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Sunday, March 29, 2009

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Playing Madhubala biggest challenge for me: Kangana

Mumbai, Kangana Ranaut is set to play the legendary Madhubala in a film titled "Once Upon A Time", but she says looking as beautiful as the late actress is a challenge.

Congress will not put up candidate against Sanjay Dutt

New Delhi, The Congress party Saturday said it would not field a candidate against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt if he contested from Lucknow.

"If Sanjay Dutt contests from Lucknow, we will not put up a candidate against him," Digvijay Singh, Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, told reporters here in response to a question.

Rishi, Russian dancer come together after 'Mera Naam Joker'

Mumbai, Rishi Kapoor played the role of a young Raj Kapoor in "Mera Naam Joker" way back in 1970 and Russian artist Kseniya Ryabinkina was one of the leading ladies in the film. The two are now set to come together after nearly 40 years in a movie titled "Chintu Ji".

A comedy partially based on Rishi's life, "Chintu Ji" is being made by debutant Ranjit Kapoor. And the film's name is derived from Rishi's nickname - Chintu.

Shilpa Shetty buys house in London

London, Apart from wanting to visit her dying foe-turned-friend Jade Goody, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's concealed reasons for a recent London visit are out. The starlet went to Britain to buy a house.

Shilpa has recently bought a home in Weybridge in Surrey, southeast of London, and is excited about getting married and having kids and bringing them up in the new house, the Daily Mail online reported.

Shift to South Africa could make IPL bigger: Preity Zinta

Mumbai, Preity Zinta, who co-owns Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, says the Twenty20 tournament moving to South Africa is like "asking an actor to perform in a theatre where nobody knows him", but the Bollywood star also hopes the shift helps in making the event bigger.

"The option was to either have it outside India or not at all. No one is happy to shift from home ground. That thrill of playing across our own country at domestic tournaments is gone. Going to various cities with the matches is a high," Preity told IANS in an interview.

Aishwarya declines to be immortalised as Barbie

New Delhi, Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai has declined to be immortalised as a Barbie doll, due to her professional commitments.

It was earlier reported that representatives of the 35-year-old actress were in negotiations with Barbie's manufacturer Mattel, who planned to give the iconic doll a Bollywood face. But the deal did not take off.

Akshay's '8X10' release hit by squabble between producers

New Delhi, The release of "8X10 Tasveer", an Akshay Kumar-starrer supernatural thriller, is in trouble over a financial clash between the movie's co-producers, Percept Picture Company and T-Series.

On March 4, 2009, the co-producers signed an agreement according to which T-Series would walk out of the film and take back the money (50 percent of the total agreed cost it had put in the film), if the money was paid by Percept on time through post-dated cheques, said a statement by T-Series.

Working with Akshay in '8x10' was terrific: Nagesh Kukunoor

New Delhi, Nagesh Kukunoor is all praise for Akshay Kumar, who plays the main lead in his first action flick "8x10 Tasveer", describing him as a "no nonsense actor" who would come to the sets on time and do his work without any fuss.

According to Kukunoor, 41, Akshay was an obvious choice for the role of Jai, who has the ability to peek into people's past.

Mahie decides to go glam after 'Dev D', 'Gulaal'

Mumbai, Actress Mahie Gill, who impressed audiences with her mature performance in "Dev D" and "Gulaal", said she will be seen in glamorous roles in her forthcoming films.

"As an actor I want to do all kinds of roles and work in different genre of films. 'Dev D' was a fantastic appearance while 'Gulaal' did see me in a semi-glam avtar as I played a mistress-cum-mujra dancer who was a huge fan of Tabu. However, none of the films had me running around the trees," said Mahie.

Emraan Hashmi fractures finger on birthday

Mumbai, Actor Emraan Hashmi, who celebrated his birthday shooting for his upcoming film "Tum Mile", said he fractured his finger on the big day and received a long, touching SMS from uncle Mahesh Bhatt.

"For this birthday, I got a long touching SMS from Bhatt Saab. And a fractured finger."

Indian film industry should change its attitude: Kamal Haasan

Chennai, Multilingual film actor Kamal Haasan Thursday slammed the critics who say that Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" showed India in a bad light.

