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Aishwarya Rai fasts for her first Karva Chauth

Aishwarya Rai fasts for her first Karva Chauth

Whatever the Bachchans do is ‘news’ and Aishwarya’s first “Karva Chauth” fast is no exception. Ash’s absence from hubby Abhishek’s side at an auction event the night before “Karva Chauth” just added to the rumours that Ash was getting ready to fast for Abhishek’s long life but seems like Abhishek wasn’t in the mood [...]

Kareena in a bikini

Kareena in a bikini

After the likes of Tanisha and Bipasha testing the waters of the ‘bikini land’ in the films Neal N Nikki and Dhoom 2 respectively, the radar has now turned towards Kareena Kapoor, who, it seems, is all set to wear a bikini for Yash Raj Film’s Tashan. The bikini shoot is being scheduled for February [...]

Shahid Kapur’s onscreen romance – from Kareena to Katrina!

Days after the release of his film Jab We Met , Shahid Kapur has been signed for another romantic comedy. This time his heroine is not Kareena Kapoor .
Shahid is certainly moving to the higher league in Bollywood. His cute look and dimpled smile still make him look like a boy, but Shahid is [...]

Asha Bhonsle lashes out at Reshammiya again

Asha Bhonsle lashes out at Reshammiya again

Singer Asha Bhonsle is angry these days. When music composer-turned-singer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya said RD Burman’s voice was nasal, she flew into a rage and said that Reshammiya “deserved a tight slap.”
But people thought it was all over when she sang for Reshammiya’s film Aap Ka Suroor. But Asha clearly isn’t too happy.
“I sang something and [...]

Dev Anand’s gifts to Hillary Clinton

Dev Anand’s gifts to Hillary Clinton

Guess where is evergreen Dev Anand these days? He’s hobnobbing with none other than the powerful Clinton family. After a whirling tour across India, releasing and promoting his book he finally landed in New York where he attended Hilary Clinton’s 60 th birthday and also presented her with his autobiography. And once back home [...]

ShahRukh Khan summoned in liquor ad case

A local court has summoned Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan to appear before it on December 11 for allegedly promoting alcoholism by featuring in a liquor commercial.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepesh Tiwari has also summoned the manufacturer of Master Stroke Deluxe Whisky.
The court, after recording the statement of petitioner Vinod Kumar Tripathi and other witnesses, registered a [...]

Aishwarya Rai spotted at Beyonce Concert

Former Miss World and now one of the top Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai was present at the MMRDA ground here on late Saturday night when popstar Beyonce Knowles crooned songs and shook her body leading the delirious fans on a joyous frenzy.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, as she is known after marrying Abhishek Bachchan, came to the [...]

Salman Khan in Madame Tussauds

Salman Khan, the Bollywood actor whom everyone likes to love or hate, will be the next Indian icon to be immortalised in wax at the Madame Tussauds museum here in early 2008.
Other Indian actors who figure in the museum are Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan.
Salman topped the poll to decide the next [...]

Jab We Met an engaging watch

Cast: Shahid Kapur, Kareena Kapoor
Direction: Imtiaz Ali
Who can resist a good love story, and this week’s new release Jab We Met is exactly that – a warm, fuzzy, and for the most part, original love story. Both passengers on a Delhi-bound train, Shahid Kapur stars as Aditya, a dejected young fellow who’s nursing a broken [...]

Book reveals true love story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt

Book reveals true love story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt

Though a lot has been said about the legendary star couple Nargis and Sunil Dutt, Kishwar Desai’s biography on the duo has more to offer by giving a vivid picture of their lives, based on diaries and letters of Nargis, Sunil and their daughter Priya Dutt.
Titled, “Darlingji” — as the couple often used to address [...]

No Smoking is a colossal disappointment

Cast: John Abraham, Ayesha Takia
Direction: Anurag Kashyap
The film is an arrogant piece of work that reeks of over-confidence.
Indulgent to the point of alienating his audience, director Anurag Kashyap steals the premise of No Smoking from a segment in the 1985 film Cat’s Eye, adapted from Stephen King’s anthology of fear stories.
In Kashyap’s film, John Abraham [...]

Hrithik Roshan sweep away maximum Style Awards

Last year’s Bollywood blockbuster “Dhoom 2″ and actor Hrithik Roshan bagged eight awards at the star studded MTV Lycra Style Awards 2007 here.
Amid a galaxy of stars and a stage with industrial backdrop, befitting the commercial capital of the country, the gala awards night blossomed at the Andheri Sports Complex Thursday night.
The blockbuster film was [...]

Get ready to play Abhishek Bachchan in Dhoom or Shah Rukh Khan in Don on your Playstation

Tired of playing Lara Croft in Tomb Raider or Neo in The Matrix Trilogy on Playstation? Get ready to play Abhishek Bachchan in Dhoom or Shah Rukh Khan in Don on your Playstation.
The Bollywood bandwagon looks all set to take on board the rising console gaming market in India, what with both Sony and Microsoft [...]

Amitabh Bachchan goes global with two international projects

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has two must do projects Mira Nair’s ‘Shantaram’ and Deepa Mehta’s pseudo-historical Exclusion on his international platter.
Both the directors who are archrivals want to shoot their respective films in the chill of the winter and so Big B seems to have a date problem round the corner as he has given [...]

