Max Stardust Awards 2009 Glittered With Stars

In the period of cinema awards around the Globe, whether it is Golden globe or Oscar awards, Bollywood no way is behind in this frenzy and the latest event occurred on the line is Max Stardust Award that occurred on last Saturday dated 14th February 2009 in Mumbai.

Nearly, every big star was seen at this function performing, receiving award or sitting among guests. The best movie awards was given to the “Singh is Kinng” to Akshay Kumar. And his wife twinkle was also present at the event. Amitabh received best actor award and Priyanka Chopra bagged the trophy for Female Star of the Year. There were all, the list is countless including Kangana Ranaut with beau Adhyayan Suman, Kareena Kapoor and boyfriend Saif Ali Khan, Ameesha Patel, Fardeen Khan, Salman Khan, Neha Dhupia, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Rao and more.

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A chilling action sequence for the climax of ‘Kites’

Sources say the climax of Hrithik Roshan’s romantic thriller ‘Kites’ has a nail-biting action sequence inspired from ‘Bad Boys 2’ and ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’. Director Anurag Basu recently shot a difficult action sequence in Santa Fe in New Mexico. The scene required around a month of preparation and was shot over three days.

The scene was initially directed by Dick Ziker, but the Roshans weren’t quite pleased with his work and reshot the scene with action director Spiro Razatos and they were happy with the final result.

It is a scene similar to Bad Boys 2 where the villain pushes cars off an automobile mover (the vehicle that transports cars from the factory to the dealer) during a car chase. The rented a garage for a month where he kept second-hand cars that he purchased. These cars were modified to make them look new.

No, wonder, the film’s marketing and distribution rights have reportedly been sold for a whopping amount of Rs. 110 crores to Anil Ambani’s Big Pictures.

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Shah Rukh in Good Health after Successful Surgery

The good news, after all came out from the Breach Candy Hospital where King of Bollywood Shah Rukh had undergone a surgery of his left shoulder on Monday 16th February. All the anxious souls were relived after listening good news that the operation was successful and SRK is in good health. He has some post surgery pain; however, would recover very soon as time would pass away. He is expected to be in hospital for someday and would be discharged very soon, however, he has been asked to away from the action and shooting for at least four months and to take bed rest. However, king Khan has decided to take rest till start of next IPL season and to continue work from May or June. This has not created much problem for Bollywood. Yet Karan Johar’s much expected MY NAME IS KHAN is on hold till Shah Rukh recovers, completely.

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Celina Jaitley faces misbehavior at New Delhi airport

Celina Jaitley has time and again raised her voice against abusive and rude behavior against women, be it in foreign land or India. Recently, she again faced rude misbehavior from authorities at New Delhi airport while she was going through the security check for her morning flight to Mumbai.

That day there was special security check for the Valentine event in the city but what left Celina shocked was that her expensive state of art iPod and Blackberry were scratched while quite a few other things in her bag were broken after the scanning of her belongings. Worse still, the cops who were apparently responsible for the damage, were found smiling even as Celina was complaining against them.

“I agree that authorities there are doing their duty and we too are completely cooperating with the security measures. It is for our own benefit and I understand that we should comply with them. However, who gives them the right to mishandle things belonging to others? It was heartbreaking to see my stuff in a bad shape. Both my iPod as well as Blackberry have lost their sheen due to callous attitude of men who were doing the scan,” said Celina.

“These guys don’t know how to behave with women. I went up to the officer in charge and all he could say was ‘Sorry’? Also, they told me in no uncertain terms that they couldn’t repair what was broken. Moreover, the guys who did it were grinning in front of him. What a shame! Someone ought to teach these cops how to behave with women”, she added.

Celina is thinking of approaching higher authorities and apprise them about what transpired with her at the airport. “I was not only angry with them for breaking my stuff but for their misbehavior with other women. They are there to secure us and not to humiliate, insult and manhandle us, especially women. They are misusing the power of uniform everywhere now-a-days. At the end of the day we are paying passengers and they can’t break our things, insult us and indulge in indecent behavior,” she said adding,
“True, the women there were thanking me and one of them even said that I did what they couldn’t have possibly done in fear. Well, nice to hear this as a compliment, but my request to all womenfolk out there is - ‘Fight for yourself and raise your voice in events like this’. Till the time we don’t come out in open and let the authorities know that they are there to help us and not harass us, such shameful things would continue to happen.”

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Lekha Washington steps into Bollywood

It is the time for South beauties to rule Bollywood now. After Asin took everyone by surprise bagging some plum projects with big Khans of Bollywood, Lekha Washington is the latest south side actress to join Bollywood. Lekha has been chosen to star opposite Rajeev Khandelwal in UTV’s new film, ‘Peter Gaya Kaam Se‘. She was chosen since UTV needed a heroine who could play football, ride the bike, look like a super model, do martial arts, and be everything from cold-hearted to a girl next door.

An NID graduate, Lekha is a powerhouse of talents being associated with theatre, adventure sports, sculpting, and hosting travel shows. Apart from being a qualified documentary filmmaker, Lekha co-hosted the first season of the Indian Premier League with Ajay Jadeja on Sony Max. A Maharashtran Burmese Italian Punjabi hybrid, Lekha Washington is quite a known name in Tamil Cinema.

In October 2008, Lekha had hosted the Al Barakha Canada Cup Twenty20 tournament on international television. She has also hosted travel shows around the world, and been an active theatre enthusiast for much of the last eight years, directing her theatre group Khel.

