Saturday, October 4, 2008

Shoaib Malik and Sayali Bhagat to pair on-screen too

That there is something between former Miss India Sayali Bhagat and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik is old now. What’s new is that their love story is now going to get immortalized on celluloid.

Yes, the filmmaker who is going to present this real life loves story on the reels is Wilson Louis, who is already working with Sayali in film ‘Shout’. The film is a love story between a cricketer and a model. So, we will have both Shoaib and Sayali play themselves in the film.

For those who came in late, it has been months since Shoaib and Sayali have been seeing each other. Shoaib often flies to India to be with her. However, both have not officially accepted their love.

sayali bhagat

sayali bhagat

Bollywood Star to Dance Underwater to Compensate Space on Land

Zayed Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta would be very soon in seen in diving shoots as they would perform an underwater dance shot for their new movie ‘Blue.’ Zayed is improvising the astonishing acts of the song is Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand. Let’s hope song would have a lot to offer to the audience when the movie would get released.

zayed khan blue

akshay kumar and katrina kaif

Abhishek Bachchan in Big Boss

Abhishek Bachchan was seen on the set of the reality TV show ‘Big Boss‘, with host Shilpa Shetty. It is scheduled that Abhishek would temporarily intermingle with either Rahul Mahajan or Raja Chaudhary whoever may be evicted from the show for a shorter span of time.

shilpa shetty big boss

shilpa shetty abhishek bachchan big boss

abhishek bachchan

Watch TV Star Shama Sikandar in Some Exotic Shots


shama sikandar

shama sikandar

shama sikandar

shama sikandar

shama sikandar

shama sikandar

Golmaal Returns - the Sequel is to be released on 29th October

Golmaal Returns sequel to the 2006 Golmaal directed by Rohit Shetty is about to have grand opening on 29th October. The cast of the movie includes Ajay Devgan, Tusshar Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Arshad Warsi and Shreyas Talpade. Below are some of the stills from the movie.

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

golmaal returns

Shamita Singha with the new red hot PETA ad

What better way to ask people go vegetarian than have top model, popular VJ and Miss India Earth 2001 Shamita Singha lying “naked” on a bed of red chillies next to the tagline “Spice Up Your Life – Go Vegetarian”. Yes, this is the latest ad from the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA) shot by ace photographer Dilip Bhatia for petaDishoom.

Speaking on the reason why she chose to spread this message, Shamita says, “I turned vegetarian when I was quite young because I realised that if I really loved animals, I could not eat them. … [Meat] is not healthy and not good for your body.”

When asked how she maintains her good looks and trim figure, Shamita replies, “I am a [vegetarian], and so I eat a lot of veggies, salads and fruits, and those foods are alive, so I am alive! And in terms of working out, I get all my energy from veggies and fresh stuff.”

Hope the message goes right in…..

shamita singha peta

Salman Khan gifts Katrina her portait

Salman Khan has displayed his painting skills on quite a few canvases now, but how could his journey as a painter be complete, if he didn’t sketch out her picture perfect lady love Katrina Kaif. So, here he is. Reportedly, before Salman left for Paris and London to shoot his film ‘London Dreams’, he had a small party with Katrina and gifted her the painting. Not to mentions Kats was stunned and thrilled at this gesture from Salman.

Could we mention here that Salman stills retains the portrait of his ex-love Aishwarya Rai in his collection and despite Katrina’s insistence he refuses to part with it. Salman has inherited his passion for painting from his painter mother, Salma. The actor showcased his paintings in an exhibition last year and wants to do it again to raise funds for his Salman Khan Foundation.

Meanwhile, Salman Khan is not the only one to be smitten by Katrina Kaif’s beauty. Reports have it that Bhutan’s new King in waiting Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk is a big fan of Katrina Kaif and has not missed a single movie of hers. The 27 year old prince’s coronation is going to be solemnized at Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, and Katrina Kaif has been approached to perform at the function, as the new King is fond of her.

Given the angelic beauty, Kaif is bestowed with, we have no one to blame. Right!!

katrina kaif potrait

katrina kaif potrait

katrina kaif potrait

Amisha Patel shed inhibition, appeared on the covers of ‘Man’s World’


amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

amisha patel on the covers of Man's world

Two more tattoos for Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt already has a lion tattoo on his forearm. Now, he is in for two more tattoos- another lion on his chest and the word “honour” in Japanese on his arm.

“The actor wanted another lion tattoo, but since he already has one, this one had to be different. We sat together and finally settled for one big lion design … it’s going to be a coloured one. Apart from this, the actor is also getting the word ‘honour’ in Japanese on his arm. This one will be short and simple,” tattoo artist Vishwas Dorwekar of Hakim Aalim’s saloon revealed.