"I am tired of hearing allegations about 'Slumdog Millionaire' showing India in a bad light instead of rejoicing over the achievement of A.R. Rahman and Resul Pookutty," Haasan said at the audio launch Wednesday of "Pasanga" a children's film being by Sasi Kumar.

Actress Asin's missing aide traced in Andhra Pradesh

Chennai, An aide of actress Asin who had been missing for the past 10 days has been traced to Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. He has reportedly admitted to blackmailing the actress, the police said Thursday.

N. Muthu Kumar, Asin's assistant for the past four years, went missing last week. His mother S. Vadivu told police that he had been kidnapped at the movie star's behest.

Yash Raj Films denies shutting down music label

New Delhi, Entertainment conglomerate Yash Raj Films (YRF) is not shutting down its music label and overseas distribution network.

YRF vice president (marketing and communications) Rafiq Gangjee said: "It is unfortunate that there are unfounded rumours going around for sometime that the Yash Raj Films' music division and our international operations are shutting down. There is absolutely no truth in either of these.

'Heaven On Earth' about hundreds of migrant wives: Deepa Mehta

Mumbai, Deepa Mehta had a problem on her hands when a woman, on whose life her "Heaven on Earth" is partly based, demanded that she be given more prominence in the film's publicity. The filmmaker finally succeeded in telling her that it was not just her story, but that of hundreds of NRI wives.

Amandeep Kaur, a woman from Punjab who became a victim of spousal abuse after getting married to a man settled in Toronto, demanded that she get more visibility just months ahead of the movie's release.

Freida Pinto to star in Israeli film

London, Freida Pinto is going places, literally. After bagging a role in a Woody Allen film, the "Slumdog Millionaire" star has now joined the cast of Israeli filmmaker Julian Schnabel's "Miral".

The 24-year-old shot to international fame after the success of Danny Boyle's multiple Oscar-winning drama.

Bollywood stars as icing on IPL cake get S Africans excited

Johannesburg, Cricket fans here are not the only ones excited because the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament will be played in South Africa this year. Fans of Bollywood and Tamil film stars are thrilled too, as they know their idols will descend across the country with one team or the other.

Following the announcement here Tuesday by BCCI Commissioner Lalit Modi that the IPL T20 tournament would be hosted in South Africa from April 18, there was as much excitement among Bollywood fans as there was among cricket enthusiasts.

Getting sharks to act in 'Blue' was not easy: Director

New Delhi, Even if directing three Bollywood macho men, two sizzling beauties and one Australian pop diva didn't seem a tough bet for debut director Anthony D'Souza, wielding the megaphone for 40 sharks for an underwater action sequence for "Blue" surely gave him jitters.

"The scariest part of 'Blue' was in fact the sharks. Getting them to act in my film was not easy," D'Souza told IANS in an e-mail interview.

My parents were against me getting into films: Aamir Khan

Mumbai, Despite hailing from a film background, noted Bollywood actor-director Aamir Khan's parents were against his entering the filmdom.

"My parents looked after us very well... we had a fairly sheltered life. I mean my parents were really against me getting into films. I come from a film family. My father and uncle were both filmmakers. And I faced hell at home. It was like there's no way you're getting into films," Aamir Khan told CNN's special edition "Talk Asia" to be aired Wednesday 6 p.m.

Bollywood film festival opens in Poland

Warsaw, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is already a household name in Poland. Now fans eagerly await another star Aamir Khan's directorial debut "Taare Zameen Par" during a seven-day festival of Hindi films that opened here Monday and will travel to 12 Polish towns.

The festival, Experience the Real Taste of India, is being organised by the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI) along with Epelpol Entertainment.

Payal Rohtagi Poses For MAXIM magazine.

Payal Rohtagi Poses For MAXIM magazine.

Neetu Chandra

Neetu Chandra Bikini Pic from Stardust Mag. Someone is shedding all her inhibitions with a vengeance. If a hot-n-happening photo shoot for MAXIM a few weeks back wasn't good enough, than here is form Stardust.

