Actress Sheena Nayyar is all set for her Bollywood debut with the suspense thriller ‘Mallika’. Following the path of super sexy bombshell Mallika Sherawat, Sheena too has some sizzling scenes in the flick where she stars opposite Sameer Dattani.
The movie, made under the banner of PPC Horrotainment in association with Glorious Entertainment, is directed by Wilson Louis, who is known for making horror thrillers. The movie also stars Himanshu Mallik, Suresh Menon, Rajesh Khera, Arjun Mahajan, and Pooja Ballutia. The flick is all set to hit the screens on 3rd September 2010.
Sheena plays the role of Sanjana who is an arrogant and pricey girl coming from a rich background. Sanjana is haunted by nightmares and vivid visions of a murder that took place in the house years before she moved in. She has a special gift or rather a curse to see the unseen… to witness the dark past of any place she inhabits. Sameer Dattani plays Saahil, a creative director at an Ad agency and a keen violinist.
Check out red hot Sheena at ‘Mallika’ press meet……
Star wife Gauri Khan has always been an epitome of beauty and style, but she had always kept away from media and glare being content with supporting family and kids. For the first time, she has stepped forward for an endorsement and that too with hubby King Khan.
The lucky brand is D’Decor, the world’s third largest furnishing company which decided to sign them as brand ambassadors because he felt they were the best examples of perfect homemakers.
Ajay Arora, managing director of D’Decor, said, “We thought that apart from being celebrities, Shah Rukh and Gauri have made a wonderful home, both by decor and feeling, so we decided to make them brand ambassadors of the company.”
Shahrukh and Gauri were officially declared as the brand ambassadors in an event at the Taj Lands End Hotel.
‘I feel very humble and happy when any company signs me as their brand ambassador and so I am very happy to be part of D’Decor,’ said Shah Rukh at the occasion.
Gauri, who was also present, said: ‘I haven’t worked so hard ever, so after working for two long days, I slept last two days. It was a fantastic experience.’
Shah Rukh Khan has always been known as a caring husband and father. He proved it here too as he took every effort to ensure that his wife was comfortable. He also helped Gauri in holding the microphone properly so that the media could hear whatever little she had to say.
Delicate beauty Priyanka Chopra is determined to prove that when it comes to doing her job, she is nowhere less compared to stuntman Akshay Kumar who made his mark as the stern and strict host for the two seasons of ‘Fear Factor’
News floating in from the beaches of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro confirms her intentions. The actress had claimed that she would make the contestants hate her with her instructions and that is what she is exactly been doing in the first batch of stunts with the 13 contestants who are made to work relentlessly without being given time to rest or chill out. She begins her grueling schedule right from 7.30 am every morning with a very close and careful briefing by the stunt director to make sure no one breaks any bones on location. The exhaustive schedule stretches right upto the evening and only then she loosens up.
One of the exhausted contestants rightly said, “She carries not a whip, but a whistle which is as good as whip. The whistle is with her throughout from 7.30 am in the morning till late evening when we pack up. And she uses the whistle to intimidate us like no other woman in our lives has ever intimidated us.”
In fact the contestants are so fed up of the whistle that they plan to steal it and throw it into the ocean. Priyanka on the other hand stays unmoved and said, “We are not here for a picnic. It’s a tough regimen.”
It seems that reality shows have gone down well with drama queen Rakhi Sawant. After ‘Big Boss’, ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’, ‘Zara Nachke Dikha’, ‘Pati, Patni Aur Who’, ‘Desi Girl’ and ‘Raaz Pichle Janam Ka’, she is ready with yet another reality show, this time with a difference thought.
The show conceptualized by Imagine TV will be dealing with social issues, with out any legal involvements in it. Murder, robbery, drugs or extra-marital affairs — whatever the problems, item girl Rakhi Sawant - who has a knack for getting into controversies - will now be seen solving problems on ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf’.
Talking about the show and on choosing Rakhi Sawant to be an integral part of it, the producer of the show Moti Sagar says, “I always wanted a girl to be a part of this show, one who has faced the problems in reality. In my opinion, who has been through hard time, is the one who can do justice to the people who come on the show, and nobody fits the bill perfectly other than Rakhi.”
Rakhi commented, “Even though no one takes me seriously regarding my passion for social work, but through this show, people will get a chance to know me. I will only support the truth, be it a girl or boy, I will make sure my judgments are unbiased. Whatever decisions will be made, will be ‘dil se’( from heart), just as the title of the show says ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf… Dil se’.
