Aishwarya Rai As Mumtaz Mahal

After essaying the role of Maharani Jodhaa, Aishwarya Rai will be seen in yet another role of a queen – the beautiful yet powerful Mumtaz Mahal in whose memory King Shah Jahan made the eternal symbol of love – Taj Mahal.

This project will be Hollywood actor Sir Ben Kingsley’s home production where he will play Emperor Shah Jahan and Aishwarya Rai will play his lady love. This film will be made on a whooping budget of $25 to $30 million.
British novelist and playwright David Ashton will be scripting the story for this film and Kingsley confirms the news.
“With my passion for India, and the Taj Mahal one of the Seven Wonders of the World, I am compelled to ask ‘why’ and ‘how’ this scream of grief frozen in marble came into being,” said Sir Ben when asked about the reason of this initiative.

Ranbir wanted to be like Hrithik

When Ranbir Kapoor was planning to make a entry into the world of Bollywood, his idol was not his grandfather or any other Kapoor, it was Hrithik Roshan.

When Ranbir saw Kaho Na Pyaar Hai as a young lad, he came across a fan who saw Hrithik and said, “Yeh to heera hai, heera”.
since then Ranbir wanted to be like Hrithik, and when he made his debut with Saawariya he wanted his staff to call him Heera.
To encourage Ranbir, his spot boy, Inder after every shot Ranbir gave, he said, “Yeh to Heera hai, Heera”
Well after hits like Wake up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, we will also say – Yeh to Heera hai, Heera!

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Deepika chops hair for Kartik Calling Kartik

Those who thought the leggy lass Deepika Padukone is out of sight nowadays or she is avoiding media after her split with Ranbeer Kapoor are wrong. Because the reason behind her vanishing act is the new look she has got for Kartik Calling Kartik, which she didn’t want to reveal. Deepika has chopped her waist length
hair to the shoulders for the film.
In KWC, she co-stars with Farhan Akhtar. She is playing role of an interior designer in the film and the script demands her to be in a particular look. Deepika was first hesitant to do so, but director Vijay Lalwani and Audhuna, the celebrity hairstylist and Farhan’s wife convinced her to go for it. “They thought with my height, I would be able to carry it off well,” said Deepika.
“I last chopped my hair when I was eight,” she added.
Before the hair cut Deepika put a condition to the director that she will chop her hair only if he will shave his head bald. “He didn’t do that, but he saw to it that he was present in the salon so that I don’t back offat the last moment,” said the actress with a smile.
Meanwhile people including her parents, who have seen her in new avatar, have liked it. “Everybody says it looks good on me and makes me look younger,” she said.
Talking about her role in the film, she said, “The scriptwriter had a certain image in mind when he wrote my character Shonali. So I had to do justice to the role.”
She is happy with the new haircut and thinks that ‘Change is good’.

Newcomer Pratik made Aamir to wait

Everyone knows that Aamir Khan is perfectionist and no one dare to mess with him when it comes to work. However, Pratik Babbar who is just one film old and also the son of Raj Babbar and Smita Patil dare to do this recently on the sets of Dhobi Ghat. He made the film unit wait endlessly on the sets of the film. Not only
that but he didn’t even inform anybody about his absence for the day. Eventually, the days shooting was called off and Aamir had to go back home. Dhobi Ghat is Aamir’s wife Kiran Rao’s directorial debut.
Revealing about the incident, a unit member said, “Frantic efforts to trace Pratik were made, but of no avail. Officials from Aamir Khan Productions made repeated calls to Pratik’s mobile, but nobody could trace him that day.”
After some time, the film unit got to know that the actor is in Goa. Moreover, the film’s shooting was cancelled for next two days due to his absence. “It was very strange of Pratik to go to Goa. He is often spaced-out,” added the source.
However on his return, Aamir gave him a piece of words. He said, “Aise kaam nahin chalega. Please try and understand.” Then onwards Pratik has not dared to skip informally.

