'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' has simple, warm melodies (Music Review)

Film: "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi"Music Composer: Salim-SuleimanLyricist: Jaideep SahniSingers: Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam, Labh Janjua, Sunidhi ChauhanRating: ***
Yash Raj Films has roped in composer duo Salim-Suleiman for "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" and they have churned out light, warm, romantic numbers for the movie. With a few exceptions, 'Rab Ne..." may not be your album of the year but could go on to be really popular."Dance Pe Chance" doesn't sound too exciting or dance-inducing courtesy the lack of fizz in the number. While the rendition by Sunidhi Chauhan is full of gusto and zeal, the music's pace is not good enough despite its rhythms and beats. Labh Janjua's Punjabi vocals add some zing to the track."Haule haule" turns things around for the album. Firstly, Sukhwinder proves his worth as a romantic singer. Secondly, it is a simple and soulful number and that is exactly where its beauty lies. The music has been kept really light and instruments have been kept to a minimum. Finally, Jaideep Sahni's lyrics are simply marvellous. Simple yet effective, the song is surely going to connect with music lovers."Phir milenge chalte chalte" is an interesting track as bits and pieces from yesteryears' music are imbibed and fused together. Salim and Suleiman not just bring in the old in this track but also use a lot of new and contemporary sounds.Melody and simplicity are once again the highlight of "Tujh mein dikhta". Yash Raj Films usually have this one melodramatic, soulful, romantic piece in every album of theirs and 'Tujh Mein...' fit the bill. It has been sung by Roop Kumar Rathod."Tujh mein dikhta" returns in a slower version where Shreya Ghoshal takes over the mike for a solo rendition. This one is also a pretty decent hear and audiences will like it over time."Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is Salim-Suleiman's attempt at not composing an over-hyped album. It is short, sweet and may not completely bowl you over, but is sure to grow on listeners once the film releases. Jaideep Sahni deserves special mention for penning incredible and unconventional lyrics that should surely strike a chord with listeners.

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Terrorists have no religion; politicians, act responsibly: Aamir Khan

New Delhi, Bollywood star Aamir Khan Friday wrote on his blog that politicians may try to use the Mumbai terror attack to their own advantage and stressed that terrorists have no religion.
“I dread to think of how various political parties are now going to try and use this tragedy to further their political careers. At least now they should learn to not divide people and instead become responsible leaders,” wrote Aamir on his blog www.aamirkhan.com/blog.“When will these politicians realise and admit that terrorists have no religion. Terrorists are not Hindu or Muslim or Christian. They are not people of religion or god. They are people who have gone totally sick in their head and have to be dealt with in that manner,” he added.Aamir went on to write about how the tragedy that struck the financial capital Wednesday night and spilled over into Friday has exposed how “ill-equipped we are as a society as far as proper leaders go”.“We desperately need young, dynamic, honest, intelligent and upright leaders, who actually care for the country,” he opined.Militants struck in at least 10 places in Mumbai, killing at least 125 people and injuring 327 people besides holding scores of people hostage inside two luxury hotels since Wednesday night.The actor has been actively keeping a tab on the proceedings of the rescue operations in the city through television. He shared that it was shocking and heart breaking for him to see various locations there turned into a war zone.“At this moment I pray that the brave officers of the Mumbai Police, the Indian Army, Navy, the NSG and the various other security forces dealing with the situation are able to end this crisis as soon as possible,” Aamir wrote.Aamir extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed and of those who had been held hostage since Wednesday night. He made a special mention of the “brave officers of the Mumbai Police” who lost their lives leading from the front to take on the terrorists. He also wrote about Anti Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who was one among the three top officials who laid down their lives while fighting terror.The actor-turned-filmmaker has urged countrymen to have faith and signed off with “Jai Hind”.

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Bollywood actor's sister, brother-in-law killed in Oberoi

Mumbai, (IANS) Bollywood actor Ashish Chaudhary's sister Monica Chhabaria and her husband, who had gone to the Oberoi Trident Hotel Wednesday for dinner, have been killed in the terrorist attack, sources close to the actor said Friday.
The couple went to the Tiffin restaurant of the hotel, which was among the 10 places the terrorists attacked Wednesday night.Ashish, recently seen in the film "EMI", was waiting since the Wednesday night for a word on the wellbeing of his sister and her husband, but he broke down when he came to know that they were brought out of the hotel by security forces Friday.In fact a report by the security forces said all diners at Tiffin that night were killed in terrorist firing.

