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Shilpa Shetty to meet the Queen and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Shilpa Shetty, whose win in UK’s reality television show Celebrity Big Brother has catapulted her to instant fame, is all set to meet the Queen and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Shilpa Shetty VS Aishwarya Rai

Both Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai have the promise of international stardom. But the question is whether Shilpa, with her ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ victory behind her, will steal Aishwarya’s thunder.
For a Bollywood actress making inroads into international showbusiness is not easy – even if you are the most beautiful girl in the world. But [...]

Shilpa Shetty: Namaste, world!

Shilpa Shetty, who was clearly a favourite with the British audiences after the raging racism controversy, was expectedly crowned the winner of the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother.

The actress won prize money worth Rs 86 lakh (Rs 8.6 million), which will be donated to a charity trust.

Shilpa Shetty won Celebrity Big Brother

Indian actress Shilpa Shetty won the British reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother” Sunday after enduring alleged racial bullying that triggered protests in India and sparked a race relations debate in Britain.
The 31-year-old Indian star won the public’s support after a fellow contestant hurled racially tinged insults at her in an episode that led to [...]

Bond it like Bachchans

Aishwarya Rai, Jaya Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan smile during a mass marriage ceremony. The Bachchans were in Mirzapur to celebrate Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh’s birthday and to perform a pre-nuptial ceremony for Ash and Abhishek at the Vindhyavasini temple.

Shah Rukh Khan awaits Amitabh’s opinion on KBC

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he is awaiting megastar Amitabh Bachchan ’s response to the third edition of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), which went on air recently.
“I have still not received any message from Bachchan saab. But, I wish he sees it and gives his reaction on how I am carrying on the show [...]

Abhishek, Aishwarya seek blessings at Vindhyavasini

The most-talked about Bollywood couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on Friday sought blessings of the deity at the famous Vindhyavasini Temple here, making their first public appearance together after their engagement.

Munnabhai 3 Trailer with Eklavya

If watching an interesting looking drama involving quest for power, intrigue, greed and some family secrets tumbling from the closets were not good enough reasons to watch EKLAVYA – THE ROYAL GUARD then add on one more to the list!
Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra have just shot an exclusive teaser promo of the third [...]

Aishwarya’s sindoor sparks speculation

Actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan on Saturday made their first public appearance after getting engaged on January 14.
They were seen at a mass wedding organised on SP General Secretary Amar Singh’s 51st birthday in Vindhyachal near Mirzapur in Eastern UP. Abhishek applied sindur on Aishwarya, which is considered a pre-wedding ceremony.
The entire Bachchan family—Amitabh, [...]

Aishwarya Rai domesticated and a simple girl

Legendary Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan said in an interview broadcast on Saturday he considers his future daughter-in-law, leading actress Aishwarya Rai, “domesticated” and a “simple girl”.
Asked what it was that impressed him about Rai, Bachchan said: “I think she’s a lot simpler than what is made out of her. She’s a very simple girl, very [...]

Rahul Roy is Bigg Boss winner

Bigg Boss, the Indian version of the British reality show Big Brother reached its grand finale on Sony TV on Saturday night with struggling actor Rahul Roy walking away as the winner.
Rahul beat model Carol Gracias and Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kisshen, who were the finalists in the show, to be voted as the winner. Rahul [...]

Shilpa Shetty to host cricket reality show

She is one victim who perhaps won’t regret being victimised.
For all the hullabaloo over the racial abuse she was subjected to on UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother, actor Shilpa Shetty may have inadvertently benefited.
Not only has she become one of the most discussed persons in the UK media and occupies a considerable mindspace [...]

Kaun Banega Champu

That SaharaOne has intentionally launched the spoof Kaun Banega Champu to take on Kaun Banega Crorepati. In Kaun Banega Champu, slated to air from February 11, anchor Ruk Ruk Khan (Sunil Grover) engages the celebrity (Suresh Menon) to play in this quiz show. Dahlings, you don’t have to be a nuclear scientist to fathom [...]

Shilpa Shetty turns item girl in Big Brother

It was a rather controversial week at the celebrity house of Big Brother for actress Shilpa Shetty.
However, post controversy, the house of Big Brother got back to usual ‘house work’ with a task for its celebrity housemates to do a Mouline Rouge-style chorus routine, themed Showgirls.

Aishwarya’s parents perform puja

With Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan set to tie the knot, the actress’s mother Vrinda Rai has performed a special puja at Nagabana in Sonthady near Kasargod, her birthplace.

Image: Airshwarya’s parents Krishnarajenra and Vrunda Rai (at left) after offering prayers at Dharmasthala Temple, about 90 kms from Mangalore

Shilpa Shetty: The next Bond Girl?

