Aishwarya Rai to work with Rituparno Ghosh once again

Aishwarya Rai to work with Rituparno Ghosh once again

 

Aishwarya Rai has already worked with National Award-winning director Rituparno Ghosh in ‘Chokher Bali’ and ‘Raincoat’ and has been appreciated by critics for her performance in both the flicks. Once again, she will work under the direction of Ghosh, this time for the role of a bandit queen in the adapted film version of Devi Chaudhurani.

Devi Chaudhurani is a novel by Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1884 and is regarded as one of the most popular novels of its times. In order to get a grip into her character, Ash has asked for the DVDs of Suchitra Sen’s film which is about how a typical affluent housewife turns into the leader of a pack of dacoits.

Ghosh and Ash have sat together a couple of times to work on the storyline of the film and how it should be adapted in a modern context and now, as the script has been finalized and handed over to Ash, she is about to allot dates for the shooting. The film will in all probability be a Hindi-Bengali bilingual. /bollywood-stars.net

Sarah Jane Dias oozing sensuality on the covers of Maxim April 2011

Sarah Jane Dias oozing sensuality on the covers of Maxim April 2011

 

Sarah Jane Dias, ex Miss India World and VJ, has made her presence felt with her glamour in Abhinay Deo’s ‘Game’ especially in hot number ‘Kaisi Sunao Mein Yeh Dastaan’. She had to prepare for the song’s shoot for over a month.

“The song has been choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant and I was trained by her assistant. The track has a burlesque theme and I had to get the steps right as a group of guys would keep lifting me throughout as part of the steps,” she said.

Sarah appears on the cover of Maxim India April 2011 edition. Though Sarah looks her hottest best, the magazine needs to come up with something new for its covers.

Sarah is also in talks for other projects but prefers not to talk about it much. “I am extremely superstitious about all this,” she says.

Dias has also acted in a Tamil movie Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai (Restless Playboy) which released in January this year. Written and directed by Thiru Krishnamoorthy, the film stars Vishal Krishna, Neetu Chandra and Tanushree Dutta. /bollywood-stars.net

Graceful Konkona Sen Sharma on the cover of ‘OK! India’

Graceful Konkona Sen Sharma on the cover of ‘OK! India’

 

31- year old actress, Konkona Sen Sharma, who tied the knot with Ranvir Shorey in September and delivered a baby boy on March 15, graces the cover of OK! magazine for the month of April. The actress and husband Ranvir Shorey have named their newborn Haroon.

Rahul Bose broke the news on Twitter saying, “Massive congratulations to @konkonas and Ranvir! A boy it is. With those genes, the dynasty is secure. (sic)”

Actor Vivek Oberoi and tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi also congratulated the couple.

In the latest issue of OK! India, Koko talks about pregnancy and motherhood. She says, “The pregnancy has meant a complete change in lifestyle. I used to be a smoker, overnight I couldn’t smoke or drink at all.”

“He (hubby Ranvir Shorey) is very good with kids, thank God, because I am really awkward around children.

We were both keen on having a baby soon though — because you know they say you should have your kids before a certain age. We’ve been saying, “Maybe next year,” for some time and on my last birthday, mom said, “Okay, you want to freeze your eggs now?!” This has happened at the right age and the right time for us and we couldn’t be happier.”/bollywood-stars.net

Koena Mitra plays a bisexual in her first Hollywood project, ‘The Story of Naomi’

Koena Mitra plays a bisexual in her first Hollywood project, ‘The Story of Naomi’

 

Koena Mitra was last in news when she had a milkshake named after her. Since then, the news columns have been missing her as the girl had shifted her base to LA and was hunting hard for a Hollywood project. After putting in a lot of efforts, the girl has started her first Hollywood film, Story of Naomi, being produced by Michael Hirshenson of the When Harry Met Sally fame and directed by the ace fashion photographer Ash Gupta.

The movie has Koena play a bisexual girl who gets attracted to men and women equally. The movie also features actor Kevin Sorbo and Chris Devicchio. The first poster of the film shows Koena getting intimate with another girl.

Producer Hirshenson is all praises for Koena and says, “She looks international and her discipline and hard work can take her places. It all depends on how much she’s ready to learn.”

