Archive for July, 2007
Raveena Tandon a proud mother again
Jul 15th
Raveena Tandon completes her family with the birth of a baby boy on Thursady at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital. The gorgeous actress already has a cute two-year-old daughter named Rasha from her husband, Anil Thadani, who is a film distributor.The delivery was a cesarean one and Raveena is likely to stay in the hospital for a week more.
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Deepika Padukone takes an about turn
Jul 15th
Deepika Padukone’s love life has run a full circle. Deepika had been in a close relationship with Nihar Pandya with whom she was living together for last two years. After she met Ranbir Kapoor, son of Rishi Kapoor, sparks flew off and the actress moved out of his apartment and bought a new house for herself in Bandra.However, when things did not run very smoothly between them and now the yet to debut actress with SRK’s ‘Om Shanit Om’ has turned back to her ex-lover Nihar.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Tulip joshi – a suicide bomber
Jul 15th
Tulip Joshi or Sanjana of the famous film ‘Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai’ is back after a long pause in her filmy career. Tulip is now working under Pooja Bhatt’s banner film ‘Dhoka’ in which she is playing the role of a suicide bomber. Well, though Tulip might not take away much credit of the supposed success of the film, one thing is for sure, that she will gain good amount of recognition. So this is all one needs beside money..isn’t it!
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Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Devgan together in ‘Khan’
Jul 15th
Yes, you have read it right. The name of the movie which is Karan Johar’s next is ‘Khan’ and finally Kajol has agreed to do the movie with SRK. Kajol took a long time to decide and say yes for the movie and Karan had to do a lot of Kajoling for it. ‘Khan’ is based on a story in New York which has many aspects like society, security and terrorism.
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Preeti Jhangiani in a negative role
Jul 15th
Recently, Preeti Jhangiani has been signed for director Anant Mahadevan’s ‘Victoria No. 203’. The plot has been newly added to the script and was not there in the original movie. Acoording to the plot, Preeti plays Javed Zafri’s girlfriend who can go to any extremes to get the hero Jimmy Shergil. Her character somewhat resembles Priyanka Chopra’s character in ‘Aitraaz’. Hope this glamorous role gives a new push to Preeti’s career.
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The good boy Salman Khan
Jul 15th
Salman Khan has shown his philanthropic side this time. He has recently launched his Salman Khan Foundation. The idea and motivation for this was provided by SRK on his show KBC.Now Salman has decided to work for his trust. Despite of being ill from cold and cough, Salman danced at the wedding of a Mumbai business tycoon’s son. Along with Salman were Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta. All the actors and actresses excluding Salman charged exorbitant amount of money. Guess why didn’t Salman ask for a single penny? The reason was that the business tycoon had bought Salman’s paintings at very high prices and so the money was deposited with his foundation. Thus Salman was obliged by the business man and so he performed despite of being unwell.
Good Salman, you must always remember what good people did and do to you.
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Neha dhupia has something to rejoice
Jul 15th
Neha Dhupia, the actress who commenced her career in films with bikinis and skin show is perhaps shifting towards some sensible roles now. Recently one of her films named ‘Mithya’, directed by Rajat Kapur, (the famous director of the film ‘Bheja Fry’) is set to be screened at a forthcoming film festival.Discussing the film, Neha tells DT that “Mithya been beautiful made and I am really excited about it.” The movie is heard to be comedy film based on the life of a bad actor who is hungry for work. The other leading stars in the film are Naseeruddin Shah and Ranvir Shorey.
Also Neha has signed some more movies like Saurabh Shukla’s ‘I am 24’, ‘Kuch Love Drama’ with Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav and ‘Dus Kahaniyan’.
Well done Neha, we expect something fresh and good from you this time.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Is Udita Goswami ready for marriage?
