Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The premiere of ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’

The premiere of the much awaited horror flick ‘Raaz- The mystery continues’ was held at Fame Adlabs in Mumbai on 24th January. The event was attended by the cast and the makers of the film including Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt, Adhyayan Suman, Kangana Ranaut, Mohit Suri and also Soha Ali Khan. Kangana looked gorgeous as ever in her unconventional backless attire with the glow on her face heightened by the fact that she had her current love Adhyayan next to her. Check out the pics from the event.

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raaz premiere

raaz premiere

raaz premiere

raaz premiere

raaz premiere

Aishwarya and Akshay Kumar awarded Padma Shree

The 60th year of the Indian republic made Bollywood proud when two leading stars of Bollywood were awarded top civilian honours. Today, the Government of India awarded Padma Shree to Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has popularized Indian cinema across the globe and has given much to Indian entertainment industry and though Akshay Kumar has done mainly commercial cinema yet his success and hits cannot be ignored. To be known that a few days ago, Akshay had been given the popular choice best actor award, which he refused.

The other Bollywood recipient of the prestigious Padma Shree is none other than the legendary Helen.
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Kareena, Katrina and Yana roped in for Miss India Worldwide pageant

The grand finale of PC Jewellers Miss India Worldwide pageant to be held at Pragati Maidan Jan 31 and Deepak’s Tijori Entertainment is hosting the show with Kaleidovision.

To add glamour and glitter to the event Bollywood beauties like Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Yana Gupta have been roped in.

“There will be a mix of beauty, talent and glamour at the finale of the pageant, with Bollywood beauties shaking a leg with the participants; it will be an evening to remember,” host Deepak Tijori said at the press conference here Wednesday.

The 20 finalists will go through a 10 day grilling regime.

“Training is not going to be a cakewalk for them. They will have to go through a tough and hectic regime of around 14 hours a day, which means they cannot take it easy,” said Mehar Bhasin, who will look after the grooming of the contestants.

“The finalists will undergo an exclusively designed training and grooming regime that includes fitness, diction, psyche, aptitude, hair and make-up sessions. The training will enhance their confidence not only for the finale, but for further rounds to be held on the international stage as well,” she added.

Beauty expert Blossom and Samantha Kochhar will take care of their beauty and hair, while fitness tips will be given by model-turned-actors Milind Soman and Rahul Dev.

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Geeta Basra to woo her fans in a music video

Geeta Basra has given just two films to Bollywood, (‘Dil Diya Hai’ and ‘The Train), yet she has managed to get hold of a considerable fan following and now she has something new for her admirers. This time Geeta will be shaking her stuff not for some flick but for a music video.

Here is what Geeta had to say about it. “I may have been termed choosy all this while but I don’t have any regrets about it. That’s the way I want to shape my career. I am young with age on my side and any wrong step would have been disastrous. I would rather wait and watch than burn my fingers.”

Geeta explains why she decided to do the video saying, “The sheer vision of the director and an emotional story that runs with it. Apart from lead roles, there were offers for item songs and music videos but I didn’t want to do anything where my heart was not set in. This one does sound exciting though. The setup is quite big, the scale is large and the grandeur amazing. This is not going to be one of those regular music video that you get to see all the time.”

It took a lot of persuasion and clearing of doubts before the producers could get a nod from Geeta. Directed by Colossus, the outfit run by video directors Ajay and Lovel Arora, the video is pasteurized on Geeta and a new male model named Rahul. “Lovel is a good friend of mine and I am happy to be finally working with him. When he came to meet me, he knew and hence further convinced me that I was perfect for it”, says Geeta.

The song in the music video is from Sukhshinder Shinda, who is a well-known UK based Bhangra producer and artist. He has worked on over 200 albums while producing numerous hit songs in last couple of decades.
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