Amrita is busy

Amrita Rao has a tight schedule for a month ahead. She will meet and greet Sir Ben Kingsley at IFFI event in Goa and will also walk red carpet along with co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh for promotion of Amol Palekar’s
venture And Once Again. Amu will also walk ramp as a showstopper for a fashion show to be happen at the event.

Minissha’s loss is Dia’s gain

According to source, Minissha Lamba was first offered the role Dia Mirza played in Kurbaan. But, she opts out because it demanded her to lip lock with co-star Vivek Oberoi. This is strange with the bold actress who
recently had created heat with her bikini act. However, Dia didn’t have any problem romancing Vivek, with whom she worked previously in Dum.
Meanwhile, Minissha is coming up with a role, sporting gun. Guess what? Some people prefer guns over roses.

Hera Pheri team to hit theaters this Friday

De Dana Dan movie poster

The Hera Pheri team- director Priyadarshan, stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty - is the dream team in Bollywood, who is once again ready to create the same laugh riot with De Dana Dan.
However the bonus this time is the magical romantic pairing of Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar. The film is about to release on November 27 and promises to roll off audience from their seats.

Ratan Jain, producer of the film, said, “For most of the filmmakers of Bollywood, this is a dream team. The Hera Pheri combo is back to entertain after a gap of nine years. Of course, as a bonus, there is the hit jodi of Akshay and Katrina who have a magical romantic track inthe film.”

Jain is happy with his productions house’s long association with Priyadarshan having produced films- Hungama, Hulchul, Garam Masala earlier. De Dana Dan’s cast includes 26 top comic actors from the industry. However, Katrina who recently played a comic role in Ajab Prem Ki Ghajb Kahani is excited about this film too.

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Kareena Kapoor salutes 26/11 heroes

Kareena Kapoor at Radio Mirchi station

Kareena Kapoor joins the initiative started by Radio Mirchi about remembering and saluting the heroes of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The actress was recently on Radio Mirchi’s program Sunset Samosa along
with RJ Suren and talked about the initiative as well as her upcoming film Kurbaan. The stunning actress who visited the radio station after six years asked people to name those people who helped them during the 26/11 crisis. Meanwhile, Radio Mirchi has arranged special screening of Kurbaan to those nominees, where lead stars of the film Kareena and Saif Ali Kahan will also be present.

Kurbaan, a production by Karan Johar and direction by first time director Rensil D’Silva also talks about terrorism. Talking about her role inthe film, Kareena said, “I think this is one of my best roles after Jab We Met, so I am very excited about it. Karan came up with ‘Some love stories have blood on them’ because the film is very intense; blood here refers to the pain.”

The memories of the attack are horrifying, but it also reminds us the bravery and humanity of our commandos, Mumbai police and firemen. It showed us that humanity still wins. So to honour those heroes, Radio Mirchi comes forward with the unique idea.

Meanwhile Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan starrer Kurbaan is set to release on November 20. The film also stars Dia Mirza, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri and Kirron Kher. Music by Salim-Suleiman is already making buzz, particularly the Shukran Allah is climbing on the music charts. However ‘Rasiya’ is the favourite of the music director. “Rasiya, as it is has dark undertones and really sets the mood for the images it accompanies inthe film.” Well which is Kareena’s favourite? “The lyrics of all the songs are beautiful. Ali Maula is a very gripping song; the film comes to life in this song,” says Bebo.

What’s the status of Lara-Mahesh relationship?

Lara Dutta, Mahesh Bhupathi and Shweta Jaishankar-Bhupathi

Talks of Lara Dutta-Dino Morea break up also accompanied talks of Lara’s and tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi’s ‘good friends’ relationship. Though Lara has declared that she was single, during the promotion of her recent film Blue, gossip mongers in B-town still continues to talk about their more than good friend
relationship. And someone heard recently that ‘good friends’ are going to get hitched at a hair-dressing salon, whose owner is Lara’s friend.

Meanwhile, Mahesh’ wife Shvetha Jaishankar-Bhupati who was also a ex-tennis champion, former Femina Miss India International 98 and a runner-up at the Miss International pageant in Tokyo has filed for divorce in October. Issuing the statement, she said, “Mahesh and I have shared a life together and as we part ways, I wish him all best for his future.”

