Ash is sad. She is shocked to learn what Bollywood’s rumor zones are telling the world. She is ready to take it on the chin if need be. She is ready to take on Salman and Vivek if these two together try to bash her for her intimacy with Abhishek!

Sonu Nigam has been the judge of Indian Idol Part 1 and he sits again on the judge’s chair for Indian Idol Part 2. This talent show, which has been running smoothly till now, recently faced the rage of the talented singer. While the shooting of an episode was on, Sonu Nigam got miffed over [...]
January 31, 2006 | Posted in
Music,
Sonu Nigam |
Read More »
Not too many people would believe this right now—not after the things he was heard saying in the infamous tapes—but Priyanka Chopra who’s shooting with the enfant terrible of filmdom swears by Salman’s name.
“He’s a a cool dude, totally dependable and such a warm giving and affectionate person,” Priyanka whispered emotionally before she left for [...]

Bollywood’s Zingy Zinta babe turns 31 today. On this special day we’ll take through some of Preity’s hottest quotes. Some are purely controversial, some are tangy head-turners. Some quotes will lambast you, and then there are those that will leave you feeling peppery and perky – just like the star herself.
So go ahead and get [...]
January 31, 2006 | Posted in
Actresses,
Preity Zinta |
Read More »
The Zee Cine Awards is all ready to set Mauritius ablaze on 4th March 2006. BollywoodPress presents the nominees list as below.
Viewer’s Choice
BEST FILM
Apaharan – Prakash Jha
Heard of Mimoh Chakraborty? At first glance, he looks like any other Bollywood hunk. Look closely and you see a hint of yesteryear actor Mithun Chakraborty’s ruggedly handsome looks combined with the sweet beauty of Yogita Bali. This, then, is another star son waiting in the wings to make his debut. The difference is that [...]
January 31, 2006 | Posted in
Actors |
Read More »
Ravi Walia who is co-producing Fight Club with Sohail Khan is planning a comedy film as his next venture. The film titled Idhar Udhar will be a light comedy film. Speaking on the same Ravi said, it will be a comedy film co-produced by Ambika Hinduja and me. The film will have situational comedy only [...]
January 31, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
Fardeen Khan,
Movies |
Read More »
The audiences may not have reacted overwhelmingly to Aamir’s presence in RANG DE BASANTI, as is evident from the mixed box-office reports that the film is carrying but the directors of forthcoming Aamir starrers, are definitely exuberant about the film. Director Kunal Kohli whose Aamir-Kajol starrer, FANAAH, is currently under production, is one of them [...]

Maxim launched recently in India. The first issue (80,000 copies) sold out completely in 10 days.
The publishers of Indian Maxim have clearly calculated that 20-something men in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad are just as puerile and inane as their counterparts in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Rang De Basanti’ almost changed hands for Delhi-U.P. and East Punjab . Dolly ( Dolly Films , Delhi) holds the rights for the two circuits . A few weeks back it was decided by UTV to give them (Dolly) 105 prints free for the contracted MG (minium guarentee) royalty price .
However , Dolly will now [...]
Two men in the same boat are John Abraham and Nana Patekar. The two actors have hit it off so well that they recently had a blast shooting for an Adnan Sami video called Meter Down – this one is the promotional song for Taxi No 9211, where they star together.
January 28, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
John Abraham |
Read More »
Right from his Maine Pyaar Kiya days to his recent Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Salman Khan has always been a hairstyle trendsetter.
As he takes on a different look in his forthcoming movie, Jaan-e-man, we take a look at his changing hairdo.
Maine Pyaar Kiya
The only thing people remember of the 1988 movie Biwi Ho To Aisi is [...]
January 28, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
Salman Khan |
Read More »
After a star-studded sangeet, things just had to get bigger for Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh’s daughter Riddhima’s wedding on Wednesday.
And they did!
In the picture is the groom Bharat Sawhney, a Delhi-based entrepreneur, with the pretty bride’s face being shielded from the camera by her brother Ranbir.
January 28, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
Actresses |
Read More »

“The first phase of my career, where the main objective was to get maximum publicity, is over�.
“Now comes the second phase, which is proving myself as an actress.�
“I want to choose good scripts and I want big and intelligent film makers and I want to ask them to look beyond this certain aspect of my [...]

