Month: November 2009

Mumbai, November 07: The petite and pretty Minissha Lamba who was last seen in “Kidnap’ has been keeping busy shooting for Shyam Benegal’s ‘Abba Ka Kuan’ and hence has not been able to socialize with some of her dear friends.

So Minissha Lamba, who was recently returning home from the capital, was in for a pleasant surprise to meet her long time friend Amrita Rao on the flight.

From what we hear, the two of them instantly got down chatting about everything under the sun and catching up on each other. Needless to say, the duo was seen having a gala time throughout the journey.

New Delhi, November 07: Soha Ali Khan will think twice before doing a disaster film again after Tum Mile, which has July 2005 Mumbai deluge as its backdrop, as the actress feels the film has turned her into a hydrophobic. The actress calls the whole shooting experience a “nightmare” and is happy that the film is finally over.

“Shooting for the film was pretty much a nightmare. I don’t think I will able to do this kind of film again. I am glad that it is over. It was physically very demanding, very tiring hard work and I have become quite phobic to water since the film,” she told PTI.

London, November 07: Actress Nicole Kidman is down with flu, forcing her to cancel a charity trip to Kenya.

The Australian actress was to fly to the African nation as part of an initiative launched by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), reports imdb.com.

Kidman planned to visit schools and hospitals in the country and raise awareness about women’s rights, but has now pulled out of the tour after falling ill.

Mumbai, November 07: It was the day for exits and entries. Early in the morning, a bike entered the Bigg Boss house, which scared all the housemates, and esp. Aditi who was at that time, lodged in the jail.

The rider of the Bigg Boss house was Pravesh Rana from Meerut who is now the latest contestant in the Bigg Boss house.

He goes around waking everyone around the house and hugging them and introducing himself.

Mumbai, November 07: A top director attached to one of the biggest production houses in the country mistook actress Teena Singh to be Tina Bhatia- or make that Twinkle Khanna.

Teena who was the runner up in the Musafir item hunt a couple of years ago, had gone off to New Delhi to finish her MBA and then picked up a job in a bank akin to what Soha Ali Khan did.

If one notices, Teena looks like Twinkle in some of her pictures.

Mumbai, November 07: Jaya Bachchan has been roped in to introduce the cast and crew in Amitabh Bachchan’s forthcoming film Paa, instead of the usual credits by director Balki.

The idea came to Balki while editing the film. He felt that Amitabh’s character in Paa, especially, should be introduced by someone. That’s when Jaya Bachchan was thought of. The sequence was shot around a week ago.

Balki confirmed the news and joked that he was just looking for an excuse to work with Jaya Bachchan. And he was glad the need to work with her cropped up.

—–Agencies

Mumbai, November 07: Abhishek Bachchan walked in with Amar Singh instead of his Paa or his wife at Ajay Devgan’s first-ever bash for his friends in the industry on Thursday evening.

Bashful and cynical about glam-gatherings Ajay Devgan has always shunned attending parties and has never before thrown one.

But the new power-packed Devgan newly energized by the success of All The Best has resolved to let the world know he’s ready to conquer showbiz.

Mumbai, November 07: Deepika Padukone will now be doing the role in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Khelenge Hum Jee Jaan Se that Asin turned down. She is excited about working in a period film with Ashutosh Gowarikar and has started preparing for her role.

Deepika was chosen after Ashutosh considered Sonam Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza for the role. Asin left the film citing date issues but in reality, she is getting choosy about films since her last film, London Dreams flopped.

The news about Deepika being a part of the film was confirmed by Ashutosh’s wife, Sunita.

—–Agencies

New Delhi, November 07: Romantic comedy “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, has sent the box office cash registers ringing, elbowing out Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Jail” on the first day Friday.

“‘Ajab Prem Ki…’ has got a terrific initial thanks to the star cast but it will suffer on the content part. While ‘Jail’ has had a very slow opening…that of only around 20 percent. Shelf life for both movies is only limited till Monday,” Joginder Mahajan, a Delhi-based distributor told IANS.