Amazing Bollywood

Malaika Arora Khan is set to sizzle on-screen again, but this time not in an item number but a full-fledged role and that too with her husband Arbaaz Khan. Produced by Ashok Kheny and directed by famous south director Indrajith, the film is tentatively tilted ‘Shaadi Ke After Effects’ and will also star Johnny Lever, Tara Sharma and Madhuri Bhattacharya.

Ashok Kheny claims that the basic theme of the film is marriage and infidelity.

“It’s a common occurrence that many married couples are attracted to their neighbour’s spouse after a period of time. After some years of marriage, they start thinking that the neighbour’s wife is more beautiful than their own and start neglecting their own. But here, the woman decides to teach her erring husband a lesson,” the newly turned producer adds.

Indrajith, meanwhile, is confident that the film will do well on the basis of the script and style. “It is a full length comedy film high on entertainment,” he says. “This film exploits Arbaaz Khan’s potential and after seeing him in this film, I’m confident that he will be in demand.

While hubby superstar Shah Rukh Khan is breaking box office records, wife Gauri Khan is too breaking new ground.

Stepping into the domain of the super models, Gauri features as the cover girl of Vogue’s next Indian edition.

According to a report the pictures were shot against the background of Mannat, the Khan family mansion.

Priya Tanna, editor Vogue India, describes Gauri as “as a ‘true Voguette’, who offers delightful peeks into her life, her wardrobe and her man,” said the report.

“It is her first solo cover and a coup of sorts for Vogue. That she is stylish, enigmatic and poised is known, but at the shoot we saw another side of her, that of a cover girl. Even in the frames she shares with Shah Rukh, she holds her own impressively,” Tanna said.

Gauri is quoted as saying she “hates tight and revealing clothes”, but that does not stop her from appearing on the cover in a red strapless low-cut dress, which ends about a foot above her knees.

She has appeared in Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for the second time. She has also appeared in a music video with choreographer Ganesh Hegde. Now, the hot bod Shruti Agarwal, 25, is set to take her big leap to Bollywood. This half-Sikkimese beauty is taking her acting training at Anupam Kher’s academy.

“Bollywood is definitely a bigger platform,” says Agarwal. Well, that’s too obvious and too true!

Deepa Mehta was all praise about John Abraham and his performance in ‘Water’, but we never really thought that she would be the one who would give him an international platform. Right now John is in her two ambitious international projects. One of which is with Amitab Bachchan and another film ‘Luna’ starring Rachel Weisz.



Rachel Weisz is popular Hollywood actress with films like The Mummy, Constantine and Constant Gardner to her credit. She won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Constant Gardner. The film is scripted by two time Oscar winner David Ward.



John’s film ‘Exclusion’ with Amitab will be shot later this year. Deepa Mehta announced ‘Luna’ in Cannes. Although Rachel Weisz would be the main protagonist, playing the title character Luna, John will also have a full-fledged role, says Deepa Mehta.

‘Luna’ is based on a real life story of an American activist and environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill, who protested against the felling of trees in the Red Wood forests in the US by climbing a 180-foot Redwood tree. The lady climbed down only 738 days later- from 1997 to 1999. The tree was named Luna. The protest had a huge impact and a resolution was formed in 1999 to protect all trees in the 3-acre buffer zone of the Redwood forest.

John is also playing an environmentalist in ‘Luna’, but his cultural origin is not specified He is neither an Indian, nor an American in the film. This makes him Bollywood’s first actor to do a Hollywood film without playing an NRI or some snake charmer.

John was not only her choice says Deepa, “The true-life inspiration for the film, Julia Hill, just loved John. Her approval was very important. She thought he looked like Antonio Banderas!”

Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor may not be an item any longer but next Valentine's Day (Feb 14) they're Milenge Milenge.

That's the title of their long-delayed romance directed by Satish Kaushik, which producer Boney Kapoor has decided to release on the day. Somewhat ironical considering Shahid and Kareena have gone their separate ways!

'So be it. Perhaps it was destined that the most romantic film featuring Shahid and Kareena would come only after their relationship is over,' Boney told IANS.

Thanks to the surprise success of Jab We Met, the long-dormant Shahid-Kareena starrer is being brought alive even as rumours surface that the lead pair is not interested in dubbing for the film.

'They haven't given me any indication that they've any problem with dubbing for the film,' says Boney,

Boney has even got the film pass the censor board. 'We've got the scratch-print censored. And all we need now is for Shahid and Kareena to dub.'

