Before we start questioning Rajat Kapoor about his new film - he makes it quite clear that he is not interested in responding to the usual set of questions. So bypassing the customary role-related details we talk to Rajat about his choices as an actor and a filmmaker. Rajat Kapoor spoke with us as a part of promoting his new film Siddharth-The Prisoner.Are you Siddharth-The Prisoner?Ya I ...
Guess what I heard last from the sets of Rakesh Roshan's Kites. His leading lady, Barbara Mori has lost her passport.Looks like problems are just not leaving the Kites team. It started with the weather problem in New Mexico where they were shooting. Then there were some money problems with the locals there. Then back home, 26/11 happened. And finally this passport problem.A birdie who keeps ...
Still basking in the afterglow of the Raaz success, Emraan Hashmi came online to chat with his fans on buzz18.com. Here is the excerpt of the chat.[tausif] asks: assalamualikumHi everyone...glad to be chatting with you all. What are you waiting for? Ask[hee] asks: hey! so when do we see u next?Tu Mile releasing in July...definitely watch it. I am paired with Soha.[sam] asks: I like u r acting ...
It was an incredible night at the Oscars gala in Los Angeles. Slumdog Millionaire swept eight of the most coveted honours at the Academy Awards 2009 on February 22. India's celebrated music director AR Rahman took two Oscars. Rahman's first Oscar was for the best original score. Rahman also shared the Oscar for best song, Jai Ho with Gulzar, a celebrated poet-lyricist. More cheer awaited ...
Less than a day after Slumdog Millionaire swept the Oscars, winning eight statuettes, Freida Pinto, has firmly entrenched herself in LA culture. The lady is on her way to acting in a film with Woody Allen.Confirming this, her sister, Sharon Pinto, who works as a television producer, said, "Yes, Freida has been cast in a film to be directed by Woody Allen, but she is also very busy with her ...
Aditi Rao Hydari is not a familiar name. In fact, most of us saw her for the first time in Delhi-6, which released last Friday.The actress played Ramaa bua – Bittu's unwed aunt – sans any make-up and sported a cotton sari throughout the movie.It takes a few phone calls and a good deal of patience till you finally get her mobile number.Later that evening you are standing before a man (presumably) ...
Shahid is certainly all out to impress his female audiences now. The actor who has improved his dancing prowess has certainly amazed the younger female fans in his new Pioneer commercials.But ever since Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminay promos hit the theatres along with the release of the movie Delhi-6 there has been a strong buzz about Shahid's new look in the people. The audiences simply can't ...
The Slumdog Millionaire team might be celebrating hard and the whole of India might be celebrating with them, but Rohan Antao sure isn't one of them. The man says that he hates the Oscar winning movie and won't watch it because it ended his relationship with the film's heroine Freida Pinto.He thinks the movie's reported off-screen romance between Freida and her co-star Dev Patel, who is ...
Rohan Antao, Freida Pinto's fiance, has spoken to British weekly News Of The World about their split. The issue hit stands on Sunday, just before the Oscar ceremony went underway.Antao blames Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire for the reported romance between Freida and her co-star Dev Patel, six years her junior."She ended it with me after getting close to Dev Patel. Now everywhere I go ...
For Anil Kapoor, who grew up in the bylanes of Chembur, to become one of India's leading actors, it was an unforgettable moment when he went on stage with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire team to receive the Oscar for the Best Film.Speaking from Los Angeles, he says excitedly, "I still can't believe what is happening. It's like a dream come true.Can you believe that I was on stage at the ...
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Los Angeles: Smile Pinki, the tale of a Uttar Pradesh girl and her fight against the social stigma of a cleft-lip, won the Oscar award for Best Documentary (Short).Directed by Emmy-award winning Megan Mylan, the film was shot in Mirzapur and Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh.Elated at the victory, Mylan thanked the eight-year-old girl, who could not smile due to her cleft-lip and was teased as othkatti ...
Some months back there was a lot of news about how Ayesha Takia served notice to her producers and asked them to wrap up her projects fast as she was planning to get married to her fiancé Farhan Azmi.There was a buzz that 'Eight by Ten' with Akshay Kumar; 'Wanted Dead or Alive' with Salman Khan; the animated 'Ab Dilli Door Nahin' with Govinda and Akshaye Khanna; and 'Paathshaala' with ...
