tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60230265007616043182024-03-13T20:24:20.327-07:00FILMY KHABAARBollywood Latest News & GossipsPARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-35861757848287398942012-10-10T06:58:00.003-07:002012-10-10T06:58:46.171-07:00Movie Review :- Oh My God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Straight on, OMG is Paresh Rawal's movie - and one of his best. Akshay Kumar
plays a small and sacred role but OMG is largely powered by Rawal's
performance as Kanjilal Mehta, a cynical Gujarati shopkeeper in Mumbai's
Chor Bazaar, hardcore atheist who merrily dupes the believing into buying Krishna statues before whom Kanji trills, "Kootchie kootchie, natkhat!" The atheist even disrupts a matki phoro ceremony for Krishna where, despite a cracking guest performance by Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudeva to 'Go-Go-Go-Govinda' - watch the latter's buttery moves and the former's rock-chick hair - Kanjilal rains on the party. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">An earthquake follows,
reducing just one shop to rubble - Kanjilal's. His insurance company
refuses to pay, citing an act of God. Facing ruin, Kanji takes God - as
represented by 'collection officers', religious leaders Swami Leeladhar
(Chakrabarty, super), Siddheshwar (Namdeo, hamming it up to Italian
deli-level) and sexy sanyasin Mata Gopi (Poonam Jhawar) - to court
demanding compensation. Goons try to kill Kanji - but 'consultant'
Krishna Vasudev Yadav saves him via a thrilling motorbike ride - then
moves into his house. The trial circles deep philosophy, yet tongues
stay firmly in cheek as Kanji tells the outraged swamis, "Ye mujhe kya Gita sikhayenge - inka IQ room temperature se bhi low hai."<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Rawal is pure pleasure when he naughtily points out, "Recession mein toh inka dhanda double ho jata hai!", when debating being boiled in oil down in hell, he asks, "Mein aadmi hoon ya pakora?" or, when he states that such religion - superstition, fear, ignorance - "insaan ko bebas ya aatankwadi banata hai."
It is far better, he remarks, to donate milk to the hungry than pour it
over a shrine - and into a drain, to give to the needy rather than
enrich religious commerce working on human weakness and woe via
'exchange offers' with the divine.<br /><br />Rawal's conviction is OMG's
bedrock - but its beauty comes from his dynamics with Krishna (Kumar,
channeling a Twilight-like zone of motorbikes, overcoats and chiseled
looks), who saves his life, educates him via sacred texts and gently
instructs an annoyed housewife yelling Kanji is a nastik to eat
her ice-cream before it melts. Few Bollywood actors do loopy-plus-hot
as well as Kumar and he's silken here, all delicate hints and
half-smiles, smoothly playing the flute as Kanji shouts, "O Hari Prasad! O Chaurasia!"<br /><br />Their chemistry is electric, Rawal wryly noting, "Suit-boot mein aya Kanhaiya",
backed by Chakrabarty too, biting into the role of a long-haired swami
speaking in softly mincing tones, using his hands down to one finger in a
terrific take-off. Other acting (Puri, a Muslim lawyer helping Kanji,
Manjrekar as lawyer Sardesai, Lubna Salim as Kanji's wide-eyed wife
Susheela) is strictly average but covered by an astonishingly good
background track pepping up the pace, adding zing but never distracting
from a complex story told in a simple way.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">On the downside, OMG's
production values are not high-gloss and it sags and looks stagey at
times. Importantly though, in a nation obsessed with taweezes and tonsures, fasts and fasaads, the symbolic over the sensible, OMG conveys
a serious message this festive season - God is to be found in human
beings. And, rather like Hindi films of an earlier age, it does so in a
light and unusual way.</span></span></span></div>
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PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-6547226419353501122012-10-10T06:50:00.002-07:002012-10-10T06:59:31.974-07:00Movie Review :- Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart">Rewind
to two friends, David (Om Puri) and Peter's (Paresh Rawal)fallout,
where David went on to marry Mary (Peter's sweetheart), and they both
settled in the same damned village; with the burning issue being a
22-carat gold 'cross' stolen from the church (for Christ's sake!).
David's son, Johnny (Shreyas), called Bakri by all (since he lacks
'balls' and bheja; bleat, bleat!), is in love with Peter's daughter, Maria ( Madhhurima),
who has a female bodyguard called Bulbul Pehelwan(Pratima Kazmi), total
Dabangg Sallu-style. And while his cranky, overworked baap digs away
(like a Mumbai BMC labourer on a normal day) at the barren land; Bakri
dreams of being a crorepati soon, by collecting lottery tickets. Enter
the silent, brooding, hungry-man-with-no-name (Nana Patekar), who is
probably David's long-lost son (Amen!) or maybe not? He eats like a
beast and digs like miner (probably looking for missing parts of</span></span></span></span><br />
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script); dramatically changing the lives of all the Davids, Peters,
Repeaters, Bakris and Bulbuls here. Good Lord bless our popcorn! <br /><br />One
thing Priyadarshan doesn't do is 'lose the plot' here; simply because
there isn't one to begin with. With cliched humour that forces more
yawns than laughs; blah-lines; Oddball characters and OTT situations;
and of course the quintessential item number (Anjana Sukhani) that adds
to the fizzle (Cross-our-hearts-and-hope-to-fry). </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart">Shreyas's
character is spineless but he does his best to 'back' it. Nevertheless,
with such a weak story there's nothing that can help him win a jackpot.
