While being extremely busy with two major films in progress, here’s more that’s happening in Aishwarya’s life. It has been confirmed that she will be awarded with the prestigious Padmashri.
She was of course thrilled to get the news herself. On hearing this, hubby Abhishek, he nicknamed her as ‘Padma-Shri-mati’! Wasn’t that witty and cute? Good one Abhishek!
Congratulations to Mrs. Padma-Shri-mati!
After Ghajini, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is also on a record breaking pursuit. The film has grossed Rs.185 crores worldwide so far, making it the highest grossing film for Yashraj films and Shah Rukh Khan till date.
Neither the Mumbai attacks nor the record-breaking run by it's competitor, Ghajini has affected Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi's success.
So far, the film has collected Rs.83 crores net in India and have pushed Yashraj films' previous highest grosser, Dhoom:2 (Rs.80.6 net) to second position. Even 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Singh is Kinng' is behind 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' now, in terms of collection. The film is only second to 'Ghajini' now. Its great to see the Bollywood film industry progressing by leaps and bounds with films like 'Ghajini' and 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' amidst the uncertainities like the global economic crisis and Mumbai terror attacks.
No marks for guessing as to who can be a competitor to Aamir Khan as a perfectionist. Its the hottest hunk in Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan.
In Bollywood, where even now the senior superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, the 'Khan'dhans (Shah Rukh, Aamir, Salman and Saif), Akshay Kumar etc gives the youngsters a run for their money, Hrithik is a class apart from the rest of them.
Its a known fact as to how much effort he puts in for each character he portrays. The latest in the line is Hrithik's Spanish language learning for his upcoming film 'Kites'. He had to learn a little bit of Spanish for his role in the film. But with his amazing skills, Hrithik learned the language quite well. Not just that. He started speaking to his Mexican co-star, Barbara Mori, in fluent Spanish.
A source close to him said, “Hrithik got acquainted with Spanish through his role in Kites. However he is such a perfectionist, that in no time he picked up the foreign language pretty well. It’s interesting to watch the two speak in Spanish.”
Hats off Hrithik!
Shilpa Shetty will be acting in a film directed by the Malayalam director, R. Sarath, where she have to shave off her long and luscious hair. Nandita Das and Shabana Asmi had done the same once for Deepa Mehta's 'Water'. That film was eventually made without Shabana or Nandita. Sarath's film will be in English, and is titled ‘Desire’.
About her role, Shilpa Shetty said, “I can’t reveal everything about my role. If I tell you everything now why would you watch the film? But yes, this is by far the most challenging role of my career. It takes me through ten turbulent years of my character’s life. It’s a very intense love story between me and my Chinese co-star, Xia Yu.”
The film's shooting will start this week in Kerala, and then it will be shifted to Kuala Lampur. The director wanted to shoor 'Desire' in China, but the permission was denied.
Shilpa portrays the life of an Odissi dancer, in the movie. She said, “I have been a Bharatnatyam dancer all my life. In ‘Desire’ I play an Odissi dancer, and I had to unlearn everything I knew about the classical dance and start from scratch. It has been quite a daunting experience.”
Kangana Ranaut is said to have stripped fully for the upcoming Bollywood horror thriller, 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues'. But the Censor board may completely chop the scene of the film.
The scene was shot with Kangana in a bathtub. As per the reports, Kangana had shot the scene with a skin coloured body suit. But visually she seems to be baring it all.
After the screening of the film, there was an argument between members of Censor board and Mukesh Bhatt regarding the certification. Mukesh Bhatt wanted U/A certification will Censor was willing to give only an 'A' Certificate.
This Emraan Hashmi and Adhyayan starrer is set to release on January 23rd, but Mukesh Bhatt still have hopes. Let wait and watch as to what will happen to the film and Kangana's bare act.
Sardar joins the suicide bomber squad. So when he is given a mission to suicide in the enemies camp his leader supply him a lot of weapons and bombs stacked to his body and mobile for communications.
He lands up in the enemy's camp, called his boss: Sir, there are 2 enemies soldier, can I suicide now?
Leader: No, not for two, wait till you see more soldiers.
Sardar: Sir now there are 25 can I do it now?
