Jhankar beats was such a horrid display of lip synching and air guitar playing Rock on is definitely going to be worth a dekkho. Farhan has sung five out of nine songs for the movie, and will also be playing the guitar for the live shows. I wonder if this new kind of campaigning will catch on; imagine the possibilities- Priyanka and Harman robo-grinding at Infinity Mall for Love Story 2050, Ram Gopal Verma roaming the streets at the night, scaring children, Rani and her cycle, suspended for days without food of water above Phoenix Mills or Aamir Khan with a cattle prod, hard-selling Imran at Juhu Beach.
Abhishek Kapoor, the director of ‘Rock On‘, is in the process of organizing a series of rock concerts in four major cities across India as part of the promotional campaign for the movie. What makes it interesting, and not just another glares and black tee, lip-syncing disaster is the fact that the actors, Farhan Ahktar, Luke Kenny, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli and Prachi Desai have been practicing and will actually be performing the songs from the movie.
Monday, June 30, 2008
‘Rock on’ coming soon to a city near you
Unforgettable Temptations
On the other hand the Bachchans are calling there tour “Unforgettable“, which I’m pretty sure is going to end up being Unforgivable!! Now on the upside, all of us back home do get a break from being surrounded by all these stars for the months that they will be on tour. Really, it’s getting out of hand- wake up in the morning and they are on the radio, drive to work and they are on every hoarding, switch on the t.v. and you see their heavily made up faces, now days you can’t eat a bag of chips without someone or the other staring you in the face!!! But coming back to all the drama surrounding these tours, turns out Priyanka Chopra was supposed to be with the Bachchans but walked out on them to be with SRK and lets not forget our every own Shilpa Shetty who has now joined the Bachchan tour. This is like the Cold War all over again only this time instead of Communism and capitalism its Shahrukh Khanism and Bachchanism. Where Nehru and his Non- Alignment when you need him!!! 
This Shah Rukh Khan - Amitabh Bachchan war has gotten too far!! After the whole KBC ordeal, King Khan is now also going on a world tour where “lucky” audience get to see him prance around the place, (six pack on display) along with Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee. His tour is going to be called “Temptations.”
Imraan VS. Harmaan
Everytime is see a Jaane tu ya jaane na advertisement in the newspapers accompanying it (in the exact same size) is a Lovestory 2050 just as colourful and loud as ever. While Imraan has been busy giving interviews to all leading newspapers Imraan seems to be lying low. Wonder what the Bawejas have up their sleeve. Already both the debutantes have guest starred in TV game shows with Priyanka and Harmaan guest starring in Kya Aap paanchvi pass yeh tez hai and Aamir and Imraan on Salman’s Dus ka Dum. Now Harmaan has also appeared as a guest judge on Jo jeetha woh superstar. Imraan showed up at good friend Shruti Hassan’s gig and then seems surprised that photographers wanted to take his picture (maybe this boy does have some acting talent.)At least the two of them haven’t resorted to charity to get publicity cause that’s just sad. Will keep you posted as this epic saga continues…….
So D-day is the coming friday and both power families the Khan’s and the Baweja’s are leaving no stone unturned and all this anticipation to see which movie makes it really has me on the edge of my seat. The PR these two are generating is just too much fun.
Porsche Phone
Porsche has just launched the Porsche Design Mobile Phone, the P’9521 with Sagem Mobiles. Frankly it’s the ugliest piece of technology I’ve ever laid my eyes on or maybe I just feel that way due to the poor choice of models used to unviel this piece of cutting edge technology. I don’t understand the obsession with firang models I think our desi models could have done a much better job and would have probably made the phone look a lot more desirable. VIP guests to this even included Kim Sharma,Upen Patel and Arbaz Khan who were obviously there for the free phone (priced a Rs. 77,000). Arbaz seemed busy checking out the features which inludes a fingerprint reader while Kim seemed more keen on the casing (a solid aluminiumm block eyuck!) and of course Upen was only checking out the models. I expected so much more from Porsche I mean even the LG PRADA looks sleeker than this.
Preity Zinta hops aboard the blogwagon
Preity Zinta is tired of silly rumours. They spoil the spotless reputation she’s built up over the ten boobless years of bubblegum cinema under her belt. She claims her relationship with Ness Wadia is still very much alive, that Yuvraj is just a friend and that one season in the IPL counts for more than crowd surfing after every six and pouting sadly at the camera like a bored retriever after every wicket. So, to counter all the unnecessary, unconfirmed buzz that the media creates, she’s decided to start writing a blog just like Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan have done. It’s going to be called ‘Pay Back Time’. If there’s any justice in the world, these half-baked articles about relationships, class A drugs and priceless Wadia family anecdotes, will never see the light of day
Apologies, Asin!
