Thursday, May 29, 2008

Hansika Motwani - Big dreams, small age!

After Om Shanti Om’s petite actress Deepika Padukone, it is the Anushka Sharma, who will be seen as King Khan’s costar in “Rab ne bana di Jodi“. Like Deepika, she also hails from Bangalore. She is quite luck to have support of Aditya Chopra and SRK like as Deepika who was backed up well by SRK and Farah to get an initial break in tinsel town.

The actress from Bangalore is a model and made several appearances in many TV commercials. Pursuing graduation in economics from Bangalore, she was showstopper in Wendell Roderick’s show at Lakme Fashion week this year. “It was her beautiful expressive eyes which made me select her as my showstopper” said Roderick.

Even Yash Copra has lots of applauds for her, according to him, she fits perfect for the role, “We were looking first and foremost for someone who could truly embody the spirit of small town Punjab and we know we have found her in Anushka and while she has no previous acting experience, we have seen that unique spark in her that makes us confident that she will be a standout even opposite Shah Rukh,”

“Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” that is scheduled for shooting from May 16 will hit theatres worldwide on Dec 12. While discussing about the film Shah Rukh said, “The first day of shooting is what gave me goose bumps like nothing else and to make films with Yash Raj, that too when Adi is directing, is an experience that is more than 100% exciting”.
So , lets keep our fingers crossed for another Yash Raj venture!!

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Kareena tops the cutest veggie poll

Kareena Kapoor was declared the cutest vegetarian that fans would love to emulate. The online poll was conducted by PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently and Kareena won hands down.
The actress bagged the highest number of votes giving other potential celebrities, who followed and advocated a vegetarian diet, far behind. Kareena has been receiving compliments by the dozen ever since she turned vegetarian and lost oodles of weight. “If my fans are looking up to me and have turned vegetarian, then I am happy about it. I am a pure vegetarian and it helps me keep fit and healthy. I am aware that my fans have liked my look in Tashan and I am glad to be an example for them,” says Kareena.

“However, I don’t want people to come to the conclusion that turning vegetarian means starving oneself to death. I have a healthy breakfast and have portions of food throughout the day. It is a healthy meal of varied vegetables and fruits. I want those looking up to me for their fitness regime to follow a healthy diet and not pay attention to stories that I survive on juices alone. That is not true! Also these rumours about me having acquired the size zero body mass is baseless. I am fit and healthy. My weight is just right for me. I would like to tell my fans that we are all individuals and body requirements vary from person to person. You should find the weight that is apt for you and keep fit. And yes follow a healthy vegetarian diet,” she adds.

Anuradha Sawhney PETA India chief functionary, said, “Each vegetarian saves more than 80 animals every year. And thanks to Kareena for setting an example to turn vegetarian. Our planet will be better off without meat consumption that causes many environmental problems. Kareena is doing her part to save the world and she is setting a great example for young people. True beauty comes from within and Kareena has proved she is a winner all round.” Kareena, size zero be damned, your curves are making the world go “green” with envy.

I Am No Longer Single- Vidya Balan

So is Vidya Balan finally decided to stop playing coy and admit she actually has a boyfriend? Well it certainly looks like this from her recent interview to Subhash K Jha.

“The other evening I went to watch Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak perform Dear Liar at Prithvi theatre.” On being asked who accompanied her, she chuckles, “Ah, it was friend whose name begins with ‘S’. I’m not saying any more than that!”

“I don’t deny that Shahid is a very close friend. For the first time, I’ve worked with a co-star who’s actually closer to me by way of age, experience and temperament. We were together for two months in Toronto shooting Aziz Mirza’s Kismat Connection and we really got along well. I found him very calm and intelligent. I think we’re alike in many ways. I really enjoyed working with him. And I would love to do more films with him.”

Bips missing out on John’s family wedding

Bipasha Basu won’t be attending beau John Abraham’s brother Alan’s wedding in Romania on May 25. Bips is currently shooting for Freeze, directed by Jehangir Surti. Originally, Bips was to fly down to Romania with John for Alan’s wedding to Anka, a Romanian girl. But now, the actress won’t be able to attend the wedding. She’s citing professional reasons for missing the big family function. Says a source from the industry, “Though John is maintaining a tight-lipped silence about Bips’s attendance, he’s a bit miffed about her absence at the first wedding in his family.”

Initially, the couple had planned to take a short summer holiday in Romania after the wedding as both had been leading a hectic lifestyle and weren’t able to spend too much time together. Now that plan stands cancelled too.

However Bipasha laughs off the rumours. “Please don’t make this an issue. The wedding is an important and auspicious occasion and there is no problem between John and me. It’s true that I can’t make it for Alan’s wedding. My schedule in Bangkok is too tight and they can”t shoot without me. But there is a proper reception for Alan and Anka on June 7, which I will attend. It’s sad that I will miss their wedding in Romania but I guess I will celebrate doubly at the reception.”