Sanju Baba will also get his forearm lion tattoo modified. To be known here that Dorwekar is the man behind Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Kareena’ tattoo that attracted much media attention.

Describing tattoo making as a ‘tickling art’, the artist said: “The process is best described as a tickling art because when the machine touches your body, it gives a ticklish feeling.”

sanjay dutt tatoo

Rajni-Ash shoot a song for ‘Enthiram’

Well, that Aishwarya Rai has been paired against south superstar Rajnikanth in ‘Robot’ is all too stale now. The film was initially to star SRK nonetheless. But due to ‘creative differences’, he opted out of the film. Not just that, SRK reportedly also registered all the names that sounds even remotely like ‘Robots’. The news is that now Shankar has renamed the film as ‘Enthiram’.

Recently, Rajnikanth and Ash shot a song for the film at the UNESCO declared world famous heritage site Machu Pichhu. Shankar also plans to shoot for the film at exotic locations of Peru, South America etc. The music director of the film is A R Rahman and boasts of having ace cameraman Rathnavelu in the team as well.

While Mary E Vogt, the well known designer who has worked in Hollywood movies like Men in Black, Batman Returns and Inspector Gadget will be designing the scientific outfits for the sci-fi movie, the animatronics of the film will be handled by the Stan Winston Studio (USA), which was responsible for the impressive animation sequences in movies such as Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man and the Terminator. The visual effects and animatronics co-ordination will be done by Indian Artiste.

Stunt director Yuen Woo Ping, who made audiences gasp with his stunts in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill, has been put in charge of the action sequences of the movie.

enthiram

enthiram

enthiram

U.A.E an investment destination for Bollywood Stars too

Despite being difference in technology and many other aspects of film making Bollywood and Hollywood stars both are unanimous on aspects of investing in Middle-East. Shahrukh Khan has invested in real-estate in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the UAE’s seven emirates where as Oscar winning actress Hillary Swank has investments in Aquitainia, a $1.49 billion project on The World islands in Dubai.

hilaary swank

shahrukh khan

Rakhi Sawant to lead cheeleaders in ICL

Despite all the hue and cry, cheerleaders are here to stay in cricket. The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Tuesday has chosen Bollywood’s sex siren Rakhi Sawant to lead its cheerleaders’ squad ICL Zeebras which will be present at every match of the second season of the league that begins at Hyderabad Oct 10. There are eight other cheerleaders in Rakhi’s team- Ritika, Preeti, Jessica, Geeta, Richa, Sharvari, Jayshree and Sangeeta. They will perform across all the match venues of Gurgaon, Panchkula, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Sawant has personally auditioned and hand-picked the squad members and their performances will be designed by a Mumbai-based choreographer.

“Cheerleading is not just tamasha (mindless drama). It is a sport by itself. Until now, it was the exclusive domain of the international cheerleading troupes. But, thanks to ICL, this country will now have an indigenous cheerleaders’ squad,” Sawant said in the statement.

“It was after my performance at Panchkula during ICL’s Season 1 that I saw a huge opportunity for a possible Indian cheerleading squad,” the actress said.

“That dialogue resumed a few months later and culminated in the formation of the ICL Zeebras. I can’t wait to don my Zeebra outfit and break into a jig every time Rohan (Gavaskar) or Raviraj (Patil) hits a six. I am sure, this will be one cheerleading squad that the country will remember for a long time,” she added.

Shariq Patel, ICL’s senior vice president (Marketing & Operations), said. “Cheerleaders have a significant role to play in the modern context of sports. The ICL Zeebras squad includes some extremely talented and graceful dancers. I am confident that this synergistic initiative between cricket and entertainment will formulate a completely new experience for sports fans of the country.”

rakhi sawant cheerleader

rakhi sawant cheerleader

Tanushree in News for Two Different Reasons

Tanushree Dutta has got into news for an apparently bad reason as well as good cause. First, she filed a case of sexual harassment against Nana Patekar and also made charges against the director of Saas Bahu aur Sensex for unnecessarily troubling her on the sets of the movie. On the other front in a Breast Cancer awareness month of October, she is ready to contribute for the good cause. As she said, “I have seen a close friend who has survived this dreadful disease and since then I have been an avid supporter of this cause. I don’t pick up one day in the whole month to promote awareness, but go all out and spread the word throughout the month. I usually sport the pink ribbon as well. I wish every woman gets access to the right diagnosis and treatment and doesn’t have to suffer.”

tanushree dutta

tanushree dutta

Lara Dutta’s international look in ‘Blue’

The looks and glances of forthcoming ‘Blue’ are out and what really made our eyes widen was Lara Dutta’s stunning new international look in the film. There is no denying the fact that Lara is no conventional Indian beauty, but the way this film has done justice to her beauty is simply commendable.

