Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Since 2001, we have been hearing that Hrithik Roshan will act in a Hollywood film. Reportedly, Hrithik was to act in a film titled Aditya, to be produced by Los Angeles-based James Killough and to be directed by Tarsem Singh, who made to Hollywood's A-list with The Cell. But the film never went on the floors. Now, Hrithik's splash in Hollywood doesn't look like a very distant dream.
Seeing the trailers and promos of Kites, Rakesh Roshan has been getting calls from Hollywood filmmakers. These makers are impressed by Hrithik's performance in Kites and his sizzling chemistry with his co-actor, Barbara Mori. A source said that Hrithik and Barbara have ignited a never-seen-before passion on screen. This has particularly caught the eye of many Hollywood directors. Interestingly, quite a few of these offers are for romantic films, some are even romantic comedies. These offers have come in just early this week. Hrithik is dwelling on them.
The heartwarming story of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) keeps getting better and better. As of February 2010, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge has set yet another record by completing 750 weeks of continuous play. In a feat perhaps unmatched anywhere in the world, the magic of the evergreen romance keeps pulling audiences back to the central Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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Watch ‘Phoonk 2′ alone if you want to win Rs.500,000
Director Ram Gopal Varma claims "Phoonk 2" is scarier than "Phoonk" and says that the person who can watch the movie without being afraid can earn Rs500, 000.
Here's yet another trailer of the upcoming film Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? starring Paresh Rawal, Ajay Devgn, and Konkona Sen Sharma.
Watch the video below to see how one guest (Paresh Rawal) can become such a pain and how the couple (Ajay and Konkona) plan to get rid of him!
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? is a Warner Bros. Pictures India and Wide Frame Films production. Directed by Ashwni Dhir, the film is set to hit theaters on the 5th of March.
The Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif jodi has a ‘hit-hit’ score at box office. And this is enough reason why filmmakers want the sizzling jodi back on the silver screen.
Since the time Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor parted ways, Boney Kapoor’s project ‘Milenge Milenge’ has been suffering setbacks. First, the film has been out rightly delayed.
Deepika Padukone gave Shahid Kapoor's birthday a miss. We hear that the girl felt that her name was being unnecessarily being used as an affair gimmick.She is still confused about how the guest list (especially her name) got out. Meanwhile, here's a dekho at who else attended the party besides his two leading ladies Amrita Rao and Genelia D'Souza. Vidya and Kareena were not there even for old times sake.
Both of them are probably the most stylish and most sought about actors in Bollywood, but unfortunately they are yet to be paired together. Talking about Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, the duo appear together for the first time in the special issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the world’s oldest fashion magazine with 29 international editions as it successfully completes one year in India.
Check out the first trailer of Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Lara Dutta, Reitesh Deshmukh and Jiah Khan starrer Housefull directed by Sajid Khan. The movie looks hilarious. Like?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Sanjay Gadhvi seems to be planning for the third sequel for the movie ‘Dhoom 3.’ He has already spoken to the blue-eyed boy of Yash Raj, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and is waiting for a green signal from Aditya Chopra.
“Neil who’s very close to Yash Raj Films has convinced Aditya Chopra to let Gadhvi do the third Dhoom movie. Neil himself is very keen on being part of the third installment. Adi assured him there would be room for the young actor who’s currently shooting for Yash Raj’s ‘Lafange Parinde,’” said a source.
Indian origin model and actress Padma Lakshmi has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. She has named her daughter ‘Krishna.’
“Mother and baby are well and happy,” her spokesman informed.
The model had suffered endometriosis, as the doctor stated it as, “nothing short of a medical miracle.”
Padma Lakshmi, who lives in America, has denied naming the father of her child. But he is reportedly Adam Dell, the brother of the computer tycoon Michael Dell.
Padma was previously been linked up with Teddy Forstmann, a founder of the private equity firm ‘Forstmann Little & Company.’
Yesteryear’s heartthrob actress Zeenat Aman will be performing her song ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’ from the movie ‘Qurbani’ with her co-star Kabir Bedi after 38 years, and Lata Mangeshkar will lend her voice for the actress.
The two actors will be making a comeback in Sanjay Sharma’s film ‘Dunno Y…Na Jaane Kyun’ in a substantial role.
Lata Mangeshkar has sung lovely numbers for Zeenie as ‘Yashomati Maiyya Se Bole Nandlala,’ ‘Panna ki Tamanna Hai,’ ‘Main Na Bhoolungi’ and ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram,’ has lent her voice once again for the actress, apparently after a gap of almost 25 years. The last film she lended her voice was ‘Yaadon Ki Kasam’ in 1985.
