Entertainment

Mumbai, May 29: An autorickshaw driver (and Salman fan) has been promoting Dus Ka Dum and Dabangg.

Salman Khan’s Dabangg is being promoted on the back of autorickshaws, like 3 Idiots was. But unlike the Aamir Khan starrer, this is not part of their marketing strategy.

They haven’t paid for it. It is a brainchild of an autorickshaw driver who is a fan of Salman and has put up the name of the film in bold letters. The rear of the vehicle also features a slogan for Dus Ka Dum.

Mumbai, May 29: Director Siddharth Anand says his new film Anjaana Anjaani is inspired by the television series Friends.

“I remember when I watched Friends I wanted to meet and know every character. That’s how I want audiences to feel about Ranbir and Priyanka in Anjaana Anjaani.

When Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge came out you wanted to feel and touch Raj and Simran. That’s how I want audiences to feel about Ranbir and Priyanka.By God’s grace everyone in the team has given his or her best to this film.”

Mumbai, May 29: No romance was brewing on the sets of “I Hate Luv Storys”, says Punit Malhotra, who has been linked with Sonam Kapoor, the female lead of his ready-to-release directorial debut.

“We are just friends and nothing more. There is nothing between us, ” Malhotra, 28, told over the phone from Mumbai.

“Both Sonam and I didn’t even concentrate on the stories because we knew and everyone else also knew that these are just rumours. So there was no awkwardness between us while shooting the film.”

-Agencies

Mumbai, May 29: While shooting in Australia for Mohit Suri’s Crook, Emraan Hashmi was involved in a mishap on Thursday. The actor had a miraculous escape.

Says Emraan, “We were shooting on the Melbourne Freeway, I was driving behind the rig vehicle which had a camera mounted on a crane arm.

I was driving about 10 feet behind when the camera dismounted and fell off. I couldn’t afford to swerve so my car went over the camera which smashed into pieces.

As I was driving at 100 kmph, the car went two feet off the ground on impact luckily it didn’t go off the freeway!”

-Agencies

Mumbai, May 29: Sonam Kapoor is in high spirits these days as her upcoming film I hate Luv Stories is getting wrapped up and the promotions have already started. Daddy Anil is also happy with the way the film is looking. And there is more good news about this daddy – daughter duo.

We have found out that this duo will soon be seen together on screen under the Yashraj banner which will be directed by Aditya Chopra.

Mumbai, May 29: Govinda sure is short tempered and he had proved it earlier as well when he had slapped a fellow actor. But this time he didn’t go any physical! It all happened over the web.

The buzz is that Govinda lost his cool on a social networking site after his fans abused him on it.

It all happened when the fans went ferocious thinking this was Govinda’s fake profile. They started abusing the actor and Govinda getting furious contacted Salman for suggestions and advice.

Govinda’s Tweets

Mumbai, May 29: Ranbir Kapoor, who’s got his hands full with Siddharth Anand’s Anjaana Anjaani and awaiting the release of Prakash Jha’s controversial political drama Raajneeti, was seen club hoping around in Delhi with acclaimed director Imitiaz Ali.

This is not because they have turned into page three-ites, but because Ranbir Kapoor will be soon seen in Imitiaz’s new venture titled Rockstar and they were on a look out for a suitable location to shoot.

London, May 29: Hollywood star Tom Cruise spent more than an hour signing autographs to his fans and clicking pictures with them.

The “Top Gun” actor arrived at the National Movie Awards to receive the Screen Icon Award for his lifetime of work in the industry, stayed to sign autographs and take pictures with his fans for an hour after the show started, reports starpulse.com.

In his acceptance speech he said that he love London as he has worked a lot here.

Los Angeles, May 29: Hollywood actor Daniel Radcliffe is worried about the remake of “Harry Potter” and fears that he won’t be the last kid to play the boy wizard.

“The books will be around for decades to come which makes me wonder if, in 30 years time, we will be seeing remakes of all these movies. I have a very dark suspicion that that will happen, although I don’t particularly want it to,” aceshowbiz.com quoted him as saying.

The 20-year-old is currently filming the final instalment of the fantasy movie franchise “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II” in London.

New Delhi, May 29: For nearly three decades, art paper had been pushed to the background with the arrival of canvas. But the medium has evolved in seclusion over the years because of a small group of loyalists.

Twenty Indian veteran artists are showing more than 40 compositions at Gallery Ensign in an exhibition here titled, “It’s Now on Paper”. The works cover genres like water colours, charcoal etchings, pencil drawings, ink etchings and drawings in gold and crayons.

New York, May 29: Most international musicians barely get noticed in the bustling Big Apple, but AR Rahman is a show-stopper — and very profitable.

Fans have paid prices of up to $1,000 (Rs47,000) for 11 concerts in North America between June 11 and July 5, which are already thought to be sold out.

The Journey Home Tour” begins on June 11 at New York’s fabled Nassau Coliseum where Pink Floyd performed during “The Wall Tour”. More recently, Madonna held three performances of her “Blond Ambition World Tour” in the massive Nassau Coliseum.

Barabanki, May 28: Head of Daulatpur village has moved a district court here seeking permission to file case against megastar Amitabh Bachchan and five others over delay in starting work on setting up a college named after Aishwariya Rai.

Gram pradhan Raj Kumari moved the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) yesterday for filing case against Bachchan senior and others.

