Katrina Kaif looks a complete rockstar in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

After gyrating to the saucy "Sheila ki jawaani", Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif will be seen in a 1970s rockstar avatar in the song "Dhunki" for "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan".
Katrina, dressed casually in a pair of shorts, a white t-shirt and a bright orange inner, holds a guitar in the song, and looks like a complete rockstar.
 
The 27-year-old shot for the song at Agra fort, and a crowd of over 1,000 gathered in no time, according to a source from the sets of the movie, which is being made under Yash Raj Films banner.
Hence, the filmmakers were lucky to get authentic shots of the crowd. But it was quite a pain to get Katrina out of there.
A team of policemen was called to escort the actress out, and she was taken away in a police van.
"Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" also features Imran Khan and Ali Zafar.

Salman whistles for Katrina!!!

Katrina Kaif was unable to blow whistles for a sequence in her item song in “Bodyguard”, and it was our very own man with a golden heart, Salman Khan who came to her aid.
Katrina, is seen in the second half of the item song “Aaya re aaya bodyguard’. The actress was pretty uncomfortable blowing six whistles in the song. Leave six, she couldn’t even blow one:D.
The two continue to share a warm relationship despite parting from each other.
“Bodyguard”, which features Kareena Kapoor as the leading lady, releases Aug 31.

Imran Khan continues his fight!

The passing of the State Government of India’s new law to increase the age limit for alcohol consumption to 25 stirred up a whirlwind of opposition from the youth. And one in particular was the industry’s very own Imran Khan, who had announced that he would file a PIL against the new law.
Incidentally, the law was passed a little before the release of Delhi Belly. However, Imran, who is busy with the promotions of his next film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, has yet to act on his words.
It has been more than a month and a half and a honeymoon later, but the actor asserts that he has not forgotten to attend to the issue.
When contacted, Imran told, “There has been a lot of progress on that. I have been doing extensive research on the law. In fact, there are certain things I want to bring to notice. I would advice people to file an RTI about the law to find out some facts. I had filed an RTI and that is when I came across these facts.”

MF Husain And His Love Affair With Bollywood

MF Husain, the grand old man of Indian art who started his artistic journey by painting movie billboards, had more than a passing fascination for Bollywood and its beauties.

He was so charmed by the bubbly Madhuri Dixit in Hum Apke Hai Kaun that he watched the film 67 times and booked an entire theatre to see her comeback movie Aaja Nachle in 2007.

His love for Madhuri led him to reinvent his career as a filmmaker. Husain made his Bollywood debut as a director with Gaja Gamini starring Madhuri and Shah Rukh Khan in 2000.

The Padma Vibhushan immortalised her "quintessential beauty" in his paintings and no matter how many Bollywood divas impressed Husain, Madhuri indisputably remained the 'Queen of his heart'.

Other Bollywood beauties also fascinated the artist, who, despite the critical and commercial failure of Gaja Gamini, ventured into filmmaking for the second time with Tabu as his muse in Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities. The film did not suffer a similar fate but remained ignored by the common audience.

This however, did not discourage Husain's love for all things filmy. He continued to adore Bollywood divas and though he did not attempt a third film, rumours never died about his latest ventures and current muses.

Husain was also hugely impressed with Ram Gopal Varma's discovery Urmila Matondkar. Interestingly, more than sensuous, Husain found Urmila very funny. He, in fact, rued not having painted the Rangeela girl's canvas on the big screen as he had plans of a comedy film with her.

Later, Amrita Rao impressed the legendary painter with her simplicity in Vivah so much that he happened to watch the film nine times.

Not just that, his love for Sooraj Barjatya films and Amrita led him to organize a grand farewell to Vivah at a famous cinema hall in Dubai. Husain had also planned a series of paintings showcasing moments of Vivah.

Vidya Balan became the next to flutter his heart. Her raunchy-rustic role in Ishqiya amazed Husain so much that he was planning to make a film while he was in Qatar.

