10/01/2010

Actress Neha Dhupia is now tired of the ‘sexy’ tag, which she believes has worked against her. The former Miss India, who started her Bollywood journey with bold roles in Qayamat and Julie, feels that despite having done some very serious roles, she has not been taken seriously in the industry because of her ‘sexy’ image. “I sincerely believe that the term ‘sexy’ is always used against me,” Dhupia told PTI.


The actress had to work hard to get over the Julie nickname that she earned for herself after a dare bare portrayal of a prostitute in the namesake film in 2004. “No one seems to realise that I can do a lot more. Why don’t people remember Mithya, Singh Is Kinng, Dasvidaniya or a Maharathi?” she questions.

“I strongly believe that my biggest flaw is that I am sexy. Just because of that, it is always safely presumed that I would be busy out there seducing people on screen,” she says.

“What makes you think that I am a seductress? May be I am a victim myself in that party. Yes, in the film’s context, I do flirt and have a drink with others around. But then may be ‘I am a poor-little-vulnerable-I-don’t-know-what-to-do’ Neha than being a sexy seductress Neha,” she jokes.

9/01/2010

Love birds Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are always in the media glare regarding the speculation on when are they tying the knot. Ever since the two went public with their affair Saifeena have been hounded by the paparazzi on their plans regarding marriage. Apparently, fanning the rumors of an early wedding, Saif’s mom Sharmila Tagore speaking to the media said, “I don’t have any objection to their marriage and they will soon wed.”




Sending media into frenzy, this affirmation, came from Sharmila on the occasion of the Censor Board of Film Certification meeting which was held at Jodhpur, India. Although, the couple has said time-and-again that they don’t have any intention of getting married soon, as their career is much more important than the marriage. However, Sharmila Tagore’s statement clearly indicates that something is surely brewing between the lovey-dovey couple and they might have changed their mind and decided to tie the knot.



Currently, Saif and Kareena are doing great professionally and have big projects in their kitty; therefore marriage is still a long shot, but mother-in-law Sharmila seems to believe otherwise

9/01/2010

It was a known fact to everyone that Fardeen Khan has been a perfect beta to his father. Now, he is playing the perfect jamai to his in-laws.




Last week he went abroad with wife Natasha, to celebrate pa-in-law’s birthday. While things on the family front seem to be settling down, Fardeen has sworn to invest most of his time in his career now.



He wants to do everything he can to augment his career, and he’s started with knocking some flab off his face. A good start, indeed.

8/1/2010 Kurbaan

We all know the last wish of the great actor Feroz Khan. Lets hear it from Fardeen himself. “My father’s last wish was a remake of ‘Qurbani’. And, now after his death, this project is very close to my heart. I want to give it the best possible opportunity as it is a part of Hindi film history,” he told reporters here.




Produced and directed by Feroz Khan, ‘Qurbani’ which starred Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, besides Feroze Khan was a runaway box office hit. Its songs were a rage and sold the highest number of records and tapes when it was released.



“The least one needs to do is to equal it. I want to give the remake a lot of time. If I can’t make it better, I would like equal it at least,” he said about the remake currently in the pre-production stage.



The remake, where Fardeen is cast alongside Ishita Sharma, also has Sushmita Sen and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles. The 35-year-old actor, known for his unique style statements and love for animals, is also ready to open a new production company and even try his hand at direction. Source

7/01/2010

Its back to the television again. The handsome hunk Salman Khan will soon be marking his presence on Zee TV’s ‘Dance India Dance’, a reality show on dance. He is the first celebrity to be invited on the show so far.




Our reliable source from the sets informs, “As nowadays Salman is busy promoting his movie Veer and thus, will be getting his audience acquainted with his upcoming release through DID on national television channel Zee TV.



“The shooting process for the same is scheduled for next week. This episode is expected to be aired on Jan 22. The whole team ofc are looking forward to welcome Salman,” signs off the source. Source

6/01/2010

We all know that Akshay Kumar is the Khiladi but lets see how smart a khildi he is. Recently at the Film Producers Guild Apsara Awards function in Mumbai, the Khiladi played his game and smartly made a dig at Shah Rukh when he was invited to present the award of Lifetime Achievement to the Bachchan senior.

Aksahy said, “Sir(Mr. Bachchan) is a legend and he still inspires other actors and makers to make remake of his films and act in them”. Shahrukh was present at the event where he performed and also walked with the best actor trophy for ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ as reported earlier.

Obviously, Akshay was referring to Don sequel Don 2. According to sources it was the remake of ‘Don’ by Farhan Akhtar that sowed the first seeds of difference between SRK and Amitabh Bachchan who previously where on very good terms.

The prankster Akshay who is known for his mischievous behaviors in sets with his co-stars knows very well that he single-handedly can’t tackle the Khans as they are three of them, so he smartly takes the cover of Bachchan make him his dhall (read shield) and go Scot free as any reaction by SRK will be taken as an attack on Big B and Akshay can laugh at his attempt of adding more fuel to the fire.

13/01/2010

It may sound unbelievable but thats the fact. The occasion must be very special, for it has convinced none other than Aamir Khan to perform in it! Cine Artistes Association has planned a concert with the motive of improving the standard and generating funds for the junior artistes of Bollywood. And if sources are to be believed, superstar Aamir Khan will be seen on the stage performing for the audience after 10 long years.






On January 15, the Bollywood superstar, currently riding a wave of success with ‘3 Idiots’, will record his part for a concert that is being put up by the Cine & Television Artistes Association. Aamir reportedly agreed to do this concert because it is for a cause.



According to Johny Lever, the President of the Cine Artistes Association, “Our association has completed 50 years. I have personally requested Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and several other Bollywood biggies to perform for us. We need funds to rehabilitate and provide resources to junior artistes who are finding it hard to make ends meet.” More