‘Pyaar Impossible’ is the upcoming movie from Yash Raj films which has been scripted by Uday Chopra and also stars Uday Chopra alongwith Priyanka Chopra and Jugal Hansraj. Uday plays the role of Abhay who is an awkward, bespectacled geek where Priyanka plays the role of Alisha, a stunning beauty.
Recently, Uday and Priyanka were in Bangkok shooting for the film where Priyanka displayed her funloving and adventurous side by taking a dive into a swimming pool from a four-storey film board into a 40 feet swimming pool just to have fun. Following her was Uday, who got hurt in the attempt. This was not a part of the shoot. The actors were just in a mood to have some fun and adventure.
Despite the absence of many top Bollywood stars, the IIFA 2009(International Indian Film Academy) pulled off as a gala event amidst much glamour and glitter. It was a special event for the host Amitabh Bachchan as his wax statue from Madame Tassauds has been unveiled at this ceremony and was displayed there till June 13 after which it was sent back to London.
An overwhelmed Big B said, “I am very happy and I thank Madame Tussauds for considering me worthy of a wax statue. I hope many more from India fraternity join me in the museum.”
Daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai said, “The statue is nice but you can’t beat the original.”
The fashion extravaganza held at Venetian Hotel on June 12 was hosted by celebrity duo Zayed Khan and Sophie Choudhary, who appeared in Manav Gangwani creations. Many Bollywood stars walked the ramp showcasing creations by leading Indian designers Rocky S, Manav Gangwani, Anamika Khanna and Farah Ali Khan — along with a new collection by Hong Kong designer Chris Chang. Hrithik and wife Suzzane Roshan showcased the jewelary by Farah Ali Khan. Sonam Kapoor carried the stylish evening wear by Anamika Khanna with commendable poise. Bipasha Basu appeared in a creation by Rocky S, while Dia Mirza, Dino Morea and Madhavan modeled for Manav Gangwani, and Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse were show-stoppers for Siyaram. As an icing to the cake was the performance by international singing sensation Peter Andre.
The event also saw performance by the host family members Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan. Inspite of the absence of beau John Abraham, Bipasha Basu gave a dazzling performance. Nonetheless, IIFA, this year, missed many key players including SRK, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Ajay Devgan, and Rani Mukherji to list a few.
Such was the effect of Genelia D’Souza’s micromini that the traffic got jammed and the photoshoot had to be cancelled at Bandstand Fort, Bandra, where the hot lady was supposed to shoot a sizzling intimate photoshoot with Shahid.
The photoshoot was supposed to start at 4pm but when Genelia emerged wearing a micromini, the crowd started gathering and slowly went on to grow beyond controllable numbers. Even the cops despaired over the numbers. The unit members even tried to cover up Genelia with a pair of jeans, but to no avail. Finally the cops told the unit to cancel the shoot.
Well, if Genelia steps out in a micromini, who wouldn’t love to catch a glimpse???
Hrithik Roshan has been the favorite of the gossip columns for quite sometime now. On the professional front, he is getting accolades for his performance in his much awaited project, ‘Kites’ but his personal front has been in news for all wrong reasons. He is being linked to his ‘Kites’ co-star Barbara Mori, leading to differences with his wife Suzanne followed by his arguments with papa Rakesh Roshan which has made him decide to leave his paternal house.
All these personal problems have left Hrithik, who has always had a good boy image, turn to alcohol for solace. The bottle which used to be his fellow only on occasional events has now become his fast and regular friend. The rumor that Hrithik has turned alcoholic found firm grounds when he came drunk at Karan Johar’s recent birthday bash. Hrithik looked like he was in high spirits and later even danced on one of the tables.
However, we feel that this is just a passing phase in junior Roshan’s life and the star will soon get over it proving all the criticisms wrong.
The 7th anniversary issue of L-Officiel India is special in the sense that for the first time it brings the Royal and young brother and sister Bachchan to grace a magazine cover together. Talking about Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda (Bachchan), they adorn the cover of the fashion magazine in its latest issue all adorned in Louis Vuitton’s new collection.
Shweta is all praises for the shoot which was done in London and says, “I was more comfortable doing this shoot, than the first one (September 2006)”. For Abhishek too, the shoot was special as he goes on to say, “It was weird. We’ve done one or two photo shoots before when we were kids and that too, with our parents which was around 15-16 years ago!”