Kareena and Saif Poses For Harper Bazaar

The pair of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kappor has been featured on the Harper’s Bazaar magazine, which first issue was released in India. The pair has given nice pose to the magazine, which was shoot in Mauritius sometime in February this year.
Fans of the couple can see Kareena wearing a cue from Giorgio Armani Spring 2009 dress and Saif wearing an Ermenegildo Zegna suit.


Lara Dutta Bikini Pic from "Blue"

Lara Dutta Bikini Pic: Blue Movie. Damn she is looking so hot in the Pic of the Blue Movie. She is playing Glam Girl in the mOvie with Akshay, Katrina. So Guys check out the pic Below.

Lara Dutta Bikini Pic: Blue Movie

Sonam Kapoor Red Hot ELLE Mag Scans

Before starting her career off as an actress, Kapoor worked as an assistant under Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and assisted him during the making of his film, Black (2005). She made her acting debut alongside newcomer Ranbir Kapoor in Bhansali’s Saawariya (2007), which failed to do well at the box office. Her performance was opened to good response by most critics.

Sonam Kapoor, Elle Magazine Pictures

Deepika Padukone, Magazine Scan

Deepika Padukone Harper Bazaar Magazine Scans. There has been a buzz that director Anees Bazmee has signed Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone for his next venture to be directed by UTV. This time we hope its not CC2C again and we get to see some good movie!

Katrina Kaif Walks the Ramp as BARBIE DOLL

Katrina Kaif Walks the Ramp as BARBIE DOLL

Katrina Kaif Barbie doll Ramp Walk at 2009 Lakme Fashion Week. It was the winning dress by Nishka Lulla that Bollywood’s glamorous star Katrina Kaif modeled as the show stopper of the day. Katrina Kaif will be the Indian celebrity on whose likeness a Barbie doll will be created by Mattel Toys India Pvt. Ltd.

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Ameesha Patel Denies The News Of Contesting Elections

Ameesha Patel

Ameesha Patel

For some days before there were news in every news paper that like Sanjay Dutt, another Bollywood actor Ameesha Patel is also set to contest Lok Sabha elections. It was said that she will contest the Lok Sabha elections for National Congress Party from Rajkot seat in Gujarat.

It was stated in the news paper that the NCP chief for Gujarat, Jayant Patel quoting, “I called up Ameeshaji… and sought her contest (to fight elections). She agreed immediately.”

However the actress denies the news and said, “No no no! I am not… I repeat I am not contesting elections.”

Denying the news Ameesha said, “Numerous parties have approached me to contest the elections. And, this is not the first time that such a thing has happened. But, once and for all, I want to clarify that I’m not getting into politics right now. I don’t know who has been giving such confirmations, but the news is anything but true. I need to make my stand clear officially.”

But there is no smoke without fire because her grandfather Barrister Rajni Patel was the eminent lawyer and was right hand man to the late PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi. He was the Congress Committee President of Mumbai.

She said, “Maybe, it’s my family’s association with politics that gets the rumours mills working overtime.”

Ameesha says that she was the favourite grandchild and has fond memories of her grandfather.

“He wasn’t around when the other grand children were growing up. Maybe, it’s my association with him that fuels such rumours,” adds Ameesha.

Ameesha cleared that she is not doing it right now but will definitely on the cards for the future as right now she is busy with her film schedules.

Preity Zinta’s Videsh Is In Trouble With Censor Board

Videsh movie poster and Deepa Mehta (inset)

Videsh movie poster and Deepa Mehta (inset)

Preity Zinta’s next film Videsh, which is directed by Deepa Mehta is in trouble with Censor Board to get a U/A certificate. The Board thinks that the film is too violent and asked the director to cut down its violent scenes by 50 per cent.

The film which is based on domestic violence shows too much violence towards Preity’s character. So the Censor Board has insisted to cut down some scenes and they will give green signal to the film only after seeing the edited part.

The regional Officer of Censor Board, Vinayak Azad said, “We have asked them to tone down the domestic violence scenes by 50 per cent. And we had one more objection. The film has used expletives too, which will have to be either beeped or deleted.”

He later added, “We will review the film once again after they make the cuts which we have asked for.”