Om Puri attempts to 'bear the cross', but there's no redemption. Nana Patekar
puts up a tough-guy act (when was the last time he didn't?) and walks
through the film with a few dialogues (guess, there's nothing more to
say) and a deadpan expression. Paresh Rawal is completely wasted.</span></span></span></span><br />
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PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-50397562180957370212012-10-10T06:45:00.001-07:002012-10-10T06:59:39.949-07:00Movie Review :- Kismat Love Paisa Dilli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart">This
one's no 'stand-up' comedy. Neither will any part of you feel like
giving it a standing ovation. This is as much of a dhoka, as the slang
version of<i> KLPD</i> actually suggests. It is a string of episodes,
part slap-stick, part-ridiculous, part comedy (the smallest part, of
course) that all happens in one long night. It starts right here.</span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart">At
a fashion show called En'gay'ged 377 (corny!) hosted by legendary
'man-eater', Rohit Pichwadia (hinting at some back-door activity, if you
didn't get it), where Lucky ( Vivek Oberoi)
lands up to help his buddy shoot the event. He ends up spiking drinks
by peeing into it (say it... yucks!), and falling for Lovina (Mallika
Sherawat). He follows her into the night, where one by one the nocturnal</span></span></span></span><br />
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crazy creatures crawl out, trapping Lucky in a web of madcap situations
and silly shenanigans. He is on-the-run, and everyone is out to get him
(laid too).<br /><br />There's a group of local Jat-goons headed by Kaptaan(Ashutosh Rana), clueless cops, and sons of sardars doing their usual <i>band-baaja-bhangra</i>.
There are more samples coming up - A Bakery boy, Nunna (read:
small-size, getit?) who bites off people's ears with a vengeance (how '<i>Twilight</i>'!), and a confusing 'quickie' by a character called Aarti Utaru (say Hi to Neha Dhupia).<br /><br />With a Haryanvi accent, and lingo that includes <i>tapori</i> words like<i> tota, maal, chhatri </i>Vivek
tries hard to make this a legit laugh-a-thon. But with excessive toilet
humour, and a script that leaves no scope for anything but that, he
can't keep going for too long.<br /><br /> Mallika Sherawat, plays Lucky's <i>raat-ki-hamsafar</i> (hums a few songs and suffers through the rest of the night). In this mediocre melange, Ashutosh Rana rises a notch above the rest, but adds no highs anyway. <i>'KLPD'</i> is not a patch on director Sanjay Khanduri's first film, <i>'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local'.</i> In fact, this one goes totally off-track.<br /><br />If you are sex (comedy)-starved, this one won't do much for your appetite.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><span id="midart"><b>Tip Off:</b> <i>'KLPD'</i>
is loaded with lewd jokes, and double-meaning dialogues. So if you're
not a fan of the birds, bees and bathroom humour, stay away</span></span></span></span><br />
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PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-4851070243651201702012-10-10T04:34:00.002-07:002012-10-10T04:34:13.664-07:00It was my dream to work with SRK : Katrina Kaif<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Katrina
Kaif has teamed up with Yash Chopra for Jab Tak Hain Jaan and
says that the veteran filmmaker should drop the idea of retirement as
he still has the zeal to make amazing cinema."I don't think he should
retire. He has an amazing sense of emotion and passion for cinema. I
think it will be sad. He is a legend and I don't think anyone can match
him up," she said at the launch of song Saans from the film here
Tuesday. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />On his 80th birthday, Chopra had announced that Jab Tak Hain Jaan will be his last film as director. <br /><br />Talking
about her experience with Chopra, Katrina said she was shooting a
difficult scene and everyone was trying to explain how to do it, but the
filmmaker started cracking jokes to lighten the mood. </span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />"He knew I
was nervous and he started joking. That was an amazing moment. He is so
perceptive at times," said the actress who will be seen romancing Shah
Rukh Khan for the first time in the film that also has Anushka Sharma. <br /><br />The film, releasing Nov 13, has fulfilled Katrina's dream to work with King Khan. I
have always wanted to work with Shah Rukh Khan. We would meet at award
functions and talk about it, but I never thought that we will do a film
together. It was definitely my dream to work with him and I am very
happy that we did," she said. <br /><br />"Initially, it was intimidating. I
had to find a way to connect with him as an actor. Once that
awkwardness was gone, I realised he cares as much for his co-star's
scenes as his own. He performs with the same intensity." Talking
about some of the tips SRK doled out, she said he told her to have her
chin down and look up, to stand straight and to look into his eyes
whenever while shooting.</span></span></div>
PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-32027429677650254112012-10-10T01:39:00.000-07:002012-10-10T01:39:03.389-07:00Alia Bhatt has a crush on Ranbir Kapoor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Actress Alia Bhatt confesses she has a huge crush on actor Ranbir Kapoor.</span></span><br />
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'Barfi!'. He is my biggest crush and he will always remain my biggest
crush," the 19-year-old said here Tuesday at a promotional event of her
forthcoming debut film "Student Of The Year".<br /><br />Asked which Khan
would she like to work with from Bollywood's popular Khans - Shah Rukh,
Salman or Aamir - Alia said: "These three are such big stars, how can I
choose one? I want to work with all three of them."<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Filmmaker
Mahesh Bhatt's youngest daughter, Alia, is making her debut alongside
