the cool dude of Bollywood Hrithik Roshan is making his Hollywood debut with none other than the Hollywood hottie Penelope Cruz.

The film will be extensively shot in Hollywood. Penelope’s agent, who had asked for Hrithik’s profile, was absolutely stunned by his international look and recommended him to the Spanish actress

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Aamir Khan declined the offer from Madam Tussauds in London

Bollywood’s the perfectionist and choosy hero Aamir Khan declined the offer from Madam Tussauds, saying “It’s not important to me. I have been approached but I am not interested. People will see my films if they want to. Also, I can’t deal with so many things; I have bandwidth only for that much. So things that don’t interest me, I just let them pass. Each one has their own priorities on what interests them.”

Mr. Khan was approached earlier in the year by Madam Tussauds in London to be the fourth Bollywood figure to be waxed on the famed celebrity museum of London.

Rumours are also on with Salman Khan who unlike Aamir Khan has agreed to comply to be put into the wax museum. Earlier, there was a widespread speculation that Tamil superstar Rajnikanth would be the entry into Tussauds this year however unfortunately that did not became a reality.

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Hrithik Roshan SignsLead RoleWith Eros

Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector and Carving Dreams Motion Pictures, a division of Carving Dreams Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., the country's leading talent agency have signed Bollywood Superstar Hrithik Roshan as the main lead for their debut co-production venture.

Kishore Lulla, Chairman & CEO, Eros International further added, "We are happy to be working with Carving Dreams, one of the best outfits in the business of celebrity and entertainment marketing. I am delighted that Hrithik Roshan will be playing the lead role. That has elevated out first project together to an entirely different level. We are looking forward to a wonderful relationship & many more such ventures and specifically giving this particular film a great global distribution and marketing platform pulling our entire group's resources together."

Announcing the deal, Bunty Bahl, Director, Carving Dreams Motion Pictures said, "We are very pleased to be collaborating with Eros International, who are clearly the market leaders in film production and global distribution today. Having worked closely with Hrithik Roshan as his business mangers for over two years now, we hope to be sensitive to his creative needs and expect him to be involved in our film beyond the boundaries of an actor. As we foray into film production, Hrithik was the most natural choice for us to fortify our relationship further. The Hrithik-Carving Dream-Eros combo is sure to create waves."

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Nude pictures controversy hits Kangna

The news is spreading like wildfire that bold actress Kangna Ranaut appeared nude for the cover of a film magazine. However, the actress is unperturbed by the news because she knows what she is doing.

She said that there is nothing wrong with the pictures because she has body suits with no vital organs seen. She added that she hasn't posted nude. In spite of the all the furore the rumour has created, she is not disappointed because she knows that this is part of her profession.

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Hansika Motwani revealing her hot body for the 1st time

Here is an exclusvie pic of Hansika Motwani where she her tummy and hips by wearing a low waist jeans. And if u notice carefully, she has folded the belt portion of her jeans for the maximum exposure of her booty. Great work Hansika, gud to see u exposing.

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Cast of RACE Walk the Ramp At Provogue -Winter 2007 Launch

Bollywood Stars [from left] Akshaye Khanna, Sameera Reddy, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Saif Ali Khan walk on the ramp at the Provogue Autumn-Winter 2007 Launch

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Anusha Dandekar Extremely Hot Pic from Miss Bollywood

Shilpa shetty has been hogging much of the limelight for Miss Bollywood, Anusha Dandekar has been grossly neglected by everyone. She hasnt really done many movies , although she was noticed in the mumbai matinee item number "loot gaye" and her groovy moves seem to have landed her a role in Miss Bollywood.

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Madhuri Dixit at grand finale of amul voice of India

The grand finale of the much-awaited musical reality show was held at Andheri Sports Complex. Ishmeet, who hails from Ludhiana, beat Harshit Saxena from Lucknow in the closely contested final. The event, hosted by singer Shaan, had quite a few hi-profile guests including actress Madhuri Dixit and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. The dancing queen of Bollywood entertained the audience and participants alike by singing a couple of lines of a song from her forthcoming film ‘Aaja Nachle'.

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Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao together again

Vivah has made a helluva difference to its lead player Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao. If individually they are now in a position to pick and choose, as a team they’re even more in demand.

Not only did they deliver a hit in their first film Ishq Vishq, they also proved themselves an unexpected bonanza in Vivah. And if director Sooraj Barjatya had his way he would probably have them back together in his next film.

In fact Sooraj confesses he never felt the absence of his favourite hero Salman Khan once Shahid faced the camera.

As for Amrita, the minute he saw her in Ishq Vishq, Sooraj decided no other heroine could play his simple yet elegant and utterly Indian small-town heroine in Vivah.

Kareena who had set her heart on being in Bajatyas’ next after Main Prem Ki Diwani Hai specially when she got to know Shahid was in the film had to be gently told she didn’t suit the role.

Naturally post-Vivah a cluster of filmmakers are keen to sign the Shahid-Amrita pair together, one of them being David Dhawan whose new film for UTV is his first non-comic outing since Swarg and Andhiyaan at the beginning of his brimming career.

After initial consultation, however, Shahid and Dhawan stayed away from each other. A probable reason? The couple would like to remain special and exclusive for Sooraj Barjatya who might want to cast them together again.

