Salman Khan has displayed his painting skills on quite a few canvases now, but how could his journey as a painter be complete, if he didn’t sketch out her picture perfect lady love Katrina Kaif. So, here he is. Reportedly, before Salman left for Paris and London to shoot his film ‘London Dreams’, he had a small party with Katrina and gifted her the painting. Not to mentions Kats was stunned and thrilled at this gesture from Salman.

Could we mention here that Salman stills retains the portrait of his ex-love Aishwarya Rai in his collection and despite Katrina’s insistence he refuses to part with it. Salman has inherited his passion for painting from his painter mother, Salma. The actor showcased his paintings in an exhibition last year and wants to do it again to raise funds for his Salman Khan Foundation.

Meanwhile, Salman Khan is not the only one to be smitten by Katrina Kaif’s beauty. Reports have it that Bhutan’s new King in waiting Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk is a big fan of Katrina Kaif and has not missed a single movie of hers. The 27 year old prince’s coronation is going to be solemnized at Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, and Katrina Kaif has been approached to perform at the function, as the new King is fond of her.

Given the angelic beauty, Kaif is bestowed with, we have no one to blame. Right!!

It seems that Amisha too is coming up in terms with Glamour world as she posed in one of the boldest shots on the cover and issue of magazine ‘Man’s World’. Within the pages of the magazine she has revealed a lot about her personality and interests. Watch her in some of the glamour pictures, below.

Sanjay Dutt already has a lion tattoo on his forearm. Now, he is in for two more tattoos- another lion on his chest and the word “honour” in Japanese on his arm.

“The actor wanted another lion tattoo, but since he already has one, this one had to be different. We sat together and finally settled for one big lion design … it’s going to be a coloured one. Apart from this, the actor is also getting the word ‘honour’ in Japanese on his arm. This one will be short and simple,” tattoo artist Vishwas Dorwekar of Hakim Aalim’s saloon revealed.

Sanju Baba will also get his forearm lion tattoo modified. To be known here that Dorwekar is the man behind Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Kareena’ tattoo that attracted much media attention.

Describing tattoo making as a ‘tickling art’, the artist said: “The process is best described as a tickling art because when the machine touches your body, it gives a ticklish feeling.”

Well, that Aishwarya Rai has been paired against south superstar Rajnikanth in ‘Robot’ is all too stale now. The film was initially to star SRK nonetheless. But due to ‘creative differences’, he opted out of the film. Not just that, SRK reportedly also registered all the names that sounds even remotely like ‘Robots’. The news is that now Shankar has renamed the film as ‘Enthiram’.

Recently, Rajnikanth and Ash shot a song for the film at the UNESCO declared world famous heritage site Machu Pichhu. Shankar also plans to shoot for the film at exotic locations of Peru, South America etc. The music director of the film is A R Rahman and boasts of having ace cameraman Rathnavelu in the team as well.

While Mary E Vogt, the well known designer who has worked in Hollywood movies like Men in Black, Batman Returns and Inspector Gadget will be designing the scientific outfits for the sci-fi movie, the animatronics of the film will be handled by the Stan Winston Studio (USA), which was responsible for the impressive animation sequences in movies such as Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man and the Terminator. The visual effects and animatronics co-ordination will be done by Indian Artiste.

Stunt director Yuen Woo Ping, who made audiences gasp with his stunts in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill, has been put in charge of the action sequences of the movie.

Despite being difference in technology and many other aspects of film making Bollywood and Hollywood stars both are unanimous on aspects of investing in Middle-East.  Shahrukh Khan has invested in real-estate in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the UAE’s seven emirates where as Oscar winning actress Hillary Swank has investments in Aquitainia, a $1.49 billion project on The World islands in Dubai.

Despite all the hue and cry, cheerleaders are here to stay in cricket. The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Tuesday has chosen Bollywood’s sex siren Rakhi Sawant to lead its cheerleaders’ squad ICL Zeebras which will be present at every match of the second season of the league that begins at Hyderabad Oct 10. There are eight other cheerleaders in Rakhi’s team- Ritika, Preeti, Jessica, Geeta, Richa, Sharvari, Jayshree and Sangeeta. They will perform across all the match venues of Gurgaon, Panchkula, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Sawant has personally auditioned and hand-picked the squad members and their performances will be designed by a Mumbai-based choreographer.

“Cheerleading is not just tamasha (mindless drama). It is a sport by itself. Until now, it was the exclusive domain of the international cheerleading troupes. But, thanks to ICL, this country will now have an indigenous cheerleaders’ squad,” Sawant said in the statement.

“It was after my performance at Panchkula during ICL’s Season 1 that I saw a huge opportunity for a possible Indian cheerleading squad,” the actress said.

“That dialogue resumed a few months later and culminated in the formation of the ICL Zeebras. I can’t wait to don my Zeebra outfit and break into a jig every time Rohan (Gavaskar) or Raviraj (Patil) hits a six. I am sure, this will be one cheerleading squad that the country will remember for a long time,” she added.

