Post ‘Munni’ and ‘Sheila’, item numbers have become the latest rage in Bollywood. Reports have it that Deepika Padukone’s item song in ‘Dum Maro Dum’ has more oomph and boldness than has been seen on the screen so far. The lyrics of the song, too, are quite bold. The track has several references to sex and drugs. Initially, Deepika was hesitant given the nature of the lyrics and the inherent innuendo. But after some convincing and seeing the creative visuals for the song she decided to go for it.
This is how the song’s lyrics go:
Hey…kya phir dekh raha hai,
Aaj aankhen sek raha hai
kal haath sekega,
Aaj dheel chhod raha hai,
kal khud hi tokega,
Aaj mere liye chair kheech raha hai
kal meri skirt kheechega,
Kheechega ki nahi?
The first look of the song shows Deepika sporting a king cobra tattoo with the words Dum Maro Dum in between the tattoo on her midriff. The outfits have been designed by stylist Anahita Shroff Adajania.
The song has been composed by Pritam and will be choreographed by Bosco in a new form of fast paced dancing style. Says Bosco, “We certainly want the track to reach at least the level set by Munni. We’ve used a new form of aggressive dance called Krumping. It is very fast-paced and not easy. Apart from your body, you need to work your mind on it.”
Where brother Saif Ali Khan is in proclaimed romantic relationship with Kareena Kapoor, sister Soha Ali Khan too has been in relationship with Kunal Khemu for quite some years now, but unlike Saifeena, Kunal and Soha abstains from commenting anything on their relationship before media.
However, finally, Soha has broken the silence and during a recent interview, she stated that she and Kunal will be ready to get married in a couple of year adding that they have met each other’s parents and have their approval for the marriage.
Soha also expressed her concern regarding her cooking skills and stated that she intended to take up cooking classes as she wishes to cook for Kunal, who is a great foodie. Soha also stated that she would not wait for brother Saif to get married first, if he takes up another ten years to take the vow.
Well, the glamorous and much awaited wedding of Imraan Khan with Avantika is finally over now but sadly, the couple will have to wait for their honeymoon trip as Imraan has professional commitments to look after first. The couple had earlier planned for a short three-day honeymoon trip to Hawaii or another tropical island but due to Imraan packed schedules with the dates of Karan Johar’s ‘Short Term Shaadi’ and Yash Raj’s ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’, the honeymoon plans had to be cancelled. Not to mention here that Avantika is not too pleased with the state of affairs, especially since Imraan won’t be free till June. To make up for it, Imran has now promised to make it up to her by taking short trips around Mumbai whenever possible.
Another Bollywood couple had to let go of their honeymoon plans due to work commitment. Neelam and Sameer Soni, too, have decided to wait for their honeymoon trip as Sameer has a couple of projects to take care of. They are thinking of going out of the country in the end of March.
The magic of Madhuri Dixit is inescapable on the sets of ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ but this time it was our Desi girl Priyanka Chopra who stole the limelight as she made the dancing diva herself dance to the tunes of her hit number ‘Pardesi girl’. The sets of Jhalak could see it better as gorgeous Priyanka Chopra, Malaika Arora Khan and Madhuri Dixit all came together for a groove.
Priyanka looked gorgeous as ever in a Manish Malhotra’s light blue saree. Priyanka had come as a part of promotions of her film Saat Khoon Maaf that releases next week. Recently Priyanka Chopra had confessed that she is a huge fan of Madhuri Dixit and had performed to a medley of Madhuri numbers at award function.
Check out Priyanka Chopra on the sets of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa……
It all began with Kangana Ranaut’s forthcoming flick ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ where the Punjabi singer Mika Singh has sung a peppy promotional track titled ‘Jugni’. The song has recently shot on the film’s lead actors Kangana and Madhavan with Mika joining in for a jig. It was here that the director Anand L Rai came up with the idea of making Mika kiss Kangana at the song’s end, just the way he locked lips with the item girl Rakhi Sawant which had sparked controversies a few years ago. However, Kangana refused to do so and even went on to comment, “I am no Rakhi Sawant to do something like this!!”