The issue is different in itself as it gives the usual spicy lovers story a skip and instead talks about the siblings love and adoration for each other. Abhishek, on his own admission, says “We’ve (Shweta and him) always grown up together, we’ve always been to the same schools, same college, we shared a room and everything… We can fight like cats and dogs, but we’re intensely protective of each other. And I know that there’s a great amount of love”. He also goes onto add, “When we were growing up, it was just the four of us (Big B, Jaya, Shweta and him) and we were very, very insular. We’ve always known that for the unique position that we were in, it was only the four of us who could understand that situation in totality. And because our parents are who they are, we’ve always trusted each other more than anybody else.”
Well, if you want to have a sneek-peak into what it feels like to be Bachchan kids, grab a copy for yourself before every single piece gets sold out!
Aishwarya is displaying exceptional beauty being on the cover of Verve India June 2009. Dressed in deep red costume, her eyes are saying all for her with glamour pose that she is in on the cover. She once again proved that she is a statement unto herself.
This time 10th Annual International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2009 seems to pass away without any big Bollywood stars and glitter. According to news, many a big stars have declined to participate in the event on some pretext. Firstly, it was the Shahrukh Khan, who declined from participating, and then Farah Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Akshay Kumar expressed their inability to attend the show and declined invitations.
According a close relation to Akshay told, “A family vacation was planned well in advance to coincide with Akshay’s son Aarav’s school holidays. Akshay doesn’t like leaving Aarav behind when he is out of the country. At the same time he doesn’t want his son to miss school. So the annual holiday was planned well in advance. No power on earth, not even IIFA, is going to persuade Akshay to take even a small break from the holiday, let alone break his little boy’s heart.”
Shahid Kapoor has another reason to skip the event as he is over involved due to the releases scheduled ahead this year, he said, “I was looking forward to performing at IIFA and showcasing ‘Kaminey’, however my commitment to my producer has to be honored and I regret being unable to attend this year.”
Though IIFA organizers, anyway, do not need to worry about as BIG B is attending the ceremony and he is a great crowd puller in himself.
Slumdog Millionaire child star, Rubina Ali will release her journey from the Slums of Mumbai to a star in the Oscar winning movie and then back to slums written in a memoir on July 16th 2009 titled as, “Slumgirl Dreaming: My journey to the stars.” This book is a great effort by a 9 years old girl that is too small to narrate incidents of her life. Another little star from the Bollywood, who is trying her hand on writing is Shahrukh Khan’s daughter, Suhana is set to release a fairy tale book with four chapters about a girl with six feet long eyelashes. It is really delighting to see that two little stars from Bollywood are penning down their thoughts.
Shot by prolific photographer Mariana Garcia Burgos at Presidential Palace and Inca ruins, Deepika Padukone’s glamour images appeared on the Latin American edition of the Vogue Magazine. Deepika Padukone is the first Indian, Model actress appearing on the cover of this magazine and she told this to be her life time experience.
End of strike between film producers and multiplex owners has brought cheers on the faces of people in Bollywood for many reasons. As a positive gesture Yash Raj Films distributed press release for its movie ‘New York’ being released worldwide on June 26th 2009.
‘New York’ is based on the theme of deep friendship between three person and change in their destiny and happy lives due to the some activities beyond their control. Directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra, the film stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan Khan. Below are the some pictures from the movies reflecting the right mood and tone of the film.
7 week long stand off between film producers and multiplex owners on issue of sharing revenue ended on Friday morning on 5th June 2009. According to Mukesh Bhatt, noted film producer and director, “”Yes, the strike got over at 3am. All the parties agreed to our demand and we all will be releasing films soon.” He did not provide more details to the things.
Meeting started to resolve the issue started at Thursday night and ended at early Friday morning, where multiplex owners agreed to the demands of the film producers. The Multiplex which first agreed to the lines of producers was Big Cinema, soon joined by multiplex owners like Fame Cinema, Cinemax, Fun Republic, Innox and PVR, who assured verbally to end the strike. According to media reports Chief Operating Officer of BIG cinema, Tushar Dhingra told, “Yes, the strike is over.” Further on Fame Cinema and Cinemax assured verbally and soon sign on dotted line by Saturday. According to news multiplex owners agreed to 50:50 profit sharing in the first week of the film’s release, 42.5 ratio in the second week and 37.5 in the third week.
With the strike ended, the big movies Kal Kisne Dekha, Kambhakt Ishq, Kaminey, New York, Love Aaj Kal and Luck will queue up to be released.
It was too much hype for the new taxi to be launched in Mumbai as far as in matter of comfort that Bollywood star Sunil Shetty graced the launch of Mumbai Taxi Company’s Star Taxi in Mumbai. It is an upgrade to the typical taxi. New Taxis are very comfortable in terms of seating with a promise of a smooth ride. Now on Mumbaites would have better taxi ride.