And it seems, the producer is quite right as this model-turned-actress has worked on her accent and was taking classes for it as the West puts more stress on dubbing and other technicalities.

All we can say is ‘Way to Go Girl’!!

 

 

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What does Om Puri have to say about ‘Mallika Sharafat’?

What does Om Puri have to say about ‘Mallika Sharafat’?

 

Mallika Sherawat is known not only for her sex appeal but also for a rather big mouth. However, there is one person who swears to the innocence and simplicity for our sex kitten and he is none other than the very talented actor Om Puri.

When Om Puri got an opportunity to work with Sherawat, he was rather apprehensive because of Mallika is known for her attitude and the habit of throwing tantrums on the sets of her films.

However, when Om Puri met and shot a song with Mallika recently, he discovered that the actual Mallika was just the very opposite of her image. He describes her as a very “down to earth” and “innocent” person. The two bonded well hailing from neighbouring states, Mallika from Haryana and Puri from Punjab.

Now that Puri is so very impressed and taken over by Mallika’s goody goody nature that he calls her with a new name ‘Mallika Sharafat’!!/bollywood-stars.net

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Salman Khan ‘Ready’ with yet another Masala movie

Salman Khan ‘Ready’ with yet another Masala movie

 

Salman Khan’s last hit ‘Dabangg’ had it all to woo the audience- action, comedy, glamour, romance and all masalas in just the right proportion. Now, Salman Bhai is ready with his next, ‘Ready’ starring himself and Asin.

The first trailer of the flick is out and it once again promises the typical Salman Masala with full time romance, dance, masti and action. The movie directed by Anees Bazmee is the remake of a successful Telugu film with the same name and is set for June 3 release. The musical notes for the film are from Pritam.

Apart from Salman and Asin, the movie stars Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar who all are in supporting roles. Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan will make cameo appearances in the film.

The trailer shows how Salman fights for his love and punishes the bad boys. /bollywood-stars.net

Deepika Padukone becomes the first ‘Tattoo Queen’ of India

Deepika Padukone becomes the first ‘Tattoo Queen’ of India

 

The organisers of the first Tattoo Convention in India have chosen beautiful Deepika Padukone as the ‘Tattoo Queen’ of India. Deepika is already known for sporting the initials of her former boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor’s initials at the nape of her neack. Later, she modified the tattoo to ‘TMK’.

Also, she sports the ‘Dum Maro Dum’ tattoo on her waistline in the remixed song in the upcoming film Dum Maaro Dum. It was seeing this song that IndiaInk Invention got in touch with her and requested her to visit their first-ever convention which took place here on April 10. Unfortunately, Deepika could not attend the convention as she in London shooting for ‘Desi Boyz’. To make up for her absence, she forwarded the invitation to her Dum Maaro Dum team. Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik and Rohan Sippy attended the convention instead.

The convention’s organiser Manoj Thakur, Partner at Par Excellence Entertainment, said, “Deepika’s absence was felt, especially at an event that she would have readily identified with.

With her own much-written about RK tattoo at the base of her neck and the cutting-edge Dum Maaro Dum tattoo she’s seen sporting in the movie, she would have been the perfect ambassador for this tattoo expo.”/bollywood-stars.net

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Aishwarya Rai to attend Cannes without hubby Abhishek Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai to attend Cannes without hubby Abhishek Bachchan

 

Aishwarya Rai has made her presence felt at Cannes for 10 consecutive years, her first being in the year 2002 with her Devdas co-star Shahrukh Khan. Post her marriage, she has generally been seen there with hubby Abhishek, their first appearance together as the couple being in 2007. This year again, Ash will be there for will once again walk the red carpet at Cannes, however this year she will be there for the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held from 11th May to 22nd May 2011. 

Unfortunately, she will not be accompanied by hubby Abhishek he will be busy shooting in Russia for Abbas-Mustan’s Players. To add to the beautiful actress’ woes, she will have to spend her fourth wedding anniversary on April 20th also alone due to their professional commitments.