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Tara Sharma’s loss is Minissha Lamba’s gain

They say to gain something you have to lose something. The saying goes well for actress Tara Sharma who got married to Roopak Saluja since November 2007 and is pregnant now. However, her pregnancy took toll on her acting career and the actress has to forego an important role in director Rensil D’Silva’s film on terrorism, starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi. The actress has told producer Karan Johar and director Rensil about her condition and the duo have relieved Tara from the project.

Reportedly, Minissha Lamba has been roped in to pair with Vivek in the film now. But Tara has not lost everything. She will act in a film called ‘Suno Na’ in which she plays a pregnant woman. She is presently dubbing for a movie called ‘Mocktail’.

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Priyanka & Saif win the NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards

Indian Business News Television Channel announced awards in various categories for automobile products on 20th February, 2009. The award function “NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards” was held at ITC Grand Maratha in Mumbai. While Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra won the award in best female model category for her Hero Honda Commercial Ad, Chhote Nawab Saif Ali Khan won the award in best male model category for his Chevrolet Car Commercial Ad. The duo looked smart and adorable with Priyanka in black leather outfit and Saif with his rock star image.

The company on the occasion said, “Over the last 4 years, NDTV Profit Car and BikeAwards have emerged as the most coveted awards in the automobile industry - which stands for credibility and a sense of fair play. There is complete transparency in what we endeavour to put out - since we have a responsibility to our viewers and readers to carefully assess, select and recognise the best automobiles of the year”.

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Sayali Bhagat walks the ramp for SNDT College Show

She entered the glamour world by winning the beauty contest followed by modeling assignments and finally entering the Bollywood with ‘The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed’ opposite Emraan Hashmi. Though the film did not give the desired push to her career, Sayali Bhagat has always managed to stay in news due to her ramp shows and also due to candid proposal to Rahul Dravid and Irfan Pathan on TV. Currently she is dating the Pakistani cricket team captain Shoaib Malik . Shoaib Malik too has confirmed friendship with her.

Recently, the dusky beauty walked the ramp for SNDT College Show. Other models like Janice and Geetika also walked on the ramp with collage girls. Neena Gupta, Leena Mogre were spotted too.

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“SlumDog Millionaire” Won Eight of the Oscar Awards

Ultimately, at Kodak theatre in Los Angles it turned out to be day for “SlumDog Millionaire” at 81st Oscar award ceremony, where the movie based on the plot of Mumbai, surrounded around a slum Boy’s tale of rising from rag to riches bagged eight Oscars out of 10 nominated categories.

“SlumDog Millionaire” won award as Anthony Dod Mantle for Best Cinematography, Simon Beaufoy for Best Writing & Screenplay, Resul Pookutty, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke for best sound, Chris Dickens for Best Editing, AR Rahman for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Movie also bagged award for Best Director given to Danny Boyle and The Best Picture award also retained by the movie.

Following is the list of 2009 Oscar Award winners.

Best Actress – Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Director – Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Writing & Screenplay based on Material - Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Editing - Chris Dickens - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Score - AR Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song - AR Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Makeup - Greg Cannom - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Art Direction - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Visual Effects - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Sound Editing - Richard King - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress -Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Costume Design - Michael O’Connor - The Duchess
Best Animated Film - Andrew Stanton - WALL.E
Best Writing & Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen - Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

However, winning of Oscar by SlumDog Millionaire put forth the case of Bollywood Cinema in the International arena and is positive sign that in coming future there would be production of movies of International standard. Bollywood-stars.net congratulates  crew of SlumDog Millionaire on this great achievement. “Proud to be Indian”

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Anil Kapoor Graces the ‘Montblanc Signature for Good’ Affair

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ leading light, Anil Kapoor ascended at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on February 20th for the ‘Montblanc Signature for Good’ event. It was a high profile gala hosted by Montblanc in support of UNICEF.

Anil’s co-attendee was Reese Witherspoon. The celebrities that graced the occasion were Paris Hilton, Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Oliver Stone, Michael York and many more.

The ‘Montblanc Signature for Good’ idea unveiled the portraiture photography of American photographer Roger Moenks to do well to UNICEF’s education and literacy programs. Many renowned actresses were honored for their sustained support of UNICEF. Their autographed portraiture that was unveiled on the occasion will be auctioned and all the proceeds will go to UNICEF.

The stars had ascended for a good cause and also enjoyed the night away! The stars gorged on a distinctive menu presented by world-famous chef, Wolfgang Puck along with a swing band entertaining them exclusively.

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Two new projects for Vidya Balan

With the advent of a new year on Jan 1, Vidya Balan has ventured on new arenas. Vidya’s birthday falls on the 1st Jan itself and this year she went to Panchgani with her family for birthday celebrations. The New Year brought two new promising roles for Vidya. One is Nikhil Advani’s ‘Chand Bhai’ and the other is Vibhu Puri’s ‘Chenab Gandhi’. The latter is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. ‘Chand Bhai’ does not have Miss Balan in the central role and she gets to pair opposite Akshaye Khanna. The film is based on a delinquent boy’s character and has a social message attached to it.

Advani’s ‘Chand Bhai’ is a far cry from Advani’s last release ‘Chandni Chowk To China’. Says Vidya, “It’s nothing like the high-flying glam-wham stuff that one expects from Nikhil after Chandni Chowk. Chand Bhai is a stark very real kind of drama. And I get to co-star with a very talented actor Akshaye Khanna with whom I was in Nikhil’s Salaam-e-Ishq though we had just one passing shot together.”