Director Satish Kaushik too is gung-ho about the release. 'Milenge Milenge is not at all dated. And why should Shahid and Kareena have any problems dubbing it?'

'In fact Shahid lives in my building. I've asked him about the dubbing and he's fine by it. And Kareena I've known since she came into the industry. I gave her first big hit Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai. Unlike that film, Milenge Milenge isn't a southern remake. I've entered a new phase of making films based on original scripts. My next release Tere Sang, about teen pregnancy, is also an original,' says Satish.

Satish was planning to release his film Tere Sang on Valentine's Day. 'But now that 'Milenge Milenge' is being planned for the same date I'll obviously hold back Tere Sang.'

The only person from the team who won't be part of the revived Milenge Milenge is Himesh Reshammiya.

Says Boney, 'Himesh has done the songs. Now we have got late Salil Chowdhary's son Sanjay to do the background score. The promos are also ready. It's a very young and fresh film. We're now looking at a Valentine's release Feb 14.'

Ranbir Kapoor has to get into three different looks for his next film for Yashraj films to be directed by Siddharth Anand. In the film, Ranbir has to play three phases of his character’s love life from age 17 to age 28 and finally to age 38.

To get an older look, Ranbir cut his tresses by Aalim to an austere executive styled haircut. Ranbir also plans to sport stubble to look 35. Bipasha Basu is one of the leads opposite Ranbir and the duo actually took a day off for photo-session to check out their on-screen compatibility.

For the younger role of the hero at the age of 17 Ranbir intends to sport long hair and a beatnik cool-dude attitude,with clothes and accessories to match.

Says Ranbir, “I’ve to look compatible with my leading ladies, and yes, this is my first of the three looks for my new film. Working with Siddarth is a very give-and-take thing. We’ve been friends from the time both of us were kids.

The film actually goes on the floors on 24 November, but the test shoots are on.

Bollywood Gossip - First, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and now his teammate Yuvraj Singh. Budding actress Deepika Padukone is quite fed up and says reports about her engagement with Yuvraj Singh are not true at all.

'Please...this is the strangest thing I have heard, so far,' said a visibly disturbed Deepika.

The actress was Thursday evening declared the new brand ambassador of Swiss watch brand Tissot.

Asked how endorsements work for actors, she said: 'It works both ways. I mean celebrities connect the brand to the audience and the label connects them to the viewers, making them more popular.'

Deepika, who is the daughter of former world badminton champion Prakash Padukone, said sports works to de-stress her: 'I am very closely associated with sports. I have played games like badminton, basketball, tennis, throwball and baseball.'

'My favourite sport is swimming however, any type of sport de-stresses me. It takes my mind off work and makes me feel relaxed,' Padukone told IANS.

The newcomer struck fame with her debut film Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan.

However, she denies being bogged down by any kind of pressure of meeting expectations while picking up projects or in her upcoming movies.

'No there is no such pressure on me! Dad taught me to enjoy my work and till the time I do so I will face the camera merrily.

'I always wanted to do an action flick and I am luckily doing Made In China. Nikhil Advani is directing the film and I will share screen space with Akshay Kumar.'

Apart from Deepika, viewers will soon see Priyanka Chopra doing heavy-duty action in Love Story 2050 and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan swinging the sword in Jodhaa-Akbar.

Commenting on the trend of more heroines taking up action roles she said: 'This itself shows that with the evolution of the Hindi film industry women are getting to do more in films.'

Deepika also has Siddharth Anand's next in her kitty where she is paired opposite Ranbir Kapoor.
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Bebo is on a roll, anyone in her place would be when declared the highest paid actress of Bollywood. But she has her feet firmly grounded and is taking her newly found success with a pinch of salt. And just recently she declared a statement where she said, she's quite high when in a recent online poll she was compared with Kajol. "Kajol has been my idol and I really look up to her," she says and considers it as her the biggest compliment till date. Hopefully the feeling is mutual.

Mallika Sherawat, who features in the upcoming Welcome, has an item number in the film. So, why does she feel threatened by Malaika Arora Khan?

Fills in a source, “Mallika has been growling over Malaika’s item with Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar. She’s furious that the director has used another item girl despite her presence. In fact, Malaika doesn’t even have much of a role. Mallika believes she is a major star. She probably wants to ensure that her role doesn’t lose impact.”

Mallika Arora - Item GirlSo, can it be assumed that the two women are at war?

“First tell me who’s Mallika Sherawat to decide which song to retain and which to delete!” fumes the film’s director Anees Bazmee.