Aishwarya will be walking the red carpet as the L’Oreal brand ambassador for the 10th consecutive time. Abhishek is proud of Ash’s achievement and said, “I am very proud of her. I think she is the only Indian actress to have that.”/bollywood-stars.net

Kanishtha Dhankhar has her eyes set on Bollywood

Kanishtha Dhankhar has her eyes set on Bollywood

 

Kanishtha Dhankhar, a girl from Mumbai, an already established popular ramp model, is on cloud nine these days for she has won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World Crown this year. She was also judged Femina Miss beautiful legs.

Kanishtha Dhankhar is a known name in the world of modeling as she has walked in many fashion weeks like LFW, WIFW, Couture Week and has modeled for designers like Manish Arora, Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Tarun Tahiliani.

Well, we do not need to mention here that Bollywood is Kanishtha’s next goal and the girl chirps that she would love to make her debut with either Aamir Khan or Hrithik Roshan.

But Bollywood has to wait for Kanishtha at present for she is busy now with her preparations for Miss World Contest./beautifulworldgirls

Shahid Kapoor to don on the action image once again

Shahid Kapoor to don on the action image once again

 

Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Kaminey’ earned him all accolades for his flick ‘Kaminey’ where he was seen in an action role which was quite far from his earlier chocolate boy roles. Once again, the actor will throw punches at bad boys, this time in an action film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Ramesh Taurani of Tips. If sources are to be believed, the film draws inspiration from Hollywood hit Knight and Day, starring Tom Cruise, and the makers are even considering the idea of purchasing the rights to the original.

The film will start its production very soon.

Presently, Shahid has a number of films lined up right from Mausam directed by Pankaj Kapoor with co-stars Aditi Sharma, Anupam Kher, Sonam Kapoor and Supriya Pathak, to Kunal Kohli’s Next directed by Kunal Kohli with co-star Priyanka Chopra and Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heer Aur Ranjha to be directed by Sabir Khan with co-star Deepika Padukone. /bollywood-stars.net

Check out Hrithik and Sonakshi in the new Provogue ad

Check out Hrithik and Sonakshi in the new Provogue ad

 

Sonakshi Sinha portrayed the simple traditional girl in her debut ‘Dabangg’, but in her off-screen life, she is known to be amazingly trendy and effortlessly stylish. No wonder she is the new Provogue girl.

The Dabang girl has been roped by Provogue as the face for their latest Summer/Spring collection and “LIVE MAD” campaign for the women’s wear. Talking about the campaign and the brand, Sonakshi Sinha said: “Provogue is a brand known for its innovative designs and believes in going beyond the realm of the fashion trends. I am proud to be a part of the brand which depicts the free and young spirit of our country.”/bollywood-stars.net

Meet our ‘Rock n Roll’ girl: Katrina Kaif

Meet our ‘Rock n Roll’ girl: Katrina Kaif

 

In all her flicks uptil now (apart from her debut disaster ‘Boom’), Katrina Kaif has always played sweet, chirpy, bubbly characters. Now, it is high time the girl has finally let go of her goodie-goodie image and goes in for a hot rock n roll girl’s image for her forthcoming flick ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’. The movie has Kaif play a character who develops a liking for her fiance’s brother.

It was a pleasant surprise to see Kats with a tattered jeans and fingers on the strings of the guitar. The song sequence was shot amidst a huge crowd in Agra. strums the six-string with abandon. Her co-star Imran Khan and many actors were also part of the Agra schedule. The movie also stars the Pakistani actor Ali Zafar of Tere Bin Laden fame as the second male lead./bollywood-stars.net

Rani Mukherjee in an item number?

Rani Mukherjee in an item number?

 

 If sources are to be believed, our Bengali beauty Rani Mukherjee, too, has been taken over by the item song rage. There was a time when Rani was the reigning actress in Bollywood, but age and time is not in favor of the actress at present. She has been waiting for a desperate hit since a long time. Her last release ‘No One Killed Jessica’ also could not do much for her sinking career.



So, when the word is doing rounds that the Bong beauty is being considered for a sizzling item in director Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2, Rani keeps her lips tight about it. However, she has already expressed her desire to doing item songs as she hasn’t done any in her career so far. Rani says she likes the energy and verve of the items songs. Her training as an Odissi dancer makes it easy for her to groove on fast tracks.

