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Sisters tie Rakhis to Salman in jail

Bollywood bad boy’ Salman Khan received something special yesterday. His sisters Alvira and Arpita tied Rakhis to him in Jodhpur Central Jail. Prisoners are allowed to meet their relatives only once in a fortnight, but this time, the jail authority has given special permission on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Arbaaz Khan, Alvira and girlfriend [...]

Lara Dutta as Paro in the new Devdas

Lara Dutta and Shiney Ahuja will be seen sharing the screen space as Paro and Devdas in Sudhir Mishra’s Devdas. Lara was a natural choice for the role as she easily fits the bill claims Mishra. Says Sudhir, “Yes, Lara has been signed for Paro’s role as she has this amazing self confidence in her. [...]

Katrina Kaif Visits Salman Khan In Jail

Salman Khan or Prisoner No.343 of Jodhpur central jail, was allowed to see brother Arbaz Khan, his sister Alvira and model-turned-actor and close friend Katrina Kaif.
“Salman was dressed in white khadi clothes of the jail and he looked fine as he met the three of them together,” a source in the jail told IANS

Pics of Aishwarya Rai in Pink Panther 2

Pics of Aishwarya Rai in Pink Panther 2

Here are some exclusive images of Aishwarya Rai from the Pink Panther 2 set. Its nice to see hubby Abhishek giving the actress company in between breaks.

Abhishek Bachchan a trophy husband?

Contrary to the rumours, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is playing a lead character in her hollywood flick, The Pink Panther sequel, not a bit role.
Sources close to Ash also refuted the reports that her role as a detective assisting the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau, was earlier offered to Celina Jaitley who turned it down.

Sanjay, Priya Dutt say thank you

Sanjay, Priya Dutt say thank you

Sanjay Dutt is free, though temporarily.
The actor, sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment under the Arms Act, was finally released from Yerwada jail on bail this morning. But before he was released, crowds thronged outside the jail, as well as his Bandra home in Mumbai, hoping for a glimpse of their favourite actor.

Abhishek Bachchan wants sequel to Drona and a sports flick

After Hrithik, Shahrukh now its Abhishek’s turn to play superhero and he will be doing so in Goldie Behl’s film Drona . The film is supposed to be an extremely big lavish budget film and Abhi plays the hero who has supernatural powers. Abhishek and his dad Amitabh have been taking a lot of [...]

SRK, back on Koffee With Karan

This Sunday, Karan Johar welcomes back his favourite guest Shah Rukh Khan on Koffee With Karan. He is accompanied with his Om Shanti Om director Farah Khan  and costar Deepika Padukone .
Both SRK [Images] and Farah have been on Karan’s chat show four times, and claim that they’ve been on the show as often as [...]

Sex workers distract Tusshar Kapoor

He was almost written off as a non-starter star son when Tusshar Kapoor bounced back with “Shootout at Lokhandwala”, proving that he is, after all, a chip of the old block. Now the actor is on the lookout for diverse roles that would cater to different sections of the audience.
His character in the forthcoming “Aggar”, [...]

Sanjay Dutt walked out of the Yerawada Jail

Sanjay Dutt, 48, was wearing a white striped shirt and blue jeans and sported short cropped hair as he stepped out of the prison gates at 7.15 a.m. accompanied by his lawyer Satish Mane Shinde, who had arrived some two hours earlier.
Visibly happy that he was out of jail, Dutt shook hands with the policemen [...]

Was a kiss the reason Aishwarya Rai turned down Karan Johar ?

Was a kiss the reason Aishwarya Rai turned down Karan Johar ?

Aishwarya Rai ‘Bachchan’ has turned down a role in Karan Johar’s production. But, why did she do this? Let Tony tell you why…
It was the perfect casting and ideal for the new Bachchan bahu. For the first time she was about to headline a Dharma Production, and she would get to play lover to Abhishek [...]

Preity Zinta dons a burqa to watch SRK in Chak De India

Preity Zinta dons a burqa to watch SRK in Chak De India

Preity Zinta has done many hit films with Shahrukh Khan and she is also a good family friend. Naturally after hearing so much about SRK’s recent film Chak De India, she wanted to go and see the film for herself. However Preity did not want to see the film in a hi-fi multiplex theater, but [...]

Cold Vibes between Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan has come a long way from his regular side hero image. In fact the actor has done several hit solo films and proved that he can single handedly shoulder the responsibility of a film. Saif has done several films under the prestigious Yash Raj banner too like Salaam Namaste, Tara Rum Pum [...]

Aishwarya Rai does not want to promote a sexy image after marriage

Aishwarya Rai does not want to promote a sexy image after marriage

Aishwarya Rai has always done films in which she plays a demure or sweet girl and hence her look has never been bold. However with Dhoom 2, she changed her look to a sexy siren and was even appreciated for her role and oomph in the film. However now that Ash has married into the [...]

Shahrukh surpasses Rajinikanth

The highest-paid-actor record that Rajinikanth has been holding till now has been snatched away by Shahrukh Khan. Eros has bought his home production’s Om Shakthi Om, directed by Farah Khan, for a whopping Rs. 75 crores. The music rights of this movie have been snatched away by the T-series for an astounding Rs. 8 crores.