So I after my article on how randoms are gracing the holy pages of the Vogue, I took time out to actually read the article on Asin and turns out that she actually is quite something. She is most definitely not your regular run of the mill actress. At the tender age of 22 this girl has quite a impressive resume!! Not only has she endorsed close to 60 brands but she has also won the South Filmfare Best Actress Award two times in a row!!! Not only is she good looking, she speaks really well and is well versed in over seven languages. So this is a quick warning to Bebo, Bips and all like them, watch out ladies!! She might be unheard of as yet in Bollywood but this girl is on the rise and looks likes there is no stopping her!! Oh! And all apologies to Asin fans…
Sallu Kat steal the show…
Mika turned up in full attire with bro Daler Mehandi. Looks like these two have buried the hatchet. Om Puri came with some family members. Hard Kaur was there dressed in what looked like a dress made outta fish scales. Where the f$#k does she find these outrageous costumes man! Jennifer Mayani was there with her twin assets popping all over the place. Also present were actor Sonu Sood, producer Aneez Bazmee and music director Pritam. The biggest draw of the night though was Sallu-Kat. Yup! Salman finally made a public appearance with his lady love Katrina. All that talk about their relationship falling apart must’ve been bullshit. They looked like they’re going places. Even the people present were pleasently surprised to see the two together in public. Way to go Sallu Bhai!
The music of the much awaited Akshay starrer Singh is Kinng was held at Enigma, last night. Though most of the stars of the movie(including Akki) gave it a miss, the turnout was big with a capital B. Picking up from the ‘B’, Amitabh Bachchan made an entry wearing some really weird pair of designer glasses ala his character from Cheeni Kum. Neha Dhupia showed up arm in arm with badminton ace Ritwik Bhattacharya. Hmmm…(do I smell something cooking here…Score:Love All lol!).
Bachchan’s rake in the moolah while Ash is unwell
Looks like the Bachchans will have a mixed bag of emotions in the next few days. Aishwarya Rai, the bahu of the first family of Bollywood, is suffering from German measles (Rubella infection), a viral infection characterized by fever, swollen and painful lymph nodes, and a runny nose. Aishwarya Rai’s manager Hari Singh has said that she will not be available for about 10 to 15 days for any promo or shooting as she is suffering from a bout of fever and is advised total rest. He confirmed that Aishwarya Rai has signed Robot and another production by Mani Ratnam, and also that she will be given a 2-month break from Shankar’s Robot when filming for Mani Ratnam’s film commences. Well, each party will do what they do best. While, RBE will look at the business aspect of the deal that would include the managing marketing and the distribution of projects, the Bachchans would come up with the creative inputs and would be handling the entertainment aspect of the project. For films, the company has signed some of the leading directors like R Balakrishnan, Sujoy Ghosh, Rohan Sippy and Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The list is sure to get bigger with time as the company is in talks to rope in several other top directors.Speaking to a news daily, Amitabh Bachchan said, “We will provide the creative inputs and also share the profits. As of now, we plan to start with film projects and work in a way that will benefit us mutually. Also, they have given us the liberty to work outside and there is an unwritten understanding that we have the first right of refusal.” The Bachchans have once again showed why they are the best and how they can flex their power.Lets hope it’s not a Sarkar Raaj debacle.
The timing couldn’t be worse since Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya are all set to rake-in the moolah with the help of business tycoon Anil Ambani, who is also Big B’s friend, has signed an Rs 1500 crore deal with B- Town’s most popular family.Wow!! According to reports, Reliance Big Entertainment is close to finalizing the mega deal with the Bachchan’s and will then use their brand value in films, production, TV series, internet, reality shows and mobile content.
So what happens?
Friday, June 27, 2008
Vague Covergirl!
Her name is Asin Something-or-the-other ( Pronounced ‘Ah! Sin’ hehehehe) . Her official website says that her name is a combination of the Sanskrit word “A” which means east and “Sin” which means west. Be that as it may I am pretty sure that no person east or west has ever heard her name. Must have been “bring your unknown south-Indian film actress” to work day at Vogue offices. She IS big down south but is unknown here in Bollytown. Now however we hear she is starring across Aamir Khan in the upcoming movie Ghajini. My God is Aamir in a hurry to promote nobodies this season, first his nephew and now this!
You know you are a somebody when you on the cover of Vogue. Being a “Vogue Girl” is something that will earn you quite a few brownie points in most social circles. However this month the cover belongs to a “Vague Girl”.
Mission Istanbul a whole lot of surprises!!
From the promos of Mission Istanbul and all the sneak previews we’ve recieved Mission Istanbul was shaping up to be another run of the mill action spy movie complete with Turkish belly dancers. But now closer to release it has been revealed that the movie is in fact a tale of four journalists at the war fore front of course their characters had to be glamourised to make them more believable.(yeah right!) His theme for ‘Mission Istanbul’ ( the story of journo Daniel Pearl) is no conincidence.Infact, his obsession with journo stories are evident in his other works as well. I think its brilliant that we have directors moving away from the stereotypical dramas (or should I say Melodramas) and making movies on something worth thinking about. There’s always that catch,though, that no matter how far we stray from our roots we have to eventually land up where we began and in Bolly’s case, with an item number! Tanyeli’s going to be drawing the masses to the movies all because of her outfit and if the movie’s anything like what it promises to be, the rest of the audience will automatically flock. I must say, Apoorva’s played it smart and once again, I believe he’s made himelf a killing!
Journalist-bravery stories are not as popular as formula romances or action flicks are in Bollywood but they’re soon getting there and alot of the credit goes to ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’ director Apoorva Lakhia.
Sherlyn not curvy enough??