Still then Lara and Mahesh refuse the relationship between them. Meanwhile, Shvetha doesn’t have any problem or comments on it. Why should she have? When she happily parted ways with the tennis player?

Katrina is cool about link-ups

Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani movie still

Katrina who is the demand of the industry now days, knows how to handle link-ups and rumours. Seem like Katrina learnt about how to deal with then within a short career span.

She has been linked up with many actors and the latest one was to Ranbir Kapoor from Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani. Recently when asked to the actress about it, she said, “It’s just getting too much. You are linked to every actor you are working with. That happens for every movie these days and one just has to stop reacting to it.”
Katz has her own fundas at work. And guess what? This might be the reason that the actress is one of the top actresses in Bollywood today.

Shilpa Shetty Plans a Grand and Lavish Sangeet

 

Shilpa Shetty’s wedding preparations have kicked off by a private engagement party but Sangeet, she assures would be a lavish affair at Khandala.

She has zeroed in on friend-choreographer Ganesh Hegde for choreographing everyone’s dance movies for a perfect sangeet on November 21 which is just a day before her wedding.

    Ganesh Hegde confirmed the news saying, “The sangeet is not a professional thing for me. I am related to Shilpa. We are keeping this as personal as possible and haven’t involved any professional dancers. We’re planning something cute where all the family members pay tribute to each other. Raj’s younger brother is extremely enthusiastic about it. Raj’s family members will be coming down from London.”

    Commenting on the sangeet’s theme, Ganesh adds, “There’s no singular theme, but yes, we will explore and celebrate that Shilpa, who is from a South Indian (Bunt) family, is marrying Raj, who is a Punjabi. We’ll have a good mix of South Indian and Punjabi style dance and music.”

    About Shilpa and Raj’s special number, Ganesh says, “They will be dancing together on a lovely romantic number. We haven’t finalised the song yet but it will definitely be one of Shilpa’s own numbers. Apart from Shilpa’s own songs, there will be some high-tempo numbers too. The guests won’t dress in special costumes for their performances as they will anyway be dressed in their finery.”

    Is there a special bit about the ceremony that will be a surprise for the couple, we ask Ganesh. “Not really,” he says. “We all will be rehearsing together so planning a surprise will be difficult… Shilpa is aware and very much part of everything we have planned. We will start the rehearsals very soon.

We hope media gets too see the action in full monty!

Indore MLA Ramesh married to Katrina?

We all know that Katrina Kaif is single and is dating Salman Khan, but for a Indore MLA Ramesh Mandola she is his wife legally.


The local MLA has a fake marriage certificate that has been issued by Indore Muncipal Corporation which claims that Katrina married Ramesh on December 2nd, last year.

    Marriage registrar Dr Natwar says, “The marriage certificate is totally fake and was not issued by the municipal body. It must be an act of some mischievous persons.”

    “It appears that somebody first scanned the IMC marriage certificate and then with the help of some software showed the Bollywood actress and MLA as husband and wife.”

The IMC marriage registrar is looking into the issue and will be lodging a police complaint soon against the MLA.

Wonder what Katrina and Salman has to say about this.

It’s over for Shahid-Priyanka

Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra who started dating during the shooting of Kaminey, have parted their ways.

Apparently their opposite natures, forced Shahid to end their relationship.Piggy Chops is a complete party person whereas Shahid is quite shy and reserved, so Shahid feels that “she isn’t his type of girl.”

    A source on the condition of anonymity says, “They have been having fights, and that has been taking its toll on Priyanka. She has been falling ill because she cannot handle the stress in her personal life. After courting and then dating each other for months, the couple has finally broken up.

    The decision to end it was made by Shahid. Priyanka is quite devastated.”

To cope up with the recent turmoil, Priyanka is seeking peace in her spiritual side by visiting Ajmer Sharif and gurudwara.

A friend of Priyanka, however reveals that Shahid never committed himself completely to Priyanka Chopra, as he already knew that their relationship is short-lived.

