Now in its tenth year and firmly established on the international fashion calendar, the Lakme Fashion Week kicked off in Mumbai with mother-and-daughter designers Neeta and Nishka Lulla’s collection inspired by fairies, pixies and elves. “I felt 10-years younger and lighter walking the ramp for Nishka in her collection, which is themed around innocence,” explained [...]
Former Bollywood child actress Hansika Motwani, who has been building her career down south – but took time out to appear in Money Hai Toh Honey Hai last year, looks all gown up in her new vampish look for a photoshoot. Is this her favourite look? “For me every look is perfect. And my portfolio [...]
Hot on the news that Ayesha Takia is about to launch her sister in Bollywood, we learn that Vidya Balan’s sister Priyamani is about to launch her career with a role opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Raavana where she plays Abhi’s sister Shoorpankha. The Balans know the Bachchans very well — Vidya also appeared in Guru [...]
Mallika Sherawat, who is undoubtedly maximising to its full extent the post-production period in the US for Hissss recently attended the New York Fashion Week where she appears to have made a big impact on celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan. “Mallika, you are not only the most beautiful Indian actress, you’re the most beautiful actress. Period!” [...]
Packed audiences in the Chaplin Cinema, the island’s biggest, have secured the success of the Bollywood cinema festival in Havana this week. The jewel in the crown is Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire but the carefully chosen set of five movies also includes the triumphal Chak De India with Shahrukh Khan, the glamorous Dhoom 2 with [...]
Shweta Agarwal is ready to hit the big screen once again in Vikram Bhatt’s Shaapit but would the cute chubby girl from TV’s Dekho Magar Pyar Se be prepared to be a full-on scream queen running away in shredded clothes? “As of now, I haven’t given a thought to it, but I have no qualms [...]
Hot desi girl Sherlyn Chopra has become a big fan of Rani Mukhejee after working with her on Dil Bole Hadippa. “She is just like my Guruji,” she says,”I was initially dumbstruck, thinking What should I call her, Rani, Rani mam, Raniji? Then I mustered up a little courage and said Hi Raniji. She was [...]
At a press conference in London on her way back from Toronto, Dil Bole Hadippa’s Rani Mukherjee talked about the problems she faced acting as a boy for the movie. “I had to train hard for six months, lose weight and tone my body,” she said, “Because I did not want anything jiggling about on [...]
Bollywood actress and some say Rani-lookalike Divya Dutta is rooting for her own team, the Lundhiana Gulies in the new T-10 Gully cricket league and is a big fan of the new format. “Once en route to a shooting in the Punjab, I saw some boys playing cricket in a village,” she says. They did [...]
Celina Jaitley has been signed up for the Kannada remake of Aitraaz, the Kareena Kapoor – Priyanka Chopra movie that has already become a cult classic. The Sandalwood remake is called Srimathi and will also star Upendra and southern star Priyaanka. Prem Chopra also has a role. Celina who is on the September cover of [...]
A filmi story took on a real life turn when 4 women, inspired by an Aishwarya Rai character, took to stealing and became bandit queens. They would spend their days as perfect wives and mothers — cooking cleaning and playing with their children – but when the sun had set, they would come out to [...]
Whether it’s taking off at airports moving between her six current film projects, or walking the ramp for top fashion designer Soumitra Mandal at the Kolkata Fashion Week, Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra can’t seem to escape runways. “Only a pilot can date me,” she exclaims, “I’ll end up romancing him in the cockpit!” Neetu stole [...]
No, not 58 years old, but 58kg in weight! Apparently Lara Dutta, the former Miss Universe, has managed to maintain this weight ever since her debut in Bollywood. This has mightily impressed David Dhawan, the director of her next release on Oct. 2nd, Do Knot Disturb. “David calls Lara Perfect Miss 58 and is completely [...]
Bipasha Basu tops this year’s Hot 100 Celebrity List from men’s magazine Maxim. She also appears on this month’s front cover. “I find it a huge compliment to be in the No 1 position in Maxim’s Hot 100 especially as it has a worldwide circulation,” she says. Bips, who was once concerned at always being [...]
Baywatch star, PETA ambassador and strict vegetarian, Pamela Anderson has indicated her desire to be in a Bollywood movie. “I’m really looking forward to coming to India,” she says, “And I’d also love to be in a Bollywood movie. Indian men are hot! Especially the vegetarian ones. You know, nothing is hotter than compassion.” Pamela [...]
You will notice that in the ‘Dil Kare’ song in All the Best, everyone wears shades – Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Ajay Devgan – everyone that is except for Mugdha Godse. “I thought I’d flaunt my beautiful eyes so I did not wear any glares,” she says. Still relatively new to the industry, [...]
Girl-next-door Ayesha Takia has dismissed once and for all any suggestions that she will be winding down her movie career now that she is married. “Hey people, I just wanna make it clear that I will be doing lots more films! I love films and will continue to do them,” she confirmed. Currently excited about [...]
Canadian actress Lisa Ray, who has appeared in a number of Bollywood films, including most memorably, Deepa Mehta’s Water, has announced that she suffers from a rare form of incurable cancer – multiple myeloma. “I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on June 23rd,” she announced, “I started my first cycle of treatment July 2nd. Not [...]
Riya Sen was recently taken sick with diarrhea and vomiting when attempting to visit the hill fort at Shimla. She was hoping to play the tourist after twelve days shooting on her new movie Jennifer but was overcome by illness and returned to Delhi. She is now said to be recuperating. Jennifer is a supernatural [...]
Top Lollywood (that’s Pakistani cinema for you) actress Meera yesterday filed a charge of attempted murder with the Defence-A police in Lahore against her purported husband Attique Rehman. At the same time, the presiding judge ordered the release of three of Meera’s bodyguards who had been detained. Meera, who has now relocated to Mumbai, has [...]
Heaping praise on his lead actress Minissha Lamba, Shyam Benegal hopes that his new movie Well Done Abba will bring her the attention he feels she deserves. “Minnisha will be seen in something very different from what she has done till now,” he says, “I hope with Well Done Abba she gets the appreciation she [...]