Boss: Wait for more.
Sardar: Sir, now I am in a midst of 100 soldiers, can I suicide now?
Boss: Yes, go ahead, you will be a martyr, don't worry about your family, we will look after.
Sardar pulls his knife and stabs himself in his chest.!!!
Sardar: why are all these people running?
Man: This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar: If only the winner will get the cup, why are others running?
Flash news:
A 2 seater plane crashed in a graveyard in punjab .
Local sardars have so far found 500 bodies and are still digging for more..
Sardarji is appearing for his University final examination which consists of Y/N type questions.
He takes his seat in the Examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes his wallet out, removes a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet - Y for Heads and N for Tails.
Within half an hour he is all done whereas the rest of the class is sweating it out. During the last few minutes, he is seen desperatley throwing the coin, swearing and sweating.
The invigilator,alarmed, approaches him and asks what is going on. "Oye, I finished the exam in half an hour". "But yaar", he says, " I am rechecking my answers."
In a Test between India and Australia, a fiery Lee was sending quivers down the Indian spine. The new batsman, our sardar, walked slowly to the crease, not feeling unlike a lamb at the slaughter house.
As Lee thundered in, suddenly sardar stood up in the crease, and signalled that he wanted the sight screen adjusted. Adjustments were made and Lee was ready to come in again.
Once again, in the middle of his run-up, sardar found something disturbing in the sight screen.
Indeed, this went on a few times before the irritated umpire, Steve Bucknor walked up to the batsman and enquired, "Where do you want the sight screen, for God`s sake?"
Santa asked, with an ounce of fear, "Could I have it between Lee and me?"!!!
NAPOLEAN: "In my Dictionary there is no word called 'IMPOSSIBLE'....
Sardarji: "What's the use of saying it now, you should have checked it before buying THE DICTIONARY !!
Sardar wins 20 cr from Rs. 20 lottery ticket. Dealer gave him 11 cr after deducting tax.
Angry Sardar: "Give me 20 cr or else return my 20 Rs back.!
One young man went for an IAS Interview.
"When did India get independence? " He was asked.
"The efforts began a few years earlier and final result was in 1947" He replied.
"Who was responsible for our independence? "
"There were so many. Whom to mention? If I name one, it will be a injustice to another. " He replied.
"Is corruption the number one enemy in our country?"
"Some research is going on the subject and I can answer with certainly only after seeing the report" He replied.
The interview board was very pleased with his original and thoughtful answers and asked him not to reveal the questions to others, since they were planning to ask the same questions.
When he went out naturally others were curious to know what was asked. He politely declined, but one persistent Santa would not leave him. "At least tell me the answers" he pleaded, and our friend obliged.
Then it was the turn of this Santa. When he went inside, since his resume was slightly illegible, the board member asked him." By the way, what is your date of birth?"
He replied, " The effort began a few years earlier and final result was in 1947."
Somewhat puzzled, they asked another clarification. "What is your fathers name?"
He replied, "There were so many. Whom to mention". If I name one, it will be injustice to another".
The interviewer was incensed.
" Hey! Are you mad or what?"
He replied. "Some research is going on the subject. I can answer with certainty only after seeing the report ."
Sardarji was standing in front of the mirror with his eyes closed.
His wife asked what you are doing.
He said I am seeing how I look while sleeping.
Boss : am giving u job as a driver. STARTING salary Rs.2000/-, is it o.k?
Sardar : You are great sir! Starting salary is o.k.......but,how much is DRIVING salary...?
Santa Singh was in the hospital, near death, so the family sent for his friend Banta. As Banta singh stood beside the bed, santa Singh's frail condition grew worse, and he motioned frantically for something to write on. Banta singh lovingly handed him a pen and piece of paper, and Santa used his last ounce of strength to scribble a note.
Then he died. Banta singh thought it best not to look at the note just then, so he slipped it into his jacket pocket.
Several days later, at the funeral, Banta singh was visting Santa's family. He realized that he was wearing the same jacket that he'd worn the day Santa died.
"You know," he said, "Santa handed me a note just before he died. I haven't read it, but knowing Santa, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all. He unfolded the note and read a loud, "You're standing on my oxygen tube!"
