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If we go by the promo of the ‘Desi Boyz’ then we will find that style quotient is the major USP of the movie. As Akshay Kumar and John Abraham went by their dare bare look, the leading ladies of the movie, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh are also assumed to get into the two piece. Deepika has don bikini in her previous film and she has not any reservations.However a source close to the film confirms, "There are thousand ways of...

Veena Malik has just made her Bollywood debut in a sizzling item number.The 27-year-old Pakistani actor, who shot to fame with reality TV show Bigg Boss, will be seen in the song Main To Teri Fan Ho Gayi, in Riteish Deshmukh- Genelia D’Souza starrer Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya.“Honestly, I had a few offers for item numbers. But I wanted to pick the best one. This song is extremely spicy, so it goes perfectly with my personality ... at least...

Bollywood actors have their ways of making sure that their films set cash registers ringing at the box office.While some go to temples or shrines, others keep vows as in the case of Prateik, who has promised celibacy, before the release of his " My Friend Pinto".The 24-year-old actor has decided to practice celibacy for 14 days before his film releases Oct 14."This is my first solo film and people do so many things before the release of...

Actress Zarine Khan, who once weighed 100 kg, shed her weight to make a mark in the entertainment industry but the Character Dheela girl doesn't believe in crash diets and prefers balanced eating habits."I am blessed with very beautiful parents. Thanks to them that genetically I have got such a clear and nourished skin," said the one-film-old actress."But no doubt pollution and excessive exposure to heat and make-up affect the skin and...

Prachi Desai might have opted out of Jannat 2 citing her discomfort with the sexual content in the film, but if sources are to be believed, producers Vishesh Films have found a great replacement for her.Sources claim that Mahesh Bhatt has signed on Bengali bombshell Paoli Dam.Dam is known to be an uninhibited actress from Kolkata, who recently agreed to go topless for an Italian film, Italo Spinelli's Choli Ke Peeche.We believe the Bhatts,...

After Milan Luthria, who roped in Akshay Kumar for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2, now we hear that Ram Gopal Varma is planning to make a sequel to Bhoot titled Bhhoooo with Sanjay Dutt.A source revealed, "When Ramuji narrated the idea to Sanju, he was blown away. He immediately evinced his interest in playing a pivotal part in the movie."Apparently, Dutt and Ramu have been bonding quite a bit on the sets of their forthcoming film Department.Probed...

Hollywood star George Clooney has slammed reports that says his ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis sent him a series of angry texts after learning of his reported new romance.Clooney, 50, split from Canalis in June and is now rumoured to be dating former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler."I never comment on my personal life unless it affects others... and this lie affects others. Since I would be the only actual witness, I ask you to correct your...

Actor Demi Moore's forlorn tweets and a picture posted by her have set off fresh speculation on the fate of her marriage with fellow actor Ashton Kutcher.Last weekend, the 48-year-old actor apparently spent her wedding anniversary alone.She tweeted: "When we are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself & study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. -Epictetus"It was the same weekend, when husband of six years, Ashton...

Kareena Kapoor will surely be dressed to kill in the title role of Heroine to be directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.Reportedly Madhur has earmarked a whopping budget of around Rs 1.3 crore solely for Kareena's costumes in the film. The actress will play a top Bollywood star in Heroine and will get a wardrobe of around 150 costumes, styled by her favourite designer Manish Malhotra. Malhotra was also the wardrobe designer for Fashion."Madhur's...

Fifteen years after suicide, the sultry actress known as Silk Smitha is making a posthumous comeback.Director Milan Luthria's 'The Dirty Picture' stars award-winning actress Vidya Balan as Silk with veteran film star Naseeruddin Shah along with Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles.The film is scheduled to be released nationwide on December 2, 2011 on the birth anniversary of Silk Smitha.Through the 1980s, South Indian film star...

The actor made her Telugu debut with Gautham Menon’s hit bilingual, Ye Maya Chesave, post which she has been doing a lot of glamorous roles.Dookudu hit the screens last Friday, had a bumper initial. Samantha stresses that her role is very important in the film, unlike other superstar flicks.Samantha is eyeing the top spot in Telugu industry with Dookudu as the likes of Anushka and Ileana seem to be a step below at the moment, though Kajal...

The most popular movies at the multiplex this past weekend included some familiar titles: "The Lion King," "Moneyball," "Drive" and "Dookudu: Daring & Dashing.""Dookudu," an Indian cinema that blends action, comedy, romance and dance sequences, scored three of the seven most lucrative engagements around the United States.At a multiplex in Fairfax County, VA - the movie took in a whopping $82,000 over the weekend.Already a hit in India,...

