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Apart from Vindu Dara Singh’s wife Dina and MTV VJ Bani, supposedly the new girl in actor Shahid Kapoor’s life, we’ve stumbled across at least four other names in contention for the Season Four of Khatron Ke Khiladi. One of them is actor-dancer Kashmera Shah who was last seen semi-nude on a calendar, and on Love Lock-Up with boyfriend Krushna Abhishek.

Kashmera, along with another actor Aarti Chhabria, last seen in a desi avatar in the Manoj Bajpayee starrer, Dus Tola, and model Diandra Soares are expected to up the glam quotient.

The sixth name who was in the list of probables is Mauli Dave, discovered in 2007 on Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and touted by judge Bappi Lahiri as the Indian Shakira.

Besides these six, seven other so-called celebrities are being lined up for Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar. It will see actor Akshay Kumar return as the anchor after a break last season when Priyanka Chopra came on to up the fear factor with 13 daring dudes.

If the buzzvine is to be believed, talks for the Colors show are on with Pakistani model-actor Veena Malik, who made her Indian telly debut in Bigg Boss 4 and model Lisa Hayden who made a big screen beginning in Aisha.

Actors Celina Jaitly, Payal Rohatgi and Shamita Shetty, item girl Sambhavna Seth and badminton player Jwala Gutta are some of the others. Actor-anchor Maria Goretti, who is Arshad Warsi’s wife, fashion designer Masaba Gupta who is Neena Gupta’s daughter and actor Shaurya Chauhan have apparently turned down the show. A channel insider informs that since Rakhi Sawant dropped out, Kashmera Shah stepped in.

The show goes on the floors around April 20 in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be shot in a start-to-finish 20-odd day schedule. It will go on air towards the end of May or the first half of June. Contracts are expected to be sealed by the end of the week.

All the brouhaha about Shahid Kapoor being spotted with the MTV VJ Bani has perhaps touched a raw nerve. Shahid, we hear, is upset at the rumours.

The rumours began after Shahid went to a restaurant with Bani, who claims to be his gym buddy. Shahid apparently feels that some friends of Bani are spreading these rumours. Playing into the media’s hands, even Bani gloated about her equation with Shahid and confirmed that she did go out with the actor.

The truth, however, is that Shahid hasn’t got the time to woo another girl now that he’s neck deep in winning back his lost love Priyanka Chopra. This apart, he’s primarily committed to his home production Mausam and also took out time to cheer team India during the Cricket World Cup final.

So the news of him going out with Bani did come as a surprise, true though it may have been. If anything, it has got Bani a lot of publicity and many people are curious to know just who this girl is.

VJ Bani first made her appearance in the TV show ‘Roadies Season 4’. She was the most hated contestant of that season but with her raw attitude and glam looks she made her way to the entertainment industry and was soon seen as the ravishing MTV VJ. Her full name is Gurbani Judge and she hails from Chandigarh. Many don’t know that Bani has also appeared in the film Aap Ka Suroor where she played a friend to the heroine.

The Roadies participant is now a contestant on Akshay Kumar's adventure show

With the original Khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar hosting the upcoming season of Khatron Ke Khiladi, the list of participants has to be laced with hot, steamy and bold beauties.

Amongst the 13 participants is the popular VJ Bani, who till now was busy having her cuppa coffee with jilted lover, Shahid Kapoor. She will now be seen slugging it out at Cape Town with other beauties. Bani had participated in reality show Roadies and took to hosting later. This shoot will commence from the third week of April. Time to catch Bani catch Akshay over a cup of coffee in Cape Town amidst all the action.

This time, Bollywood is abuzz that the 'on and off' couple Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor have finally called it quits. Sources reveal that this is due to Shahid's busy schedule with Mausam and his inability to keep in touch with Priyanka. Colleagues who have worked with Shahid remember him as an actor who ignores his personal life completely after getting on the sets. Shahid's indifference to Priyanka during the Mausam schedule irritated the actress, who vowed not to get back to Shahid due to his callousness.