two newcomers - David Dhawan's son Varun and model Sidharth Malhotra. <br /><br />The movie hits theatres Oct 19.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-87214034586936487212009-04-04T04:07:00.000-07:002009-04-04T04:19:21.693-07:00What makes Kareena a true Diva?<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4344677" alt="" border="0" /><br /></div><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />She already has Bollywood in awe of her looks and attitude and now Kareena is all set to take the west by storm with her forthcoming flick ‘Kambakkht Ishq’.<br /><br />It is believed that Bebo will be seen playing her real stylish self in this super stylish flick. The only difference between the real and reel Kareena is that she will be seen playing a Hollywood diva. Kareena’s character will be high on fashion as she plays a supermodel.<br /><br />Reportedly, her makeup and hair has been done by Hollywood make up artists and hairstylists. Since she has a super glam look in the film, designer Akki Narula has designed her attires. Aki Narula had earlier designed her super hot, super trendy look for Tashan. Those who have seen the rushes of ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ feel Bebo looks simply superb.<br /><br /><b>Is Hollywood taking note of our Bebo?</b><br /><b><br />What makes Kareena a true Diva? Comment below.<br /><br />Her beautiful looks<br />Her sexy figure<br />Her attitude<br />Her fashion sense </b></span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-55958571498158683552009-04-04T03:52:00.000-07:002009-04-04T04:06:29.004-07:00Kat wants young co-stars!<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4353923" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><span style="color: crimson;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Sorry dudes ... we don’t’ mean to offend ya, and we know you guys are ruling the roost, but the lovely Katrina Kaif wants to work with 20 somethings, too. When we asked her how she felt about finally getting a chance to work with stars of her age (John and Ranbir), she replied, “At the start of my career I’ve worked with the best and the biggest of stars like Akshay and Salman.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: crimson;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">My best friend is Boney Kapoor’s son Arjun, we hangout with David Dhawan’s son, and we’re all friendly with Ranbir too. I have the best of all worlds. I’m excited about Rajkumar Santoshi’s film with Ranbir; as I am about Priyan’s De Dhana Dhan with Akshay.” It’s exciting alright. We heard that RK ended up hurting her while doing an action sequence. Now we know why Akshay is her favourite co-star. Though we have to admit ... Ranbir is the cutest lover-boy on-screen. And we guess off-screen, too (how would you know?). Well, Ms. Padukone could tell you more if you want. Not that she’s dying to! </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-37637365739731452912009-04-04T03:51:00.001-07:002009-04-04T03:51:56.665-07:00'Unbutton' act at LIFW may land Akshay in trouble<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4349638" alt="" border="0" /></div><span style="color: green;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br />Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar may land himself in the soup as city police have started inquiry into his alleged obscene "unbutton" act during the Lakme Fashion Week here.<br /><br />We are conducting an inquiry into Akshay Kumar's alleged obscene acts during Lakme Fashion Week held here recently after we received a complaint from a person called Anil Nair, a police officer said.<br /><br />The complainant raised objections on Akshay's unbutton act in public, the officer said.<br /><br />On Monday, mid-way between his ramp walk, Akshay Kumar walked towards his wife Twinkle Khanna, who was seated in the front row and allegedly asked her to unbutton his jeans during the fashion show.<br /><br />Asked if a police case is likely to be registered against Akshay and the organisers, the officer said, if the inquiry finds them guilty of obscene act, they will register a case against the actor and the organisers. </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-18307314574813287182009-04-04T03:48:00.000-07:002009-04-04T03:50:52.263-07:00Ajay Devgan back with Kajol on Birthday<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4344660" alt="" border="0" /></div><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />Ajay Devgan celebrates his 40th birth anniversary today, April 2, 2009. From shooting for his home production All The Best ’ at Lonavala, he will be coming back to Mumbai to spend some quality time with his family. There are no big party plans as Ajay simply wants to chill with wife Kajol, daughter Nysa and close family members.<br /><br />Here’s wishing the actor a very happy birthday as we go on to list some of the major achievements in his professional and personal life. </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />Ajay Devgan’s real name in Vishal Devgan. Interestingly his character was named Vishal in several films including Bhoot, Deewane and Kanoon .<br /><br />For his very first film Phool Aur Kaante, he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. Much against his unconventional looks, he made his mark with a powerful performance and kick-started his career with action.<br /></span></span></span><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4344676" alt="" border="0" /></div> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />He won his first National Award in Mahesh Bhatt’s last directorial venture Zakhm. Ajay Devgan won acclaim for his stirring performance in the film, much against his initial action-star image.<br /><br />After dating actress Kajol for around five years, the duo got married on February 24, 1999. Kajol subtly expressed her love for Ajay Devgan in a public event when she received the Best Actress Award for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge . She dedicated the award to an anonymous person shooting in Darjeeling. Later it was known that Ajay Devgan was shooting in Darjeeling. </span></span></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4344679" alt="" border="0" /></div><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br />Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was one of his finer performances where he played a husband who helps her wife find her first love. With the film, Ajay Devgan also entered into distribution business.<br /><br />Ajay Devgan won his second National Award for The Legend of Bhagat Singh , a biography on the legendary freedom fighter of India. By now he was already established as an actor of high caliber.<br /><br />His latest achievements include U Me aur Hum , a film that he has written-directed and acted with wife Kajol. His sensitive direction and heart-rendering performance established him credentials as a promising filmmaker as well. </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-17179521167581477512009-04-04T03:43:00.000-07:002009-04-04T03:47:35.685-07:00Katrina: I'm a hopeless romantic<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4350973" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> At times she’s a phataka, at other times, she’s a pure ‘Barbie’ babe (no barbs intended here). And at times (when the flashbulbs are off, and the media is at safe distance) she’s her sweet, simple, giggly self. The twenty-something, ‘kool Katz’ supposedly takes her work far too seriously, Something she says herself; so, in one casual moment, we couldn’t resist asking her what her trigger of release was? What actually pressed her buttons? Bursting into an energetic smile (we wonder where she gets so much of that from; Sallu, maybe?) she replied, “Playtime! Yaay! Not having makeup on. That thrills me. I started modeling when I was 14-years-old. So I do miss having time for myself. I miss having pani-puri on the streets, and doing such things by myself. Also, I’m a huge movie fan. Especially of grand, sweeping, romantic classics like Casablanca and Gone With The Wind. I can watch those movies over and over again. I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic. I am a Cancerian, na?” Well, well! How one wishes life was one romantic fantasy. We’re sure Katz agrees? Gottit Sallu? Now take a cue from this Barbie... </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-59422759473042676542009-04-04T03:42:00.000-07:002009-04-04T03:43:49.372-07:00Arbaaz’s new female interest?