Well, it had Sunil Gavaskar and Sania Mirza. And gone was the gal’s mini skirt. She came wearing an orange SAARE, and looked quite gorgeous. Accompanying her was her mother Naseems. But the show stealer of the evening, that was hosted Peter Schedl and Shameek Bhargava, was the laugh-a-minute actor Javed Jaffery who kep the audience emulating those smileys. As if the jokes were not snough, a special live chat show had the witty Javed in a q&a session with Gavaskar and Sania Mirza.
The media is waiting like a hawk to get a glimpse or get their hands on the picture of new girl Arjun Rampal will be launching in his first home production, I See You. But the hunky actor is tight-lipped about it. :eave alone showing her pictures, he is not willing to talk about her or disclose ever her name. “I want that excitement value to be there. Nowadays the new girls get so much exposure in the media before they are launched, it takes away from the freshness of it. I don’t want that happening with my film,” says the actor. Well, for his sake we are hoping the secret remains a secret. The media has a sharp eye, Arjun, Remember? 
Well, if you thought only male actors could be percfectionists, think again. Relative newcomer Neetu Chandra (of Garam Masala Fame) looks all set to become a female perfctionist of sorts. The actress, who is sells gajras on the street , in madhur bhandarkar’s forthcoming film Traffic Signal, actually spent time with Kathiawadi women on the streets just so she could imbibe their body language. Now we hear that she wanted to get her dialogues absloutely right, and actually requested a girl from the Kathiawadi tribe to be with her while she dubbed so her accent would be corrected each time she faltered. Whew! Here’s an actress to watch out for. Source: ‘Times Of India’
We did inform you how bollywood actress Sushma Reddy Used to sell her father’s stationary to earn some bucks and buy herself some godies when she was a kid. When we bumped into sister Sameera Reddy recently, she was more specific about the episode and had much to say about her. She told Delhi Times, “It’s a little more than her just selling stationary. I remember, Sush once sold dad’s gold pen for just 30 paise, and bought chana-seengh from that money.” Now, that must have been quite a ‘penful’ act.
Guess who’s moved upto the Rs One Crore price bracket in the film industry? None other than Riteish Deshmukh who will soon be laughing all the way to the bank if he accepts producer Vashu Bhagnani’s offer to act in his new film. Vashu apparently has offered him one crore to act in the film. This is a straight jump from the earlier 55-lakh rupee bracket that Riteish was in. “Yes, producers are definitely intrested in singing Riteish for a much higher price. But Riteish wants to choose good scripts and directors and is still considering the offers. ” Raaj Kumar Tiwari, Riteish’s business manager. Source: ‘Times Of India’
Amitabh Bachchan’s penchant for music is not new, but after singing the theme song Baabul, Bachchan will be again singing for Ram Gopal Varma’s Nishabd. Musician-turned-filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj jas been brought into the project especially to compose a song for the Big B.
Says Ramu, “Vishal and I worked really well on the tracks of Satya. Till date, songs like Sapne mein milti hai, and Geela geela pani are remembered. Unfortunately I never got a chance to work with him again. But now in Nishabd I felt Vishal was the best person to bring in a mood-driven theme song. And who better qualified to sing it than Amitji?”
Akshay Kumar has all the luck in the world. The actor will be soon seen grooving with 20 bollywood actresses in his forthcoming film, ‘Hey Baby’. The credit for it goes to debutante director Sajid Khan who has managed to rope in 20 leading ladies for a special appearance in the his film. Currently, the entire unit of the film is busy shooting for the song and dance sequence. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala conforms the news, saying, “Yes, we have managed to get an unbelievable number of actresses to play a camoe in a song sequence, bit I would not be able divulge any further details about the song.”
Delhi Times sources confirmed the names saying that Ameesha Patel, Esha del, Lara Dutta, Sameera Reddy, Juhi Chawla, Bipasha Basu, Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Preity Zinta, Mallika Sherawat will be in the song with Akshay Kumar.
It was celebration time for Amrita Arora. Well, she and Usman completed two years of ‘being together’ this week, and luckily, her cricketer boyfriend is here in Mumbai for training. What better treat than that! But, it was Malaika who gave the lovely couple a surprise. She hosted a close family dinner for them at a suburban restaurant. Of course, Ammu and Usman had their private moment together later on in the evening. And what did usman gift his lovely gal? “He gave me a butterfly shaped diamond pendant, because he thinks I am like a butterfly, a free-spirit at heart,” she replied.
This screen jodi is much in demand. There’s a wild goose chase for them too. Last week, when Amrita-Shaahid-Sooraj Barjatya were on a whirlwind tour to promote their new film, the trio was in for a big surprise. On their way back from a theatre in Faridadbad to airport, there was a gang if about ten bikers who were chasing their car. Apparently, the fast riders were trying to cut across and catch up with their car in every possible way. Finally they succeeded; they raced their bikes, zoomed ahead and ended with a screeching halt in front of their cars, “All they wanted was a very few seconds with us and our autographs. We were petrified seeing them speed like that, it was quite dangerous. But the jind of response we have got from the junta is overwhelming. Sooraj ji is surprised too because according to him when Hum Aapke Hai Kaun released he got similar mixed reviews in the first few weeks, then it went went on to become a record-breaking success,” says Amrita Rao.
Bollywood’s latest crowned DON. SRK is right now shooting and camping in Australia. “Shahrukh khan is in australia shooting for Yash Chopra’s Chak de which is being directed by Shimit Amin. The film is based on sports and that’s why the main part has been shot in Melbourne and Sydney,” says a unit member. The film marks the return of King Khan to the chopra camp after alleged differences which kept them away from each other. Must say for the Chopra and SRK, all’s well that ends well.
She’s got the right attitude herself, so the actress Neha Dhupia should know what she’s talking about. The actress, who recently worked with newest Deol on the block, Abhay, is apparently quite impressed and convinced working with the ypung Deol. When we asked Neha how it was working with the youngest Deol, she replied, “It was excellent working with Abhay Deol. I don’t know the definition of a typical Deol, but I looked at him as a relative newcomer and I almost fit into the same category. It was fun working with the whole init that was very young, fresh and talented. I feel Abhay too is a very talented actor and he comes to the sets with some great attitude.” Now that’s quite a big compliment for Abhay.
One doesn’t get to spot Rani Mukherji very often, but when you do get a chance to catch up with her, it’s sheer delight. She talks nineteen yo the dozen, spinning amusing stories about her films, friends and experiences. Of course, her favourite topic is her little niece Myeisha. Very animatedly she tells DT, “My schedule for the day is somewhat fixed. I wake up early; go for my workout play with the baby for a while, get ready and then I am off for my shoots. After work, I come home directly, play with her as long as she is awake. Then I have my dinner and hit the bed. That’s it. My life revolves around my shooting schedules and Myeisha’s daily routines,” says Rani Mukherji.
