Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has been chosen to endorse online shopping portal Yepme.com.
When Farhan was chosen as the brand ambassador of portal, the creative team was keen to discuss and share the storyboard with him for his inputs, said a statement.
The team will be using the song “Tension kyun lete ho”, composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy as the jingle, as suggested by the actor.
The lyrics of the song are written by Farhan himself.
Amitabh Bachchan, who has acted in several films opposite child stars, including his upcoming film ‘ Bhoothnath Returns’, has revealed that he loves working with children because they are very brave.
The veteran actor told the Express Tribune that working with children creates a unique environment as they are very talented and serious actors.
Kids are unpredictable and never fail to surprise him, he asserted.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha feels that animation films are yet to take off in India primarily due to budget constraints.
“I think animation films abroad have taken off on good way since 12-15 years or so. May be here nobody has taken that seriously or not got into it seriously. We have the potential to make good animation films,” Sonakshi, 26, said.
“But I think we are lacking in terms of budget. We don’t have budget to make films on that level yet,” she added.
Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan along with her mother-in-law Sharmila Tagore is busy restoring the Pataudi Palace.
Despite having a choc-a-bloc schedule due to ad shoots and shooting for Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham 2’, Kareena, who is married to actor and Nawab of Pataudi Saif Ali Khan, has been juggling her schedule to team up with Sharmila to refurnish the 10-bedroom Pataudi palace to their taste.
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez known for having one of the best bodies in Bollywood says she does not work out for more than an hour in a day.
“Usually by 7 am, I am up and I do yoga by 8 am. I can’t work out for more than an hour but I enjoy that one hour as it’s time for me. I alternate between weight training at the gym, yoga and some cardio occasionally,” Jacqueline said.
When it comes to diet, Jacqueline relies on a macrobiotic diet which is the balance of grains, proteins and loads of veggies.
Newcomer Alia Bhatt has no reservations when it comes to kissing on screen or wearing a bikini.
“I feel you have certain idea of how you want to be like, how you want to lead your career path. I don’t think any one person will have same ideologies. If its important for the script I will do it but if I feel it is unnecessary then I will express my opinion.
Despite the Indian Premier League management planning to start season 7 without an opening ceremony, the gala dinner may feature Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit and KKR Principal owner Shah Rukh Khan performing to their popular songs.
An opening dinner has been planned at the Emirates Palace on April 15, a day ahead of the opening clash between Mumnai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi.
According to the Gulf News, Deepika Padukone might also share the stage with Shah Rukh and Madhuri.
‘I can still do it’, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan on playing an ‘angry young man’ that pitch-forked him to stardom in the ’70s.
“With time you have to change. You don’t have the same temperament that you had when you were in school or college. And I guess the roles that come your way are also like this.
“That is not to say that it is lost. If there is anger to be depicted in a film, I can still do it. It depends on characterisation, what the director or the story demands from you,” Bachchan told PTI in an interview.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha says if given a chance, she would like to act with Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
The Bollywood actress recently dubbed for the character of Jewel in Hollywood film “Rio 2”, a sequel to the 2011 hit animation film.
“I am very happy working here. If I get an opportunity to work in Hollywood, I would love to work with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise,” Sonakshi told reporters here Monday at the screening of “Rio 2” that she had organised for underprivileged children of Smile Foundation.
Add a whiff of freshness to your wardrobe with western and ethnic outfits created by fashion designers Monica Rajeev Malik.
Their new collection consists of western wear like knee length dresses and ethnic wear such as anarkali suits in colours like blue and green with hand embroidery and antique buttons.
“Summer gives you the freedom to choose as you find lots of subtle designs or as extreme as you desire. Strike a balance between the colour and design of the dress. Go for a statement accessory to jazz up your look,” the designers jointly said in a statement.
(IANS)
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who has dubbed for the Hindi version of Hollywood animation film “Rio 2”, says such works have always caught her fancy.
“I have not grown up on movies. I didn’t watch much films in my childhood but I was fond of animation films,” Sonakshi told reporters here Monday at the screening of “Rio 2” that she had organised for underprivileged children of Smile foundation.
“Till today I am fond of such films. You can see I am a part of ‘Rio 2’. I am very excited. In fact, I have come along with my team to watch this film,” she added.
Chetan Bhagat’s novel “2 States” has been adapted into a film and the author now has plans to come out with a sequel to his story about the romantic journey of a culturally opposite couple.
“I really consider doing a sequel to ‘2 States’ but I am not doing it right now. I have never done a sequel to any of my books but I thought this one could make it,” the 39-year-old said here Monday at the launch of the new cover of “2 States.”
“I have the tagline for it ‘Getting married was the easy part’,” he added.
Bhagat wants to take out more pages of his life for his future books.
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma became emotional after wrapping up the shooting of Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Bombay Velvet’ here.
The film is a drama film based on ‘Mumbai Fables’, a semi-fictional study of Bombay in 1960s by eminent historian and Princeton University’s history professor Gyan Prakash.
The entire unit gathered with a bottle of champagne, bunch of flowers after Anushka completed the shoot.
