Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have been together for a long time but in the past few months, the issue of growing distance between the two has been cropping up now and again. The two started dating in 2004, shortly after Katrina moved to India to pursue her Bollywood career. Salman helped her a lot, and used all his contacts to help her ascend the ladder of stardom.
The rumors of Salman breaking up with Kaif gained solidarity when Salman told in an interview to TV channel Headlines Today, “I have broken up with Katrina. We were friends then for everybody, we are friends now.”
He even went on to explain the reason behind the breakup, “Koi cheez tootati hain toh isliye kyonki ya to different ways chali gayi hai, ya ek shakhs ki growth nahin hui, ya ek ne kuch aur path chun liya hai, ya sensibility samajh mein nahi aati, ya thinking galat ho gayi hain (A relationship breaks if it gets stretched in different directions, or one person does not grow, or the other person takes a different path, or there is some misunderstandingor they have grown out of love.)”
“So there are different interferences, the parents perhaps… or the interference of anything,” he said, adding, “it’s just two people not getting along, something that obviously doesn’t end peacefully. But if you can manage to stay friends, there is nothing like it.”
This adds to another sad end of a long affair in Bollywood!!
Nikhil Advani’s ‘Patiala House’ featuring Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles is going to cast 32 sardars in one frame. Besides Akshay and Anushka, the movie stars Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Vindu Dara Singh, and Dara Singh. The music for the film has been given by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and it is slated to hit the theatres in November this year.
The story of the film revolves around Parghat Singh Kahlon (Gattu,) age 34 years who lives a routine life subduing all his dreams and watching his father rule a house, a family, a community in London like he has for the last 25 years. Guttu silently suffers as he gives up his dream to save his father’s reputation until he meets a girl who gives him the strength to stand up for what he believes only to shake the very foundations of Patiala House.
Check out the stills and posters from the movie……
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have been going around for quite some time now and if sources are to be believed they are into taking their relationship to some serious level by turning business partners.
However, Saif declared that he would continue making films with Dinesh Vijan under their banner (Illuminati Films). “It’s a development, not a split. I’m going to make more than one movie at a time, so I will be launching another production house and Kareena will be on the board of directors. It’s important for my growth as an actor-producer,” Saif said.
With this news, it was but natural for everyone to ask if Bebo would be the leading female star in all their so-productions, but Chhote Nawab denied this possibility saying, “It would be exciting for the audience and me to work with other female stars. I’ve never enforced my will on my producers and eventually it will be the director’s call, but it would be nice to pair up with Deepika again after ‘Love Aaj Kal.’ And since I’ve never worked with Priyanka and Katrina, we could be fresh jodis too.”
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!!
Mrs Maanyata Dutt, who was once Dilnawaz Shaikh when trying to make a career in Bollywood, had done an item number for Prakash Jha’s ‘Gangajal’. After the success of Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti, Gangaajal is being technically enhanced for renewed market appeal. The rumors doing rounds are that Sanjay Dutt has urged the film’s producer and director to re-release the film without the item song. But Jha is in no mood to delete anything.
Says the director, “It’s true we are re-doing the sound and visuals of Gangaajal, along with my other films Damul, Mrityudand and Apaharan. We’re doing the colour-correction and converting the sound to high-digital quality for blue-ray videos. We aren’t deleting anything from Gangaajal or any of the films being restored.”
Recalling Maanyata’s item song Jha says, “When she got selected to do the item song she really worked hard on it and made it a memorable number.” Though at that time she was called Dilnawaz Shaikh, she insisted on being billed as ‘Maanyata’ for the item song.”
Jha added, “I remember her as possessing great dignity and a passion to excel. God bless her.”
However, Dutt, who is right now in Oman, claims all this to be a baseless rumors and clarifies, “Maanyata is the love of my life and I am proud of her choices. I am not embarrassed about the song, so there is no question of me wanting to have it removed.
Prakash Jha is a sensible and talented director you cannot expect nonsense from him.
The song in the film is an important requirement as it takes the story forward; it’s not for mere entertainment purpose.”
Well, that’s a sensible quote from a sensible husband indeed!!
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.”
She shot to fame with the popular daily soap ‘Shanti’. The she went on to create stirs with her noodle straps and excited spontaneous comments as a cricket presenter and after juggling different roles as an actor in TV serials and films, host, and participant in reality shows, Mandira Bedi is now all set to endorse lingerie brand Bodycare which she calls as a cute and fun brand.
“Indian women consumers are becoming more cautious these days in choosing lingerie, which is in effect helping the growth of branded lingerie in India. Bodycare is a cute, girly and fun brand. It’s an exciting opportunity for me because I get to put my own input into the brand - that’s the main reason I agreed to do it,” Mandira said in a press statement adding, “The collection ranges from comfortable, yet stylish innerwear, easy wear to sensuous lingerie.”
Bodycare managing director Sanjay Dawar said, “In recent times men’s innerwear industry has seen a plethora of celebrity endorsement from the biggest leading names in Bollywood. On the other hand, in the women’s innerwear segment, there is just one brand that has dared to venture in this league and that is Bodycare.”
Check out Mandira Bedi in her new role…..
Priyanka Chopra is bugged with the fake websites and imposters using her name in social networking sites. So, the actress has now decided to communicate with her fans directly through her official website where she plans to talk about her films, her work, interact with her fans and help them download her pictures.
The website named ‘Iampriyankachopra.com’ was launched by her at Yashraj studios and Priyanka also plans to activate a feature in her website, which will enable her fans to directly communicate with her.
At the launch, Priyanka spoke only about her website and not about her forthcoming films like ‘Anjanna Anjaani’ or her television debut on reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’.
“If I will speak about my films and stuff, people will say ’self promotion’, so ‘no self promotion’,” said Priyanka.
Arbaaz Khan’s ‘Dabanng’ is creating news for Salman Khan’s new look and the debut of Sonakshi Sinha, the lovely daughter of Shatrugan Sinha. Inside sources say that Sonakshi and Salman get along like a house on fire and have a great chemistry off the sets too. Salman is all praises for the new girl and is all out promoting her on social networking sites.
Now that Salman is a good painter and has already painted Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal in the past, he plans to paint Sonakshi on his canvas too. Not only that, he has discovered the painter in the wannabe Bollywood babe and inspired her to turn to paint brush and canvas who was used to only sketching.
Confirms Sonakshi, “I’ve done fashion designing so I knew how to sketch. Using the paintbrush was something I dreaded. But Salman helped me overcome this fear and taught me to paint.”
Sonakshi whose first painting was a woman with a cross has Salman’s style reflecting in her painting and says, “I’ve incorporated a lot of his (Salman’s) style into mine. The day I put my own ideas on canvas my painting will look different from his.”
