Entertainment

Mumbai, June 10: The first look of the film Aisha is out. Sonam Kapoor launched it on her birthday (June 9), while her sister Rhea Kapoor, the associate producer of the film, wrote about it on the film’s official Facebook page.

Sonam, too, has been tweeting regularly about Aisha, which is her father’s home production. She has given the name Aishaholics to the fans of the film.

“Hey Aishaholics!! Here is the VERY FIRST LOOK of AISHA. Feast your eyes!! What do you think??” writes Sonam.

Mumbai, June 10: The story goes like this……

Amit (Shahid Kapoor) and Priya (Kareena Kapoor) meet at a Youth festival in Bangkok.

Priya is a girl with substance, exactly opposite the teens and college going students of today’s time. A pure romantic at heart she has this image of her would be life partner, who she expects would be a teetotaler, a guy who doesn’t smoke and who doesn’t lie.

Amit is totally opposite of what Priya wants from her life partner. He drinks like a fish, lies on the slightest pretext and is a chain smoker.

Washington, June 10: Music maestro A.R. Rahman is all set to enthral audiences in the US capital Sunday as part of a world tour that takes him across America, Canada, France, Switzerland, Holland and Britain.

The 45-day world tour titled “AR Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour” starting with a show Thursday at the Nassau Coliseum in New York goes to New Jersey, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Raleigh and Atlanta on the US leg.

New Delhi, June 10: He is being dubbed as the true Kapoor scion post- “Raajneeti”. After playing a chocolate boy, a spoilt brat and a salesman, Ranbir Kapoor has now stunned all as the ruthless manipulator a la Michael Corleone in “The Godfather”.

Audiences and critics are applauding his role as Samar Pratap Singh in Prakash Jha’s dark political thriller that is in a sense inspired by the Indian epic Mahabharata.

Mumbai, June 10: Actress Kajol has taken up a new responsibility now. The actress is making sure that the career of her sister Tanisha is personally monitored by her from now on.

Tanisha, who made her Bollywood debut long back and was looked upon as the next big thing actually didn’t prove quite effective at the box-office. This in turn put her career on a backburner with only a few films coming her way.

But, things are soon going to change for Tanisha. Her sister Kajol has now decided to play the role of a mentor in Tanisha’s life. Tanisha, is very happy and excited about it.

Mumbai, June 09: Three years ago, Kangna Ranaut proclaimed that she felt confident of her assets and could not think of going under the knife. The very thought of resorting to cosmetic surgery was “ridiculous” and “nonsense”.

But the actress has clearly forgotten whatever she had stated at the time. In a recent photo shoot the paparazzi were all over Kangna Ranaut as usual. But this time, more than her charming face, the focus was on her dress, which was rather bulging at her chest!

Yes, may be a script demanded.

Mumbai, June 09: One more Caucasian beauty is all set to try her luck in Bollywood. Sarah Thompson who plays Ranbir Kapoor’s American girlfriend in Raajneeti, seems completely smitten him.

She says that she’s all set to make her move from the US to Bollywood. And has hired herself a Hindi tutor. “When I started working on Raajneeti I knew no Hindi. That was okay. I had to play a girl who doesn’t know any Hindi and all I had to do was mutter a smattering of bad Hindi.”

Mumbai, June 09: If there was one thing that had the gorgeous Katrina Kaif cherished about her Singapore holiday it was the adventurous Night Safari which involves walking a trail in pitch dark in order to discover over a hundred exotic specifies of wildlife.

Katrina Kaif, being the adrenaline junkie that she is, took time out of her busy schedule to attend the world renowned Night Safari.

Known as the home to over 1,200 animals including the dangerous one-horned rhinoceros and hyenas, the Singapore Night Safari isn’t for the faint hearted.

Mumbai, June 09: Imran Khan is just three films old in Bollywood. Out of these three, only Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was a box office hit while Kidnap and Luck failed to click at the box office.

Even though both the movies got poor reviews from critics, Imran’s performance in Kidnap was appreciated and he also managed to bag the award for the Best Villain at IIFA last year.

Mumbai, June 09: Kareena Kapoor goes for a softer (more feminine) jawline. Notice the difference?

If you’re a die-hard star-gazer, what most strikes you about Kareena Kapoor’s chehra is her suddenly changed jawline.

For all her years now, one clearly knows that the actress has had a squarish jaw which now looks oval in shape.

Bebo has clearly opted for a softer look?

Mumbai, June 09: Shahid who maintains a reverent restrain in front of his father, has lost all his inhibitions in Edinburgh. Because that’s what his father Pankaj Kapoor expects from Shahid in Mausam.

The crew is surprised delighted and confused by Shahid’s constant antics, playful and most uncharacteristic of the actor who likes to stay aloof on location unless with close friends. But on this one Pankaj forbade Shahid from maintaining a distance. Mingle mix and enjoy were the brief that Shahid took dead seriously.

mumbai, June 09: A chartered flight from Colombo saw Salman Khan return to Mumbai in eight hours in stead of the usual three

Salman Khan took a chartered flight to return from Colombo after attending a recent film award event there. However, an otherwise three-hour flight took him eight hours due to several problems.

Several problems

Apart from getting permission to take off at the scheduled time the flight also faced issues like turbulence and air traffic. Bad weather during take-off from Colombo, added to their woes.

Mumbai, June 09: Actress Kajol has taken up a new responsibility now. The actress is making sure that the career of her sister Tanisha is personally monitored by her from now on.