Anushka, 25, plays a jazz singer in the film, which took one and a half years to complete.
Actress Deepika Padukone, who gave four back-to-back hits last year, has been signed as the brand ambassador of Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.’s ethnic wear brand Melange by Lifestyle.
The 28-year-old recently shot for the latest spring-summer campaign for the brand and she will also be endorsing the brand for its autumn-winter range.
“Melange by Lifestyle has an amazing range of salwar, kurtas and churidars. The most amazing part about it is that it is ethnic yet so contemporary. I think it is perfect for modern Indian woman,” Deepika said in a statement.
Sonakshi Sinha, who has lent her voice to the Hindi dubbed version of ‘ Rio 2’, recently hosted a special screening of the flick for the children of Smile foundation in Mumbai.
On the occasion, the 26-year-old actress said that she feels great when they invite so many kids and a small gesture like this can make them so happy.
Whatever she does for NGO kids is less and she hopes she can keep doing this, she added. (ANI)
Actress Alia Bhatt chose to remain silent when asked to confirm whether she is working with Shahid Kapoor in Vikas Bahl’s next project “Shaandaar” and says that she would love to work with the actor in future.
When asked if she was paired opposite Shahid in “Shaandaar”, she said: “…Shahid is a fantastic actor and a dancer. He is one of the best dancers we have..I would love to work with him in future.”
The film is slated to go on the floors in August.
Action star Akshay Kumar is busy producing films, but says he has no interest in donning a director’s hat in the future.
He was present at the trailer launch of the film “Fugly”, which he has produced with Ashwini Yardi under their Grazing Goat Pictures banner.
Asked if he ever plans to turn to direction, he said: “I don’t want to go into direction, I am happy where I am. I don’t want to direct even. Why should I do anything that I don’t know?”
Actor Arjun Kapoor says he relates to the emotions that his character Krish goes through in “2 States”.
“I relate a lot to the emotions of Krish and that is what mattered when I decided to do the film,” he said.
“He is a very family-oriented, very righteous person by nature and he has taken his mother’s side and tried to fill that void that is there because of certain conflicts between the father, son and the mother,” the 28-year-old said here Monday at the launch of the new cover of the book “2 States.”
Digital entertainment studio Rajshri Entertainment has unveiled Telly Masala – a Hindi language entertainment news channel on web and mobile platforms.
The channel will offer latest TV news, gossip, drama, behind the scenes, exclusive interviews, fashion trends and insights into the lives of popular TV stars.
Actress Vidya Balan has become Bollywood’s quintessential ambassador of the sari, and when an Australian designer was asked to create an ensemble for her, she couldn’t think beyond the six-yard wonder either.
As part of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2014, festival ambassador Vidya did a photoshoot with celebrated Australian designer Susan Dimasi.
Dimasi presented Vidya in a special sari, the fabric of which was specially designed by her. The sari was the result of handweaving a textile with silk ribbon through a rubber net.
Actress Kangana Ranaut says her next movie “Revolver Rani” has the flavour of a pulp fiction novel by Hindi writer Ved Prakash Sharma.
Talking about the movie, Kangana said: “This is actually a character of a neurotic and the woman who we are going to see and the film that we are going to see is very exciting just like Ved Prakash Sharma’s novels that you find on railway stations. That’s the kind of treatment the film is carrying.”
“It’s very exciting. Its total pulp. The woman is negative, brutal and very exciting,” added the star of latest hit “Queen”.
Actor Suneel Sinha will soon be seen essaying a pivotal role in popular primetime show “Beintehaa”.
His entry on the show will be telecast Monday.
The show will feature a sequence where character Zain’s parents Osman and Suraiyya will be seen on a mission solving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of their daughter, Barkat.
Suneel will portray Osman’s estranged friend Mir Khan, who holds the key to Barkat’s secret and is the only one who can help Osman and Suraiyya to trace their daughter, said a statement.
A Pakistani court today directed police to register a case against film actress Meera and her husband in connection with their alleged sex video.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Safdar Bhatti issued the order after neither Meera nor her husband Navid Shahzad appeared before the court for the consecutive third hearing.
“A case should be registered against the couple in accordance with law and investigate their objectionable video,” the order says.
Varun Dhawan-starrer “Main Tera Hero” has earned over Rs.20 crore in its opening weekend.
The entertainer has collected a whopping net amount of Rs.22.73 crore in its opening weekend, said a statement.
Directed by David Dhawan and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, actor Tusshar Kapoor is happy with the figures as the movie performed well despite the World Twenty20 final between India and Sri Lanka in Bangladesh April 6.
It is a mix of the commercial content, Varun’s screen presence and the movie’s promotions that have worked in favour of the entertainer, says an expert.
Kangana Ranaut has impressed one and all with her performance in “Queen” and superstar Aamir Khan is no exception to it. While Aamir has expressed his desire to share screen space with the actress, she doesn’t see it as her “immediate goal”.
Kangana says she has had a word about a future opportunity with Aamir, “but there is nothing concrete as yet”.