The latest diva that stole his heart was Anushka Sharma. The painter could not stop raving about her after watching her in Band Baaja Baraat. He was so smitten by her beauty that he conveyed his feelings all the way from Qatar and Anushka was on cloud nine to be counted in the same league as Madhuri and Vidya.

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Sonakshi Sinha New Face Of D'Damas

Dabangg actress Sonakshi Sinha has been announced as the new face of the D'Damas diamond jewellery brand. She has taken over from Preity Zinta.

"Sonakshi Sinha is the face of the new Indian woman who is confident, versatile and has got tremendous self-belief. She has the charisma, grace, beauty and the attitude that goes perfectly with the brand image," said R.K. Menon, COO, D'damas Jewellery India Pvt Ltd.

The 23-year-old is also associated with brands like Dyna Soap, Colgate toothpaste and Provogue's women wear line where she is seen endorsing the products.

"I connect with D'Damas because I personally live each moment to the fullest and believe in celebrating life. D'Damas adds celebration to both ordinary and even the everyday special occasions," said Sonakshi.

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Vinay Pathak Makes Singing Debut With Bheja Fry 2

Actor Vinay Pathak, who has gained an appreciable success with his off-beat films, now goes behind the microphone for his forthcoming film Bheja Fry 2, which is a sequel to his 1999 comedy.

The song titled Oh Rahi Rahi is based on the '60s theme and is filmed entirely in black and white. Vinay is not the first actor to sing. Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachhan, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Akshay Kumar are among others who have lent their voice to their films.

A source close to the actor said that Vinay, being a huge classical music fan, took inspiration from iconic yesteryear singers like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar while preparing for the song.

"Vinay was very kicked about the idea of singing in the Bheja Fry 2 - his character Bharat Bhushan is a wannabe singer and hence the makers thought why not have a promotional song featuring and sung by Vinay."

"Vinay is a big fan of old Hindi songs and would listen to classics from Mohammad Rafi, Mukeshji, and Kishore Kumar to prepare for his singing debut," said the source.

Produced by Mukul Deora and directed by Sagar Ballery "Bheja Fry 2", which also stars Kay Kay Menon, Minissha Lamba, Suresh Menon and Amol Gupte, is set to hit theatres July 15.

 

 

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Release date of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan postponed…

The release date of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, a Yash Raj film starring Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Ali Zafar has been pushed from July to September 9.
The makers saw no point in releasing the film the same month as Imran Khan’s Delhi Belly and Katrina Kaif’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
Says a source, “MBKD is YRF’s next big film. They decided to play it safe rather than battle it out with two other biggies starring their lead stars.
Imran Khan’s DB releases July 1 and Kat’s ZNMD is out July 15. The overlapping of stars might confuse audiences.”
Moreover, Imran and Katrina would also be required to promote their other films. As a result, there will be clash of dates and it could affect the publicity of their film.

‘Ra.One’ gets entry in the Limca Book Of Records..

As reported earlier, Ra.One happens to be Shahrukh Khan’s dream project and so the actor can go to any extent to see the films success. The latest we hear is that SRK has planned to start the longest fan mail for the film. It will earn an entry in the Limca Book Of Records.
This is a unique pan-India promotional tour that will last as long as five months until the release of Ra.One on October 26 this year. The campaign begins today in Mumbai and will soon travel to five cities: Delhi, Chandigarh, Indore and Ahmedabad.
Says a source, “He plans his film’s promotional strategies himself and in tandem with his team. Now he has planned the events in such a way that before the sci-fi thriller releases, every Indian city would have heard of the film.”
The source adds, “From today, he kicks off an inter-city tour that stars, normally do just a month before the release.
But, in a first-of-its-kind strategy, SRK will be travelling to five cities every month. He will span 25 cities in five months. While SRK travels solo for this tour Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal join him for the other tours.”