Saif Ali Khan has rubbished all the rumors associating with his second production venture ‘AgentVinod.’ The rumors floating in the market suggested that the project has come to a halt after Saif’s partner was not showing the interest.
“A lot has been said about ‘Agent Vinod,’ but we are very much on track. Final touches are being given to the script and at the end of March we should have the film on the floors,” said Saif.
‘Agent Vinod’ will be the second production by Saif after ‘Love Aaj Kal,’ which will be directed by Sriram Raghavan.
Movie is romantic thriller starring Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and directed by Vijay Lalwani.Karthik Calling Karthik stars Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor, Vivan Bhatena, Vipin Sharma, Yateen Vijaykar and Shefali Shah.
The movie will see Deepika Padukone moving away from her regular glamourous roles. Farhan Akhtar will be seen playing an introvert obsessed with the Rubik’s cube.The plot of the movie is centered on Karthik (Farhan Akhtar), who is an introvert, shy and diffident, young man. He is struggling terribly in life, owing to a lack of self-belief and major confidence issues. He is slogging in an average job, where he is too miserable to churn out any productive results.The film has music given by the trio Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. The backgroundscore is composed by Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale.
First it was Anurag Basu’s “Kites” that had Brett Ratner from Hollywood to put together the material. Now director Leena Yadav has roped in Oscar winning editor Hughes Winborne to edit her film “Teen Patti”, which is releasing Friday.
Winborne, who has edited Will Smith starrer “In Pursuit Of Happyness” and “Seven Pounds” and also won an Oscar for his editing in Paul Haggis’s “Crash”, has ‘re-edited’ “Teen Patti”, which was first edited by Kaushik Das.
“We needed that international sensibility to be placed on the footage. We sent a subtitled print to Hughes. But he soon did away with the subtitles. He got all the Hindi jokes and punchlines,” Yadav told IANS.
It was a very proud moment indeed when I saw Sachin Tendulkar become the only cricketer in ODI cricket history to make double century and our Bollywood folks also rejoiced and cheered Sachins performance on Twitter.Read below:
When MumbaiMirror reported the false news about Aishwarya Rai suffering from stomach tuberculosis and not being able to conceive because of it, Aishwarya Rai immediately sent a mail to Mumbai Mirror, branding the news as false and asking for an apology. Do you think Mumbai Mirror really went overboard this time by fabricating false stories about Aishwarya Rai not being able to become a mother because of TB?
Abhishek Bachchan’s next set of celebrity guests on his game show National Bingo Night are Sonali Bendre and Kiron Kher. Wow Sonali still looks so great and refreshing, she should make a comeback in movies.
Kareena Kapoor brought the word Size Zero to India thanks to her wafer thin frame in Tashan, however the leggy lass who has become more curvaceous now insists that she doesn’t eat orange for food, instead she eats everything she likes and that is the reason behind her fab figure.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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Prakash Jha, a bollywood filmmaker launched a TV channel called ‘Morya’ last week. The entire cast of the upcoming movie, ‘Rajneeti‘ was present there along with Bhojpuri stars Ravi Kisan and Manoj Tiwari. Prakash Jha asked Katrina to speak in Bhojpuri. A source said, “Considering that Katrina speaks Hindi with difficulty, she had goose bumps when she was asked to speak in Bhojpuri. However, Prakash gave her three tutors Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kisan and Manoj Bajpai. Katrina was willing to learn. They could manage to teach her only one line as it was difficult for her to understand.”
According to some reliable sources, Rohan Sippy’s next film, Dum Maro Dum, is about the drug racket in Goa. The leading lady of this movie is Kangna Ranaut who is playing a Goan junkie in this movie. She playing this role opposite Rana Daggubati, a Telugu star, who is making hisbollywood debut. The most interesting part of this movie is that Kangna is paired with her ex-boyfriend Aditya Pancholi, who is playing a villain named Biscuit.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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MY NAME IS KHAN makes two strong statements...
The first: B.C. and A.D. are designations used to label years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. There's a third designation now - 9/11. Post September 11, the world stands divided. Terrorist outfits continue to strike in the name of religion and the common man, not even remotely associated with these groups, is bearing the brunt. The world is not a safe place anymore.