Sardar: Will u marry after I die?
Wife : No I wiil live with my sister.
Wife : Will u marry , after I die?
Sardar: No I will also live with ur sister.
2 sardars are driving a Car, one puts on the indicator and asks the
other to check whether its working, he puts his head out and says
YES...NO...YES. ..NO...YES. ..NO...
Santa: I have swallowed a key.
Doctor: When?
Santa: 3 months back!
Doctor: What were you doing till now?
Santa: I was using duplicate key, now I have lost it too.
Sardar : I haven't slept all night in the train.
Friend : why?
Sardar : Got upper berth.
Friend : why didn't you exchange?
Sardar : Oye, there was nobody to exchange in the lower berth..
To,
Juliet
Grade 7.0 S.M
Sub: Offer of love!
Dearest Ms Juliet,
I am very happy to inform you that I have fallen in Love with you since the 14th of October (Saturday).
With reference to the meeting held between us on the 13th of Oct. at 1500 hrs, I would like to present myself as a prospective lover. Our love affair would be on probation for a period of three months and depending on compatibility, would be made permanent.
Of course, upon completion of probation, there will be continuous on the job training and performance appraisal schemes leading up to promotion from lover to spouse. The expenses incurred for coffee and entertainment would initially be shared equally between us.
Later, based on your performance,I might take up a larger share of the expenses. However I am broadminded enough to be taken care of, on your expense account.
I request you to kindly respond within 30 days of receiving this letter, failing which, this offer would be cancelled without further notice and I shall be considering someone else. I would be happy, if you could forward this letter to your sister, if you do not wish to take up this offer.
Wish you all the best!
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours sincerely,
Romeo
Manager HR
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif landed up at McDonalds as both extremely hungry while returning from Salman's Panvel farmhouse.
As expected, their privacy was attacked very soon when fans gathered around them.
Instead of getting frustrated, the couple entertained them. They answered their questions, allowed photographs and happily gave away autographs.
Their stop at McDonalds turned out to be a treat to the crowd there too.
In the middle of the sweetness of Ghajini's success in Bollywood and overseas, Aamir Khan had to swallow a bitter pill too. Taare Zameen Par is out of Oscar selection committee's list!
Nine movies has been chosen out of which 5 will have to go through a final competition from a grand total of 65 entries. Each country can have one .
Waltz with Bashir (Israel), 3 Monkeys (Turkey), Revanche (Austria), The Necessities of Life (Canada), The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany), Departures (Japan), Tear this Heart Out (Mexico), Everlasting Moments (Sweden) and The Class (Frnace) are the films that have made it to round two. The final list of 5 nominees will be announced on January 22nd.
Let's hop Aamir Khan's Oscar dreams will come true very soon.
These days Bollywood producers do anything to make the heroes happy. In the party conducted to celebrate Ghajini's success, Madhu Mantena, the producer of the film, gifted a gold statue to Aamir Khan. The statue resembled Aamir's look in the film.
"8 abs included," says Madhu. "we can see all 8 of them on the statue," he added.
The trophy would very well cost about 7-8 million.
"It has certain amount of other metal to make it malleable. Solid gold wouldn't allow the identical Ghajini shape to be done in gold. But the idea was to create an Oscar-sized statue exclusively for Ghajini. Aamir knew he was getting a trophy. But he didn't know it would be golden and with his Ghajini's look. He was overwhelmed," Madhu said.
Another statue was given to the director of Ghajini, Murudoss too. Less gold, but yes, 8 packs in place.
A. R. Rahman took a giant stride forward for the nation as he won the prestigious GOLDEN GLOBE award for the Best Original Background Score category for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
It was an extraordinary moment for A. R. Rahman and all his fans when there was an announcement at the 66th Golden Globe Awards that he was the winner.
The man TIME magazine called 'Mozart of Madras' shook hands with many as he went on to the stage to collect the award. The first word that came out of Rahman was 'Unbelievable' followed by a chuckle. He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket as he said he had a long list although he thought he wouldn't win.
Rahman thanked Almighty God for the award. His thank you list also had Danny Boyle, Fox Pictures and all his musicians in Chennai and Mumbai.