Chopras in trouble

Chopras in trouble

Non-bailable warrants have been issued against Priyanka Chopra’s father, Ashok Chopra, in a case filed by her ex-secretary.
After attending the Nation Day Parade in New York to celebrate the 60th year of India’s independence, the Chopras have something to worry about now. Non-bailable warrants were issued against Priyanka Chopra’s father, [...]

A.R. Rahman may get three years imprisonment

A.R. Rahman may get three years imprisonment

A.R. Rahman – the proud Indian he has always been, had released Vande Mataram on the occasion of the 50th year of independence and in the 60th year he came up with an album “Jana Gana Mana”. Even though the intentions were good, he seems to have forgotten that there is a law that [...]

Sanjay Dutt released on bail

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, who had been sentenced for six years by the Tada court on the 31st of July.
The bail is valid till the time the Tada court provides him a copy of its judgement.
Likewise, Sanjay Dutt will not be allowed to travel abroad and [...]

Aishwarya’s performance shocks Ram Gopal Varma

Aishwarya’s performance shocks Ram Gopal Varma

For the first time in her career Aishwarya Rai has gone completely make-up free for Ram Gopal Varma’s “Sarkar 2″ and the director says he had the time of his life shooting with her.
“Very frankly, I was wondering what she had in store as I had never worked with her before. And considering the [...]

Bipasha Basu rocks LA

Performing live is a different experience altogether’ says Basu.
Bipasha Basu took LA by storm when she recently performed at an event held in Los Angeles to celebrate India’s 60th Independence.
The Bollywood bombshell had the crowds dancing to her tunes with her scintillating performance of the super hit song [...]

Shilpa Shetty demanded 50 lakhs for item song

Shilpa Shetty demanded 50 lakhs for item song

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty demanded 50 lakhs for performing in an item song for Rakesh Roshan’s home production ‘Krazy 4?.
Later, Rakesh Roshan approached Beedi actress Bipasha Basu, who straightaway refused to work in the film as Arshad is its hero.
Reportedly, mirchi girl Rakhi Sawant has been signed to do the item song.

Upen Patel – the rising star

Upen Patel’s career graph is on the rise. And the actor is absolutely overjoyed by it. Even though it has been more than a year since Upen Patel got his foot in the door to tinsel town, he had a hard time winning the confidence of producers in the film industry. It was the [...]

Cinema of Indian Independence in London

Cinema of Indian Independence in London

Three days before India celebrates the 60th anniversary of its Independence Day, the first ever cinema festival mirroring the country’s struggle for independence and the trauma it faced during partition is being held here.
The ‘Cinema of Independence’ lasting till August 15 at Watermans, features among others ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ by Satyajit Ray, ‘Bose [...]

Akshay Kumar in Om Shanti Om

Farah Khan’s Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Pudukone and Shreyas Talpade starrer, OM SHANTI OM, has been adding a new name to its cast everyday. Almost anyone and everyone in Bollywood is essaying a role in the film. While most of them are playing themselves, some are essaying cameos.

Vivek dating Saif’s ex Rozza

Heartbroken Rozza has finally found some solace in Vivek Oberoi. Accoring to latest buzz the budding friendship between Vivek Saif Ali Khan’s ex has come as a surprise to many as they aren’t exactly like-minded people. They were introduced through mutual friends and since then have become inseparable. They’ve been going out often [...]

When SRK got a call from Abu Salem

Anupama Chopra’s new book, King Of Bollywood profiles Shah Rukh Khan in a unique way, highlighting his life in New Delhi before he became a star, and life after.
The book also includes an interesting chapter on SRK’s brush with the underworld.
Here’s an excerpt from it about the time when the star received a call from [...]

Salman Khan may face upto 5 years jail

Top Bollywood star Salman Khan’s fate will be decided on the 24th of August. He may face upto 5 years jail if his appeal is dismissed in poaching case.
Salman Khan’s case is being connected to that of Sanjay Dutt. This is the outcome of the huge fan following that the star enjoys. Bollywood fraternity is [...]

Abhishek denies Aishwarya’s pregnancy rumours

After all the hulabaloo over Aishwarya being pregnant, Abhishek Bachchan here on Thursday denied all the rumours and said that his statement was blown out of proportion.
Abhishek denied all rumours connected to Ash’s pregnancy. In fact Aishwarya is extremely upset that the media can be so irresponsible in reporting that she is soon expecting a [...]

Salman Vivek may clash at the 10th Rajiv Gandhi Awards event

Everyone is well aware of the past animosity between actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi due to a certain Miss World. Although the clash between the two has happened many years back, it seems Salman Khan is not really willing to forgive and forget even though Vivek has tried his best to break the ice. [...]

Aishwarya Rai in Pink Panther 2?

Aishwarya Rai in Pink Panther 2?

Shahrukh may be content with Bollywood, however Aishwarya Rai once again is trying her gain a foothold in Hollywood. According to the rumor mill, Aishwarya Rai has been signed up for Pink Panther 2.