<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4350962" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And while big bro Salman has been all over the place for his quotes, escapades and autorickshaw rides, bhaiya Arboo (cute name, haan, Malaika?) has been working hard like a silent warhorse too. And the results are now there for all to see. Believe it or not, besides the couple of good movies he’s signed, he has also launched his own production house (which will hopefully see a big launch with bro Sallu and Katz in his first venture) and now he’s gotta brand new lovely lady in his life as well. Hold your horses Malaika, we only meant leading lady. Apparently Arbaaz has been going all out to promote a hottie model from Bangalore, Madhuri Bhattacharya, who co-stars with him in two movies, Prem Ka Game and Bachelor Party. Arbaaz who plays an outrageous flirt in the movie (a married one that too), gets to romance the newbie on-screen, but off-screen this happily married man is damn clear about one thing, “For me portraying infidelity is only for the screen. Never in real life” says Arbaaz. Wah ustaad....we like this andaaz. He could well be missing his bachelor days (now is there one married man who doesn’t?) but with a super-sexy gharwali like Malaika, who would care about a baharwali. Right, Arboo?</span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-21384729720372169462009-04-04T03:41:00.000-07:002009-04-04T03:42:34.111-07:00Shah Rukh Khan: I terminate my rivals<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4350967" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Mr Bionic Man is at it again. With even more ‘titanium’ (and various metallic parts) inside his body, Shah Rukh Khan actually laughed aloud when we called him ‘Terminator’. “Yes. I’m a Terminator. I terminate my rivals. I terminate obstacles and I’m now even more ‘bionic’ than before” he told us. And all the ‘metal’ is probably putting more steel in his spine too, when it comes to dealing with ‘shouldering’ all his roles and responsibilities. In fact, he’s hit the floor running - from walking the ramp, to shooting for Karan’s film, to planning his cricket strategies to shooting videos ... Phew! Now isn’t that too much bojh on his brand new shoulder? Well, it’s only because his recently operated shoulder is still in the healing process. Otherwise our King Khan can stalwartly carry the cross of Bollywood on his big, broad shoulders, hai na? And while his whirlwind activity is on, we heard that Gauri and buddy Karan Johar have been tut-tutting and are becoming overly protective about that still ‘sore’ part of him. He’s shooting for My Name Is Khan, and Karan’s been overtly careful to shoot only some easy portions with SRK, no heavy-duty stuff for him for sometime. Hmnnnn. Does this also mean that he won’t be jumping on some cricketer and wrapping himself around him...a la Shoaib Akhtar last year? Hmnnn and double hmnnnn! </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-75916197290387468342009-04-04T03:24:00.000-07:002009-04-04T03:41:19.389-07:00'Cheers...' celebrates Dharmendra's 50 years in B'wood<div align="center"><img src="http://movies.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4348947" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After "Apne", Sunny Deol is once again teaming up with dad Dharmendra and younger brother Bobby for "Cheers - Celebrate Life". The actor-filmmaker says the film is a celebration of his father's 50 years in Bollywood.<br /><br />"Dad (Dharmendra), Bobby and I are doing a great film with Sangeeth Sivan called 'Cheers - Celebrate life'. Actually, we are trying to celebrate my dad's 50 years in the industry with the film," said Sunny.<br /><br />"We are going to start shooting next month onwards now that dad is fine after the knee surgery (last year). Hopefully, we will release it this year itself under our banner Vijeta Films so as to keep fresh the essence of his 50 years," he said.<br /><br />Besides "Cheers", Sunny is also busy wielding the megaphone for his second directorial venture "The Man" in which he stars with Shilpa Shetty.<br /><br />"'The Man' is the key thing that I'm working on as of now and it's going to be a good film ... that I can promise the audience. I directed a film called 'Dillagi' earlier and it didn't do well business-wise, but people loved it. Obviously now with my next film that I'm directing, people are going to check if I still have got it (in me) or not," he said.<br /><br />Considering his diminishing on-screen presence, is the action star now shifting gears to don the director's hat?<br /><br />"I don't know. I can't say anything right now because things change so rapidly. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow. All I know is that there are lots of things to do," said Sunny, who was last seen in "Heroes" in 2008.<br /><br />He may not be sure of his future directorial ventures, but he is confident that he wants to produce "good cinema" under his banner.<br /><br />Apart from his Bollywood career, Sunny, a "fitness freak", has also associated himself with a health club chain - Club Fitline. He was in the capital recently to launch its first centre.<br /><br />Sunny has been away from the limelight but feels that brother Bobby and cousin Abhay have been making their screen presence felt.<br /><br />"Abhay is doing very well in his career. Unfortunately his earlier films didn't bring him that popularity, but people who saw him were always fond of him because he did great work from 'Socha Na Tha' (2005) itself.<br /><br />"Bobby's career is doing pretty well too. It's just his bad luck. He is a great actor and a very goodlooking boy with a great personality. It's just sometimes things don't fall right. Otherwise he has done good cinema," the actor said.<br /><br />Sunny has no plans to launch his sons in the near future and says he is happy giving his sons Karan, 18 and Rajvir, 14, a chance to "pick their own space".<br /><br />"They are still young. I want them to study as of now and have their own space. I'll let them grow up to be wanting to be something and then whatever they decide to take, I'll definitely be with them," he said.<br /><br />Apart from "Cheers" and "The Man", Sunny's other projects include "Right Ya Wrong" and Bhushan Kumar's next project with Kangana Ranaut. </span></span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-84868226341542826502009-02-09T01:55:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:56:21.545-08:00Ayesha Farhan to tie the knot by February end<img style="font-family: verdana;" src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/bitimages/ayeshatakiatid.jpg" align="left" border="1" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The latest buzz doing the round of Bollywood is Ayesha Takia and her restaurateur boyfriend Farhan Azmi will finally get married by February end. </span><br /><div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"><p class="padded"><br />The couple was supposed to tie the knot last year on Christmas Eve but they postponed following the terror attacks in Mumbai on 26/11.