Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
B'day Spl: Rare Photos of Sanjay Dutt
Monday, July 27, 2009
Abhi-Ash lose AR Rahman
Months after Dhoon was announced, we heard that AR Rahman would not be composing the music for it any more. Dhoon is cinematographer Rajiv Menon’s Hindi directorial debut vehicle.
Toplining Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, the film, produced by Eros Entertainment, is a musical based on a couple whose professional lives affect their personal relationship.. and how they eventually sort out their differences.
According to an industry source, the work on the music was scheduled to start by now. Rahman had agreed to score the music for Menon’s film before Slumdog Millionnaire and his Oscar Awards.
“But after the Oscar nominations, Rahman had to commit to a couple of projects, which were priority over his films. But he hasn’t yet started composing for them,” our source informed.
The same source added, “After that, Mani Ratnam developed a heart problem and had to be hospitalised for a few days. Consequently, Ratnam’s Raavan with Abhishek and Aishwarya was delayed and Rahman had to reschedule a couple of his other assignments.”
In the interim, Menon was working on the final draft of his film and was scheduled to commence work on the music a little later. Now with Rahman’s dates being rescheduled, Menon is worried that the project will get delayed indefinitely.
So, he is considering other composers who will step into the Oscar winner’s shoes.
“Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Vishal-Shekhar are some of the names under consideration although Menon still hasn’t had a formal discussion with them,” our source added.
Menon refused to comment on his change of plans. All he said was, “It’s too early to say anything definite. Perhaps, in a month or so, I will be able to divulge some details.”
Hot Udita Goswami is back in business
Saturday, July 25, 2009
First Look of Movie Love Aaj Kal
Akshay Kumar reduces his Price
Akshay Kumar who is regarded as the Box Office king has got a major reason behind his price reduction. The action hero now wants a part of the profits of every film he takes on. As he has made some changes in the system of price taking, Akshay these days is insisting on knowing the cost of the film at the time of signing so that afterwards he can calculate the profit the film has made and demand his sum.
Well, Akshay deserves calling, ‘Khilarion Ka Khiladi’.
Jackson's hair to be turned into Diamonds
Since Michael Jackson's sudden death on June 25, the rumour mill over details of his bizarre personal life has ground away nearly non-stop.One company says it is turning his hair into diamonds. That one is true.In one by-product of the pop star's death, a Chicago company says it has obtained some of the hair Jackson burned while filming a 1984 Pepsi commercial and planned to create a limited edition of diamonds from it.
"Absolutely this is for real," said Dean VandenBiesen, founder of LifeGem, which has a patent on a process that extracts carbon from hair, turns it into crystals and then into high-quality laboratory diamonds.
Mr VandenBiesen said he thought the company could make about 10 diamonds.
No sale price has been set but Mr VandenBiesen said LifeGem created three diamonds from locks of Beethoven's hair in 2007 and sold one of them for around $200,000.
Separately, the August 6 issue of Rolling Stone magazine reported that not only was the left arm of Jackson's dead body "scored with needle marks" - claims that have arisen before - but he wore an artificial nose that was missing when he was taken to the Los Angeles county morgue.
While that report could not be confirmed, Los Angeles coroner's officials did say earlier this week they were probing security breaches in their offices.
The coroner's office is expected to release an official cause of death next week which could shed light on some of the reports, including Jackson's possible use of powerful drugs.
Love child rumours
Even as custody of Jackson's three children is set to be decided in court on August 3, The Sun newspaper speculated the singer may have had a love-child raised in Norway.
Omer Bhatti, 25, sparked interest when he was spotted sitting with the singer's immediate family at Jackson's public memorial earlier this month.
Mr Bhatti reportedly spent time with Jackson at his Neverland Valley Ranch in the 1990s and was known as 'Little Michael'.
But another of Jackson's former proteges, singer Ricky Harlow, told celebrity website People.com on Friday that although they were close he doubted Mr Bhatti was Jackson's son.
"They had a father-and-son type of connection," Harlow, 26, told People, "but I never thought he [Jackson] was his biological father."
In Jackson's 2002 will, the singer listed only three children now living: Prince Michael Jackson, Jr, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Joseph Jackson II.
Friday, July 24, 2009
SRK plays father to a teenager in two of his upcoming films
When most top actors shy away from playing papas of big kids, SRK feels it is okay for him to be shown as the father of a strapping young lad. For most stars, toddlers or perhaps five-six year olds are okay if they have to play daddy figures.
It is reliably learnt that the actor had no qualms about having a grown-up child when he was told about it. It was not a matter of concern for his screen persona, nor did he discuss the reasons behind the need to be shown with a teenaged offspring.
So what?
Confirms Karan, "Yes, Shah Rukh is playing father to a teenager in MNIK. It was never an issue for either Shah Rukh or me. But then why should it be? His son Aryan is almost 11. In my first film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, when Shah Rukh was 30, he played a college student! Actors should not worry about these things. I don't think they should allow these aspects to interfere in accepting roles based on such things."
MNIK has Shah Rukh essay the character of Rizwan Khan who is suspected to be a terrorist after authorities mistake his disability for 'suspicious' behaviour post 9/11. His co-star Kajol plays Mandira, a Hindu single mother who Rizwan falls in love with.
The film's cast and crew recently returned from a schedule in the US. The next and final stint of shooting will be in Mumbai in September.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Arshad scared of kissing Vidya!