A moment’s pause and he adds, “Mallika hasn’t told me directly that she has a problem with Malaika. In fact, before Mallika was signed, she had told me that she’s working in the film only because I’m the director.”

Earlier, it had been reported that Sherawat was throwing tantrums during the dubbing of Welcome. She’d constantly chat on the phone, much to the annoyance of the technicians in charge of the dubbing work.

Recently, Kim Sharma was in Mauritius shooting for Ganesh Acharya’s ‘Money Hai To Honey Hai’. However, during her shoot on the beach with co-star Aftab Shivdasani she had a major sunstroke and collapsed on the sets. Acharya Immediately called for a doctor and she was given medication.

Relates Kim, “We were constantly shooting in the sun for a few days. The sun was so harsh on the open beach that I finally could not take it anymore and I just collapsed. I was badly sunburnt as well. A doctor was immediately summoned and I was made to rest. Thankfully, the unit took good care of me, especially since we were shooting in a foreign country.”

Nonetheless, after reaching Mumbai the actress performed at the Navy Ball in that condition as she had already committed for it and she felt it would be very unprofessional to back out at the last minute. Good going, Kim!

Well, this is how Rani looks without make-up.

All these looks are thanks to the L’Oreal effect. Rani is said to have a soul touching smile though and most of them agree on this point.

Why do actors take so much of pain to look good, Why cant they be just as they are ?

It is because it is human tendency to get attracted to something attractive. That’s why our actors take so much of pain and go under the surgical knife a million times.

It is to gain public approval.

But is this pain worth it?

Beauty fades away and this phase in their lives to passes away too.

Well this concept depends on each one’s perspective.It is individual choice. After all it is their body.

Mallika Sherawat and Emraan Hashmi in 'Murder': Mallika kissed Hashmi and Ashmit Patel in 'Murder', which went on to become a huge hit, and was in controversy for its bold scenes.



Rakhi Sawant and Mika: If Rakhi was just an item girl, this kiss definitely helped her hog headlines. She filed a police case against singer Mika for kissing her forcibly in a party.


John Abraham and Bipasha Basu in 'Jism': This real life couple shared a steamy reel life kiss in John's debut movie where he plays the other man in Bips' life.


Mallika Sherawat and Himanshu Malik: Miss Sherawat hogged all the headlines when this movie was released as she locks lips with her co star Himanshu 17 times in the movie, and thus kissed success too.


Dimple Kapadia and Anil Kapoor in 'Jaanbaaz'- This steamy lip lock featuring Anil Kapoor and sensual Dimple Kapadia made headlines in 1986.


Rani Mukherji and Kamal Hasaan in Hey Ram: This movie had Rani kissing on screen for the first time. Later she locked lips again with Bachchan Sr. and Bachchan Jr. in Black and Yuva respectively.


Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Khan in 'Dev': Following the foot steps of elder sister Karishma, this younger Kapoor locked her lips with co star Fardeen in Dev.


Rani Mukherji and Saif Ali in Hum Tum: Miss Mukherji locked lips once again with Chhote Nawab in 'Hum Tum' which is loosely based on 'When Harry Met Sally


Madhuri Dixit and Vinod Khanna in 'Dayavan': A very young Madhuri smooched Vinod Khanna in a very early stage in her career.

Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor in 'Bobby': Dimple splashed a lot of headlines as she smooched Rishi Kapoor in her debut movie 'Bobby'.


Emraan Hashmi and Udita Goswami in 'Zeher': Populary known as serial kisser, Hashmi has lip-locked with his co-stars in almost all his movies.


Jackie Chan and Mallika Sherawat: Ms. Sherawat does it again! She went ahead and kissed Jackie Chan at the premiere of 'The Myth', which splashed a few headlines in the media.


Raja Hindustani: A very hot kiss featured in rain depicted the passion of two lovers, played by Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor.

Sameera Reddy is extremely miffed with Abbas Mustan, the director of her upcoming film Race. We hear that she was treated badly throughout the shooting of the film. Frustrated with the state of affairs, she went and spoke to producer Ramesh Taurani, who promised to take care of things.

However, there was no noticeable improvement on the sets. Our source from the unit of Race tells us, “The makers of Race were more attentive towards Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif while Sameera was side-lined. No wonder she reacted the way she did.”

So, what kind of preferential treatment was given to Bips and Kat? Our source says, “To begin with, Sameera was promised a longer role. However, later she found out that Bipasha and Katrina had a better role than her while she was sandwiched between the two in some combination scenes. The focus was entirely on Bipasha and Katrina.”

