Simple Kapadia, Dimple Kapadia’s younger sister, was cremated on Wednesday, having lost her three-year battle against cancer in a hospital in Andheri on Tuesday. Director Rahul Dholakia was visibly upset. “My friend is no more. I really can’t talk,” he said. Dimple, Akshay Kumar, Dimple’s son-in-law and Twinkle Khanna, Simple’s niece, Sunny Deol and Honey [...]
Fashion director Madhur Bhandarkar may have to face trial for the rape of aspiring actress Preeti Jain five years ago. Rejecting a second submission from the Versova police that the charges had no substance, RK Shaikh,the magistrate, said that the FIR (first information report) should proceed and ordered a further probe into the case. He [...]
After her appearance in Wake Up Sid, super-hot item girl Kashmira Shah is continuing her performance in Bollywood with a role in Mahesh Manjrekar’s City of Gold. The film also stars veteran Marathi actress Reema Lagoo. In addition, Kashmira is set to appear in Shaam’s Agam Puram, which includes a hot item number from Kahmira [...]
Often described as the most knowledgeable film festival in the World, the 15th Kolkata Film Festival was opened yesterday by Mani Ratnam with the first movie to be filmed being the Holocaust movie, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. “It is an honour to be in this city which has given the world such stalwarts [...]
The two new girls in Ranbir Kapoor’s life are Shazahn Padmansee and Gauhar Khan, his co-stars from Rocket Singh – Salesman of the Year, which debuts on Dec 11th. How did Shazahn find filming with the new generation superstar? “While shooting for the movie, we all got along like a house on fire,” she says, [...]
Nepalese beauty Manisha Koirala has confirmed that she is to enter Nepalese politics either as an independent or possibly as part of the Nepalese Congress. Three members of her family have been Prime Minister of Nepal at one stage or another so the decision is a serious one. The actress, who currently has roots in [...]
After the commercial disaster that was London Dreams, poorly promoted with a stop-start campaign, a meandering overlong script and with ageing actors trying to look like young studs, Asin, who was disappointed with the way she was edited in the movie, has decided she’s going to be more choosy about her films in future. “Remember, [...]
Getting straight to the point for the aspirational Indian, the Luxurion World event took place at the weekend at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai promoting a lifestyle of luxury covering cars, homes, cruises, fine wines, jewellery and of course fashion. The fashion show focussed on bridal wear and contained both traditional and modern designs [...]
After making such a big impact in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, her fans were expecting to see a lot more of her than they have – but Manjari Phadnis insists that this has been a deliberate act on her part and that she has turned down up to 10 scripts so far, because she [...]
Chief Minister of Jharkand, Madhu Koda is charged with secret bullion transactions linked to mining overseas and developing an extensive empire of business interests through a front company awarded contracts by the Uttar Pradesh government. This could amount to as much as 4,000cr, much of which has found its way into Swiss bank accounts. Koda [...]
Soha Ali Khan has bad memories of filming the flood scenes in Tum Mile with Emraan Hashmi. “I was told that the water was cleaned every day but I never saw anyone clean it,“ she says, “In fact, I got the feeling that it kept getting muckier. Kunal Deshmukh, the director, had given strict instructions [...]
Mass media graduate Kajal Agarwal, has impressed with her role in the historical epic Magadheera which has now been running solidly for two months and which also stars hot new action star Ram Charan Teja. She has also bagged the lead role in the hotly anticipated Chandi, a big-budget fantasy epic in the Arundhati mode. [...]
Bollywood actress turned businesswoman, Preity Zinta, has come up with an idea to generate much-needed funds for the third sector – an all-girl’s international basketball squad called the Dream Girls. “The players will be internationally-famous women like film stars, supermodels, socialites and, of course, there’ll be me – the captain – and we’ll be playing [...]
With so many stars hoping to send a new wave of southern glamour crashing onto the golden shores of Bollywood, among them Trisha, Tamannah, Laxmi and Suriya, it’s no surprise that Meenakshi would not want to be left behind. But it‘s not just the money, she’s after. “For me, it’s the acting part that has [...]
Ghajini’s Jiah Khan, currently making Housefull with Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and Lara Dutta, is currently in the news for her relationship with Bunty Walia’s younger brother and aspiring film director Jaspreet. It’s said they have been seeing each other for about four months now. “Jiah and Jaspreet are madly in love,” said a source, [...]
Tannishta Chatterjee, best known for her intimate portrayal of Nazneen in Brick Road, has been on the festival circuit promoting her new film, Road, Movie, which also stars Abhay Deol. Ranked by many as one of the gems of the year, how successful was its outing at the Tokyo International Film Festival? “The reception of [...]
Recently evicted from the Big Boss house, Sherlyn Chopra has been very straight in her summing up of fellow guest Kamal Khan. “Kamal is a bogus person. He tells a lie,” she said. However, she was equally complementary about some others in the house. “Shamita Shetty, Raju Srivastava and Poonam Dhillon are great fellows. They [...]
Eesha Koppikar is keen to finish off all her commitments before her marriage to Timmy Narang later this month. According to a source, “Eesha is finishing all assignments before her wedding including Right Ya Wrong and Hello Darling, a comedy again by Ghai’s Mukta Arts including others.” Her other unfinished films are Har Pall and [...]
Chitrangada Singh recently confirmed that she and Mahima Choudhary were second cousins – but they have never met! “Their maternal grandfathers were brothers,” explained a source, “Their mothers grew up together and even shared a lot in common. Strangely, Mahima and Chitrangada are not very close to each other.” Chitrangada, who recently completed a cover [...]
After a promising debut in Heyy Babyy, former Miss India Sindhura Gadde is currently following the path of many Miss Indias before her and building her skills as an actress down south. After Sangamam, she is now working on an as yet untitled suspense thriller in the forests of Talakona. The film also features Jeeva. [...]
Mallika Sherawat and Hrithik Roshan were recently seen together in Beverly Hills leaving a hotel together and getting in a taxi. Of course, it could have been just two old friends going out to dinner together. After all, they have a common base and they have been thrown together in a foreign land – Mallika [...]