Mumbai, July 06: Aashka Goradia who was last seen in Madhur Bhandarkar’s mini-series on Sony has been busy these days with her production company. Mirabell is the name by which her company holds events for the corporate companies.
“I’ve been busy with the events for some corporate companies. This keeps me on my toe and it feels good to do something different. These events are very private and not commercialised,” says Aashka.
Mumbai, July 06: Dunno if Priyanka Kothari can say, ‘never been kissed’ or not. But recently she had a very embarrassing experience, not kissing but while shooting for the Kiss Mix song for her upcoming horror flick Agyaat.
Priyanka and leading guy Nitin were both shooting for the song at Madh Island, where a whole lot of people had gathered to check out the shooting.
Mumbai, July 06: Shweta Gulati Shweta Gulati is the new face of the Sony’s, Dekh India Dekh. The vivacious doctor of Sanjeevini is now seen hosting a comedy show. The actress shares her experience on the first day of shoot.
“My first day on the sets of DID was ok, as I was new to them and vice-versa. The contestants as well as judges were very warm and nice to me but it was more like a professional relation than a friendly one. Though I still enjoyed my stint and believe that as the day passes, we will know each other in better way,” states Shweta.
Mumbai, July 06: Bollywood actors John Abraham and Katrina Kaif have been voted as the most eligible single celebrities in an online poll.
The poll conducted by matrimonial website shaadi.com saw responses from over 18,000 netizens, a statement from the company said Friday.
Nearly 48 percent of males voted for Katrina as the most eligible single female and 43 percent females named John as their favoured eligible bachelor.
New Delhi, July 06: Think of Arshad Warsi and a smile comes to one’s face instantly courtesy his immaculate comic timing. The actor is once again is set to entertain audiences along with Akshaye Khanna in “Short Kut – The Con Is On” that releases Friday.
Already on fire, courtesy Kabir Khan’s “New York” and Sabbir Khan’s “Kambakkht Ishq”, the box office just might be able to move to the next gear with the comedy.
Anil Kapoor’s third production, “Short Kut – The Con Is On” has been directed by Neeraj Vora and stars Amrita Rao in female lead.
Mumbai, July 06: Himesh makes Satish Kaushik extra-cautious If you think recession has not hit our tinsel town; put on your thinking cap, again. Not only has it hit small-time production houses; even big producers are now thinking twice to put their money in exceptionally exorbitant projects.
Mumbai,July 06: When will Bollywood’s most good looking couple tie the knot is the question that’s on everyone’s minds. If not the marriage, will the two share an apartment since both are busy renovating their respective houses of late? We asked John himself about the couple’s future plans on which he said, “Bips is doing up hers, her house has been done up, mine house has been done up so lets live in our respective houses for some time and enjoy it.”
—Agencies
Mumbai, July 06: Britain-born model-turned-actress Katrina Kaif has improvised her acting skills and accent since her debut in the 2003 dud “Boom” to such an extent that she is bagging praise for her work from her directors like Kabir Khan and Prakash Jha.
Khan had praised Katrina’s performance in his hit “New York” and told IANS: “Katrina has done a wonderful job in the film…she has been a revelation”.
Jha had also praised the actress for her confident Hindi speech and accent in his forthcoming film “Rajneeti” saying, “Katrina Kaif is such a revelation.”
Mumbai, July 06: After making the gritty and acclaimed “Mumbai Meri Jaan”, which revolved around the 2006 serial train bombings in the city, one expected the shy yet brilliant Nishikant Kamat to delve deeper into terrorism. But the filmmaker wants to make a masala entertainer instead.
He is scripting an out-and-out escapist film – a full-on masala action adventure. And Nishikant has roped in John Abraham to play the lead.
Mumbai, July 06: What was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s, is usually Katrina Kaif’s next. First it was a jewellery line and then a doll endorsement that was originally meant for Ash, but was later bagged by Katz.
Now news from the admen has it that a soap that film stars endorse, wants Katrina to sign up. “It is not confirmed whether she will replace Aishwarya,” said an ad guru, “but, yes, Katrina is being considered.”
Mumbai, July 06: Deepika Padukone, at 23, has a sage word of advice for everyone, from her sister Anisha, a golfer, to Saina Nehwal, badminton player and India’s latest female pin-up sportstar. But she doesn’t want to be called ‘wise’ – she’s just 23, after all, she protests!
So ‘23 and unwise’ is cool with her, is it? With a flash of her famous dimple, the actress, who’s going to be in Delhi soon, says, “Not unwise also. I like the fact that I’m a little more mature than the average 23-year-old. As long as I don’t sound like a 50-year-old, it’s fine.”
London, July 06: Lou Ferrigno, the “Incredible Hulk” star who was training Michael Jackson for his gruelling 50-date London tour, has claimed the singer was killed by the weight of his $400 million debt.
He said the only reason Jackson, who died last month in Los Angeles, was going back on stage was to clear his debt.
“He was under tremendous stress, so much (that) I think it killed him. He was $400 million in debt. In the past he had backed out of doing live shows but this time he was under the gun. The debts put a huge strain on him,” mirror.co.uk quoted Ferrigno as saying.
Mumbai, July 06: Gracy Singh GRACY SINGH tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that she is not in a tearing hurry to settle down in life.
What is your role in Dekh Bhai Dekh?