Shahid is therefore out, Sidharth the choosy Rang De Basanti Telugu actor has taken over the onus of hero-giri in Dhawan’s film.

Confirming her presence in David Dhawan’s film Amrita says, “It’s not a typical David Dhawan film at all. From what I could make out of the script it’s far removed from the image that he has.”

As for Siddharth, Amrita says she hasn’t met him as yet. “But I’m sure we’ll make an interesting and convincing pair.”

Not too many leading men would seem to suit the petite and painfully tender –looking Amrita. In fact in her next release My Name Is Anthony Gonzalves Amrita is teamed with a newcomer Nikhil Diwedi.

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Mallika Sherawat love tales with a top Business man

Ever wondered why Bollywood’s hottest belle has seldom been linked with men!

Gossipmongers have been kind to Mallika Sherawat . Except Rahul Bose perhaps, she hasn’t yet been linked with any of her co-stars. It is incredible how the sensuous belle has avoided getting romantically involved with men. But that, it now seems, is not exactly the case.

According to a report in the latest edition of Stardust, there is a mystery man in Mallika’s life.

Without revealing the man’s name, the magazine says he is “an owner of a leading GSM company in India”. Mallika reportedly met him at a party in Delhi and there was an instant chemistry between the two. Their relationship apparently developed over a course of time.

The article also says that Mallika’s secret beau has bought a bungalow for her.

There are other reports that say the couple has also been to a vacation in Europe.

Mallika, who is presently working in Pritish Nandy Communications project Ugly And Pagli , is remaining tightlipped about the rumours. She apparently wants to keep the fling secret because her beau is a married man.

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Hollywood calls-Hrithik Roshan and Rani Mukherjee

With both OSO and Saawariya outscoring the Robert Redford-Tom Cruise political thriller, ‘Lions for Lambs’, at the international box-office, our desi actors have surely made a mark on the international scene.

To add to that, the latest rumour says that Hrithik Roshan is making his Hollywood debut with none other than Penélope Cruz. The film will be extensively shot in Hollywood.

Penélope’s agent, who had asked for Hrithik’s profile, was bowled over by his international look and recommended him to the Spanish actress.

On the female front, after Ash, it is Rani Mukherjee now who has been offered a role in Hollywood. However, the lady says she wants to do interesting roles and the country she works hardly matters. Rani says that she is not willing to go west just for the sake of acting in a Hollywood movie.

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Family drama on the sets of ‘Singh is Kinng’

Produce Vipul Shah has come up with a novel idea to keep the cast of his film ‘Singh is Kinng’ happy. All his cast members have taken their families along for the two-month-long schedule at Goa Coast in Australia.

Katrina Kaif is staying along with her family, her mom and sisters, in the apartments at Q1, world’s tallest residential tower. Vipul Shah and Akshay Kumar are also there with their families, following which there is a considerable kids group on the sets. The ‘bachcha party’ includes Akshay’s six-year-old son Aarav, Vipul’s sons six-year-old Aryaman and five-year-old Maurya and kids of the line producers.

Talking about it Vipul says, “It becomes extremely difficult to stay away from your family for over two months. We have a start-to-finish schedule at Gold Coast, and that’s when I asked everyone to bring their families along.”

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SRK and Sushmita Sen-The best is yet to come

The chemistry of Sushmita Sen and SRK was breathtaking in ‘Main Hoon Na’. Now, they will share the screen space again in Mudassar Aziz’s debut film ‘Dulha Mil Gaya’. However, Shahrukh only makes a guest appearance in the film opposite Sushmita. The shooting will start in Trinidad and Tobago in March 2007 and Sush is very excited about it.
“I’m looking forward to visiting Trinidad. It was one of the first countries I visited as Miss Universe. I was so touched when Viveck Vaswani (producer) told me people still have my picture in their homes in Trinidad.
Filming there would be fun. And yes, Shah Rukh and I were really good in Main Hoon Na. Dulha Mil Gaya would probably be an encore,” says the charming lady.

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John Abraham - The fitness guy

You would think he doesn’t need to go on a fitness drive anymore, bulging as he is with biceps and triceps. But John Abraham can’t have enough of fitness- and can’t seem to stop sending out those public awareness messages that gladden the health lobby. The brawny Bollywood hero, after playing the role of a nicotine- craving chain smoker speeding down the highway of doom in Anurag Kashyap’s ‘No Smoking’, has now signed up as the face of the Mumbai Marathon 2008, scheduled to be held in January. And he is not stopping at that- the easy rider has also got himself chosen as the brand ambassador for the English Premiere League, and is reportedly thrilled to be associated with a game he has played since childhood. And all this when memories of a leaf-clad John endorsing vegetarianism are still fresh in most minds. Way to go, John!

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Celina Jaitley on a world tour

The Jaitley girl has been traveling quite a lot these days. In fact, of late, she has been living life literally out of her suitcase. First she was in Egypt as their brand ambassador, then off to LA shooting for her Hollywood project, came to Mumbai for two days and then went to London. From there she flew down to Dubai, back to Mumbai and finally to Mauritius shooting for her film ‘Money Hai to Honey Hai’. Phew! Must say the girl is quite busy these days.

