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Mumbai, June 10: Known To be utterly gregarious and accessible Farhan has suddenly withdrawn into a shell.

Before well-wishers could presume the worst, the truth has come out in the open.

His current acting assignment Kartik Versus Kartik with Deepika Padukone which is almost done provoked these withdrawal symptoms.

Since the part requires him to be a lonely brooder Farhan has lately switched off his phone and become almost inaccessible to the world outside.

Mumbai, June 10: After scaring us with his last horror movie Phoonk, Ram Gopal Varma hopes to send more chills down our spine with Agyaat, a thriller set in a jungle. The film stars Priyanka Kothari and is set for a July 24 release.

RGV tells Patcy N more about the film and why he regrets making Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.

Is Agyaat a horror film?

No. A horror film deals with the supernatural like ghosts and spirits. Agyaat is about a film unit that goes to a jungle for a shoot and is caught in a situation where they get killed one by one.

Mumbai, June 10: After the fabulous Jab We Met in 2007, director Imtiaz Ali is back with his next venture, Love Aaj Kal. The film stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. This is also Saif’s first home production.

When the makers launched the film at a press meet at the PVR theatre in Parel, central Mumbai, all eyes were on the director and his stunning cast.

–Agencies

Mumbai, June 10: Salman Khan and producer Sajid Nadiawala’s association has been for five films in a row but then Sajid went on to make two back to back films with Akshay Kumar and left Salman alone.

Buzz had begun in industry circles about a rift between the Sajid and Salman that lead to this. But now its confirmed that all bad talks were mere rumours as Sajid is all set to begin his next starring Salman in the lead.

Mumbai, June 10 : Noted film actor Aamir Khan — who essayed the role of a devoted, strong and valorous lover burning in the fire of revenge — admits that he cries like a baby each time any of his flicks do well at the box office or vice versa.

Khan aka Mr Perfectionist compared himself with assiduous tennis player Roger Federer who won the French Open recently and wrote in his blog yesterday that he cried like kids each time he won a final and that was one thing the actor shares in common with him.

Mumbai, June 10: Besides sharing screen space with Kareena Kapoor in one of the biggest fiascos of their careers Tashan Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan now have something else in common.

They both play double roles, characters belonging to two different time zones in their forthcoming films and have to spend hours preparing for their double makeover.

Akshay Kumar currently shooting for Vipul Shah’s Action Replay spends a minimum of an hour every morning getting into a 1970s’ sporty look without the help of prosthetics.

Mumbai, June 10: The child star of multiple Oscar winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, has been provided a new house by the ‘Jai Ho’ trust, formed by the makers of the film.
“The 250 sq ft flat situated in Santa Cruz west will be in the custody of the trust and will be transferred to Azharuddin when he turns 18,” Nirja Matoo of the Jai Ho trust .

Azhar’s family will shift in the new house in a day or two, she said adding that the trust is still hunting for a house for the other child star Rubina Ali.

Mumbai, June 10: Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor are the latest couple to sizzle around the industry. Well it was recently reported that Shahid has opted out of the IIFA Awards 2009, where he was supposed to perform with Priyanka from their upcoming film Kaminey.

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Shahid is busy with his commitment for Ken Ghosh’s flick. On the other side, Priyanka too is busy shooting in Singapore for Yash Raj movie Pyaar Impossible.

Mumbai, June 10: Aamir`s wife Kiran Rao is pregnantAamir Khan is going to be third time lucky. We hear that the perfectionist star’s wife is three months pregnant. Kiran was recently admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai for fever, where it was discovered.

Sources at the hospital, where she is consulting a doctor for her pregnancy, reveal that Rao was admitted on May 31 for fever.

“She was admitted to the fourth floor of the old hospital building. She was in the hospital for a week, ” said a source, on the condition of anonymity.

London, June 10: Michael Jackson, who is all set to make his comeback Saturday, is making strange requests for a child choir for his concerts.

According to mirror.co.uk, Jackson wants every child to know sign language and wants “exactly equal” numbers of black, white, mixed-race and Asian child singers for his concerts.

The weird request was sent to casting agents on behalf of promoters AEG Live, who are organising his 50 concerts at O2 Arena here.

The children are also supposed to range from 5 to 13.

Mumbai, June 10: The organisers of IIFA Awards 2009 are unperturbed by Kareena Kapoor’s announcement that she would not attend this year’s event to be held at Macau. In fact, they feel that the Bachchans, consisting of Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya, can make any event a success.

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Mumbai, June 10: Rumourmongers know how to turn a mole hill into a mountain. They linked Salman Khan [^] with German model Claudia Ciesla just because they were spotted together. Then the story of his breakup with Katrina Kaif [^] started spreading like wildfire. The fact is, Katrina must be having a good laugh over the whole episode, as she knows the truth.