I play a small town girl called Babli who is a sweet and bubbly girl in the film Dekh Bhai Dekh. What I like best about the film is that my role has grey shades. All the characters in the film are very realistic and not at all larger than life; like the characters one generally sees in hardcore Hindi commercial films these days, though the film is an out and out entertainer.
Mumbai, July 06: The rains may try their best to trip Mumbai’s traffic, but Akshay Kumar had no hang-ups when it came to abandoning his car and zooming off on a bike to reach his destination on Saturday.
Until a few years ago, he was one of the few actors who preferred to reach his locations on a bike. The bike rides saved him considerable time, instead of lumbering along in cars with tinted glasses.
Mumbai, July 06; The weather’s perfect and scores of eager fans wait to catch a glimpse of the rather shy and reticent Aamir Khan.
The star, however is busy on the badminton court, and has eyes for no one — not the fans who crowd the entrance hoping to get his autograph, not his opponents, not anything but the shuttlecock. When he finally takes a breather after his exhaustive session, CT managed to catch him for a few questions.
Mumbai, July 06: Finally, the inevitable has happened. Bollywood’s most talked-about couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor
might have kissed in real life but they have not done that in reel life. For a change, the couple has done some intimate scenes including kissing scene in Rensil D’Silva’s film reportedly titled Jehad.
Mumbai, July 06: Salman Khan is fuming at director Anil Sharma’s casual and sloppy approach towards their film, Veer. Apparently, Sharma frivolously wasted time in London, which could’ve been avoided if he had been better prepared for the shoot. The cavalier attitude inflated the budget considerably.
Salman had assured producer Vijay Galani that he would put his career back on track. Our source said, “Salman was so irritated by Sharma’s ways that he didn’t shy away from giving the director a earful on the sets.”
Mumbai,July 06: The Dhan te nan song from Kaminey, which is high on the popularity charts currently, owes its success to Vishal Bharadwaj, Shahid Kapoor and choreographer Ahmed Khan.
The song, a disco number that has been picturised on Shahid and theatre actor Chandan Sanyal, hasn’t been choreographed. The actors have come up with their own moves for the song.
Mumbai, July 06: When producer-director Vishal Bharadwaj landed at a radio station to promote his film Kaminey with lead stars Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur, little did he know that things wouldn’t go his way.
With his lead stars having broken up, things between them were cordial, but cold.
Matters came to a head, when Piggy Chops got miffed during the show.
The reason — she was the last to be introduced.
“She wanted her name to be taken before Shahid’s as she is a lady and his senior,” says a birdie.
Mumbai, July 06: Bipasha Basu will soon be seen on the ramp. Having walked down the ramp for most Indian designers, the hot actress is now planning to hog the limelight in international fashion.
This will not be her first international ramp walk though. In her initial days of modelling, Bips had spent six months in Paris and made friends in the fashion world there. She has, all the while, kept in touch with her Paris friends.
Recently, when Bips visited the country, a designer friend offered her to walk the ramp at Milan, the fashion capital of Europe.
Mumbai, July 06: Shah Rukh Khan is known to buy gifts for his personal crew and cast of his films on the last day of shoot. Now, Priyanka Chopra (who was last seen with SRK in Billu) has done the same. But she didn’t wait for her film, Pyaar Impossible to end.
She bought thoughtful gifts for everyone from her make-up artist to spot boys and from actor-turned-producer Uday Chopra to other crew members, on the last day of the first schedule of the film.
Mumbai, July 06: On Sunday evening, Deepika Padukone and dad Pakash Padukone played a doubles badminton match against Aamir Khan and Aparna Popat, at the annual tournament for the Padukone Academy run by the one-time badminton champion.
Even though the actress lost the match against Aamir, Deepika believes it’s the sportsmanship that won at the end of the day. In her words, “I know that Aamir plays badminton at the Khar gym. He’s extremely fit and a great player. It was an incredible experience to play opposite him.”
Mumbai, July 06: Kamal Haasan has yet to see his daughter Shruti’s B-Town debut, Luck. Apart from singing and performing stunts for Soham Shah’s actioneer, the newbie has also shed her inhibitions. Shruti’s skinfest in a bikini for Luck was because as is it is said in B-Town lingo the scene needed it.
Says Shruti, “When Soham narrated the script, I did not even consider the bikini thing as a big deal it was logical to the premise. While shooting for it, the weather was very weird that day. It was freezing cold, but apart from that it was like any other scene in the film for me.”
Mumbai, July 06: After two flops Chandni Chowk To China and 8X10 Tasveer actor Akshay Kumar is back on the silver screen with Kambakkht Ishq, which is going strong at the Box Office.
In an interview the actor talks about his new film, the critical reviews and strong collections it’s gathering; the Shiney Ahuja being charged with rape and the Levi’s Jeans ‘unbutton’ act controversy.
Rajeev Masand: Your new film Kambakkht Ishq has just released and the opening figures are very impressive, however, the reviews aren’t quite.
Mumbai, July 06: Of late, Kareena has been bonding big-time with her Dad. And Randhir Kapoor couldn’t have chosen a worse time to be out of the country. Just when Kareena’s most important film is being released both her sister and dad are out of the country, hence their absences from the special screening on Tuesday night when Kareena invited just her family and no friends, not even best friend Amrita Arora.