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Return of the gang leader

If there is any actor from Bollywood who is liked by the film lovers the most to get under the skin of the character of a gang leader, it is Sanjay Dutt.
The towering personality, his peculiar style of walking and his past high impact roles in immensely successful movies like 'Khalnayak', 'Vaastav', 'Mussafir' etc. lays testimony to the fact that when it comes to portraying the raw tough guy on screen, Sanjay will always be the first choice.
After a hiatus, the baba of Bollywood is again going to do the role of a person who is looked upon by others for getting the directions to move on.
In a movie titled as 'Gangs of London' to be produced by Bunty Walia, Sanjay Dutt will be seen as a gang king.
In the action flick he will give life to the role of the leader of a Khalsa gang in a London neighbourhood.
The gang has the main responsibility of protecting the Asian community from rampant prostitution and drug abuse.
The other actors who will make up Sanjay's gang will be Bobby Deol, Dino Morea, Suniel Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor and Shaad Randhawa.
The ace fashion designer Arjun Khanna will be designing the stylish leather dominated outfits of Sanjay Dutt which will be giving him the killer manly looks.
Jassi who is the brother of the producer and a novice in film making business will be directing the high octane flick.
He has completed a course in film making from New York and is now studying the history of different famous gangs of London and their specialties as part of the research process.
'Gangs of London' will start its production in July 2009.
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'Big Boss' Participants escape from terror bomb blasts

It was a moment that led everyone's dreaded everyone with extreme fear yesterday night at Santacruz Five Star Hotel, Mumbai. Participant of Big Boss Zulfi Syed had hosted a high lavish party where Rahul Mahajan, Raja Choudary, Rakhi Vijan and media channels were present for the occasion. But everyone where shook with terror as they heard the continuous blasts.
"It was devastating. As we entered the hotel, we heard the news of blasts in South Mumbai and were wondering about the scale of damage, when we were shocked to hear a loud blast from somewhere nearby the hotel. It shook everyone up," said publicist Dale Bhagwagar who had coordinated the media for the event.
It came to be known that a taxi had exploded just two buildings away from the hotel, on the Western Express Highway and nearby the domestic airport. "It was a very sad and grim experience," said Zulfi. "I wish the world can learn to live in harmony," he added with a sigh.
Some of the television media rushed out of the hotel to cover the blast, while others, including guests, were too shaken to leave. "Luckily, the hotel's staff and security were extremely sharp and alert to the situation, and handled it with care and reassurances to all the guests, avoiding any panic situation," added Bhagwagar.
Zulfi too requested everyone to stay back in the hotel premises till things calmed down a bit. Most of the guests adhered to his advice and finally left in the wee hours of the morning.
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Naseerudin Shah makes Neha worried

Having seen for a number of years the respect with which the film industry looks upon actors like Naseerdudin Shah, Om Puri etc. and the immense talent for which these stalwarts are famous for the apprehension of a new actor having a scene to act with these stalwarts can be very well assumed.
Although not a novice performer, when she came face to face with Nasserudin Shah, a B-Town beauty got jittery.
Neha Dhupia has got a very good role with enough substance to showcase her skills in the film 'Maharathi' in which she portrays the role of the young wife of a failed film producer played by Mr.Shah. While shooting she had to bear the pressure of her nervous mind while giving life to an intense scene with the veteran actor.
In the particular scene Neha had to scream and rant at Naseeruddin Shah.
Neha found it very difficult to do it in front of Mr. Shah but managed to carry it off exactly as the director wanted her to do.
The actress says "I have immense respect for Naseerji and screaming at him turned out to be very tedious.
On the other hand the moment the director said cut, Naseer became the usual jolly and relaxed person that he is known as while Neha took time and struggled to come out of the hangover.