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The story goes like this… Claudia Ciesla, met Salman through a common friend. Sources said that Salman then introduced her to his family and Katrina to make her feel at home in Mumbai.

Mumbai, June 10: Having approved the relationship of Saif Ali Khan with Kareena Kapoor, sister Soha Ali, all set to make a debut on the small screen, now wants him on her first reality TV show.

Speaking about getting celebrities to the show, Soha says, she wants to play the game with her brother – Saif. Soha, who thinks that they (Saif and Soha) have a very good understanding of each other, felt her team work with bhai jaan will be super good and if they come to play on the sets of her new game show, they are sure to win a good prize.

Mumbai, June 10: After having successfully hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati and Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? on Star Plus, Shahrukh Khan is all set to star in a Television soap. The biggest production house of Bollywood Yash Raj Films will soon be venturing into the small screen and produce soaps for a leading General Entertainment Channel.

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Mumbai, June 10: Hrithik Roshan will be seen in a brand new avatar for Sanjay Khan’s production Welcome To The Jungle.

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The film is an adventure tale set in the jungle and will have Hrithik and Zayed in the lead roles. As per sources, Hrithik plays the role of a wildlife explorer and will be seen wearing khaki shorts throughout the film. Sanober Kabir’s brother Farukh will direct the project.

London, June 10: An oil painting depicting a naked Madonna with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie has sold to a foreign buyer for more than 15,000 pounds (24,300 dollars) after it failed to sell at an earlier auction, it was announced Tuesday. Auction house McTear’s Auctioneers in Glasgow, Scotland, said the painting, Madonna & Guy, by Scottish painter Peter Howson, had sold for a record price.

But the private buyer, who wanted to remain anonymous, had asked for the exact sum to be kept secret.

Mumbai, June 10: Sharmila Tagore is just back in New Delhi after shooting in London with her daughter Soha for new director Sangeeta Dutta’s Life Goes On.

This is the first time that the maa-beti will be seen together on screen. Though she enjoyed working in the film, both thoroughly missed the doyen of Bengali cinema Soumitra Chatterjee who was supposed to play the lead.

Mumbai, June 10: On her 45-minute ride from the airport to the press conference venue (where she dispensed sagacious slices on the intricacies of hair grafting), Mahima Chaudhury had her sleepy daughter to tend to, a speeding driver to reprimand and make-up to apply. Needless to say, she juggled all these tasks without any difficulty.

Mumbai, June 10: Cold war evident between Runway heroines At the music launch of action thriller Runway at Geet Indo Afro pub on Monday June 8th evening, the cold war between its two female leads Tulip Joshi and Deepal Shaw was more than evident. We were witness to the two pretty ladies’ cold shoulder to each other.

Mumbai, June 10: Sajid Nadiadwala back together with Salman Khan Salman Khan and producer Sajid Nadiawala’s association has been for five films in a row but then Sajid went on to make two back to back films with Akshay Kumar and left Salman alone. Buzz had begun in industry circles about a rift between the Sajid and Salman that lead to this. But now its confirmed that all bad talks were mere rumours as Sajid is all set to begin his next starring Salman in the lead.

Mumbai, June 10: Hindus have criticized actress Heather Graham and other “Hollywood types” who apparently think of Tantra as just sex.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Tantrism was a major channel in Indian religious traditions and besides Hinduism, it also exerted considerable influence on Buddhism and Jainism. Sankaracharya had mentioned the names of 64 Tantras.

Mumbai, June 10: Arshad Warsi can’t stop raving about his role in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Ishquiya shot in Gorakhpur.

But when it comes to the topic of his look in the movie

Mumbai, June 10: Rohit Shetty gives new meaning to the phrase “got it for a
Fardeen Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan shooting for the song in Goa
song”.

The Bollywood director who spent Rs 6 crore on the song Tha Kar Ke featuring Kareena Kapoor and Ajay Devgan in Golmaal Returns, has upped the ante on another number in his next film — Ajay Devgan’s All The Best.
“Ajay is bindaas! The song is shot on all the actors — Ajay, Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan and Mughda Godse, it cost Rs 6.5 crore and is definitely bigger than Tha Kar Ke,” said Rohit.

Salman & Kareena are friends again

Mumbai, June 10: Guess what Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor did during a photoshoot of Main Aur Mrs Khanna? Kareena Kapoor

Mumbai, June 10: Neetu Chandra is beside herself with rage. A recent erotic photo shoot she did for a magazine has drawn the ire of a bunch of individuals who Neetu Chandra found her look too hot to handle.

“Until now, everyone has had their say. It’s my turn now. Till now, you will recall no controversy about me — none that was blown so out of proportion. The shoot has been given many names including ‘Lesbian Shoot’. It was interrupted because it was found too hot for Indian men to digest. And, never done in the history of Indian cinema,” she fumes.