Well, Rakhi Sawant, who had been itching for long in search of some controversy, was all too glad as the comment slipped out of Kangana’s mouth. So, here we have Rakhi all furious and fuming and she goes on to shoot back at Kangana saying, “How dare Kangana do her publicity gimmicks, firing from my shoulder. I have never kissed Mika. He had forcibly planted one on me and the world knows that. If Kangana is so publicity hungry, she should have kissed Mika for the song and become famous. Why resort to talking about Rakhi Sawant to gain mileage.”
“With battle lines drawn, a new war seems to have just begun here,” chuckles Rakhi’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar.
All we have to do is waiting for the war to spice up!!
Katrina Kaif is the brand ambassador for Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates and the airlines has taken a move ahead to cash in on the popularity of its brand ambassador. The company has announced the launch of ‘Next Stop Bollywood’, an online dance competition with Katrina Kaif, which will be run through a custom-built Facebook application where contestants can upload and share their dance videos for public voting.
The 10 videos with the maximum number of votes will be short-listed and Katrina will select and announce the three finalists, and then the ultimate winner on May 20.
The first prize is lunch with Katrina and $5,000 cash prize, two Pearl Business Class tickets, and accommodation in a 5-star hotel for five nights. The first runner up will receive two Pearl Business class tickets, and the second runner-up, two Coral Economy class tickets to anywhere on the Etihad network across 66 destinations.
Katrina Kaif is very excited about this project and said, “I am very excited to partner with Etihad and share my experience with Bollywood fans and aspiring dancers in this project, which hopes to attract and promote new talent.”
Andrew Ward, Etihad Airways’ marketing vice president was all praises for Kaif and said, “Katrina has brought her inimitable style, sophistication and glamour to our brand. As our brand ambassador she has been an eloquent spokesperson for us and is able to connect effortlessly with her vast fan base to carry the Etihad message around the world.”
Etihad Airways is the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates. The airline was set up by a Royal Decree in July 2003, with Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, as its hub. Etihad started commercial operations in November 2003.
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have gone for splits Ville but the two have been mature enough to maintain the right amount of silence and dignity about their relationship. The two were seen together in a song for Farah Khan’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’ and will get closer, though on-screen, for Yash Raj films where they will be seen as the romantic lead in the flick to be directed by Kabir Khan.
Reportedly, Katrina has signed two movies for the banner. The second one stars Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina, and will be directed by Yash Chopra. The buzz states that where the Salman-Katrina starrer will belong to the action-thriller-romance category, the film with Shah Rukh will be an out and out romantic on.
It may be mentioned here that Salman had once refused ‘Chak De India’ with YRF banner because of their policy of paying the actors below the market price but with changing times, the banner has also changed its policy and so we will now have Salman and Katrina under this banner!!
America’s popular TV show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ is making its way to India and when talking of a host to guide the show on its way to popularity, there could be no other name so apt than of Bollywood’s most talented dancer, Hrithik Roshan himself.
The whole world swears by the dancing skills of Hrithik. In the words of Flexy Stu and Loren L, Hrithik’s choreographer for ‘Kites’, “Hrithik is a perfectionist and a workaholic; he would call us late at night to come down from out hotel, get into his car and meet up to listen to the track he did. He’s really excited about the music and he’s really striving to be authentic. A lot of actors in Bollywood try to take short cuts; he’s real the whole time.”
While Hrithik will anchor the show, Farah Khan will be one of the judges. Its also rumored that Hrithik will be paid a whopping Rs. 2 crore to play the host!
With this, one more Bollywood star gives in to the temptation of the reality shows on the smaller screen…….
Madhri Dixit has been appointed as lifestyle ambassador of Food Food, a 24×7 Hindi TV channel. The channel, which would be a celebration of food and associated lifestyle, is business collaboration between Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khana Khazana India and Astro, the Malaysian company with interests ranging from telecom to media.
