Archives for September 2009

The Bachchan bahu, Aishwarya Rai, and Katrina Kaif might not be sharing great vibes but not many know that Amitabh had helped Kat during her first film, Kaizad Gustad's Boom.

Katrina recently met Big B at the GQ awards in Mumbai. "Katrina stabbed a 'hey it's me' finger on my shoulder and we recollected the old times," Bachchan writes in his blog entry.

"The time of her very first film, Boom, and how, as a shy reticent girl, she had been bullied by the director not to ever look (at herself) in the monitor," the superstar says.

He added how Kat was "new and uncertain like most of us, but was keen to see what she looked like on screen".

"I thought it was a most natural and common desire and one that should have been allowed by the director...

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That Salman Khan is all about “Being Human” is Known. But here is proof that the dildar Pathan is more than generous as well.

And the recipient of his generosity was the beautiful Kareena Kapoor, Salman’s co-star in Main Aur Mrs. Khanna.

In Melbourne on the shoot, the two stars who are friends would always be laughing, cracking jokes and having fun.

And when pack-up was announced, Kareena would often go shopping. Once, Salman accompanied her to carry the bags!

At one particular store, Bebo went on a shopping spree, picking up things for friends, family and herself.

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The Bong beauties of Bollywood, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee, celebrated Durga Puja at Balkanji Bari in Santa Cruz West on Thursday.The Puja was organized by the North Bombay Sarbhajanin Durga Puja Charitable Trust and the set was designed by Amit Pal and was graced by a 13-feet tall Durga idol.

The celebrations also included the veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee who said, “This isn’t just a Mukherjee’s puja for celebrities. It’s for the working class. We do our utmost to bring all communities together.

I request the new generation to be humble and inclusive of all.” Debu Mukherjee, secretary of the trust added, “This puja is a gharelu (domestic) puja. Kajol and Rani grew up here. So we don’t think they are celebrities. It’s like a house party for them.”

Akshay Kumar says when “Blue” director Anthony D’Souza approached him for the underwater thriller, the first thing he asked him was “Are you capable of making the movie?”.

Touted to be India’s first underwater film, which is said to match international standards of filmmaking, “Blue” promises to bring with it some never-seen-before visuals and stunts.

“The first thing I did was to look straight into his eyes and ask him - ‘Do you actually think you are capable enough of making a film of this scale, genre and setting?

You may say that you want to shoot the film in space or on the moon, but saying something and doing it are two different things.

So how will you actually shoot the film?.” As things turned out, D’Souza had done his homework well in advance and showed some of his work from.

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Bollywood’s world famous couple megastars Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachchan live with Abhishek’s parents, the couple told “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on September 28.

With about five billion fans globally, Filmfare Award winners Aishwarya Rai (Devdas), 35, and Abhishek Bachchan (Bunty Aur Babli), 33, described.

It as normal and absolutely natural. Abhishek’s grandparents also lived with them before they passed away.

They have to abide by few household rules also like having one meal a day together if everybody is in Mumbai, where they live.

When they have time for themselves (they appear in five-six movies a year, as compared to one-two films of Hollywood actors), they spend it at home with each other, family and friends, instead of going to exotic places.

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Filmmaker Karan Johar has hinted signing on Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif for his next movie.

The director was quoted by a news channel saying that Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif are the most romantic actors in Bollywood.

When he was further asked whether he would like to pair them up, the filmmaker didn't weed out the possibility.

Katrina Kaif and Shah Rukh Khan are also said to be working together in a Yash Chopra movie. If this happens.

It might as well be the end of cold war between Sallu and SRK. Salman is already throwing hints regarding the patch-up.

He praised King Khan on his show Dus Ka Dum, saying he has high regards for the actor professionally.

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We already told you about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan’s apperance on CBS’s daytime hit program.

The Oprah Winfrey Show in an episode taped earlier this month. Well today is the big day for the Bollywood couple as their first television interview together will air!

Ash came on the popular U.S. talk show in 2007 where she talked about plastic surgery and dressed Oprah in a pink saree!

This time she donned a white and brown saree and brought her hunky hubby! Oprah seemed very excited to meet.

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The Youth Icon Awards was recently held in Gurgaon at the Leela Kempinski Hotel. The event was studded with.

The presence of several celebrities like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Shabana Azmi, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Dia Mirza, Rahul Bose, Irrfan Khan, R Madhavan, Madhur Bhandarkar, Usha Uthup, Mohit Chauhan and Sayali Bhagat.

The event was organised by Wizcraft Entertainment and Videocon, with a view to honour individuals for their contribution.

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Bollywood's celebrated youth icon and stylish actress, Amrita Rao, was captured in a festive mood on the sets of the reality show Perfect Bride on Star Plus.

The residents of the house created an immediate connect with Poonam from Vivaah after seeing Amrita.

In traditional gear. One look at her, and it's instantly evident why this sassy damsel efortlessly adopts new fashion avatars!

While there, Amrita performed the Durga Puja with all the other lovely ladies of the house before proceeding to dance Dandiya Raas.

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We wrote recently about Mallika Sherawat, currently regarded by many as the hottest actress in Bollywood, and her role in the new Jennifer Lynch movie Hisss.

She is responsible for many Bollywood fans taking to Twitter (Mallika's Twitter virgins!). Mallika revealed some of her Twitter secrets such as who her  best Twitter friend is and also talked about serious issues such as racism.

In the US and the Shah Rukh incidentWho are you closest to in your family ?  Who is your boyfriend ?  Best friend ?  Best Twitter friend ?  Who do you admire ?

I have a brother, Vikram, who is also one of my best friends, and he manages most of my work that I don't.

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