'Slumdog Millionaire' was about a boy born and raised in the slums of Mumbai who eventually goes on to become a millionaire thanks to his winning the 'Who wants to be a millionaire' contest. The film was directed by Danny Boyle who also won a Golden Globe for Best Director. The film won two other awards as well – Best Picture and Best Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy).
In addition to this Rahman had also won Six popular Awards for his compositions in 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
• The Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
• The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award
• The New York Film Critics Online Award
• The Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• The San Diego Film Critics Society Award
• The Satellite Awards - International Press Academy
Deepika Padukone plays a double role in the film - Sakhi, an Indian woman, and Meow Meow, a Chinese woman, who is also a martial arts expert.
She actually spent six months training in martial arts.
"It was a tough experience, but when Nikhil described the character to me I knew I had to learn martial arts," she said.
Here’s what hero Akshay said in praise of his co-star: "If you watch how she kicks in the film, it's hard to believe that she learnt martial arts just a few months ago.”
'Chandni Chowk to China' - Warner Bros' first Bollywood production will be largest ever opening of any Bollywood film in US and Canada.The movie will release on the 16th of January at about 125 screens in over 50 markets.
According to Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, the film will also hit 40 international markets, opening day-and-date with North America in 25 markets, The other markets will open the film in the weeks ahead.
This first-ever Bollywood kung fu comedy, 'Chandni Chowk to China' follows one man's journey from being a simple cook to a kung fu fighter. This exciting journey takes him through the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi to the grandeur of the Great Wall of China and more.
At a press conference in New York, to mark the premiere of the film in the US, Akshay Kumar this film as "Pure Bollywood story…"If you are fans of Manmohan Desai, this is that kind of a film," he said. "I am anxiously waiting to go back to India and show the film to my son. My grandmother is also waiting to see the film. So it's a film for all ages."
All the effort 'Perfectionist' Aamir Khan had put in for Ghajini is showing in all aspects of the film. If it took 10 months for Aamir to pump up his 8 packs, the film is breaking all the records in a matter of few weeks.
The latest one, Ghajini pushed arguably Bollywood's most popular film, 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' to second place by collecting the maximum amount of money in the domestic market ever by a Hindi film.
In a few weeks, Ghajini collected Rs.200 crores from across the globe.
In this, the foriegn market contributed about Rs. 39 crore. The balance, Rs.162 crore has been from the Indian market. This is of course a staggering amount considering the fact that the movie has a long way to go. Its upto your imagination as to how much the movie is going to collect in the coming days.
Whatever the other kings of Bollywood do, Aamir, 'the perfectionist' Khan rules Bollywood.
Bollywood's top 10 'happening' actresses.
Kareena Kapoor
Deepika Padukone
Asin
Aishwarya Rai
Bipasha Basu
Sonam Kapoor
Priyanka Chopra
Vidya Balan
Ayesha Takia
Suzanne Khan celebrated her beloved's birthday by giving a rock-n-roll party to Hrithik's friends in the film Industry.
So what's Hrithik Birthday wish? “That Sussanne is with me all my life. I have everything else. I don’t need any other gift except lots of love from everyone. A warm hug means more to me than anything money can buy.”
Happy Birthday Hrithik!
Hrithik Roshan is reportedly, all set to go wild for the first time, in his upcoming home production 'Kites'. He is supposedly shedding his 'Boy next door' image to portray the character of a man who is stuck in between his love and lust.
The storyline is still not revealed, but reports says that Hrithik's character has a wife and a secret mistress abroad, in the film. Kangan Ranaut and Mexican actress Barbara Mori will be doing the respective roles. Hrithik is supposedly having a lot of steamy scenes with Barbara.
The director of the film is Anurag Basu. There are unconfirmed reports that the film's rights are already sold to Eros International for Rs.120 Crores.
Hrithik is turning 35 on Saturday. We wish this talent actor many many happy returns of the day and a successful year ahead!
Slumdog Millionaire bagged five awards at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 14th annual Critics Choice Awards. A R Rahman got the award for the best music composer.
