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I did it for money, says Vivek!

Film star Vivek Oberoi has said advertisements were a good source of revenue and he would not mind doing ad campaigns as long as they earned him remunaration.
In reply to a poser here, Vikek claimed his latest TV ad on Babool toothpaste was only a part of his effort to earn money.

Sonali Kulkarni in an Italian flick

Sonali Kulkarni in an Italian flick

Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai and Mallika Sherawat may be making waves abroad but for Italian filmmaker Sergio Scapagnini, Sonali Kulkarni holds sway over all her peers.
Incidentally, Sonali is the lead actress in Scapagnini’s Italian flick ‘Fire At My Heart’, which premiered at the 36th International Film Festival of India on Tuesday.

Has Akshay Kumar joined the Big B Family?

Has khiladi Akshay Kumar joined the Big B’s family? Yes, it looks so. After all, Akshay has been doing a number of movies with Big B. No, that doesn’t qualify him to be a member of the Bachchan parivar. But, the facts reveal that Akshay has indeed joined the Big B’s family because he is [...]

Ayesha Takia’s a no-kiss miss…

Ayesha Takia’s a no-kiss miss…

Mallika Sherawat (Murder), Bipasha Basu (Jism) and Neha Dhupia’s (Julie) smoochfests may have led to kissing in Hindi films becoming common, but the voluptuous Ayesha Takia refuses to toe the line.
Takia was the first choice to star opposite Uday Chopra — her role finally went to Kajol’s younger sister Tanisha — in Yash Raj Films’ [...]

Celina-Emraan romance crashes!

After Zayed and Fardeen Khan it’s the turn of Emraan Hashmi. With the recent news of his affair with his Jawani Diwani co-star, Celina Jaitley doing the rounds, Emraan has hastily announced to tie the knot with his girlfriend of three years, Parveen Sahani.
The wedding is likely to take place early next year.

Fans hold mahayagna for Amitabh Bachchan’s speedy recovery

Hundreds of fans of mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday held a mahayagna praying for the fast recovery and long life of their idol undergoing treatment in Mumbai’s Leelawati Hospital.
The mood was sombre at the south Kolkata venue of the yagna where priests chanted mantras in front of a holy fire as admirers of [...]

Garam Masala rocks UK

Garam Masala rocks UK

Bollywood comedies are major hits not only in India but also at the UK box office where they are grossing big money.
After Bunty Aur Babli , Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya and No Entry , Priyadarshan ’s Garam Masala is latest among the Bollywood comedies to make the audiences in the United Kingdom ‘laugh all [...]

Akshay-Bipasha-Priyanka to dance in high profile wedding

Our Bollywood stars are all set to perform for a high profile wedding function on December 4th, at Brabourne Stadium. The stars who will be performing at this function include Akshay Kumar, Bipasha Basu, Tanushree Dutta and Priyanka Chopra. The dances will be choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. It is not sure whether the function is [...]

Revealing the musical side – Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is a talented actor and he proved his mettle by bagging the National award for the best actor this time. The star is all set to strum new chords now. Saif Ali Khan is all set to play guitar live on stage in Delhi on December 18. He is going to [...]

John Abraham named sexiest actor

Teenage sensation John Abraham has been voted as the “sexiest actor in India” while beauty queen Aishwarya Rai given the most desired dream date crown by participants of the Durex Global Sex Survey.
Abraham zoomed past all the Bollywood heavyweights to become the sexiest actor in India with one in five of the 1,300 respondents [...]

Yash Chopra to be honoured at Dubai fest

Yash Chopra to be honoured at Dubai fest

Veteran Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra will be honoured along with two other renowned film personalities at the second edition of Dubai International Film Festival to be held in Dubai next month.
Chopra, the maker of several blockbusters in his chequered career, will be honoured at the festival, which offers a bouquet of 98 films from [...]

Comedies ruling the roost in Bollywood

Comedies ruling the roost in Bollywood

Comedy films have turned out to be money-spinners at the box-office this year.
Despite some hard-hitting films like Black and Sarkar , it is the light-hearted comedy No Entry that has emerged as the biggest Bollywood hit of the year 2005.

Amitabh suffering from colitis, his condition stable

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan , who was admitted to Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai following abdominal pain, is suffering from colitis, according to hospital sources.
The 63-year-old actor underwent various tests since yesterday and was found to be “suffering from inflammation in the colon or the large intestine”, hospital spokesperson Narendra Trivedi said.

Katrina to act with the three Deols

Katrina to act with the three Deols

It is going to be a combination of beauty and brawns on the silver screen.
Gorgeous Katrina Kaif will be the heroine of a movie that will mark the coming together of the three Deols – Dharmendra , Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol .

Aishwarya Rai – the most desired dream date

Aishwarya Rai – the most desired dream date

The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai has been voted as the most desired dream date by participants of the Durex global sex survey.
Asked about their most desired dream date, men chose Ash ahead of Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta .
Twenty per cent would like to go on a date with Ash, while 12.8 per cent chose Rani [...]