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Ajay and Kajol represent our voice

Go through the thoughts of one of Bollwood's most loved couples and u will find out that right from the first sentence, the notions are the same ones that are right now echoing in the inner world of each and everyone of us who are shocked, terrified and almost numb to the way Mumbai-the city of dreams has been converted to a slaughter house and that too so easily with the utmost comfort by the terrorists.
Just like everyone is B-Town, Ajay Devgan and Kajol are also too stunned thinking how life can change its colour in such a short time span.
They say - Crisis is over at least that's what we would like to believe till the next one props up, which could be tomorrow, day after, today or even right now. A Salute and hats off to our armed forces who have showed such courage and made us believe in heroes all over again.
As One rescued British national hostage mentioned on TV "they have done such a good job that no other country could have done better".
We also pay our tributes to the able officers who have laid down their lives so that we can sit at our homes safe in our house today.
This is their job and they have done it wonderfully, but have we done ours? We pay our tribute to them till the crisis is over and the next working day, is exactly that, a working day. We forget all about them till next situation comes up. Our tributes last till the crisis last.
We keep giving terrorism a religion, but the fact is that "TERRORISM HAS NO GOD BESIDES TERROR". And this religion has the most fanatic followers. How does one fight such fanaticism, it sounds impossible. If there is any religion that should be wiped off this earth, it is terrorism. Instead each religion is trying to wipe the other out. So how we fight this new religion? Do we blame political parties or do we do start something on our own. There has to be some way which we need to figure out and not forget about it after the crisis is over. India, we are proud of you.
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Bebo, Saif to share same room

Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor is all set to take their relationship to a new level. The madly in love couple left an impression that they will together move to a new apartment which is specially designed by Akshay Kumar’s wife Twinkle. "I have told Saif that I will be giving him points while working with him for Karan's film and only after the schedule is over will I decide whether he has become my favorite co-star or not. I love the story as its set against a different backdrop. My favorite co-star is Akshay Kumar as there’s a great comfort level while working with him. Lolo and I are also very close to Akshay`s wife Twinkle who is designing Saif`s and my flat in Bandra", a news daily quoted Kareena as saying.Saif and Kareena unlike other couple did not make any attempt to hide their relationship from the public and openly expressed love for each other. All have seen them flaunting their love in public but they did not get a chance to romance in reel in spite of starring in Tashan and Omkara. In both the films, they have been cast opposite different actors. But they will soon satisfy the thirst of those who are longing to see them together; the duo will be paired opposite one another in Karan Johar next production. The news of Saif-Kareena’s living together heats up the atmosphere.

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Aamir Khan made Jiah Khan cry

Any young actress likes being complemented for her talent and when it comes from the perfectionist Aamir Khan the happiness has no bounds. Jiah Khanexperienced this when she went for the auditions of Ghajini. Her screen test was taken by none other than Aamir Khan and the director A R Murugadoss. Jiahwho was mentally prepared for rejection broke in tears when Aamir and Murugadoss announced that she was in for the movie. Source

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Katrina knows Salman’s weakness

Only a nearest and dearest one can know his or her weakness. Though Bollywood hunk Salman Khan pretends to be very strong and bold, he too falls weak in many circumstances and who can know his weakness in a better way other than his beau, Katrina Kaif. Speaking to a tabloid, Katrina revealed her beau’s biggest weakness. "He (Salman) likes to act tough but it is so easy to win him over. Anyone who wants to get close to him only has to act defenseless, play the underdog and say, 'I have no friends and no one loves me.' Bas, Salman will adopt that person," Katrina is quoted as saying.Even if the world thinks that Salman Khan is a bad boy who always indulges in fighting, filmmaker Subhash Ghai does not think so. In his praise, he said, "Salman has a heart of gold." Ghai remembers how Sallu consoled him by saying "I am with you" when his film failed one after the other. Unfortunately, the recent release of Salman and Ghai failed to change the bad luck of the showman as it has done a mediocre business at the box-office.
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Aamir Khan Is Shocked To See Mumbai Turn Into A War Zone

The finest actor of the bollywood Aamir Khan expressed himself as being shocked, heartbroken, helpless and angry too. ”I Have been watching television since yesterday and to see various locations in Mumbai turned into a war zone is shocking and heart breaking to say the least. My heartfelt condolences to the families of persons killed and taken hostage! I was feeling sick in the stomach when the fire broke out at the Taj. What would the people caught inside be going through? The fire fighters were doing their best but my imagination was running wild and I was feeling helpless watching other people trapped in the rooms adjoining the fire.” said Aamir.

Aamir also extended his condolences to the family of the brave officers of the Mumbai Police who lost their lives. There was a special mention in his blog about Hemant Karkare of the ATS, who in the recent past was being targeted by various political parties for the work that he was doing. On the Terrorists Aamir said, “They are not Hindu or Muslim or Christian. They are not people of religion or God. They are people who have gone totally sick in their head and have to be dealt with in that manner.”