After the Mausam schedule, Shahid tried to get back to Priyanka, while the actress constantly ignored his calls, messages and requests to meet. The couple's friends also mention that their troubles are mainly fuelled by their conflicting personalities. Shahid is a light hearted person who takes things positively, while Priyanka is reported to be uptight in handling the issues that confront them. It was also said that Priyanka had issued a bar on Shahid's social life. Of late, Shahid is seen socializing and in the company of his women colleagues, which makes Bollywood confirm that all has ended.

Shahid was recently spotted at a Mumbai eatout with MTV VJ Bani. The goth chick, who rose to fame after the MTV road show 'Roadies', is a fitness freak and also Shahid's workout partner in an upmarket Mumbai fitness centre. In a candid interview, Bani expressed that her man should be a fitness freak and love animals. Bani, who voices for PETA, might be finding Shahid Kapoor intriguing due to his vegetarian habits.

The happy-go-lucky Bani or the uptight Priyanka? Shahid can do the math.

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It seems as if Shahid Kapoor is making visible attempts to move on after his break-up with Priyanka Chopra. And proof is that he’s meeting other interesting girls, enthuses Sher Lock Holmes, claiming to have even spotted the cute actor in beautiful company. Tell me about it, I say and he recalls sighting Sasha with Bani, who’s a VJ with MTV Channel. The two were on a dinner date at Olive, the popular restro-bar off Carter Road in Bandra, so I’m told.

Aur pata hai kya? My super sleuth goes on to say that he found out from his khabrus that Sasha has been out with Bani previously too. Agreed that a couple of evenings out don’t mean that there’s anything serious brewing. But at the same time, it’s good to know that Sasha is getting to know other girls too now, after a considerable gap post his relationship with Priyanka hit the rocks. As for how good it will be for Bani, well, dekhte hain aage hota hai kya. No?

Though unlucky in his previous love affairs, seems like the ‘Kaminey’ hero Shahid Kapoor follows the proverb ‘try and try until you succeed’ a bit too religiously and as such does not wish to give up the chase for his dream girl.

Well, after separating from his first girlfriend Kareena Kapoor, Sasha was dating the ‘Kaminey’ actress Piggy Chops. But in no time, he broke off with his second girlfriend Priyanka too, and now he is apparently spending quality time with VJ Bani.

Tabloids have it that the B-town chocolate boy Shahid Kapoor was caught letting his hair down with his alleged third girlfriend VJ Bani at a nightspot in Bandra, late Thursday night.

Sasha dates Bani?

The rumored lovebirds, Shahid and Bani were spotted dining and chitchatting at the Bandra nightclub for almost an hour.

In a conversation, an observer said, "Shahid was accompanied by a male friend and the very popular VJ - Bani J.

“Shahid and Bani were having their meal and were seen joking around and having a gala time. Both were there for an hour while having their meal. Bani even emptied a few drinks and all three of them left together."

VJ Bani confirms the reports

Sasha’s new muse VJ Bani, who apparently seems to be unmoved with the link-up gossips, confirmed the news about dining with the actor and said that both, she and Shahid were feeling hungry, so had they planned to dine together.

While addressing the media, Bani said, "I was eating out with Shahid. We go to the same gym, and at times our work-out schedules coincide. We just felt a bit hungry that day and decided to have a meal."

Well, is Bani just a friend?

Post break up with Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor seems to be socialising and hanging out at various hot spots. And last Thursday, Shahid was spotted with VJ Bani at a Bandra nightspot.

An eyewitness revealed, "Shahid was accompanied by a male friend and the very popular VJ - Bani J.

Shahid and Bani were having their meal and were seen joking around and having a gala time. Both were there for an hour while having their meal. Bani even emptied a few drinks and all three of them left together."

A source said, "Apparently, after his breakup with Priyanka, Shahid is on a 'friend-making' spree.

During the course of his relationship with Priyanka, he barely went out or socialised. Now that he is single, he is making full use of the freedom."

When contacted, Bani confirmed, "I was eating out with Shahid. We go to the same gym, and at times our work-out schedules coincide.

We just felt a bit hungry that day and decided to have a meal."

Is this the beginning of a new story?