According to a source, “Sherlyn plays a small but important role of a siren in the film. She has to look voluptuous and well-rounded at all the right places in her body.(Isnt she well rounded in more places than needed already??) At present Sherlyn is next to Kareena Kapoor in figure, that is size-zero. So the banner has asked her to put on some weight.”Sherlyn is one of the many actresses who have completely reconstructed their figure and have no problems talking about it.” Sherlyn, who is presently working on her latest album ‘Dard-e-Sherlyn‘, says she herself was surprised by the demand from YRF. She will also undergo a one-month workshop session to enhance her acting skills (besides curves) before shooting the film. Meanwhile, the outrageous bombshell is super-excited about her upcoming video ‘Dard-e-Sherlyn‘ in which she has paid a tribute to Hema Malini . Well, lets hope we get to see a good show.
Well its Sherlyn back in the news again.Just recently the news was that she was going to do a role in Yashraj’s film.She already has a hot bod(duh!!). But the folks at Yashraj Films still find scope for improvement in her.Believe it or not, Sherlyn has been asked to put on some weight and become more ‘fleshy’ for her role in the upcoming film that has Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherjee in lead roles.
This comes as a surprise since the banner is known for telling its actresses to slim down. Why such naa insaafi in Sherlyn’s case?
Sherlyn says the video has her in her sexiest avatar yet.Well havent we seen enough?!! Since she has helped pen the lyrics I’m sure it will include all of her ‘dard’.
Vidyas lucky connection??
Inside news is she had to do 22 retakes for one scene. That is equal to probably one whole song ka film gone to waste. Apart from her smile she has nothing to show and her best work to date is the Airtel ads where she is supposed to play Madhavans love interest .
Pop Quiz!!! Vidya Balan’s last hit??? Screw it you won’t know. After the supercool waste of money and time ‘Halla Bol’ I am praying Kismat Konnection has something to offer. Denying ‘alleged relations’ with co-star Shahid, drooling for George Clooney and defending her ‘incredible’ (indeed) dressing sense are some of the things she has been busy with lately. Kismat Konnection, a romantic comedy in which she stars opposite Kapur. Balan has fingers crossed the film will bring happy tidings. “The movie is about two people who meet under unusual circumstances and fall in love,” she says. She plays Priya, a “simple, down-to-earth girl with whom everyone can relate to”.
Horrible-e-dil
If readers of the blog could just jog their memories a bit, they’d remember what we had written about Kumar Mangat’s new release Haal-e-Dil. For those who don’t, lemme refresh you a bit . Basically a week or two before it’s release we’d written about the useless actors ( Nakuul Mehta and Adhyayan Suman), the fat actress( Amita Pathak) and the flick being a complete recipe for disaster. Guess what? We were freaking right! Bulls Eye! The horrible horrible excuse for a movie bombed superbly at the box office. I doubt if anybody but the cast, crew and their families went to see the movie. Sorry Mr. Mangat but we’d knew this would happen. Sorrier for the three debutantes- what a miserable way to start your career ! Shekar Suman whose son Adhyayan makes a debut in Haal-e-dil is also very pissed at Kumar Mangat. It seems that the daddy and son duo trusted Mangat so much that they signed the papers even before reading the script. Later sonny boy found out that his role lasted all of two and a half scenes. But then, it was too late to back out. So now daddy Shekar lashes out against the producer in the press. Do we see another filmy feud coming up?
Qurbani turns Kurbani…
Bad News People!!Another remake is on its way…..its like every 2 months we are given a dose of the age old good films through crappy remakes. Feroz Khan’s 1980 blockbuster Qurbani remake is reportedly going to be directed by Sanjay Gupta. Feroz Khan over the years has always planned to make the remake one day. He had grand plans of casting his son Fardeen and Saif Ali Khan in the roles originally played by himself and Vinod Khanna. This is one of his dreams to remake Qurbani, which is now titled Kurbani. Sources reveal that if Gupta hadn’t come forward to take on the responsibility, the project would have gone into the cold storage. Gupta, a die hard Feroz Khan fan himself, wants to pay a tribute to one of his favourite films of all time. He says,’Through this remake i want to pay a tribute to the 1980s, to the films I have always admired’.Feroz Khan was so much impressed by Gupta’s enthusiasm that he decided to produce the new Kurbani jointly with him. Last I heard of something like this was when Ramu wanted to pay tribute to Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay. The rest,as they say is history. Presently, Fardeen is slated to step into his father’s role. The actor has been in the news lately for his involvement in another Sanjay Gupta project ‘Acid Factory’, where they promoted their film all over Bangkok in the IIFA weekend. The stars to play the roles originally played by Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman and Amjad Khan have yet to be decided. Gupta had the choice of casting Vinod’s and Amjad’s sons but he found the idea too shady. However, he is not too keen about it. Mallika Sherawat might play Zeenat Aman’s role.(Nice!!) Apparently, some of Qurbani’s original music by Kalyanji-Anandji and Biddu, including ‘Aap Jaisa Meri Koi Zindagi Mein Aaye’ and ‘Har Kisiko Nahin Milta’, will be retained. Lets hope that Feroz Khan and Sanjay Gupta show us what kind of a tribute they can give to a brilliant film.