“Worse still, Sameera’s name was not included in the media-meet held at Delhi recently. The press was informed that every actor from Race will interact with the media but Sameera was completely excluded. Sameera, who had worked very hard for the project could not take it any longer,” our source adds.

Sameera remained unavailable for comment. When contacted, producer Ramesh Taurani says, “Sameera was well aware of her role. We did not force her to take it on. It was her choice.”

When asked whether her role was indeed very short, Taurani said, “How does the length of a role matter? Every role has its own value.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Levi Strauss (India) Pvt. Ltd. at Taj Hotel in Colaba announced that Deepika Padukone will continue to be its national brand ambassador for their brand Levi Strauss Signature. The gal with superhit ‘Om Shanti Om’ in her kitty, seems to fit perfectly to their brand image. The brand also announced their new ‘Dart-to-Win‘ contest that would provide an exciting once in a life time opportunity for fans of Deepika to meet her in person.

“Our association with Deepika is a perfect brand fit and we are delighted to partner with her. She signifies style, good looks, youth, fun and universal appeal – attributes that resonate with our brand values and positioning.” said ATP Ramani, Business Head, Levi Strauss Signature.

‘Kingfisher Swimsuit Special’ has always been the specially awaited one. And it’s sixth edition (2008) was unveiled by none other than the dashing Bollywood actor John Abraham (looking all the more dashing in all whites and his killer smile) along with UB Ltd Chairman Dr Vijay Mallya amidst a host of celebrities from the world of fashion, business and celluloid here. Shot by ace photographer Atul Kasbekar, the calendar features seven models.

This year’s calendar has the pride of exhibiting some of the finest and most luxurious brands in the world including La Perla swimwear from their special ‘India inspired line’, shoes by Jimmy Choo, sunglasses by Roberto Cavalli, watches by Watches of Switzerland and accessories by Christian Dior.

Jhanu Barua’s ‘Har Pal’ turned out to be a wonderful experience for Preity Zinta and Isha Koppikar, as both of them found a new friend in each other. The film too portrays both of them as close friends on-screen.

During the shooting, Isha had problem in staying awake for her night schedules and it was Preity who offered to help Isha by keeping her awake while chatting with her. Both the actresses even shared their lunch boxes.

Isha says, “Preity is a very nice girl and she has a lot of masala for entertainment. We have decided that we will stay in touch even after the shooting is over.” As for Preity, she says that she would have married Isha if she was a boy.

On the last day of the shooting both the actresses hugged each other and exchanged gifts to say goodbye. Preity gifted her favorite Coco channel perfume to Isha. She believes Isha would always remember her because of this gift.

Neeraj Pathak has signed in Deepal Shaw for his film, ‘Right Ya Wrong’. The film also stars Sunny Deol, Konkana Sen Sharma, Irfaan Khan, Isha Koppikar, Kirron Kher, Aryan Vaid and Anjan Srivastava.

Though Neeraj does not divulge in many details about Deepal’s role, he is very happy signing Deepal and says, “Deepal Shaw’s role is a surprise package in the film. The audience will be astonished with her.”

Saif has found his new found love in actress Kareena Kapoor

Kareena is making all efforts to get well acquainted with Latest boyfriend Saif’s ways, she is going out with him and his family.

She has met his sisters and his children. She is being very sweet to them. Also, heard she is making every effort to keep them happy.Soha Ali Khan finds Kareena to be a lovely person.

Saif’s family is planning to gift Kareena a sari when she will be coming to meet Saif’s parents.

Well, all the girls out there are finding it so weird that Kareena left a guy like Shahid and went in for Saif.

It’s actually weird that she went in for a man who keeps changing women like clothes.

Poor Rozza Saif’s Ex-Italian-Girlfriend. Nobody is talking, anything about her. God knows where she has vanished.

Wonder if all this bonding is just to gain media attention and publicity. Watch out guys stars can do anything nowadays to promote their films.

Country Club India Ltd (CCIL) has signed an array of Bollywood Divas - the sultry Neha Dhupia, the sensuous sisters Mallaika Arora and Amrita Arora the effervescent ‘Golmaal’ girl Rimi Sen, stunning Mahima Choudhury and Udita Goswami, the melodious Usha Uthup and actress Saada from down south its New Year Bash 2008. Their fabulous performances will be taking place across eight cities, namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Cochin. Country Club Kool- a premium league of niche clubs- was also launched in a star studded conference recently.