Archive for October, 2007
Sandhya Mridul offered an Item Song
Oct 26th
Sandhya Mridul who had never really got an opportunity to shake a leg in any of her films due to the roles she played, is now letting herself free on the sets of the dance competition “Jhalak Dikhla Ja”.Apart from this, what has come as a pleasant surprise or rather as a “shock” to Sandhya, is that after seeing her sizzle to the song “Mehbooba Mehbooba”, she has been offered an item song by G.S Entertainment in their forthcoming film which is to be directed by Bunty Walia.
According to a source, Sandhya has agreed to do the item number though she did not feel that her image works upto that of an item girl!
Sandhya who is apparently very skeptical about the whole issue, is considering the offer as a golden opportunity, but has preferred to keep it silent before anything materializes. She is surely excited about her stance in “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa” about which she said, “My world has changed I can now figure out the difference between a cha cha cha and a rock-and-roll and a samba. It is definitely an overwhelming experience for me.”
Sandhya sure is a lucky girl!
Popularity: 11% [?]
Salman Khan – Tarzan of Bollywood
Oct 26th
After a brief hiatus and a short trip to the jail, Salman Khan is back in action. This time he is once again baring his chest for a movie titled “Tarzan” where he gets to play the title role! In fact he might even be seen sans his trousers if his role so demands.With his well crafted muscles, toned body and a shaven chest, it seems that Salman won’t have much problems getting into the skin of the character of “Tarzan”. In fact this handsome dude considers himself lucky to get such a role. “”I was always fascinated by Tarzan stories and I am glad that I have got a chance to do the film,” Salman told mediapersons in Mumbai.
Salman has decided to go in for a different kind of hairstyle for the film which will be shot in the jungles. In fact he seemed quite excited about shooting with animals amidst huge mushrooming trees.
“Tarzan” which will be directed by well known director Aneez Bazmee, will hit the theatres next year. Seeing this Khan bare his chest again, will be a delight especially for all his female fans!!
Popularity: 11% [?]
It’s just fashion and films for Rozza Catalano
Oct 26th
After Saif Ali Khan’s public announcement about his affair with Kareena, his Italian ex girlfriend Rozza Catalano has been trying to concentrate on her career into Hindi films.This beautiful belle has signed her first film which is titled “Shaurya”. It will be produced by Moserbaer and directed by Samar Khan. About signing this Italian damsel, Khan speaks, “I had been looking for a girl with an international face and Rozza was the first choice for the role.”
Apart from Rozza, this film stars Rahul Bose, Minisha Lamba and Kay Kay Menon. The music is composed by the very famous Adnan Sami.
Films are not the only thing that’s keeping Miss Catalano busy these days. She has also been roped in for a fashion based show on TV which will soon hit the small screen. Says the optimistic woman, “I am happy with the kind of offers I am getting. I am sure the future is bright.”
After having learnt six different languages, Hindi will be the 7th for Rozza but she is positive about mastering the lingo. For now we can just wait for this stunning actress to woo us on screen.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Is Deepika Padukone stumped by Dhoni?
Oct 26th
The latest buzz is that the young and talented Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a crush on the beautiful Om Shanti Om actress Deepika Padukone. Dhoni has become a victim of the killing looks of the hot and sexy model turned star daughter of the former badminton champion Prakash Padukone.Dhoni had sent an invite to the Karnataka girl to watch the T20 Future Cup match between India and Australia on 21 October 2007. And there were several speculations regarding Deepikas decision. However, the 21 year old beauty did not disappoint the 26 year old Indian skipper and came to watch the match. She was enthusiastic about the game and stayed till the end seeing the Indian team win and celebrate.
Well, lets see how beautifully MS Dhoni stumps Deepika!!
Popularity: 8% [?]