When Shilpa Shetty’s publicist was recently asked by ‘The People’ website in UK if the actress would agree to be the next Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig, he told them, “Shilpa loves challenges and stunts.”
“She is a perfect package of looks, figure, talent and intellect,” he added. Meanwhile, a search across blogs on the internet [...]

KBC conquers Mumbai

Shah Rukh Khan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati starts tonight, January 22. And as can be expected, Mumbai city is reeling from a KBC blitz.
Hoardings of the show are pasted across the city, and here’s a look at the ads — if only for a glimpse into the costumes, designed by SRK’s friend Karan Johar.

Shahrukh Khan Causes a Stampede in Mumbai

Shahrukh Khan is a superstar. In every sense of the word. He is also a People’s person. For he loves them. Unconditionally. This is what was evident today at a nondescript Gokuldham Society in Mumbai where SRK wowed the crowds varying from kids, jumping-on-chairs middle aged pot bellied ladies and men sitting in their kitchen [...]

John Abraham shoots in chilly climate

John Abraham is shooting for producer Kumar Mangat’s movie No Smoking in freezing temperatures.
After shooting many portions of the film in Mumbai, the movie’s team, spearheaded by director Anurag Kashyap , has gone to Uzbekistan for further shoot.

Arjun Rampal in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om

Arjun Rampal is on a career high these days. His first home production movie I See You released last year. And now, he has signed Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om. The film stars Arjun Rampal in a prominent role. Shah Rukh Khan and new comer Deepika Padokone are in lead roles in the film. Interestingly, [...]

Shilpa Shetty was brought up like a princess

With servants to wait on her as a child and her mother chaperoning her on Bollywood film sets, actor Shilpa Shetty led a luxurious and sheltered life. Sheltered, that is, until she decided to walk into Celebrity Big Brother, the British reality TV show.
“We brought her up like a princess,” her mother, Sunanda Shetty says.
The [...]

Abhishek proposed to Aishwarya at NY airport!

Guess how Abhishek Bachchan proposed to Aishwarya Rai? At the British Airway’s lounge in New York. We have this exclusive information about two of Bollywood’s most till-now-eligible and sought-after actors. According to an eye witness, Abhishek poped the question to Ash at the lounge of British Airways and an emotional Ash nodded her head. Abhishek [...]

Shilpa Shetty says she faces racist bullying in Big Brother , sponsor pulls out

Aishwarya Rai’s Ring

You just can’t miss it — the sparkling ring that Ash flaunted when she hugged pa-in-law-to-be Amitabh Bachchan outside Lilavati Hospital.
The newly engaged couple went to the hospital along with Big B to seek blessings of the ailing Teji Bachchan.
This is the rock that Abhishek slipped onto Ash’s finger during the engagement ceremony — a [...]

Shilpa Shetty has never gotten this much press

Currently making the front page of national dailies and inciting a global debate on bigotry in the UK, Shilpa is in the eye of a storm, being talked about in the House of Commons. Hard to believe it’s all from a reality television show.

Australian academic Germaine Greer, in a Guardian article discusses Shilpa and her [...]

Ashwarya Rai – Abhishek Bachchan engaged

After months of speculation, it’s finally happened.
Bollywood’s most-talked about couple, actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan got engaged on Sunday evening in a closely-guarded ceremony.
The engagement ceremony took place at Bachchan’s Mumbai residence – called Jalsa – soon after the couple returned from the premiere of their latest film Guru in Toronto and New York.
Among [...]

2006 Screen Awards

Jodi No.1
Rani Mukerji,Shah Rukh Khan (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna)
“This is a special award and I am glad to receive it. It is so appropriate that I should win it with Shah Rukh Khan for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna a film about love and relationships. I look forward to doing some more projects with Shah Rukh [...]

Ash, Abhishek hand-in-hand

A day before Mani Ratnam’s Guru released worldwide, it was premiered at Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre on Thursday night.
Guru is the first Hindi film to be screened at this venue, which also hosts the annual Toronto International Film festival. And no marks for guessing who the star attraction of the evening were.

Sanjaj Dutt marries Gangajal item girl!

After the much-touted Ash-Abhishek link-up, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is hitting the headlines for tying the knot for a third time.
A prominent Hindi news channel on Thursday reported that Sanjay had married a small-time Bollywood actress called Manyata in November 19, 2006. Manyata hails from Dubai and she has been around in the industry for [...]

Amar Singh on Ash-Abhishek mystery

Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have been at the heart of tabloid frenzy in the last few months amid speculation that the two are likely to or have already tied the knot.
The latest addition to the existing quota of denials and clarifications was by Samajwadi Party leader and long-time friend of the Bachchan [...]