Month: September 2009

Mumbai, September 27: It’s Salman Khan time in Bollywood. With his full-on actioner “Wanted” becoming a hit, the superstar has millions of rupees riding on his shoulders with three more big-budget films lined up. And all his friends in the industry – from David Dhawan to Vipul Shah – are rejoicing at the actor’s success.

“Wanted” earned about Rs.38 crore (Rs.380 million) across the country in its first week and industry experts feel that the film’s good business will help Salman’s forthcoming releases – “Main aur Mrs. Khanna”, “London Dreams” and “Veer”.

Mumbai, September 27: Do we see a psychological pattern here? What’s it with Ranbir Kapoor playing the spurned lover over and over again?

He started his career with Saawariya where he worshipped the ground that Sonam Kapoor walked in. She had eyes only for Salman.

Then in Bachna Ae Haseenon Deepika Padukone said a flat no to Ranbir’s proposal.

And now in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Ranbir again wooes the girl with his one-sided attentions almpst playing Katrina Kaif’s faithful poodle hanging around her unconditionally.

Mumbai, September 27: Here’s something that no one knows as yet. Ram Gopal Varma, a.k.a Ramu has been a big fan of Shatrughan Sinha, a.k.a Shatru, for the longest time.

“Ram Gopal Varma told me that when he came to offer me Rakta Charitra, ” said Shatrughan Sinha from Jaipur where he was attending a wedding on Wednesday.

“He said he has enjoyed my films from his college days when he saw Kala Patthar. It’s providential that Ram and Shatrughan are coming together. But Rakta Charita—I love the title is more like the Mahabharat in spirit than the Ramayan. ”

Mumbai, September 27: Fikar not, this knot is not going to be tied in real life. Bollywood’s King Shah Rukh Khan and Tollywood Queen would be playing husband and wife in an ad film for Emami’s Chyawanprash, for which they are going to be shooting in Mumbai’s Film City.

SRK plays a commoner in the ad and Rituparna is his wife. And, of course, it’s the chyawanprash that keeps them together.

Well, SRK and Rituparna have a connection, Rituparna is doing a film called SRK with Vinay Pathak and she even cheered his Kolkata Knight Riders in the first IPL season.

New Delhi, September 27: Shahid Kapoor is still basking in the attention coming his way after the box office success and critical acclaim for Vishal Bhardwajs Kaminey, which featured him in an intense action role, a far cry from his image of a ‘romantic hero’ in his earlier films like ‘Ishq Vishq’, ‘Vivaah’ and ‘Kismet Konnection’.

The accolades for his double role in ‘Kaminey’ notwithstanding, Shahid insists that as an actor he wants to try his hand at all kinds of roles.

London, September 27: Rocker John Mayer says the secret of his success with A-list beauties like Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz and Jessica Simpson is that he is an “inventive” lover.

“I have great balance and co-ordination. Inventiveness. I am a very inventive lover – that’s the secret to my success,” thesun.co.uk quoted Mayer as saying.

—–IANS

Mumbai, September 27: Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif are the face of 34th National Games 2009, which are going to commence on November 21 at Jharkhand.

Our reliable source says, “Akshay and Katrina will be present at the inauguration and closing ceremony. The duo will endorse the promotion of games as well.

On asking why Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not chosen as the brand Ambassador, since he belongs to Jharkhand, President R. K. Anand told the media persons that Dhoni was from Jharkhand and he will be invited for the inaugural and closing ceremony.”

Mumbai, September 27: Some Bollywood stars are flying about 1200 kilometers north to Pataudi (India) to host a dinner in honor of Julia Roberts, who is currently shooting for “Eat, Play, Love”, according to reports.

The list reportedly includes Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, etc.

Tagore, who is chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) of India, has reportedly already met Roberts.

Government regulatory body CBFC is “responsible for certifying the films produced in India as well as outside the country suitable for public exhibition”.

Mumbai, September 27: The buzz has come to us that item girl, Rakhi Sawant, the “controversial queen” is planning for another controversy to come in the limelight as she does always. But for this time she has chosen some other way to be in the frame.

“There is a hum that Rakhi Sawant will soon be seen as a producer for a television serial. It’s also heard that the serial will be on the similar lines of “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki” which aired on Star Plus,” chirps the little birdie.

Indore, September 27: To avoid being mobbed, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat wore a burqa during her visit to this City on Friday.

Minutes after alighting from a plane at Devi Ahiliya Bai Airport, Sherawat put on a burqa to hide her identity.

“I repeatedly requested her to remove the burqa for a while and pose for a photograph, but she did not. So I took her snap in the burqa itself ,” a press photographer, who had waited for a long near the airport to take her photograph said.

The actress had come to take part in a function here.