Vidya is the face of Victoria s Indian Film

She is working in a number of prestigious projects, she is doing an item number, she is being booked for award functions and stage performances and so on and so forth. The latest addition to this list is that she has been roped in as the brand ambassador of Victoria s Indian Film Festival to be held in Melbourne this year.It not only showcases the best of Indian cinema but also provides a platform for young, upcoming film makers through its short film competition. When I was in Melbourne, I was smitten by the city and its love for films and its multi-cultural spirit. I am sure the festival will contribute greatly to add to that spirit.

The festival complements a range of initiatives to develop ties between the Victorian and Indian film industries, including a Victoria India Co-production Initiative which will see ten Victorians travel to FICCI Frames in Mumbai in March, Louise Asher, minister for innovation, services and small business, said adding, The initiative will also support up to three Victorian companies to develop a feature film.

Kapoor অন্য একটি challenging ভূমিকা থলেয়!

Kareena Kapoor একটি rollে। নটী Madhur Bhandarkar’s চলচ্চিত্র নায়িকার জন্য অধুনা গোলাগুলি, যেখানে তার রচনাতে একটি সুপার challenging ভূমিকা রয়েছে এবং এখন সাম্প্রতিক আমরা শুনি যে Bebo ২০০৯ তেলেগু blockbuster Arundhatiএর হিন্দিতে রানী Arundhatiএর অন্য একটি challenging ভূমিকা থলিয়েছি পুনর্নির্মাণ করেছি। Arundhati শ্বাস প্রশ্বাস taking চিত্রছবি এবং প্রযুক্তির সঙ্গে একটি women-centric চলচ্চিত্র। চলচ্চিত্র প্রাচীন সময়ে নিযুক্ত করা হয়। এইটি তেলেগু চলচ্চিত্র শিল্পে বৃহত্তম blockbuster, ছিল। Sonu Sood হিন্দি সংস্করণে দুর্বৃত্ত চালাবে। সে ভাল হিসেবে তেলেগু সংস্করণে একটি হারামী ছিল। হিন্দি Gemini ছায়াছবি সার্কিটের মধ্যে চলচ্চিত্রের অধিকার পুনর্নির্মাণ করা হয়েছে অর্জন করা হয়েছে। ভূমিকার সম্বন্ধে কথা বলছে, Kareena Kapoor বলে, “I এই করতে টি exciteওয়া হয় যের মহিলা অক্ষর ”/em > চলচ্চিত্র একটি কার্য thrillerএর জন্য গুরুত্ব ছিল। এইটি এর মূলে Anushka Shetty অভিনয় করেছিল.

একটি হলিউড এজেন্ট বলিউড যায়

 বলিউডে সুদ হিসেবে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে বৃদ্ধি করতে চালিয়ে যায়, মার্কিন প্রতিভা সংস্থা নোট গ্রহণ করছে। Brillstein বিনোদন Partnersএর সঙ্গে জয় Khanna, একটি ম্যানেজার, মার্কিন মূলস্রোতের দিকে তাদেরকে আনতে ভারত, hoping থেকে প্রতিভা নিশানা করছে। Hills-based Brillstein’s গ্রাহক তালিকা Beverly, যেটি Brad Pitt, আদম Sandler এবং বিল Maherএর মত হভিওয়েট ইতিমধ্যে অন্তর্ভুক্ত করেছিল, Irrfan খান এবং Hrithik Roshan এখন boastয়, এবং শীঘ্রই স্বাগত অনেক আরও বেশি বলিউড নামগুলো, যদি মি. Khannaএর তার রাস্তা। মি. Khanna’s গ্রাহক মি. খান হলিউড আঘাত যেমন “Slumdog Millionaire, ”তে ভূমিকা অবতরণ করেছে এবং আগমনরত ফিল্ম Pi” এবং “The Amazing Spiderman ” মি. Khanna, ৪১এর “lifeয়, যে সান ফ্রান্সিসকো অঞ্চলে এবং raised জন্ম নেওয়া হয়েছিল, তার firm’s বলিউডের সম্বন্ধে ভারত কালি সাম্প্রতিক কালেতে কথা বলেছিল পরিকল্পনা করেছিল, ভারতীয় অভিনেতা আজের জন্য এবং সুযোগ।

Special men in Ameesha life

Ameesha patel cherishes  her on screen moments with two special men .Her first co-star,hrithik roshan,followed by sunny Deol. both her films with them were runaway hits.but strangely,she hasn't been paired with them in year in fact Gader was the only time she worked with Bollywood muscle power,sunny.I think sunny is one of the most charming actors.I would love to work with him again,but we need an amazing script because fans are waiting to see us again.we cann't disappoint them.she says,we hope sun my shines in her life soon!.

Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi come face to face

Sanjay and Vivek Oberoi will have a face off in their next, Zilla Ghaziabad. Just like their last film together, Shootout At Lokhandwala even this one has been based on a real story wherein Vivek plays a gangster and Sanjay a cop.