Jul 15th
26-year old director, Mohit Suri (Awarapan fame), has taken a plush flat near Dimple theatre in Bandra. The Khabris are already raising their brows wondering whether his long time girlfriend Udita Goswami has moved along with him too. The couple has been sharing a close and smooth relationship since ‘Zeher’ and it wont be a big surprise if it comes out that the flat was a stepping stone to marriage.However, Udita refuses to admit about her marriage plans. She says, “Yes, Mohit has bought a new house in Bandra but I have not moved in with him. We are definitely dating but there are no immediate marriage plans.”
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Bipasha Basu – We know what u didn’t pay for
Jul 15th
Rakhi Sawant was bold enough to admit it. Our dusky Bong beauty was not. Yes, talking about silicone implants, Bipasha Basu got it done by the reputed cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Gupta (the same one who did breast enhancement for Rakhi Sawant) four years back in 2002. She had registered herself under the alias Susan Noodhah and was accompanied by a female friend. She stayed at the clinic for two days and her bustline increased by three inches.However, the babe has not yet paid the doctor his much deserved fee of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. Gupta’s staff frequently called Bipasha to recover Rs 2.5 lakh for the surgery and hospitalisation charges, but the actress is yet to pay up.
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Koena Mitra stuck up between commitments
Jul 15th
Koena Mitra’s dad, Vishwanath Mitra, has been admitted to Life Care Hospital in Kolkata with a serious kidney ailment. The girl visited him but was unable to spend much time with him due to her shooting commitment for ‘Anamika’. Then she has to go for two shows only after which will she be able to fulfil her family commitment. Though her producers have been co-operative and suggested that she takes off for a few days but Koena does not want to do it at the cost of her work.“I believe in commitment to my work. They (producers) will incur losses if I go mid-way. Anamika will be almost completed following the dubbing work. It would get unnecessarily delayed even if I waste a single day. No one is forcing me to do anything. They are infact being very understanding,” says Koena.
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Bollywood romancing Hollywood
Jul 13th
Bollwood and Hollywood have seriously fallen for each other. So, its not just actors who look for a leap to Hollywood, our production houses are also keen to collaborate with Hollywood studios. Big news is that Carving Dreams Entertainment with Los Angeles based Hollywood Studios International. And guess what? They have signed Akshay Kumar to romance with Salma Hayek.The two companies have signed a $ 100 million (Rs 400 crore approx.) deal to produce five films over the next two to three years. Sounds grrrrreat!!!
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Amrita Arora to play the game of money
Jul 13th
Amrita Arora has bagged the lead role for Director producer Nileish Malhotra’s forthcoming flick ‘Monopoly- The game of Money’ opposite Karan Khanna.“We needed a young, pretty and talented girl for the role. Amrita is the perfect fit for this character,” comments Nileish Malhotra.
Nileish is planning to shoot his film in the unexplored and still virgin locations of Richmond (British Columbia) to infuse freshness in the picturesque background. Shooting of the film is planned from end August to end September.
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Katrina Kaif replaces Kareena Kapoor opposite Salman
Jul 13th
When given a choice, there is no doubt to it that a person chooses his girlfriend above any other firend. That is what Salman Khan did and so has Katrina Kaif replaced Kareena Kapoor in younger Brother Sohail Khan’s ‘My Punjabi Nikah’.
Kareena Kapoor is obviously hurt specially when her career urgently needs a hit, but she manages perfectly saying about her role in the film, “I have no idea. I haven’t heard the script either.”
Since the film is based on a wedding and everyone knows the chemistry between Salman and Katrina, me thinks the choice was fair enough.
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Akshay Khanna – A helping hand
Jul 13th
When it comes to co-operating with the new comers Akshay Khanna can go out of his way. And when the help needed is by a nubile beauty, Akshay is far too glad to do it. Newcomer Urvashi Sharma who is making her debut into Bollywood with ‘Naqaab’ opposite Akshay Khanna was very nervous and apprehensive about her performance. Akshay comforted the gal and agreed to rehearse every scene with her. No doubt Urvashi says, “I’ll never forget how Akshaye went out of his way to help me out.”