The film shows Preity as being beaten up by husband (played by Vansh Bhardwaj) at several scenes. There was also news in the last few days that actress Preity Zinta felt disturbed after doing the scene where she was beaten by and humiliated by Vansh.

Lately, when Preity was asked about her experience working in Videsh, she had replied, “I remember asking a woman, who was a victim of domestic violence and had left her husband, what the turning point in her relationship was and she said, ‘I told my husband if you want to beat me, beat me in the bedroom, don’t beat me in front of the family.’ I could never understand that. It’s terrible. I really didn’t know what it was to be in a situation like this till I actually did the film.”

Eventually Preity Zinta has won the best actress Silver Hugo Award in Feature Film Competition at 44th Chicago International Film Festival for the same film.

Freida Pinto To Do One More International Film

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

The success of Slumdog Millionaire is working wonders to the Indian belle Freida Pinto. Soon after the Oscars she was signed by renowned director Woody Allen for a Hollywood film. Now there is news that she has grabbed another Hollywood assignment.

The actress is currently in Israel for the shoot of a film named Miral being directed by American director Julian Schnabel. The film will show interwoven lives of Israeli and Palestinian women from the early years of the state through the early 1990s.

The whole shoot of the film will take place in Israel and it will start from next month. The screenplay is adopted from a book by Palestinian-Italian writer Rula Jebreal.

Aamir Making Evoking Calls To Young Indians

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Well known for his perfectionism and generosity, actor Aamir Khan has recently sting by a new and a wise bug. Aamir will soon send voice SMSes and recorded messages to one crore young Indians which will ask them to vote for upcoming Lok Sabha elections wisely.

Aamir came up with the idea when he was in IIM-B, shooting for Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots. One source from IIM-B revealed, “Aamir got this idea while he was shooting for Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots in IIM-B campus. During his month-long stay, he used to interact with many students. In fact, the Bollywood star never missed a chance to play badminton and tennis with the students. The youths sort of looked up to him and he felt he had to do something to bolster their hopes, to translate it into some kind of action.”

With the idea, Aamir contacted the Association for Democratic Reforms and agreed to be part of their Election Watch campaign. His campaign will focus on the young Indians. Promos to highlight the campaign have already been made.

The campaign will start in the first week of April. In its first phase SMSes and voice messages from Aamir will be sent out. However in the second phase, recorded calls by Aamir will be sent out. His calls will ask the young Indians to choose the right candidate, with no criminal backgrounds and the one who has the record of genuine public service.

We hope that the actor’s effort will worth.

Barbie Dolls May Soon Wear Aishwarya’s Face

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai

The iconic doll toy ‘Barbie’ will soon appear in the form of Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. For which the representatives of Ash are in negotiation with the toy company, Matel.

The doll will be named as ‘Bollywood Barbie’ after Aishwarya. The Barbie will appear with striking green eyes and in outfits designed by top Indian designers. The company which has just celebrated 50th birthday of the Barbie, came up with this idea to increase its sale in India.

With this Aishwarya will join the ranks of Hollywood beauties like Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor and Beyonce Knowles.

Ram Gopal Varma Blames K Sera Sera For Stealing His Title

Ek - The Power Of One movie poster and Ram Gopal Varma (inset)

Ek - The Power Of One movie poster and Ram Gopal Varma (inset)

The renowned film director Ram Gopal Varma claims that the title of film starring Nana Patekar and Bobby Deol, Ek - The power of one is his title. As a result Ramu has dragged the production house of film K. Sera Sera to the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Programme Producers.

Ramu clarifies that he has registered the title Ek, six years ago and he has the rights with him. Ramu was planning to do the film with actors Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan, but the film get delayed and never took off as he got busy with other films. Now all he wanted today is either the producers should change the title or should make the entire title bold.

One source said, “Ramu does not want any monetary settlement for the title but just wants K. Sera Sera to leave the title. Ramu and K. Sera Sera had many differences earlier and the latter had also taken Ramu to court during the release of Sarkar Raj over the rights issue.”

Now the decision is up to the association. However the film is set to release on Friday, March 27.