A pregnant Lara Dutta stepped out with hubby Mahesh Bhupathi to attend the grand bash hosted by Akshay Kumar to celebrate the release of his production Speedy Singhs.Lara didn't shy away, instead she flaunted her baby bump in a blue-coloured, figure-hugging Hervé Léger skirt. The white top and a snazzy clutch gave the expectant mom a chic look.Apart from Lara, Aishwarya Rai is also expecting a baby presently. She was recently seen visiting...

The month of September had many sensuous and bold cover looks, and obviously our Bollywood babes were the hot favourite covergirls. So, we chose the two best-looking covers from the month - one was of Sonam Kapoor, and another had Katrina Kaif, for our photo poll.If Sonam Kapoor was wild and daring on Harper’s Bazaar, wearing a Shane and Peacock’s edgy yet revealing dress, the oh-so-beautiful Katrina Kaif let her eyes do the talking, oozing...

Actress Katrina Kaif recently suffered a big oops moment on the sets of Ek Tha Tiger in Dublin.Katrina's outfit was obviously not the most practical one for a scene that involved riding a bike.As Ms Kaif stumbled off the bike, her dashing ex beau and co-star Salman Khan reached out in the nick of time before the shot could get even more disastro...

Bollywood hearthrob Ranbir Kapoor has locked lips with almost all his co-stars and says that filming a kissing scene is like filming an action sequence."I do love stories most of the time. Naturally kissing scenes do come up. I don't say 'daalo' (put in) kissing scenes. Moreover, it's too awkward to kiss a girl in front of hundred people on the sets and in front of camera and lights," Ranbir, who had kissing scenes in "Bachna Aae Haseeno",...

You could've seen her on the ramp, on a music channel or in a season of Khatron Ke Khiladi. Now, you will see model-turned-veejay Pia Trivedi in this week's release Hum Tum Shabana.Directed by Bheja Fry director Sagar Ballary, the film also stars Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor and Minissha Lamba.When interviewed, Pia talked about her big screen debut, her hot item number and much more including her first ever wardrobe malfunction that...

It was supposed to be a meeting that might have been a reconciliation of sorts for Bollywood actor Kangna Ranaut with international society swan Paris Hilton, after the confusion over claims of being the face of Paris’ brand. But Paris didn’t have much to say to Kangna except for a cursory handshake at the party hosted to welcome her in Mumbai.There was considerable confusion when Kangna made claims that her staff had been contacted by...

Mahie Gill is no longer the girl next door. She has moved further away from being that by choosing bold roles in a few films. Be it the role she played in 'Not a Love Story' or the one in 'Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster' - Mahie is now one of the sex symbols of Bollywood tagged 'BOLD' and more and more glamorous roles are just going her way.Mahie however attributes her success to the directors who make her feel comfortable in filming bold scenes...

If reports are to be believed, Sadhurangam - a film starring Srikanth and Sonia Agarwal is believed to be revived and released in the first week of October after languishing in the cans for the longest time.The film is said to be released on demand of all those who were blown away on seeing the film.When inquired about the reason why such a good film had not released earlier, Producer Durairaj said that it was a combination of financial...

It was earlier reported that Gautham Menon had signed up Jiiva, Ram and Adithya Roy Kapoor for Nee Thaane En Pon Vasantham’s Tamil, Telugu and Hindi version respectively but Ram had moved out of the Telugu version of the film and the director is looking for another suitable replacement.Following the reports that Ram had walked out of the film, it was said that Jiiva had bagged the offer. But, Jiiva has now confirmed that he is not doing...

Actress Genelia D'Souza, who is known for playing the bubbly, vivacious college girl in most of her films, says she seems to own that spot in Bollywood.According to her, she is being offered such roles more than other actresses."I seem to own the spot of the college girl in Bollywood. Down south, I have been given strong issue based roles. But here I don't get one", said Genelia.The actress added that she will be playing a mature role in...

The suspense is over. Katrina Kaif has finally agreed to star in Yash Raj Films' Dhoom 3 opposite Aamir Khan and the big question that this confirmation throws up is,Will Katrina go ahead with the legacy and sizzle wearing a bikini for this film?For those who came in late, Katrina was always the first choice for the role. However, a precondition for doing the role was that Katrina would have to wear a two-piece in a couple of scenes in...

As India makes her debut on the Formula 1 circuit, pop icon Lady Gaga will be leading the celebrations. Actor-producer Arjun Rampal, part owner of hip Delhi nightclub Lap, which will play host to the F1 after-parties, has scored the coup, managing to get the super-busy musician to headline the event. He says, “Since there are going to be so many international celebrities coming down for the races, we knew we had to push the parties to the...