Imraan hogs the limelight
But aren’t we forgetting something? I believe we are! It’s not just Has it come to this, that your claim to fame is a superstar ‘mamu’ Or maybe they’re role is not significant enough to be on the front
We all know ‘Jaane Tu….Ya Jaane Na’ as Imraan Khan’s (better known
as Aamir Khan’s nephew) debut film. The pressure is on as, I’m sure
he knows, that we’re all expecting big things from him.
Imran’s but also Prateek Babbar (Raj Babbar and Smitha Patil’s son)
and Ayaz Khan’s (a successful model) debut as well! Now I know I’m no one to
criticize but I do have to give credit where credit is due… and I believe
these two youngsters deserve all the publicity they can get.
and the others get left behind? I know it souds a little black &
white but thats sure as hell what it seems like!
page. I guess we’ll just have to wait and find out!
Got Gorgeous ??
Thank god for reality shows!!! After Remixes and their soft porn videos got taken off air and raunch went out of fashion, I thought there wouldn’t be anything on the boob tube to ogle at. The gods answered the prayers of the sex crazed male populace with …. Get Gorgeous, Splitsvilla, Roadies, Teen Diva,Laguna Beach, My Super Sweet Sixteen have given mankind a whole array of beauties to please our tired eyes after a long hard day of work.Get Gorgeous for one is a killer show. It has 20 hotties vying for a big ass modelling contract in some bigshot agency. As you can clearly see the details of the show have flown above my pig headed mind. The host Pia Trivedi ( you might remember her from the Bluffmaster video) is also a bombshell in her own respect !!! The contestants aren’t too bad either. I caught the Get Gorgeous crew at a press meet at Fame recently and I must say this- The contestants look as hot in real life as they look on screen. Man! If India has such a large reserve of sizzling hot babes, why don’t we win the Miss World or Miss universe and all??? Anyways the meet had the finalists, VJs Pia, Aditya an Anu Menon (Lola Kutty ring a bell?). Nothing really happened at the meet but the chicks were good all the same
Shruti and Imran rock hard !!
Now Hassan is a big name so I expected the pg3 crowd to show up but I was highly dissappointed as the only people worth mentioning are Kim Sharma, Imran Khan and ace photographer Atul Kasbekar. Kim Sharma must have walked by me like a hundred times since I was perched permanently at the bar but she looked so plain that I didn’t think she was worth a second glance.Plus she was super pleased that the paparrazzi gave her a second glance. Poor girl… she’s not been getting any attention after Yuvraj dumped her. Shruti was fashionably late and while I drowned my sorrows at the bar the crowd suddenly parted and Imraan Khan walked by with his little girlfriend in tow. I might have downed a few but let me tell you he wasn’t that tall. He was handsome and rugged etc but tall he was not. Guess it’s just not in their genes. Like Mama like Bhanja! Imraan gladly posed for pictures but refused when they asked him to pose with Avantika (his big boobed girlfriend). Why so defensive??? When photographers wouldn’t leave the two of them alone they left Shruti’s performance early.
Kamal Hassan’s cute little punkster daughter Shruti Hassan performed at Hard Rock Cafe last night wih her band The Extrimentals. She shook her tail feathers and put on a very entertaining show. This band originally from Chennai had a weird mix of original tracks and covers. Some of their originals like Weird little girl and Tamil left me completely dumbfounded?? Tamil??? Yes Shruti we do know you’re the daugher of Tamil movie superstar Kamal Hassan you don’t have to rub it in.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Bhansali picks Harman over Ranbir
Bhansali has totally been impressed by Harman’s on screen magic and his screen presence.He picked Harman after watching his flawless acting in Love Story 2050.Some sources say that Bhansali initially approached Ranbir for the role but Ranbir could not fit it into his tight schedule.Bhansali has dismissed the rumour and said that Ranbir hasnt even been considered for the role as he didn’t suit the character.Harman was always his first and last choice. Bhansali will have to do a better job this time around as he lost alot of credibility with the disaster called ‘Saawariya’ which didn’t even do remotely well.
Another episode of friend turned foes???Sanjay Leela Bhansali who had produced and directed Ranbir Kapoor’s debut movie Saawariya has given him a thumbs down.He recently announced his next venture Chenab Gandhi but on this occasion, he has signed bollywood new Hrithik look alike, Harman Baweja.Harman, who has to still show his capabilites in his debut Love Story 2050 which releases July 4th.
On the other hand, Harman is overwhelmed to receive the call from Bhasali production’s house, “I couldn’t believe my luck,” said Harman who sounds quite excited to work along side with legendry Amitabh Bachchan and beautiful Vidya Balan. Vibhu Puri will direct the film. Harman also has Ashutosh Gowariker’s What’s your Rashi with Priyanka Chopra and Victory with Amrita Rao under his sleeve.
Rachna Maurya shows us her thong!!!
First it was her thing now it’s her thong. Rachna Maurya doesn’t seem to be able to keep it in her pants. The item girl gave us more than we bargained for once again. This time it was at Sukhbir’s music launch. Pardon me if I don’t mention anymore about the man since Rachna and her PVC outfit and electric blue bra is obviously more interesting. Just to refresh your memories here’s what happened at the ‘Runway’ press meet. And of course to make things more current here’s what went down last night at the music launch.
Deepika-Ranbir caught kissing!!