We are talking about the steamy, sizzling lip-lock between Vidya Balan and Arshad Warsi.
Yes, Arshie took permission from wifey Maria before letting the heat on, but we get to hear, from Warsi himself, that Maria Goretti wasn’t too comfy with this ‘hot stuff’. Anyway, she, too, gave in to the demands of Vishal Bhardwaj’s script.
After Maria, it was his own emotions he had to fight. “I was extremely petrified... even Vidya knows it. I was dying from within. But then, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.”
So much for the love-byte. And the latest update on this ‘kiss-a’: Arshad has vowed, no more on-screen kisses! And Maria, we hear, is breathing easy!
Saif, Deepika and The Hidden Cameras
So how did they do it?
The cameras were placed inside vans that were parked in the market. The film’s crew and cast that also comprises Deepika Padukone sauntered casually to the shooting spot. But since they could not keep secret the fact that they were shooting, the unit pretended that they had the requisite permission.
Funnily, the cops on duty bought it. They not just let the cast and crew shoot but even helped in the shooting. When a woman with a horse passed by and Imtiaz failed to catch her on camera, the co-operative cops called the woman back and let her walk again with the horse so that Imtiaz could shoot her.
Luckily, no one caught the film unit’s bluff.
Now, you can catch these scenes when the film releases on July 31.
Perhaps Imtiaz should send free tickets to those cops.
Priyanka got a diamond belly button as a gift from her parents
Shruti Haasan. pics/ Pradeep Dhivar
PC, a regular on Twitter, posted an update on Tuesday, about her gift.
However, sources close to the actress reveal that she already had her belly button pierced in the past.
One of her latest posts on Twitter (http://twitter.com/priyankachopra) reads: "Hey tweeple got some rocking news..
My parents got me a diamond belly button ring for my birthday. Guess what? Just got my piercing done!
Yay!" A source close to the actress says, "Priyanka was super-stunned when she got this beautiful butterfly shaped diamond belly button from her folks.
She definitely didn't expect them to get her something of this sort.
She was ecstatic and called all her friends to tell them about it."
The actress had a pierced belly earlier, "She used to wear a belly button stud earlier.
However she removed it after it started causing problem with her characters on screen."
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Katrina Kaif in a new Traditional Look
Celina Jaitley becomes a Bhartiya Nari
Celina said that many of her fans request her to appear in Indian outfits because they feel she will look beautiful in them. She thanked Rohit Shetty for making her appear in Indian outfits in his movie Golmaal Returns. Celina seems to have picked up a few trick of marketing to sell her sarees. It remains to be seen if her large fan base sticks to her when she sheds her glam gal avatar.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Kareena's confrontation with Kajol
Kareena said, “When I recently got an award from Erin Brockovich, I enjoyed the moment doubly because Julia Roberts had played Erin. I love the spunky militant parts she plays. And Kajol is my favourite actress, and to be pitched against her is a dream come true, we didn’t have that many scenes together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. But here it’s the two of us all the way. Julia Roberts had rocked in my role in the Original . I want to make my role in the remake just as exciting.”
Bollywood’s super-designer Manish Malhotra flew to New York two weeks ago when Kareena was shooting there, to discuss and finalize Kareena’s look for the desi Stepmom.
“I’m really excited about it,” Kareena said. “Manish was in NY. We’re working on a totally new look, clothes makeup and hair for our film with Karan. I can guarantee you this time we’ll do something very different from my celebrated Poo in K3G.”
Kareena will cut her hair for the first time in her career. “I’ve never done that for any role. But I want to get experimental with my looks this time.” When Kareena came down with a viral fever in New York, her folks were naturally worried. Concerned reports back home about Swine Flu in the US have Kareena pooh-poohing away our worries.
“Tell everyone to chill. There were no swine’s of the two-legged or four-legged kind in New York. We were all safe and sound. There was never any question of leaving the schedule half-finished. Who starts all these rumours? They’re freaking out our folks back home for nothing. I worked non-stop to complete the schedule so that Saif and me could head for our holiday. Jehaad (yup, that’s what she and Saif insist on calling the film) is a very challenging film for both of us. It’s dramatic but real. We have to raise our voices but make sure it’s not done in a filmy way.”
Kareena plays Saif’s wife and the mother of a child. She was earlier seen as a girl in love with a suspected terrorist in Govind Nihalani’s Dev. She had blown the screen part in the two scenes she had. “In Jehaad I’ve much more to do, plus Saif for company,” she chuckles.
Both Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and Rensil d Silva’s film have taken more of Kareena’s time and energy than she had bargained for. “I had to give a hundred days each to both. Now there’s Karan’s film with Kajol.”
Rakhi Sawant to marry Manas Katyal!
The television drama queen shared a sizzling chemistry with Manas during her entire trip. She met his parents who seemed pretty liberal and Happy with his choice to marry Rakhi who is six years elder to him. Manas' mother said her son was matured enough to handle matrimony. Rakhi was also seen bonding with his sister an early sign that she might have zeroed in on her 'Mr. Rakhi Sawant'
Monday, July 20, 2009
Raima Sen sizzles in Ram Bherwani calendar shoot
As Ram Bherwani weaves his magic on Raima Sen, we bring you some of the sizzling snapshots from the shoot.