The second statement: There're two sets of people in this world - the good and the bad. No matter how strong the evil forces are, good always triumphs.
MY NAME IS KHAN is a fascinating love story, has an angle of religion and a world-shaking incident as a backdrop. It not only entertains, but also mesmerises, enthrals and captivates the viewer in those 2.40 hours. At the same time, a film like MY NAME IS KHAN is sure to have a far-reaching influence due to its noble theme. I strongly advocate, don't miss this one!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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The pretty actress Preity Zinta is all done with her course in the prestigious Harvard business school is all set to dabble in various aspects of the entertainment industry, including production.
Narrating the light moments of her studies at Harvard Preity laughs and says, “The Indians in the faculty did recognize me eventually. They were taken aback that I was coming to Harvard. But they were discreet. They’d come up and say. ‘Oh my God, what’re you doing here? Why aren’t you doing movies any more?’”
Apparently the Bollywood fever caught up with the actress at the serious business school eventually, as she narrates, “At the gym on the campus I saw a work-out dance class for cardio exercises and when I went there they were dancing to Bollywood stuff including my ‘Where’s the party tonight’. When I joined them the dance instructor said, ‘You really move your hips well.’ I had the best time of my life.”
Proving once again the importance of India market for its tourism industry, the Egyptian Tourism Authority and the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in a glittering ceremony, launched its new brand campaign and logo that brings alive all the wonders of this ancient land of the Pharaohs.
Egypt’s brand ambassador and Indian actor Celina Jaitley added the right touch of glamour and exotica to the ceremony attended by the who’s who of the diplomatic and elite circles of Mumbai. Leading tour operators and the media were also present in large numbers to witness the launch. The former Femina Miss India Universe unveiledthe new logo of Egypt and also announced the launch of their new advertising campaign in India. The event, an Egyptian Night, was held at the Trident Hotel, in the heart of Mumbai.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Samy Mahmoud, Under Secretary-Head of International Promotion sector said, “India is very important to us not only as a tourism market but more so as a country with which we share strong political and cultural ties. India and Egypt have cultural synergies and affinities that go far back in history. It is for this reason that we are launching our new campaign and logo here. We want more and more Indians to visit Egypt and experience for themselves the warm hospitality of Egypt something for which both India and Egypt are fabled.”
“Further, both the countries are perfect tourist destinations offering an eclectic mix of past and the present, ancient and modern, art and culture, heritage and history, sports and entertainment. Both India and Egypt have a magical aura, with the past, present and the future juxtaposed in the same time frame. Both the countries exercise a hypnotic fascination and boast of a traditional warmth and hospitality that few others offer. It gives me immense pleasure to bring to you our new campaign and logo that is seeped in the mystical magic of Egypt.”
Celina looked ravishing in a purple ensemble. She was beaming throughout the event, right from giving interviews to the media present there to mingling with the dignitaries and ambassadors. The proud brand ambassador exclaimed, “Seeing the Pyramids sitting on my Grandfather's shoulders is the first memory I have of Egypt. I was only six then, and that’s when my love affair with Egypt began. Back then little did I know that when I will grow up I will be representing this beautiful country by becoming the brand ambassador of Egypt to India.”
The invitees enjoyed the belly dancing and traditional Tanoura dance and were also were seen participating in it. The event was a beautiful blend of the two countries, Egypt and India, which are known for their rich culture and civilization.
Bollywood actress Amrita Rao will soon be on the cover page of fashion magazineL'Officiel. The gorgeous actor will don for the power issue of the magazine.
Confirms Amrita, “I’m finally done with the shoot of L’Officiel’s power issue. I had a wonderful time shooting for such an esteemed magazine. I’m back on my way to Filmcity but stuck in the traffic.”
Before Amrita beautiful diva Priyanka Chopra had posed and created waves with her resemblance to the lovely Sophie Lauren. Akshay-Twinkle too donned and made the most beautiful couple for the cover page recently.
And now Amrita Rao is all set to attract the eye-balls for she too will be showcased in a never before seen avatar by leading fashion magazine.
Though Adnan Sami’s scheduled wedding on January 31 to his Afghani-German girlfriend Roya Faryabi in Munich fell through, it now comes to light that the couple went through a secret nikaah ceremony at Adnan’s residence in Mumbai on Friday, January 30, a day before the wedding-cards announced the wedding in Munich.
Only close family members of Adnan were present at this nikaah.