Ok so now i’m convinced the IIFA awards are going to be crap. Look at the lenghts to which Star Plus has gone to get publicity. They have now invented a video of Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor supposedly kissing and hugging at Bangkok airport. Curiousity got the better of me and I checked out the video which is the biggest dissappointment ever. First of all you can barely see their faces…….second of all Who cares?!?. Everybody hugs at an airport. I didn’t see no kissing not even air kissing. Just 5 days to go till the IIFA awards are finally screened to us mere mortals. Let’s take a look back at all the gossip that surrounded this years awards in Bangkok. First we have the Saif-Kareena saga. Did he miss her performance did he see it..no one will ever know. Saif Ali Khan supposedly flew in all the way from London to spend time with his lady love only to miss her stage performance. Since he had to catch a flight back to London. But the story doesn’t end there………his flight was delayed so obviously he ran back to the IIFA awards ceremony hall just in time to see Kareena accept her award. True filmi style. Well that’s one more reason we can avoid watching the awards we already know Kareena bagged one. Second the highlight of the show Akshay Kumar’s ‘Singh is Kinng‘ performance. Little do people know the amount of drama that went on backstage before the actual performance. Katrina Kaif who was scheduled to perform along with him got cold feet at the last moment and Akki was unavailable for reassurance so in the end she performaed a track from ‘Race‘ and he ruled the ‘Singh is Kinng‘ performance. Once again we already know the performances do we really have to watch the actual awards now?? Third is my most favorite rumor of all. The secret 3 am rendezvous the Bachchans organised to bridge the gap between themselves and the rest of the bollywood fraternity. They specifically invited Vivek Oberoi and Kareena Kapoor you know to make amends for the past (Vivek and Ash used to date and Karisma and Abhishek were actually engaged at somepoint.) Fourth is Fardeen Khan and his wild ways. Yup we haven’t really heard much of his bad behaviour since he got married but well here is in in Bangkok smoking up and apparently he also beat up Sanjay Guptas nephew Gotti (Gautam Kohli). I can’t really blame him with a name like ‘Gotti’ that guy’s just asking for an ass whooping. And last but not least……..Harman Baweja hurt his leg. Just before his first ever live stage performance he hurt his leg. Thanks to some magic spray Personally I think this years IIFA awards have been way too publicized. Right from the Bachchans ruling the show to every stupid insignificant detail including a lenghty discussion over why all the women chose to wear gowns over saris. They’ve been overdone but come Sunday I can gaurantee that along with the rest of the country I will be glued to the TV set.
he was able to pull off the dancing but now he’s going to need at least 4 weeks recovery time.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Doggy and Akki together
Snoop Doggie Dogg and action-hero Akki at the same time!! That’s more than I can chew…… I wonder what the song would sound like- ‘Balle balle balle, It’s the M*****F****** D.O.GG ‘ ‘And then we noticed- Happy* da corruption!’ Whatever the case, I love the idea of ‘Snakki’ (Snoop and Akki) and the more I think about it, the more excited I am to watch Sinngh is King!
Now we all know Snoop ‘D.O double G’ as the one of the ‘original gangsters’ along with Dr.Dre, Eminem and the like. Everybody went wild when the Next Episode released and wilder still with ’sensual seduction’ but a title track for ‘Sinngh is Kinng’? Now that’s new-s!!!!!
The (thin) line between Hollywood and Bollywood seems to be dissolving what with Sylvster Stallone (better known as ‘Rocky’), Snoop and Wyclef entering the business. The trasition, according to me, became obvious with ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ and has been growing brighter since then.
RGV’s “Contract”
The maverick director met the Tamilian terror’s wife and told her his idea and she has agreed to give them information.He says,”Veerappan’s wife visited us. After listening to our intentions, she gave us valuable inputs and insights into the true story of Veerappan and she is completely endorsing and standing by the project. The film will primarily cater to the national audiences, but as Veerappan is known at an international level, it is bound to arouse interest even outside India.” The film will have a set of totally new faces as he doesn’t want to deal with any stars.With Ekta Kappor closely in tow, hope Ramu will keep up the good work with his terrorism after succesfully portraying the underworld.Wonder if Ekta Kapoor’s presence in his life would change the names of his movies.Katya,Kontract,Kompany,Karkar Raj,Kaat…………
Ram Gopal Varma’s obsession with underworld has now slowly shifting towards terrorism. Even in the promos of his new film Contract, the tagline says,’Underwold meets terrorism’.So it is quite evident what RGVs future plans might be.To strenghten my case, reports say that Ramu is going to make a film on Veerapan which will be produced by Ekta Kapoor. (Ramu and Ekta should get married yaar!!….)
Sherlyn Bags Yash Raj Role!!
This girl sure is going places! Yup! It’s our very own Sherlyn Chopra I’m talking about. The item girl who’s been grabbing eyeballs with her soon to be released new album- Dard-e-Sheryln has landed a role in big banner Yash Raj Films. She’s all set to act in Yash Chopra’s next venture starring Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherji. When quizzed on whether it’s a miniscule ‘blink and you miss it’ role, the bombshell replied, “Do you think they’d make me undergo a month long acting workshop for a blink and you miss it role?”. While her acting is making waves, her music sure isn’t. The girl’s been under fire for not having any musical ability and just trying to sell her stuff with the help of her size zero waistline and triple X rated music videos. Sherlyn, in her own style, brushes her critics away saying that she does whatever she feels right. Though I do agree with her detractors about her complete lack of any musical talent whatsoever, I must say “Bravo girl!”.