‘The moment I was offered this show, I was extremely excited. I was told it is nothing like what I have done before. I always wanted a show where I could come face-to-face with aam janta (common man). This show will help me in solving their problems in my unique style,’ she said adding, “Mujhe kanooni daav pech nahi aate (I don’t know legal terminology) but I know how to think from my heart. I will not provide any legal assistance to anyone, but I will listen to their problems and give the best solution that I can.”
The big mouthed Rakhi even compares her show to Kiran Bedi’s ‘Aap Ki Kachehri’ on Star Plus. ‘I respect Kiran Bediji a lot, so please don’t compare my show with her’s. I have no knowledge about legal procedures. This show is like my social service,’ she said.
Now, this one is just too far-fetched Rakhi!!!
Among all the crazy stories of craze fans, this is the craziest of them all. It so happened that when the Bong bombshell Bipasha Basu was at the Bangalore airport, she was in for quite a surprise when a lady caught hold of her, pinned her down and tried smooching her!
Tweets the actress on her social networking site, “Funniest thing happened at BLR airport entrance! One aunty pulled me dwn (down) almost pinned me to smooch me! Somehow I was saved! Near escape!”
Recalling a similar experience, though lesser in gravity, the actress added, “In Sri Lanka for IIFA (International Indian Film Academy awards) I was saying hello to people outside the hotel, one girl pulled my hand and bit my finger hard! But today’s aunty shocked me more!”
Well! Well! We are shocked too!! Where are all the men on earth??
The first look for John Abraham’s forthcoming ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ was unveiled by the hunk himself as he climbed 60 feet to unveil the poster. Hoardings titled ‘John Abraham Is a Liar’ have popped up around Mumbai city. This romantic comedy has the director Abbas Tyrewala’s wife Pakhi costarring opposite John. Pakhi has also penned down the script for the film. A.R.Rahman has given the musical scores for the film.
The film was initially titled ‘1-800 Love’ and later was changed to Call Me Dil. The film is about a woman who calls up the suicide helpline when she discovers that her boyfriend cheated on her.
“The marketing team came back after a lot of surveys and told us that people were not really clear about what the title meant. Some thought it was a thriller, while some people actually thought that it was a period film because of 1800 in the title. So, we decided to change it. After all, if people cannot relate to the title, how will they come to watch a movie?” Pakhi explained the reason for changing the title of the film.
Shot in London in the summer of 2009 in a start-to-finish schedule, the film is slated to hit the theatres on October 15.
Check out John stunting to unveil the first look of the film…………
The much-awaited big budgeted film ‘Robot’ marked its music launch at a suburban five star in Mumbai with the honor of having two superstars of the Indian film industry - Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikant sharing the dais after a long long time.
The two iconic stars were all praises for each other. Rajnikanth said, ‘Amitabh is my inspiration, role model and guru. I have always valued his advice while taking important decisions. We have done so many films together like ANDHA KANOON, HUM, GIRAFTAR, and I can never forget the love, affection and care he showered on me’
A humble Big B too praised Rajni saying, ‘Rajnikanth is truly a son-of-the soil who is admired and loved by every Indian. I am just so honored and happy that I met a personality like Rajnikanth. And I am so happy that I was able to spend some time of my life with him and learn so much from him. His simplicity, honesty, and down-to-the-earth nature has always impressed me. I admire him because of his tender heart and humility. He is so grounded despite the adulation and fame he has enjoyed throughout his career.’
‘Many a times there were some very tough decisions to be taken, at that point I always remembered him as a colleague and a very dear friend and tried to think what Rajni would have done if he had been in this particular situation and I’ve always found a capable answer, despite of the tumult circumstances & stressful situations,’ he further added.
The gathering could not have asked for more with the entire Bachchan family - Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya, Media magnate & Producer Kalanithi Maran of Sun TV Network, Hansraj Saxena, COO, of Sun Pictures (a division of Sun TV Network) along with the lead cast & crew of the film consisting of Superstar Rajnikanth, Oscar winners - music maestro A R Rahman & sound engineer Resul Pookutty, Music moghuls Ganesh Jain, Ratan Jain, Champak Jain of Venus Records & Tapes, director Shankar, Sabu Cyril, legendary Danny Denzongpa, gracing the affair.
Aishwraya Rai Bachchan, looking as gracious as ever said, ‘ROBOT (ENDHIRAN) is a sincere effort. It is a landmark film in cinematic experience. Rajni sir is a legend. He is just an incredible artist, so dedicated, so committed and above all a wonderful human being. It’s truly humbling to be working with such a phenomena and I am grateful. I had the privilege of working with director Shankar very early in my career for the film JEANS. Though it was ahead of its time but I felt enriched as an artist.’