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David Dhawan sign's Amrita Rao in his next upcoming Film

Amrita Rao’s next on the box-office will be ‘My Name is Anthony Gonzalves’ opposite the newcomer Nikhil Diwedi.
Now, she has signed up David Dhawan’s new film for UTV which will be his first non-comic outing since ‘Swarg’ and ‘Andhiyaan’ at the beginning of his brimming career.
Though David initially wanted Shahid Kapoor as his male lead, eventually, Sidharth the choosy Rang De Basanti Telugu actor has taken over the onus of hero-giri in Dhawan’s film.
Confirming her presence in David Dhawan’s film Amrita says, “It’s not a typical David Dhawan film at all. From what I could make out of the script it’s far removed from the image that he has.”
As for Siddharth, Amrita says she hasn’t met him as yet. “But I’m sure we’ll make an interesting and convincing pair,” says the gal.

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Madhuri Dixit invites to dance with her

Madhuri Dixit’s dancing skills have not faded a bit with passing years, as is undoubtedly proved by the promos of her forthcoming flick ‘Aaja Nachle’ releasing on 30th November.
Now, Mads will make her fans dance along again with her dance number ‘Dance With Me’. This English track has been written by Asif Ali Beg who in the past has written for films like ‘NEAL N NIKKI’, ‘DHOOM 2’ and ‘VICTORIA NO. 203’, among others. The song crooned by Sonia Saigal will show Madhuri’s grip in western dance too.
Meanwhile, if sources are to be believed this dance diva is unhappy with the way her comeback film is being promoted. Madhuri Dixit feels that the promos and the storyline of the film were leaked too early thus choking the interest and curiosity of the audiences. Anyway, she is keeping her fingers crossed to see the fate of her ambitious project.

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Priyanka chopra get train for the Sikh Martial Art

Actress Priyanka chopra playing a role of bodyguard to Abhishek bachan in a film Drona.
She is learning a Sikh Martial Arts in Punjab for the movie. she adds “i had to get train for the Sikh Martial Art for using kirpans and chakkars”. she said it was difficult to play the art and it need lot of flexibility. At last she said I’m glad to play the role of Bodyguard.

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Shahid and Kareena Kapoor in a big problem

An application has been filed against actor Shahid Kapoor and actress Kareena Kapoor besides the director and the producer of film ‘Jab We Met’ before local Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court for showing Ratlam as a hub for prostitution.
Advocate Yogesh Sharma’s counsel Santosh Tripathi had filed an application against Shahid, Kareena, film director Imtiaz Ali and producer Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Pvt Ltd under sections 500, 501, 502 and 505 of the IPC.
The application stated that a criminal act has been committed by defaming Ratlam in the film. He demanded strict punishment for culprits.
The CJM recorded statement of Mr Sharma and witness Naman Rathore. The court fixed November 22 for recording rest primary evidence.

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kareena kapoor opposites Akshay kumar in Nadiadwala's Kambakth Ishq

Kareena Kapoor has been paired opposite box-office king Akshay Kumar in Sajid Nadiadwala's next Kambakth Ishq. The film will be directed by Sabir Khan.
It is the first film Kapoor has signed post the highly appreciated and successful film Jab We Met. Says Kareena, "This is the first film I have signed post Jab We Met. It's a very unusual love story and I loved the script, and besides I always wanted to act in Sajid Nadiadwala's banner. Besides I am also looking forward to work with Akshay again after YashRaj's Tashan. This will be our fifth film together and we share an excellent chemistry on screen."
The shooting of Kambakth Ishq is slated to begin from January 2008 with nine actors from Hollywood and shot in exotic locales of Los Angeles.

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salman and aishwary thanks to London's wax museum

Thanks to London’s famous wax museum, Madame Tussaud,Aishwary Bachcha and former flame Salman Khan will get to be together.
Well, we’re talking about their wax statues at the museum. Salman’s statue at the museum will be unveiled in January 2008. Aishwarya already has a statue dedicated to her at the museum. Our source says, “This will immortalise them together.”
And the reasons for placing the statues together are purely business oriented. “After SRK’s wax figure in Madame Tussauds was unveiled, business quadrupled. If Salman and her statues are paired together, business will further multiply,” the source adds. When contacted, Salman Ahmed (Group Managing Director of Bobby Khan Holdings who now have the rights to open Madame Tussauds in Mumbai) says, “There has never been any branding here but recently, we have been inundated by offers from corporates in India. A new zone called the Bollywood Zone is being created,” he added.
When questioned about whether Salman’s statue was being placed beside Aishwarya, he said, “There is a good possibility for everything, depending on the demand and of course, Madame Tussauds authorities.”

Tags: aishwary, Bollywood, Gossip, Salman khan, Madame Tussaud, London

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Deepika having affair with Yuvraj

So much has been written about the possible romance between Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Om Shanti Om heroine Deepika Padukone. But the grapevine is abuzz with the news that Deepika is seeing Dhoni's deputy Yuvraj Singh. If Dhoni had invited Deepika to the recent T20 match between India and Australia, Deepika had flown all the way to Jaipur to watch Yuvi play against Pakistan. Sources said that they are going strong and that Deepika flew to the pink city in Gautam Singhania's private jet...