At the launch of his Food Food channel in Hotel Imperial when Kapoor questioned Madhuri that if she were to throw a party at home, which three Bollywood stars would she choose to invite, Madhuri answered with a laugh, “Well, I guess I’ll choose all the Bollywood heroes.”
‘First, I’ll of course choose Shah Rukh Khan,’ said Madhuri, ‘because he always praises whatever I do.’
‘Next, I’ll choose Aamir Khan because he is going to analyse my cooking, and then point out how a particular dish could do with a little more of salt, etc. He’s the analytical type, you see,’ reasoned Madhuri.
‘And then I’ll choose Salman Khan because he’s simply going to come and ask for the food without any ado.’
Madhuri said that she didn’t know how to cook when she was full-time into films but learnt after she got married and moved to the US.
The sinking fate of Rajasthan Royals has in no way dampened the spirits of the leggy lass Shilpa Shetty and her businessman hubby Raj Kundra. The couple seemed in high spirits as they launched their latest venture, ‘Royalty’ a new club in Mumbai. The launch of the club witnessed the glamour and glitter of the couple’s friends and colleagues from the B-town like Sanjay Dutt, Manyata Dutt, Fardeen Khan, David Dhawan, Amisha Patel, Karan Johar.
Check out the snap shots from the event………
Vikram Bhatt has already showed his excellence in the subject of horror flicks with ‘Raaz’, ‘1920? and ‘Shaapit’. Now, Vikram Bhatt takes a step ahead in the same genre as he goes 3D for his next horror movie ‘Haunted’.
‘Haunted is my most challenging and fulfilling film. The challenge began from the scripting stage itself because we had to visualize the country’s first next generation stereoscopic 3D film. It was all new. The style was new and the technology was new.
‘We had to acquaint ourselves with the technology, learn it, to adapt it. That was a major feat and I must thank the entire technical team. We would never have been able to achieve this unique milestone in Indian cinema without them,’ Bhatt said at the launch of the first look of the film.
Produced by- BVG Films (A division of ASA Productions & Enterprises) & DAR Motion Pictures, the film is slated to release April 15. Mahakshay Chakraborty, actor Mithun Chakraborty’s son, and newcomer Tia Bajpai make their debut with this film. The technical crew of ‘Haunted’ comprises of Brent Robinson, Christan Jeams, Cassidey and Michael Reuben Flax. The music is given by Chirantan Bhatt, Toshie and Sharib.
Set in the mountains of Dalhousie, ‘Haunted’ is written by Vikram Bhatt himself and revolves around certain happenings in a house with a secret past and a haunted present.
Be it Madhuri Dixit, Malaika Arora Khan, Mallika Sherawat, Akshay Kumar or SRK himself, Bollywood stars seem to have been smitten by the lure of small screen’s reality shows. The latest to give in to the lure of TV shows is IPL woman Preity Zinta who will be hosting Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega, a desi version of the international show, produced by Miditech and to be aired later this year.
The shoot for the promos have already been started and in one of the promos video, while pulling a truck Preity says, “Australia ka Derek Boyer ka Guinness World Record aaj main toodoongi.”
Later she stated, “Chaliye main naa kar saki toh kya hua? India kar ke dikhadega. Ab garv se har Hindustani bolega, Guinness World record, Ab India Todega.”
Surily Goel will be styling Preity for this show. Surily says, “I am excited to style Priety for her television debut. A show like Guinness World Records will be a great platform to experiment with various looks. Her personality is quite sporty, energetic and adventurous, and hence, I will style her keeping her personality in mind. I have given her a waistcoat over a casual shirt teamed with boots and gloves especially for the promo shoot.”
Preity is known as the iron woman of Bollywood and her die hard attitude is one which can be doubted by none. So, she seems to be the apt choice for the show with the right mix of glamour, attitude and spirit!!
