Katrina strikes musical chords

Pakistani pop icon Ali Zafar during their shoot of ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and ever since the two have wanted to cut out a music album together.Ali had wanted Kaif to be part of the composing process, but their schedules didn’t allow itKats got t explore her musical side after her on-screen collaboration with Ali and Farhan Akhtar in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Meanwhile, Ali too is riding high in Bollywood.

Now, with everything else in place Katrina will be recording the songs in the coming months.

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.

Katrina Kaif hit it off with the Pakistani pop

Katrina Kaif hit it off with the Pakistani pop icon Ali Zafar during their shoot of ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and ever since the two have wanted to cut out a music album together. Though Ali has already composed the songs and Katrina has approved them, Katrina hasn’t found time as yet to record the numbers. Ali had wanted Kaif to be part of the composing process, but their schedules didn’t allow it.

Now, with everything else in place Katrina will be recording the songs in the coming months. Kats got t explore her musical side after her on-screen collaboration with Ali and Farhan Akhtar in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Meanwhile, Ali too is riding high in Bollywood. He has completed a shoot with David Dhawan and his associated stars of Chashme Buddoor.

Boman Irani has made his critics

Boman Irani has made his critics and fans swear by his acting skills. Now, his son, Kayoze, is all set to debut in Bollywood with Karan Johar’s next project titled ‘Student of the Year’. Kayoze got his brush with film making as an assistant director in the recently released, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

Ok that’s Kayoze Irani @kayoze Boman Irani’s super talented son who we are introducing in SOTY, Karan Johar tweeted recently.

The film will also act as a launching pad for quite a few debutants including Alia Bhatt, daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan and newcomer Siddharth Malhotra.

Though Kayoze’s exact role in the movie is yet undisclosed, it is knwon that the movie will be a romantic comedy produced by Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Johar’s Dharma Productions.

Malaika Arora Khan

There is no denying the fact that Malaika Arora Khan is one of the hottest and fittest moms in Bollywood. Those who witnessed the actress at the event held in Mumbai to launch the Gillette Kiss Campaign, could not help swearing the lady for her chic look.

Malaika attended the event in a casual attire accessorized with a denim jacket, bold neckpiece and a hat.

Meanwhile, Malaika Arora recently broke silence over the Saif Ali Khan assault incident and said in a statement:I am glad that Saif finally came out with his statement. It was really unfortunate that something like that happened that night By and large FIR was filed against the men but we’ll do whatever will be required of us.

Kareena Kapoor to unveil her wax statue a day after ‘Ra.One’ release

The wax statue of Karena Kickapoo at Madame Tussaud was supposed to be unveiled in the second week of October but due to the sad demise of Saif father Karena cancelled the programmer. Now, Karena will fly off for UK to unveil her wax statue just a day after the release of her mega release ‘Ra.One’.

Since, Ra.One is releasing on October 26, Karena will fly off to Blackpool on 27th October. There, Karena will also inaugurate a Madame Tussaud's global exhibition in which the wax statues of Bollywood stars would be taken to six cities around the world and exhibited there.

Rumors have it that Karena mom Babita will be flying off to Blackpool with her.

John Abraham’s eight pack abs grabs Hollywood’s attention

John Abraham and Genitalia D’Souza starter ‘Force’ is a action-romance film which is slated for release worldwide on 30th September 2011. The makers of the film have invested a whopping 3.5 corer (470,000) for its breathtaking action sequences.

John Abraham has worked hard for an eight moth training programmer to achieve an impressive eight pack abs for his role. His physique turned out to be so impressive that Hollywood’s ace stunt director J Perry has expressed a desire to work with him. J Perry has trained Hollywood stars such as Sylvester Stallone for the film HEAD SHOT and will soon be training Bollywood hunk John Abraham. Not to mention here that John is extremely overwhelmed by this offer.

The film has some grueling action sequences and death defying stunts which have been directed by Allan Armin.

Sonakshi Sinha expresses her disappointment with the cops

The ‘Dabangg’ starlet, Sonakshi Sinha recently showed her ‘Dabangg’ side on a social networking site by her bold statement criticizing the cops for wrongly harassing her friend who was innocent.

She tweeted, “A drunk motorcyclist crashed into my friends car who was taking a U-turn at the speed of 10. Cut to - cops come and beware runs away.”

She added: “Instead of chasing beware, cops take my ford to station and give her a good yelling until she pays and is let off. Wash wash wash. Kay beat hair.”

she also expressed that her friend had been wrong in paying the cops. “Now the first thing I told her was Ur stupid to have paid. To which she says ull knw only whn Ur alone with 10 cops who r obi NT v honest,” she wrote with a signing note, “Sad but true.”

Well, all we can say here is ‘Like Father, Like Daughter’!!

Aishwarya finds Abhishek’s scar sexy woman

Stars are not exactly in Abhishek Bacchanal favor as far as his physical wellness is concerned. He faced a minor mishap on the sets of ‘Bil Bacchanal’ due to which he received as many as six stitches below his right eye. Yet again, he fractures his finger while he was returning to his hotel room after shooting for a Rohit Shetty film.

“…I fractured my finger. It’s what I would like to call a sympathy wound,” Abhishek posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

As for the scar below his eye, his family is trying to lift up his spirits by adding a dash of humor to the entire episode. Abhishek Bacchanal tweeted: “The father and Mrs. In an attempt to make me feel better told me that a scar on the face adds character and apparently even looks sexy!!!”

Unfortunately, Abhishek does not think so. He wrote, “Not too sure about that. The air hostess on my flight to Jaipur refused to serve me and when I disembarked from the plane had the look…of sheer horror on her face.”

As for us, we convey our heartiest ‘Get Well Soon!!’ wishes to the actor………….