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Salman khan is upset with Katrina

Are Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif on the brink of a split. If insiders are to be believed all is not well between Bollywood's hottest hunk and the glam gal. The couple are indulging in regular fights and the trouble in their relationship is become very obvious. Salman had recently popped his wish to marry Kat but she asked him to wait as her career on an upward move. Salman is not happy with her signing movies with his enemies. Salman in the initial years had shaped her career by recommending her name to producers. But Katrina now seems to be...

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sallu and katrina's new Love Tale

Hello is a tale about the events that happen one night at a call center. Told through the views of the protagonist, Shyam, it is a story of almost lost love, thwarted ambitions, absence of family affection, pressures of a patriarchal set up, and the work environment of a globalized office.
Shyam is losing his girl friend because his career is going nowhere as he trudges his way around in a call center. His girl friend, Priyanka, is also an agent like him at the call canter who is about to be snatched by an NRI techno geek.
There is also the aspiring model, Esha, who is hopping for the break that seems to be always already eluding her and the man about town, Vroom, who is into well, things. The housewife, Radhika, who is constantly at the receiving end of her mother-in-law and a beleaguered grandfather, Military Uncle, who has been barred from interacting with his grandchild make up the rest of the call agents who see their worlds crumbling around them as the decisions of right sizing are conveyed by Bakshi, the boss.
It is a night when dreams will finally crumble. Or will it? For there is that call from God. Narrated as a tale within a tale as a beautiful woman meets the auteur narrator and promises him a story on the condition that he has to narrate it further, Hello, based on Chetan Bhaqat's one night @ the call Center, is the one remarkable story from Tales from a Thousand and One globalizing, urban, Indian Nights.

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srk as karna in Mahabaharata

Shahrukh best befits the role of Karna the unsung but the strongest heroic character in Mahabharata! Akshay Kumar best fits as Arjun for his dynamic personality and shrewd masculine looks, a typical Aryan.
Aamir best befits as Krishna for his mischievous smile and charm. Sunny perfect for BHEEMA or else who can shout and kill elephants? Amitabh as the best personality of Mahabharata as Bheesma. The unconquerable and just among all. Sanjay Dutt as the just and noblest, as Yudhistira.
Shahid Kapoor as small well built charming boy of Arjuna as Abhimanyu. I think he will make history for himself. Exchanging or compromising any role is not worth 500crore.
SRK is the best option for an unsung Hero like Karna and only Karna.It will make SRK immortal. As Karna was a personality who was cremated by GOD Krishna himself.
And no other personality had ever the chance of being honored by the Lord Himself.
Arjun befits Akshay Kumar only b’coz there is only one dynamic man like Aryans today in cinema and he is surely our Jat Akki. Krishna again is a name for mischief, charmer and friend whose persona matches exactly like Aamir. Bheesma has no choice but Amitabh.

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love story 2050

Priyanka Chopra is the Next Big Thing and her is kitty is full of big banners. While Krrish is her biggest film till now, she has another Sci-Fi movie on the horizon called Love Story 2050. The movie has Harmaan Baweja in the lead who in turn is the son of director and producer Harry Baweja and according to the grapevine, Chopra’s love interest in real life.

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Kareena at Femina Womenz Carnival

Women’s magazine Femina has organised a shopping extravaganza and fair, till 17 November at the World Trade Center in Mumbai from 10 am to 7 pm. From fashion shows by well-known brands to beauty advice, this Femina Carnival will offer a whole host of engaging activities especially for women where they can meet many Indian and international experts. To add to the glitz and glamour, there will be exclusive beauty and fashion tips by well known names in the fashion and glamour industry. Kareena Kapoor is also there and looking so gorgeous and sexy in that dress

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Abhijeet Sawant want's to be an actor

India’s first Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant is now going to sizzle on the bigscreen as an actor.
Abhijeet will make his acting debutin 3S Creations’ new venture titled ‘Lottery’.
The film is touted to be a romantic thriller, which will be directed by famous television director Hemant Prabhu. Looks like another singer is taking the Himesh Reshammiya path..Sawant Ka Surroor.

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Vidya Balan loves to be called demure Indian