Mahie Gill is the talk of the town for having done a steamy lovemaking scene with co-star Randeep Hooda in this Friday’s release Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster.While promoting the film in Chandigarh on Sunday, the actress opened up about the lovemaking scene and how she shed her inhibition before shooting it.“Bold scenes that I am doing in the movie are an indispensable and inseparable part of it. But I think those scenes are only hot, and not...

He stays away from commenting on the matters of heart. But for the first time Ranbir Kapoor admits he has cheated in a relationship. His on-off dalliances with a host of beauties have caused enough trouble for him.Once a friend of his, who is also a popular actor, said on a chat show that he wishes to gift Ranbir Kapoor a ‘Ways to be Faithful’ book. Now the proverbial Casanova of Bollywood dares to wear his attitude on his sleeve and talks...

The trailer of the film was launched during the Airtel Super Singers Live show that was aired on Vijay TV and it has naturally caught the attention of the viewers raising the expectation levels several notches up.The television show 'Airtel Super Singers' enjoys immense popularity and it was indeed a good move to launch the trailer.Mayakkam Enna is a directorial venture by Selvaraghavan and it has Dhanush and Richa Gangopadhyay playing...

Film director A R Murugadoss had earlier said that neither Suriya nor he could make a film like 7aam Arivu for the next five years.Elaborating on it, the director said that there was so much of hard work involved in the making of 7aam Arivu and they cannot think of working so hard at least for another five years.A R Murugadoss had three scripts ready for Suriya and it was the star that chose the 7aam Arivu script because he wanted to reach...

The hunt for a leading lady for Dhoom 3 is over!Katrina Kaif will sizzle in the third instalment of the action-adventure series, which features Aamir Khan as the anti-hero.Yash Raj Films (YRF) had been on the lookout for a fresh face for the role, which was essayed by Esha Deol and Aishwarya Rai, in Dhoom and Dhoom 2, respectively."After almost a year of searching for a new face for Dhoom 3, we were still unable to find the perfect debutante...

The troubles for Shahid Kapur and Sonam Kapoor's Mausam have ended and the movie has seen the light of the day.So, as Shahid and dad Pankaj Kapur hosted a grand premiere to mark the release of their film, everyone seemed excited to watch the epic love story that marks the directorial debut of the latter.Those in attendance included Hrithik Roshan, Riteish Deshmukh, Rani Mukherjee, Bipasha Basu, Sonakshi Sinha and Rakesh Mehra.The father-son...

Yet to become a household name, Mrinalini Sharma has all her hopes pinned on her upcoming release Soundtrack, in which she stars alongside television's favourite lover-boy Rajeev Khandelwal. While Mrinalini's excitement regarding the film is literally palpable, her blooper-moments from the shoot still leave her red in the face.One such instance is a scene in the film, which required her to slap Rajeev's character. Mrinalini was quite uncomfortable...

“Legend”, “great captain”, “style icon”, “gentleman” — that’s how the Bollywood brigade remembered former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi on receiving news of the 70-year-old’s demise.Pataudi, 70, was admitted to New Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 29 August 2011 with an acute lung infection. The infection was caused by chronic interstitial lung disease which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly. He died...

After her last release Bheja Fry 2, Bollywood babe Minissha Lamba is all excited for her next flick Hum Tum Shabana that is to release shortly.Minissha has earlier shot down reports that she had walked the ramp in a bikini playing a contestant to a beauty queen pageant, saying there was such a scene in the script but she had refused to do it.Ask her about the film and she says,"Hum Tum Shabana is a comedy film revolving around two model...

Ganesh Venkatraman who was seen in Abhiyum Naanum and Unnai Pol Oruvan has completed Panithuli directed by Natty Kumar and awaiting its release.Meanwhile Ganesh is spreading his wings in Andhra Pradesh too where he is currently shooting for the Telugu film 'Damarukam' with Nagarjuna and Anushka. According to sources, Damarukam is one of the most awaited Telugu films with almost 50 minutes of special effects, loads of action and is being...

The makers of Saheb Biwi aur Gangster have confirmed that the leaked video of Mahie and Randeep getting intimate is not from the film's footage but was shot on location.The cast and crew of Saheb Biwi aur Gangster was in for a rude shock when they saw some clippings of intimate scenes between Mahie Gill and Randeep Hooda being leaked on few websites. While the whole cast of the film including Randeep and Mahie is out of Mumbai on a promotional...

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's stalled project, 'Heroine' is back on track today with Kareena Kapoor as its new lead actress.Announcing of the reboot, the director tweeted:Earlier, the project was shelved when the film's then lead actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy came to light.Madhur was in shock when after the film's grand announcement at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, Aishwarya's pregnancy was revealed by father-in-law Amitabh...

Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal, starring Atharva and Amala Paul is gearing up for its release at a good pace. The news that is doing rounds is the involvement of its lyricist Thamarai, a renowned and constant in Gautham Menon's films whose been creating magic ever since Minnale with Harris Jeyaraj.Thamarai has penned the lyrics for Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal that has music composed by GV Prakash, who has been reigning the charts lately. The...

