The girl who has a filmi connection being the cousin of Bollywood’s reigning queen Priyanka Chopra and who won all accolades and awards for her debut performance is now all set to play her first lead role. Talking about Parineeti Chopra, the girl has been chosen to play the female lead in Yash Raj Film’s next project ‘Ishqzaade’.
Parineeti’s role as Dimple Chadda in ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ won her recognition and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut in 2012. Besides, she also won the Zee cine, Screen and the Apsara awards for her debut.
On asking if she is comfortable doing bold scenes in her career, Parineeti says, “If you are an actor, you will be asked to do certain things. If I’m told to do an intimate scene or wear certain clothes, I can’t say no if that’s what the script and character demands. I know there are actors who won’t kiss on screen and I respect that, but I don’t have any rules like that. I will stay true to the script.”
Jackie Shroff aka Jaggu Dada of Bollywood has made immense contribution to our industry with some unforgettable flicks. Now, as his son, Jai aka Tiger Shroff, grows tall, fair and handsome, the industry awaits the rise of yet another star in the tinsel town.
And sure enough, Tiger seems to have a great career waiting ahead as the perfectionist Aamir Khan himself has taken him under his wings, but he wants him to wait for sometime before he can launch him with a dream debut. Aamir has advised Tiger to sharpen his acting, dancing and fighting skills as well. Aamir also went ahead to say that if Tiger chooses to be launched by another producer, he is ready to help with the marketing.
Earlier, Subhash Ghai had expressed his desire to launch Jai in the remake of his father Jackie Shroff’s superhit film Hero. However, Tiger effused the offer saying, “The last thing I want is to be compared with my father first thing in my career.”
When Tiger got a call from Aamir Khan’s production house asking Tiger Shroff to come and meet Aamir, father Jackie was overjoyed. He says, “That Aamir has so much faith in my boy is in itself a great endorsement for him.”
Veena Malik came into limelight with the controversial show ‘Big Boss’ and she has continued to maintain her share of controversies till date. After appearing nude on the covers of a famous magazine, she is now in news once again for purposely injuring her co-star during a fight sequence for the film ‘Mumbai 125′.
Veena’s co-star Vedita Pratap shares cold vibes with her and she has accused Veena for purposely injuring her on the forehead during a shoot scene. In the scene, Veena had to pull Pratap by the neck and bang her head on an iron rod and Veena did so with a bit too much of ferverity. Vedita had to be nursed at a city hospital and is said to be currently undergoing treatment to get rid of the scar on her forehead.
“It was an action sequence. I was supposed to be beaten up. I don’t know what happened to Veena. She actually hurt me and she did it so badly that I had nail marks on my body.
I don’t know what was wrong with her. And then she pushed me so badly and banged my head on the rod,” said Pratap.
“After the incident, I spoke to the director and told him that she is deliberately doing this. Acting is one thing, but this is just over acting,” she added.
When Pooja Bhatt revealed the first look poster of her ‘Jism 2’ with a nude girl under the wet white sheet, she chose to keep the name of the girl under wraps. However, now the Bhatts have decided to reveal the name of the mystery girl and as anticipated, it has now finally come out that the girl is none other than Sunny Leone herself, the leading lady of the film.
“Sunny Leone is the heroine of Pooja Bhatt’s ‘JISM 2′. Now watch this brave girl unfold her soul and rise higher and higher,” Bhatt wrote on his Twitter page.
Sunny, on the other hand too, is excited about her debut in Bollywood. “Hey everyone! So excited to be working on ‘JISM 2′. Remember to follow @jism2 to get all the movie news first, ” Sunny, whose real name is Karen Malhotra, tweeted.
The makers of the film have also revealed through this social networking site that they need two male protagonists for the film and are looking for them.
“While my dream that is #JISM2 comes closer to realization with @sunnyleone my nightmare with regards to casting my two leading men begins,” Pooja posted.
“Finding one ‘man’ in this business is tough enough and we need to cast two in #JISM2! I suspect strongly that it is masochism that drives me,” she added.
Taking her glamorous makeover for ‘The Dirty Picture’ a step ahead, actress Vidya Balan is giving in every effort to look her sexiest best for her debut item number in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’.