Vidya is excited about ‘Chenab Gandhi’ too and says, “I haven’t really interacted that much with my co-star Hurman as yet. With Mr. Bachchan who plays the title role, I share a lifelong bonding. Right from Eklavya we’ve been paired in so many films right up to Chenab Gandhi and now Balki’s Pa. If I did all the films last year that I was offered with Mr. Bachchan, I wouldn’t be working with anyone else.”

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Sonam Kapoor heading for an image makeover

Sonam Kapoor has had two releases uptil now and the girl has appeared as the coy girl-next-door in both her flicks. Now, it is time for an image makeover for this newcomer. But since no film maker has approached the Kapoor girl with a glam role, Sonam has turned to her Papa dear Anil Kapoor to get her wish fulfilled.

So now we have Anil Kapoor to produce a movie titled ‘Ayesha’ based on the the famous novel “Emma” written by Jane Austen. Sonam, of course, will be playing the lead role of Emma (Ayesha here) who is rich, easy going and flamboyant. Abhay Deol has been reportedly roped in for the project and a new actor named Arunodoy Singh is to play another male lead role.

While Abhay will be seen as a man who clandestinely loves and cares for the heroine, Arunodoy will give life to a role of a playful young man for whom the leading lady has a soft corner. V.J Cyrus Sahukar will be come across as a man who wishes to marry Ayesha. The task of editing the novel has been trusted upon Devika Bhagat, the writer of ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’.

Though both her previous films bombed at the box office, Sonam Kapoor has stolen everyone’s heart with her beauty and freshness. Lets see how much appreciation she gets in a glamorous role.

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Preity Zinta in Napier to cheer Indian team

Bollywood star Preity Zinta made a surprise visit to the McClean park, moments before the toss in the first ODI between India and New Zealand there to cheer The Kings Eleven Punjab, an IPL franchisee co-owned by Zinta.

“I have been invited by the New Zealand Prime Minister and will be attending the official function hosted for the Indian team on March 5 at Wellington,” said Preity, who looked gorgeous as ever clad in faded blue jeans and a blood-red top.

Preity briefly met Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan before the start of the match and wished them well. “I met Yuvraj, Dhoni and Irfan briefly. Nothing much,” she revealed.

Indian team moral was already down by white wash in T20 series. But it seems her present has worked magic and Indian team won that day’s match.

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Wedding Bells for Bollywood beauties

It is wedding time in Bollywood with two of our most gorgeous actresses tying knots with their hubby. Actress Amrita Arora got married to Shakeel Ladak by Catholic rituals at Olive restaurant in Mumbai. The wedding was graced by Bollywood biggies that include Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Zayed Khan with their wives along with Twinkle and Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, Urmila Matondkar, Priyanka Chopra, Mehr and Arjun Rampal, Manish Malhotra, Tusshar Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan to name a few. However, there was an initial disappointment when the got a call from the Mt Mary Basilica stating that the wedding ceremony would not be possible because of security issues.

Also, this March, beautiful Ayesha Takia married her long time boyfriend Farhan. Her wedding took place on March 1, 2009 in Mumbai. They had a quiet nikaah as per Islamic tradition. Only family members attended the wedding ceremony which was a simple, private affair with only near and dear ones invited. On the night of 2 March, Ayesha and Farhan gave a party to their friends and other friends from the industry.

Check out the beautiful Bollywood ladies as coy brides at their wedding ceremony.

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Bipasha Basu revealing her fitness mantra in ‘Cosmopolitan’

Bipasha Basu’s ‘Aa Dekhe Zara’ is set for release and the promos of the film are already on the television screens with Bips looking as fit and gorgeous as ever. There is no denying the fact that this dusky Bong beauty is a proud owner of a fit and perfectly shaped body. She is featured On Cosmopolitan India (supplement) March 2009 issue which portrays her at different poses in the gym. In the interview titled “Fly High with Bipasha”, Bipasha reveals that if she has 2 hours free, she spends half an hour with her boyfriend John Abraham, and the rest at her gym or at the pool. Check out the scans of the super sexy Bipasha Basu from the March 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan.

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Shilpa Shetty opens up her chain of medi-spas

After winning the title of ‘Big Brother’, Shilpa Shetty has stepped into many shoes, Television host, Yoga Guru, actress, producer, business woman, active fighting against AIDS and racism, to name a few. Now, she has decided to take up the task of making people beautiful. It is known to very few people that Shilpa is a trained beautician and that she always wanted to own a ‘beauty parlour’.

Shilpa Shetty has launched a chain of medi-spas all over Mumbai in partnership with spa owner, Kiran Bawa. IOSIS is not quite a beauty parlour, it is closer to a spa, Shilpa said at the inaugration.

A source close to the actress reveals, “Shilpa hasn’t had a party for a long time but on March 10, she will have a double celebration the Royal Rendezvous to celebrate her partnership with Rajasthan Royals as well as the opening of her new medi-spa at a five-star hotel in the suburbs. She has already asked people to block the date.”

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Deepika Padukone at Tissot watches launch

Though her much ambitious project ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ bombed at the box office, there is no stopping the leggy lass Deepika Padukone who looked gorgeous at the launch of Tissot watches at ITC Parel where she arrrived with her dad and ex- badminton world champion Prakash Padukone.

Attired in a saffron mini dress at the event, Deepika was all praises for the brand and said, “The Tissot T Touch Expert is not only a watch, it’s a gizmo which every ambitious traveller will wish to posses. It makes the simple act of wearing a watch or seeing time a thrilling experience with its extraordinary functions. I would step out of my house for an expedition with my T Touch Expert.”

Asked about her fetish for watches, she said, “I love watches. Infact, I gifted a watch to Ranbir on his birthday too.”