Revealing about her looks in the film, Lara says, “The film required a make up artist who could handle make up for under water sequences as well as special effects for the action sequences and give the character an glamorous beach babe look, that was also very natural looking.

Nikoletta Skarlatos, who has worked on ‘Transformers’ as well as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, came very highly recommended by the International action team. She and Clarabelle Saldhana have put the whole look together for make-up and hair. They have done an amazing job and I am extremely thrilled with the results”.

lara dutta in blue

Adah Sharma speaks about herself

Since the time Adah Sharma got a break in Vikram Bhatt’s ‘1920’ there have been weird rumours about her and Vikram Bhatt too, but Adah laughs all of them off. The first rumour was that Adah is short of hearing and one had to repeat things for her as she could not get things in one go.

Brushing aside this unpleasant rumour, Adah added, “Rumors were that Vikram Bhatt had picked me up from a deaf school and gave me a role in his movie. Bollywood is not that pleasant also. I have hardly done a movie and I get to hear all this. ”

Talking about another such rumour, Adah said, “I heard that one day Vikram Bhatt had smashed a bottle on my head and I had to be rushed to the hospital. The best part is that it was rumored that I lost all my hair in that incident”.

Later, feeling hurt about such baseless rumours, Adah added, “I don’t want to clarify anything. I want to concentrate on better things in life, and most important of all; my career”.

Well, there is yet another aspect of Adah’s personality which is yet unknown. The gorgeous lady has really crazy desires.

“Whenever I watch the performers in circus I feel like aping them. Once when I saw a man climbing a coconut tree I felt that even I should learn the same.

Since my childhood I had a desire to write with both my right and left hand and I am practicing it since 6-7 months. I hope within next 2-3 weeks my desire is fulfilled,” speaks Adah Sharma.

adah sharma

adah sharma

Meet Mallika Sherawat as the Snake Woman

After superhit films like ‘Naagin’, ‘Nagina’ and ‘Jaani Dushman’ based on snakes and their revenges, this one is the next in Bollywood. What makes this special is that we have Bollywood’s sex kitten, Mallika Sherawat playing the snake woman here and that too, with an intricate detailing and styling to get into the right look for the Snake Woman in this film.

This Bollywood- Hollywood co-production, ‘Hissss’, is directed by renowned Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch. The film, which also stars Irrfan Khan, has Mallika play a character of a snake that transforms into a stunningly attractive woman. The film is produced by Govind Menon & Vikram Singh.

A lot of efforts has gone in from Robert Kurtzman, one of the greatest special effects artists of the West, to get the right look for Mallika in this film. Robert has worked on films such as Vanilla Sky, Pulp fiction, Spy Kids and Evil Dead. The kind of make-up used is MUFX (prosthetic make-up) technology. Two make-up artists have been working on Mallika’s look and the material she wears is so slimy that at times it just sticks to the skin. At times, it becomes difficult for Mallika to move with that makeup and she has to be carried to the sets.

mallika sherawat snake

mallika sherawat

The star studded grand premiere of ‘Drona’

It was grand, grand and indeed a very grand premiere. Attended by an array of glittering stars, Goldie Behl directed film ‘Drona’ was premiered in a gala style in Mumbai.

The entire Bachchan clan was present at the occasion. Aishwarya Rai in a dazzling blue outfit with a perfect poise alongside hubby Abhishek, Big B with wife Jaya, Bollywood’s ‘Baadshah’ Shah Rukh Khan along with wife Gauri, Preity Zinta in a black saree, bubbly Priyanka in a short dress, Sonali Bendre, Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Adnan Sami, Neelam- the guest list seemed just endless.

Speaking on the occassion, Abhishek refused to tag ‘Drona’ as a super hero movie, and was hopeful that the audience would like it. He was happy that his entire family was present during the premiere and he was also thankful to his friends and other co-stars for being there.

Aishwarya agreed with Abhishek and said that she liked Abhishek’s work in the film, which she enjoyed. Ash said that Drona was more of a fantasy tale, which would be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, including children.

Big-B was impressed with the visual effects of the film and enjoyed watching it. When asked about the success of the film, Bachchan senior said that it was upto the audience to decide and he could not predict such outcomes. Shah Rukh wished for the movie’s success and hoped it to be as exciting as it promised to be

‘Drona’ has Abhishek playing a superhero and Priyanka Chopra playing his bodyguard. The film also stars Kay Kay Menon in a negative role of Riz Raizada and Jaya Bachchan is Queen Jayati, the mother of ‘Drona’.

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere

drona movie premiere