After a gap of three years that left her fans desperate, Rambha is back in Kollywood with Vidiyum Varai Kathirru. “I am thrilled to be back to the Tamil screen. It took three years. But I think I took the right decision to wait for a good role,” she said. Rambha recently made a big [...]
More than 13,000 people attended the successful ‘Bollywood and Beyond’ film festival in Stuttgart, Germany from 16th-20th July. It was attended by talented composer/singer Himesh Reshammiya and by gossip columnist/author Shobhaa De. The festival contained big Bollywood films such as the epic Jodhaa Akbar and the kid friendly Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic but also minor [...]
Having finally scraped into hit status with Sarkar Raj, his Bachchan-based near-the-knuckle overview of the political-underworld nexus of Mumbai, Ram Gopal Verma will be turning his attention to another blockbuster investigation of crime with a biopic of notorious smuggler Veerappan, provisionally titled Let’s Kill Veerappan. Gunned down by officers of the Tamil Nadu Special Task [...]
Hot item girl Pia Trivedi has turned down offers to appear in south movies. “I have not accepted any offers from southern filmmakers because they wanted me to increase my weight in order to fit the role,” she said. “They wanted me to look chubby, but I am not ready to do so. I am [...]
http://www.bollyspice.com/images/feature-images/08july_asin.jpg It’s been confirmed that Asin will star opposite Salman Khan in London Dreams. Asin will also soon be seen opposite Aamir Khan in Ghajini which is in post-production — so there’s only one more Khan left to collect the set! Asin’s career has simply boomed at every step of the way since she won [...]
Super-fit Koena Mitra has been toning her body for her latest superhero boy-bashing action flick Karna. The Bengali-born actress is scathing about the Bollywood trend towards size zero, claiming that thin is not fit. “In Bollywood, they think if a leading lady can do one free-falling kick she’s achieved the unthinkable,” she says, “In Karna, [...]
When Sophie Choudhury started buying sweets for the cast and crew on the set of Alibaug, at first everyone just accepted it — but when it continued, one of them struck up the courage to ask why — “I want everyone to have sweet memories and look forward to many more such moments of sharing [...]
Hot Tollywood actress Charmi is spreading her wings with her first Tamil movie for five years, Ladam. It’s a fast-paced thrilled with Aravindan, with whom Charmi has a lip-locking moment, for which it’s rumoured she got paid extra. Apparently, there was no reason to pay Aravindan extra to kiss Charmi. She plays a girl called [...]
Two films dominated the 55th Filmfare South Awards held at Chennai’s magnificent Nehru indoor stadium. They each took six awards. The first was the Tamil (Kollywood) mega-hit Paruthiveeran and the second, the Telugu (Tollywood) language Happy Days. The stars were out in force in Chennai that night with the brightly shining starlets in the audience [...]
The relatively new Bollywood goddess Katrina Kaif was 24 on the 16th July. It’s often said that sixteen is the best age for a girl but twenty-four is the best age for a single woman and Katrina is the living proof, with her looks, charm, poise and personality the envy and admiration of all. She [...]
Lara Dutta is not just one of the most beautiful and gifted actresses of her generation, currently filming for Blue, Banda Yeh Bindass Hai and Billo Barber. She is also a living embodiment of the concept of the three goods — mind, body and soul. Lara was Miss Universe in 2000 and appears to have [...]
One of the South’s most popular actresses, not least for her outspoken views, is Lakshmi Rai. Now, she is about to hit Bollywood opposite Himesh Reshammiyah in Hey Gujju. “The role is more in the mould of Kajol’s in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai — a tomboy in the first half and then a demure soft-spoken [...]
Desirable Tanushree Dutta recently fell out with Nana Patekar on the set of the comedy Horn OK Pleeaasssse! claiming indecent behaviour on his part. It’s even rumoured she filed a police complaint. “Nana Patekar’s like my grandfather’s age,” she said. “Has he had a hard look at himself before even trying to act fresh with [...]
A new crop of Southern actresses is storming the gates of Bollywood this year. Genelia D’Souza already has one megahit under her belt with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Asin will soon be seen reprising her role in Ghajini opposite Aamir — a guaranteed success.Now Hansika Motwani is starting to break into the big [...]
She may not have been the centre of attention, but she was certainly the belle of the ball. Dressed in a specially designed Roberto Cavalli creation, Bollywood’s own Isha Koppikar was a judge at the Miss Universe contest in Vietnam this year, which is expected to be broadcast in 170 countries and seen by an [...]
It’s rumoured that recently divorced Sir Salman Rushdie has found someone to smooth the rumpled feathers of his ego — in the shape of the lovely 27-year-old Riya Sen. 61-year-old Sir Salman, who was voted the best-ever Booker Prize winner for Midnight’s Children, met Riya at a nightclub in Mumbai, a little after his divorce [...]
Shy and reticent Celina Jaitley claims she is famous throughout the world and compares herself favourably to superstar Madhuri Dixit. “Nobody knew Madhuri Dixit before Ek Do Teen, though she had done films before she did the song,” she says, “But the whole world knows Celina Jaitley, I have a glamorous and sexy image. People [...]
In what is likely to be the most mind-blowing event of 2009, Aamir Khan has reportedly teamed up with Amitabh to make a sci-fi epic, directed by Aamir and starring Amitabh. It’s not clear yet whether Aamir will also share screen time with Amitabh. If so, it will be the first time they’ve both appeared [...]
With his brooding Ritchie Valens good looks, Vishal Malhotra has made more than a few young hearts flutter in Jannat and soon he will be making even more take notice in Kismat Konnection. “Shahid and I play friends in KK. My role is of a talented guy who is rather short of luck,” he explains. [...]
Starship trooper and Bond Babe, Denise Richards will be momentarily escaping from all the glamor and clamor of her US hit reality show Denise Richards: It’s Complicated to make her debut in Kambakth Ishq opposite Akshay Kumar. In yet another sign of the growing links between Hollywood and Bollywood, director Najid Khan will be spending [...]
Sensuous Sherlyn Chopra of Raqeeb and Red Swastika was recently asked by Yashraj to put on a few pounds for her new movie which also co-stars Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. When asked to explain this unusual advice, a Yashraj spokesman said “Sherlyn plays a small but important role of a siren in the film. [...]