Month: August 2010

Mumbai, August 31: Bipasha Basu, who was just seen in “Lamhaa” and is now getting ready to do a film on honour killings, feels issue-based films should be made with small budgets to make them “commercially viable” and stars shouldn’t charge any fee to work in them.

“Don’t charge any money for working in such (issue-based) films. It’s the only way to make issue-based films commercially viable,” said Bipasha, whose “Lamhaa” dealt with the problems in Kashmir. But it couldn’t earn enough profits at the box office.

London, August 31: Singer Lady Gaga has confessed she doesn’t want to be rich.

The “Bad Romance” hitmaker, who has overspent by more than two million pounds on the North American leg of her ‘Monster Ball’ tour, says she is not in the industry for the money, reports fashion.ie.

“I spent every dollar I made on my music, my art. Every dollar. I don’t wait to get budgets from the label. I do it on my own. I don’t want it in my hand,” she said.

–IANS–

Mumbai, August 31: He is one of the “3 Idiots”, has also acted in hits like “Rang De Basanti” and proved his versatility in a wide range of roles, but Sharman Joshi says he still can’t afford to be picky and is waiting to turn director to choose his preferred genre.

“I don’t have the privilege to plan what film I want to do. I am really at the mercy of what I am offered by writers and directors. But if I ever turn into a director, then I would choose the genre I want to work in,” Sharman told IANS in an interview.

Mumbai, August 31: While on a visit to Australia, director Mohit Suri found himself outside a 24-hour convenience store in the Sunshine district of Melbourne. The same spot where the most brutal racist attacks had taken place in Australia, says a media report.

Mumbai, August 31: Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif and Yana Gupta are working in tinsel town for the last several years on employment visas, says a media report.

Among those who have been staying in India and working on an employment visa are Katrina Kaif (UK citizen), Deepti Naval (US citizen), Salma Agha (UK citizen) and Yana Gupta (Czech citizen).

Mumbai, August 31: The producers of the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Knock Out had to get a no-objection certificate from yoga guru Swami Ramdev, since promos of the film had references to him, says a media report.

Mani Shankar’s Knock Out starring Sanjay Dutt, Kangna Ranaut and Irfan Khan was stuck at the censor board when its promos were put on a hold for a mention of yoga guru Baba Ramdev.

Mumbai, August 31: Bollywood star Salman Khan bought sister Alvira Agnihotri an apartment worth Rs 10 crore last week. The actor’s sister (he lovingly calls her Baby) is married to actor-turned-producer Atul Agnihotri, says a media report.

Alvira lives near their parents’ home in Bandra, but now her new address is a swanky penthouse in Pacific Heights, a building near Rizvi Complex off Carter Road, in the same suburb.

Mumbai, August 31: Despite a personal request from the man himself, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan refused to play Lalit Modi’s role in Percept Picture Company’s forthcoming film, Commissioner, says a media report.

The film is based on Modis life, seen from a journalist’s eye.

SRK has chosen not to play the role presumably because he is such a crucial part of the IPL. He owns Kolkata Knight Riders. The actor ostensibly does not want to get dragged into any controversy related to Modi.

Mumbai, August 31: Bollywood actor Ayesha Takia has been observing Ramzan for the last four years, says a media report.

“It’s my way of showing my love to Farhan, who also fasts during this solemn time. Initially it was difficult, but once you get engrossed in work and other activities, it become easier,” she says.

The actress who comes from a mixed cultural background says that she celebrates all festivals. “I don’t think my marriage will change anything. In fact, I consider myself lucky as I will be celebrating Diwali, Eid, Ganpati and also Christmas.”

Mumbai, August 31: Bipasha, will be spending a lot of time in Goa in the coming weeks. First she will shoot her fitness video on the beaches quickly before winter sets in. Then she is all set to shoot a re – mix of the song ‘Dum maro dum’ for Rohan Sippy’s film of the same title.

In the coming months Bipasha Basu has two birds to kill in Goa. She intends to shoot her fitness video and film a re – mix of the evergreen track ‘Dum maro dum’.

London, August 31: Trouble doesn’t seem to leave actress-singer Lindsay Lohan as her car was pulled over by police in Los Angeles Aug 27 night just days after she was allowed back on the road following a driving ban.

London, August 31: Socialite Kim Kardashian has no dreams of dating a popular Hollywood star. She says she would rather fall in love with a “normal, Armenian boy”.

The 29-year-old, who is rumoured to be dating American footballer Miles Austin, says her family keeps setting her up with Hollywood stars, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I’m dating. But I don’t like blind dates. My mother is trying to come up with all these names in Hollywood, and I’m like, ‘Just get me out of here, I want a normal Armenian boy,” she said.

Mumbai, August 31: Arjun Rampal, who plays a divorcee with three kids in his upcoming movie “We Are Family”, claims the film will break the image of the stepmom who is more often than not portrayed in a negative light in Hindi movies.

“It’s the children who suffer. You will see what happens to children and that’s the message we are going to give through the film. The film is about the whole dynamics of everything,” Arjun, 37, who himself comes from a broken family, told IANS in an interview.

Mumbai, August 31: After cooking up a crackling chemistry with Aamir Khan in the blockbuster “3 Idiots”, actress Kareena Kapoor says she wants to team up with him once again.

“I want to work with Aamir, but he is not doing any film for a year,” Kareena lamented. That seems Kareena is not satisfied sharing big screen with Aamir and wanrs more of him.

She is very keen that her actor boyfriend Saif Ali Khan should work with “3 Idiots” director Rajkumar Hirani. “I always tell him (Saif) that he should work with Raju Hirani,” she added.

Mumbai, August 31: Sonakshi Sinha defines her relation with Bollywood actor, Salman Khan as more of friendship and less of being a fan.

Sonakshi will be making her big Bollywood debut with Dabangg opposite Salman.

Speaking about her dad, Shatrughan Sinha she said, “It was my dad who was the most emotional of all. When he saw me in the film, he just didn’t say anything. He had tears in his eyes. He is very proud of me today.”

She said that she had her mother, Poonam Sinha’s support right throughout the filming of Dabangg.