Month: July 2010

Mumbai, July 29: Is your illness completely gone?How far are you back to your normal life?
My disease, Multiple Myeloma, is in remission. We don’t take the attitude that it is ever gone completely, but we monitor regularly and now I’m leading a particularly healthy life.

However that’s why research is so important in the field of Multiple Myeloma- the next drug could be the one that saves my life. Someone told me, ‘healing begins when you realise there’s no cure’.

Mumbai, July 29: It is being said that Katrina Kaif is being wooed by the matadors in Spain.

Says our khabru from there, “Last week, while filming the bullfight for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara in Pampelona, several matadors came to meet the actress and a couple of them even proposed to her.

They seemed quite smitten by Kat’s charms and refused to leave till she met them.

Being the sport that she is, Kat didn’t just meet them but also took them out for dinner.” Now some hearts in Spain will always remember KK.

-Agencies

Mumbai, July 29: Amrita Rao donning a bold avatar in the Bollywood movie Short Kut had astounded many. However the actress, who is best recognized for portraying the image of a traditional Indian girl on the silver screen, claims that she is not going for a complete change.

The 29-year old actress says that she has no uncertainties in portraying characters that have a variety of shades and her celluloid-image depends on the type of roles that she bags.

Mumbai, July 29: Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh was hit with a broom by none other than director Pradeep Sarkar on the sets of his forthcoming film “Lafangey Parindey”.

According to a source, the scene required actress Deepika Padukone to first beat Neil and his friends with a broom and then throw a pail of water on them. But Pradeep wasn’t happy with her performance and decided to demonstrate the scene himself.

New Delhi, July 29: After showcasing her svelte figure in films like “Fashion” and “Dostana”, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is set to sport a grungy look to host Colors’ adventure reality show “Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi 3”.

The 28-year-old actress wore denim hot pants teamed with a broad belt, knee-length boots, a cropped yellow top with a black leather biker jacket and gloves for the first promo, a statement said.

Her look has been created by Bollywood stylist and fashion designer Anaita Shroff Adajania, who earlier styled for the “Dhoom” franchise as well as “Race”.

Mumbai, July 29: Putting all rumors to rest, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu have actually gone ahead and confirmed about their status as B-town’s newest couple.

The couple was noticed at the Delhi Fashion Week, and they didn’t seem to hide anything pertaining to their relationship.

Khemu said that the two were never hiding anything regarding their relationship from anyone, but declared about it after they both became sure about the feelings for each other. Khemu also said that previously they have done films together, however during that time they weren’t in a relationship.

Mumbai, July 29: Katrina Kaif is gorgeous and she makes news all the time, its obvious to have a huge number of fan following. The recent addition to her fan following list is Omkardas Manikpuri who will be seen in Peepli Live, an Aamir Khan production.

According to the news buzzing in the industry, Omkardas is a theatre personality and people like Karan Johar, Sharman Joshi and Rani have appreciated him when they saw promos of Peepli Live.

He wants to meet none other than Katrina Kaif and we also heard that he has requested Mr. Perfectionist to make him meet Kat.

Mumbai, July 29: Saif Ali Khan recently shot at the same location where significant scenes of Sex And The City 2 were filmed. For his next home production Agent Vinod directed by Sriram Raghavan, Khan chose the recently opened Mandarin Oriental Jnan Rahma Hotel in Marrakech as one of the locations.

Charmed

Says a source, “Saif’s builder-architect friend Jouad and his wife own the hotel. When Saif was on a holiday last year with Kareena, his friends invited him over for dinner at the luxury resort.

Mumbai, July 29: Bollywood starlet Sonam Kapoor’s next film Aisha is creating buzz. Recently Sonam and Anil Kapoor were also seen on the BBC show E24 promoting Aisha, the hindi adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma.

When she was asked whether she was interested in starring with Ben Stiller, she said if the script is good, she is young and inconvincible she will definitely try out.

Sonam must be taking diplomatic lessons from Aishwarya Rai. Her Aisha is releasing on 6th August, 2010.

——Agencies

Mumbai, July 29: Braving all criticism and brickbats, Akshay Kumar starrer Khatta Meetha is already in profits and a surprise success

Akshay Kumar appears to have the luck of the devil. While most critics have written off his latest release Priyadarshan’s Khatta Meetha, the film has managed to make a profit.

Khiladi Kumar’s common man role and his restrained performance have gone down well with the audiences, particularly in the single screen theatres and the film has grossed over Rs 20 crore in the first three days of its release.

Just like Wanted

Mumbai, July 29: Sonakshi is in news days because of her rocking debut film Dabangg with Salman Khan.though her professional life is rocking, there’s some problem in her personal life.2 months back she broke off with her boyfriend Aditya Shroff.

Sonakshi and Aditya were dating each other, but due to some personal problems they separated. they ended on a good note as they didnot want to end it badly so that it doesnot affect her professionally.

Mumbai, July 29: Once upon a time not so long ago (in 2002) when Ajay Devgn played Dawood Ibrahim in Ram Gopal Varma’s Company he was shown smoking or holding a cigarette throughout the film. No one objected. Not even Devgn who was an oblivious smoker back then.

Much water has flown since then. Now when Devgn plays another character based on a real-life gangster in Once Upon A Time In Mumbai he’s again shown chain-smoking. Much water has flown since the time Company was released. Today any character smoking on screen invites immediate censorial rectification.