Aamir also wrote, “I dread to think of how various political parties are now going to try and use this tragedy to further their political careers. At least now they should learn to not divide people and instead become responsible leaders. An incident such as this really exposes how ill-equipped we are as a society as far as proper leaders go. We desperately need young, dynamic, honest, intelligent and upright leaders, who actually care for the country.”  Source

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Ghajini - Music Review

Ghajini is one of the most awaited flicks of 2008. Aamir welcomes 2008 in a grand manner with the music Taare Zameen Par and as the year closes by, he has made it more grandeur with Ghajini. The music of Ghajini falls in the same line of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa, Jodhaa Akbar, Yuvvraaj and Ada. If Prasoon Joshi penned any lyrics then it is bound to be fabulous and same here for Ghajini. The lyrics are up to the mark. Like the storyline, Aamir works hard on music also. He wants the music to be ear-soothing and appealing, apt to be heard repeated number of times.Now coming to another most important department of music i.e. music composition. When Aamir Khan and music maestro AR Rehman come together, some miracle always happens and the prove is Rang De Basanti, Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India and Rangeela. Let’s see if the duo been able to keep the success formula constant or just break the old record of producing chartbusters. Ghajini has altogether five songs; each one is situational and is of different tastes. Romantic, foot tapping number and fast track are all included in this album. The introductory song 'Guzarish' by Javed Ali and 'guest vocalist’ Sonu Niigaam is soft and romantic. AR Rehman has achieved mastery over composing romantic number and this time also he has kept his promise and has been successful in composing an ear-soothing track. After Javed Ali crooned 'Jashn-E-Bahara'(Jodhaa Akbar), he became the hot favorite of many music composers and AR Rehman is one among them. He has done full justice to the song and on hearing one would definitely fall for it.The second track of the flick ‘Kaise Mujhe’ by Benny Dayal as male singer and Shreya Ghoshal as female singer is exceptional and proved that AR Rehman and Prasoon Joshi’s combination is outstanding. The lyrics touch your heart and the sound is rhythmic. The track makes you love your soul mate to the outmost. It is a song which every lover will wish to play from his loved ones. The musical instrument which includes ‘sitar’, ‘tabla’ added regional flavor to it.The third track 'Aye Bachchu' by Suzanne comes as a massive shock. It has English words inserted in Hindi sentences but sorry to say the album is not up to the mark and will not make to the chartbuster. This song is really disappointing as it has no thrill and one would never expect such type of disaster from music maestro Rehman and ace lyricist Prasoon Joshi. This track has lower down the glory of the album. ‘Latoo’ crooned by the second nightingale of India, Shreya Ghoshal is good to hear. The song is a combination of hip hop and soft. Basically, Sunidhi Chauhan’s is best known to deliver such type of jazzy track but Shreya is also not bad choice, she has proved her versatility and prowess of singing all types of song. Hats off to Shreya for this good effort as well as good outcome. The last and final track of the film ‘Behka’ has been crooned by Karthik. Rehman has full faith in him and thus bestowed on him the responsibility of singing this soulful song and Karthik has done full justice to it. Full credit goes to Karthik.On the whole, the song of Ghajini is youngish, refreshing and entertaining. We can say, the album of Ghajini is worth buying. Even if it does not steal your mind, it will garner your attention and you can’t help hearing it repeatedly.

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Amitabh Bachchan Writes On Mumbai Blasts

Amitabh Bachchan could’nt stop himself from writing about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. “The entire day has been spent in front of the TV and watching in anguish and in anger, the proceedings on the streets of Mumbai. My pain has been the sight and plight of my innocent and vulnerable and completely insecure countrymen, facing the wrath of this terror attack. And my anger has been at the ineptitude of the authorities that have been ordained to look after us.”

Big B also said that he has been receiving a million calls and an equal number of sms the whole day to come live on TV or on the print media to express views on the current situation. “Am being lured by words such as ‘we need you to speak to express solidarity and for the people to maintain their calm’. This is disgusting! I will NOT do that. Tell me and order me instead that we require for every Indian to get up and walk into the facilities where the action is on and I will be the first to walk. But, please do not ask me to come and make sloppy statements that will do nothing more than create viewer interest in said particular channel!”