Preity Zinta strikes back !
Look who is in the news again! Pretty girl, Preity Zinta who created a rage at the IPL with her Mohali team and who was constantly in the spotlight for hugging her players which in turn sparked rumors about her and Yuvraj is back on the centrestage. After the end of the IPL and her dropping out of the Unforgettables tour, I though she had left films for good. A little birdie tells me that she and beau Ness were headed for a breakup.Just recently the two patched up .I guess but after seeing her as a Vogue covergirl, he decided to stay back. “I have four back-to-back releases this year”,says the dimpled star, “starting with Jahanu Barua’s Har Pal with Dharmendra and Shiney Ahuja, Heroes with Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, The Last Lear with Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Shefali Shah and Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth.“ Har Pal is an edgy commercial film, high on emotions. In The Last Lear she plays an upcoming actress and in Heaven on Earth a battered housewife. Wow, that is surely a vast array of roles! Thank God she cleared that up! It’d be really sad to see her retire
Riya Sen Hacked!
Over the weekend I read that all Riya Sen’s e-mail accounts and social networking profiles have been hacked. Hehe
Monday, June 23, 2008
An Idiots guide to driving in India
Start your vehicles, revv up your engines, it’s time to get, set and drive around India! Things you should know, before you handle the gearbox:- 1) If you are from Amerika, we drive on the other side of the road, so if you see too many vehicles charging towards you, you know you are in India. 2) If you are driving a car and want to turn right, you may roll up your window about an inch down and put out your finger, index finger, to signal where you are headed! Yes, just the finger will do! 3) The green signal around the world means ‘GO’, here, it means ‘HONK THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF EVERYONE’. Mind you, ‘No Honking Day’ was invented for this very reason. And orange usually means slow down but here in India we believe if it isn’t red you might still make it. 4) You are on a long drive and you feel like taking a leak, don’t look for a Toilet sign…..everything except the roads can be pee’d on! And if you are regular, you might just find your ‘pee-partner’. 5) If your destination is 10 minutes away from where you are, WALK. Chances are you won’t find a parking place there! 6) Keep a Rs. 50 note always wrapped around your driving license, you’ll never know you’ll need it. 7) Short-Cut doesn’t mean ‘Detour’, it means ‘drive through here at your own risk, no government official will be held responsible for any damage done *Conditions Apply’ 8) Always play ‘Kajra Re’ on your car stereo, the traffic police might just like it and may just let you go after you jump a signal! Any other Bollywood hit would also do! 9) Don’t act smart and try to get out of traffic via a short-cut, chances are you are not the only one thinking of doing that! 10) Finally, you are bound to get a stare from a fellow driver even if you are driving properly…..try it yourself, its fun!
The new crorepati on the block
OMG someone actually won a crore on this show. Believe it!!! I always thought this show was a waste of time but Prajyoti Samal from Bhubaneshwar has done it. Working in a software company and travelling all around India has broadened her horizons and helped her achieve this task. After wasting so many sms’s, looks like it was well worth it. She says “Initially, I was nervous. But when I met him, he made me very comfortable. I felt he was a friend, who I’d met weeks ago. I never felt that I was meeting the Badshah of Bollywood. Now, I am a big fan of him and respect him even more”. Why wouldn’t you be lady??? You just won enough money to buy a brilliant house and a super cool car. As for the show it’s still a flop with flailing TRP’s about to go off air end of July.So much for SRK’s fame the TRP never went beyond 4. LOL!!! That’s another reason for the old man to smoke. I truly feel he should retire now. Get going while the goings good I say.
Tanushree in Saas Bahu and Sensex
Tanushree Dutta has been in the news last month due to the whole Khali controversy. I mean how dare he choose Shama Sikander over her?? Doesn’t he know Nana Pathekar tried to feel her up on the set of their movie ‘Horn OK Please‘ that’s how in demand she is!! The film is slated to release on September 12th,2008.Mark your calenders people. Tanushree is not just another dumb Bollywood bimbette.She has a degree in commerce and is quite articulate about current affairs. She recently said, “Given the opportunity I would love to work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations and travel far and wide to bring about peace and harmony. I’m very concerned about the problems that face mankind today and want to contribute in whatever way I can to solve them.” Ask her about her dream role, she says she wants to do something extreme.“My dream role would be that of a drug addict or a psychotic woman, something on the extreme side,” she says, “I am also crazy about Shah Rukh Khan and hope to work with him someday.” Well would SRK do a role opposite a psychotic drug addict?!!This would be interesting…..
Rama-The saviour is her upcoming movie it is a completely action oriented role for which she learnt Taekwondo.Her next relaease, is the urban comedy titled Saas Bahu and Sensex.The film has been directed by Shona Urvashi(Rules-Pyar Ka Superhit Formula) and also stars Kirron Kher, Masumi Makhija and Lillete Dubey.The film looks into the unlikely investors in India’s stock market.It is a comedy and Tanushree hopes this genre might prove to be lucky for her unlike her previous comedy attempt(Dhol).The film is special as it marks the entry of Warner Bros into Indian territory.