Asin missing from Salman’s ‘Ready’ world premiere, in Dubai…

Salman Khan’s most awaited film ‘Ready’, is all set for its dhamaka world premiere in Dubai. But, the film’s leading lady Asin Thottumkal will be missing from action there.
The reason for her absence happens to be another man, a friend of Salman’s, Sajid Nadiadwala.
Asin who has been signed on as one of the 18 actors in Nadiadwala’s Housefull 2 had applied for UK visa since she would be needed in London for shooting a part of the said film. Her passport, as it happens, is still stuck there.
A source informed, “Asin has given her passport to Nadiadwala Grandsons, the production house for her next film, since she’ll be joining the crew in London immediately after Ready releases. She wants to go but now she can’t.”
Asin confirmed the news and added, “I was looking forward to the world premiere of Ready happening in Dubai. Both Salman and I were supposed to go but now I am stuck.
I have not given up hope though and I am ready to fly even at the last minute. I am just praying that I get my passport. I have even packed my bags. Let’s hope that the passport comes at the last minute and I get to attend.”

YRF flick to star Shahrukh, Kajol and Katrina???

Buzz has it that in the upcoming YRF’s a romantic saga, starring SRK and Katrina Kaif in the lead role, Kajol too, will have a major role to play. It seems that, there is another spot in the movie and YRF’s favourite actress, Kads is being considered for it.
The source reveals, “Chopra is very keen to have Kads opposite Shah Rukh. He is quite fond of both of them and loves their onscreen pairing. He feels that they can create the same magic.”
“While it’s sure that Katrina will star in the film, it could be possible that the movie is a love triangle and that they have approached Kajol to either reprise the other romantic lead or do a cameo,” the source further adds.
The filmmaker who has directed movies like Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Silsila, etc. is returning to direction after seven years, with a romantic film. His last directorial venture was Veer Zara in 2004.

Tell Me O Kkhuda: First Look

Hema Malini is trying everything possible to revive the sagged career of her daughter Esha Deol. The firstlook of Tell Me O Kkhuda has been revealed and it does spark up curiosity about the film.
Rumors has it that ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’ is about a girl who is in search of her father.
Esha was last seen in the movie Hijack. The actress has learnt kick boxing and has been training hard since the past two years for her mother’s production! Not only this, she would also be seen in a camel race sequence in the movie which was shot in Jaisalmer.
The major attraction of the first look of the movie is – Dharmendra. Yes it’s the first time the father-daughter duo will share screen space! The cast also includes veteran actors – Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna. The Fashion star – Arjan Bajwa will also be seen in this movie and has been paired opposite Esha Deol.

Dabangg, Ishqiya, 58th National Film Award winners

The 58th National Film Awards was announced on Thursday evening, with Dabangg, Ishqiya and Do Dooni Char bagging top honors from Bollywood.
Salman Khan starrer superhit film Dabangg (the highest grossing film of 2010), lead from the front picking up the Best Popular Film award. The critically acclaimed film Ishqiya followed with four awards.
Arbaaz Khan, the producer of Dabangg said, “It is an amazing feeling. It actually completes the entire journey of the film. I got a couple of messages but was not sure, when finally my wife called me and told me that we have won. I must say that I feel honoured and ecstatic.”

“It’s barely sinking in. The fact that film like this managed to entertain people and has found its place is a high. The fact that we have won the national award is quite a kick. It is my first film and getting the biggest recognition in the country is a big high,” said Habib Faisal, the director of Do Dooni Char.
Vishal Bharadwaj said, “We never expected Ishqiya to get the response it got commercially and critically. I thought that it was one of my best music score. Thankfully the songs clicked with the masses.
Our small film winning four national awards is a great achievement as a producer, music composer and a proud mentor to Abhishek.”

Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger goes global….

Salman Khan’s next flick, Ek Tha Tiger is all set to be shot all across the globe. The film will be shot in five countries around the world. News has it that Chile in South America, Dublin in Ireland, and Istanbul, have been confirmed so far.
Ek Tha Tiger will be Yash Raj’s biggest budget film. A trusted source says, “Kabir is not shooting at these locations just to beautify his film.
The film is based on a true story. Kabir is exploring seven countries, out of which they will finalise five. He had gone on a recce recently to figure out the logistics. So far they have been able to decide on these three countries.”
The shooting of the film will begin in July and is slated for an early summer release, next year. The first shooting schedulesis in Chile.
Kabir Khan refused to divulge any further details.