British Director Danny Boyle's film attracted a lot of curiosity at the award ceremony last night. The other awards won by the film are for the Best Film, Best Director - Danny Boyle, Best Writer - Simon Beaufoy and Best Young Actor - Dev Patel.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization having more than 200 members in the US and Canada.
It is quite evident that Salman did not have a very good 2008. There were fights and prolonged fights! Apart from that there were a line of flops God Tussi Great Ho, Heroes, Hello and much hyped Yuvraaj.
Now, for the coming year to be a better one, Salman is taking in some guidance from dad Salim Khan. Before signing for any project, he is taking help of this famous script writer.
Salman is currently working on his magnum opus Veer. We hope dad’s guidance will bring Salman’s career back to track.
Stylish, graceful, sexy, hot! That is quite enough to describe Bipasha Basu aptly. This attractive dusky babe turns 30 today!
After having dropped the idea of going in the medical line and then taking up commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College in Kolkata, Bipasha did modeling and ramp shows part time. In 1996, she met well-known model Mehr Jessia who suggested that she takes part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. She eventually participated, and won the contest. Then there was no looking back for the super model.
With her entry into Bollywood, she brought in a new daring and comfortable attitude about herself as well as being open about her relationships. With many good, bad and mediocre films, Bipasha never goes unnoticed.
Living legend Amitabh Bachchan’s biography was recently lunched in Mumbai. Perhaps Mr. Bachchan felt that Aamir was the best choice for this honor.
The book titled 'Bachchanalia' is a compilation of cherishing moments of Mr. Bachchan's childhood days till date. This was a touching moment for all the Bachchans.
Mr. Prefectionist spoke a few words of praise and expressed his admiration for Big B. Abhishek and Aishwarya spoke words of gratitude to be part of Amitabh’s family. Finally, Amitabh Bachchan thanked the publishers and film writer Bhawana Somaaya, who co-authored the biography.
After Guru, Abhishek and Aishwarya will be seen together in Mani Ratnam's 'Raavana' and much before its completing, the couple has signed another film to be directed by Abhinay Deo.
Abhinay Deo, thoroughly experienced with around 350 ads has made his directorial debut with 'Delhi Belly' produced by Aamir Khan. This film featuring Abhi-Ash is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, who had approached him much beforehe started Aamir's project.
Ritesh said to the media, "The untitled flick is a thriller with a unique panache to be filmed extensively at exotic locations of Greece, Thailand, Istanbul and London". There is a possibility of Jason handling the camera for this film. Jason is the one shot Rock On! Boman Irani has a prominent role and rest of the cast is yet to be finalized.
After Priyanka Chopra and Tabu, it's Kajol's turn to appear on the cover of M, a lifestyle and luxury magazine for men…
We got to hear from a close source, "Commonly, independent and successful actresses with best attitudes are featured on the magazine cover. Nevertheless, everyone got fascinated with Kajol's entrancing looks".
Kajol said that she had a great fun trying out different looks - both classic and contemporary. She gives credit to Jatin Kampani for making her look that attractive.
Pranav Capila, executive editor of M said, “Featuring Kajol on M's edition has been our all-time wish and we're so gleeful that Kajol accepted our offer.”
A. R. Rahman was born in 1966 as A.S.Dileep Kumar, to R. K. Shekhar Mudaliar, who was a composer and conductor for Malayalam films. R.K.Shekhar, his father, passed away when Rahman was nine. His family had to rent out his father's musical equipments as a source of income.
His family converted to Islam from Hinduism in 1970s. Initially, Rahman played as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands like "Roots" with childhood friend and percussionist Sivamani and others. Rahman then founded the rock group, "Nemesis Avenue". He was trained in keyboard and piano, synthesizer, harmonium and guitar. He had his early training in music under Master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he joined the troup of Ilaiyaraaja as a keyboard player. Rahman later played in the orchestra of M. S. Viswanathan and Ramesh Naidu, accompanied Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship to Trinity College of Music in London, where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music.
He started with composing music jingles for advertisements, Television channels and music scores in documentaries. In 1992, Mani Ratnam assigned him to compose the score and soundtrack of the Tamil film Roja.Rahman received National award for Best Music Director, the first time ever by a first-time film composer. Rahman has since then won the award three more times (for his scores for Minsaara Kanavu (Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Hindi) in 2002, Kannathil Muthamittal (Tamil) in 2003. That is the most number of times by any music directors.