Vedi, Prabhu Deva's film with Vishal and Sameera Reddy, has cleared the censors and received a U/A certificate.The producers of the film are very pleased with this as they were expecting this to happen and now they're rest assured that the film will definitely reach the target audience.Prabhu Deva and Vishal are working together for the first time and there is a lot of expectation from both of them.Sameera Reddy is becoming very popular...

Actor Ram who was supposed to work with Gautham Menon in his trilingual, Neethane En Ponvasantham had to face the heat when there were reports that he was throwing bad attitude and walked out because he refused to be kept waiting while the other actors finished their scenes.It was opined by many that Ram was being unprofessional.Ram has cleared the air and said that he really wanted to do the film and had somehow found the dates in a jam...

Director Biju had recently accused Prithviraj of backing out of his project, Doctor Love at the nth hour which had caused trouble for the director as the producers also had walked off leaving him in the lurch.Prithviraj clarified that Biju had discussed the film with him and he had merely said that the script had potential though it still needed work and had to be redrafted.The actor mentioned that he had only said that he'd consider working...

Shriya is currently in Thailand.The actress was having a whale of a time visiting various dive sites when things suddenly went sour for her there.Shriya visited the Tiger Temple at the Kanchanaburi province, near Bangkok and was shocked to see that the tigers including the cubs were kept chained by the monks in the temple.It is an inhuman practice to capture these wonderful creatures and then keep them chained so that tourists can play...

Anjali has a supporting role in Vasantha Balan's film Aravaan. She will be playing Bharath's love interest in the film.Aadhi is the lead actor and Dhansika is his heroine.Kabir Bedi, Pasupathy, Sweta Menon are the other actors who will be rounding out this stellar cast.The Angadi Theru actress has come in for a lot of praise for her performance in Engeyum Eppothum with Jai.Anjali was also seen in the blockbuster, Mankat...

Gautham Menon's ambitious trilingual, to be released in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi has suffered a setback. Jiiva, Ram and Aditya Roy Kapoor were roped in to play the lead roles and Samantha was the lucky heroine who was to be in all three versions.Ram apparently has opted to leave the project.The reason is that Ram was kept waiting while Jiiva and Aditya finished shooting the scene in order. He felt that he was wasting his precious time and...

Actress Malaika Arora Khan has wowed everyone with her item dance in 'Munni Badnaam' of the movie Dabangg.The uncrowned Queen of item numbers is now all set to make her comeback with another item song in Sajid Khan's upcoming film Housefull 2, which is expected to bring back Munni's desi look on screen again.According to reports, Malaika Arora Khan can be seen sizzling on screen in another hot item song in multi-starrer Bollywood movie...

Vidya Balan, who seems to have mastered the act of seduction in The Dirty Picture says that the film celebrates womanhood in all its glory.Speaking to The Times of India, Vidya Balan said, “I've never enjoyed being a woman more than in The Dirty Picture. It celebrates a woman like a rainbow in all her colours.”Vidya Balan was initially very surprised when director Milan Luthria approached her with a character like this.However, Vidya, who...

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is reportedly set to romance actress Ameesha Patel in his next movie, which has been tentatively titled Shortcut Romeo. This is for the first time, the Bollywood stars can be seen together on-screen in the project that is a remake of Tamil super-hit film Thiruttu Payale.Thiruttu Payale has been directed by Susi Ganesan and it is a real life experience based entertainer. The movie has witnessed huge success at Box...

Comedian Russell Peters, who is starring in Akshay Kumar's production Speedy Singhs, has revealed that he finds Bollywood films awful. The star says that he hates the Mumbai-based film industry and he does not plan to act in Bollywood films.In an interview with the PTI, Russell Peters has hurled his hatredness towards Bollywood films.The Indo-Canadian stand-up comedian said, "I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible....

Richa Gangopadhyay, the heroine of Osthi with STR and Mayakkam Enna with Dhanush says that she only wants to do roles that have meat on them and not the usual plastic characters.The actress said Mayakkam Enna has given her a chance to show off her acting chops as her character has been beautifully developed by Selva. And as for Osthi, Richa says that her character along with the script has been modified from the original to suit the Tamil...

Bollywood heart-throb Ranbir Kapoor can’t stop praising his co-star and debutante Nargis Fakhri.“Nargis is an amazing actor. She is a big boon to our film. We are lucky to have her on board our film,” Ranbir, who was looking like a rockstar in a pair of jeans, green kurta and a jacket, told the reporters.“I pray that audiences accept Nargis as this is her first film. I request everyone to be kind to her. It feels really nice to know that...