And yes, when asked about her future plans regarding career and marriage, she repeated Ranbir Kapoor’s words saying, “We are too young to get married. For now, both of us want to focus on our careers, marriage would come later.”

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Ranbir Kapoor goes candid for GQ

Ranbir Kapoor, son of veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, as soon as he stepped into the industry became a hot property and also drew all the public interest because of his open and candid love affair with Deepika Padukone.

And this time, Ranbir is making headlines by his cool new look on GQ magazine’s cover page. The issue has an added point of a free and candid chat with the actor with Ranbir revealing each and everything about himself, from his hidden secrets, habits to his personal life.

He also said, “There was marijuana, there was alcohol, I started smoking cigarettes.”

The actor has not only disclosed his drug-addiction stories, but also told that he must have been around 15 years old when he lost his virginity.

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Rucha Gujarathi making her big screen debut with ‘Lottery’

The fine line between the small screen and the big screen seems to be disappearing now with increasing number of television stars steeping into the tinsel town and Bollywood celebrities making constant appearances on the smaller screen.

While it was Prachi Desai last year, it is Aamna Shroff and Rucha Gujarathi this year making their debuts with ‘Aloo Chaat’ and ‘Lottery’ respectively.

Rucha has been seen extensively on television so far with appearances in tele-serials like Kkusum, Bhabhi, Waaris, Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya, Shh Phir Koi Hai and the reality dance show Saas V/s Bahu. Moreover not many are aware that Rucha had in fact started her career as a child artiste and did a few movies like Dancer, Sahabzaade, Hum Hain Kamaal Ke, Kanyadaan and Shikari in her initial years of facing the camera. Rucha has also starred in music videos of albums by Gurdas Mann, Pankaj Udhas and Vaishali Samant.

Now finally she has managed to reach the big platform with ‘Lottery’ which also marks the debut of Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant and newcomer Manisha Kelkar. A romantic musical thriller, ‘Lottery’ is special for Abhijeet too since other than being the lead protagonist of the film; he has also lent his vocals to as many as three songs. The rpomos of the film are already on air. Directed by Hemant Prabhu, ‘Lottery’ is set for a March release.

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Imran Khan - Partakes in ‘Vagina Monologues’

The one the most promising newcomer Imran Khan, who has already laureate the much prestigious Best New Actor trophy is all set to gratify himself theatre work. Grabbing much sought after revolutionary role in Eve Ensler’s ‘Vagina Monologues.’ The play is written by Eve Ensler with much controversial title as well as concept is hitting Mumbai and will be directed by Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal

The reoccurring subject is employing the vagina as a means of feminine empowerment and the ‘Vagina Monologues’ series of monologues are supposedly read by female actors. Imran Khan will interpret the piece, ‘My Short Skirt’ which was also formerly read by Mallika Sherawat. Here Imran will read the piece while a female performer will act it out on stage; while this is the first time in history (the play was first written in 1996) a guy actor will be rendering a monologue.

Enthused by a gal pal who is in the play herself, Sonali Sachdev, to be a part of the play Imran anticipates more men involving in the female oriented play.

Nevertheless, the finest thing about it is the reality that the proceeds will be forwarded to generate wakefulness towards violence aligned with women and helping the victims of hostility.

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Holi Bash with Zoom TV Gang

Wishes came in brightest colors with the Holi festivities celebrated with great enthusiasm, pomp and style. The festival was enjoyed by one and all, letting their hairs down and drenching in colors and bursting masti!

Bollywood and TV celebrities like Adhyayan Suman, Varun Badola, Neetu Chandra and Rajeshwari Sachdev were no exceptions who enjoyed the Holi Bash hosted by Zoom TV India on Tuesday in Mumbai to the hilt. Bollywood hotties like Deepshikha, Alina, Sana and Anjana Sukhani also showed up at the party.

To help you recover from your ‘Bhang’ hangover; we have got you some cute pictures from the Zoom TV annual Holi party. Have fun!

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Country Club of India - Celebrates Rang Barse with Celebs

Commemorating Holi on last Wednesday, lot of Glitzy glamorous arrangements were planned to generate joyfulness and verve in the atmosphere at Country Club’s Spring Club in Kandivali Mumbai. The show Rang Barse included celebrities, DJ compositions and of course multihued gulal. The arrangements for the Holi festival were striking and guests enjoyed to the hilt!

Bollywood hotties present for the revels included Koena Mitra, Geeta Basra, Anjana Sukhani and Nauheed Cyrusi. Although Holi is a festival to get drenched in bright colors; these babes were spotted striving hard to keep their pristine white attires off rainbow colored gulal!

The Chairman and Managing Director at the Country Club of India, Mr. Rajeev Reddy declared, “The Country Club has always valued the multi layered diversity of Indian culture reflecting in its festivals in resplendent colors. Our members consist of varied communities so one will find us celebrating [everything] from Lori to Holi, Christmas to Id symbolizing oneness and cultural integration. Across the country, in its clubs spread all over, Country Club of India celebrated Holi with enthusiasm and gusto adding colors to the lives of its esteemed members.”

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Freida Pinto at the Chanel Show in Paris

Unlike other Bollywood stars who aim and long for Hollywood projects, but keep Mumbai as their base clinging on to Bollywood films, The 24-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actress, Freida Pinto has moved to New York to concentrate on her Hollywood career. Not that her move has been too hasty or unplanned. The gorgeous actress has already been signed by Woody Allen for his next film where she will star alongside Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas.

And also, the gal is making her presence felt on the international front dazzling at major events. Recently, she was spotted at the Chanel show in Paris Fashion Week where she outdid her fellow front row occupants supermodels Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer. She was was the centre of attention in a white draped cocktail dress with a black layered chain detail and black stilettos.

