Amrita Rao & Harbhajan Singh - The Cricket Connection

Petite and delicate beauty Amrita Rao has had an old connection with cricket. She was seen opposite Harman Baweja in the cricket-based film, ‘Victory’ last year. Rumours have it that her forthcoming comedy ‘Hook Ya Crook’ will feature Indian cricket captain Mahnedra Singh Dhoni. In keeping with her association with this game, she was seen along with Harbhajan Singh at a promotional event for a sports channel.

Amrita was seen in an all glam avatar in her last flick ‘Shortkut: The Con is On’. Though the film bombed at the box office, Amrita has kept with the glamorous image and looked worth a million dollars in her short shoulder less red dress. Check out the pics from the event.

Sonam Kapoor’s ultra modern look in ‘Aisha’

Newcomer Sonam Kapoor has played a simple and homely girl in both her flicks, ‘Saawariya’ and ‘Delhi 6’. For a change, Sonam will be seen in an ultra-modern chic in the desi version of Jane Austen’s Emma – Aisha produced by father Anil Kapoor and written down by Devika (of Bachna Ae Haseeno fame).

Sonam will be wooed by three guys in the flick – Abhay Deol, Arunoday and Cyrus Sahukar. Abhay Deol plays the male lead as the one who is Ayesha’s worst critic as well as the one who secretly loves and cares for her. Newcomer Arunodoy Singh gets the role of an amiable young flirtatious man whom Ayesha adores and pursues. And VJ Cyrus Sahukar will appear as a guy who wants to marry Ayesha. Anil himself will supposedly play the role of Ayesha’s father – a person who’s a hypochondriac highly concerned about the health and safety of his loved ones.

Check out Sonam’s all glam look in the flick.

Priyanka Chopra in 12 different looks

Priyanka Chopra has worked very hard for her forthcoming flick ‘Whats Your Raashee?’ and so it does not come as surprise as she waits with baited breath for the film to hit the screens. Fir the first time in Indian cinema a female star will be playing 12 different roles. Directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar, the movie is an adaptation of the US based Gujarati writer Madhu Rye’s novel Kimball Ravenswood.

The story of the film revolves round Yogesh Patel (Harman Baweja) who always wanted to have love marriage, but must find his life partner within ten days to save his family from a disaster. So, he decides to meet one girl from each raashee – sun sign, so that he will get twelve chances to fall in love. He decides to meet 2 girls in a day. Thus getting him six days to meet them, three days to make a final decision and he can get married on the tenth day.

Priyanka Chopra plays twelve different from twelve zodiac signs named Anjali, Vishakha, Kajal, Hansa, Mallika, Pooja, Rajni, Nandini, Bhavna, Jhankhana, Sanjna, Chandrika respective of zodiac sign. Check out Piggy Chops in12 new dazzling avatars.

Aishwarya launches Longines Conquest Ceramic series watches

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the brand ambassador of Swiss watch maker Longines. She was recently in Hyderabad to launch Conquest Ceramic series watches from the brand. She looked million dollars in her black female suit with a perfect business woman look. She cleared a lot of rumors about herself at the event saying that she wasn’t down with Swine Flu and that Abhishek Bachchan is not getting a tattoo of her name inked on his arm. Check out Aishwarya Rai at the event.

Minissha Lamba has art in her blood

Minissha Lamba scorched the screens with her dare-bare act in ‘Kidnap’ and immediately after that she gave some hot clicks for Maxim. But little do her fans know that Minissha’s mother is an avid painter and has been into painting for over 2 years now. Minissha has some 25 paintings of her mother adorning her house. These paintings range from beautiful sceneries to psychedelics. Minissha adores these paintings so much that she recently turned down a lucrative offer made by a gentleman to buy one of these paintings.

Minissha reveals, “Our entire house is packed with her work. A lot of my friends have asked her to hold an exhibition, but she doesn’t take them seriously. Recently, a man landed up at our doorstep expressing interest in one of mom’s painting titled Glorious Elements. Later, he revealed that he had seen the painting on a friend’s camera phone and he got the address from him and wanted to buy the painting.”

After this incident, Minissha has now advised her mother to hold an exhibition. “I think she needs to showcase her work. We are working on the formalities and plan to hold the exhibition sometime soon. I like the fact that people across all age groups love her work.”

This sure assures us of the actress’ arty connection.

