Balan to promote the new range!

the popular snacks brand for three long years now and as the company launches its new range, they have roped in Vidya Balan as the brand ambassador for their new campaign. Six new baked variants have been launched by Pepsico India under Aliva and the company feels that Vidya is an apt choice for their new range.Vidya is a great match to highlight the brand’s positioning we are confident that it will be mutually rewarding, said Vidur Vyas, marketing director of Foods, PepsiCo India.

all praises for the new range and says, I have always enjoyed eating Aliva. I am thrilled about the new range the range is tasty and offers great variety of flavours and ingredient options.

her new commercial for Aliva will be unveiled shortly.

Hollywood Rubs shoulders at Cannes with Nicole Kidman

it big in Bollywood. After a dream debut with superhit  Mohabbatein the actor has only Dhoom and its sequel which can be counted as successful films in his career.

which was established last November as a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films to develop, finance, and produce English language films for the U.S. and global markets. Uday is reportedly producing The Longest Week, starring Jason Bateman, Billy Crudup and Olivia Wilde and to be directed by Peter Glanz.

Uday says, My family has a deep commitment to making and distributing quality films that entertain and enlighten audiences. I share that passion, as well as a love for American films that I have had since childhood. It is that enthusiasm and my love of the creative process of filmmaking that drove me to start this new venture.

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.

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!.

Jacqueline Fernandez in a Sexy Dress

Jacqueline Fernandez in a Sexy Dress shows off Huge Cleavage.

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.

Raveena,Not Malaika in Chaiyya Chaiyya?

Today is world Music day and aptly,here s a revelation from Raveena Tandon.Apparenty,the cult song chaiyya chaiyya from the 1998 SRK flick dil se was first offered to her.

Just hour ago,raveena tweeted this:
"incidently!!chaiya chaiya was offered to me first !!I did already done many songs that I said no to this,afraid will be labelled itemgril!haha

Chaiyya chaiyya was composed by a.r.Rahman,written by gulzar,akd sung by Sukhwinder singh and sapna awasthi.it  featured malaika arora khan s scintillating moves atop a train,accompanied by srk and a host of background dancers.the song zoomed to the top of every hit list and Malaika arora khan has been among the top item song performer in bollywood since then.

Toronto to see largest galaxy of Bollywood stars

Toronto: With more than half a million people of Indian origin in its population, Canada's largest city will see the biggest gathering of Bollywood stars on North American soil to honour its best films and stars for the 12th Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards to be held from June 23-25.

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, the Deol clan of Dharmendra, Sunny, Bobby, Esha and Hema Malini, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Mallika Sherawat, Dia Mirza, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Neetu and Rishi Kapoor, Arbaaz and Malaika Arora Khan and many more stars are descending here for a grand showcasing of the world's largest film industry.

But the Bachchans - superstar Amitabh or any of his family members Abhishek, Aishwarya and Jaya - are not coming to the party.

Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated for his hit lead role in his My Name is Khan.

The three-day show, which opens with Salman Khan's debut production Chillar Party, a light-hearted comedy about the lives of seven children hailing from different sections of society, will culminate in the "Bollywood Oscars" night of the IIFA Awards on June 25th.

There is so much rush to see Bollywood stars that the tickets for the awards night were sold out in minutes. Shiamak Davar, who is also a Canadian citizen and runs a dance school here, will be the official choreographer of the IIFA Awards.

According to organizers, more than 22,000 people are expected to attend the IIFA Awards which will be beamed internationally to over 700 million people.

Twenty Bollywood films are being screened in Toronto and its sister cities of Brampton, Mississauga and Markham as part of the IIFA Awards. These include Chak De India, Hera Pheri, Dabangg and Dil To Pagal Hai.

Interestingly, the Indian-dominated city of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto will name a street Raj Kapoor Crescent after the legendary Raj Kapoor during the IIFA Awards.

On the business side, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) will participate in the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum during the three-day show.

I’m performing with Jermaine in Toronto – Sonu Niigaam

 

Versatile Indian singer Sonu Niigaam says he will perform with Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine during the forthcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend in Toronto, as a tribute to the late King of Pop on the eve of his second death anniversary.

The duo will perform Sonu’s composition, which has been chosen as a tribute song for Michael, who died June 25, 2009, by his family.

“Yes, I am performing with him (Jermaine), the MJ tribute song that is getting released by Universal America next week. It is called ‘This Is It’. I wrote and composed the song and he sang it for me in Los Angeles. It is the first ever tribute song in the world post MJ’s sad demise that is endorsed by a member of Michael Jackson’s family,” Sonu told IANS.

Their performance will be a part of the IIFA Rocks, a music and fashion event which will sponsored by Grey Goose on the second day of the three-day Bollywood extravaganza in Toronto, starting June 23.

