Sallu & Mallika to sizzle together on screen

With Sallu bhai set to kick-start with Season 2 of Dus Ka Dum, celebrities are eagerly awaiting their much-desired chance to grace the show with the hottie himself. Now the latest buzz is that our very own queen of hearts Mallika Sherawat has been adamantly persisting to make an appearance only if she's paid an enormous Rs 50 lakh and what luck! She has got it her way!

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It makes even bigger news as the bootylicious babe reportedly had backed out in the previous season of Dus ka Dum, as a result of a bitter cold war between her & the macho hunk Sallu. Apparently Mallika and Salman had issues with each other when touring together for 2006 'Rockstar'. Ever since then, neither of them tried mending fences. But fortune struck when the deadly seductress played the diva bit & cleared the issue. After that, beautiful lass Mallika was even seen attending Sallu's birthday bash in Panvel. All's well that ends well. 

The shooting of the show is said to take place on May 24, where she will also be seen promoting her next release, HISSSS, directed by Jennifer Lynch. Get set to survive as hotness erupts with the macho man Salman & glam doll Mallika soon sharing the same frame for 10 Ka Dum!

Aishwarya goes beyond glitz halo, campaigns social cause

Cannes, Aishwarya Rai, a regular at the Cannes Film Festival red carpet and L'Oreal brand ambassador, is going beyond her glitz and glamour tag. She is beginning to reinvent herself on the global scene as an activist for social and humanitarian causes. 

As a step in that direction, the Bollywood diva will, alongside Queen Noor of Jordan, address a press conference May 14 at Hotel Martinez here to announce the third edition of the International Tribunes Cinema Verite event that will take place in Geneva (Oct 6 to 8) and Paris (Oct 9-10) later this year. 

Cinema Verite is a special film event dedicated to films and social actions that promote human rights and the eight Millennium Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. 

The Cinema Verite event, hosted by the Cinema Verite Institute, has in past years seen the participation of Hollywood actresses like Susan Sarandon, Meg Ryan, Ellen Birkin and Sharon Stone. Aishwarya will be the first non-Hollywood actress to lend her name to the cause. 

Her husband, Abhishek Bachchan, who is here to attend the opening ceremony of the 62nd Cannes Film festival, will also be present at the press meet. 

This year's Cinema Verite event will include a special focus on India with the screening of Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar Raj", starring Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya and Abhishek. The drama had Aishwarya in the role of an executive of a power sector multinational who is sent to oversee the setting up of a plant in rural India. 

Also to be screened at the Cinema Verite event is "Bullshit", a documentary made by Swedish filmmakers Pea Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian about the work and vision of Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist Vandana Shiva and her organisation, Navdanya. 

The 73-minute-film was shot over a period of two years and followed Vandana as she, among other things, supervised work on her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas, took on American biotech giant Monsanto and fought alongside the Dalit villagers of Kerala to try and close down a Coca-Cola plant. 

Sneak Peek: Katrina Kaif on the sets of De Dhana Dhan!

The general saying goes 'He came, he saw and he conquered'. Well, when it comes to the pairing of Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, a mere 'he' stands incomplete. That's' why it has to be rephrased as 'They came, they saw and they conquered', for this is one couple in Bollywood which has been rubbed by the magical 'Hit' formula. Examples of which are in the form of hits, superhits and smash hits like Namaste London, Race, Singh Is Kinng etc...
Well, the good news is that this red-hot pair is back to the front in yet another breezy flick titled De Dhana Dhan that's being directed by the man with the 'Madrasi' touch ...we mean...Midas touch... Priyadarshan. As per the reports, De Dhana Dhan is being extensively shot all over Singapore and Mumbai. We found these pictures on the internet which show the 'Barbie-dolled' Katrina ravishing as ever in a red saree as well as summarizing her lines. Her pairing with Akki yet again has brought down the rumor to zero about Sallu showing discomfort in them being paired together.
For the uninitiated, De Dhana Dhan brings back the superhit team of Hera Pheri viz., Akshay, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, and director Priyadarshan together once again. And the addition of Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia and Sameera Reddy is only going to make DDD, one of the most anticipated films of the year.