Since then, Rahman, in his career spanning a decade, has already sold more than one hundred million records of his musical scores and soundtracks worldwide and have sold over two hundred million cassettes making him one of the world's top 10 all-time top selling recording artists.
Rahman did the music fo the Chinese film, Warriors of Heaven and Earth in 2003 after researching Chinese and Japanese classical music, and co-scored in Shekhar Kapoor's Elizabeth: The Golden Age in 2007. His compositions have been reused in films both within India and in films abroad, like Inside Man, Lord of War and The Accidental Husband.
His latest works includes Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Yuvvraaj, Sakkarakatti, ADA: A Way of Life, Ghajini, and Slumdog Millionaire. He won the London Critics Award for Slumdog Millionaire. We wish him a wonderful Birthday and many many years of successful musical pursuit!
Ketan Mehta's next venture, 'Rang Rasiya' is all set the silver screen ablaze. The film is based on the real life story of the famous painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Ketan Mehta's next venture, 'Rang Rasiya' is all set the silver screen ablaze. The film is based on the real life story of the famous painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Raja Ravi Varma was born in Kerala in 1848 and he was often criticized for being too showy and sentimental in his style.
The film is based on Raja Ravi Varma's relationship with the Sugandha, a sensuous woman who posed for his paintings. It is her beauty that inspired Ravi Varma in creating those exquisite paintings on Hindu mythology. Raja Ravi Varma had been accused of unethical paintings depicting Hindu gods, and he was arrested for his works.
Randeep Hooda plays Raja Ravi Varma's role in the film. Sugandha's role is enacted by Nandana Sen. The passion prevalent in the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma is portrayed in the film as well.
John Travolta's son, Jett Travolta, 16 yrs, was found dead in the bathroom at the family's holiday home in Nassau in the Bahamas. He had hit his head in the bath and was discovered unconscious. He was rushed to the hospital were Jett was declared dead on arrival.
Jett was suffering from seizures from the age of two. He was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease 16 years ago, which his parents blamed on the chemicals in household cleaners. Being practising Scientologists, Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, had put their son on a detoxification programme based on teachings from the Church of Scientology.
The body will be buried in Ocala, Florida, close to where the family lives.
Jett was Travolta's eldest son. They have a daughter, Ella Blue, who is 8 years old.
Travolta is a qualified pilot who has flown for the Australian airline Qantas. He had persuaded his wife to name their son Jett because of his enthusiasm for aviation.
The almost disappeared Tabu, who has been quite out of sight last year, has begun the new year with a bang. She is the first cover woman on the Vogue magazine in 2009. She speaks quite a lot about her career and experiences in this issue.
Editor of Vogue India, Priya Tanna says, "Whether you celebrate the Indian volupte, or debate over India trying hard to loose her curves, shape remains an important issue and pre-occupation for us… Keeping this in mind, our January issue has been dedicated to shape - dressing for each size, women who have embraced their unique shapes and living your fittest life ever. Tabu embodies the quintessential Indian silhouette for us. A consummate performer and an earthy beauty, she is undoubtedly the champion for both real curves and real women."
It was the so exciting while both Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma were school-going girls, when they had watched Shah Rukh Khan win hearts of millions with "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge". Not even in their wildest dreams had they thought that one day they would star opposite the Superstar, that too step in to Bollywood beside him.
Hailing from Bangalore, both the model-turned-actresses have been great Shah Rukh fans since childhood and have grown up watching almost all his films. Their entry into Bollywood pushed their big-screen careers on a high as their debut films - "Om Shanti Om" (2007) and "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008) respectively – became huge hits, definitely courtesy their co-star Shah Rukh Khan.
"Initially, I was very nervous about working with him. But Shah Rukh made it very comfortable for me. We did readings together; we met socially so that we were comfortable when we faced the camera. He's someone I grew up watching," Deepika had said in an earlier interview.