“I respect what the media is doing in serving the nation with its continuous information bulletins and I admire the brave and diligent manner in which they have devoted themselves to the cause. But what they expect me do I find against my ethics and want to be excused from it.”

On the spirit of Mumbai Bachchan said, “Let us stop reiterating that clichéd ‘Sprit of Mumbai’ retort. Yes Mumbai is strong and resilient and shall not be cowed down by any such occurrence. But let us not conveniently use it as our cover sheet; pull it over our heads and go off to sleep; because that is what has been happening every time. Incidents of grave disaster have continued to be camouflaged with ‘oh, this is Mumbai, we have a great spirit and we will spring back’. Fine, we will, of course. But who is assuring us that the disaster will not!”

Big B also wrote that before retiring for the night, he loaded his licensed .32 revolver and put it under his pillow, for a very disturbed sleep. Source

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Shahid Kapoor & His Director Escapes The Blasts In Mumbai

Director Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminay shoot had to be cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday night because of the serial blasts. The director says, “We were shooting a traffic jam scene for Kaminey at Horniman Circle, which is a couple of minutes away from Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).

We crossed CST at 9.45 pm and headed for the circle. While the men were putting up the lights, we heard firing and explosions close by. We decided to cancel the shoot immediately around 10.30 pm and head home.” According to Vishal, his leading actor Shahid Kapoor had reached the shoot by then. “Shahid left a little ahead of me.

It was a war-like situation on the streets of Mumbai. As we reached Marine Drive there were lots of police vehicles with guns pointed at us. It was terrifying!” As Vishal and Shahid crossed Marine Drive and Girgaum Chowpatty they heard firing behind them. Vishal says, “I could feel something was going to happen at Marine Drive. Later, when I reached home, I heard a couple of terrorists got killed at Girgaum. Again we got saved…”
 
Vishal reached home around 2 am. “There were policemen with guns everywhere. It was scary! I have seen check- posts but not police aiming guns at all the cars. We have shot such scenes in films but watching it live is something else altogether. At one check naka, they stopped my car and started asking all sorts of questions.

I had to take out my ID card and one of the police officers recognised me and let me go,” Vishal shudders with relief. We had a unit of almost 300 people and 50 cars as it was a traffic jam sequence with lots of cars and everyone was packed off home. Fortunately, each and every unit member reached home safely. My wife Rekha was to join us on the shoot but had to cancel her plans. We are all lucky that we got saved. Source

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Kareena, Saif look back one year of togetherness

"I want to get married, I also dream to have kids, I may go to any extent to maintain relationship", all this and many more touchy remarks came from the ravishing Kareena Kapoor. Bebo who has an image of outspoken and commanding attitude off-screen sounds very realistic and very much like a next door gal while speaking her heart to a magazine specially dedicated to her on completion of one year of togetherness with Saif Ali Khan.When Kareena looks back, she recollects only sweet memories. Though her professional life never tended downwards, she has seen many ups and downs with personal life. She spent four years with Shahid Kapur but failed to understand that he is not the one for her soon enough. Only after knowing Saif closely during the shooting for Tashan, she got connected with Saif seriously and they are still a pair. What people like the most about this couple is that unlike other celebrity couples they never intended to hide their relationship from the world. Whether it is putting a tattoo with Kareena's name on Saif's hand or gifting precious accessories to his ladylove, Saif always shared those special moments with the world. They first opened up their relationship to the public when they walked in together at Manish Malhotra fashion week on 18th October 2007. No sooner the couple declared to the world that they are in love, they have been tagged by the media with uncounted adjectives like hot, sizzling, made for each other, cashable pair, romantic etc, etc. Saif and Kareena full heartedly accepted those levels and seemed happy to be called with those titles. Whenever they meet, they discuss their future more than their pasts. Kareena values relationship and holds a strong respect for Saif's ex-wife Amrita Singh. Kareena said that she will always respect Amrita and would never look her down as she is Saif's past and mother of his two kids, Sara and Ibrahim. Saif and Kareena hold a very beautiful picture in their eyes of their future. 30-40 years from now, Kareena dreams of touring the world on a private cruise with Saif and he too dreams to have two sons and two daughters from Bebo.We wish Saif-Kareena long life and an eternal and evergreen relationship

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Amitabh Bachchan slept with gun under pillow after terror attacks

Mumbai, Condemning the terror strike in Mumbai as a "terrible situation", Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan said that for the first time in his life he slept with his loaded licensed revolver.
"As the events of the terrorist attack unfolded in front of me, I did something for the first time and one that I had hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for the night, I pulled out my licensed .32 revolver, loaded it and put it under my pillow, for a very disturbed sleep," Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com.The superstar said he was glued to the TV screen late on Wednesday night when security personnel battled the terrorists who killed 125 people and injured 327 across the city.