Kareena To Be Waxed At Tussauds!

 

Following the footsteps of Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan , Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor has also made it to the prestigious Madame Tussauds museum.

Reports suggest that Bebo is the next Bollywood star to be waxed at the famous museum. The decision was taken after the management was inundated with mails and letters from her fans asking for her figure at the museum.

Kareena, who is shooting for Reema Kagti's film in Puducherry, will be going to the UK to meet the officials of Tussauds, after which a decision will be taken about the wax figure's look.

She will be the second Bollywood actress after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Tussauds. 

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Now A Documentary On Mamata Banerjee's Life

Renowned Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose plans to make a documentary on Mamata Banerjee's life.

He is so impressed by the political leader that he thinks there is no other way in which he can pay a tribute to the woman he admires.

Ghose struck upon this idea when he saw a video on the West Bengal CM's life, made by a local channel.

"They had asked me to help assemble the footages and when I went through it, Mamatadi came across as such an interesting character that I decided to make a full blown documentary on her. She is an ordinary person with no political lineage. It is all due to her hard work and down-to-earth attitude that she is where she is today. The educated middle class has a strange snobbery about people like Mamata and I think it is high time they change their attitude," he says.

On Banerjee's recent victory Ghose adds, "The Left party ruled for 33 years and a single party ruling for such a long time is not good for democracy. They had their own natural decline and no one can deny didi's achievement."

The ace filmmaker plans to start the documentary as soon as the feature film that he is currently working on, gets done.

"I have already spoken to didi about it. Whenever she has some time, we will have a long session of interviews with her," he said.

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Salman To Play A RAW Agent

Salman Khan seems to be getting ready to play his most realistic character yet.

In Kabir Khan's much talked-about film, that will go on the floors towards the end of the year, Salman will play the role of an undercover agent for India's external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

To get into the mind of a RAW agent would require a level of intellectual preparation that Salman, who believes in spontaneity, has never undertaken in his life.

Says a source, "Salman has always been a very spontaneous actor. Woh dil se kaam karta hai. But when he heard the script for Kabir Khan's film, Salman was absolutely fascinated.

He couldn't get over the fact that ordinary civilians sometimes act as undercover government agents. Aisa bhi hota hai kya? he asked Aditya Chopra, who went to Salman with the offer. Salman has agreed to undertake all the preparation needed for the part."

Playing a RAW agent is not quite the same experience as playing a swanky flamboyant guns-and-gals secret agent in the James Bond or Mission Impossible series.

Says the source, "It's far more complicated. Salman has to be a covert not an overt agent. RAW agents are taught to blend with the mainstream, to not stand out in a crowd, to be as nondescript as possible.

And yet, when the need arises, they need to be panther-like in their intellectual and physical agility. Salman has lately been doing extremely flamboyant parts. This one requires him to go the other way."

Saif Ali Khan, too, plays an undercover agent in his home production Agent Vinod. Director Sriram Raghavan has made sure Saif stays within the authentic zone.

But Kabir Khan, with his experience in well-researched documentary and docu-drama feature films, is looking at giving an entirely new dimension to Salman's personality.

When asked if Salman plays a RAW agent in his film Kabir Khan replied, "You know I will not comment on that."

In an earlier tete-a-tete Kabir had said, "Whatever I will direct next will have to be in the realistic space. My roots are in documentary filmmaking. And even if I make feature films, I can't stray too far away from my origins."

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Aishwarya unveils the first look of ‘Heroine’ at Cannes…

Aishwarya Rai once again grab the eyeballs with her ravishing look at the unveiling of the first look of director Madhur Bhandarkar’s film Heroine at the Cannes Film Fest.
Aishwarya was accompanied by the film’s director Madhur Bhandarkar and producer Ronnie Screwvala as the trio announced the film ‘Heroine’.
Talking to reporters, Ash said: “Heroine is a film that the team was very excited about and yes I have just agreed to come on board. Madhur has been speaking to me for many years to collaborate together on a film and I am glad we are finally working together on HEROINE. He is the director of multiple award winning films in India and hence, as an actor I’m certainly looking forward to this experience.”