Bollywood Takes on Hollywood!
I told u earlier that Sajid was roping in big names for his next upcoming movie Kambhakht Ishq with Akshay Kumar and Kareena. After Stallone, the funny guy has roped the Hollywood beauty ‘Denise Richards’. More and more Hollywood stars seem to be now interested to play a role. Looks like Susan Paley Abranson and Justine Hempe are doing their jobs well. Though Denise will play a cameo opposite Akshay, it will be well worth it. Denise will have a 10 day cameo appearance in the climax and play AK’s love interest. To balance beauty and brawn Stallone appeared to be insufficient. Sajid is also hoping to bring Arnold Schwarzenegger on board.And here I thought he had retired from acting and was all set to be President of America. Looks like this stunt man has finally more than just few jumps to handle. The final papers are almost signed and Sajid will soon be going to LA to finish his work and start shooting. He has almost spent $5 mil. For a 45 day shoot at Universal Studios in LA. So much for the money spent , this better be on hell of a mov
Bit too short and sweet!!
Now-all of a sudden, it seems the girl has suddenly got herself a sense of ‘sharam’ ! Shooting an song sequence for Nadiawala’s Singh is Kinng, Katrina had to a wear an outfit that was a bit too short. What’s worse was the choreographer, Remo required her to bend a lot for this song. So the babe refused to shoot further and called Remo for an emergency meeting. She told him that she was worried the song would make her look too slutty. Remo, an industry veteran who’s had enough experience of dealing with stars and their tantrums, knew exactly what to do. Hew made one of his assistants don Kat’s costume and do her moves. He pointed out to the actress how he could aesthetically handle the scene. She got convinced and shooting was resumed. And the day was saved!!! Can’t wait for the song to hit the screen. It’s gotta be eyeball scorching hot !!! Mmmmmm!
Katrina Kaif is one weird chick! First she flaunts everything she has to offer (which was a lot!) in her debut film, Boom. She had no qualms with exposing then.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Jhoota Kahin Ka
The Jhoota Kahin Ka success bash happened in Time and Again, a suburban night hotspot. This party was a hit due to the innumerable TV stars who made an appearance. The usual TV party suspects turned up but it was a surprise to see the animated Rakhi Sawant. Rakhi was having a good time and was seen joking,laughing and playing the fool with her various co-stars. Her arm candy, Abhishekh was seen at her side for most of the night. This Sawant girl looked really decent for a change and thank god she got those breast enhancements removed. She looked good in a green flowy top with denims and minimum make-up. I think she has finally learnt to carry herself properly. Also spotted at the party were the cute couple Arjun Punj and Gurdeep Kohli, who did not leave each other’s side the entire night. Celeb chef Sanjeev Kapoor too made an entry with his wife…wonder how he got invited…caterer…methinks!!The regulars from the TV scene Rashmi Ghosh, Arjun Bakshi, and others were there too. Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kissen was seen here in high spirits and kept blabbering shit to random people. He should read our blog on drunken behaviour shouldn’t he?
Confessions of a Karan
hahahhahhehehehaha
Sorry I’ve just finished reading Karan Johar’s blog, although I must admit I found the comments more hilarious.
His blog was so high funda and nonsensical I can’t believe so many people bothered to read it leave alone comment. Besides all those comments appear to be from die hard fans. Who are desperate to meet him.
I have to admit I feel a little betrayed by the man. I expected his blog to be one long advertisement but instead it turned out to be his personal diary entry with a by line at the end announcing his next movie ‘My name is Khan’.
But what he lacks in his blog he makes up in crazy fans and their hilarious comments.
Exerpt:Hello Karan .. this your biggest fan from Chennai.. i am a great fan of ur’s
from Kuch kuch hota hi se.. KANK. tak..
i am waiting for ur MY NAME IS KHAN…
thanx.. i like to see u on screen…. i will be very happy if u contact me.. becoz.. i have lots of ideas of doing romantic movies… i hope that u will contact me soon.. waiting for ur reply..
Keep Smiling,
Bye Karan .. Take care.. see u
Singh Is Kinng - Preview
After he sets out, meets the girl of his dreams (Katrina Kaif), a mother-figure (Kirron Kher) and a series of catastrophes. He ends up rescuing Lucky from the realms of death. This turns out all the worse for him because Lucky ends up in hospital and Happy in expected to take his place as the ‘Kinng’! Akki has always been a better comedian than an action hero to some and vice-versa to others.This role combines the two. I wonder what to expect from him playing a comedy-mafia-cop character. Akki in a turban?! Now that’s something we’ve never seen before (but will be happy to lap up!). Right now Kumar is filming a special international promotional video with rapper extraordinaire Snoop Dogg. This movie comes from the stable of Vipul Shah and Anees Bazmee- the makers of ‘Aankhen’, ‘Waqt’, ‘Namastey London’, ‘No Entry’ and ‘Welcome’. Given this, I think we can expect big things from ‘Singh is Kinng’!