The actress has decided to try 10 different look tests each with considerable input from the makers, her stylist and Vidya herself. Then , she will go for the look which suits her best. Vidya has also laid emphasis on hearing the scratches of the item song. Since she is keen on losing the extra kilos she gained for her role as Silk Smitha, her fans will get to see a sexier and slimmer avatar of the actress.
Director Rajesh Mapuskar confirmed the news of Vidya’s 10 different look tests and said, “Yes, we are creatively working out the look. There have been all kinds of item numbers and we want this one to be different.”
Actress Adah Sharma is yet to deliver a big hit to our industry. However, the actress is busy with her forthcoming comedy flick ‘Hum Hain Raahi Car Ke’ and was seen shashaying the ramp for designer Sagarika Mittal Goyal on the second day of the India Kids Fashion Week 2012. Talking to the media, Adah Sharma said that she is really excited to be a part of the event!
Earlier titled Pri & Me, Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke is a comic film that revolves around a road trip. Apart from Adah, the star cast includes star cast of the film includes Dev Goel, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey, Rati Agnihotri, Vivek Vaswani and Ganesh Venkatraman. Sanjay Dutt has also shot a cameo for the film. The director of the film is Jyotin Goel.
Every year, dozens of fresh faces make their entry into Bollywood. Some go on to become big celebrities and successful stars while the others fall into oblivion. Recent years have seen many fresh faces making it big in the industry with the likes of Deepika Padukone, Kangna Ranaut, Asin, Anushka Sharma, Sonakhi Sinha and many others. 2011 also witnessed many dazzling divas making their way into the tinsel town. Whether they soar high in their career graph or not, only time can tell. Nevertheless, we give you our choice of top 5 most glamorous, most promising and hottest female faces who debuted this year:
Pooja Gupta:
She came into limelight in 2007 when she won the Miss India Universe Contest. She made her acting debut this year with the comedy film F.A.L.T.U. though the film failed to make it big at the box office, Pooja Gupta went on to win the hearts of many and was highly praised by both the audiences and critics.
Nargis Fakhri:
A known face on the ramp and in the modelling industry, Nargis Fakhri made an impressive debut with Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did fairly well at the box office receiving mixed response from the audience. Nevertheless, the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar 2009 girl Nargis managed to create an impression with her personality, sex appeal, on screen persona and acting skills.
Parineeti Chopra:
Even before Parineeti Chopra made her entry into Bollywood, she was a known face being the cousin of the successful Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra. Parineeti made her debut with Yash Raj film titled Ladies vs Ricki Behl which starred Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma in the lead. Though she did not have much to do in the film, Parineeti garnered attention because of her cute and innocent looks and also because of being in relation to Priyanka Chopra.
Tena Desae:
Her first brush with the entertainment industry was through Channel V’s reality show “Get Gorgeous”. She made her entry into Bollywood with Anumpam Kher in “Yeh Faaslay”. She will be next seen in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which is directed by BAFTA award winner John Madden where she will be acting with SlumDog Millionaire’s Dev Patel and Oscar winner Judi Dench.
Zoa Morani:
Daughter of Karim Morani of Raja Hindustani fame, Zoa Morani made her debut into Bollywood this year with Red Chillies Entertainment’s “Always Kabhi Kabhi”. She also walked the ramp at Lakme Fashion Week for designer Pallavi Mohan as the show stopper.
Shaurya Chauhan is not a new name in the glamour world. The girl who set the pulses racing with her Kingfisher Calender shoot in 2006 and yet another hotter ad for a shoe company where she posed with the male model wearing nothing and was seen wrapped in a muslin sheet, is quite well-known for her bold and spicy image, courtesy her hot photo shoots and bikini shots.
She has worked as a TV host and made a debut in Bollywood with ‘Mumai Salsa’ in 2007 and is currently working in a film titled ‘Sadda Adda’. Now, Shaurya finally lands up with a role which could change the course of her career.
She has been chosen by producer Rakesh Rsohan to play a negative role in ‘Krrish 3’. The role requires a glamorous and sexy babe and Shaurya just perfectly the shoes. The film also stars Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra and Vivek Oberoi, besides of course Hrithik Roshan.