The Mumbai native, had earlier confessed to getting star struck despite now being a celebrity in her own right, with the stupendous success of her debut film which went on to win eight Academy awards.

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Aamir ‘perfectionist’ Khan turns 44 years old

Young as the actor feels and looks, it is surprising that Aamir Khan turned 44 years old this March 14. Aamir celebrated his birthday by cutting a cake with media at his house in Bandra, Mumbai.

Born on March 14, 1965 in Mumbai, Aamir first appeared on the silver screen as a child actor in his Uncle Nasir Hussain’s film ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ in 1973. Then it was only eleven years later that he actually made his debut in Bollywood with the Ketan Mehta film Holi. Since then there has been no looking back for Aamir ‘Perfectionist’ Khan.

However, Aamir has a different opinion on birthdays. He calls them as mere numbers. “What matters is how old or young you feel.” He was once quoted as saying.

Currently, he is working with Raju Hirani in ‘3 Idiots’, he’s doing wife Kiran’s ‘Dhobi Ghat’, and there’s his home production ‘Delhi Belly’. The actor who is currently following a strict General Motors diet regimen for 3 idiots abstained from his own birthday cake.

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First Look - What’s Your Rashee?

Their last film together ‘Love Story 2050’ was a disaster at the box-office which eventually led to their breakup. Now, the duo Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra will again be seen together on-screen for Ashutosh Gowarikar directed ‘Whats Your Rashee?’ The movie is based on US based Gujarati writer Madhu Rye’s novel Kimball Ravenswood. The film is presented by UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and will be jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A.Gowariker.

The film revolves around a young Gujarati man (Harman) in pursuit of his dream girl (Priyanka). The dream girl should be found within 10 days to save his family from an unforeseen ordeal. This leads to an array of confusion, chaos and a hilarious joy ride.

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Amrita and Shakeel Ladhak change their honeymoon plans

After the much publicized star studded wedding of Amrita and Shakeel Ladhak, the decided had decided to go for a honeymoon trip to Mexico. The place had been Amrita’s choice who had chosen it because of its western beauty and spicy cuisine. Amrita has already been to most European cities. Only Mexico and Hawaii are the places she has never been before. But unfortunately the couple had to cancel their trip due to excessive drug violence in the country making the scenario there unsafe.

The duo had planned a 15-day honeymoon. They were to leave on March 14, go to New York and head to Mexico from there. Now, they have changed their plans owing to family pressure and will fly to New York and then go to Hawaii or some other place rather than risk their lives going to Mexico.

After shooting for Pantaloon campaign, the duo will head to New York. Marriage has not put a full stop on Amrita’s career. After enjoying honeymoon, she will shoot for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakht Ishq and Season’s Greetings.

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Minissha Lamba on ‘Knights and Angels’

Sunsilk Presents ‘Knights and Angels’ has entered its third week and the competition is getting tougher with every episode. The third episode of the programme was special in the sense that gorgeous lady Minissha Lamba was the celebrity judge for the show. She added glamour to the show with her performance on Sonia from ‘Kidnap’. She was specially impressed by fiery and energetic Delhiite Rekha’s performance and she bestowed the title of ‘Pocket Rocket’ to her.

Sourav Ganguly surprised everyone on the show by breaking into the famous Bengali motivational song ‘Jodi Tor Dak Shune Koi Na Aashe Tobe Akla Cholo Re’. Bengali contestant Ananya joined him in the singing.

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Gladrags Mrs. India 2009 Title Catfight!

Beauty with brains blends together beautifully to present a complete woman who is competent in all walks of life and Indian Women born and brought up with the moral values and power to face all situations in life is surely entitled to be celebrated for their contribution to this world. Thus such beauty pageants are fashioned for this cause.

The Gladrags Mrs. India concluding episode took place on Saturday March 14th launching a select assemblage of sizzling married women below the age of fifty. These women personify the distinctiveness of beauty blended with brains and aptitude.

The Gladrags Mrs. India pageant is specifically designed for married Indian women who go through various parameters before bagging the title. The Gladrags Mrs. India 2009 celeb judges were Neetu Chandra, Mahima Chaudhry, Sonu Sood and Maureen Wadia, who is the president of Gladrags Beauty Pageants. The show was also graced by a rocking performance of Sandhya Mridul.

Sophia Handa a twenty-six year hottie took home the crown for 2009 although the sensational event had a lot of expectants. Presently a housewife appeared stunning in her dark red lengha with elaborate gold embroidery on it.

Here are some hot pictures of the contestants. Go nuts!

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A sneek-peak at ‘Blue’ movie

This March we await the release of perhaps the most anticipated and most expensive film of the year with top class cast and crew- ‘Blue’. Based on deep sea diving, the movie stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif as the principal cast who are out to find the deepest and darkest secrets hidden 250 feet below the ocean.

The film has been directed by debutant director Anthony D’Souza and produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. The film, which is India’s first ever underwater film has been shot in the most exotic locales of Bahamas.

Blue has music by double Oscar winner A.R.Rahman and also has Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue rendering two tracks in her voice.

Among the international crew, are Pete Zuccarini, action director James Bomalick, George Peters, and Resul Pookutty.

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Priyanka Chopra at L’Officiel magazine launch

There is no denying the fact that Priyanka Chopra is by far the most viewed celebrity second next to King Khan as far as the brand endorsements are concerned. Though she is very choosy about the brand and quality of the produced she endorses, she has a number of brand endorsements in her kitty including Nokia, Tag Heuer, Ponds, Lux and Hero Honda to name a few.