"Saif's first love these days is Love Aaj Kal" - Kareena Kapoor

When Kareena Kapoor saw Saif dressed up as a Sardarji at a trial show of Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal, she couldn't recognize him!
So complete was Saif's transformation that Kareena failed to recognize Saif in the sequences featuring him as a Sardarji!
"This has got to be the most convincing disguise ever on screen. Even I got taken in," says Kareena appreciatively. "People will forget Saif is a Khan. They'll think he's a Sardarji."
Tell her Kareena's cousin Ranbir is also playing a Sardar in Shimit Amin's film and she quips, "Ranbir has a tough act to follow up."
And now Kareena has made a decision on Saif's behalf. She won't let anyone take Saif's talent for granted, not even Saif himself.
When Aamir Khan decided to get some of his A-Lister colleagues together for a meeting about the deadlock between film producers and multiplex owners, he also called up Saif Ali Khan whose instant reaction was, "Why me?"
Explains Kareena, "Saif just doesn't take himself seriously enough. When Aamir invited him for a very exclusive meeting about the crisis regarding the release of films, Saif 's reaction was to wonder why he's being invited for such an important meeting."
Kareena feels Saif needs to take himself more seriously now. "After his performance in Love Aaj Kal and Rensil d'Silva's film, I'm convinced Saif's best time begins now. But he doesn't know how to market himself."
Sadly, Saif has no time to imbibe Kareena's strategies on career management. No time for love! That could be the theme song for the Saif-Kareena relationship at the moment. Because Saif has absolutely no time for love…or Kareena.
"His first love these days is Love Aaj Kal, his first production. Saif lives, eats, breathes and sleeps with the film these days. He has no time for anything else," grumbles Kareena good-naturedly, and adds she has seen Love Aaj Kal twice.
"This is Saif's best performance after Omkara. I'm so proud of him. Love Aaj Kal is as much my baby as Saif's. I'm going to be completely involved in the publicity, marketing, everything. This is our first production and we're going to make it rock."

Shahid and Priyanka travel in Mumbai local train

Kaminey’ is the name of the much anticipated film that stars Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. The movie is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Shahid Kapoor’s double role in ‘Kaminey’, a much guarded secret by the film-makers has now become the USP of the film! The adjoining snap has Shahid Kapoor in one of his most likeable avatars with Miss Chopra, which has been shot inside a train.

The news from our sources has it that Shahid Kapoor will be seen as someone who is raw, rigid and sturdy! The locations in which the film has shot have been kept as rustic as possible, which includes local stations and junkyards! Word also has it that in this film, Priyanka plays an extremely vocal Maharashtrian girl, who believes in making herself heard. ‘Kaminey’ also marks the ‘debut’ of Amole Gupte as the ruthless villain.

Bollywood Gossip - Katrina laughs off marriage plans

“I will marry next year,” that’s what the bad boy of Bollywood has been telling eveyone who keep asking him questions about his impending marriage with Katrina Kaif.

“I am so bored with this question which I have been asked so many times,” he says. “Every year I say ‘Next Year’ and this goes on.’”

However this year he sounds serious with his plans. Talking to a leading tabloid Sallu again replied, “I’m settling down in 2009 and would like to become a father immediately. ”

According to sources, Salman has also popped ‘the question’ from several quarters: from the media to guests on his show 10 Ka Dum. Akshay made it a point to ask Sallu when he was planning to marry Kat, when he appeared on Khan’s show with the actress.

But Katrina who has tasted success at the box-office recently is not as ecstatic.

She laughs off any talks of marriage. The actress says, “I think Salman said whatever he wanted to say. Let people make of it whatever they want. I have never commented on the personal side in the media. I don’t wish to start right now.”

Salman dumped Katrina for Asin? Asin denies…

There’s a bit of worry for gorgeous Katrina Kaif as the rumours doing the rounds is that Asin and Salman Khan’s off-screen chemistry is really working very well.

It’s been said that Asin’s room is full of Sallu’s poster so that she can see his face, the first thing in the morning. Not only this, recently a Mumbai based tabloid reported that Salman has gifted a flat to Asin in Mumbai suburbs, Lokhandwala, so that Asin could have a permanent residence in the city of Bollywood.