A unit member says, “Both Sanju and Vivek are playing powerful larger than life characters and have quite a few confrontation scenes.” Since there is chin-to-chin fighting, we wonder it will remind them of their earlier personal equation. 

Zarine Khan actually took one of her fans for a bike ride, recently. The young guy, who is a huge fan of the Veer actress, expressed a desire to get a ride on her bicycle and to his pleasant surprise Zarine agreed to do so. The fan’s grin was way longer than the ride he was taken on.

Clash of Titans!

Two Bollywood stalwarts like Big B and Aamir Khan rarely clash at the box office. Amitabh Bachchan’s Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap and Aamir Khan’s Delhi Belly are all set to release this Friday. Both are drastically different films, but interestingly have similar marketing and publicity techniques.

Both have cashed on the burning topic ‘the age limit for drinking in Maharshtra’. While Big B tweeted about it incessantly, Imran Khan announced his plans of filing a Public Interest Litigation. Both have relied on the strategy of abuse or not to abuse. While DB has ‘in-your-face’ songs with abundant use of double meaning words and expletives, AB’s Bbuddah has beeped the abuses. Also, both Aamir and Big B have turned item boys for their respective films. With so much efforts being put in by both parties, it would be fun to see who wins this BO race on July 1.

IIFAs primer: ‘TIFF on steroids’

This weekend, the International Indian Film Academy blows into Toronto with celebrities, film premieres and concerts, culminating with the Floriana IIFA Awards, which almost 700 million people around the world will tune in to watch.

“This is an award show that travels to different cities every year. It’s a wonderful ambassador, spreading the message of Bollywood wherever it goes,” says acclaimed Indian actor Kabir Bedi, who hosted the IIFA awards in South Africa and is in Toronto taking part in festivities. “The brand of Bollywood is something that has become very big in the last 10 years … and that market is growing by the year.”

With rabid fans expected to converge along the “green” carpets and events happening all over the Greater Toronto Area, one organizer jokingly called it “TIFF on steroids.” The Post’s Melissa Leong takes a look at the big things to come:


The Big Stars

Bollywood’s biggest names will be in Toronto to walk the green carpet, host fashion shows, speak at forums, accept awards and, of course, sing and dance. Shah Rukh Khan, one of Bollywood’s highest-paid stars, will perform the finale number at the awards show June 25 where he is nominated for best actor. Actresses Dia Mirza and Mallika Sherawat are also among the many stars slated to take the stage at the Rogers Centre Saturday.

On Friday, actor, producer and director Karan Johar, whose film My Name is Khan is nominated for best film at the awards, and actress Anushka Sharma, who is nominated in the best actress category, will co-host the IIFA Rocks charity event at Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum.

Also expected at events around the city are former Ford supermodel and actress Bipasha Basu, and winner of the 2007 Celebrity Big Brother UK Shilpa Shetty. Anil Kapoor, who played the smarmy game show host in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire and is a nominee for best comic role in No Problem, as well as the famed Deol siblings (Bobby, Esha and Sunny), will also take part in festivities.


The Big Awards

About 22,000 people will watch India’s biggest media event, the Floriana IIFA Awards, live at the Rogers Centre Saturday evening. There will be glitzy song and dance numbers and, of course, a recognition of the best in film.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, a story about two gangsters surviving in Bombay in the 1980s, and Dabangg, a film about a mischievous and corrupt cop, are tied for the most nominations with 11 nods, including best film, director and actor.

My Name is Khan, which was highly popular overseas, is nominated in seven categories. It tells the story of an Indian family living in American during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been recognized for his lead role as the Muslim patriarch who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. Rounding out the contenders for best film are Band Baaja Baaraat, a rom-com about feuding wedding planners and Raajneeti, a political thriller.

For best actor, Khan faces off against Salman Khan in Dabangg, Ajay Devgan in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Ranbir Kapoor in Raajneeti and Hrithik Roshan in Guzaarish. Roshan’s co-star, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, often cited as the most beautiful woman in the world and recipient of IIFA’s female star of the decade award in 2009, is nominated for best female actress in a lead role.

Sameera Reddy suffers an accident while shooting for ‘Tezz’

Our space had informed you a few days back that dusky beauty Sameera Reddy is having a stint with bikes for her forthcoming action thriller ‘Tezz’. It so happened that when the actress was filming a stunt in the Perthshire forests, her bike skidded on a sharp turn and fell over. The bike was running at 60 kmph and Sam was dragged for at least 10 to 15 seconds before the bike could finally stop. Her right hand and shoulder suffered injuries.

Recalls Sameera, “There was a big truck with the crew catching the action from the front and the cinematographer on a bike with an ADV (digital incamera) riding alongside. A couple of cars were also following at top speed. I could have rammed into the truck, swerved and hit the cameraman or the guys from behind could have run me over. But God was watching out for me.”

“The action director who has choreographed stunts for Pierce Brosnan’s Bond adventures says my fast reflexes saved me. I’d trained for this for three months last year and not fallen once. This chase sequence was one of the last to be canned and no one had expected anything amiss. The near-fatal accident proves that when it’s action, you’re never too prepared for the worst,” she added.

