Actress and trained dancer Hema Malini is going to present a Mujra number in Pradeep Sarkar’s ‘Choodiyan’. The shooting for the movie is in progress in Benaras. The ‘Thumri’ song for the Mujra number will be sung by Rekha. Chh! Chh! No, not our old-gold Rekha, But Pradeep Sarkar’s sister Rekha. Hema Malini is in a guest role in the movie where as the title roles are to be played by Rani Mukherjee, Konkana Sen Sharma and Jaya Bachchan.

Jiah Khan may be the envy of every young girl in the country today - what with her performing Lolita to the inimitable Amitabh Bachchan in her very first film Nishabd. But did you know that Jiah Khan actually is a musical and lyricst of sorts? Well, here’s some inside info - the actress actually wrote and composed music in collabration with her friends when she was - hold your breath - just sixteen. Well, here’s a music composer cum actress all rolled into one. Filmmakers must be already cutting down their budgets thanks to Jiah!

It’s always impressive when an actor enacts an emotional scene on screen. And quite a few actors feel that you need to experience such emotions in real life to be able to portray them realistically on screen. But Priyanka Chopra isn’t one such actor. The actress, in fact, totally negates this necessary. “No, I don’t think you have to go through pain to enact it out on screen,” she informs DT, “You can observe other people and try and act it out. That’s why it is called acting.” Now that’s typically like Priyanka - no frills, only practically.

The sultry siren Rakhi Sawant really knows how to stay in news. After all that kiss-miss episode with Mika Singh, now the hot news is that Mika is not only going to sing a song in Rakesh Sawant’s movie ( Rakhi’s Brother) but also is going to compose music for it. If that is not enough, Rakhi is going to act in the movie.

When Rakhi was asked about the news and her strained relations with Mika, she did not answer. However, Mika said that his dispute with Rakhi still prevails. He has just agreed to sing in her brother’s movie. What is this? A fighting or acting?

She herself impressed us with her dance numbers - right from her debut number in Road to the more recent EK Hasina Ek Khiladi and Apna Sapna Money Money. And now Koena Mitra is all set to perform with none other than another favourite Nelly Furtado - the acress will be performing at the singer’s New Year show which will be televised in more than eight countries. Obviously, Koena Mitra is quite excited about the prospect of reaching out to millions of hindi film buffs across the world. DOn’t worry Koena. Considering your movies, it’s gonna be quite easy dancing your way into your fans’ hearts!

A porny video clip featuring actress Vidya Balan, which is presently doing rounds on internet and mobile phone, is simply too much to digest. Those who have seen the clips swear that the resemblance of the woman in a one-minute sizzling video clip is incredibly close to Vidya. However, Vidya’s close friends are quick to declare the video as morphed or fake. We may debate whether it’s a morphed video of Vidya some look-alike in the act, but Vidya decided to keep absolutely cool about it. Her secretary said from Mumbai that “she is busy shooting here and does not want to react to this. The issue is totally irrelevant to her and we do not want to encourage any discussion on the topic.”

In the past, Mallika Sherawat and Preity Zinta too had MMSs of their look-alikes doing the rounds and a MMS had also come to the fore which allegedly showed Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur smooching.

Meanwhile, for some more news about the actress, Vidya Balan will star opposite Chiranjeevi in Prabhudeva’s Telugu remake of ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, titled ‘Shankardada Zindabad’. The only difference here is that Vidya will play a vibrant radio jockey for Surya FM, the radio channel owned by the Sun-Gemini network.

Talking of ‘Traffic Signal’, the heroine of the film, Neetu Chandra, is now on a high. Neetu has been banking a lot on the film. Though her debut film ‘Garam Masala’ was a hit, it did not get her too many kudos. So Neetu has been trying hard to bag some projects and has been meeting many big film makers to land some plum roles. Clearly, her persistence has paid off as she has bagged a role in Ashok Pandit’s ‘Homeland’. All she needs to do now is to perform well.

Actress Riya Sen is a Bengali. However, ask her what she thinks about her hometown, Kolkata and she is quick to say, “It’s a beautiful place and has progressed in every way. It can boast of its art and culture. But yes, Sadly, people are leaving that city and moving to metros like Delhi and Mumbai.” Now, thats our cool cat cheering for her Ko(o)l-kat-a!

Director Milan Lutharia is planning to present Sanjay Dutt in a negative role. Milan has signed Ajay Devgan and Sabjay Dutt for the movie. Milan wanted Saif Ali and Ajay (the same pair which was successful in ‘Kachche Dhaage’), but due to dates problem with Saif, he had to sign Sanjay Dutt. The film is based on a true story of a town in Uttar Pradesh. The story revolves around a brave policeman played by Ajay and a run-away prisoner played by Sanjay Dutt.

Recently, Hrithik Roshan has signed a 35 crore deal with ‘Adlabs’. Sources tell that Hrithik has signed for three movies at one go on an agreement of twelve crores per movie. With this Hrithik becomes the costliest star of Bollywood. Also Hrithik will take the entire money through cheque. The best part is that ‘Adlabs’ has granted him full freedom to choose his co-stars, director and other unit members. So, Hrithik’s really soaring high.

Khabris have heard about red, hot fight between Preity Zinta and Bobby Deol on the sets of Shaad Ali’s ‘Jhoom Bara Bar Jhoom‘ in London. It so happened that a song sequence was being shot and Bobby had to maintain curls in his hair for continuity in the song. Chulbuli Preity hid the actor’s curling iron which sent our Punjabi Munda mad with rage. Although Zinta did apologize but Deol refused to shoot further. Dear Bobby, Good Boys are supposed to make up with ‘Preity’ Gals, isn’t it?

The event was Bombay Dying Gladrags Mrs.India 2007 and many of our Bollywood celebrities were there including Anupam Kher and Sanjay Dutt as judges. The fact we noticed was Preity Zinta’s absence on a Maureen Wadia’s event. Maureen is Ness Wadia’s mother and the lad was very much there to support his mother. (Do we need to introduce Ness Wadia here, who has maintained a very long and more or less stable relationship with Preity?). When Maureen was asked about her straining relations with Preity, she answered, “Have you heard anything like that? I haven’t. So all I can say is ‘No Comments!’”. Hmmm…. I think we hit the right chord, Pals.