The duo is working in London Dreams and it seems that their closeness would surely be bringing horrible dreams to Kat baby. But again Sallu Mia is known for his generosity so it can be that it is his yet another generous gesture towards the southern star.

But the Ghajini girl rubbishes all the speculation. She says that it’s nothing more than a professional relationship. She has clearly said that Salman didn’t enter her room, as reported by the tabloids.

She said, ”No one has access to my room.”

She tried her best to clear the air about the Bollywood bad boy: ”I am working with Salman in a film. Nothing more or nothing less than that.”

Sonam Kapoor’s sister enters Bollywood

t’s not only the elder daughter of Anil Kapoor who is creating ripples in B-town, his younger daughter Rhea is also gearing up for a filmy stint.

Sonam Kapoor ’s younger sibling Rhea Kapoor is turning producer with movie Ayesha which has the former in the lead role. It is based on Jane Austen’s celebrated novel ‘Emma’ and Sonam’s character is of a desi Emma who is independent, young, mature and likes to play matchmaker for others.

It is believed that dad Anil Kapoor wasn’t so happy with the kind of movies Sonam was offered after Saawariya . So he decided an exclusive movie to showcase his dear daughter’s acting talent. He roped his talented second daughter for this flick to act as an official producer though the movie will be produced by Kapoor senior himself.

Rhea Kapoor is an alumnus of Dhirubhai Ambani International School and is acting as an assistant to debutant director Ayaan Mukherji, who is Kajol ’s cousin, for Karan Johar ’s Wake Up Sid .

Rhea, like Sonam, is a tall pretty girl and has started out the same way like her sis did a few years back. Sonam, too, was an assistant director before Sanjay Leela Bhansali made her act in ‘Saawariya’.

It’s been reported that designer Mona May of ‘Enchanted’ fame will dress Sonam for ‘Ayesha’. As for now, papa Anil is busy with production plans of the movie, while the awesome twosome sisters will be in Los Angeles for costume trial sessions.


Sonam shares a great rapport with Rhea and both the girls have been spotted partying together many a time. In fact, both the sisters are creative and have started working together on various aspects of ‘Ayesha’.

Bollywood Gossip - Kangana made Udita split ??

There is trouble in paradise, between Mohit Suri and Udita Goswami.

Both of them had heated arguments on thegrowing friendship between Mohit and Kangana, who is shooting with Mohit in his film ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’.

Mohit and Kangana are spending a lot of time both on and off the sets and that has made Udita insecure. Udita rubbishes this by saying that these are just rumors, and added that Kangana should not be dragged into this just because she is working with Mohit.

Earlier, Udita had created a scene during the shoot of ‘Woh Lamhe’, and the reason was Kangana even then. Mohit and Udita have been in a serious relationship since 2005, when she starred in his movie, ‘Zeher’.

Interview : Celina Jaitley

Celina Jaitley has as many as seven releases lined up in the next few months. To top it all, Celina gets ready to shoot for her second international venture, THE QUEST OF SHEHERZADE and awaits the release of the first LOVE HAS NO LANGUAGE. Amidst all these the actress finds time to talk on films, activism for the gays and Feroz Khan, her mentor who passed away recently. 

Hi, finally I got you to speak. You must be keeping quite busy? 
(Laughs), Yes, I am really busy even though my last film GOLMAAL RETURNS released last year. It's more than six months now but that's fine. I think this is the right time for my next film to hit the theatres and I am all geared up. I am busy shooting for another film. The last few days have really brought quite a change in my life. 

'I am a straight with all the curves ...'

Yes... I know. It must be for Feroz Khan's death. You must be very saddened. 
(Goes silent and low on the pitch) I am really saddened. Mr Khan was not only my mentor but much more than that. He was like a father figure to me. He is the man for whom I am here today and I can never deny that. I was like his family member and his family was like my local guardian in Mumbai. He was someone I always looked up to... a person with a great personality. There won't be another one like him and I will always miss him. 