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Natasha Suri Sexy Wallpapers (Images)

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Sexy "Miss Player" Winter Collection (Images) - Amrita Rao

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Mallika Sherawat’s way of making it big!

Her career in Bollywood mightn’t look safe but Mallika Sherawat is not ready to give up in any way.

In fact, she thinks she’s the queen when it comes to foreign film festivals especially after her ’show all’ Cannes appearance three years ago.

She mightn’t be a permanent fixture in Indian film festivals but it’s not been the same abroad. The buzz is that the actress has been invited as a VIP guest to the Kuala Lumpur film festival.

There she’ll be walking down the red carpet with other celebrity guests and will also present some of the awards at the festival.

Well it’s a big thing for Mallika who’s not really such a permanent fixture in desi film festivals.

The festival will reportedly be attended by quite a few major Asian and European filmmakers.

The actress is currently shooting for Jennifer Lynch’s ‘Hisss’ and she desperately hopes that it will give her international fame

So it’s likely that she wouldn’t let go of such an occasion and will surely make her presence felt! After all Madam M is crazy about such razzmatazz and publicity. Source

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Akshay Kumars Pics in Levi Jeans ads.

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Shriya Saran is to act with Akshay Kumar

Shriya's career is now sky-rocketing in Bollywood. The actress, who shot to fame acting opposite Rajinikanth in 'Sivaji', will play a prominent role in a Hindi film opposite Akshay Kumar.

The movie titled 'Komagata Maru' would be directed by Deepa Mehta. This period film is reportedly based on a real life story. The happenings aboard a ship as it make its way to Vancouver 1914 forms the story.

Says Shriya, 'I am happy to work in a film with Akshay Kumar. To act in Deepa Mehta's direction would sure be a delight'.

Shriya is currently shooting for 'Jaggubhai' alongside Sarath Kumar in Malaysia. Source

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Akshay Kumar New Look Jumbo Date For His Son Aarav.

 Akshay Kumar is back in Mumbai. Ever since his home coming, the stunt man has been busy with mother in law Dimple Kapadia, rehearsing for the animated movie Jumbo.

Anyway, keeping grand mother and papa some solid company is tiny tot Aarav, who, during one of the rehearsals, got so excited seeing a few portions of the movie that he has been pressing daddy Kumar for a private dekko. Source

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Gauri is like my soul mate, Karan Johar

Filmmaker Karan Johar is known to make films larger than life. Lavish set, big star cast, exotic locales, interesting themes is the USP of his flick. Karan always makes film with bundle of stars and one actor which is a must in his flick is the Badshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan. He is not only linked with SRK and his wife Gauri professionally but their personal relationship is also very strong. King Khan is a dearest friend of Karan Johar and they share a strong bond. Both always stand by each other’s side in happiness and sorrow. Not only SRK, Karan also place Gauri Khan in high esteem. He said, "This is odd but, in a sense, she [Gauri] is like my soul mate. We chat up at least four times a day. She is as much family to me as my mother is. SRK is not my friend. He is my older brother. I place him in my father's position in my life. If I'm in a professional mess, I will make the first call to him. And if I'm in an emotional crisis, Gauri will be the first to know." Other than Shahrukh, Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra and Manish Malhotra are also a bosom friend of Karan Johar.