Shah Rukh Khan launches Filmfare Mobile

2007 has been a very eventful year for King Khan. With a blockbuster movie Chak De India and a book dedicated to him, he is riding high. Augmenting this was the rare honour of having his sculpture commissioned at Madame Tussauds wax museum.
The SRK magic is back with Om Shanti Om which will be releasing [...]

Saif Ali Khan admits to dating Kareena Kapoor

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan finally ended all speculation about his new romantic interest after he went public with confirmation of what has long been talked about.
The Hum Tum star put all rumors to rest and finally owned up to his ‘together’ status with Kareena Kapoor. Saif confessed to the media that he was dating [...]

No kissing scenes for Shah Rukh Khan

In the upcoming OM SHANTI OM, Shah Rukh Khan is doing something which he has never done before. No points for guessing, obviously we are talking about King Khan’s shirtless, six-pack abs, ‘Dard-e-Disco’ act!
Though he felt odd initially, the encouragement from his team and some of his compatriots motivated him to go about it confidently. [...]

Shilpa Shetty gets a pleasant surprise

Shilpa Shetty gets a pleasant surprise

The Backstreet Boys concluded the chat show by singing ‘I want it that way’
Shilpa Shetty, who is currently touring Germany for the Broadway musical Miss Bollywood, was in for a pleasant surprise when she attended popular German host, Stefan Raab’s chat show, TV Total. Shilpa’s spokesperson says, After the interview was over Raab said, [...]

Amitabh Bachchan raps at 65

At 65, Amitabh Bachchan remains indefatigable. Even as he continues to shoot for a number of films juggling dates among Mumbai, Goa and Delhi in the last one week, he also found the energy, breath and time to record three songs for Vishal-Shekhar for two different films.
“That’s not all. One more song remains to be [...]

Krrish 3 in scripting stage

Rakesh Roshan says the villain’s character in “Krrish 3″ will be as powerful as Hrithik’s character.
“This time the anti-hero will be as powerful as the hero. See, ‘Krrish’ saw the birth of the superhero. Now we’ll see the superhero combating other forces,” Rakesh Roshan told IANS.
In “Krrish”, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah had played the villain.
Rakesh [...]

Himesh Reshammiya under tax scanner

Himesh Reshammiya under tax scanner

Music icon Himesh Reshammiya is in the news again but this time for all the wrong reasons. The artiste has come under the scrutiny of the Income Tax department for allegedly paying less Service Tax.
According to sources, Reshammiya paid Rs 5 crore to the Service Tax Department.
However, officials feel that the tax paid is not [...]

Udita Goswami hot in love , cold in acting

Udita Goswami hot in love , cold in acting

Love struck Udita Goswami may be going guns in her live-in relationship with director Mohit Suri (Kalyug, Woh Lamhe and Awarapan) but career wise the actress has little left to sustain her place in the industry.
Udita has put on a lot of weight and is going around with her flabby look, which used by like [...]

Shahid Kapoor devotes himself to JAB WE MET

If actors like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Tusshar Kapoor are known to be extremely passionate about promoting their films, Shahid Kapoor isn’t far behind.
The young star is extremely upbeat about his eagerly awaited romantic comedy, director Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met, which is out in cinemas on October 26. So much [...]

Rekha : The eternal Bollywood beauty turns 53

Rekha : The eternal Bollywood beauty turns 53

Rekha, who can be arguably termed India`s Greta Garbo, continues to be Bollywood`s ever-graceful style diva and still sets many a heart aflutter even as she turns 53 today.
“She is a true style diva when it comes depicting the Indian look. She looks fabulous in the traditional Indian saris. I would say that she brings [...]

Bhool Bhulaiya is a pyscho thriller: Akshay Kumar

After a string of hits at the box-office `Mr Dependable` of tinsel town is ga ga over his upcoming release `Bhool Bhuliya` in which he is plays a very different kind of role.
The Priyadarshan-directed movie, he says, is a psycho thriller and is based on the subject which has never been taken up by any [...]

Emraan Hashmi gets into a brawl and thrown out of the club

Emraan Hashmi was recently out partying at a club with his friends. However sources claim that a member of his group got into a fight with another guy. Emraan also got into the fight, he and his group were a bit high and started abusing and physically beating up the other side. However it seems [...]

Amrita Rao turns down Yash Raj film due to kissing scene

Amrita Rao turns down Yash Raj film due to kissing scene

Amrita Rao has played the girl next door in most of her films and it seems she does not want to change this image. Recently the actress was offered a role in a Yash Raj film opposite none other than newcomer Ranbir Kapoor. The film will be directed by Siddharth Anand. However though Amrita was [...]

Bipasha Basu says “I am single until the day I get married”

Bipasha Basu says “I am single until the day I get married”

Recently there were lots of rumours that Bips and her long time boyfriend actor John Abraham have split, but the couple claimed that they were still very much together. Recently they were even seen together on the silver screen for the Indian Idol show. But recently during an event Bips said “I am single until [...]

Shah Rukh or Salman may perform at Ekta’s show

Ekta Kapoor’s television awards event, to be held in December in the United Arab Emirates, is getting bigger by the day. The latest buzz is that either Salman Khan or Shah Rukh Khan may perform at the function.
What’s more, either Gautami Gadgil of Tulsi fame or Sakshi Talwar, better known as Parvati, will also be [...]

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