You in fact were one of the first one to reach his residence in Bangalore leaving behind your shoot... 
What else could I have done! Though we had this knowledge over the last two years that he was slowly going to succumb to cancer and we were mentally prepared but such news is always a shock. I was shooting in Delhi and got the news at midnight and in the morning there wasn't anything else but to fly down to his residence. I still remember how strong he was during his last days. He was the same as I have known him since the days of JANASHEEN. He wanted to remake QUARBANI with Fardeen (Khan) and me and the last time I met him two weeks ago he said, ''Celina Baby, I want to make QUARBANI with you but see what have the doctors done to me.'' I will never forget his affection towards me. 

CHECK OUT: I wait to meet Feroz Khan again

So, it must be a difficult time for you getting back to work. 
But one has to get back to life. He will be missed. I am still coping up with the news and so is his family. I have already got back to shooting. 

In fact you also had to receive a lot of flak after you showed you support towards gays during the launch of Bombay Dost. 
I really don't care what people are saying. I have always displayed my affection and concern towards gays and I don't think there's anything wrong about it. Why can't they lead a normal life like us? I have always been a gay right activist...for long since my modeling days in Kolkata. People have even started calling me gay and are sending me hate mails but I think it's because I am the first celebrity in India to stand by their side. What I want to say that I am always with them and will always be with them. (Laughs and laughs) I am a straight person with lots of curves.

Kangana refutes going naked

The reports of Kangana Ranaut going absolute nude in a Telugu film is currently a pot-boiling issue. The news to a great extent is considered correct as Kangana in most of her films seen doing cozy scenes with ease and has also freely exposed body in revealing clothes. But the sultry actress denied of taking off her clothes in the Telugu film to be directed by Puri Jagannath. 

The news enraged Kangana, she angrily commented, "Nude? I'd never do a nude scene in my entire life even if someone makes me to do it at gun point. I come from a very conservative background. If my parents were to ever see that I've crossed the line of morality, they'd drag me back to Himachal. Yes, I've done aesthetically-shot pictures which reveal my physique. And why not? I've worked really hard on getting my body muscular and toned." 

But nudes? "No way. I've never posed in the nude, never will, no matter how right the zeroes on the cheque are. I've an inbuilt censor code." 

She further divulged the fact about ‘Raaz 2’, "Even the much-hyped 'nude' scene in Raaz 2 was a hoax. I wore a body suit in the bath tub. I don't think taking off all of one's clothes is a cool thing to do."

"I'd never do a nude scene" - Kangna Ranaut

The forever-flighty Kangna Ranaut returned to Mumbai from a grueling month-long shooting of a Telugu film to horrifying rumours of how she had done a nude scene down South.

Kangna is enraged. "Nude? I'd never do a nude scene in my entire life even if someone makes me to do it at gun point. I come from a very conservative background. If my parents were to ever see that I've crossed the line of morality, they'd drag me back to Himachal. Yes, I've done aesthetically-shot pictures which reveal my physique. And why not? I've worked really hard on getting my body muscular and toned." 

But nudes? "No way. I've never posed in the nude, never will, no matter how right the zeroes on the cheque are. I've an inbuilt censor code." 

So how did these rumours of going 'all the way' start? "You tell me. Journalists started calling up my Telugu director Puri Jagannath in Hyderabad while we were shooting. He, poor man, was so scandalized he almost had a heart attack. Puri is one of the most successful and respected filmmakers of Telugu cinema." 

Clarifying that there are no nude sequences in the Telugu film Kangna says, "Even the much-hyped 'nude' scene in Raaz 2 was a hoax. I wore a body suit in the bath tub. I don't think taking off all of one's clothes is a cool thing to do." 

Kangna is back in Mumbai for a couple of days only for costume and makeup trials for Ekta Kapoor's Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. 

"I play the only glamour element in the otherwise-dark film. This would be my most glamorous role. My look has to go from the late 1960s to the 1970s." 

Kangna's clothes are being done by Manoshi Nath who did the 'stylized' look on Dibakar Banerjee's Oye Lucky! Luck Oye! 

Says Kangna, "The challenge in Ekta's film is to look glamorous without any body exposure. I think it's possible."

Shilpa all set to marry in 2010

Salman and Asin?

Whilst working on his latest venture 'London Dreams', Salman had insisted on staying at his favourite hotel, despite the rest of the cast being put up somewhere else. But he soon started feeling lonely and immediately packed his bags to join co-stars Asin and Ajay (Devgan).