Vidya Balan, who was recently seen in a glamorous role in “Heyy Babyy”, is happy being called a demure Indian girl.
“That’s my USP and why should I shy away from it? Even if I tried to be a floozy, I’d be a disaster. Even when I played a radio-jockey in Raj Kumar Hirani’s film, I wore kurtas, skirts and other desi accessories. I’m not like a hip radio-jockey from Australia,” Vidya told IANS.
“I’d have been happy to be born 40 years ago and live my life in a sari,” she added.
Amitabh Bachchan once said you can’t take your eyes off Vidya when she is on screen.
“It’s humbling. Even if he had just noticed me I’d have been complimented beyond description. But to have him say such wonderful things about me is unbelievable,” said Vidya, who worked with Amitabh in “Eklavya”.
“Amitji and I didn’t have too many scenes together in ‘Eklavya’. In fact, we had just three scenes. But we watched the edit together. When he came in, he said, ‘Namaste’. Then he held my hand and said I was exceptional. I started giggling. He said, ‘All of us are in love with you.’ I didn’t know what to say,” she said.
The raised expectation doesn’t bother Vidya.
“I feel extremely blessed. Amitji appreciating me is such a compliment. It makes my parents so proud. I’ve learnt how important it is to be generous to the people around you. I saw the same kind of humility and generosity in Sanjay Dutt during ‘Parineeta’, ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ and ‘Eklavya’.”
Vidya is proud of being a Vidhu Vinod Chopra camp actor.
“It’s better to be called a part of a camp than to be associated with bad films. Chopra didn’t completely believe in me before ‘Parineeta’. He signed me for three films after that. I’m proud of that,” she said.
She shot down her reputation of being arrogant.
“I don’t think I’m arrogant. But I do take a long time to open up. Raima Sen and I are close friends. But there are certain things we don’t discuss. I’m cordial with everyone on the sets. But I’m not going to be friendly with someone after a few hours just to keep up a conversation,” Vidya said.
She opened up about her controversial relationship with Pradeep Sarkar who made his second film with Rani Mukerji and Konkona Sen Sharma.
“People have been speculating about the relationship that we share. But we’re teacher and pupil. Earlier, I used to get very agitated when people insinuated things. It doesn’t matter what people think as long as you’re clear in your heart. I know what relationship I share with him. I don’t need to furnish explanations to anyone. But it disappoints me that people can see men and women only in a particular way.
“I don’t have time to listen to people talk rubbish about my life. I’d rather read a book, see a film or be with friends. I have some close friends from school and college. In the film industry I only have Raima as a friend. Neither of us is insecure about the other,” Vidya said.

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Eros to sets up first action studio in India

India’s first action studio will be set up by integrated media and entertainment company, Eros International, to match up with the international quality of action movies. The action studio will encompass all the facilities meeting to the requirements which can bring Bollywood action thrillers at par with that of Hollywood.

Eros, to match up with the Hollywood flicks like Mission Impossible, Fast and the Furious, Charlie’s Angles and many more will collaborate with the well-known international person to start the studio. With action studio becoming a division of Eros itself, the company unlikely to form a separate fully-owned subsidiary will employ the stunt men and train them at an international level.
Eros also, boasts of a subsidiary called ‘Eyeqube Studios Private Limited’ as one of its achievements so far in visual effects industry, in an alliance with leading visual effects artist Charles Darby, who holds a minority stake. To which Jyoti Deshpande, COO and commercial director, Eros International said what has been done till now is a beginning. Initiatives taken in future in the area of action will finally make the dream of capturing their imagination in frame true.
Eros claims to make 3 to 4 action based films under its production banner and will also let other filmmakers avail this opportunity on lease. The studio is expected to be functioning by 2008.

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Is Aishwarya Pregnant

The bachchan family has been interesting adding a list of holy shrines. This time, it was the amin peer dargah in andra pradesh's Cuddapah district. The family was accompanied by family friend and samajwadi party's leader Amar Singh.Rumors have it that daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant and the trip was to seek blessings for the mother and the child. The shrine is dedicated to sufi saint meer amin.

Tags: Aishwarya, Bollywood, Gossip, babes, Pregnant, Abhishek bachan

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Sonam Kapoor finalized for ‘Delhi 6′

Om Shanti Om may have overshadowed Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’, but there is no denying to the fact that the movie has done fairly well at the box-office and both Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor have been well received by the audiences.
Now, Sonam Kapoor has apparently bagged the role of the female lead in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti fame)’s semi-autobiographical film ‘Delhi 6’. Mehra took almost an year to finalize his male lead and finally zeroed in on Abhishek Bachchan.
Mehra called in Sonam and her dad, Anil Kapoor for a script hearing session where both oso them liked the script and gave a positive nod for the film. However, Sonam is yet to sign the dotted line.
No doubt, the tinsel town’s newbie is beaming!!

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‘Miss Bollywood’ in trouble

Shilpa Shetty’s musical ‘Miss Bollywood’ has fallen down with a thud. After failing to receive any financial backing from London’s West End, Shilpa was forced to open her musical in Germany. The premiere received a bad response and the show has been facing harsh critical reviews, costume malfunctions and poor ticket sales.
And now lead star Shilpa is down with some mystery illness, consequently failing to show-up at Friday’s performance.
Tour organizer Farhath Hussain says, “Shilpa has been ill all week and it on a course of antibiotics. She needs to take a rest.”

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Ranbir to change cell number