As of now, Rani has all her hopes focused on Reema Kagti’s next film where she plays a sex worker and stars along with Aamir Khan./bollywood-stars.net

Pooja Batra to be honored by LA Indo-American Advisory Council

Pooja Batra to be honored by LA Indo-American Advisory Council

 

Actress Pooja Batra has done quite a few films in Bollywood but unfortunately could not make it big here. She has been missing from the Bollywood scene for quite some time post her marriage to orthopaedic surgeon Sonu Ahluwalia in 2002. After her marriage, she shifted her base to Los Angeles but this Januray, she filed a divorce against her husband.

The latest with Batra is that she is being honored by the LA County Sheriff’s Indo-American Advisory Council for her contribution to the South Asian-American community. She will also host an auction to raise funds for tsunami-hit Japan. The award will be received and the auction will be hosted by her on April 28.

In the business arena too, the actress has some action going on. Her company Glow Bell Inc has associated with a Los Angeles-based casting company to help the latter set up a shop in India./bollywood-stars.net

When Mallika Sherawat bonded with Barack Obama over a cup of tea

When Mallika Sherawat bonded with Barack Obama over a cup of tea

 

Must say, Mallika Sherawat has become a known name in the international front. Our girl finally made it up, close and personal with the US President, Barack Obama, himself when the president invited her for tea during his campaign stop in Hollywood.

The two discussed about Mallika’s stay in Los Angeles and when she brought up the topic of her upcoming film, Politics of Love, Barack, based on the 2008 presidential elections, the President asked her to invite her to its premiere. He said, “Make sure you invite me to the premiere!”

After the meeting, Mallika tweeted: “it was electric! Obama is d bomb:)”
“Truly, one of d great highlights of my life, tweeps:) xo!!!” Sherawat added.

Truly, the actress gets to add yet another feather to her achievements in Hollywood./bollywood-stars.net

Chitrangada Singh to display her greyer shades in the ‘Krrish’ sequel

Chitrangada Singh to display her greyer shades in the ‘Krrish’ sequel

 

Chitrangda Singh has always been hailed by the critics as a very talented actor and the pretty lady has taken up yet another challenge in her career. She is playing the female villain in the sequel for ‘Krrish’ and is undergoing strict physical training for her role. Though Chitrangada owns a very good physique, doing stunts and actions along with martial arts is something she is not comfortable with.

She has been attending action and fight classes with experts after being suggested by her co-star Hrithik Roshan for it. She was recently in Hong Kong and then China for the same and admits that it was a rigorous experience.

Chitrangada plays the role of a glamorous mutant seductress and needs to use some of the fighting styles like Taekwondo and kickboxing in her role.

Says the actress, “I’m back from my action workshop where I was getting trained by experts. I did a lot of training on ropes, harnesses and even did a little bit of kick boxing.”/bollywood-stars.net

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Penelope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974) is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in Vanilla Sky and Blow. Both films were released in 2001 and were commercially successful worldwide. In the 2000s she has appeared in films from a wide range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), the action adventure Sahara (2005), the animated G-Force and the musical drama Nine. Her most notable films to date are Volver (2006), for which she earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which she received an Academy Award. She was the first Spanish actress in history to receive an Academy Award and the first Spanish actress to receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal. Cruz and her younger sister Mónica Cruz have designed items for Mango. She has donated both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission. Cruz has donated money and time to charity. In addition to work in Nepal, she has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent a week working for Mother Teresa that included assisting in a leprosy clinic. That trip inspired Cruz to help start a foundation to support homeless girls in India, where she sponsors two young women. She donated her salary from her first Hollywood movie, The Hi-Lo Country, to Mother Teresa's mission. In the early 2000s she spent time in Nepal photographing Tibetan children for an exhibition attended by the Dalai Lama. She also photographed residents at the Pacific Lodge Boys' Home, most of whom are former gang members and recovering substance abusers. She said: "These kids break my heart. I have to control myself not to cry. Not out of pity, but seeing how tricky life is and how hard it is to make the right choices." Cruz showed her support along with her baby bump for the battle against AIDS by lighting up the Empire State Building with red lights in New York City December 1, 2010 on International AIDS Day, as part of (RED)'s new awareness campaign, 'An AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015,' which aims to eradicate the HIV virus from pregnant mothers to their babies.

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