<br /><br />Apparently Ayesha who broke down completely after the Taj attack decided to delay her marriage. Apart from that Farhan’s father Samajwadi Party leader, Abu Azmi was in a hospital recuperating after an operation.<br /><br />According to a close friend of Ayesha, wedding will take place in Mumbai. However the actress is frantically running around shopping for her trousseau.<br /><br />Being a professional Ayesha will complete Revathy's film which is woman oriented film after marriage. </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-67130033535729309962009-02-09T01:53:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:54:33.606-08:00Kareena refuses to talk about katrina<h3 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Kareena refuses to talk about katrina</h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/bitimages/kareenachamelitid.jpg" align="left" border="1" />Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is not vying for the crown of Bollywood queen despite her hit performances and high profile brand endorsements because she feels that kings and queens only exist in a pack of playing cards.<br /><br />"I think kings and queens are in cards, not in Bollywood, " Kareena told reporters at an event here Saturday.<br /><br />On being asked her opinion about Katrina Kaif as an actress, Kareena bluntly said: "I don't talk about other actresses in press conferences."<br /><br />Kareena was present in the capital to promote a new initiative by hair removal cream brand Anne French.<br /><br />She is looking forward to the release of a number of films in her kitty including Rajkumar Hirani's "Three Idiots" and Sajid Nadiadwala's "Kambakkht Ishq".<br /><br />In "Three Idiots", she stars opposite Aamir Khan. In "Kambakkht Ishq", she will be sharing screen space with Akshay Kumar for the seventh time.<br /><br />About working with the two actors, Kareena said: "I pick up the best from whoever I work with. When you are working with someone, you kind of get tuned to the way that actor is working. I would like to pick up all the best qualities from both these people."<br /><br />The actress also spoke about her experience of working with Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh in "Kambakkht Ishq" and said it was "an honour". </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-3466008325965604562009-02-09T01:49:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:53:40.544-08:00Aishwarya gains a lot from her Rajini Sir!<span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Ash got special treatment while shooting for 'Endhiran' with Rajinikant. It's not just the big bucks that she's earning from the film.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"> The film also called 'Enthiran' or 'The Robot' has been shot in undisclosed areas in and around Chennai. They also shot in Vellore or Ennore amidst tight security. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Now whenever the Southern superstar is shooting in Chennai, he gets to eat homemade food prepared by his wife Latha and this piping hot and tasty food is delivered by his aide at the shooting.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"> And benevolent Rajini shared his lunch with Aishwarya Rai, Shankar, and some other unit members. Ash is a fan of South Indian food and has been asking Rajni's aide as to how each dish is prepared and the right way to pronounce its name!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"> Rajini also shared books on philosophy with Aishwarya and Shankar! Well, so apart from the big bucks Ash also got lots of knowledge about philosophy, theology and South Indian food thanks to Rajini!</span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-36661006380489419882009-02-09T01:47:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:49:36.975-08:00Let's Kiss: Kareena and Saif finally lock lips<img style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/kareenasaif_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are sharing a happy moment on screen. They are kissing onscreen for the first time for their untitled film directed by Renzil D'Silva for Dharma Productions.</span><br /><div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><p class="padded"><br />A source has confirmed the intimate scene, "Last week, Saif and Bebo shot for their kiss in a Chembur studio. The kiss is part of a song.<br /><br />The actress who has done kissing scenes on screen before was quite comfortable with the idea of lip-locking with her beau. She even was seen calmly discussing the angle and the intensity with the director."<br /><br />An insider adds, "At one point it was discussed if the scene was necessary and it looked like the couple had their doubts about the screen smooch.<br /><br />Rensil looked unhappy and had a word with Saif. The director convinced him to do the scene. Saif in turn made Bebo understand that it was necessary and she agreed."<br /><br /> It took just about five takes to get the kiss right. </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-56207562073173528212009-02-09T01:43:00.001-08:002009-02-09T01:43:46.014-08:00John is like my brother, why would he refuse me<img style="font-family: verdana;" src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/bipashajohn1masala_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We read about John Abraham sportingly pitching in with a song and dance for Bipasha Basu and his newly-found sibling Neil Nitin Mukesh's sake in new director Jehangir Surti's Aa Dekhe Zara.</span><br /><div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"><p class="padded"><br />Nothing there that was hard to believe. After all, John did a walk-on appearance in John Mathew Mathan's Shikhar, for Bipasha's sake.<br /><br />Couldn't have been for the film's leading man since Shahid Kapoor and John, as we all know, couldn't see eye to eye, thanks to Kareena Kapoor.<br /><br />But with Neil Nitin Mukesh it was different. John apparently dotes on the younger actor. When they were shooting in Philadelphia for Kabir Khan's New York they were so chummy they became inseparable twins, gyming swimming and bonding in the freezing cold and flourishing fabulously on a fish diet.<br /><br /> John, in fact, urged Bipasha to work with Neil in Surti's Freeze, now entitled Aa Dekhe Zara. Bipasha too is very fond of Neil.<br /><br />So it came as no surprise to know that John had agreed to do a song and dance in Aa Dekhe Zara, for his mashuka and chote bhai's sake.<br /><br />But here comes the clanger. John is no longer doing that song. Why this change of plan, and that too at the eleventh hour? Has John opted out?