Mumbai, May 28: After a lull on the career front, things are looking up for Manisha Koirala. Two of her films, Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De and I AM, are ready for release. Two more films, in Malayalam and Tamil, are making sure that she shuttles between Cochin and Chennai. And she is likely to start shooting for My Friend Pinto, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, soon.

New Delhi, May 28: Cuts and bruises are no bar. From Priyanka Chopra to Deepika Padukone to Aishwarya Rai, Bollywood actresses are willingly treading on treacherous terrain as they get into action mode like their male co-stars.

“Just because I’m a girl it shouldn’t be presumed that I can’t enter the boys’ territory. I’d do the stunts better than the boys,” Priyanka told IANS.

Mumbai, May 28: Excel Entertainment’s next film ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA directed by Zoya Akhtar (LUCK BY CHANCE fame) starts on June 7th in Spain.

Star Cast includes: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Farhan Akhtar, Kalki Koechlin, Abhay Deol and a Spanish actress Ariadna Cabrol.

—Agencies

Mumbai, May 28: Live performances seem to be the flavour of the season. Keeping this in mind, there is an upcoming event being organized on the 30th of this month that will have two of the biggest music talents showcasing their art.

The festival which will have performances by Kailash Kher and the band of the upcoming film SOCH LO, whose music is already creating waves for its lyrical freshness and soothing melody.

Mumbai, May 28: For young Jahan Bloch, the debutant leading lady of KRANTIVEER – THE REVOLUTION, while songs and romantic portions – which were in bare minimum quantity – came naturally and were relatively easier, the bigger challenge lied in the dramatic scenes. The very fact that this Mehul Kumar directed film is a dramatic affair, especially so since it is the sequel to Nana Patekar starrer KRANTIVEER, letting herself loose in front of camera was the bare minimum requirement for Jahan.

Mumbai, May 28: Anees Bazmee films are known to be multi starrer affairs. SINGH IS KINNG, WELCOME and NO ENTRY were all star studded affairs. Same is the case with NO PROBLEM as well though IT’S MY LIFE is a relatively smaller affair with Harman Baweja and Geneia D’Souza as the only lead couple with Nana Patekar heading the cast. In the past though, Bazmee has made less opulent films like DEEWANGEE and PYAAR TO HONA HI THA. For his next film READY, Bazmee seems to be following the same path with Salman Khan and Asin as the only lead pair.

Mumbai, May 28: Actor Imran Khan, who is making a huge comeback after a lull in his career in the film I HATE LUVV STORIES, is raising a few eyebrows because of his concern for vanity.

Now, it’s known that the actor has tweezed his eyebrows for the role in his upcoming film. Imran seems to have been smitten by the vanity bug so much that he has decided to go for a thinner version of his eyebrows to look the part.

—Agencies

Mumbai, May 28: Three years after performing an item number ‘Honth Rasile’ (WELCOME – 2007), Malaika Arora would be putting her dancing shoes again for a Bollywood film. She does that for the film DABANGG which is produced by her hubby Arbaaz Khan. Incidentally this is for the first time that Malaika would be appearing in an item song for a home production even as Arbaaz, Sohail and Salman have been making films for quite a few years now.

London, May 28: As revealed at the UK press Conference earlier this month, A R Rahman has accepted U.S RnB Singer Ushers request to collaborate in an un-named Bollywood movie. The movie is set to be an animation movie which is still in the making. Usher has lent his vocals for one of the soundtracks.

Rahman embraced Hollywood from a very early age, having grown up watching Hollywood films and listening to Michael Jackson and music composer John Williams, he believes it is very important for Indians to have a good sense of belonging to be able to contribute to the rest of the world.

Mumbai, May 28: It was more than a year back that we brought you the news that upcoming actor Nikhil Dwivedi (MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONSALVES and KHALLBALLI fame) has joined the elite cast of RAAVAN comprising of the likes of Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Govinda and Ravi Kishan. As the release day for RAAVAN gets closer, Nikhil Dwivedi seems pretty excited and upbeat about the success of the Mani Ratnam directed venture.

Mumbai, May 28: There’s is an unlikely war going on in the industry these days. Two famous filmmakers: Sanjay Gupta and Abbas Mustan are involved in a tussle around the rights of a film.

According to reports, the filmmakers want to remake a Spanish film and both the parties’ are claiming the rights to the title. Though, it’s not yet clear who has got the rights to make this film, but it seems that the claim to the title is not going to be an easy affair for both the parties.

New Delhi, May 28: Reigning Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez will visit India for a six-city AIDS and female foeticide awareness tour in June — courtesy fashion designer Sanjana Jon.

Jon’s company IG International that deals in celebrity charity events has been bringing a number of former Miss Universe to India for AIDS awareness promotional campaigns.

This year, “Miss Universe 2009 – Stefania Fernandez and Sanjana Jon Aids Awareness Tour 2010” will start June 25 and continue till July 5.

Mumbai, May 28: Sharukh Khan is missing Juhi Chawla a lot. He misses all those initial days of his career, when he acted with her. He also misses director Aziz Mirza.

Shah Rukh and Juhi together gave hits like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Yes Boss (1997) and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) under the direction of Aziz Mirza.

Shah Rukh also started a production house called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi and Mirza as partners and produced films like Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Chalte Chalte under the banner.