Kareena:Saif is down with 102-degree fever

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan who were busy promoting their upcoming flick Kurbaan has cancelled all their appointment, ‘coz Saif Ali Khan has fallen due to stomach infection.

    Kareena says, “Poor Saif. He’s been down with a 102-degree temperature. The promotional stuff for Kurbaan has been delayed by a couple of days as he now needs to rest. Initially, we thought it could be malaria or typhoid but the tests revealed a mild stomach problem.

    He loves eating outside food and has been gorging on oysters and lobsters abroad a bit much, I guess. I was worried as I couldn’t spend all day with him. I have been promoting Kurbaan and 3 Idiots and working 16 hours a day.”

    Saif says,”People think it’s serious every time I fall unwell but I just had a bad bout of stomach infection this time. I am better now. I had a blood test done but it’s not malaria. I won’t have to go to hospital this time. I am resting for a couple of days.”

Hello! Saif

Saif Ali Khan features on the front cover of Hello! magazine’s latest issue along with a horse.In the issue,
Saif’s mother Sharmila pens a letter to him. Like it?

Katrina Kaif peek-a-boo

Katrina Kaif got into her on-screen character during the promotion spree of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani,
but her short dresses and skirts gave her a few wardrobe malfunctions.Poor Katrina, the cameramen caught her in some bad poses and even made the photos available on the net.

Kareena Kapoor Graces Hi!Blitz

Kareena Kapoor on the bcover of Hi!Blitz magazine. She looking is beautiful on the front cover of Hi!Blitz magazine’s latest edition. Her upcoming movie Kurbaan with Saif Ali Khan, directed by Rensil D’Silva and produced by Karan Johar is going to release on November 20, 2009.
Three Idiots starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, and Boman Irani will release on December 25, 2009.

Ameesha Patel has injured her knee

Pretty and petite Ameesha Patel, who seems to be getting even prettier with each passing day, was seen with a white bandage around her knee at Hrithik Roshan’s place for Pinky Roshan’s party
on Sunday night.

It cane out that the lady had a knee injury in August while working out and the knee is still in the healing process. While working out, Ameesha was spinning excessively and damaged her knees. Currently, the actress is been undergoing physiotherapy and in order to refrain from putting pressure on her knees, she is not doing cardio and lower body workouts.

Ameesha’s trainer, Khushru Cooper says, “She is recovering. These are joints of the body which are used at every movement of yours, may be while walking or sitting. Thus it is a slow and careful recovery. Her physiotherapy is on and will be fine soon.”

Get well soon, Ameesha! We love you when you are hale and hearty!

Will Hema Malini be able to revive Esha Deol’s sinking career?

Esha Deol is all set to make a comeback with a bang with her next venture ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’ under the direction of Mayur Puri. Hema Malini is taking keen interest in the making of the film and is taking all possible efforts to ensure that the film is a success thus re-establishing Esha into
Bollywood.

Reports have it that four veteran cinematographers, namely, Grant Appleton, Hayk Kirakosyan, Carlos Catalan and Burak Turan, have been roped in for shooting separate portions of the film’s four actors so that there is a distinct and unique feel to each of these parts. Burak Turan will shoot Esha’s scenes with Rishi Kapoor in Turkey. Vinod Khanna’s scenes will be shot in Rajasthan.

However, the plot for the film resembles Hema Malini’s previous directorial venture– ‘Dil Aashna Hai’ to a great extent. Mayur Puri says that both films are about a quest and the plot was chosen by Hema Malini after he narrated three to four ideas to her.

What Hema’s sincere efforts do to Esha’s sliding career, let us wait and watch!

Happy Birthday Aishwarya Rai

The world’s most beautiful woman Aishwarya Rai Bachchan celebrates her birthday today and has turned 36 year old.

Before starting out in Bollywood, Aishwarya did some modeling and then went onto win the Miss World title in 1994. She made her debut in Iruver, but won her first filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam where she starred with her ex-boyfriend Salman Khan.

She again won the Filmfare Best Actress for Devdas opposite SRK, and did commercial hits like Dhoom,Guru and Jodha Akbar.

