Remember Kalki Koechlin? The same girl who debuted with Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Dev.D’ where she played the character of Chandramukhi. This Indian actress with French descent has also done some modeling assignments for smaller screen. Though she is well versed in Tamil, English and French, she had to learn Hindi for her role in Dev.D.

Kalki got rave reviews for her performance in Dev D. Hindustan Times read, “Kalki shows sparks in the scenes. Enter Chanda, the multilingual call girl who can seduce in Hindi, Tamil, English and French. With her bee-stung lips, unusual face and refreshing lack of acting guile, Kalki Koechlin imbues the part with a touching fragility.”

Kalki has also won the Hindu metro playwright award 2009 along with Prashant Prakash for their co-authored entry ‘Skeleton Woman.’ She had also acted in the play “Hair” directed by Ajaykrishnan.

Check out Kalki oozing sensuality in the latest issue of Filmfare magazine.

This Monday, Mumbai saw the music release of Abbas Mastaan’s romantic thriller ‘Runaway’. The film which is being produced by 171 Entertainment Private Limited stars  Deepal Shaw, Tulip Joshi, Lucky Ali and debutant actor Amarjeet.

Tulip is playing the role of a bar dancer for the first time in the film and has shot a real sexy time number for the film. “In this film there is a lot of freshness and for me the character which I play which is that of a bar dancer I have never played in my life and have never been a part of a film like this. I did a lot of research and preparation for this role,” said Joshi.

Deepal Shaw revealed more about the film saying, “The Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of this film is that it looks very sleek as these days the packaging rules and it’s a well packaged film. The songs are good and I hope that 70 percent of our population which comes from B and C grade towns they will like the songs which will be an attraction of this film.”

Last Monday Neetu Chandra inaugurated the Geetanjali stores at Bandra, Mumbai. She looked gorgeous in a yellow dress which she carried off quite well. The gal was recently caught in a controversy regarding some hot photoshoot for the men’s magazine ‘The Man’ with another female model. However, the magazine went ahead and used the photographs. Though Neetu debuted back in 2005 with ‘Garam Masala’, her career graph does not seem to be taking off well. Meanwhile, check out Neetu at the inauguration of the Gitanjali stores.

Yanni is the only artist who has had the honors of giving a concert performance in India’s pride Taj Mahal and our Bollywood sex kitten Mallika Sherawat had the pleasure of meeting this talented music group while she was at the Ivy restaurant in Los Angeles with producers of her first American-Indo film “Hisss”. The actress had been there after being invited as a VIP guest to the Kuala Lumpur film festival to present some of the awards.

There she met the legendary multiple Oscar and Grammy winning music producer Ric Wake and world famous New Age composer Yanni. The duo is on a world tour now and will be performing at LA’s Nokia Theatre on June 23 with their current musical tour de force, “Yanni’s Voices”. Mallika was in talks with them to perform in an upcoming special concert in India. The concert may see Mallika doing a snake goddess dance from “Hisss”.

Kangana Ranaut hails from Himachal Pradesh and without any Godfather the gorgeous beauty has been able to carve out a niche in Bollywood on account of some superb performances in movies like ‘Gangster’, ‘Fashion’ and many others. She has been linked to Shekhar Suman’s son Adhyayan with whom she got to spend a lot of time during the shooting of ‘Raaz- They Mystery Continues’. Though the film bombed at the box-office, the two stars got a lot of publicity on account of their romantic linkup.

Recently, this mesmerizing beauty set the ramp afire when she walked the ramp at JW Mariott Hotel in Mumbai where Fashion Designer Rohit Verma’s collection was presented. Check out Kangana looking an out of the earth beauty as she displays Rohit’s creation.

After from its glamour and glitter, the IIFA event at Macau has given the Bollywood columns some other things to write for too. There is some spicy news doing rounds that our desi hot actress Minissha Lamba stole a very passionate kiss with cricketer Sreenath during the extravaganza. There are rumors that Minissha had a cozy time with the Indian pacer Sreesanth at a casino in Macau where the two gave company to each other until the wee hours of morning.

Minissha, on the other hand, is quite upset with the rumors and calls them baseless. Though she doesn’t deny meeting Sreenath at the casino and also that she is fond of him, she claims that she was there with 25 other people.

Says Minissha, ““I met Sree for only 20 minutes… He is a very sweet and genuine person.”

Minissha also adds that she was definitely not there for so late in the morning and also that she has never in her life has she displayed any kind of affection publicly.

Shamita Shetty made a smashing and promising debut with ‘Mohabbatein’ but soon set into some forgettable roles and even more forgettable item numbers. Although at par with her sister Shilpa Shetty in beauty and talents, Shamita does not seem to be doing very well in the professional front. Gorgeous as she is, she is the cover girl of Maxim this month and one look at this smashing beauty on the glossy sheets of this magazine makes one wonder whether we would actually be able to see this talented beauty rock the screens yet again!

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.

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!

The latest talked about actress of bollywood, Sonam Kapoor is coming as on cover of Harper’s Bazaar India for the month of June 2009.  This photo shoot was conducted by Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar. The theme at the cover was displaying an effect of old glamour from Hollywood.  By coming on the cover of the magazine she has joined elite club of Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone who earlier also appeared on the cover of Indian edition of the magazine.

It seems that, it is very difficult for Salman Khan to live up with one love relation. He has been in relation with many including Bachchan family’s pride superstar actress Aishwarya Rai. His recent breakup with Katrina Kaif is also filled with lots of twist and turns.

But he, ultimately, is Salman Khan, this time into relation with German Supermodel Claudia Ciesla, Claudia met Salman in India during dubbing of her movie Apart from being model she also is a very good actress and singer. Currently Salman Khan is busy with shooting of TELE series “Power of Ten” and “Veer”.  Hopefully, this relation of Salman may nurture to a happy ending

Kangana Ranaut is more known for her trademark curls than her acting skills. She had gone for straight tresses in ‘Metro’ and is now set to lose her curls once again and opt for a fringe instead for Anees Bazmee’s upcoming flick ‘No Problem’.

Though Kangana was initially apprehensive and concerned whether her new look would suit her, she finally made up her mind to give a try for the new look and now she is confident that the change will suit her.

Kangana says, “I needed a chick hairstyle. I have a big forehead and the fringe will make my face look proportionate.”

Kangana has already impressed us as the curly beauty and now it is a wait and watch for us to see how she looks with a fringe cut.