She was recently at Trident, Mumbai, for the launch of LOfficiel magazine. The event was also graced by celebrities Pooja Bedi, Nisha Jamwal, Madhoo, and Queenie Dhody.

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‘Kambakht Ishq’ in trouble for use of foul language

‘Kambakht Ishq’ in trouble for use of foul language

Promos of Sajid Nadiadwala’s ‘Kambakht Ishq’ starring Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Carmen Electra, Sylvester Stallone and some other Hollywood stars have landed in trouble for the use of foul language where both the lead stars call each other canine names. Its shows Kareena calling Akki a dog and in turn he calls her a bitch. Apart from this scene, there is also a line indicating that women are only meant for making love.

The people in the Censor Board were obviously not very happy with this and as a result they have given it an A Certificate. Consequently, the film’s promo cannot be shown on TV. Sajid Nadiadwala, who is currently abroad, is gearing up to confront the board when he return to India.

Says, Vinayak Azad, Regional Officer, Censor Board, “Yes, we have given the promos an A Certificate because I found it very inappropriate.”

“Kareena calls Akshay a dog and in turn he calls her a bitch. Apart from this scene, there is also a line indicating that women are only meant for making love. I found that very inappropriate, because in a promo you can’t understand the context of the scene as we have not yet seen the film,” he added.

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Neetu Chandra sets the ramp afire

Gorgeous Neetu Chandra set the ramp afire as she walked for designer Archana Kochar at the Fosters showcase in Mumbai recently. Dressed in a brilliant blue, the actress stole the show which also had top models showing off the latest in lingerie and more.

Neetu Chandra is on a high these days. She is hitting the news frequently in recent past. She recently launched her website www.MyNeetuChandra.com. She is also enjoying a success of her latest flick 13 B starring opposite R Madhavan which is been released in both Hindi and Tamil language versions.

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‘Oye! Its Friday’ says goodbye with Shilpa Shetty

The funny, witty and the chat show with a uniqueness, “Oye! Its Friday” has come to an end after 15 weeks of entertaining episodes and what better way to end the show than to have the gorgeous lady Shilpa Shetty as the celebrity guest for the last episode.

The episode had Shilpa sharing her experiences with Farhan on meeting Queen Elizabeth and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown after she shot to fame on winning the UK based reality show ‘Big Brother’. She also got candid about her relationship with beau Raj Kundra, the Richard Gere controversy, her team ‘Rajasthan Royals’ and her height being an issue in Bollywood. Farhan also learnt Shilpa’s famous U.P. ‘Thumkas’ at the show.

The episode also had Sukhwinder Singh perform of the Oscar winning number ‘Jai Ho’ and also ‘Haule-Haule’, and ‘Marjaani’. There was also the the breathtaking act of UK’s Delia Du Sol popularly known as Ms Flexible where she left everyone gaping as she squeezed herself into a 21″x 17″x 17″ cube.

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Asin launches the new Fairever product

CavinKare, the pioneer FMCG Company, has launched the all New Fairever Fruit Fairness crème, an extension of the popular and one of the largest selling fairness cream Fairever. The All New Fairever Fruit Fairness Crème claims to have the natural goodness of Apple, Papaya and Strawberry extracts that not only enhances your natural fairness, but also give a healthy glow to your face in just 4 weeks. The product was launched by Brand Ambassador Asin at a special unveiling in Mumbai. Asin has been associated with the brand for the past four years.

Speaking at the launch, Asin said, “The new Fairever Fruit Fairness Crème is the best choice for today’s young and contemporary woman who needs not just fairness but a healthy glowing skin.”

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Give away Rani & Preity, Genelia D’Souza is here

Little do people know, that Genelia D’ Souza had done her first film ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ with Riteish Deshmukh, but had moved South after the film bombed at the box office. But the success of ‘Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na’ has changed everything for the bubbly actress who not only has offers from big banners in her kitty, but has also replaced actresses like Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta in commercials.

Genelia is now the face of brands like Vatika hair oil replacing Rani Mukherjee and Fair and Lovely. She has also snatched away the Fanta ad from Rani and has replaced Bollywood’s chirpy actress Preity Zinta in Cadbury Perk’s commercial. All we can say is- Good going Genelia!

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Shriya Saran signed for ‘Komagata Maru’

Acclaimed director Deepa Mehta, who is currently busy with the promotion of ‘Videsh’ in India has signed Shriya Saran for her next film ‘Komagata Maru’. The film in which Akshay Kumar is playing the male lead is about the journey of an ill fated ship, which sets out on its voyage from India to Vancover. Shriya will be playing the younger of the only two female passengers who are on board the ship.

Very few people know that Akshay was the first choice of Deepa Mehta for the role which was played by John Abraham in ‘Water’. This was when Deepa was making the movie with Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. But the film ran into a lot of controversies in Benaras which forced the director to abandon the film then but not give up on it. A few years later, she shot the movie in Sri Lanka with a different cast.

Nevertheless, Akshay and Deepa finally come together with ‘Komagata Maru’, the shooting of which is expected to begin in Septembet this year. After this, Deepa has her sights set on Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Children.

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Katrina Kaif to walk the ramp as Barbie doll

There is no denying the fact that Katrina Kaif is the proud owner of one of the prettiest faces and perfect figure of Bollywood. Now, she has been chosen as the new face of Barbie doll and will be the showstopper at a special show dedicated to Barbie Doll at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.