Ranbir Kapoor is flying high with the rave reviews he has got for his debut performance in Saawariya. So inundated has the actor been with calls and messages that he has had to change his phone number.A close family member of Ranbir said, "The volume of calls and messages since the promotional clippings went on TV to the time of the film's release has gone up so much that poor Ranbir had no choice but to change his number.
"I really didn't want to do that," confessed Ranbir, "I love all the attention. I like being complimented for my performance. I feel I'm not getting enough."
And that is not all. Within 12 hours of the premiere of Saawariya, four major filmmakers offered him the lead role in their next film.
He starts shooting for Yashraj Films' next project, to be directed by Siddharth Anand, from Nov 24."But what I am really crossing my fingers for is another film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He just has to say when and I am on. He has taught me everything I know about acting," said the grateful protégé.Apparently Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful inspired Ranbir's character of the street-smart do-gooder who would do anything to win over the sullen, searching girl.
"Sanjay sir saw me like a human version of a poodle, out to please the one I love at any cost. I sing, dance, juggle, jiggle, waltz, tap-dance, jump puddles, climb up pipes...any and everything for Sonam's character, just like Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful.
"She, on the other hand, remains blissfully unimpressed most of the time. And the more withdrawn she becomes, the harder I try to please her," said Ranbir.
His co-star Sonam Kapoor isn't lagging behind either. Her classic looks are being compared with Waheeda Rehman and Rekha.
Said Priyanka Chopra: "I've known Sonam for a long time. She's a friend. And I like her father (Anil Kapoor) from the time we worked in Salaam-e-Ishq. She's such a beautiful girl with a great body.
"As for Ranbir, he's a complete scene-stealer. His performance is so warm and endearing, you just want to hug him. It's hard to believe this is his first film."

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Laxmi Mittal to walk for SRK

According to the man in the spotlight, actor Shah Rukh Khan, there will be some special people at the premiere including Emma Thompson and Laxmi Mittal. According to the actor, they are very dear friends of his and he will be extremely glad to get the opportunity to catch up with them as well. The idea to have a premiere in London according to SRK is to attract the global audience and not just the Indian diaspora.The other factor behind the London premiere was that the film’s distributors, Eros International are based out of London as well. SRK has fond memories of Leisceter Square as he had held the premiere of another of his home productions, Asoka also at the same venue in 2002. That too was a little before Diwali. Chak De also premiered in London. So in a way, London is a little special for SRK. Unpreturbed by the fact that Saawariya premiered last night in Mumbai, the Om Shanti Om team is going to go all out and celebrate the event.The red carpet before the screening will also be a great photo opportunity for the entire cast of the film, including Deepika Padukone, her parents Prakash and Ujjwala; Arjun Rampal, and of course, SRK himself walking the carpet with his special guests.

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Breaking News : Om Shanti Om Defeats Hollywood

Director Farah Khan's Bollywood movie Om Shanti Om has been declared the most successful movie within 3 days of its mega release on 9th of November.
Om Shanti Om was released in India during Diwali and within 3 days, the movie claimed to have collected Rs. 84 Crores which crossed the sales of any other Indian Movie released during this period.This movie has been so much successful in the box office that it defeated the sale of the Tom Cruise starrer movie Lions for Lambs which collected 52 Crores till date.Om Shanti Om claimed Rs. 68 Crores in India while it claimed Rs. 16 Crores from US, Canada, Britain and other European Countries.According to Bollywood sources, Shah Rukh Khan is said to have released 2,000 prints of the movie worldwide which is a record in itself.

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Celina de-glamorized in Golmaal Returns

Audiences who have been seeing Celina in her glam roles will now see her in a completely different light as she has been roped in to star opposite Shreyas Talpade in the sequel to Shree Ashtavinayak's hit laugh riot Golmaal, Golmaal Returns directed by Rohit Shetty.
The actress will be joining the likes of Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Anjana Sukhani in the lead for the film with supporting cast being Mukesh Tiwari, Murli Sharma, Sanjay Mishra and Vrajesh Hirjee."We were looking out for a girl who is very glamorous in real life but the role would be that of a completely opposite person in the film. Celina will be playing a very normal, simple, and different girl in Golmaal Returns, opposite Shreyas Talpade. She is the sort of girl who for some reason everyone is searching for in the film!" says Rohit Shetty, And when asked why she chose to do this film Celina says, "Rohit and Ashtavinayak have created magic with Golmaal and I loved the film! No way was I going to give up the opportunity of being a part of the magical return of Golmaal!"

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Raveena gears up for a comeback

Mumbai, Raveena Tandon, who took a sabbatical after marriage and motherhood, is planning to face the camera again, tempted by some of the offers coming her way.
"One of them is a movie where I've the central role. So far, post-marriage the offers have been rather okay types. But this one is a woman-oriented film. See, if I do a film now it can't be the usual pony-tailed Jill-in-a-drill kind of thing. I'd be happy to do this one film, as long as they don't clash with my daughter's routine," Raveena told IANS.The other offer, which "Mast" girl Raveena is tight-lipped about, is for a non-fiction programme on a news channel. "Doing TV is even easier for me because I can synchronise my clock according to Rasha's schedules. In any case, she's the least problematic child. Not at all cranky like her mother," said Raveena, who has two kids.The National Award winning actress would be the latest in a long queue of married actresses who have returned after motherhood.The successful ones were Rakhee, who returned with "Kabhi Kabhie" and "Tapasya", Sharmila Tagore, who did her most successful films like "Aradhana", "Amar Prem" and "Mausam" after marriage, Dimple Kapadia had a fabulous innings post marriage and motherhood with "Sagar", "Rudaali" and "Lekin" and Hema Malini, who continues to be a queen way past marriage and grownup daughters.