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Akki impresses Sallu

Everyone has seen that stunt king Akshay Kumar has grow as an actor over the years. He is one such actor who has given maximum hits last year thereby making a huge profit at the box office. The so called bad boy of Bollywood Salman Khan also thinks the same. He too adores Akshay Kumar and holds him in high esteem. Salman is highly impressed to see how Akshay has improved over the years.
On being asked who has impressed him by his acting skills in the recent past, Salman said: "Akshay has impressed me by his acting skills in the recent past. I think he (Akshay) is the only actor who has really grown as an actor."Salman was speaking to reporters at the promotional event of his forthcoming release Yuvvraaj which stars Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan. The film talks about relationship between brothers, music, hatred, animosity and love

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SRK, Gauri to appear in court

In relation to the defamation case filed by veteran actor Manoj Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Gauri was asked to appear in the court. Along with them, Farah Khan was also being asked to remain present before it on February 22 for Om Shanti Om where Manoj Kumar's replica played by Shahrukh Khan was shown beaten up by police guard when he tried to enter the movie premiere.The aged actor was deeply humiliated for that derogatory scene of beating and reacted strongly about it. Though Farah and Shahrukh apologizes the actor for their wrong, Manoj Kumar did not rest in peace. The makers tried to convince him in many ways but failed to do so and ultimately Manoj Kumar dragged the trio to the court.Manoj Kumar’s allegation against them is that they had lowered their image and reputation in front of all. To compensate the lost image, he demanded rupees and insisted deletion of that particular objectionable scenes from Cds and DVDs.
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Aditya Chopra holds special screening of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

November 27th, 2008
Aditya Chopra is known for maintaining secrecy over his films and not show them to anyone right till the day of their release. But he made an exception this time for his directorial comeback film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
Our source who was present at this special screening tells us, “Adi held a special screening of RNBDJ on Sunday November 23rd evening at his Yash Raj studio preview theatre. It was attended by Shah Rukh Khan who came along with his wife Gauri and kids - Suhana and Aryan, Karan Johar, Yash Chopra and debutante Anushka Sharma. All of them seemed to enjoy the film. It is learnt that Adi was very anxious to know whether his latest venture at turned out well or not. His Yash Raj Films desperately needs after having gone through a string of flops in the past few months.”
The source further adds, “Well Adi was a relieved man once the show was over as RNBDJ has SUPERHIT written all over. It is definately going to YRF’s savior just like last year’s SRK starrer Chak De India was! The movie is a complete family entertainerquite funny and has some really spectacular dance sequences. The highlight number being the one where the King Khan is shown imitating old actors like Rajesh Khanna and Shammi Kapoor, etc. The film is a simple sweet love story shot mainly in India. Anushka has made a good debut and she is a good dancer.”
The film tells the story of a middle class guy, Surinder Sahni (SRK)who is much older than his wife (Anushka). The two have no romance in their lives though Surinder truly loves his wife. All her friends are taking part in a dance competition and she doesn’t want to because she feels her hubby cant dance. Surinder understands this and transforms himself to become the guy of her dreams, without her knowing about it. She falls in love with her husband all over again. -(SAMPURN)

SOURCE:www.realbollywood.com

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Yuvraj shows cancelled in multiplexes!

November 27th, 2008
Subhash Ghai’s latest offering, Yuvvraaj has been one helluva disappointing film. The film not only opened to a below average response in the multiplexes, it also got a severe thrashing by the critics. The word of mouth spread about the film was completely negative. A lot was expected from the real life jodi – Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif having being paired romantically first time together but their on screen chemistry appeared completely thanda.
Industry trade sources tell us, “The film opened to 30-40% in all the major multiplexes on Friday but the collections actually dropped down further as Sunday came. Then on Monday it went lower to a poor 20-25%. Later, as the week progressed one saw just 30-40 people patronizing its show in most of the multiplexes. At some places even in big cities, the response dwindled so low that the multiplexes were left with no option but cancel some of Yuvvraaj’s shows.”
“Salman’s last project, God Tussi Great Ho had met with almost a similar fate and it was necessary for him to deliver a hit in Yuvvraaj. But more than him it is the showman to be blamed for disappointing everybody, including Salman. It is learnt that some portions of the movie have been re-edited. But now its too late!” the source further adds. -(SAMPURN)
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Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan in trouble.

The buzz is that Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan are facing the same problem. 

Both are desperately waiting for their upcoming films ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ and ‘Ghajini’. ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ is directed by Aditya Chopra while ‘Ghajini’ is directed by A.R. MurugadossBoth the actors are having one of their career’s most awaited films ready for release. SRK’s film is releasing on 12th December while Ghajini is releasing on 25th December. Now at the same time both the actors are facing claims of falsification against them.

Writer Ajay Monga has accused Farah Khan and SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment of stealing his script idea for Om Shanti Om from his script. Now the case has taken an interesting turn with the Film Writers’ Association (FWA) going back on its earlier decision and claiming that it has found the first half of Om Shanti Om very similar to Monga’s script.