Bipasha has been leading a very hectic life for the last few months. “I have been in Italy and Switzerland for a month for Bachna Ae Haseeno. I can’t attend IIFA too as I have to be back for Alan’s reception. I couldn’t take off for the wedding because of the Freeze schedule.” Bips hasn’t been seen for a single IPL match in India. She says, “I have been out of India throughout the IPL matches. I enjoyed the Yash Raj schedule and now am enjoying the Bangkok one.” Besides Freeze, Bipasha’s next releases are Yash Raj Films Bachna Ae Haseeno, Sanjay Gupta’s Pankh and Rituparno Ghosh’s next.

Lara is caught in a starry web

Lara Dutta’s penchant for collecting watches is well documented by now. “It might seem like an obsession but it’s just an ecstatic feeling of owning that dream watch and now I feel that I have had too many of those dreams. I have watches from all over the world whether it be a designer one or an antique one and I still pick up one whenever I get the chance,” smiles Lara.

The ex-miss Universe has also launched her website recently and is very excited about it “I’ve launched my personal web site to be in touch with my fans globally. It has all the latest news and pictures of me and my fans can read and interact with me through it. It’s a great medium,” she says.

On the films she is doing this year, Lara says, “Last year had its ups and downs but it has taught me some really valuable lessons in life too. I’ve some great work coming up this year that I’m really looking forward to. I have another comedy film with Govinda Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai with B.R. Films and then a big action flick Blue with Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Zayed Khan! I’m excited to be back doing some action! Though I’ve enjoyed comedy, I have missed being part of other genres.”

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Kareena Inspires Ektaa

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While Kareena’s massive weight loss is creating news everywhere, its also inspiring a lot of people. The television queen Ektaa Kapoor recently went on a crash diet to lose that extra flab. Ektaa says this weight loss would be her birthday gift to herself, besides, she also needs to fit in her new dresses for her birthday.

SRK Still Feels the Pain Given By the ICC

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SRK who has been a dedicated owner of his IPL team, is left very hurt by the Anti Corruption And Security Unit of the ICC. After the series of bad performance of the team in the IPL, Shah Rukh Khan was told to stay away from the team and its players and was barred from entering their dressing room.

“I have paid my players to win. Will I pay them now to lose? This is illogical,”

said Shah Rukh out of disgust. After much hype, the IPL decided that the actor could stay with the team but only for fifteen minutes, which further angered the King Khan.

With the increasing number of controversies, all we pray is some peace for the actor.

A.R. Rahman Following the Remix Trend

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A.R. Rahman has been one of the musicians who have been opposing the new age remixes. The ace music director doesn’t really like it when the DJs remix the already wonderfully tuned songs. But this is the first time he has agreed to remix his own songs for the film “Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na”. The ambitious producer Aamir Khan had insisted Rahman to remix the songs as the movie deals with the youth, and they would like the songs in a peppy tunes and feet tapping beats. The maestro had prepared a catchy remix number which won the hearts of the team and so it was decided that Rahman would remix his songs himself without even any assistance by the DJ.
Now this is a musician who is not jack of none and master of all.

Mallika Sherawat Challenged To Bare-It-All


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Sarkar Raj’s Climax is Out

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Yes, and it’s surely not a satisfactory one, not with the Indian audiences, at least. The climax has the hero of the movie, Abhishek Bahchan shot dead. Although the director Ramu denies the end and insists us to see the film for the climax, the insider distributors who have already seen the film say that Abhishek Bachchan, after all good deeds is shot dead in the end. This climax also worries the distributors as they say that majority of Indian audiences still love “happyies endings”, and so an end of the film of such a sort would disturb them and affect the film at box office. They also say that the end is quite unexpected as the actor has many people for protection but is still gunned down at the end. The distributors term this climax as “depressing”.
With Abhishek dying in the movie, will it be another one of the flicks in which daddy bachchan overshadowed the Jr. Bachchan??

Shahid SMSes Bebo: Saif Not Happy


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Sonu Sood, the New Bhai Sa of Bollywood

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After winning hearts all over with his character of “bhai sa” in Jodhaa Akbar, Sonu Sood has been offered another Bhai sa role. Only this time, it’s for the beautiful Sushmita Sen’s movie “Jhansi Ki Rani”. Sush was quite impressed with the look and the acting skills of the actor in the movie Jodhaa Akbar and so approached him for the role of senapati Tatya Tope aka bhai sa. The role was earlier offered to Shah Rukh Khan who refused as he couldn’t adjust the dates.
Looks like this bollywood hunk doesn’t really mind playing beauty’s “Bhaiyya”.