Who’s responsible for spreading the story of Sushmita Sen’s “torrid” smooching sequence in Kalpana Lajmi’s Chingari?
Certainly not the principled Kalpana , or the actress who’s currently shooting in New York with Randeep Hooda for Karma Confession & Holy. Apparently both put the blame for the “false” story on the film’s producer Vikas Sahni.
Sushmita apparently phoned [...]
January 26, 2006 | Posted in
Actresses,
Sushmita Sen |
Read More »

Lara denies it but rumor zone says they are together in an upcoming Bollywood big screen.
Lara says privately, she is in deep love and would do anything for her eye candy. Publicly she says “my boyfriend is capable of promoting himself and taking decisions on his own.
These are just rumours that I am promoting [...]
January 26, 2006 | Posted in
Actresses,
Lara Dutta |
Read More »
One of my favourite pastimes while watching a Bollywood movie is to second-guess the director, think up what’s going to happen next. Mostly I don’t find directors very challenging, but Rang De Basanti was one film I wasn’t sure where it was leading to at the intermission point.
Is that a good thing? Yes, if only [...]
From the sets of Umrao Jaan in Jaipur to Mumbai, everyone is talking about Bollywood’s latest romance — Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan.
Began as friends
Ash and Abhishek’s friendship began on the sets of their film together — Kuch Na Kaho.
Even during her Viveik phase, Ash kept in touch with Abhishek. The actress used to SMS [...]
Post the Ash-Abhishek romance, Viveik has stopped taking all calls. We spoke to a friend of Viveik, to find out his state of mind.
Viveik was upset, initially
Isn’t Viveik quite a shattered soul these days after his break-up with Aishwarya Rai? Says Milap Jhaveri, scriptwriter, who is a very close friend of Viveik and has known [...]
Bollywood icons Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan will represent Delhi as its brand ambassadors at the closing function of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games later this year.
Delhi will be showcased as the next venue for the Commonwealth Games at the concluding ceremony of the Melbourne Games.
Remaining 23 episodes of Star TV’s game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati II” have been shelved and the programme has been called off as of now, with its anchor Amitabh Bachchan informing the channel that he would take a longer time than expected to resume the shoots.
Since the channel has run out of episodes from [...]
January 26, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
Amitabh Bachchan |
Read More »
Bollywood shaadis are on in full swing. And this time, it’s the turn of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh’s little girl.
Riddhima will wed Delhi-based entrepreneur Bharat Sawhney (in black) in a lavish wedding on Wednesday. After a Mumbai reception the same day, the celebrations will move to Delhi, where another reception will be held on [...]
January 25, 2006 | Posted in
Actors |
Read More »

Just yesterday, there were media reports that Ayesha Takia and Mallika Sherawat were to appear on Sa Re Ga Ma as part of the promotions of the film, Shaadi Se Pehle. However, Mallika Sherawat left the producers of the show in a lurch, when she dropped out of the show at the eleventh hour. Just [...]

Right Here Right Now had a charismatic appeal some months back. Funky music, hip-hop choreography and superlative picturization made it a real craze in the world of promotional music videos. And with the positive response to the video, director Rohan Sippy is all charged up with his next promotional video that he has devised for [...]
January 25, 2006 | Posted in
Movie Review |
Read More »
When ace photographer Subi Samuel turned producer with Alag and requested some of his favourite star-friends to feature in the promotional music video , they all agreed.
Alag, directed by Ashu Trikha, stars Akshay Kapoor and Dia Mirza and has music by Aadesh Srivastava. Trikha has also directed the music video and the lyrics have been [...]
January 24, 2006 | Posted in
Actors |
Read More »

If you are wondering about Sushmita Sen’s fervent gesture of promoting Kalpana Lajmi’s Chingari even after getting mired in ‘a kissing controversy’, don’t be surprised.
We hear that her pent-up emotions for co-star Anuj Sawhney have been relegated to the back burner at the behest of divine intervention. Sen confesses that her tremendous faith in Goddess [...]

Bombay police might want to check out this movie.
Little-known director Nabh Kumar Raju says he’s making a mafia-themed film whose entire cast will consist of criminals or people who say they’ve at least attempted a crime, The Times of India newspaper reported Monday.
About 3,000 hopefuls turned up for the audition. The paper did not say [...]
January 24, 2006 | Posted in
Movies |
Read More »

Bound by a Yashraj Films contract, Mehta refuses to divulge any details about Ash’s training, like the weight of the actress before she joined the fitness regime. But Mehta admits that Aishwarya needed to shed weight, to look sexy on screen with Hrithik. “I prescribe a diet depending on the metabolism of the person. [...]
January 24, 2006 | Posted in
Actresses,
Aishwarya Rai |
Read More »
Ajay Devgan has almost become Raj Kumar Santoshi’s resident hero.
After the versatile filmmaker completes his political drama Saamna with Ajay in the lead, he goes on to the grand musical London Dreams in the middle of next year. The latter is unlike any film Santoshi has ever made. Moving away from the gut-wrenching action of [...]
PAKISTAN has lifted a 40-year-old ban on Indian films after the Government permitted the public screening of Sohni Mahiwal, a classic 1984 Bollywood movie based on a popular Punjabi love legend.
The move is seen as a significant step in the warming of relations between the countries after decades of hostility. It also opens up a [...]
January 24, 2006 | Posted in
Actors,
Actresses,
Movies |
Read More »