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Katrina Kaif – Finally it’s me
Jul 9th
Katrina Kaif is finally dubbing her own lines and intends to continue doing so as she feels dubbing in one’s own voice adds to the performance. She had dubbed for Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Sarkar’ with her accent but now she has come a long way to synchronise her voice and personality and is happy with her dubbing in ‘Namaste London’ and ‘Apne’.Katrina is all praises for her directors although she admits both have different traits.
“A Vipul Shah production is different from a David Dhawan set-up, but I don’t think I ever retired to my van for either Namastey London or Partner. With Vipul, I go blah-blah all day long,” says Katrina.
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Urmila Matondkar Launches Country Club cards
Jul 9th
She arrived only five minutes late. It was Tuesday, the 3rd and the venue was Mumbai’s Taj Land’s end hotel where the beauty had landed up to launch two Millionaire Club Cards.The Millionaire cards were for the Country Club, and cost Rs 35,000, also payable in monthly instalments of Rs 972. Wealthier ‘Millionaires’ can pay Rs 1666 per month for the premium card.
Draped in a bright yellow dress, with a tattoo on her back, Urmila spoke only about the Country Club, sharing pleasant memories of shooting in their Hyderabad property.
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Ajay Devgan shocks Shamita Shetty
Jul 9th
The sets of Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Cash’ are trembling with fun and pranks which is but natural with seven big stars in the project. It was Ajay Devgan who gave Shamita Shetty a shock of her life on the sets. Get the whole story as per Shamita who narrates, “Ajay went shopping one day and came up to me with this toy they said which resembled an ipod. He and Zayed told me to listen to the new song of CASH on it. I thought it was really sleek and couldn’t wait to hear the song. But the moment I turned it on, I got the shock of my life! It was actually a device that gave out electric shocks and currents, I was totally freaked out!”Well, gotta say Ajay is learning to freak out in bubbling Kajol’s company.
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The Southern Spice – Shriya Saran
Jul 6th
Her first Bollywood film ‘Shukriya’ bombed at the box office. But now at 22, southern siren Shriya Saran has not only played lady love to superstar Rajnikant in his magnum opus ‘Shivaji: The Boss’, she is now all set to try her luck in Bollywood again with ‘Awarapan’.She says for Rajnikant,” He is a demi-god. Often you are disappointed on meeting stars but when I met him my admiration quadrupled.”
Talking about language problems she says she had none. “I am a pucca north Indian doing Telugu and Tamil movies. I know Telugu but someone has to dub for me.”
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Rose Dawn – A new dancing deva?
Jul 6th
Call her eye candy or simply suga candy, the latest lokker doing the rounds of music channels is hot import Rose Dawn. The 19-year-old girl from London is creating quite a stir with Frankfinn Music’s new remix video ‘Kahin Pe Nigahen’ and is already well-versed with celebrity lingo.“Item numbers can be classy and naughty and need not be raunchy,” declared Dawn. Interestingly, the Anglo-Indian beauty claims she knows the basics of Kathak, Bharatnatyam, hip-hop, tap dance, ballet and belly dancing. The dawn of a new dance diva, perhaps?
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Celina Jaitley’s autograph story
Jul 6th
The Indian actress known more for her curls and curves and skin show rather than acting, Celina Jaitley has a good autograph story to tell. Currently Celina is shooting in New Zealand for an upcoming international film called ‘Love Has No Language’. There the actress noticed that she is constantly followed by a fan who somehow found out the place of shooting and made regular attempts to meet her. Initially Celina thought that she is stalked but later she realized that the man just wanted her autograph. The actress told DT that
“I was quite irritated with him initially. But I learnt later that he was an honest fan of mine. He sweetly showed me a scrapbook that he had made which had all my photographs and interviews neatly archived. And all he wanted was for me to autograph the scrapbook.”
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