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Priyanka set to start 'Fashion'

Mumbai, Priyanka Chopra can heave a sigh of relief because her marathon movies are about to finish. She has now started preparing for her two films, expected to go on the floors next year.
"First I go into Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Fashion'. Then into Karan Johar's film which Tarun Mansukhani will direct. For 'Fashion' I need to sit down with Madhur and work out a graph for the character and the look," Priyanka told IANS.
Currently, she is shooting for the final lap of Rumi Jaffrey's long-delayed comedy "God, Tussi Great Ho".
" 'Drona' and 'Love Story 2050' had huge amounts of action and special effects. So they took much longer than usual. They've turned out fabulously. They'll be over by December. So too 'God, Tussi Great Ho'. There's just one more song with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, and then we're done."
"God, Tussi..." would probably be her last film with Salman Khan considering his comments on Priyanka.
"Yeah, I heard Salman thinks I'm not his friend. That's all right. One can't hold anything against Salman. He's a cool guy. I'm sure he was just kidding around when he said that. Even if he wasn't, I'm fine with him. I've no problems with any of my co-stars."
The year hasn't been an easy one for her personally or professionally - her father's illness, legal trouble with her former secretary Prakash Jaju, delayed projects and injury during the stunt scenes of "Drona". But Priyanka is gung-ho.
"I guess I've the capacity to emerge on top of a situation, thank god for that. God, tussi great ho! "
The actress is delighted that Kangana Ranaut is going to be in "Fashion".
"The role is so suited to Kangana. I'm so glad she's doing it. She's immensely talented."
However, Kangana is slightly tired and disappointed. Tired, because professionally and personally 2007 has been a gruelling year and disappointed because she won't be able to move into her dream house with her parents for Diwali as she had planned.
"It's not ready as yet. It'll now have to be by the end of November. I don't want to rush it after waiting so long," said Kangana.

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Lara wins against Gladrags

Lara wins against GladragsLara Dutta has won the case against Gladrags and the fashion magazine has been directed not to use the model’s pictures on their hoardings.Apparently, Gladrags managing Editor, Maureen Wadia had used Lara’s posters on the Gladrags hoardings (along with John Abrahim’s and Dino Moreo’s snapshots) to promote the upcoming Supermodel Contest. Consequently, in the first week of March, Lara Dutta had filed a case in the Bombay High Court for infringement of copyright and for using her pictures without taking permission or informing her. Her case was fought by Advocate Rohini. The photos had been taken during a session in June 2003 and consequently given to a film magazine in January 2004.Janak Dwarkadas, counsel for Gladrags contended that they had purchased Dutta's photograph from a photographer who claimed that he had the license to use her photographs in any manner he wanted to and that there was an agreement between Dutta and the photographer. However, neither the photographer was made a party to the suit nor was the agreement produced before the court. While Gladrags has been retrained to use the photographs, the court is yet to pronounce a judgment on the compensation of 2 lakhs claimed by Lara Dutta. Lara, who technically is the brand ambassador of the company, is rumored to be upset because Gladrags has not promoted her after she won the Miss Universe title in 1995, and were still claiming credit for her success.

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Shreya Saran narrated ghost stories

On the sets of Awarapan in Jodhpur, when lead actress Shreya Saran narrated ghost stories to Emraan about the Jodhpur forts in the vicinity, Emraan was paranoid of being alone at any given place in the fort and ensured that someone from the unit was always there with him!
Another unit member jokingly told Emi (as he is fondly called) about his hotel room being infested with ghosts, after which the actor requested for an immediate change of room. Director Mohit Suri laughs, "Yes that's true. Actually Emraan Hashmi is very superstitious and tends to fall for supernatural stories quite easily."

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Rahul Bose adopts six children

Talented actor Rahul Bose is deeply committed to his charity work. He adopted six children aged 11 with the consent of his charity institution from the Andaman and Nicobar islands."Earlier this year I was there to welcome Pratima, Rukhsar, Matrena, Bindu, Jinu and Animesh at Rishi Valley (Andhra Pradesh) where they were put for further education. It was an extremely emotional moment in my life," Rahul told IANS.Rahul has raised Rs.2.4 million for the children's education and upbringing to adulthood, all on his own."The response has been gratifying. People have believed in what I'm doing and just given over the money for these kids. We've also got the Trust formally registered.""Bringing those six children after a long and painful sifting process was tiring. There'll be six children selected from Andaman every two years," he said. Rahul is already on to his next project."The kids from Andaman were my first initiative. My second initiative is the rehabilitation of drug-addicted children, teach them skills after they kick drugs. We want to reach out to sections of society that need reaching out. We need to fill those cracks."

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Bips looks towards Hollywood goal