Shot in Punjab, Australia and Egypt, ‘Singh is Kinng’ is the most awaited rom-com of 2008. Superstar-action hero Akshay Kumar is back in ‘action’ when he plays the role of Happy Singh from Punjab who causes nothing but disaster to his village which in turn leads his fellow villagers to pack him off to Australia in order to keep him out of their hair. His mission,they say, is to bring back the notorious Australian gangster, Lakhan Singh aka Lucky (Sonu Sood) back to Punjab and prevent him from spoiling the image of their people abroad.
Size Zero Sexy???
I just don’t get what this crazy obsession with dieting, weight loss and size zero is! Lemme tell you ladies, guys don’t really dig it! Kate Moss isn’t really firing up our mojo. As Sir-Mix-a-Lot puts it, “I like big butts and I cannot lie!” Anyway, back here in tinsel town after Kareena, her close friend Amrita Arora is dropping kilos like hot coals. So is our very own Priyanka Chopra. Piggy Chops is doing so for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s next which is titled ‘Fashion’. The reality obsessed director asked her to get herself a waif thin figure so that she would resemble the anorexic models that make the fashion industry. Amrita on the other hand is crash dieting, if sources are to be believed, under the tutelage of zero queen Kareena. This has made the otherwise bit chubbily cute looking Amrita into a bony bitch ala Posh Spice-Victoria Beckham. Recent pics of the two friends clearly show Amrita looking 20 years older thanks to this weight loss. Tsk Tsk …When will they ever learn?
Chicks are ready to lose half a dozen kgs from their already skinny frame just to look like Kareena Kapoor who’s busy posing for magazine covers.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Kangana Ranaut’s new look!!!
I loved the Levi’s ‘Stuck on you’ campaign with Kangana Ranaut draped seductively in super tight jeans all over the city, and mostly on men. Now this delicious brand ambassador was launching Levi’s Square- their new line. I must admit that the models with socks over their faces disoriented me for a second. What were they trying to do? Rob a bank?! But maybe it was a good thing that they were faceless, as none of the attention was diverted from Kangana herself who by the way looked fabulous. This usually pixie/gypsy styled woman looked fab in low slung jeans and a tied up white shirt. What did me in though was her hair. It was a different style compared to all her previous looks she’s donned trying to look like a beauty queen. Atleast this was more realistic! I could barely recognise the lovely lass with out her usual afro. I can’t believe this girl is speaking against Kareena Kapoor for starving herself to be a size zero. Not everyone is as luck as you Kangana to be born a size zero and maintain it!
Chetan Hansraj : Twinkle Toes
Last night I had to accompany my grandmother to my little cousin’s dance recital at St.Andrews Auditorium Bandra. Dreading this evening before it even started, I did not have high hopes for it at all. I mean… what could you expect from a show called the Danceworxs Academy Display? It started off about half an hour late with a very boring presentation about the academy and THEN… the first song- Michael Jackson’s Thriller started and who should I see on stage but Chetan Hansraj. Hehehehehe the 6′3 telly actor was on stage amongst all those little pipsqueaks in the beginners batch dancing and chewing gum like a cow. I was laughing so hard. Clad in a red satin shirt while everyone else was in black and white, he was really giving it his all. I wonder which reality dance show he’s training for Jhalak or Nach Baliye!Who knows maybe he’s planning a Bollywood break through. Hehehehehe pardon me but I really can’t stop laughing. I’m beginning to wish I’d remembered that my cellphone has video recording facilities. The next dance started and it was some weird ballet type thing. Once again I was star struck… Piya Rai Chowdhary was the last dancer on the forefront. I was so entranced by her presence I actually didn’t notice my little cousin was in this performance. But back to Piya what’s happened to her post marriage??? I can’t remember where I’ve seen her after her bubblegum role in Bride and Prejudice.
Look Who's Smoking
First he chooses to release his movie on the 4th of July just to be difficult, since well Harry Baweja is releasing beta Harman’s debut on the same day. Second, he has to be bigger and better so he’s going all out for the premiere and has invited every single A lister. Doesn’t he know that you have to go to other people’s premieres in order for them to want to come to yours. Third, he’s being exremely immature and playing tit-for-tat as Priyanka and Harman were on SRK’s Paanchvi Pass Se Tez so he and Imraan went on Dus ka Dum. And finally the most disturbing underhanded thing he’s done till now… he’s using his blog to guilt people into going for Jaane tu ya jaane na. This time it is about his smoking habits.The ace actor in his latest blog has admitted to started smoking and has blamed the stress he’s going through.(because of the movie release, duh!)
Aamir Khan never ceases to amaze me. I’ve always held him in the highest regard till he decided to launch his lukha nephew Imraan. The side of him we’re seeing is nothing short of ugly (and I mean it literally …what’s with the returned from war look?! I seriously think his hairstylist has to stop putting in those stupid lines for him no matter how much he begs or pays.)
He says in the blog.”I know you guys are going to kick the shit out of me, my family is already doing that”.
Apparently he’s going through stress due to the nearing of the release date. This has got him chewing his nails.
He further admits that he doesn’t smoke in front of his kids, and also did not post any blogs lately as he didn’t know how to face his fans.(Awww…) However, he promises to quit once the film releases and wont touch it then. Any reason to talk about that movie of his.
Lets hope Aamir gets through this tough smokey phase and starts to play fair when it comes to promoting films.