After designer Manish Malhotra lashed out at Vidya Balan last year ('Manish Malhotra blasts Vidya Balan'; Hitlist, March 10), they had stopped talking to each other even though they occasionally met at events.However, Manish says they kissed and patched up last week. Says Manish, "It was at my nephew's engagement that I met Vidya again.I was chatting when she came up to me with Kunal Kohli ...
Devika Bhagat, who wrote the fiercely contemporary Bachna Ae Heseeno as a Ranbir Kapoor vehicle has been roped in by producer-papa Anil Kapoor to give his daughter Sonam Kapoor an ultra-chic image in Ayesha.Yes it's official. Anil Kapoor's adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma has been rechristened Ayesha in Hindi.And though the project's official spokespersons would have us believe that "nothing ...
Kareena now has a book dedicated in her name by her dietician Kareena Kapoor recently launched a book Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight (Rs 199), penned by dietician Rujuta Diwekar, who's responsible for making the actress achieve her size-zero figure.The book is No 1 on the bestseller list and has already sold 10,000 copies. Rujuta says, "Kareena had predicted that it'd be a sellout!That's ...
Aamir Khan's next movie Three Idiots being directed by Raju Hirani has many firsts to its credit. It was the first film to be shot at a Bangalore B-school.Now in another first, they shot at a Powai engineering campus in Mumbai last week.Since the film based on the book 5 Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat, and has a backdrop of premier educational institutes, there's an attempt being made to ...
Chennai: She is hoping her brother will bring back at least two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire. Music maestro A.R. Rahman's elder sister Reihana, a well-known Tamil music composer and singer, says the family is very excited and deliriously happy at his super success.“We are hoping he will win at least two Oscars. We trust in god and have surrendered to him,” Reihana told IANS in Chennai. ...
A while ago there was news about how the unit of Salman Khan's ambitious period film Veer was in trouble for causing damage to the Amer fort. For the uninitiated, the shooting at the sixteenth century Amer fort was brought to a halt after six days following a wall collapse.The Rajasthan High court gave its nod for the shooting to resume but this decision comes with a rider. The picture is ...
As Gul Panag readies herself for the release of her film Straight: Ek Tedhi Medhi Love Story, she claims that she would be flattered if a woman made a pass at her. She says, "It has not yet happened but I would be extremely flattered.I'd like to try the other side. I would not call it a lesbian relationship… but I'm not closed to homosexuality at all." Don't go fantasising just yet.Gul claims ...
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Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto have fuelled dating rumours after being spotted shopping for a ring on Valentine’s Day. The report comes after their co-star Anil Kapoor recently revealed he could feel “the beginning of something exciting” between the two. The 18-year-old lad was seen taking his six-year-senior “lady love” to a High Street jeweller’s on Oxford Street ...
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, stars of the Indian-themed movie Slumdog Millionaire, may be dating in real life, according to their co-star Anil Kapoor.Kapoor told an American radio station the pair, who play childhood sweethearts who find love in and out of slums, had a "magical chemistry"."As a matter of fact, when I meet them I feel there is something happening," Kapoor told Ryan Seacrest's ...
Shilpa is all set to start a chain of medi-spas in the city Shilpa Shetty is all set to launch a chain of medi-spas all over Mumbai next month. These will be in partnership with spa owner, Kiran Bawa.A source close to the actress reveals, "Shilpa hasn't had a party for a long time but on March 10, she will have a double celebration the Royal Rendezvous to celebrate her partnership with Rajasthan ...
The suspense is out! The producers of Delhi-6, UTV and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, had kept Amitabh Bachchan's cameo in the film hidden from all and sundry.Now it can be told. The veteran stars in the film, albeit in a brief role. He first appears in a photograph, when Waheeda Rehman walks into the ancestral home and refers to Bachchan Sr. as her husband. Yep, Bachchan Sr. enacts the role of ...
“I’m hoping to be back, bouncing around with the usual energy,” said Shah Rukh Khan, just a few hours after he was discharged from hospital after his shoulder surgery.“I’m in pain, but I wanted to be home with my kids. That’s why I requested the doctors to discharge me soon.” ...