It was ironical when Kareena Kapoor who was voted as the best dressed celebrity along with Karan Johar faced a wardrobe malfunction at the unveiling of the 1st anniversary issue of the Starweek magazine. The actress was attired in a blue short dress teamed up with red shoes. However, as the actress sat cross legged at the event, little did she realize that she had raised quite a few eyebrows then.
However, this is not the first time that an actress revealed more than what was desired as she sat cross legged at a public event. Hope this makes Bebo a little more careful next time with a short dress!!
Actress Koena Mitra may be missing from the silver screen but she has had the opportunity of being the only Indian celebrity invited to the Teens choice Awards 2010. It was an overwhelming experience for the actress as the event gave her an opportunity to meet stars and biggies who have always awed her.
“It was a great experience to meet people who I thought were difficult to reach. People who I loved watching were right in front of my eyes like the twilight team which ruled the evening and I have always been a big fan of David Beckham, I got to see him in person. Plus, the energy of the show was a new experience all together,” she says.
Talking about her experience at the blue carpet, the actress said, “Blue carpets are a different thing all together, its like a mela where you have so many people around along with their entourage, its difficult to stand and chit chat over there but greeting people is a normal thing over there it happen on the streets in studios and the same happens at blue carpets.”
“I am glad that I was invited, since the time my management team has taken over my work, several invitations have been coming let that be award functions or premiers,” she added.
The actress who chose to pair a bright green dress with shocking purple stockings explained, “Ivan is my stylist who is doing a fantastic job with me over here, Teens choice is about young and stylish people and I wanted to wear a structured outfit and when he got me the D&G dress I realised we think similar.”
A sweating Mallika Sherawat, dressed in off-white salwar kameez for a change, had a trying time as she had to waive her hand constantly under scorching heat and shouted ‘hail to India’ as she made her attendance on India Day Parade in New Jersey that marked India’s 64th Independence Day. This is an annual event held by the Indian Business Association in association with scores of other Indian American Organizations to celebrate India’s Independence.
With thousands of people to the one mile parade route, more than 25 floats including ones by Air-India, Western Union, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Friends of Gujarat, three marching bands, and hundreds of marchers, parade organizers and police agreed that it was biggest in its history. The crowd figures was estimated variously by the Chandrakant Patel, president of the Indian Business Association that organized the parade as somewhere near 40,000 and other veteran parade watchers, as somewhere around 20,000. But the crowd did not just consist of Indian Americans although they were indeed were the overwhelming majority.
Well, given the heat was scorching and the crowd overwhelming and Mallika used to being revealed in a dress rather than being covered, we hope it was not too uncomfortable for the ‘Hisss’ star!!
Kangana Ranaut is the first actress who has been approached by Paris Hilton Fashions to be its Asian brand ambassador. This is apparently an honor for Kangana who has already done endorsements for other clothing brands, including a leading international denim wear, but this will be her first brush with an international market.
The brand had reportedly studies her films and style before zeroing in on her and given that Miss Ranaut is stylish, trendy and very fashionable, she suits perfectly to Paris’ signature style of fun, flashy, and bright. Post her success with ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’, she has also been offered a whopping amount to endorse PHF.
Though nothing has been finalized as yet and Kangana is yet to sign the dotted line.
The two seasons of The Fear Factor were a major hit on the smaller screen and now, the next season is ready after much hype, controversies and guesses. If Akshay Kumar being replaced by Piggie Chops was not enough, there will be thirteen male contestants wooing Priyanka with their stunts and daredevilry. First, the season was to have thirteen cricketers as the contestants but with leading cricketers making unannounced exit from the programme, the makers had to make replacements and the final list of the contestants is ready now with many impressive names in it.
The list goes as: Rahul Bose, Terrence Lewis (choreographer), Cyrus Broacha, Rahul Dev, Milind Soman, Manjyot Singh (the affable Sardar of Oye Lucky Lucky Oye fame), Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor, Shabbir Ahluvalia, Karan Singh Grover, Dino Morea, Armaan Ebrahim (car racer), and the squash sensation Ritwik Bhattacharya.
However, the major attraction here, is not to mention, our desi beauty Priyanka Chopra who is already gearing up the expectation quota with the promos of the show being aired on the smaller screen.
Take a look at the stills as Priyanka kick starts the show for ‘Colors’….
