Entertainment

New Delhi, May 22: Bollywood famous actor Hrithik Roshan-Barbara Mori starrer “Kites” grossed over Rs.21 crore on its opening day and has become the second highest opening-day grosser after “3 Idiots”, its distributor said Saturday.

“Kites” released with 2,000 screens in India and across 500 screens overseas Friday.

The film that has been distributed by Reliance BIG Pictures is a love story between an Indian guy and a Spanish girl. Directed by Anurag Basu, the film has been produced by Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan.

–Agencies

New Delhi, May 21: Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor is a favourite among audiences for his jolly acting and crazy dance moves and guess what, the septuagenarian is still a kid at heart, says family member Ranbir Kapoor.

“Shammi Kapoor had a style of his own. His style was different and unique. After so many years, he is still a kid. Recently he has seen a lot of downfall due to bad health but he has not lost his zest for life,” said Ranbir, who is the grandson of Shammi Kapoor’s late brother, Raj Kapoor.

Mumbai, May 22: Javed Habib, one of the most prominent hair stylists in India, believes that very short is very hot! He expressed his thoughts saying that shorter hair can make you look better and younger. In fact he thinks the shorter it is the better!

And various people including our much adored Bolly-town celebs have also been seen catching onto this new trend.

So many of our gorgeous beauties like Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta et al, who have lovely long manes of hair have cut them short this season – making the trend so popular!

Mumbai, May 22: Actor Saif Ali Khan says he won’t join Twitter because he feels a gap should be maintained between an actor and the audiences.

“Personally, I won’t be on Twitter because I don’t feel the need. I don’t want to share my thoughts, ” Saif told reporters here at the launch of Wynncom mobile handset at Trident hotel here.

“I don’t know what I will say. And I personally feel that some distance should be maintained between the audiences and the actor. That’s my personal opinion.”

Mumbai, May 22: Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, who is happily single, wants her “Mr Right” to be a self-made and quiet man.

Although the 25-year-old star, who has previously been linked to actors Aftab Shivdasani and Abhay Deol, insists she isn’t ready to mingle soon, she did not hesitate to share what qualities she is looking for in her guy.

“I want a self-made man. Someone who is confident but quiet about it and doesn’t run after girls, ” said Minissha, who was present in Gurgaon to launch Levo Spalon (Spa cum Salon) in Ibis Hotel told reporters here.

Mumbai, May 22: Anurag Basu who started his career directing scores of episodes for Ekta Kapoor’s long-running soap Kasauti Zindagi Kay has let his chequered life come a full circle.

Anurag has gone back to his roots in more ways than one. Not only has he returned to television to host a celebrity chat -show, he’s also doing the show in his home town Kolkata.

It’s not so much his return to his roots, but also the timing of it that is significant. Anurag has been frequenting his home-town Kolkata at a time when his biggest and most expensive film Kites is on release.

Mumbai, May 22: Ever since it wrapped up filming, Prakash Jha’s political drama Rajneeti has been attracting a lot of controversy, whether it was for “plagiarizing” KKR’s film title or coming under the radar of the censor board.

Now a new controversy has been raised, this time about the star cast disrespecting the National Anthem!

Mumbai, May 22: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was worried when his daughter-in-law and actress Aishwarya Rai left for Chennai, which was under threat from cyclone Laila.

“Aishwarya left this morning for Chennai right into the thick of the cyclone Laila, which has now hit coastal Andhra (Pradesh) and Tamil Nadu. But she was safe and has started work on ‘Robot’ with Rajnikant.

I was most worried about the weather conditions, but thankfully all went well, ” the 67-year-old posted on his blog Friday.

Mumbai, May 22: Arshad Warsi is a huge fan of Guy Ritchie and he is planning to adopt a complex narrative style inspired by the movies of British filmmaker in his directorial debut ‘Akkad’.

“I have closely followed Guy Ritchie films over the years. I guess they are genres in themselves. Whether it is ‘Sherlock Holmes’, ‘Rock N Rolla’, ‘Snatch’ or ‘Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ – this guy never fails to amaze me, ” Arshad said.

Mumbai, May 22: Salman Khan was under the influence of liquor when he allegedly rammed his car into a bakery in Bandra in 2002, a chemical analyst who tested the actor’s blood sample after the accident has told a trial court.

Salman was taken into custody after he allegedly rammed his Land Cruiser into the Bakery in the wee hours on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four others who were sleeping on the footpath outside the shop.

The test report said 62 mg of alcohol was found from the blood sample of Salman which was in excess of the permissible limit.

Mumbai, May 22: After playing the role of a sophisticated politician in Prakash Jha’s ‘Raajneeti’, Bollywood’s lissome lass Katrina Kaif is all set to portray a zany girl who joins the Army in her upcoming flick.

Incidentally, Katrina turns into a producer with this film, where she plays a headstrong character, who rises above the pettiness of gender politics in a male-dominated world.

New Delhi, May 22: From mega star Amitabh Bachchan to Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood stars have come together to pay homage to the victims of the plane crash at Mangalore airport today. The stars expressed their grief at the tragic accident where an Air India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board overshot the runway while landing.

159 people are feared dead. “Feeling terrible! Plane crash! Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed on landing, overshot runway.

so sad.

so sad,” wrote Big B on his Twitter account.

Mumbai, May 22: Actress Shilpa Shetty has a secret desire, which she shared recently while judging a dance reality show on TV. So far in her acting career, Shilpa, who has danced in various forms and styles, confesses that she really longs to do a ‘mujra’. The graceful actress says that she never got a chance to perform in this particular genre that she believes is extremely elegant.