Kareena Kapoor yet again on ‘Filmfare’ covers

Size zero girl Kareena Kapoor is the reigning fashion diva of Bollywood. So, it does not come as a surprise when we find glossy magazine covers repeating the pretty lass over and over again. This is the third time Kareena Kapoor is on the covers of ‘Filmfare’ magazine. She sizzles in a bright yellow dress on the September issue of the magazine and looks extremely confident exposing her hot long legs without any footwear. Not to mention here that the girl has as much of right attitude as her acting skills!

Rani & Shahid promote ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ on TV

Rani Mukherjee will be back on silver screen with ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ after a long time, her last being ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’. She has taken special efforts in getting a toned body and flaunting it in a bikini. Nevertheless, she is taking keen interest in promoting the film along with her co-star Shahid Kapoor who is on a high these days post his success of ‘Kaminey’.

The duo was seen as special guests on the grand finale of the reality show ‘India’s Got Talent’ on 22nd August on Colors. Shahid awarded the trophy to The Prince Dance group who was declared the winner of this reality show after several relatives and friends of the group, apart from state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, corporate houses and social activists joined hands to vote en masse for them. They got a staggering Rs.50 lakhs (Rs.5 million) in cash and a swish newly-launched Maruti Suzuki Ritz car as the reward. The group, comprising 26 artistes, all below 22 years of age, spellbound everyone with their act, which was based on episodes from the Mahabharata.

The episode saw Shahid and Rani enjoying the performances and bonding well with the judges Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher and filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor.

Stars sizzle at the 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009

Held on August 19, 2009, the 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards saw some glittering celebrities make their presence felt and some top Bollywood stars rock the stage with their sizzling performance. Katrina Kaif and Shahid Kapoor were awarded with trophies in the best actor and actress category. The awards function was organized by the youth wing of the ruling Congress party to celebrate the talent of India’s young achievers. The performers who rocked the stage included Shahid Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Esha Deol and so on.

Koena Mitra launches her website

In order to get closer to her fans item girl Koena Mitra recently launched her own website at a simple function in Mumbai. She made her first appearance on the silver screen with her item number ‘Khullam Khulla’ in RGV’s ‘Road’. She entered into the glamour world after winning Gladrags magazine’s “Mega Model Contest” in 2002. She has also done the title song in a Tamil film ‘Dhool’ with actor Vikram. Her hobbies include playing video games like boxing and car racing.

The website is named ‘www.mykoenamitra.com’ and will have her photographs and other details of her upcoming films.

On the top when i opened her site today i saw that her site or server has got virus attact..Here is the screenshot of her site of virus attack:

Sophie & Maxim - When nothing is left for imagination

Mallika wears a skimpy outfit for ‘Inglourious Basterds’ premiere

With her forthcoming Hollywood project ‘Hisss’ on its way to completion, the bosom beauty Mallika Sherawat is more seen in Hollywood these days than in Bollywood. Be it the premieres or the red carpet, twitter headquarters or private parties, she seems to be everywhere brushing shoulders with who’s who of Hollywood.

Recently she was seen in a titsy bitsy revealing black dress at the premiere of Brad Pitt starrer ‘Inglourious Basterds’ in LA. There she also seemed to have bumped into director Quentin Tarantino on the red carpet as she has since put up pictures of her meeting with Tarantino on her Twitter profile. On the day of the premiere, she had posted this on Twitter, “What should I wear to the Tarantino premiere tonight? Would something scandalous be appropriate?” On the way to the event, she posted, “Hanging out in the limo on the way to the Inglourious Basterds premiere.”

Seems the beauty is enjoying all the attention she is getting. Check out her skimpy dress and the joyous glow on her face in the pics from the event.

Vidya Balan in shape and style

Vidya Balan has always faced criticism for her weight and lack of fashion ssense, but this time Balan is out to give an answer to the critics. Not only she has lost ten kilos but has also decided to move to Sabyasachi for her own styling.

Her new avatar was just too adorable as she appeared at hotel Ramada Plaza for the launch of an all-new brand Dabur Uveda – Skincare Expert from Ayurveda. She looked slim and in shape in her red and black salwar kameez.

Her career is also on a roll. She stars opposite the junior and senior Bachchan in ‘Pa’ and also has Vishal Bharadwaj’s next called ‘Ishqiya’, where she will be seen opposite Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi. She has also been signed by Yash Chopra’s next to be directed by Yash Chopra himself. It is the same project which was supposed to star Aamir Khan along with Preity Zinta.

Here are some pics from the event of the launch of Dabur Uveda.

Deepika Padukone On ‘The Plot’ – Aug 2009

Amrita Rao is on Facebook!