Shariq Patel, ICL’s senior vice president (Marketing & Operations), said. “Cheerleaders have a significant role to play in the modern context of sports. The ICL Zeebras squad includes some extremely talented and graceful dancers. I am confident that this synergistic initiative between cricket and entertainment will formulate a completely new experience for sports fans of the country.”

To be released this Id on Wednesday, 1st October, ‘Kidnap’ is out to set another milestone for budding actor Imran Khan. The character Imran plays in the film is a far cry from his role in ‘Jaane Tu…’. The film has Imran playing a kidnapper and instead of hush-hush romance between the hero and the heroine, it essentially traces the complex relation between a kidnapper and his victim.

Imraan and Minissha displayed great chemistry on-screen and off-screen. The duo got along like a house on fire from the first day of the shoot. For one shot of the film, Imran suggested that he practice a knife stunt with Minissha before the actual shoot. Minissha readily agreed and even bruised her fingers with the knife while rehearsing. The efforts paid and resulted in a bone-chilling take in the end. Later, Minissha kept chiding Imran about her injury saying that he hurt her only to avenge his loss in a card game they played on the sets!

Commenting on how the sensational newcomer of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Imran Khan, got signed up for the project, writer Shivani Bhathija reveals exclusively, “A friend had seen Imran at Aamir Khan Productions’ office and said he looked interesting. ‘Interesting’ is what we needed for Kabir so I mentioned his name to Sanjay (Gadhvi). Sanjay saw Imran and called me immediately to say that we had found Kabir.”

Elaborating on her first reaction on seeing Imran, Bathija adds, “I met Imran first at his house when Sanjay (Gadhvi) and I went to give him a narration. He was exactly what I had in mind when I wrote the character of Kabir four years before setting eyes on him. Kidnap was destined for Imran.”

Remarks director Sanjay Gadhvi, “I am proud of Shibani because she wrote the script of Kidnap even before she worked on Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and Fanaa. This is really one of her initial scripts. It so happened that these films released before and we started making Kidnap only last year. As for Imran, I signed him much before the release of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. So when the latter became a hit and everyone went gaga over Imran, I said this is just the beginning….wait till you see him in Kidnap!”

In a shooting for a hot item number of forthcoming movie ‘EMI’ Malaika Arora Khan had outstanding performance with her dancing steps. She was so particular about the song that she got a dress especially tailored for this song.

A New Delhi Court dismissed the Law Suit filed by Warner Bros against the producers of Hari Puttar on copy writing issue of the title of the movie. The court said though the title of both the movies is quite similar yet audience can distinct difference between both the titles and termed the suit baseless. The movie is about to released on September 26th.

Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bal’s displayed their designs as saved for the best to be exhibited for last at Couture Week. Their costumes were well appreciated by the celebrities like Shilpa and Shamika Shetty, Karan Johar and Ritesh Deshmukh who attended the event.

The two love birds can’t seem to get enough of each other, so much so that even snow and storm cannot keep them apart. With Kareena to be in Ladakh for the shoot of Rajkumar Hirani’s film ‘3 Idiots’ with ‘Aamir Khan’, Saif Ali Khan had plaaned to surprise his lady love, but then due to bad weather all flights to Leh were canceled. Not the one to throw his hand up, Chhote Nawab flew to Srinagar, hoping to hit the road from thereon. One the other end, with the shoot cancelled, Bebo, too, traveled by road to meet Saif somewhere midway.

Finally, the lovers met at a lodge in Kargil, where Saif managed to make the birthday memorable for Bebo with a small party in the evening and an adorable cake.

Well, the gorgeous Kareena Kapoor may have turned an year older with her birthday, but love seems to make her younger and more charming with each passing day. As a proof, have a look at the pics shot by her for the Winter 08 collection of Globus chain of stores, recently shot for their Winter 08 collection at one of the most romantic cities in the world – Paris. Giving her company was none other than Saif Ali Khan and with this, Kareena got a chance to shoot at some really picturesque locales of Paris like the Alexander Bridge, the Opera, the Ritz-Carlton and even the streets of Paris. The best Parisian hair and make-up artists have worked on Kareena for this campaign and with lensman Suresh Natarajan’s magical camerawork, Bebo surely looks like a million bucks.

Bipasha Basu just loves her role in her forthcoming ‘Pankh’ directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay. The movie will see Bips playing an imaginary character who exists in the fantasies of a young boy, Jerry. This 20-year-old boy is confused about his identity – whether he’s a boy or a girl, a man or eunuch. This psychological dilemma is faced by him as he is a child artiste who acts as a girl in films.

Bipasha’s look for this movie is created by Rocky S and Gavin Miguel. The designers have re-created Sophia Loren and Liza Minelli in Bipasha in a sizzling song ‘Jiya Jala Na’ sung by Sunidhi Chouhan. In this song Bipasha tries to seduce Jerry. She causes a constant disturbance in Jerry’s mind. His only relief is when he sexually fantasizes about Bips.