“I have been lucky to show my talent in some of the grooviest Bollywood numbers but I wish to perform ‘Mujra’ onscreen at least once,” disclosed the actress recently.

New Delhi, May 22: Lux brand ambassadors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will meet 12 lucky winners of a contest conducted by the brand in London.

Called the Lux Superstar Offer, it is valid for those who will find two stars inside a Lux soap. After that they have to call on the toll free number 1800-22-8080 and register their name, contact number and address and also complete a slogan “I love Lux because….”

Mumbai, May 22: Slumdog Millionaire,which was a hit worldwide, did not have our lovely Frieda require to expose her skin. But her latest movie Immortals directed by Tarsem Singh, features this sultry babe in a steamy sex scene.

This is the first time she has done something like this and was very uncomfortable while shooting for it.The lights on the sets were switched off and only key unit members were allowed for the the intimate scene shot.

Speaking about the scene, Tarsem said:

Mumbai, May 22: Katrina Kaif is the most talked about Bollywood actress these days. She is in great demand not only for films, but also for endorsements. And guess what?? She has increased her price recently. For endorsing a foreign brand named Yardley, Kat took home a cool 2 Crores.

Apart from this, the week was witness to some other dealings.

Abhi-Ash have renewed their contract with Lux Soaps, increasing their prices to a cool sum of 12 Crores each.

Waow!!! Must say these actors are raking in the moolah!!
–Agencies

Mumbai, May 22: A perfect father-daughter bonding is clearly visibe in the ever young Anil Kapoor and his lovely daughter Sonam.

Recently actor Anil Kapoor,flew to Vancouver to be with Sonam when he heard that she wasn’t in the best of spirits. In fact, makes the best of every opportunity to spend time with his daughter.

Last week Anil, who was in Los Angeles, heard that Sonam was not in a good mood while shooting for ‘Thank You’ in Vancouver, he broke the rule of not mixing his personal and professional life and flew down for four days to be with his her.

Mumbai, Maaay 22: These days Rishi Kapoor is in look out for a suitable script where he can act with his superstar son Ranbir Kapoor.

According to Rishi, he does not want to do a film for the heck of it. He wants a suitable script which will make their pairing essential.

He has acted with new league actors like Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Saif ali Khan.

Finally he is waiting to create magic onscreen with Ranbir.

Now this sounds exciting.
–Agencies

Mumbai, May 22: Wearing Reebok or Nike shoes with the customary white kurta-pyjama… one of the “small, small elements” that Arjun Rampal says he picked up from observing young, educated politicians like Rahul Gandhi and Sachin Pilot for his role in the much-awaited ‘Raajneet’.

Rampal, who seems to be on a roll after ‘Rock On’ for which he got the National Award and hits like ‘Om Shanti Om’, says his role in ‘Raajneeti’ is similar to that of Bhim in the epic Mahabharata.

Mumbai, May 22: Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, who is happily single, wants her “Mr Right” to be a self-made and quiet man.
Although the 25-year-old star, who has previously been linked to actors Aftab Shivdasani and Abhay Deol, insists she isn’t ready to mingle soon, she did not hesitate to share what qualities she is looking for in her guy.

“I want a self-made man. Someone who is confident but quiet about it and doesn’t run after girls,” said Minissha, who was present in Gurgaon to launch Levo Spalon (Spa cum Salon) in Ibis Hotel told reporters here.

Mumbai, May 21: Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for film critic S.S.M. Ausaja for compiling a film memoir that has a rare collection of Hindi film posters from 1930 till date, but the megastar said he didn’t like the use of the word ‘Bollywood’ in the book’s title.

Titled “Bollywood In Posters”, the book contains Ausaja’s personal collection of posters, lobby cards, record album covers and other memorabilia.

Mumbai, May 21: Actor Saif Ali Khan says he won’t join Twitter because he feels a gap should be maintained between an actor and the audiences.

“Personally, I won’t be on Twitter because I don’t feel the need. I don’t want to share my thoughts,” Saif told reporters here at the launch of Wynncom mobile handset at Trident hotel here.

“I don’t know what I will say. And I personally feel that some distance should be maintained between the audiences and the actor. That’s my personal opinion.”

Mumbai, May 21: Well-known Telugu director Puri Jagannath, who will wield the megaphone for Ram Gopal Varma’s next production venture “The Businessman”, says the film will mark his true beginning in Bollywood.

“Many years ago I tried to crack the Hindi market with a film ‘Shart’ starring Tusshar Kapoor. That was a disaster. So I see ‘The Businessman’ as my true beginning in Bollywood,” Puri, one of the most successful directors in Telugu film industry, told IANS.

He gave hits like “Idiot”, “Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi”, and “Pokiri”.

Mumbai, May 21: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has done it all – acted in films, participated in television reality show, own IPL team and released a video on yoga. So, it came as a surprise when she recently revealed that she has a secret desire.

London, May 21: Actress Pamela Anderson has requested her followers on the microblogging site Twitter to help save America’s bird population following the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.

Anderson is supporting the International Bird Rescue Research Center’s (IBRRC) efforts to raise money and help creatures caught in the spill area. She wants her fans to contribute to the cause, reports contactmusic.com.

“Please support International Bird Rescue’s ongoing rescue work by donating, becoming a member or adopting a bird,” she posted on her Twitter page.
–IANS