Currently she is working on Mani Ratnam’s Raavan with hubby Abhishek Bachchan and on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish with Hrithik Roshan.

We wish Aishwarya a very happy birthday and wish her success in all her upcoming endeavors.

Ranbir and Katrina’s Crackling Chemistry!

 The promos of Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani are creating waves all across the world thanks to the crackling chemistry between the ‘cute’ couple of Ranbir and Katrina.

The film is going hit the screens on 6th November and the organizers promise us that its going to be a joyride and an eye-candy all

at once.
“Ajab… is even more hilarious than Andaz Apna Apna,” said producer Ramesh Taurani, “in fact, if Andaz had comedy, Ajab has comedy and romance in it.”

Telling us why they chose Ranbir and Katrina, director Rajkumar Santoshi said, “The film required a fresh pair. We were very impressed with Ranbir and Katrina. They have great screen presence and their fans will love them in this film.”

Ranbir says he and Katrina got along from the day one like a house on fire. Telling her about how he finds working with her Ranbir says, “Don’t go by her looks, she’s a bully.”

Katrina says, “People across all sections will be able to relate to this film.” The music, too, is catching on with audiences and topping charts, especially the song Tera Hone Laaga Hoon, which was not at all choreographed say the filmmakers.

“The song wasn’t choreographed as such. The two were told to be natural and their screen presence added magic to the song,” they said.

I’m gonna watchout for this one!

Looking 20 at 44: Aamir Khan in 3 Idiots

Just happened to see the trailer of 3 Idiots and I was surprised to see Aamir look so young. Its amazing how he has managed to play a 20yr old at 44, with so much of zeal and elan.

Apart from the face, even the lean look, the hairstyle, body language, gait and even mannerisms. Aamir seems have worked on everything to make his character
look real on screen.
The best thing about Aamir whenever he takes up a role and involves himself in it, he completely leaves out traces of his own personality out. He is so effortless and natural with his acting that you never feel you are watching a ’superstar enact the role’ as it happens with say Shahrukh and Salman who just cannot forget their ’superstar’ tag for even once while acting – its so evident in their performances!

You never feel that you have seen Aamir in a similar performance before. It is probably this passion that makes him undoubtedly the best actor in India. Not about rivalries folks but professionally – as an actor, on grounds of passion, dedication and hard-work – Aamir definitely has an edge over all the other actors!
Agree?

I’m No Less Than a Single: Aishwarya Rai

   Aishwarya Rai tells us she is as good as a single actress even if she has been married. She thinks being married doesn’t make her any less professional or any less prettier than the others. Here are some excerpts from an interview.

She’s had the tag of The Most Beautiful Woman in India and
World for long but Aishwarya confesses she is not very good with handling compliments she says,

    “I’m not very good at handling compliments but I accept it with grace. I’m grateful to God, my audiences and my filmmakers —be it Mani Ratnam, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Mansoor Khan, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Ram Gopal Varma, Raj Kumar Santoshi, Aditya Chopra and others who never used just my beauty as the fulcrum. Instead,they kept the beauty and the aesthetics going at the same time in each ofthe film characters I played.”

So how much has marriage changed things on career front? And Aishwarya tells us gone are the days when an actress’ career is finished after marriage.

    “These are the same filmmakers I have worked with in the beginning of my career. I got married in the middle of shooting Jodhaa Akbar and when I reported back on his set, Ashu told me that nothing has changed. It just meant so much more hard work for me because when I come to the work front, I don’t want anyone to think of me as being any less professional than I was when I was single. It was important for me to strike the right balance between home and work. Allthe film -makers I’m working with are super passionate about their work. Thanks to them, I still feel the same adrenaline rush that I always feel when I’m on set.”

Leaving career aside, ask Aishwarya when she is planning to start a family considering she is going to turn 36 tomorrow with the biological clock ticking faster than ever. And she says,

    “When I was on the Oprah Winfrey show, I told her that every time there is even a bump, it is assumed that I’m with child. Being pregnant is not something one can conceal. When I am pregnant, the world will know.”

Certainly!