Yes, Amrita Rao is finally on Facebook and she tells us why she joined the social networking site. “Although I am a gadget freak and I am very much technology friendly, I never felt the need of being present on social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut and Twitter until recently. However much to my amusement, I used to receive phone calls from friends and fans who used to tell me shocking things like loved your new status, who is the new man in your life. Finally a very close friend of mine who is fashion designer told me that there was a notorious Amrita D. Rao on Facebook was playing cheap pranks on the social networking site and appeared to be original in nature. She had apparently added all my close media friends as well as fans. In fact there was a nasty rumour late last year when all my fans and family thought I was to marry a prince who was somehow related to Dr. Vijay Mallya. Strange how the fake Amrita got the entire world to believe this utter piece of rubbish through Facebook.

Sensational Shahid and Priyanka on ‘Cineblitz’

How sensuous can a pair get? Check out the latest issue of ‘Cineblitz’ to get an answer to this question. The issue has stunning shots of Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra oozing loads of sensuality and intimacy. The pair is awaiting eagerly for the release of ‘Kaminey’. While the gossip columns are painted red with their so-called romantic linkup, the couple is yet to disclose the truth behind these rumors.

Meanwhile, Shahid opens up in the issue saying that he has had a very public breakup and is definitely not in a mood to make his relationships public any further. The issue also has some candid talks with Shruti Hassan and Irrfan Khan.

Priyanka Chopra looks gorgeous at Nokia phones launch

Priyanka Chopra is on a high these days. She has given a row of hits and has bagged in many prestigious awards in recent months. She has some of the most prestigious brands associated with her and given the kind of stunning beauty she has been endowed with, no wonder big companies are in a queue to sign her as their brand ambassador.

Recently, Nokia unveiled new and latest phones Nokia 6700 and Nokia 6303 for the suave and savvy Indian consumers who are looking for superior functionality with premium finish at competitive prices. The launch was made by none other than Piggie Chops who looked absolutely gorgeous and picture perfect in a black mini dress. Check out the shots from the event.

Rakhi Sawant to continue working post marriage

Finally, Miss Rakhi Sawant is going to turn into Mrs. Rakhi Parujanwala on August 2 on the smaller screen. However, Rakhi has refused to quit work and join her Toronto based husband. Moreover, she would also not want her husband to quit work and become as ‘Gharjamai’. So, Toronto-based entrepreneur Elesh Parujanwala has decided to shift base to Mumbai from Toronto.

Speaking about his future plans, Elesh said, “There won’t be any need for a long-distance marriage, or for Rakhi to join me in Toronto. I’ve already shifted a part of my business from Toronto to Mumbai and I intend to stay put in Mumbai for a very long time.”

On his taking part in this reality show, Elesh explains, “At first I was skeptical. In fact I initially expressed my misgivings to the program’s creators. I didn’t want my children to one day ask me why I married their mom on a game show. But I’m glad I came on ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’. It isn’t a game, though it may be a show being watched by millions. For Rakhi and for me it’s a matter of life and death.”

”I used to watch Rakhi Sawant in her films and her music videos. At that time I never thought I’d one day be asking her hand for marriage. Life is funny,” he laughs.

Apparently, Rakhi’s brother Ravi Kishan helped and guided her in choosing Elesh over and above other contestants. Says Ravi Kishan, “Elesh always stood out. And I told Rakhi this. The less said about some of the other contestants the better. One of them Manmohan Tiwari had so much attitude, it was almost like he was trying to be the small screen’s Ravi Kishan. Sadly the channel encouraged him to behave the way he did, arguing that it enhanced the TRPs. He behaved very badly with Rakhi. He had a girlfriend tucked away all the time. Why was he wooing Rakhi then? I told her Elesh was the best guy for her.”

‘Kaminey’ gets an ‘A’ certificate from Censor Board

It is a nightmare come true for Vishal Bhardwaj whose ambitious project ‘Kaminey’ has been awarded an ‘A’ certificate by the censor board which means a loss of young crowd which form a considerable percentage of the viewers.

The examining committee reportedly saw the flick on Tuesday afternoon and suggested some major cuts as they felt that the film was just too violent. When Vishal refused to either go for chopping his scenes or accept an ‘A’ certificate, the revising committee with Sharmila Tagore as the Chairperson watched it with a panel of members in Delhi yesterday afternoon. The committee, however, gave an ‘A’ certificate again.

The production house, on the other hand, defends the violence in the film saying that they have already made some cuts Your browser may not support display of this image. and the abusive language used in the film is marginal. As the film is based on the underworld, violence and darkness is but naturally felt in the movie.

Well, the ball is in Vishal’s court now and he has to decide whether he will move to the higher courts or settle down with the censor board’s decision.