Bipasha Basu is looking forward to her Hollywood projects but says she cannot comment on them till they really go on the floors. "I’ve got a couple of lucrative offers but the writers have gone on strike and Hollywood will be shutting down for the next six months. I have appointed Simone Scheffield now and she is in touch. Even the Ben Kingsley project will take a long time as it is in the scripting process now. Right now, I can’t reveal much. So, until I have the narration, I cannot speak about it. Nothing will begin before August next year," says Bipasha.
The actress had also been offered a role in the Lost series. "Yes, I was offered an interesting cameo. The director J.J. Abrams was also planning a new series on medicos and I was offered a role. But I am not taking it up right now since it will take two years of my work and I can’t afford to do that," says the Dhoom actress.
Coming back to her Indian projects, Bipasha is looking forward to Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Ashoka and Siddharth Anand’s next film which she plans to start shooting after Vivek Agnihotri’s Goal releases. "I am excited about Ashoka since it’s my first period film. The role is tremendous and fascinating. It is a role of a lifetime. Earlier I was looking forward to Rituparno Ghosh’s Draupadi, but it has been held up for some time. But unlike Goal, where I was casual about the role, for this role I have to do a lot of preparations which I am planning from January. I am also looking forward to Siddharth’s next which also stars Katrina Kaif, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone.
"Right now, it’s only Goal for me. I specially liked one particular scene which is shot with John and me in the locker room. It was very touching," she says. She adds, "What I realised during the shoot was that racism actually exists. I was standing at Southall with Arshad (Warsi) when two boys passed us in their car. They were hanging out of the car and rapping such filthy things. It was disgusting."
The actress brushes off rumours about Ronaldo coming to Mumbai for the premiere. "I don’t know how it started. We were planning to have tie-ups with Manchester United when I told Vivek I will speak to him. He would shoot a promo which will encourage football in India. But it didn’t happen. There were a lot of regulations so we let go," she says.

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Rani Mukerji failed to check documents before buying land

Pune, Bollywood star Rani Mukerji was duped in a land deal worth Rs.3.3 million because she failed to check even the primary documents, Maharashtra officials said Thursday.
According to the sub-divisional office in Ahmed Nagar, Mukerji did not check the document popularly known as 7/12, which bears the name of the owner of the property.
This small mistake is going to cost her Rs.3.3 million and probably a number of trips to Nimba Korchali village near the pilgrimage town of Shirdi in Ahmed Nagar district where she has bought a piece of land.
The actress who has been summoned by officials on Dec 4 has to prove that Sampat More, from whom she bought the property, is indeed its original owner. However, according to the officials at the sub-divisional office, the 7/12 document does not mention More's name.
The property, which comes under the category of a new tenure land, can be bought only with the permission from a competent authority of the district.
The original owner of the land was one Sonuwane, a farmer, who started selling the land in bits and pieces.
More was one of the buyers but he did not have his name registered in the documents and sold the land to the actress who purchased it without verifying the document, the officials said.
Meanwhile, More has sent a request to transfer the property documents in his name but that request is pending

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Rajkumar Santoshi shelves Katrina, Shahid starrer

Mumbai, Rajkumar Santoshi has dropped the idea of making an intense love story with Shahid Kapur and Katrina Kaif because he finds too many similarities between his script and the recently released "Jab We Met".
"We were all set to start the film. But then we saw some striking similarities between what we had in mind and 'Jab We Met'. Doing two similar films with the same actor in the lead didn't make any sense," Santoshi told IANS.
"Now we are reworking the script and will surely come up with something soon. I really want to work with Shahid and Katrina," he added.
Santoshi is preparing to start his epic on emperor Ashoka in January 2008 with Ajay Devgan and Bipasha Basu in the lead.
As for his other film, the musical "London Dreams", he said: "Some differences cropped up between me and the producers. Also, there was a lot of confusion over Salman Khan's dates. So I really don't know where the project stands."
The director is currently giving finishing touches to his film about the individual and his conscience "Halla Bol", which opens Dec 21.
Tell him that he is working on too many projects, and he explains: "Yes, I do have a reputation for initiating several projects out of which some don't work out. But during the last one and a half years you must've noticed I've been focusing only on 'Halla Bol'. I never go on the floor until I'm absolutely sure."
His last two films "Family: Ties of Blood" and "Khakee" bombed at the box office.

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John Goals Bips

John Abraham and Bipasha Basu will be working together for Vivek Agnihotri’s film Goal. The two of them are very excited about the movie and they have been shooting for a promotional video. The movie is about Football. Well, I think that’s what is going to be the target in movies. After the success of movies like Lagaan and Chak De India, there is huge scope for many more movies to come up which will be centered on sports? John and Bips have not got a chance to work together after Jism, this will be a nice chance to see them together. Previously John and Bipasha were offered many roles together but they wanted to an interesting movie and they found the script of Goal very interesting. Bipashe said in an interview that when she heard the script of the movie Goal she liked it and she was very keen on doing it. She knows that the audience has lot of expectations from her because she and John are not just on-screen couples but they are also off-screen couple and people would love to see that chemistry between them.

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Srk in Mess

ShahRukh Khan is in big trouble for his superhit movie Om Shanti Om. Well, the Veteran actor Manoj Kumar is very unhappy with the way his character has been portrayed in the movie. He has threatened to sue Shah Rukh Khan for aping him. He said that he will sue Shah Rukh and Farah Khan for what he alleges is a conspiracy to humiliate and ridicule him. Manoj Kumar told the CNN-IBN that ‘People who make such movies do not know the meaning of respect and decency. They are criminals’. There were many actors in the movie who were made fun of but they all took it very lightly but looks like Manoj Ji has taken this matter very seriously. He was shown being beaten up by the police outside a theatre is done in bad taste in the movie which made Manoj Kumar Ji very angry. Not just this but in another scene Shah Rukh Khan Gives a mock thank you speech in a drunken state and later say’s he’s Manoj Kumar. All these things made Manoj Kumar very angry and he is very upset with Farah Khan. He busted out at the Director by saying that ‘This is not film making’

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