Nargis Fakhri has created stirs much before her debut ‘Rockstar’ hits the screens. Though it is not the first time the girl has given a bold topless photo shoot, yet her hot new shoot has made her fans drooling for more. Glamour world is not new for Nargis. She was quite active in the fashion world in US and had appeared in America’s Next Top Model in 2004. She first went topless for 2009 Kingfisher Calendar.
Born in New York to a Pakistani father and Czech mother, Nargis is now being claimed as the next best thing in Bollywood. Her co-stars and director of her debut flick ‘Rockstar’, too, swear by her acting skills. While Ranbir Kapoor is all praises for Fakhri, Moufid Aziz, who plays her husband in the film, also seems to be smitten by her beauty and talents.
Being paired with Nargis was almost like a blessing, says Moufid, adding, “I’ve done modelling for a few years in places like Germany, Spain, Portugal etc. I’ve also walked the ramp for Sao Paulo, Barcelona and India Mens Fashion week too. Nargis also was a model like me before she joined movies. She may not be very big right now, but she is a really nice person. We had a lot to talk about – our roots, international exposure, modelling at so many places, etc. We also have a lot of common friends from a few countries, people we’ve worked together with. So, it was easy to work with her.”
Meanwhile, do check out Nargis Fakhri at her hottest best in these stills.
Since the time Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Krissh 2’ has been launched, there has been a shuffling of names for the second female lead in the flick. After Kangana Ranaut and Sonakshi Sinha, Chitrangada Singh was finalized for the role. Later, she backed out on account of some date problems and was replaced by Jacqueline Fernandez. Now, it seems that Fernandez too is not happy with what the role has to offer for her and the next name to pop up is the Kingfisher girl Esha Gupta.
Esha, who is often called the desi Angelina Jolie, has scorched the pages of Kingfisher calendars and will be making her Bollywood debut in Vishesh Films’ next project titled Informer. Director Kunal Deshmukh is all praises for Esha and feels that she is just suited for the role, which is of a bindas typical Delhi girl. Kunal says, “The character is slightly teekhi, muhphat, she isn’t the type to sit back and is used to being heckled by men. That’s our character, and Esha fits in well.”
Well, this is something that actress Deepika Padukone certainly won’t like. Director Prashant Chadda is all set to make a film which will be based on the love and break up between Nihar Pandya and Deepika Padukone. Nihar was apparently Deepika’s first lover and she had dumped him for Ranbir Kapoor. The two had met in 2005 in an acting institution where their love blossomed.
Director Chadda said, “Nihar is like my brother. I was very close to Deepika as well once upon a time. In fact, I had launched her in a music video. Everybody knows how she walked out of Nihar’s life for Ranbir. Nihar was heartbroken. He had done everything by the book. He looked after her for three-and-a-half-years. In fact Deepika stayed in Nihar’s house with his parents for three years.”
“Nobody knows that Deepika actually came crying back to Nihar after breaking up with Ranbir the first time. Nihar went looking for Ranbir, intercepted his car and asked him what he was doing with Deepika. Ranbir shot back, ‘Ask your girlfriend that’. Even after all this, Nihar took Deepika back. And then the same thing happened with Yuvraaj Singh,” added Chaddha.
Obvious enough, there are people who do not like the idea and insist that Chaddha drop his idea. However, Chaddha seems in no mood to skip the project. “I owe it to Nihar.” concluded the filmmaker
Veena Malik has finally managed to make her debut in Bollywood with a spicy item number for Riteish Deshmukh-Genelia D’Souza starrer, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya directed by Mandeep Kumar. Though this is her first item song, she feels that it was just the right one for her.
She says, “I had many offers but I wanted to pick the best one. This song is spicy and goes perfectly with my personality, at least I feel that. I hope its the right decision. Enjoyed doing it is an understatement.”
When questioned about the reaction of the people of Pakistan on her gyrating on a spicy song, Veena says that they would love her all the same. “They love me. I’m their favourite child,” she said.
She added that there’s no concept of item numbers in Pakistan, “There are hardly any films being made in Pakistan at the moment. Hope that changes soon.”