Since she has completed most of her action sequences and has only a glamorous song left to shoot, director Priyadarshan has refused to let Sameera get onto her bike any more.

Aamir Khan Productions celebrates 10th anniversary

Bollywood stars at Aamir Khan productions celebrates 10th 

anniversary at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Bollywood Stars and normal people going on crash diets

 

When 29-year-old Shikha Arora went on an “all fruit” diet to lose weight before her wedding, she managed to lose 10 kg in a record one-and-a-half months but she had to deal with low BP and severe headache on her D-Day.

She is not the only one. Every day people are going on crash diets to meet immediate draconian goals, but experts warn it is equivalent to abusing your body.

“This is a very common problem. Miracles don’t happen in a day. One has to be persistent and dedicated in losing weight. But people don’t want to work hard, they just want shortcuts. Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to weight loss. You end up abusing your body,” Aashu, a gym trainer, told IANS.

“Most of the girls who come to me want to fit into their wedding lehenga. Then there are those who have been warned by doctors that they have to lose weight if they want to live long,” said Aashu.

Their shortcut to success is answered in yo-yo diet, described as an extreme form of losing weight. It has a cyclical pattern of weight loss and gain and often seen as a harmful weight-losing technique.

Then there is all protein diet or liquid diet option – it helps to lose weight quickly, but leaves its side effects too.

“There is no other way to lose weight so quickly than by going on crash dieting because you don’t eat anything till you achieve the result. But in a short span of time you gain weight again because you have been depriving yourself of calories and food,” Ritika Samaddar, chief dietician at Max Healthcare Samaddar, told IANS.

Movie stars play an important role in common people’s lives and the tale of gaining and losing weight to fit into the skin of characters is prevalent in Bollywood and Hollywood.

Actor Christian Bale lost 28 kg in three months to enact the role of Trevor Reznick, a paranoid insomniac in “The Machinist”, and right after that he had to bulk up for “The Dark Knight”, for which he reportedly gained 100 pounds (45 kg) in over six weeks.

Similarly Abhishek Bachchan had gained 11 kg for “Guru” and Vinay Pathak had also piled on kilos for “Bheja Fry 2″.

But it doesn’t do any good to the body, says Althea Shah, VP operations and fitness expert at Gold’s gym, Mumbai.

“Quick gaining and losing causes havoc with the metabolism. The body systems get adjusted to food patterns and takes some time to change from a set routine. The digestion process gets affected if the body is put on crash diets or binge eating,” Shah told IANS.

According to studies, a liquid diet high on protein may lead to headaches, fatigue and nausea. Protein-based liquid diet can also cause constipation because it lacks fibre; it can also cause loss of lean muscle mass and a decrease in metabolism.

Hrithik Roshan, who had piled on 15 kilos to play a paraplegic in “Guzaarish” and binged on all sorts of junk food, said: “I didn’t workout for six-seven months. After 15 years, I found out the taste of batata vada and samosas. I binged like anything. But when I was on this toxic programme, health took a very bad shape.”

When 53-year-old Arjun Jaivir realised he was suffering from breathing problems and was on the brink of having a heart attack, he decided to lose weight and went on “only lime-water” diet. He managed to lose weight and has maintained it till date, but his muscle strength is zero and he lacks stamina.

Crash diets could lead to multiple side effects, says Mumbai-based fitness guru Sheru Aangrish, adding that problems like haggard look, dark under eyes, dull skin, sloppy posture and less stamina are very common among such people.

“Quick weight loss is not healthy either because that leads to loss of more muscle mass than fat. The process of losing fat and gaining muscle may vary from individual to individual but there is no short cut. I don’t recommend to anyone instant weight gain or weight loss,” he said.

Shahid,Anushka love desi food

Most Searched Bollywood Stars 2011 - Salman Khan Sonakshi Sinha

1) Both have been named the most searched Indian celebrities on the web in a new survey by movie portal.

Sallu Bhai beats Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan in the survey carried across the metros as well as tier-II and tier-III cities. Ranbir Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor wrapped up the top five.

And If I am talking about Sonakshi Sinha then she came ahead of the likes of Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif to be the most searched celebrity on the internet among the female brigade.

Piggy Chops came second and Sonam Kapoor followed at the third slot. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Katz landed at the fourth and fifth spots in the survey.

(2) Salman Khan saw the final two matches of World Cup 2011 only to study the temperament of the bodyguards patrolling close to the VIPs on the D-days.

He has been greatly inspired by his close friend and B-town Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan to do a thorough research on the character to be portrayed, and as such the ‘Bodyguard’ hero remained glued to his seat to observe the functioning of the bodyguards at the stadium, during the game.

(3) Salman Khan Kangana Ranaut Together Again:- She was out with her friends around midnight and made an impromptu detour to meet him when she heard that he was shooting at Filmistan Studios and was on the sets for around four hours and was later spotted leaving in his car.

She was to act in Salman Khan Home Production directed by Mahesh Manjrekar but script changes got the film shelved.