Says a source close to Adnan, “The wedding in Munich had to be cancelled because the courts did not allow Adnan to leave the country, much as he had hoped to. There are serious charges of domestic violence against Adnan. He was not allowed to leave forMunich and the wedding plans in Germany had to be put off.”
Rather than cancel the wedding Adnan decided to have a flash ceremony in Mumbai. All the arrangements were made by Adnan’s son Azaan, Adnan now intends to host a wedding reception in Munich at Roya’s place and then another reception in Mumbai for all his friends. But as things stand Roya and Adnan are now man and wife.
Speaking from Munich Adnan’s third wife Roya Fariyadi says, “Adnan is the perfect man for me. I love not just the man but also his mother and son. In fact Adnan’s son Azaan and I get along like a house on fire. We often gang up together and tease the hell out of Adnan.”
Roya says she is not the least perturbed by Adnan’s past record of broken marriages. “What happened in the past is the past. What I see is a man I’d like to spend my life with. Adnan is kind, caring and gentle. I hope we can make our marriage last forever. Like any good wife I plan to shift to Mumbai to be with Adnan and his family. But I’ll keep visiting Germany. That’s where my parents stay.”
Roya’s parents are from Afghanistan .They moved to Germany 30 years ago and hold German passports.
Adnan’s first wife Zeba Bakhtiar has spoken to Roya. They apparently like one another. As for his second wife the warring Sabah, her views on Adnan’s third wife are now known but easy to guess.
At first Adnan was reluctant to confirm the secret nikaah. He finally said, “Yes we got married last Friday at a secret nikaah. And we’re loving it. Now deal with it.”
She continues, “Krishna is not apologetic about her needs. She gets attracted to Arshad’s character and there is a certain culmination to it. With Naseer saab she enjoys that attention. He woos her in a classical way.”
No wonder Vidya falls for Naseeruddin Shah when he woos her with Dil toh bachcha hai ji.
Not just Shahrukh Khan-Kajol fans but Industrywallas too are awestruck with the mellifluous music of My Name Is Khan. And the latest entrant to the MNIK’s music club is none other than the very gorgeous Priyanka Chopra who is eagerly waiting for the film to release.
“I absolutely love the music of My Name Is Khan. I can't wait to see the film,” says Priyanka Chopra.
Despite the debacle of her recent release Yash Raj Films’ Pyaar Impossible Piggy Chops still seems to be in high-spirits and is wishing her colleagues good luck for their forthcoming ventures.
Though judging her excitement it can be safely said that My Name Is Khan seems to be her hot favorite and is on the top priority. Apart from raving about the music she was heard conveying her best wishes through a social website. Here goes Piggy Chops routing for MINK team, “Way to go team MNIK,” she tweets.
New Delhi/Chandigarh, The Hero Group has not acquired Kings XI Punjab, one of the eight franchisees of the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament, the company as well as Preity Zinta, the co-owner of the team, clarified Wednesday.
Mumbai, Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan’s eagerly awaited romantic saga “Kites”, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Mexican model Barbara Mori, will be released May 21.
Kathmandu, Even as India’s ultra-right party, the Shiv Sena, went on a rampage in Indian film capital Mumbai, attacking the cinema halls offering advance booking for the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan”, the Nepal distributor of the film said he fears no such trouble in the Himalayan republic.
“The Shiv Sena protest in India is not about the film. It’s about cricket. The Nepal screenings will not be affected,” the film’s Nepal distributor Nakim Uddin told IANS.
Directed by Karan Johar, “My Name Is Khan”, that has Kajol in the female lead, is scheduled to be screened in four multiplexes in Kathmandu along with smaller theatres in nearly a dozen towns outside Kathmandu valley from Friday when it releases worldwide.
However, unlike in India, where the Shiv Sena has trained its sights on the film due to Shah Rukh Khan defending Pakistan’s cricket players, in Nepal, the Sena’s sister organisation, the Nepal Shiv Sena, is unlikely to go on the warpath.
Mumbai, Shiv Sena activists Tuesday went on a rampage and attacked several cinema halls that will screen Shah Rukh Khan’s “My Name Is Khan” despite the Mumbai Police assuring full security at the 63 cinemas and multiplexes that will showcase the movie.
Sena mobs attacked and damaged the booking windows of the Mehul Theatre in Mulund and staged noisy protests outside Shreyas Theatre in Ghatkopar, both in the suburbs, officials said.