<br /><br />According to Neil John's presence didn't fit into the song. "John has not opted out of the song. It so happened that the song didn't fit in correctly. But it was sweet of him to have agreed.<br /><br />Like I said John didn't fit into the film's situation. He had agreed. And there was no reason for him to opt out. There's Bipasha and now there's me, his younger brother. He'd have gladly done the song for us."<br /><br />However Bipasha tells another story. "John was never supposed to be part of any song in Neil and my film Aa Dekhe Zaraa. That was wrong news." </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-86533347095144508432009-02-09T01:40:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:42:10.058-08:00Even my Bikinis and zero figure make news: Kareena<h3 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Even my Bikinis and zero figure make news: Kareena</h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/kareenakapoormasala_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" />Her confidence and attitude might reflect on her face but Kareena Kapoor seems to claim that she's not arrogant at all.<br /><br />She's said, "The world is yet to understand what is it like being Kareena Kapoor. They are busy making speculations. Let them do so."<br /><br /> She makes it clear that she's not happy about the fact that her flop films make a lot of unnecessary news.<br /><br />She's said, "When any of my film flops, every news channel would run it as a ticker. I guess the case is that I was never an underdog.<br /><br />People and media like those who come from small towns and make it big. They don't like people who are something and manage to achieve bigger things in life. We have to keep innovating ourselves constantly but they enjoy running us down."<br /><br /> She's proud of 'Tashan' for which she flaunted her size zero look throughout 2008.<br /><br />She says, "Irrespective of the fact that the movie worked or not; every single bachcha knows about the film — my bikini shot, orange juice diet and… zero figure. Even my daughter will know about the film."<br /><br />Only talking about the love of her life Saif warms her up.<br /><br /> She says, "He is too relaxed. He is in his own industry. Saif will never sign a film until it interests him to the core. Not even, if it calls for sitting idle for a year. He only works in films he believes in. And one of them is the upcoming Saif's home production, directed by Sriram Raghvan where we'll act together."<br /><br />Come what may and whatever the world says, this gal loves to pull a Kapoor and flaunt her attitude every single time. That's Kareena Kapoor for you. </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-51807296662547323672009-02-04T18:06:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:07:57.208-08:00Size doesn't matter to me!!!<h3 style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/ash3masala_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" />It would be a double celebration for Aishwarya and Abhishek in New York this week.<br /><br />On 3 Feb it was the premiere of her latest international film Pink Panther 2 followed by Abhishek's birthday two days later. The couple plans to bring in his birthday in style.<br /><br />In New York, Aishwarya is looking forward to the release of her film.<br /><br />"They wanted me to be here for the film's promotion from earlier on. But I couldn't because of my prior commitments in India. We've a series of premieres lined up beginning with the one in New York on 3 Feb.<br /><br />From there it's a crazy whirlwind trip that will take me to several countries and continents from Paris to Berlin to Moscow to Madrid. The final destination for my 15-day trip will take me to a screening of the film at the Berlin film festival. Then I'm back and I go straight to resume Mani Ratnam's film."<br /><br />Aishwarya will be returning to India on Feb 14. "Abhishek is in New York with me. But he won't be able to accompany me for my other premieres because he has to be in India for the promotion of Delhi 6."<br /><br /> A part of the press has been writing about how minuscule Aishwarya's role is in Pink Panther.<br /><br />Sighs the diva, "It's a bit silly and exhausting to even talk about the length of my role based on what's seen in the trailers. Did anyone question my role in Khakee when there was only one shot of me in the promo? Isn't that a very myopic view of contemporary acting? In my very first film Iruvar I thought I transcended this footage fetish, "<br /><br />She makes it crystal clear thar footage is not a burning issue for her. "The choices I've made in my career aren't just about footage but an opportunity to work with actors directors and technicians who enrich my life.<br /><br />Believe me working in Pink Panther was a joy. It was a wonderful experience working with a stalwart like Steve Martin and the rest of the cast and crew.<br /><br /><img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/abhiash1_big.jpg" style="padding: 3px; float: right;" border="1" />Why spoil it by questioning how much footage I have? So many Indian actors have worked in international ensemble casts."<br /><br />Getting somewhat indignant Aishwarya Rai, "I didn't work in Pink Panther 2 because it was an international project. I got the script. I chose to be happily be part of the film. They shot exactly what I was offered.<br /><br />I don't need to work with stardust in my eyes. Of course Pink Panther is a Steve Martin vehicle. Is that something to question?<br /><br />All the rest of the wonderful cast including Jean Reno and Andy Garcia play supporting roles. I treasure the experience of working in Pink Panther 2."<br /><br />Interestingly Aishwarya was offered the lead opposite Will Smith in 7 Pounds which opens in Mumbai this week.<br /><br />"Will Smith and I will work together for sure, " laughs Aishwarya. "There have been a number of offers. Dates just don't work out. If he's keen to work with me, so am I." </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-71107916428778523232009-02-04T18:04:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:05:22.547-08:00I am a very sexless person: Kangana<h3 style="font-family: verdana;">I am a very sexless person: Kangana</h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/kangna7_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" />In all her movies she has exposed and stripped with no inhibitions. From 'Gangster', 'Woh Lamhe', 'Metro', 'Fashion' to her latest 'Raaz', Kangana has effortlessly done that.<br /><br /> So it's but natural if people think that Kangana wishes to flaunt a blatant sexy image. But the dame begs to differ.<br /><br /> She's been saying, "Even though I have worn fewer clothes, I don't think I look vulgar. I am a very sexless person. I have never tried to create a sexy image of myself. From the very first day, I have been clear about my objectives. I am an actress and I am here to do my job."<br /><br /> So basically she means to say that though she sheds her clothes, she doesn't compromise with her acting.<br /><br /> That's not the only thing that Kangana denies. She says that there are no differences between her and her boyfriend Adhyayan's dad Shekhar Suman.