India’s Maths genius Shakuntala Devi has accused Aamir Khan of stealing her idea for his directorial debut film, Taare Zameen Par. Shakuntala has accused Aamir of borrowing ideas from her book. She now plans to produce her own film based on the story from which some of the things shown in Taare Zameen Par have been taken.

Although the case is still pending in the court, this development could be crucial in deciding the ultimate result of the case. Now it has to be seen how the two bollywood superstars are out from these cases. Source

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Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri and Farah Khan summoned to court

Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and Farah Khan have all been served a notice by a local court to be present themselves to the court on February 22nd , 2009, in connection with a petition filed against them by veteran actor, Manoj Kumar.

 

A defamation suit had been filed by veteran actor Manoj Kumar against these makers of the film ‘Om Shanti Om.’. He had objected to a character in the movie who bore a resemblance to him and was shown being beaten up by guards when he went to attend a movie premiere.

Kumar had said the portrayal had caused immense damage to his status and lowered his image among fans. The actor demanded a rupee as compensation money from the filmmakers, and said the objectionable scenes should be erased from CDs and DVDs.

Last month, the Andheri metropolitan magistrate issued summons to the three, asking them to be present in the court on Tuesday.But, they didn’t show up following which the magistrate issued the notices to them. Source

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Shah Rukh Khan(SRK) to be awarded ‘Datuk’ on December 6

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to be conferred the Malaysian title of ‘Datuk’, akin to the British knighthood, on December 6 and he is expected to receive the honour in traditional Malaysian attire.

The traditional Malaysian black costume with a waistband, a songkok and a black cap is the official attire to receive the award from the Malaccan royal chief, Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.

The actor will receive his Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka award at a ceremony at 10 a.m. at Dewan Seri Negri, Ayer Keroh, in the presence of 1,000 invited guests, The Star newspaper said Tuesday.

The actor, who was to have received the award Saturday, had to reschedule his trip due to his tight working schedule. He is scheduled to be in Malaysia for three days.

State Secretary Omar Kaseh confirmed that Shah Rukh would be in Malacca for a day.

The actor is immensely popular among Malaysians and had shot the film “One 2 Ka 4″ and a song sequence from his blockbuster “Don” in Malacca.

Shah Rukh’s shoot in Malaysia had benefitted the country immensely, giving it global publicity without any money being spent.

Indian films are popular in Malaysia that has an estimated 2.6 million ethnic Indians. Source

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JOHN ABRAHAM TURNS SAVIOUR, DROPS PRICE

The growing recession has taken its first star victim, John Abraham. The super hot Dostana star has reportedly reduced his remuneration by 60 per cent for a UTV film, which he had already signed for a high price.

My birdie informs, "John had been committed for a UTV film. But somehow the project was getting delayed due to the slump in the market. There was a buzz in the industry that the project may get scrapped given its high making costs. But just recently, the UTV top bosses held a meeting with the cast and crew of this film. All of them were told in clear terms that they would have to reduce their remuneration for the film or else they would have to let go of the film. John Abraham immediately volunteered to reduce his acting fees by 60 per cent. Following him, the rest too agreed to cut down on their fees. Now, the film will go on floors in early 2009."

Most of the corporate production houses today are harping a common tune that unless and until the big stars and star directors don’t reduce their highly inflated prices, it will be difficult for them to make films in the current scenario.

John has been the first star to do cut his price, perhaps also understanding well that had he not done so, then either he would have been replaced by another star or the film would have been scrapped altogether.

Now, I hope the other big names who’ve been delivering only flops in the last few months yet demanding big bucks start emulating him our Johnny boy. Source

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John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra’s swimwear for auction

In a bid to do something different and to cash the popularity of the swimwears worn by John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra in film Dostana, the director and producers of film have decided to auction the swimwears for charity cause.

Tarun Mansukhani the director confirmed the news and said, “It is true that the trunks worn by John and Priyanka’s gold swimming costume in Dostana are going to be auctioned. The logistics of the auction are still being worked upon and we will be making an official announcement about it very soon.”

I am sure we all want to know how much cash can John’s chaddi and Priyanka’s swimwear produce. I have not yet seen the movie but have received very good review from my friends who have seen it. They all are impressed by John’s bum cheeks! - Source

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