Amitabh Bachchan to be admitted at Leelavati Hospital

“Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday underwent treatment for abdominal pain at the Escorts Heart Institute for nearly eight hours and was later flown to Mumbai where he will be admitted at the Leelavati Hospital.
Wrapped in a cream-coloured shawl and donning a red monkey cap, the 63-year-old Bachchan, upon discharge from the hospital, was helped [...]

SRK’s daughter not in my film

SRK’s daughter not in my film

“Can’t they leave them alone?” is the angry response of one of Shah Rukh’s favourite co-stars on location in New York for Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna.
This, in response to rumours floating in a section of the press that Shah Rukh’s baby-girl Suhana is making an appearance alongside her papa in Kabhi Alvidaa Na [...]

Amrita Rao – antithesis of the modern glam doll brigade

Amrita Rao – antithesis of the modern glam doll brigade

In a scene filled with ‘glam dolls’, who see skin show as a means to establish a niche for themselves in the film industry, Amrita Rao with a ‘typical girl-next-door’ image, stands out for charting a course different from her contemporaries in Bollywood.
Amrita, who has, in the last few years, attracted the notice of [...]

Aamir not doing ‘Mr Mehta and Ms Singh’

Aamir Khan will not be acting in director Vishal Bhardwaj ’s movie ‘Mr Mehta and Ms Singh’.
Just a few months back, media was abuzz with reports of Aamir and Kareena Kapoor pairing together for the Maqbool director’s movie ‘Mr Mehta and Ms Singh’ that traces the lives of two individuals over a period of thirty [...]

Sameera Reddy: Room-less in Goa

Sameera Reddy: Room-less in Goa

Actress Sameera Reddy was left stranded with no accommodation when she recently visited Goa for the screening of her film Kaalpurush at the ongoing International Film Festival of India.
Sameera landed in Goa on November 25. But to her shock, she found there was no room available at Cidade de Goa, where the organizers of the [...]

Amitabh Bachchan in Delhi hospital with stomach pain

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was on Monday admitted to the Escorts Hospital here with a severe stomachache.
Bachchan, who was in Lucknow on Sunday, was admitted to the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre at around 6 a.m., hospital authorities said.
Though hospital authorities refused to divulge any details beyond saying that he was fine, Samajwadi Party [...]

Bollywood dreams turn tragic: Minor girl charred to death

Bollywood dreams turn tragic: Minor girl charred to death

A 10-year-old girl died after she caught fire while enacting a Bollywood dance number in her room, reports said on Sunday.
Police said Prajukti Roy, who succumbed to her 80 percent burn injuries in the SSKM Hospital here, was trying to enact a dance sequence from a Hindi film in which the heroine keeps dancing despite [...]

Tusshar dreams to be like dad

I am dying to be in my father’s shoes,� says actor Tusshar Kapoor, adding, “I love the way he carried himself. He did very different films from Priyatama to Parichay. Then there were the South films. He sustained his place in the industry for a long time. I hope I am there for as long [...]

Ash to star in Asterix film!

Ash to star in Asterix film!

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is tipped to act in the new Asterix and Obelix film, which has also in the cast martial arts star Jean Claude van Damme.
Reports have it that an entirely new part may be written for the Indian star in the film version of ‘Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games’, which [...]

Urmila, the ideal choice for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Urmila, the ideal choice for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Actress Urmila Matondkar and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma are coming together to recreate on the big screen a Helen song that has been a cult dance track for years.
If there really was any fallout between Urmila and Ramu, it is going to end soon when Urmila does the famous Mehbooba Mehbooba song in Ramu’s remake [...]

‘Black’ draws huge crowd at IFFI

‘Black’ draws huge crowd at IFFI

The Indian Mainstream Cinema Section at the ongoing 36th International Film Festival of India kicked off with the screening of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s critically-acclaimed film Black .
The film drew large crowds with even the aisles of the INOX multiplex in Panaji bursting to its seams with eager fans.

Soha’s onscreen love with Abhay – Ahista Ahista

Soha’s onscreen love with Abhay – Ahista Ahista

Sometimes love happens very gradually. This will be the theme of a movie that will have Soha Ali Khan and Abhay Deol in the lead roles.
We told you last month about Abhay and Soha being signed for a movie to be produced by Anjum Rizvi. More info on the project has now trickled in.

Amitabh Bachchan will prove he is a farmer

Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan , who was issued notice by the district authorities to authenticate his claim of being an agriculturist by November 25 for acquiring 20 acres of agricultural land near Lonavala in Pune district, has sought time till December 30, 2005 to submit original documents of his status.
In 2000, the Bollywood star [...]

Meera & Meghna rocked them

Meera & Meghna rocked them

The queen of Pakistan – Meera – stunned one and all in Goa at the inaugural event of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) when she took to stage like fish takes to water.
With every gyration and ada, she mesmerized her audience… and how!
And while heartbeats went boom-boom, it came to be known that [...]

Interview : British band gets rocking in ‘Bluff Master’

British band Trickbaby is in the news because four of its compositions feature on the soundtrack of “Bluff Master”. The music of UTV’s Abhishek Bachchan-Priyanka Chopra starrer has been released in the market to a thunderous response.
Abhishek Bachchan pays a tribute to the legendary Mehmood in the hit song, “Sabse bada rupaiya” (remixed by Trickbaby), [...]