“We were fortunate to have met with Michael Jackson in 1996 when we brought him to India for his concert. With IIFA in Toronto, we will be commemorating Michael Jackson’s second death anniversary with a performance by his brother Jermaine Jackson on the IIFA Rocks stage. He will be joined by Sonu Niigaam,” Sabbas Joseph, one of the founder directors of Wizcraft International Entertainment, told IANS.

Sonu is a huge Michael Jackson fan, and he has admitted in the past that his style of singing the hit number “Ye dil deewana” was majorly influenced by the international pop superstar.

Jermaine, MJ’s elder brother, had last visited India in October 2009 for 10 days to record an album with composer-singer Adnan Sami.

Bollywood returns to Darjeeling

Within days of the West Bengal government reaching an agreement with Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), Bollywood returned to the picturesque Darjeeling hills Wednesday for a film shoot after an eight-year gap.

The shooting of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra starrer “Barfee’ was held at Ghum station of Darjeeling. The film is being directed by Anurag Basu.

The film is a romantic murder mystery and will be shot at various locations in Darjeeling in two segments.

The first segment will be till the end of June, while shooting for the second segment will start from the last week of August and continue till mid-September.

The few shots featuring Ranbir were taken Wednesday. Priyanka is scheduled to join the shooting June 25.

The last film to be shot in Darjeeling was Shah Rukh Khan’s “Main Hoon Naa” in 2003.

Many nationally and internationally acclaimed films have been shot in Darjeeling, including Satyajit Ray’s “Kanchenjunga”, Saif Ali Khan’s “Parineeta” and Anjan Dutta’s “Chalo Lets Go”.

But shooting for both Hindi and Bengali movies stopped after Bimal Gurung-led GJM organised a violent movement for the creation of a separate state of Gorkhaland.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced June 7 that the issue of a separate Gorkhaland has been resolved and an agreement signed. However, the GJM said it has not gone back on its demand and called the agreement the “foundation of a separate state”.

Riya, Raima, Moonmoon Sen are new face of lifestyle brand

Post by showkatz Bollywood’s mother-daughters trio Moonmoon Sen, Riya and Raima are the new brand ambassadors of lifestyle store chain Maya.

This is the first time that they will appear together in a campaign.

“We are very excited about joining hands with Maya by Gitanjali Lifestyle to celebrate womanhood and every little aspect associated with it. It’s a pleasure to be part of a brand which caters to women across age groups and addresses their lifestyle needs, all under one roof,” said the Sen trio in a press statement.

Riya, in the past, was associated with a jewellery brand while Raima did a few commercials for a watch brand.

Maya offers a melange of over 150 domestic and international brands with a mix of apparel, jewellery, watches, cosmetics, perfumes, footwear and accessories.

Shahrukh Khan to perform on IIFA stage after 7 years

Bollywood fans in Toronto just got luckier – superstar Shah Rukh Khan is not just attending the forthcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend, but he will also enthrall the audience with a befitting finale performance at the awards ceremony June 25.

The actor has attended two editions of the IIFA Weekend in the past – in Singapore in 2004, and Amsterdam in 2005. He had last performed in the Singapore show.

“Shah Rukh Khan will be our finale performer for this year. He is returning to perform for us after seven years, and we are very excited,” Sabbas Joseph, director, Wizcraft International Entertainment, the IIFA organiser, announced at a press conference here Thursday.

Shah Rukh has also been nominated in the best actor category for his performance as Rizwan Khan, a patient of Asperger’s syndrome, in Karan Johar’s “My Name Is Khan”. IIFA organisers are expecting a huge turnout of fans with Shah Rukh’s presence.

“He is a phenomenal performer and a huge star. He hasn’t been to Canada in a long time… so the kind of expectations that fans and people have of Shah Rukh is quite something!” Joseph told IANS.

Other performers at the star-studded event include Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan and the famous Deol family – veteran star Dharmendra and his sons Sunny and Bobby.

Salman Khan is also expected to be at the three-day IIFA Weekend as his debut co-production “Chillar Party” is set to kick off the IIFA Film Festival. It would only be interesting to see a face-off between the once friends-turned-foe stars.

But whether their star power will make up for megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s absence or not is yet to be seen at the weekend, set to be held June 23-25.

Aamir Khan Productions celebrates 10th anniversary

Bollywood stars at Aamir Khan productions celebrates 10th 

anniversary at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Mohit Suri's father passes away

Director of Murder 2, Mohit Suri, is all set with his film release but fate played a cruel hand when the maverick director lost his father, Daksh, yesterday morning, to multiple organ failure.

Mohit, who has strong affiliation with the Bhatt camp, was supported by uncles Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt. Emraan Hashmi, who is Mohit's cousin and has also starred in his films, even cancelled his shoot to be by the director's side. Mohit and his family will return to Mumbai on Friday.

We offer our condolences to Mohit Suri and his family.

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.

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