<br /><br /> She's said, "Nothing serious happened on that particular day and the media has just spiced up the entire issue. The argument took place between Shekhar and Mohit and the media had unnecessarily drag her name to make the news spicier." Kangana sure knows how to be a part of controversies and spice up her life.<br /><br />She's already done a good job of it. No wonder she's survived so well in B-Town. </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-41800169406664350092009-02-04T18:03:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:04:00.782-08:00Me married to Salman? What rubbish: Katrina KaifA report in a Marathi paper that she's married has the actress incredulous with disbelief.<br /><br /> "It's complete rubbish and the paper is denying it. When I marry the world will know. Right now I've no such plans."<br /><br /> But she isn't denying that she's with Salman. In fact one of her abiding regrets is that she and Salman have not been able to form a saleable pair on screen. Katrina had hoped Yuvraaj would work, so that she and Salman would be a saleable pair and filmmakers would sign her with Salman as eagerly as they do with Akshay Kumar and Ranbir Kapoor.<br /><br />Apparently Subhash Ghai kept writing the script as the film progressed.<br /><br /> After a pause Katrina says, "I'd like to stick to a bound script from now on. The time has come for the entire film industry to get completely organized. A script helps both the director and the actor to connect wth each other and with the plot. I'm not going to be shy about insisting on a script.<br /><br /> Tell her she had very little space in Yuvraaj, and Katrina admits, "Yeah, that was something I grew gradually aware of. I didn't have that much to do. But that's okay."<br /><br /> Katrina's sister Isabel is not getting into Bollywood. Not right now.<br /><br /> Says Katrina, "That was something which was blown out of all proportions. At the moment she's too young to take up an acting career. In fact my sister is off to drama school. Something I never got to do, and I wish I had. Not being a trained actress bothers me me and I am happy that my sister is taking that route."<br /><br /> However, not attending school doesn't make Katrina feel inadequate as an actress. "I think I had to undertake my own journey and do things my own way. I learnt on the job. I think I've acquired knowledge of the camera on-camera.<br /><br />So no regrets about not attending any acting school. If I had regrets about any aspect of my career I'd be the most ungrateful person on the planet. Look at the level of acceptance I've received in so little time. Some people don't get this kind of success after working all their lives."<br /><br /><img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/katrina8masala_big.jpg" style="padding: 3px; float: right;" border="1" /> Katrina is nonchalant about not being considered a lucky mascot any more after the failure of Yuvraaj. "I think that's just people talking a lot of nonsense. Actors far more intelligent and talented than me have had to deal with ups and downs. Sooner or later I'd have had to deal with failure. No point in brooding about it. I've learnt my lessons from the Yuvraaj experience."<br /><br /> Commenting on the constant speculation on their relationship Katrina says, "That's bound to happen. If you're a public figure and at the end of the day neither of the party is clarifying anything, there's bound to be a lot of speculation and unnecessary comment. But I'm not going to get provoked into giving explanations. Because once they start, they never end."<br /><br /> What about that damning picture of Katrina with her face covered as she entered her birthday party last year?<br /><br />"That wasn't when I entered the party. The picture was atken was while we were leaving. I was tired….and yes, I was disappointed. I didn't want it to be turned into tamasha. It wasn't meant that to be.<br /><br />I realize I can't be talked about only for my work. You can't have things exactly the way you want them to be. You can't have fans and now get blown away by the breeze once in a while."PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-30299436404484019832009-02-04T18:01:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:02:32.780-08:00Don't cook up controversies about my past: Preity<h3 style="font-family: verdana;">Don't cook up controversies about my past: Preity </h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/preityaamirmasala_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" />Does Preity have a British ancestry? A story doing the rounds on websites that Preity Zinta is of British parentage has the actress who turns a year older on Jan 31, completely flummoxed.<br /><br />But this isn't the first time that Preity's lineage is being questioned. "Some years ago there was this rumour that I was related to Dharmendra. I didn't mind that at all since he's so goodlooking."<br /><br />The bit about the Brit has Preity less amused. "I don't know where that come. I'm a full-on pahadi girl. Both my parents are from Himachal Pradesh. I'm a complete Rajput girl. And yet I've been flooded with inquiries about my 'British blood'. Arrey yaar, who's spreading these strange rumours? And they erupted so suddenly. I wonder who's responsible."<br /><br />A section of Preity's supporters see this as a ploy to discredit her lately-vocal tirade against the vote-politics of the nation.<br /><br />Preity wants to stay away from politics of every kind. "For those who feel threatened because they feel I'm getting into politics let me assure them I've no intentions of getting into yet another alien territory. Movies are my life. And now there's cricket and the IPL. Politics is not my scene at all. There's no need to cook up controversies about my past." </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-64791775468801171452009-02-04T17:58:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:59:02.602-08:00I hate Valentine Day : Neha Dhupia<h3 style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></h3> <div style="margin: 7px; font-family: verdana;"> <p class="padded"> <img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/nehadhupia6masala_big.jpg" align="left" border="1" />When all are gearing up to celebrate this beautiful day, Neha shocked us by saying that she hates Valentine Day. She informs that V day is just another day for her. Interestingly Neha has been dating her childhood buddy, a famous squash player Ritwik since long time.<br /><br />But then what is the reason to hate such a lovely day? “I think it’s really stupid concept. I don’t understand why do we even need to celebrate that day? It’s not a festival to celebrate?<br /><br />I don’t see the significance of that day? No one knows who was Valentine, was he a man or priest? We still celebrate it so blindly. I am not doing it.” She reacts.<br /><br />Is that the reason for not celebrating such a beautiful day? Neha recalls a funny memory related to this day. “I was very fat when I was in school I was very ugly. On every Valentines every girl used to get chocolates except me. That’s how I hate V Day.