Before his fans start screaming, let me clarify, Ajay Devgan has not quit the film industry but has finally quit smoking. He wrote in his diary, which appears on his official site: “It has been almost about a week now that I have not smoked a single cigarette. Apparently this time the Health Minister has [...]
Hello, my fellow Bolly-crazed peeps. Hope everyone enjoyed the first round of this ongoing feature. I once again bring to you the glitzy, glamorous and starry world of Bollywood as we recap a host of events that entertained us in the last couple of weeks. 1. Monday May 12th (Mumbai) — Sanjay Gupta threw a [...]
Shah Rukh has Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain, Akshay has Fear Factor, Khatro Ke Khiladi, Salman has 10 ka Dum and now joining them on the small screen is Hrithik Roshan. Hrithik is going to be part of NDTV Imagine’s new show Junoon-Kuchh Kar Dikhanaane Ka as its “goodwill ambassador”. According to NDTV [...]
Baywatch’s bounteous babe, Carmen Electra declared at the Fox Movies Channel launch in Dubai that girls should always keep a sexiness kit close to hand. She advised “Keep a sexiness kit in the car or in a drawer at work with the essentials in it — perfume, lip gloss, and a pair of heels because [...]
The hit movie Aparichithudu catapulted Genelia and Shriya into the big league. It looks like it will do the same to their co-star Sada. The music from her movie Unnale Unnale was also very popular and with her new movie Vrindavanam, she is hoping to finally make the breakthrough. She was also the winner of [...]
With an appearance in Mission Istanbul, Shriya Saran is finally being recognized in Bollywood for her flexibility and hard work over the last few years. Her career is now expected to move into the Red Hot Zone. She started her career with a bang in Santosham in 2002, opposite Nagarjuna. She received her first award [...]
British Asian actress, Ferena Wazeir is beginning to develop a name for herself with a three-movie deal with a big studio in Bollywood. Ferena, who grew up in Glasgow, says of her past, “I started out in theatre in Britain and I studied at RADA, but there aren’t many parts for girls who are Asian, [...]
Shilpa Shetty is currently shooting for her new film The Man, directed by Sunny Deol. In a scene with co-star Sudhanshu Pandey, the script required Shilpa to slap Sudhanshu’s character. When she heard what she was going to have to do, Shilpa was very reluctant to do it and had to be convinced by Deol [...]
Usually when Bollywood stars say they are just “good friends”, it means they are not quite ready to share their romance with the world. However in the case of Vidya Balan and Shahid Kapoor, despite all the rumors, they do mean just friends. So now, the only place we can look for love between the [...]
Many Bollywood stars are set to prowl the catwalk at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Fashion Extravaganza in Bangkok on June 7th. Vidya Balan will promote Sabyasachi’s fashion line whilst Kareena Kapoor will front the designs of Manish Malhotra. Ayesha Takia, Aftab Shivdasani, and Riteish Deshmukh co-stars in the movie De Taali will be [...]
For the music launch of his new film, Aashayein , John Abraham is going to not only be an actor representing his movie, he is also going to take part by singing! He will be performing the song ‘Ab Hai Ujala’ and it will be the first time he has ever sung in front of [...]
Bollywood star Aamir Khan recently spoke at the Energy Globe Awards: “In India we have this philosophy of three gods: Brahma, the god of creation, Vishnu, the god of sustenance and Shiva, god of destruction. We believe that everything that exists goes through these 3 stages. We are the level above the earth because we [...]
Apparently, though it is still slightly premature to confirm, Sanjay Leela Bhansali plans to go the historical route with Amitabh Bachchan by his side for a film based on unsung hero titled ‘Chenab Gandhi’. However, it seems that the film will actually be directed by his assistant Vibhu Puri who worked with him during Saawariya. [...]
Maker of My Brother Nikhil, Onir Nair, is said to be finalising the cast for his upcoming project, which is going to be an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Nair is quite keen on casting Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi however as whom to cast for the other leads, he’s not as sure. The director had [...]
In the film business for over 70 years, the amazing Zohra Sehgal is still acting and still loving every minute of it. What many don’t know is that she turned 96 just 20 days ago. She recently sat down with Anuradha SenGupta of CNN-IBN to talk about life, dance, and of course acting. Here are [...]
One of the movies many are looking forward to is Love Story 2050 starring Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja. The sci-fi romance, opening on July 4th, is the debut film for the handsome Harman. There has been much speculation, rumors, and talk that the two not only have a reel romance but also a real [...]
The English language film Before the Rains, directed by Santosh Sivan and starring Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Linus Roache, and Jennifer Ehle has made quite an impact at several film festivals. The film is set in India in 1937 and according to Bose: “It’s a film-noir about an illicit love relationship and how I get [...]
It is with sadness we must report that Jhammu Sugandh, a Bollywood film producer has passed away. The filmmaker died from a stroke today at a Juhu hospital, he was 57. Sungandh produced the films Kaalpurush, Aks, Rangeela and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam to name a few. Our thoughts and prayers [...]
One of the biggest stars in Bollywood, Rani Mukerji, is becoming more selective in her roles and how she spends her time. With only three releases last year and just one this year she is only doing characters that she feels good about and ones she has not been seen in before. In her free [...]
Bollywood superstar, former Miss Universe and Economics-graduate, Lara Dutta is the new Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund for the Laadli National Media Awards. These awards honour those people who have been active in gender issues across India. Lara will soon be seen in the movie Blue in which she looks leaner and [...]
Never one to stray far from a camera, the perfectly pulchritudinous (having great physical beauty and appeal) Rakhi Sawant will soon have her own chat show — let’s hope she at least invites some guests! The show has the working title, Rakhi ka Phone Aaya Hai. “I am hosting a chat show,” she says, “I [...]