Deepika Padukone as a Christian bride for Wendell Rodricks

When it comes to carrying off style with grace and elegance, Deepish Pardoner does it perfectly and she proved it for sure as she walked the ramp on the third day of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Delhi for fashion designer Wendell Rodrick's on the third day of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Delhi.

Wendell had portrayed Deepika as a Christian bride for his Moonlight Beach themed collection which was set in a backdrop of an evening party on a Goa beach. As the night clocked on, the moon rose and a bunch of Goran lads appeared with their guitars.

Her white bridal gown with floral motifs made Deepika fall in love with it. Later she was quoted saying at the show, “If I will do a Christian wedding I will definitely wear Wendell’s designs. He is just superb.”

Shruti Hassan and Siddhartha head for a splitsville

All is not well between the actor-singer and daughter of Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan, and her boyfriend Siddhartha with whom she had been sharing a live-in relationship. Shruti has moved out of the actor’s home.

The two, who are working together in Telugu film Oh My Friend, are not on talking terms. Siddharth and Shruti shared the screen space together for the first time in a Telugu film titled ‘Anaganaga O Deerudu’ and it was then that they came close to each other. Meanwhile, Shruti is gearing up to take part in the promotional activities of her maiden acting venture in Tamil, ‘7aum Arivu’.

French actor with Preity Zinta in ‘Ishq in Paris.

Preity Zinta has been missing from the silver screen since a long time and she is all set to make a comeback with her maiden home production under her own production company, PZNZ Media. The film is titled ‘Ishq in Paris’ and is written and directed by Prem Soni. Though the director denies it, the rumors are rife that the film is based on a Hollywood love story Before Sunrise which was based on the romance between a young American man and French woman.

Preity will be romancing a renowned French actor in the film but she has made it very sure that his name is kept strictly under wraps. Even the crew hasn’t been informed about him. The film is expected to go on the floor in the first week of November and will be shot mostly in Paris featuring tourist spots like Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. Preity has taken special permission from the French Government to shoot at various spots with very minimal charges.

Sri Hanuman Chalisa to Big B launches

Big B than mere numbers. As the actor stands on the threshold of his 70s, he has launched the Shri Hanuman Chalisa under AB Corp & Veecon Music & Entertainment. The album has been recorded in Bachchan’s voice along with 20 other renowned playback singers and artists from the Indian film industry namely Aadesh Shrivastava, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Abhijit, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Shaan, Kailash Kher, Prasoon Joshi, Kay Kay, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Kunal Ganjawala and Vinod Rathod.

The music was launched at a grand event anchored by Harish Bhimani. The event started with the unveiling of a majestic idol of Lord Hanuman with a loud conch playing in the background. Big B’s family, Jaya Bachchan and bahu Aishwarya were present at the occasion.

A pregnant Aishwarya was seen in a vibrant and jolly mood mingling along well with all the guests. Check out a few stills from the event……………..

Her mother for the campaign with Freida Pinto’s photo shoot ‘My Safe Place’

Her entry into films with superhit ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Then the girl chose to move to Hollywood and is quite a known name there. Known for her perfect sense of style and poise, Freida has done a number of photo shoots. However, her recent photo shoot for a campaign called ‘My Safe Place’ spearheaded by Hollywood actress Emma Watson is a special one as it is her first photo shoot with her mother. The campaign is against violence towards women and the photo shoot shows Freida lying in the lap of her mother, who embraces her protectively.

Check out Freida in the photo shoot with her mother……

The love story between Deepika and Nihar Pandya.

Deepika Padukone certainly won’t like. Director Prashant Chadda is all set to make a film which will be based on the love and break up between Nihar Pandya and Deepika Padukone. Nihar was apparently Deepika’s first lover and she had dumped him for Ranbir Kapoor. The two had met in 2005 in an acting institution where their love blossomed.

Director Chadda said, “Nihar is like my brother. I was very close to Deepika as well once upon a time. In fact, I had launched her in a music video. Everybody knows how she walked out of Nihar’s life for Ranbir. Nihar was heartbroken. He had done everything by the book. He looked after her for three-and-a-half-years. In fact Deepika stayed in Nihar’s house with his parents for three years.”

“Nobody knows that Deepika actually came crying back to Nihar after breaking up with Ranbir the first time. Nihar went looking for Ranbir, intercepted his car and asked him what he was doing with Deepika. Ranbir shot back, ‘Ask your girlfriend that’. Even after all this, Nihar took Deepika back. And then the same thing happened with Yuvraaj Singh,” added Chaddha.

Obvious enough, there are people who do not like the idea and insist that Chaddha drop his idea. However, Chaddha seems in no mood to skip the project. “I owe it to Nihar.” concluded the filmmaker.

Ileana D’Cruz to portray shades of all ages in ‘Barfee’

who carved her niche in South with superhit Pokkiri, is making her Bollywood debut with Anurag Basu’s ‘Barfee’. Ranbir Kapoor is playing the male lead and since his character is named Murphy who pronounces it as barfee because he is mute, the film has been titled so. Interestingly, Ileana will get to portray her talents well in the flick because she will be seen aging from a 19-year-old to a 65-year-old.

Basu divulges in further details saying, “All the three lead actors are playing out-of-the-box, and extremely interesting characters in Barfee.”

“Ranbir Kapoor, as everyone knows, is playing a deaf and mute boy, Priyanka Chopra is not mentally-challenged as reported, but is mildly autistic (a form of mental illness that causes a person to withdraw into a private world of fantasy and be unable to communicate with others or respond to his/her real environment) in the film. Ileana D’Cruz, on the other hand, is playing a character who will be seen aging from a 19-year-old to 30 to a 65 year-old,” he added.

The shooting for the flick has already started on June 14 at Darjeeling which happens to be Ranbir’s hometown.

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.

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