Rituparna Sengupta in ‘Mittal v/s Mittal’
Oct 19th
Karan Razadan’s next project is titled ‘Mittal vs Mittal’ which will be based on the subject of domestic violence. Rituparna Sen Gupta will portray the role of the victim and Rohit Roy has been roped in for male lead who will play Ritu’s husband’s role. Suchitra Krishnamurthy will play Ritu’s lawyer’s role. The film also stars Gulshan Grover and Reema Raghav. Shamir Tandon has composed the music for the film.Mittal V/s Mittal is a story of a woman whose life turns into a nightmare after marrying her love interest. Feeling proud to have got an opportunity to play such a sensitive character Rituparna says, “My character is of a simple woman who ends up getting married to a man who is both mentally and physically sick who sexually exploits her.” She also adds, “Her miserable life compels her to file a case against her in-laws and finally emerges as the winner.”
Popularity: 9% [?]
Kunal Kapoor’s first on-screen lip-lock
Oct 19th
Bollywood’s promising actor, Kunal Kapoor, is happy with his first on-screen lip-lock which he shared with Konkona Sen Sharma in ‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’. The movie was also Kunal’s first family drama and he shares screen space with Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan in the film.“My first on-screen kiss, Konkona and I did it well, considering we did it in below-zero temperature in Switzerland with 50 people gawking,” Kunal told IANS.
Next from Kunal Kapoor is much talked about ‘Aaja Nachle’ with Madhuri Dixit..
Popularity: 13% [?]
Tanushree Dutta overcomes her fears
Oct 19th
Tanushree is playing an action heroine in producer Sahil Khan’s jungle thriller ‘Ramma – The Saviour’. Shooting for the film in the jungles of Thailand has helped Tanushree get over some of her chronic fears.Not many know that Tanushree has not learnt swimming for aquaphobia, the fear of water, which she has been suffering with since her childhood. Now, while shooting for certain portions of the film in and under water, she had to cope up with her fears.
The film’s action director Peter Hann, who has also been teaching martial arts to Tanushree, gave the actress some basic tips about swimming and holding breath underwater. Thereafter, Tanushree was harnessed to a safety cable to keep her from drowning.
Apart from this, the actress also conquered her fear of insects and reptiles while shooting in the jungles of Thailand.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Sameera Reddy gets praises for her attire
Oct 19th
This seems to be the trend in Bollywood lately. All our sultry Bombshells are going to the femme fatale mode. This section told you about Celina Jaitley’s love for sarees, then about Payal Rohtagi being spotted in them, next Tanisha Mukherjee ready to drape her grandmom’s six yards and now it is Sameera Reddy who turned out to be gorgeous in a red saree in an international festival recently.Says Sameera, “It’s a trend, particular when Indian actresses are abroad, to judge what they have worn and how they have carried themselves. Though I had carried some gowns, I eventually wore saris at all the dos, because this is one Indian outfit that makes a grand statement. Of course, George Clooney’s eyes fell on me because of my sari. And by the end of the evening, there wasn’t a single person who didn’t mention how beautiful the sari was.” That’s what we call celebrating India.
Popularity: 11% [?]
Priyanka Chopra and Bobby Deol in ‘Chamku’
Oct 19th
The success of ‘Apne’ has set the spirits high for the Deols and they now seem in a mood to revive their home production, Vijeta films. Their first film will be rolling soon in October with Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra and Arshad Warsi in lead roles.Director Kabeer Kaushik says, “The film is called Chamku and we will commence it’s shooting in a month’s time. However, I can’t reveal much about the story.”
’Chamku’ will be the third film of Priyanka Chopra and Bobby Deol together after ‘Kismat’ and ‘Barsat’. After considering the fate of the earlier ones, we do hope and wish, this film clicks the ‘Kismat’ of Vijeta films.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Aishwarya Rai – a good Bachchan Bahu
Oct 19th
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is keen on playing a good Bahu than playing a steamy romance on-screen with anyone other than hubby Abhishek. However, producer Rohan Sippy is bent on having her in his next film and is planning to fly to Boston to convince her. Sriram Raghavan, who is directing the yet untitled film, and John Abraham, who will play the male lead, too are eager to have Aishwarya. In fact, when their first celluloid pairing in Raghavan’s ‘Happy Birthday’ fell apart, John was bitterly disappointed to have lost a viable co-star.Aishwarya on the other hand is playing safe with her choice of roles. She left Karan Johar’s film because she didn’t want to play a woman who has many men in her life. Now, in Sriram’s film, she’d rather not do an intense romance with John.
