Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Khali Calls on Shah Rukh Khan at 'Mannat'
The Great Khali alias Dalip Singh, called on actor Shah Rukh Khan at his residence "Mannat" on Sunday. The 400-pound power wrestler was at SRK's residence for over two hours this morning.
Sources said it was a private visit. It was earlier reported that King Khan has offered Rs 3 crore to Khali to cheer for his IPL team the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shahrukh's children Aryan and Suhana are said to be great fans of Khali. They expressed their wish to meet the giant wrestler to their father. And so, SRK invited him to have dinner with his kids at his residence.
The Great Khali has entered Bollywood by signing the film 'Rama'- The Saviour for a whopping Rs 1.5 crore. He is going to play the role of a villain in this film starring Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta. He had earlier acted in Hollywood film 'The Longest Yard' in 2005 and another film featuring him "Get Smart" is also ready for release.
Singh, who stands tall at over 7 foot has an extensive background in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Japanese grappling, martial arts - akido and judo -Greco Roman wrestling, western wrestling and the Indian martial art of kalari.
He signed a contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2006 and debuted on April 7, 2006 by beating The Undertaker. He is the third in a family of eight children and was once an officer in the Punjab police.
He worked for many years as a labourer in a small hamlet and later in the town of Shimla, after which he was picked by the neighbouring Punjab Police chief and recruited as a constable.
Khali won the bodybuilding title of Mr India in 1997 and 1998, this one-time WWE Champion has caught the eyes of none other than our own Bollywood Baadshah Shahrukh Khan.
Bollywood living in 3-day weekend era
It is official now. Bollywood now lives in the era of three-day weekends. Only a few films collect anything to talk about beyond the initial three-day period.
The million rupee question is, “Picture ki opening kitni lagi?” And when Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) Tashan failed even to garner a decent opening both on domestic as well as foreign shores, people inside and outside YRF were a worried lot.
Budgeted at Rs 40 crore, the movie opened with an initial of 52% in the first week, with collections dropping to 35% in the second week. The failure to reach an agreement with the multiplexes only added to the woes.
It is a failure, even Director and CEO, Yash Raj Films, Sanjeev Kohli accepts. “Tashan has been a disappointment commercially, as much was expected from it. But we believe, the audience is the best judge and we accept their verdict,” he said.
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the ICL. Thursday everything will be formally announced after completing some legal formalities.'I have always been a sports lover and had organised the Raj Kapoor Trophy in Chembur, Mumbai, for several years where big stars played. But it was not just passion that made me buy the team, there is business in it also.'
The king of disco dance said: 'I am an entertainer and Twenty20 is a fantastic form of entertainment. There is craze and good business in it. So I decided to try my luck.' Asked how much he spent on the team, Mithun said: 'At present I cannot reveal the figure, but it is certainly a triple digit in crores (tens of millions).'
He said after completing the formalities he would go for an overhaul of the team and add to its sheen by giving it a logo along with a slogan and a theme song. On whether he wanted to rename the side Bengal Tigers, he said: 'I have strongly recommended it. Kolkata is the capital of Bengal, but my side will represent all the people of the I have fans in every corner of the State.'
Asked what made him go for a team in ICL and not Indian Premier League (IPL), Mithun said: 'I woke up late. The realisation that I could even own a team and make it into a profitable business venture dawned late on me.
'There is no question of competing with Shah Rukh Khan. He is one of the finest gentlemen I have come across and he gives a lot of respect to his co-stars. Besides, you can't compare our popularity. He is way above me.'
On whether his Bengal Tigers would imbibe his fighting spirit, the reigning hero of Tollywood said: 'Undoubtedly so. Life has never been a bed of roses for me. I have fought for everything and my team will be a fighter too.'
“Outrageous” Sherlyn Chopra Influenced By J.Lo
After failing to woo the audiences with her skin show in “Red Swastik”, Sherlyn Chopra is all set to give it another try with her new album “Outrageous”.