Check out the live premiere of My Name is Khan in Abu Dhabi on Facebook Ustream.Check out SRK, Kajol and Karan answering eager queries of fans of facebook. Excited to see SRK and Kajol’s back on screen.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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On last Sunday evening, Bollywood star Katrina Kaif faced an unusual dilemma. She failed to locate her car and driver, and as a crowd began collecting around her, she decided to take an autorickshaw ride to go home, says a media report.
Check out Freida Pinto getting naughty and sexy on the cover of Elle magazine’s latest edition.Freida transforms into a Valentine brand ambassador for Elle and talks about every thing under the sun. Like?
Amitabh Bachchan has taken his love for blogging a step further by collaborating with Inside India. Inside India has introduced the service which is aptly called Bachchan Bol, fans can call on Big B’s Bachchan Bol number and can hear his thoughts and views anytime anywhere.
Top Ten Songs of the Week
1. Give me Some Sunshine – 3 Idiots
2. Sajda – My Name is Khan
3. Dil Toh Bachcha Hai – Ishqiya
4. Uff Teri Ada – Karthik Calling Karthik
5. Tera Hone Laga hun – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
6. Saalam Aya – veer
7. Ajj Din Chadiya – Love Aaj Kal
8. Pe Pe Pein – Chance Pe Dance
9. Sajna – Couple’s Retreat
10.Cham Cham – Striker
Actress and ex-miss Universe Sushmita Sen is known to have lived life on her own terms. She has always been open about all her relationships providing ample of grit to rumour-mills. The diva has always maintained that she believes in the institution of marriage but seems to be little less fortunate when finding her soul mate.
To begin with Rajat Tara was her first boyfriend from college days. He came in light when she was crowned Miss Universe as he was through and through with her and her family during the pageant. Tara quit his cushy-job with United Colours of Benetton to be with her on the important day. After tasting success and stardom, Sush conveniently closed the chapter of Rajat Tara from her life only to being the new one. Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin who was also in the panel of judges during the Miss Universe contest was the new man in her life. Their affair could not last long as the distance tore them apart. However, the pop star went on to say on records that Sushmita was his inspiration behind his song Maria that she acknowledged in one of her famous quote.
The latest buzz is that, sex siren Sherlyn Chopra expressed her desire to be part of kolkata Knight Riders by being an official cheer leader. She expressed her desire to none other than King Khan.
To everyone’s surprise, Shahrukh happily agreed.
Recently Shahrukh khan has announced his alliance with inner wear brand to market and manufacture clothes for his Kolkata Knight Riders.
It seems Shahrukh is bowled out by Sherlyn Chopra. Wonder what Shahrukh has to say about this?
Abhishek Bachchan and Hot Wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are so busy shooting for their upcoming films 2010 that the couple hardly gets time to spend together. So, to keep in touch couple has found a new way. These days Bachchans are using Twitter as new communication medium between them.
Ajay Devgan, who made his debut with the Madhoo-starrer Phool Aur Kaante, has indeed come a long way. He, who used to be the angry, young man of action films, is now turning to comedy, that too in a big way.
Ajay’s last three comedies Golmaal, Golmaal Returns and All The Bestwere well received, and his performance was appreciated. The two-time National Award-winning actor is now overwhelmed with offers for comic performances. His upcoming flick Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? with Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma is a comedy as well. The promos of the film have generated a lot of curiosity, and audiences are eagerly awaiting it.
According to Ashwni Dhir, who has directed Ajay in Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?, Ajay is a ‘first-rate actor’ who is ‘a natural in front of the camera’, and does comedy just as well as action.
On the whole, MY NAME IS KHAN is a fascinating love story, has an angle of religion and a world-shaking incident as a backdrop.
It not only entertains, but also mesmerizes, enthralls and captivatesthe viewer in those 2.40 hours. At the same time, a film like MY NAME IS KHAN is sure to have a far-reaching influence due to its noble theme. Don't miss this one!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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As per sources that Shekhar Kapur is going to direct a Hindi movie and Hrithik Roshan has been roped in to play the lead role.
This is the second time when Bollywood sensation Hrithik is planning to take a project of Shekhar Kapur and previously almost a decade back for his movie ‘Paani’ when Hrithik made his debut in Bollywood industry. But somehow the movie never took off.
Reports claim that Kapur approached Hrithik with a ready script for his next film. According to a source, “Hrithik and Shekhar have met several times to discuss working together but somehow, things never worked out. Now that Hrithik is ready with ‘Kites’, Kapur feels it`s the right time to back that up with his film.”