Amitabh Bachchan visited Shah Rukh Khan at his home, Mannat on Bandstand, Mumbai, today, February 19, 2009. He had earlier written on his blog that he had plans to visit the ailing star who had just come out of a successful shoulder surgery."I had sent him (Shah Rukh) a message for his speedy recovery. He called back to thank and inform me that he is home. 'I was getting depressed in hospital, ...
Mumbai hairdressers will be treated to a free screening of Shah Rukh Khan’s barber-based flick “Billu”.As many as 270 of the city’s top crimpers will sip free refreshments at the VIP screening to celebrate the movie’s release.Organisers from Sujata Cinema Hall, explained: "We have decided to screen the movie free of cost to 270 barbers of Ranchi on Thursday. The move is aimed at bringing ...
Here's a secret about the much-anticipated Delhi- 6.Abhishek Bachchan doesn't speak much in the film. In fact, Rakeysh Mehra lets out that Abhishek has barely 11 lines to speak in the whole film!This makes Delhi 6 Abhishek's most silent performance to date. "He's quiet, very quiet in the film," admits director Rakeysh Mehra. "His character is more like a silent observer than a commentator."At ...
Sonam Kapoor has become an actor today but she was quite inclined towards academics in her growing up years. In fact one wish that she still has it to become a college graduate. Reason? After Class XII, she discontinued her studies and started concentrating in films.''I really wanted to study more, especially language'', says Sonam who will soon be seen in Delhi-6 this weekend, ''I have ...
You just can't stop Shahrukh Khan from working. The Bollywood Baadshah went through shoulder surgery on February 16 at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, and doctors have advised him to abstain from working for atleast six weeks but he is not listening. He is going to host the 54th Idea Filmfare Awards on March 7.Yes, King Khan is getting back to work barely 20 days after the surgery. Interestingly, ...
It was reported that Big Pictures has bought the worldwide rights of the Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori and Kangana Ranaut starrer, Kites for 100 crores. Though the exact figure has not yet been disclosed by the concerned parties, this is probably the highest price paid for a Hindi movie!However, a few terms and conditions have been laid while finalizing the deal of the Anurag Basu directed ...
With Ghajini breaking many records, one would expect more from the actor Aamir Khan- director AR Murugadoss jodi. But that’s not what’s happening.Murugadoss has moved on from one Khan superstar to the other. The Tamil-Telegu director is in talks with Shah Rukh Khan for his second Hindi film. Now, considering that there’s no love lost between Aamir and Shah Rukh, Murugadoss does appear to ...
Celina Jaitly says she had a harrowing experience with the airport authorities in New Celina Jaitely Delhi when she was going through the security check Celina Jaitely for a morning flight to Mumbai recently.In the city for a special V-Day event, Celina went through body frisking and her belongings being scanned without an objection. However, she was shocked to see that there were scratches ...
With her career zooming ahead of many of her contemporaries, it’s but obvious that Katrina Kaif loves to speed things up.But few know of her love for cars. Katrina says, “I always had a passion for cars. I loved the thought of owning luxury cars. I told myself that the day I’d earn money I’d buy expensive sports cars.” It’s all about speed for this Bollywood ba ...
Now before your imagination takes off trying to figure out the hottie in Abhay Deol’s life, clip it’s wings.We are talking about Abhay’s love for books. So much so, that the actor is often seen reading one even between shots. And this bookworm has no qualms in admitting his love for reading.“I read whenever I get time from my busy schedule and sometimes even try and squeeze in some time ...
Thousands of voters have spoken, and Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor and cricket star Sreesanth have been crowned the winners of PETA India's annual Sexiest Vegetarians Alive poll. The online contest was conducted by petaDishoom, PETA India's youth arm.Kapoor and Sreesanth narrowly edged out 2007 winner R Madhavan, model and doctor Aditi Gowitrikar, Pentagram vocalist Vishal Dadlani, film ...
Shradha Sharma, Mallika Sherawat and Adnan Sami have been recently roped in to hype the on-going party at Country Club says a source.The three are expected to perform at different venues this month. According to the event was supposed to be part of V Day celebrations but was later changed to a different date to avoid any confrontation with the moral brigade.While Shradha and Mallika will ...
After her power packed performance in The Last Lear, Preity Zinta, has again proved her mettle by getting nominated for Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth yet again.The actor has been nominated for the internationally acclaimed Genie Awards. She has been nominated under the 'Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' category; the film has also been nominated for Best Original Screenplay.The ...