Tanisha, who made her Bollywood debut long back and was looked upon as the next big thing actually didn’t prove quite effective at the box-office. This in turn put her career on a backburner with only a few films coming her way.

But, things are soon going to change for Tanisha. Her sister Kajol has now decided to play the role of a mentor in Tanisha’s life.

Mumbai, June 09: Actor Emraan Hashmi has zeroed in on a home away from home at his favorite place in the world, Goa. No, he is not shifting his base from Mumbai, but he is making sure his ‘shoot free’ days are taken care of.

Mumbai, June 09: Shahrukh Khan is taking his kids Aryan and Suhana to South Africa for FIFA World Cup 2010 which kick-starts on June 11.

The star posted the info on Twitter, “Taking kids for the matches (World Cup) in South Africa.” If kids are happy, the father gets a turn-on while playing soccer in the rain. “Rains and soccer more of a turn on than a singing in the rain,” writes Shahrukh.

Football also has a deep, emotional connection with the star as his dear mother loved to watch football with him.

Mumbai, June 09: Just days before his 51st birthday, Sanjay Dutt has received the best news he could have ever hoped for. The actor who already has a daughter, Trishala, from his first marriage is set to have his first baby with wife Manyata.

The couple, that had always wanted to go the family way, will reportedly have a new addition to their family by January 2011. Ecstatic with his wife’s pregnancy, Sanjay broke the happy news to his friends during the recent IIFA in Colombo.

Los Angeles, June 09: Once again an arrest warrant has been issued against actress Lindsay Lohan after she violated the terms of her bail.

Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge Marsha Revel, who insisted Lohan wear an alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet, Tuesday ordered Lohan’s attorney into court after learning that she has broken the court order that banned her from drugs and alcohol.

Lohan was at Katy Perry’s MTV Movie Awards after party Sunday and the ankle bracelet began flashing an adverse report, reports imdb.com.

Mumbai, June 09: Imagine TV’s ‘Desi Girl’ is down to six contestants after the elimination of the former ‘Roadies’ contestant Anmol Singh last week. The remaining girls are Kashmira Shah, Sambhavna, Roshni, Aushima Sahwney, Ishitta Arun and Monica Bedi.

Well, the battle will no longer be restricted to these six women. One of the evictees will be returning to the show again in a fortnight. According to sources, that one lucky girl is no other than Anmol Singh. The former Roadie contestant is expected to return to the show next weekend.

Mumbai, June 09: If Hollywood has Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, better known as Brangelina…Bollywood has their very own super celebrity couple in former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Bachchan and son of the Big B and actor Abhishek Bachchan.

Mumbai, June 09: If there was one thing that had the gorgeous Katrina Kaif cherished about her Singapore holiday, it was the adventurous Night Safari which involves walking a trail in pitch dark in order to discover over a hundred exotic specifies of wildlife.

Katrina Kaif, being the adrenaline junkie that she is, took time out of her busy schedule to attend the world renowned Night Safari. Known as the home to over 1,200 animals including the dangerous one-horned rhinoceros and hyenas, the Singapore Night Safari isn’t for the faint-hearted.

Istanbul, June 09: “Awara hoon, ya gardish mein hoon asman ka tara hoon”…The well-known number from the 1951 film “Awara”, starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis, was being belted out by a musician in the unlikeliest of places – at a crowded restaurant in Turkey’s most well known city.

In Turkey, singing and dancing with abandon is part of life, and what better time to indulge in it than over dinner, relaxing with family or friends over wine and food, and with a musician or two to add that zing to the evening.

Mumbai, June 09: After playing a reasonable role in Kaminey, Priynka is second time ready to act in Bharadwaj film production and director is Vishal Bharadwaj. The movie has title ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ and the story is different as Priyanka will have 7 husbands.

Mumbai, June 09: On the canvas of love: Vidya is gorgeous!’: The man is quite enamoured with his latest muse. Ask him what’s that one thing about Vidya that captivates him and he gets lyrical. “She’s gorgeous and blessed with an earthiness, which enchants you. She has certain unique characteristics, which suit the main protagonist in my new film Comedy.com. I have already started working on the script. As the name suggests, it will be a full-on comedy, which will be subtle and not slapstick. God willing, I will start the project as soon as Vidya allots me the dates.”

Mumbai, June 09: The poem on Katrina seems to be a parody of the ‘odes’ written by the Romantic poets like Wordsworth, Keats, Byron and Shelley. The fan appears to be a student of literature and has expressed the beauty of Katrina in the sweetest manner.

Here`s a look at `Ode to Katrina`:

An Unerring Beauty
O delicate Muses so tender and so fair,
Hear this mortal with distinguished care.
There is a frame most precious of the sacred design,
Whose unerring beauty shall forever remain divine.
She is the fairest maiden with a righteous name,

Mumbai, June 09: South Africa is buzzing with the anticipation over the FIFA World Cup that kicks off on 11th June and as the news of the smouldering hot Kareena Kapoor making her presence felt is doing the rounds, fans can, now, look forward to much more than the yummy 3 Idiots actress.

Abhishek Bachchan, a die-hard soccer fan, is adamant of attending the finale of the grand event to watch the adrenaline pumping action Live from the edge of his seat. The finale shall be played on 11th July and Abhishek is gung ho about flying off to the jam-packed stadiums.