Director Vipul Shah accommodated his request to move in to the same hotel as his friends but whilst the co-stars are having a ball, the news has sent tongues wagging, especially after increasing buzz about Kat and Salman's alleged break-up.

When prompted, Asin stated that her relationship with Salman is strictly professional.

But fans can't help wondering if Salman has shifted his attentions to the 'Ghajini' Gal.

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Asin fumes over media

Asin the current sensation of Bollywood denies the rumor of Salman Khan gifting her house in Mumbai to carry out her work smoothly. Ever since she starred with Salman Khan in ‘London Dreams’, rumors tortured her and her life became a hell.She is sick and tired of clarifying the wrong allegation against her. It has also been reported that Salman Khan cut ties with Katrina Kaif for his brewing relationship with Asin. This time around, she is miffed over media for spreading the wrong news of Salman gifting a house to her.Refuting all rumors, Asin claim that she is still living in the same house which she has purchased after moving to Mumbai and from here she has carried out and completed the shooting of ‘Ghajini’.

Recently, Kareena Kapoor had to shoot for 36 hours without a break.

Recently, Kareena Kapoor had to shoot for 36 hours without a break.
The actress has a choc-a-block schedule, thanks to film
like Kambakkht Ishq, 3 Idiots, Agent Vinod, Mr and Mrs Khanna and an untitled movie by Rensil D’silva – all of which are bein shot in different locations. Says a source, “She just went rushing from one set to another, shooting continuously without complaining about tiredness or lack of sleep. The unit members of her films were saying this is what stars are made of.” Well, all we can say is, keep it up, gal!

Kangna bonds with Sush didi

Kangna intends to have a ball on the sets of her first comedy No Problem.

“So far I’ve never had fun on the sets. All the character I’ve played have been introverted and troubled. So I’ve been in my shell. During Fashion Madhur Bhandarkar used to scold me for being in a shell all the time. But if I play insecure paranoid characters I can’t be laughing and playing around. But it was the nature of the characters. For Anees Bazmi’s film I’m changing completely. I’m going to organize parties on the sets, constantly crack Santa-Banta jokes and most important of all, I will bond with Sushmita. Hopefully our bonding will last beyond one film.” After signing a film together, Sushmita Sen has taken the lovely Kangna Ranaut under her wings. Always known to be warm towards her co-stars Sushmita has taken a special fancy to Kangana because of her facial resemblance to Sushmita’s daughter Renee. Says Kangna, “On the first day that we met we struck a special chord in each other’s hearts. I was standing at a premiere and she came up to me. She held my face in her hands and said I’ve hair exactly like her daughter. And that whenever she saw me she was reminded of her daughter. From that moment onwards we bonded. Luckily I play Sushmita’s sister in the film that we’re doing together. I love calling her Didi.” Kangna is pleased as hell to be finally doing comedy. “I was really hurt when people said I was destined only to play tragic roles. I wanted to do comedy for the longest time. And that I’ve Sushmita playing my sister in the film is an added bonus. We’ll have a ball playing sisters.” The film is Anees Bazmi’s comedy No Problem produced by Anil Kapoor. Says Kangna, “I had decided whenever I do my first comedy it would have to be either with Anees Bazmi or David Dhawan. Everyone thought I was wrong for the part in No Problem. No one was convinced I could do comedy, not after playing all those traumatized roles. But Anilji convinced everyone that I could do it.”

Kareena Kapoor turns to power yoga

Everyone knows how particular Kareena Kapoor is when it comes to her fitness. This diva would be next seen in Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Kambakkht Ishq”. The promo was an instant hit and it’s already become the much awaited movie of the year.
Without any doubt, this is going to be the biggest movie of the year. Not only it contains the biggest Bollywood star but it also contains the Biggest Hollywood star. Akshay and Kareena’s chemistry is the talk of town. Kareena plays a super model in the movie. They used to shoot the whole day and it was very tiring on the whole team, even then Kareena used to take out time everyday after the shoot to do power yoga. Kareena has turned her attention to yoga and maintaining the body the healthy way. Yoga is always considered as the best way to maintain body. Kareena is looking extremely hot in the movie. She gives a very Hollywood kind of feel.