It remains to be seen whether her hopes of boosting her image with the album will stand the test of time. As of now, Sherlyn is raring to go a step ahead of Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat.
When asked about Outrageous, she said that it is a compilation of my closely-held thoughts and emotions which I had penned down when I was 16 years old. Those days, I used to scribble down on a loose sheet just about anything that used to come to my mind.
Later, I put all these loose sheets in a file. A year ago, when my career was on a downslope, I decided to take from some of these thoughts.
Gradually, some of these thoughts and emotions of mine turned into lyrics and got woven into five-six songs. I wanted to make a video of these songs and then release it, but I was not getting a suitable director. Then, during a chat show I met Prahalad Kakkar.
I told him about my video and he was impressed by my work. At first, he was just not ready to believe that an Indian girl could possibly have such a mindset. By the way, I am quite influenced by Jennifer Lopez.
Vidya Balan Won’t Just Kiss Any Actor
Vidya’s new shoulder length hairdo has made her look breathtakingly glamorous. She seems to have suddenly stepped out of the Parineeta era into the contemporary world. But it’s just her new makeover that is western, not the pretty lady herself.
So if you read a recent report that she is ready to kiss on screen and were disappointed as a fan of hers or elated as a future co-star of hers, carefully listen to what she has to say.
“Someone misquoted me as saying that I will kiss any actor on screen. I never ever said such a thing!” she told.
But she defends her lip lock in Guru saying, “Here was a girl who was dying and here was a man who was breathing life into her…It was nothing less than a Osho moment!”
Tulip Joshi’s Craze For Diet Coke
The sets of Shree Ashtavinayak’s new untitled film, directed by Rohit Jugraj and starring Tulip Joshi, Kunal Khemmu and Aushima Saawhney in the lead saw quite an unusual happening late at night every day!!
Pretty actress Tulip Joshi it seems is quite addicted to diet cokes and such was her intense desire to guzzle them post midnight that she used to even finish off Kunal and Aushima’s share too! The three of them used to have a blast sitting together and watching Tulip imbibe diet coke pe diet coke from the other two’s ice boxes as well!
Says a laughing Tulip, “Yeah at that time I used to have this intense craving for diet cokes and I used to raid Kunal and Aushima’s ice boxes in front of them at late night! They used to laugh but thankfully now I have lost that obsession!”
Adds Kunal Khemmu, the major provider of diet cokes! “Yeah we used to hang around all three of us after the shoot, sipping diet coke and red bull and my ice box was full of them, so tulip used to finish off my stock once hers was over!
It was quite a lot of dhamaal and we got to see quite a quirky side of Tulips!!”
Well, now we know where Tulip gets all that energy from… Or probably had she be continuing with her obsession, she might have moved onto the next face for Coke’s advertisements. Who knows!!!!
Priyanka Chopra Proposes Harman For Marriage
They may be a low-profile couple, but nevertheless, Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja have never tried to hide their relationship.
While Priyanka is steadily climbing the popularity charts in Bollywood, Harman is being touted as one of the most promising debutants this year. And at such a stage of their careers, it came as a surprise to Harman when Priyanka recently popped the question.
Sources say the couple was in the company of friends when Priyanka suddenly proposed marriage to her boyfriend. However, Harman is not really prepared to tie the knot right now. He wants to stabilize as an actor before taking the plunge.
But whatever be their decision for now, there is no doubt that the pair is quite a cute one. They often drop in on each other’s film sets and chat over the phone during breaks in the shoot.
When Priyanka sustained minor injuries while doing action scenes for film “Drona”, Harman reportedly rushed to the sets. So hope this jodi enters wedlock soon.
It’s Saif And Kareena…. Finally
Finally, they have said it. At Manish Malhotra’s fashion show for the Lakme Fashion Week, Saif admitted to his relationship with Kareena saying, “Yes, we are not exactly shouting from the rooftops but yes, clearly we are together. And we are happy together.”
The couple was spotted together in public for the first time.