Anushka told the media: "I never had the intention to be an actress. It happened out of luck and I consider myself very fortunate to be part of such a big banner (Yash Raj Films) in my debut film and to be working with a star like Shah Rukh." Her favourite films include Shah Rukh’s "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" and "Chak De! India".
Considering the age difference between him and Deepika, Shah Rukh had aired a joke in the media before the release of "Om Shanti Om" about his fear of being called "uncle" by his co-star on the film sets. It is quite evident that in both cases, the age difference did not come on the way of the movies’ success.
As for Shah Rukh, the legend is still as energetic and young at heart, all in the right sense. "I have so much love for Kareena, Deepika, Priyanka and Anushka. They tell me that I am the youngest hero they have worked with. In fact, they say I am younger than the young guys. I work with these young girls without any ulterior motives of seducing them.
"Priyanka still does not call me by my name. I had crowned her at a beauty pageant. She says 'Sir' or just begins the conversation without taking my name. Nobody calls me uncle except Sushmita, she tells me I'm very old," he said happily.
Some other model-turned-actresses who made their debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan are Mahima Chaudhary in "Pardes" (1997), Preity Zinta in "Dil Se" (1998) and Gayatri Joshi in Ashutosh Gowariker's "Swades" (2004).
We have seen Katrina and Akshay Kumar come up with some of the biggest hits in the last one or two years. The good vibes are not just on screen, but also in real life.
While shooting for Priyadarshan’s De Dhana Dhan Katrina recently hurt her leg. Her leg got stuck while shooting a water scene, “The more she tried to extricate herself the more her leg got tangled,” says the source, “She tried to scream for help, but because of the noise on the sets including the stunt coordinators who were shouting instructions to the entire cast, no one heard Katrina's screams of pain."
And then, everyone saw one guy to the rescue. It was Akshay Kumar! Akshay swam up to her and got her out of the mess and relieved her of the pain.
Here's some more news about the most talked about big budget movie Endhiran. The movie is set in 2200 AD. Superstar Rajinikanth plays the role of a famous scientist who is madly in love with Aishwarya.
Rajini is given the mission to create special robots, being the best scientist in the country. The trouble begins when a robot created by Rajinikanth falls in love with Aishwarya!
Now about some updates on Endhiran's shooting. The crew will soon move to Kulu Manali. The hero and heroine are supposed to shoot a scene where they romance in a Mercedes. Rajinikanth is looking years younger in the movie to suit the role and his heroine.
Saif Ali Khan was recently admitted at Lilavati hospital due to food poisoning. He is on his way to recovery now.
Here’s what the actor said: “It was nothing, really…I returned from Philadelphia from the shooting of Rensil d’Silva’s film on 23rd night. And since I was missing all the Mumbai ka khana, I gorged indiscriminately on local junk food, sev puri bhelpuri, paani puri….puri ki puri fauj went into my stomach.”
The doctors had almost immediately said that there was nothing to worry and that it wasn’t so serious. “It was gastroenteritis. Yes, I’ve been in hospital twice in the recent past. Once it was just appendicitis. And the other time it was far more serious. After going through what I did the last time I’m hardly going to get scared by a little stomach infection.”
For all those who seemed pretty worried, here’s what he finally added: “Actually it’s much less scary than it looks. I’ve got a drip coming out of my hand, so that makes it look kind of serious. But it’s nothing. I’m fine…just a little sleepy. In fact Kareena and I are going on our holiday to the mountains as planned.”
Happy holidays to Saif and Kareena!
Shilpa Shetty is in London with her family. Rumors are that she got married to Raj Kundra before Christmas and she is in London as part of the wedding reception. Raj Kundra, who is a UK based NRI, is a producer and was working with Shilpa Shetty in launching her perfume brand. Raj Kundra was married, and his wife Kavita was in news, accusing Shilpa for breaking their marriage.
Shilpa had cooked dinner for Kundra's family by herself. About that, she said, "Dinner was healthy. It included Yorkshire pudding, mozzarella salad, corn pulao, roasted parsnips, organic vegetables, fruit punch, golden roasted stuffed turkey, roasted chestnuts, chocolate cake and apple crumble with ice cream. I love cooking but it was for 15 people. It was worth all when I got big compliments".