<br /><br />Now all those boys must be regretting for not giving me gifts on that day.” </p> </div>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023026500761604318.post-26548353683166966752009-02-04T17:56:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:57:07.221-08:00I was physically abused: Neetu Chandra<div align="center"><img src="http://media.santabanta.com/newsite/cinemascope/images/neetuchandra1_big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"What does it take for a woman in the film industry to work with her dignity intact?" asks the anguished actress Neetu Chandra who last month was allegedly, brutally abused and manhandled by Telugu director Rajshekhar and his producer-wife Jivitha Rajshekhar.<br /><br />And now Neetu has hired the services of a Mumbai lawyer Jamshed Mistry to fight for what she thinks is her right to work with dignity. She has sent strongly-worded letters of complaint to Women's Rights and Human Rights commission and is all set to meet the Commissioner of Police in Hyderabad to apprise him of this situation and of her further, legal, actions.<br /><br />Neetu says she's suing the director and his wife for "Threatening to kill...mental torture, physically (sic) hitting and abusing, defamation, harming my work..."<br /><br />According to Neetu, while working for a Telugu film Satyamev Jayate, the lead Rajshekhar and his director-wife Jivitha tortured and threatened Neetu, physically abused her and insulted her in front of the unit, made her work for inhuman (15-20 hours) per day and forced her to shoot when she could hardly stand.<br /><br />Things came to a sordid head on December 22. "My left eye turned blood red because of lack of sleep, stress and strain, and I contacted the director informing her about this.<br /><br />Jivitha herself gave me a doctor's number in Hyderabad. We were shooting in Ramoji Rao Film City, which is 90 minutes drive from Hyderabad. I tried dragging myself to the shoot as much as I could and the call time still remained early.<br /><br />We shot till 2:30 at night again with that infected eye and by this time I was down with fever too. Before the pack up when I asked my director Mrs. Jivitha Rajshekhar about the next day's schedule, she said, 9:00 A.M. sharp."<br /><br />However, Neetu was in no condition to shoot the next morning.<br /><br />"Four days of round-the-clock shooting had completely exhausted me, working for 18-20 hours a day was inhuman and my body could not take it any further because of the infection in my left eye, and I was also suffering from fever.<br /><br />I was shivering and literally shaking. I kept on dragging myself for my shots, so as to not cause any further delay, as it was also the last day of my schedule.<br /><br />I reached the sets on December 23rd morning at 9:00 A.M., but the shoot started again after 2-3 hours. By 7:00 P.M. I informed the director Jivitha that I was sinking and I could not drag myself further."<br /><br />Neetu suggested the unit use a body double.<br /><br />"It has been used for almost every other actor in this film in the past but never for me because I was always there... Mr. Rajshekhar gave me a few drops of some medicine as he's a naturopath but there was no improvement in my condition. However, every time I told her this, the director Jivitha said we will finish it soon. "<br /><br />The situation snowballed at 12:30 A.M. "My body just gave up and I could not stand. I had two Crocins and my assistant Shravan kept me covered with a shawl.<br /><br />I tried my level best to stand up for couple of hours. Mr. Rajshekhar, as usual kept on joking around with other co-actors, taking his sweet time in his make-up and hair setup.<br /><br />I remember while I could hardly stand and still was trying my best, Mr. Raj Shekhar took 10-15 shots for one dialogue. And with every shot, he use to spend at least 5-10 minutes, instead of learning the dialogues well in advance.<br /><br />He was the only one who completely neglected me whereas, other co-stars of mine including Shivaji, Shiva Reddy and Sherryl Pinto and the whole unit, kept on insisting I rest. I kept on telling my director that I was sinking. After telling her repeatedly no one listened to me, I had no option but to rush to my room... I felt that I was about to faint."<br /><br />That's when the physical abuse started. "The moment I reached my room, instead of calling me on phone, at-least 7-10 men with Rajshekhar and his wife Jivitha barged into my room, hitting my assistants and threatening me and screaming at me.<br /><br />He said, 'Who do you think you are?' And Mrs. Jivitha threatened, 'We will make you stand. How dare you?' When I protested Rajshekhar threatened, 'Don't argue and you better stand before I change from a man into something else.'<br /><br />I was highly unwell, scared by seeing so many people pushing my assistant and threatening me and my staff and Mr. Rajshekhar screaming at the top of his voice which was uncalled for."<br /><br />That's when the Rajshekhar got really violent with Neetu. "As I started moving out of my bed, Raj Shekhar HIT ME FROM BEHIND. Rajshekhar said, 'You better start moving fast.' He hit me from my room till the lift on the floor, and he kept on threatening to kill me.<br /><br />Raj Shekhar said, 'I will kill you. You don't know me. What can you do?'When I reached the hotel portico down, I was physically hit and abused in front of the hotel staff, guard and all the others standing there. My body had completely given up.<br /><br />All these people were standing in the corner waiting for my car. When the car arrived, Rajshekhar again pushed and threatened me and said, 'you don't know what I can do to you.'<br /><br />I sat in the car and reached the set. I somehow finished the shoot and he kept on screaming and insulting me on the sets in front of the whole unit. The moment I finished, it was around 2:30 A.M., one of the assistant directors came to say that I was done. I quietly got up and left for the hotel."<br /><br />Neetu was petrified. "All my staff from Mumbai who came with me were so scared knowing that Rajshekhar carries a gun and that he is a local from Hyderabad and we don't know anyone there.<br /><br />We escaped at around 2:45 A.M. from my hotel. My flight was at 9:00 in the morning and we had to wait for 5 hours at the airport. But we felt safer and secure there.<br /><br />I took a 9:00 A.M. flight and reached my parents and after that I was under treatment for a week. I was in a state of shock. My mind completely stopped working and now that I feel little better I would like to file a case against both Mr. Rajshekhar and his wife Mrs. Jeevitha Rajshekhar."<br /><br />Ends Neetu, "I've worked with the biggest of filmmakers Priyadarshan, Madhur Bhandarkar, Dibakar Banerjee, Rahul Dholakia, Raj Kanwar and Vipul Shah. They've all treated with great dignity. This incident has scared the hell out of me. Would Mr. Rajshekhar and his wife dare to behave this way with a male actor?"</span></span>PARIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643627378014619283noreply@blogger.com0