Yes, after making an unforgettable style statement at New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Barbie will now walk the ramp at India’s foremost fashion event LFW in a show called Barbie – All Doll’d Up!. The event will showcase real-size, Barbie-inspired looks put together by renowned fashion designers from across the country including Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla, Shantanu & Nikhil, Vikram Phadnis and others. It’s a competition segment where Katrina Kaif will walk the ramp as the showstopper wearing the Barbie dress of the winning designer.

Katrina is is obviously beaming at the honour and says, “Every girl at some point of time in her childhood has played with a Barbie doll,” admitted Katrina, “and so have I. She makes a sweet, fun and lively companion.”

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Preeti Jhangiani in item number for Telugu screen

Despite a cute face and perfect figure along with a huge hit in ‘Mohabbatein’, Preeti Jhangiani failed to make a space for herself in Bollywood. So, she had moved long back into Kollywood. This time she is all set to create magic on Telugu screen by tapping her feet for a special item number in ‘Tejam’ produced by Rajasekhar on Sun Rays Entertianments banner.

Preeti’s first stint in Telugu filmdom was in ‘Thammudu’ (1999) followed by many inconspicuous roles. Now she is now hoping to create a mark with ‘Tejam’ through this peppy song.

Featuring eight heroes and a heroine, the film completed ninety percent of the talkie and all the songs except the current song. The audio will hit the stands soon, while the movie will be ready for release by the end of April.

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Bollywood stars on the ramp at LFW

The fashion-for-cause event will combine India’s best models, Bollywood stars, national level athletes, socialites and business leaders. And the outfits will be auctioned to raise funds for the victims of 26/11. Where a number of Bollywood biggies were present at the show, many of them sizzled the ramp with their walk.

Tusshar Kapoor & Genelia D’Souza walked the ramp for ace designer Manish Malhotra. Also on the ramp were Naomi Campbell, Deepika Padukone, Arjun, Kunal, Farhan Akhtar and Malaika Arora. Spotted amongst the audience were Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone, Riteish Deshmukh, Anushka Sharma, Narendra Kumar, Asin, Sophie Chaudhary, Sri Devi and Preity Zinta.

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Mallika Sherawat to launch ‘Playboy’ perfume?

Mallika Sherawat is one actress who is known more for her great body and greater talks than her performance. Nevertheless, she has managed to carve her niche in Bollywood and even though she has not been seen on-screen after ‘Welcome’, she is quite busy with plum assignments in her kitty.

One is the international project titled ‘Hisssss’ directed by Jenifer Lynch. New information regarding this film has ceased to come in the media. Another is the rumour that the international brand ‘Playboy‘ (not the magazine, but the perfume) has roped in Madame Mallika for its launch in India, which should happen anytime mid-April.

However it is not clear if she has been considered by the American company for being the brand ambassador of the perfume or whether she has been offered the job of just launching the perfume.

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Amrita Rao gets sexy this summer

This summer Bollywood is all bent on rising the mercury to its highest. If the bikini avatars of Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Arora in ‘Kambakth Ishq’ and Lara Dutta in ‘Blue’ were not enough, we will have sweet and nubile Amrita Rao too unleash her sexy avatar with her upcoming summer release flick ‘Shortkut’.

This Anil Kapoor production co-stars Akshaye Khanna and Arshad Warsi and is being directed by Neeraj Vora. Amrita will be flaunting her abs and legs in skimpy clothes for the movie and this makeover for her has been done by none other than designer guru, Manish Malhotra.

States Amrita in this regards, “Till now most of my characters in the films that have done have been conservative and that is why I have had to dress the part.

In Vivaah, the character was so traditional that the attire had to support her beliefs. But Shortkut is a different film and I am wearing clothes accordingly. And all I can say that Manish has done a fabulous job and I feel I am looking great.”

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A sneak-peek at ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’

Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ has an interesting lead pair of Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor. The movie has Ranbir playing the melancholy lover-boy hopelessly in love with the idea of being in love. The character is somewhat similar to what Raj Kapoor played in ‘Mera Naam Joker’ and before him, Chaplin in ‘City Lights’.

Katrina Kaif plays a character that closely resembles what she is in real life- A little lost, a little out of it, credulous, artless and trusting- a girl who believes in the goodness of all things. The film requires her to be young and trendy.

The film also stars Upen Patel, Darshan Jariwala and Salman Khan (in a special appearance). Directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi and produced by Ramesh S Taurani, the film is slated to be released in the first half of the year 2009.

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Amisha Patel is not just a glam doll

If you thought that Amisha Patel was only glamour and beauty, take a look at this. The actress is supporting the cause of the girl child by becoming a brand ambassador for NGO Angel Foundation run by her beau Kanav Puri’s mother. And as you expected, the actress is full of praise for Anjalie, Kanav’s mom, and said she was doing great work in India and abroad. “She raises funds through charities to set up outlets that provide job opportunities to poor women,” said Amisha. The actress informed that Anjalie has set up educational centres with the help of the Maharaja and Maharani of Patiala. She added, “There are several places in Punjab, UP and Bihar that need good educational institutes.”

Speaking about the plight of the girl child, Amisha said, “When I hear stories of the horrifying ratio of girls to boys in Punjab, I feel miserable. I am a strong believer in the welfare of the girl child.”

Amisha has been working with the UN for human trafficking for the last couple of years. She also went to Kanpur and Lucknow to open Lollypop kindergarten schools. “They wanted me to open the playschools, as I am one of the educated actresses in the industry and a gold medallist from one of the finest universities in the US,” she said.