Reports of a romantic linkup between 27-year-old Kareena and 37-year-old Saif Ali Khan first surfaced while the two were shooting for Yash Raj Films Tashan on locales in Ladakh and Rajasthan.
Then came the news of Kareena celebrating her 27th birthday last month with a small party for select friends including Saif. Saif and Kareena also hit a night club in
Saif had been single for months now, since his break-up with girlfriend Roza. The actor has, since, been linked to Bipasha Basu and Dia Mirza.
As their romance intensified, Kareena unceremoniously dumped former beau Shahid Kapoor August end while he was shooting for Aziz Mirza’s Lucky Charm in
However, Shahid Kapoor who had been stoically maintaining silence for sometime also quipped on the sets of the Sony show Jhalak Dikhla Ja in the course of an interview, “For all ye girls out there, I am single and ready to mingle!”
Celina Jaitley As Brand Ambassadress of Egypt
After being made the brand ambassadress of Egypt from India by the Egypt tourism board, Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley took time out from her hectic schedule to make a trip to Cairo. The dynamic metropolis, which is also the largest city in the Middle East, left her impressed.
One of the stops for Celina and her team was Media Production City on the outskirts of Cairo. It’s what Film City is to Mumbai. “They have state-of-the-art studios with best sets which can be used for shoots. I think they are very suitable for our Indian films. A hotel nearby makes it a good option,” said Celina.
The actress and her team then met the minister of tourism, H.E. Mohamed Zoheir Garana, as well as Egyptian Tourism Authority chairman Amr El Ezaby.
His Excellency, The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Mohammed Higazy, said: “We want people to know that Egypt is not just about the Pyramids. We are working strategically on the tourism industry in Egypt.
For its growth, we are offering easy visas, lower ticket rates, various tour packages etc. We hope to double the number of Indian tourists to Egypt by 2009. We are spending half a million US dollars in the next six months to encourage traffic between India and Egypt.”
Celina also met up with a few Egyptian actors, including Dr. Ezzat Abbou-Ouf who is also president of the Cairo International Film Festival. Celina promised them that she would be part of this year’s Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled to be held from November 27 to December 7.
For one, the Egyptian authorities have already found a frequent tourist in Celina. And many more Indians would surely follow.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan As A 4 Crore Actress
Now it can be told. The star-price wars has escalated to an all-time high.
With Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan carrying home a pay packet of Rs 4 crores for her proposed stint as Rajnikanth’s leading lady in Shankar’s Robot, the lady has now become the highest-paid actress of Indian cinema.
A source very close to Aishwarya says, “The media has got it all wrong. Ash has actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee for Robot. Yes, it’s close to Rs 4 crores.
And she’s very very amused when she reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood.
With three hits in a row (Guru, Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa-Akbar) Ash’s equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof. If she wants she can preen about her successes. But that’s not her style.
However she takes strong exception to Bipasha Basu ’s quotes that she, Ash, had to ‘hang around’ to get into the international circuit.
Ash has been regularly offered international projects, from Provoked to Mistress Of Spices to Bride & Prejudice to Last Legion to Pink Panther. In fact all the other international assignments that have gone to other Bollywood actresses—including the honour of hosting the 7 Wonders Of The World event in Lisbon with Ben Kingsley—have gone to Ash first. It’s just that she feels awkward talking about herself.”
As for her astronomical fee for Robot another source close to the project says, “It is no surprise that Aishwarya is getting 4 crores.
It’s still chicken-feed compared with what Rajnikanth gets paid. He takes home Rs 15 crores plus fifty percent of his film’s profits. But still he cannot make a film commercially viable outside the Tamilian belt on his own.
The dubbed Hindi version of Chandramukhi came and went. And Rajni’s biggest hit Shivaji is in no hurry to be released in Hindi. With Ash in Robot it looks like an attractive non-regional film.”
Aishwarya Furious At Fake Topless Pictures
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pretty miffed these days as her allegedly topless picture had been flashed across various TV channels, few days back.