Box Office Reports Of Ragini MMS

Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted – 3d and Ekta Kapoor’s Ragini MMS pulled crowds to theaters and is doing very well.
Last Friday saw the release of four films – Ragini MMS, Stanley Ka Dabba, Shagird and Love U… Mr. Kalakaar.
Of the quartet, Ragini MMS took the lead in weekend business at the box office. The film did particularly well in Mumbai and rounded off its weekend with a business of Rs. 4.4 crores. Given the fact that there are no big releases in the coming weeks, it is expected to retain its place at the marquee.
Stanley Ka Dabba got rave reviews following which its business did pick up over the weekend. The film made Rs 24.9 lakhs on Friday, Rs 49.1 lakhs on Saturday and the collections on Sunday rose to Rs 75 lakhs.
The other two releases Shagird and Love U… Mr. Kalakaar witnessed very poor response at theatres.
However, still holding steady is Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted – 3d which made Rs. 3.5 crore nett during the weekend. The film’s ten-day box office collections now stand at Rs 18 crores.

Shweta Tiwari hot ‘n’ wet look inspired from Zeenat Aman’s Satyam Shivam Sundaram

First time when I m seen Shweta Tiwari in white saree at that time I remember Zeenat Aman in Satyam Shivam Sundram because Sweta trying to duplicate that look in a coming film Bin Bulaye Barathi.
Which you like more hot and sexy in wet White saree?

Kissing scene with Kalki Koechlin was shocker: Co-actress

Kissing is no more a taboo in Indian movies and most actors are doing it, but not for the one-film-old Kirti Kulhari because the newcomer was asked to lock lips with her co-actress Kalki Koechlin for Shaitan. She says it shocked her.

"The kiss with Kalki in the film was quite a shocker for me because I was not prepared for that," Kirti told IANS.

"Director Bejoy Nambiar used to joke around on the set that Kalki and Kirti will kiss, but I took it as a joke till I realized I have to do it. I was quite shocked and that's what you'll see on the screen - my shock and my real emotions coming out. It was too sudden," added the actress who made her big screen debut with Khichdi - The Movie last year.

Set in Mumbai, Anurag Kashyap's forthcoming production venture Shaitan is about evil in human beings and is full of disturbing scenes. Nambiar also roped in Rajeev Khandelwal, Gulshan Deviah, Shiv Pandit and Neil Bhoopalam for his maiden venture that revolves around five youngsters.

The kissing scene was not the only part in the film that Kirti was uncomfortable with.

"I have a lot of confidence in Bejoy as a director; so I have done a few things in the film, which otherwise I would have taken a lot of time to get comfortable with. Like wearing a bikini. I would not have done it, but considering the kind of film it is, Bejoy explained why it is important and I did it," said the 24-year-old.

"There is another back shot that suggests that my boyfriend and I are making out. Even about that I was quite apprehensive, but I knew if Bejoy is thinking something, then it will be right. So I went ahead with it," she added.

Before doing films, Kirti used to work as a model. She started her modelling career in 2007 and has done ad films for products like Videocon, Parachute hair oil and ICICI Bank.

Shaitan sees Kirti as Tanya Sharma, a lower middle-class girl aspiring to be a top model. But she is unable to fulfil her big dreams.

For the actress, shooting for the film, which is landing in the theatres June 10, was mentally and physically exhausting.

"I have scenes which were very tough. There is a scene where I'm being slapped and my head is being banged against the wall. In one scene, I'm lying in a pool of blood and then one is where I'm in the hospital with all bruises.

"For me, it was a very disturbing experience. Because even though you are an actor, you don't always act, there are moments when you actually feel what is happening in a scene. Many times during the shoot I cried to vent my emotions; it was very tough," she said.


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