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Shilpa Shetty in ‘Cosmopolitan’

Gorgeous Shilpa Shetty seems to be all over the place now. The actress is busy as a bee with the promotional campaign of her IPL team. However, she is still much involved in the glamour world. The leggy lass is on the cover of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. The inside pages not only contain more of her gorgeous pictures, but also an exclusive interview from her where she says that she loves her work.

Here is what Shilpa had to say for her profession. “I really love being an actor and the highs and lows that come with it. I love the love and respect I get and I feel blessed to have lasted so long. There are those occasional oh-what-the-hell moments- like the obscenity case against me, or when Richard Gere kissed me, on my cheek. But as long as it is just me, and my family is not involved, I can handle the music. The key is to take everything with a bag, not a pinch, of salt!”

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Aishwarya performs at Seven Wonders ceremony

NDTV announced the final Seven Wonders of India in collaboration with the Union Tourism Ministry’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign. The Seven Wonders ceremony was held in New Delhi and Padma Shri Award recipient Aishwarya Rai performed at the stage in the ceremony supported by the rained dancers of Shiamak Davar’s dance troupe. Ash was seen performing on numbers like Dola Re Dola, Dhol Baje and Genda Phool.

The audience included Aishwarya’s father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya, Abhishek, Shweta Nanda, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and actor Kamal Hassan.

The Seven Wonders (as decided by NDTV) are: the Red Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Nalanda University, Sun Temple of Konark, Meenakshi Temple, Dholavira site and Khajuraho, Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh and the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Kangana-Imraan on the covers of ‘People’

What could be more alluring than the super-cool style icons of Bollywood paired for the first time together! Yes, we are talking here of Kangana Ranaut and Imraan Khan, who come together for the first time, though not for a flick but for a magazine. The duo appears on the covers of magazine ‘People’ and also shares some of their style secrets in the issue. These two Gen-Next Superstars also give some tips to keep cool in the scorching and sizzling sun.

This edition also features a profile of the well known director Anurag Kashyap and his fight against the vices of drugs, alcohol and depression.

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Tommy Hilfiger - Limited Edition Glasses Launched

The ardent fans can hardly wait for the new additions to hot collection of glasses, as Tommy Hilfiger defines American Fashion on Sunday, April 05.

All geared up as an American gal, Soha Ali Khan ascended for Tommy Hilfiger’s flagship store in Bangalore.

The modish launch party branded as the ‘Limited Edition Sunglasses Inspired by Soha Ali Khan’ was for a pair of limited edition glasses.

The retro look glasses have a classic touch, with a large frame and transparent yellow lenses.

Escorted by Mr.Shailesh Chaturvedi; the CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Apparel, India; the ‘Rang De Basanti’ starlet seemed to be the perfect choice for the collection as she beamed with smile posing for the snap shots.

Soha comments: “a good pair of sunglasses is a must have for every wardrobe and quite representative of one’s character“.

Thanking for being chosen as an inspiration, she added, “the sunglasses are quite like my personality–casual with a little hint of that classic element”.

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Prachi Desai to play a Muslim girl for Ekta Kapoor

Prachi Desai has been signed for Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Films to play the role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s soul mate Mehjabeen in Milan Luthria’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’.

Prachi will be playing a Muslim working class girl in 1975 who gets involved with a don. Prachi has done a lot of research on the role and says, “This character is from a time that existed before me. Yes I’ve done plenty of reading on my character. I want to look and feel like Mehjabeen. And it’s such a challenge. And doing a film with Balaji is like coming home. Shobha Aunty, Jeetu Uncle and Ekta are like family. I remained connected with them when I did Rock On because it was directed by Ekta’s cousin Gattu (Abhishek Kapoor). My second film Life Partner has Ekta’s brother Tusshar Kapoor as my co-star. And now I’m finally doing a Balaji production.”

Ekta and Prachi are going through all the available video footage on the lady. In fact they have been hunting through all over the Muslim localities of Mumbai last month including Haji Ali to pick up authentic salwar-kameez.

Says Prachi, “That’s true. I didn’t want to get into yet another wife’s role after Rock On and Life Partner. Come on, yaar! I’m so young. I want to have fun and I keep getting these serious roles. But playing the don’s life partner in Once Upon A Time … was a challenge that I couldn’t resist.”

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‘Roshan’ is now titled ‘Vaada Raha’

Samir Karnik’s next directorial venture (after the mutli-starrer ‘Heroes’) is all set for release but with a different name though. The film, which was earlier titled ‘Roshan’, has now been named as ‘Vaada Raha’. This family-oriented film stars Bobby Deol as a doctor, Kangana Ranaut, Atul Agnihotri and Dwij Yadav.

Samir confirmed the news saying, “Yes the film is now called Vaada Raha. The name change is a decision taken by the makers Eros International who thought Vaada Raha would be a better title. They plan to release the film sometime in May provided the strike and other issues are taken care of.”

Samir is at present busy scripting his next big venture ‘Formula No.44’.

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Preity Zinta denies linkup with Vikram Chatwal

The tinsel town is abuzz with rumors that the dimpled beauty Preity Zinta’s breakup with Ness Wadia. The couple has not been spotted together for quite sometime now. Preity has been seen at all the IPL events sans Ness.

Reports blame her link up with Vikram Chatwal for this breakup. However, Preity denies these rumors defiantly looking hurt and upset. She clarifies, “These rumors are in bad taste and completely baseless. I cannot believe such utter rubbish is being written.”

Friends close to Preity vouch further fact that the actress is extremely outspoken and always calls a spade a spade. She has always been honest about her personal life and values her dignity. It is unfair to her when such allegations are spread without even crosschecking with her. Her close friend says, “How can they link her up with anyone she’s seen with? Its rubbish!”

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