Preity Zinta- A True Cheerer

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Now that the reports of the things going not right between SRK and Saurav Ganguly, the best cheerer title passes away to the pretty Preity Zinta. This is one bold n beautiful actress who makes sure that the team doesn’t falls in short of the motivation and the cheer. Not just the media but the team in itself feels really special about being her team. The fact that this woman doesn’t have the typical womanish nakhras and is present wherever and whenever the team needs her is something the team cherishes about. At a recent victory against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, the team had gone to Henry Thams to celebrate their exhilarating victory. They were instantaneously joined by the owners, preity Zinta and Ness Wadia. Preity even got the team’s song’s CD and insisted the manager to play it loud so that the feel could be created.
With more and more women joining business league, here is surely the one on top already.

alman Not Happy With His Payment in “Dus Ka Dum”

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Now that the producers have already started earning big bucks with only the video of the show “Dus Ka Dum” being launched, Salman has realized how his name is being exploited with lower price offered to him. Salman now says he needs a hike of around 50% in his fee. He is already being paid 89 crores to do 104 episodes. But the sources say that the actor now is demanding a raise of 44 crore Rs. The actor has now well realized his popularity among the masses and feels that the price quoted for him is just not enough.
Looks like people can never get satisfied when it comes to money.

SRK Sings with the Thalassemia Suffered Students

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It was few days ago when the Bong beauty Rituparna Ghosh had invited the bollywood badshah SRK to meet the kids suffering from the disease named Thalassemia. The badshah as expected agreed to the humble request and met the kids inspite of his busy schedule with the IPL and Paanchvi Pass topping the list. The actor seems to have sung songs with the kids and also had interacted in broken bengali. The kids too were bowled over to see their favorite actor so close and friendly with them.

“SRK was touched that the children knew a lot about him. He loves children and behaved like a child when he was with them,”

reported Rituparna Ghosh with gratitude towards the king khan.
Well, it does feels god to see stars coming down to earth at times….isn’t it?

Shilpa Slaps Sudhanshu Pandey

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No, this one isn’t the case to be categorised under the slapping case involving Sonal Chauhan. It’s about a movie where the actress Shilpa Shetty was asked to slap the co-actor Sudhanshu Pandey. The movie has Sunny Deol casted opposite Shilpa Shetty yet again after the flick Apne. While shooting for the movie, there was a scene where Shilpa was to slap the actor Sudhanshu Pandey. But as she has never ever done a slapping scene in her acting career, it wasn’t an easy task. The actress first refused to do the scene and headed towards her van. But as the actor Sunny Deol himself came and convinced her, she agreed to do the scene and finally successfully slapped the co star.
Now here’s an actress who strongly believes in gadhigiri in real n reel life.

Katrina Back to Akki after the Tiff with Sallu

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No, no, in case you get us wrong, we are not saying that Katrina and Akki is a couple. All we are reporting is after the bollywood hunk Salman Khan abused his girlfriend Katrina Kaif, she packed her bags and left for the beautiful deserts of Egypt to shoot for her forth coming film “Singh is Kinng.” The film is being shot at the beautiful locations and sites of Egypt. This movie would be Katrina’s fourth movie in a row with handsome Akshay Kumar. While Salman doesn’t approve of Kats doing films with Akki, she has absolutely no dispute with the latter.
Hope the beauty of Egypt helps Katrina to let go her Salman woes.

Madhur Bhandarkar Worried About John’s Massive Weight Loss

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Keeping the actresses aside, here’s an actor who was consciously losing oodles and oodles of weight. But hold on, it was for no toning up, but for his director had demanded this already fit hunk to get a sleek look for his next project. Madhur Bhandarkar wanted John Abraham to lose some weight and muscles to get a skinny look for “aashayein”. And while the actor exercised excessively and ate lesser, he wasn’t feeling very fit at the end of the day. John would almost collapse after they packed up on every day. This eventually worried the director as he saw himself as guilty. But John would refuse to stop exercising and made it sure to Bhandarkar that he was all well.
With Bips as girlfriend how can John not be Professional??

Harman to Perform At IIFA

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The Bollywood’s new Hrithik’s look alike, Harman Baweja is all set to give his first live performance at the prestigious IIFA awards. The performance will be a solo, and the lad surely seems to be very excited about it.

“So far I’ve danced only in front of the camera and my bathroom mirror. So I’m petrified. I’m performing my love ballad ‘Milo Na Milo’ from Love Story 2050,” says the new hunk on the block. Although his love in real life, Priyanka Chopra will not share the stage with him, she has a separate item to perform at IIFA.

John Abraham in Strings Next Video

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After the Pakistani band Jal-The Band featuring Indian Actress Amrita Rao in their brand new album song, it’s another Pakistani band Strings which has approached another Indian actor John Abraham to feature in the song of their upcoming album “Koi Aane Wala Hai”. John and Strings have earlier worked together for a song in the movie “Zinda”. Since then band members Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia have developed a good friendship with the actor. Now when they have finally released an album after 4 years from their blockbuster album Dhani, they approached John to feature in the video, to which John agreed whole heartedly.
Keeping politics aside, Pakistanis are surely being adored by the industry.