Rumor has it that these pictures were taken at a time when Ash was beginning her career in ad and and modeling industry during the mid 90’s where she reportedly posed for a magazine along with four, five models.
The names of the models in the magazine go as Milind Soman , Madhu Sapre , Ruchi Malhotra, Aishwarya Rai, Anu Verma, Coleen Khan. Atul Karleskar had reportedly shot the picture and Micky Contractor had done the make-up.
Abhishek Bachchan is apparently upset over these ‘topless’ pictures and is keen to take drastic step and having a talk with his lawyers regarding this defamatory issue.
Ash has also taken the matter very seriously and released a statement saying that the pictures are fabricated and that she was never involved.
“She would never do something like that. You know the actress you are talking about.
No matter at which time in her profession they say these pictures were taken we can guarantee you that they are just the work some of some publicity hungry individual,” says Ash’s manager, “She has made it clear that she will take action against anyone who publishes them on the assumption that they are hers. And so will her close ones.”
He also adds that this new rumor hasn’t gone done well with the actress or the rest of her family.
The picture reportedly shows Ash in a pair of tiny denim shorts with her back to the camera with other models as well some other ones that are much more bold.
KatrinaSalman Khan and Katrina Kaif are making their lives hell in the eyes of the media. Recently when kat was shooting for subhash Ghai’s YUVRAJ Sal
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are making their lives hell in the eyes of the media. Recently when kat was shooting for subhash Ghai’s YUVRAJ Salman barged onto the shooting sets and asked Katrina to have a talk within him. Katrina accompanied him to her vanity van and closed the doors. It is said that Sallu was furious on Kat as she was getting close to Akshay Kumar day by day and so asked her to mend her ways and to stay away from the action star. But Katrina tried to solve the misunderstanding of Sallu, but instead Sallu again slapped her and also it is reported from the unit sources that he molested Katrina and had sex with her without her consent.
But after sometime Katrina came out with a red face and her dress in a distorted condition like a rape victim. But she remained silent with moist eyes and requested the media to stay away from her personnel life.
The reason for her silence and bearing the whole nuisance of Sallu is said to be her sister who will be making her debut in Bollywood very soon. And Salman has promised to make her a big star to Katrina.Sonal chauhan Manhandled | Sahil Jaru Slaps Sonal chauhan
"Jannat" actress Sonal Chauhan who has recently co-starred with actor Emran Hashmi, is reported to have been manhandled at the Mumbai airport.
Sources claim that the actress was slapped on her face in full view of public. She is said to have been accompanied by small time model Sahil Jaru.
Sources claim that the actress was slapped on her face in full view of public. She is said to have been accompanied by small time model Sahil Jaru.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
More and more of Priyanka Chopra on screens this year
This summer Priyanka Chopra has reasons to be happy for she has not one, not two, but three films in tow awaiting release this July.
The first film to hit the screens on July 4 would be the much awaited sci-fi flick ‘Love Story 2050’ opposite Harman Baweja. The second one (not leeser in hype in any way) is producer Afzal Khan’s ‘God Tussi Great Ho’ scheduled for release on July 11. It has Salman Khan and Big B as Priynaka’s co-stars. Next is Dharmendra’s ‘Chamku’ awaiting release on July 18 opposite Bobby Deol.
However, an industry insider has to say here, “One wonders if Priyanka herself would be happy with three of her films arriving in such quick time. Not just would it too be too many things happening simultaneously in her career, she would also have to work extensively on the promotion of as many as three films simultaneously.”
He goes on to add, “In addition, she can’t really be expecting to catch on some breath even in weeks to follow since barely a month after her third release, she would be seen paired opposite Abhishek Bachchan in yet another high profile film of hers - Drona. A Goldie Behl fantasy costume drama, the film is all set for August 15 release.”
It does not end here. After ‘Drona’ and Goldie Behl’s flick, Priyanka is sweating hard for ‘Dostana’ and ‘Fashion’ too, both of which are expected to release this year end. Pheeewww!! That’s too much to ask from a pretty lady!
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