A source close to Aishwarya said, “After marriage, Aishwarya’s personal and professional priorities have changed completely. She’ll do nothing that would even remotely compromise her position as the Bachchan daughter-in-law.”
Popularity: 9% [?]
Tanisha Mukherjee to drape her grandma’s sarees
Oct 10th
Kajol had worn it green for her wedding with Ajay Devgan. Now, her sister Tanisha Mukherjee gets to fulfil her passion for the zari adorned nauvaree sarees in her forthcoming movie ‘Sarkar Raj’.Tanisha will adorn the traditional Maharashtrian nine yard sari that her grandmother Shobhna Samarth wore in her yesteryear films for Ram Gopal Verma’s sequel to ‘Sarkar’. Her mother, Tanuja, taught her to drape the sari in the same old fashioned manner like her grandma. Manish Malhotra will be designing her other costumes for the film.
Popularity: 11% [?]
‘Horn Ok Please’ to go on floors
Oct 9th
Rakesh Sarang is making his directorial movie debut with ‘Horn Ok Please’. The movie will have Muzamil Ibrahim and Rimi Sen who will play double roles. The film has Nana Patekar in the lead role playing a truck driver. Lalit Pandit will give the musical notes for the film which is set to go on floors on October 15 and is expected to release by January.Sarang, who is not new in the field of direction with a lot of TV serials to his credit is quite excited about this venture and says, “Horn Ok Please is neither slapstick nor dialogue but a situational comedy with lot of twist and turns.” He adds, “Rimi Sen will be seen opposite both Nana and Muzamil, as she plays a double role.”
Excited about exploring into new genre Muzamil says, “The script of the film is amazing and I am looking forward to work with Nana Patekar who I believe is one of the honest actors in the film fraternity”.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Sonam Kapoor unveils the Dove Beautiful Hair Gallery
Oct 9th
Anil Kapoor’s beautiful and petite daughter Sonam Kapoor is debuting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’ opposite Ranbir Kapoor. Though the director had earlier forbidden the lady against too much public appearance, Sonam has now started stepping out for her share of limelight after getting a green signal from SLB.
Recently she unveiled the Dove beautiful hair gallery. Looking gorgeous in bright red dress and being just the right choice for the event, the girl had all smiles and stars in her eyes.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Malaika Arora draws her line
Oct 9th
Malaika Arora khan is known for her sexy image and even sexier dance numbers. But the lady knows where to draw her line. Even as she appeared on the covers on Maxim magazine which was red hot, she has turned down the offer to walk the ramp in a bikini for for Ms Bikini India 2007 contest.Sources have it that Malaika asked for a big amount of money from the organizers of the event, which is to be held in Goa in December. Later, Malaika told a Mumbai tabloid that the big money she asked was just a way to refuse the offer. She said she has never worn a bikini either in a film or on the catwalk, and will never do so.
The organizers of the pageant seem very keen to have Malaika for the show. So they are now talking with the actress to either host a segment of the show or be the pageant’s brand ambassador.
Popularity: 11% [?]
Akshay Kumar and his pranks
Oct 9th
Akshay Kumar is well-known for his pranks on the sets. So, it is no wonder that Vidya Balan and Amisha Patel fell prey to him on the sets of comedy-horror film “Bhool Bhulaiya” in Jaipur.It so happened that one day Akshay arrived on the sets with a man carrying a handycam. The man used to shoot Akshay all the time and talked a lot to him. This went on for about 4-5 days. Finally, Akshay introduced the man to his co stars as a reporter with a reputed television channel and requested that the leading ladies give him interviews. Vidya and Amisha promptly obliged and gave a warm interview giving details about the film, their roles and careers.
As soon as the interviews were over, the man went up to Akshay and the two started laughing aloud. That’s when Akshay disclosed that the man was not a reporter but his physical trainer. Next, the girls were fuming and everyone else was having a hearty laugh. The only one who didn’t fall for Akki’s prank was Shiney Ahuja, since he knew well that the man was Akshay’s physical trainer.
Popularity: 9% [?]
