She won rave reviews for her title track in ‘Zinda’ and now Shibani Kashyap will don the hat of a Bollywood composer. The pop singer will turn music director for Sanjay Gupta’s ‘Dus Kahaniyan’ and the Irrfan Khan starrer ‘Dubai Return’ for which she will both compose and sing.

“In the west, it is natural for musicians to write, compose and sing their own songs. Bollywood has some wonderful singers but women composers should also come to the forefront,” she says. Here’s some more feminine appeal!!

Penelope cruz is very keen on Indian movies and says she would love to work opposite Shahrukh Khan. Cruz, who has been nominated for an Oscar in the best actress category for her role in Volver, expressed her respect for the Indian’ starsgreat body of work. “I am a great fan of Indian cinema and I would love to work with Shah rukh Khan,” she said.”I love india. I have the rights to a book and we are going to shoot the movie in india,”she added. cruz will play the lead in a screen adaption of Javier Moro’s original novel Passion India.

The otherwise novice-in-the-kitchen Raima Sen had the entire cast and crew
of Manorama Six Feet Under running for their lives when she almost set the house where they’re presently filming, fire.The actress was enacting a sequence that reuired her to stir-fry vegetables in a pan. Instead of going for rehearsals, the actress proudly declared,” I regularly cook for myself. I don’t need any rehearsal.” However, the actress had turned on the gas knob without anyone’s knowledge while the shot was being prepared. While facing the camera, raima lit a match stick and in not ime the entire kitchen caught fire. Fortunately, the actress didn’t sustain any burns. talking about the incident, she says, “The scene required me to look busy preparing a dish. When the director asked me about my culinary skills I shamelylied that I’m a pro at it. Actually, I have never cooked in my life!”

The filmi khabris had always been speculating about the relationship of Kangana Ranaut and Aditya Pancholi, but Kangana always referred to Aditya as her mentor. Not only this, to keep a veil on their relationship, Kangana strengthened her friendship with Aditya’s daughter, Sana.

Things started messing up when Aditya assaulted Kangana one night in public. The emotionally disturbed Kangana started speaking over the issue infront of media which presented the story with titles such as ‘The Mentor turns Tormentor’ and the likes. Aditya retorted by making their relationship public with statements like, “Kangana has been my girlfriend for last three years.” Kangana realized that such statements would hamper her image and career. So she confessed their relationship, but stated, “Aditya is my past.”

Pheww…..Such is the story till now, the story of a young girl’s relationship with an aged man. Just wait and watch, how many more confessions, revelations, accusations and denials appear before the curtain finally falls!!

Post marriage, Perizaad Zorabian is enjoying her marital bliss thoroughly. That is why she seems to be missing lately from the limelight. Recently, the lady was spotted with her hubby, Boman Irani, on a Parsi wedding. Where as Boman was quiet and aloof as usual, our bubbly Perizaad seemed to mix up with everyone.

When Perizaad was asked how religiously she followed her religion, Perizaad honestly answered that it would be a lie if she said that she was utterly dedicated to her religion. “But yes- our religion asks us to follow good deeds, good words and good thoughts. And I practise that”, she said.

Now, it is a sweet co-incidence that after marriage, Perizaad’s first movie to be released is named “Just Married”!!

After Madhuri Dixit announced her comeback with Yash Raj’s ‘Aaja Nach Le’, many producers have been waiting excitedly for her approval to do their films. But Madhuri’s long time secretary and friend Rikku Rakeshnath recently disclosed that she will return after completing this project and may not sign more films.

Moreover, Mumbai’s pollution is taking a toll on the health of Madhuri and her kids, who are repeatedly catching viral infection. So, Madhuri’s fans may have to again wait after ‘Aaja Nach Le’ to see their favourite lady on the screen.

Cricket and Bollywood have always been a source of inspiration for each other. On one hand we have actors who are a die-hard fan of cricket. Suniel Shetty has always been known for his love for cricket. Then, we have Aftab Shivdasani and Ritesh Deshmukh who are known as the Sachin and Sehwag of Bollywood. On the other hand, we have cricketers who oft and on try their hands at acting, the leading names being Ajay Jadeja, Salil Ankola, Vinod Kambli and the likes.

Now, Bollywood is looking forward to the release of two cricket-based films during the World Cup. One is Milan Luthria’s ‘Hat Trick’ starring Kunal Kapoor and Rimi Sen and the other is Mandira Bedi’s ‘Mirabai Not Out’. In ‘Hat Trick’, Kunal Kapoor plays a struggling wicket keeper trying to get an entry in Indian cricket team and Danny plays an ex-cricket player. The other movie stars Mandira Bedi as the central protagonist. The film is all about cricket and revolves around her character. The other attractions in the film are the stars Eijaz Khan and Anupam Kher with a special appearance by Anil Kumble. The film is directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.

Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Sachin and sehwag; guys it’s time to win the worldcup. Best of luck.

T-Series has announced its new project ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’, which is a remake of Malayalam Super Hit ‘Manichithra Thazhu’. The movie is a comic thriller and stars Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Vineet, Asrani, Vikram Gokhale and Manoj Joshi. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film revolves around a small village/town where people are very conservative and superstitious. The 41-day Shooting Schedule is to begin this month in Jaipur.

Dia Mirza was at Barcelona for the screening of her short film ‘Zahir’ at 3 GSM World Congress. After she was ready to head for a press conference, she called in the housekeeper of the hotel to make the bed and clean the room. The moment the housekeeper stepped in, she was so shocked to see a lady wearing a saree that she screamed at the top of her voice and ran out.

“Initially, I was a little taken aback and peered harder at the mirror. But later I realized that she hasn’t seen a lady in a sari before. They kept exclaiming in Spanish! They were quite overwhelmed and even wanted to touch and feel the sari,” offers Dia. Now, that’s what our saree does to the rest of the world!

When Rakhi Sawant and boyfriend Abhishek recently shot for zoom Tv’s show Let’s Talk, all those present were quite amused at the girl’s attention to detail. In fact, the actress insisted on changing before the shoot because she felt she did not look ‘hot’ enogh in what she was wearing earlier. What’s more, she even bullied abhishek into changing his shirt three times before she okayed the outfit. And if you think abhishek is miffed with her, think again. The guy has admitted to actually proposing to her nearly 25 times before rakhi sawant said yes. Seems like the love-birds are surely made for each other.

After the rocking Valentine day special , SRK has just recorded a Holi special featuring his two KANK co-stars Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee.

The episode clicked off like a fire. As a source from the set says, “There were rumours about a fall-out between Preity and Rani who were once best friends. But SRK has a special of knack of making all his heroines feel special. Earlier this week on Koffee With Karan he actually made Kajol and her cousin Rani Mukherjee who self admittedly don’t socialize together sit together on one sofa and be civil to one another. Now on KBC Preity and Rani got along like a house on fire.”

Though the exact prize money won by the two leading ladies is not known they won close to Rs 50 lakhs together.

Guess what our cute and feminine Tulip Joshi does when someone tries to act smart with her? …. She slaps the culprit, not once, but a number of times.

That is what which actually happened when Tulip visited a nightclub with her boyfriend Vinod Nair. As the club was overcrowded, a man tried to take advantage by approaching Tulip from behind and trying to fondle her.

As soon as Tulip realized the matter, she caught his hand and instinctively slapped him a number of times. Soon, a number of people gathered around her and the club’s security guys did the job of throwing the molester out.

Tulip says although she has been shocked by the incident, she does know how to take care of herself. Now, this is what we call tough delicacy!!