‘Miss Bollywood’ gets a terrific response in Europe
Oct 7th
‘Big Brother’ has done wonders for Shilpa Shetty’s international status. Her popularity in Europe was well witnessed when all hell broke loose as Shilpa shetty arrived on the stage for the debut of her musical ‘Miss Bollywood’. After Berlin, Shilpa will be performing in UK on November 3rd at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London.This first musical from India is all about passion for dance and is being choreographed by Ganesh Hedge, whose forte is pelvic moves and hip swaying. Ganesh has used 40 dancers to create the entire show sequences. Shilpa plays the character of Maya, a classical dancer, who moves to London and opens her own dance academy.
Neeta Lulla has designed 15 garments for Shilpa and they vary from bejeweled Anarkali kurtas to Dhoti pants thus, creating a sexy Indian fusion.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Mama is the first choice for Esha Deol
Oct 7th
If it is between Mama dear and Mahesh Bhatt, the choice is all too obvious for Esha Deol. So, no brows are to be raised when the babe left Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Jannat’ for the film to be produced by Hema Malini. The film tells the story of a danseuse and will be directed by actress-turned-director Revathy.Esha had previously committed for Mahesh Bhatt’s presentation ‘Jannat’ to be directed by Kunal Deshmukh. Esha’s co-star was Emraan Hashmi. The shooting is to start in November in South Africa. But it turned out that Esha has to train extensively for her mother’s film, which goes on the floors in December. Naturally, it is impossible to juggle the two roles together. So, Esha talked with Bhatt and bowed out of ‘Jannat’. Now, Bhatt and Deshmukh are looking for another actress to replace Esha.
Popularity: 8% [?]
Bollywood’s insight into social enigma of prostitution
Oct 7th
Director Pardeep Sarkar who is renowned for his critically appraised movie Parineeta (2005), this time have picked up the issue of prostitution as profession owned by a woman to mean of sustenance and survival of her family. Sarkar’s movie ‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’ which is to be released on October 12, 2007 is his first movie with Yash Raj Films banner.
Movie starring Rani Mukherji and Konkona Sen Sharma have depicted the trauma of town girls who get trapped into prostitution when they moves to big cities in search of job and career. According to Sarkar, “The film presents a strong woman from a middle class background that chooses to be in the (sex) profession and remain what she was to support her family,”
The other stars of the film are Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, Farida Jalal and Hema Malini in special appearance.
Image Source: Yash Raj Films
Popularity: 9% [?]
Neetu Chandra and Abhay Deol – Two and Two add up to Four
Oct 7th
Now this is news guys. A very unlikely filmi pair has been spotted together. Abhay Deol and Neetu Chandra have not yet worked together in any film. Yet, they were spotted together catching up a movie recently.
Media and gossip columns, which leave no stones unturned, are linking the two together. The basic matter is that Abhay and Neetu went together to watch ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ together.
Neetu was reportedly spotted walking in with Abhay at a theatre in Mumbai. But after entering the theatre, they separated and maintained some distance so as not to be seen together. Neetu bought the tickets while Abhay waited for her and later followed her as she entered the auditorium.
Neetu, however, refuses that anything is brewing between her and Abhay. She says she had gone to see the movie with a couple of friends when she coincidentally bumped into Abhay at the theatre.
This is Bollywood Neetu. Here it takes no time to add up two and two to make it four!!
Popularity: 9% [?]
Salman Khan – Madame Tassauds not for me
Oct 7th
Salman Khan will always remain the same: Unpredictable, unconventional, stubborn and as always popular. The actor got the honour of being the fourth Indian Actor to be featured at the Madame Tussuads Wax Museum in London, but the actor has done what could be least expected of anyone. He refused to have his wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London. Before Salman, only Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan, among all other Bollywood stars, have got this honour.Salman who is currently shooting in Austria for Subhash Ghai’s forthcoming film ‘Yuvraj’ is not available for comment. However his business manager, Vikas Kapoor, has confirmed the news saying, “Yes, Salman has refused the Madame Tussuads offer. He does not want his wax statue to be displayed at the Madame Tussauds as he is not interested in it. Though it is considered as a big honour for people who are selected for Madame Tussuads, Salman considers his fan following as his biggest honour”.
Popularity: 8% [?]