Khiladi Akshay to represent India at Winter Olympics

Bollywood’s Khiladi No. 1 Akshay Kumar feels privileged as well as nervous to run with the XXI Winter Olympics torch on Thursday in Canada. The XXI Winter Olympics are slated to start from on February 12,
2010 in which around 80 countries are participating. The competition includes eight sports, like ice hockey, figure skating and Alpine skiing. Last time in 2006, India had sent a team of four members to the competition held in Turin, Italy for sports luge, cross-country skiing and Alpine skiing, but India didn’t win any medal. So it seems like the pride of the nation is in Akshay’s hand this time.


When we wonder how an actor is chosen for the honour, Akshay explained, “I definitely didn’t get nominated because of my cricket skills. I may be a celebrity, but with great power comes even greater responsibility. I have put a lot of effort over the years supporting and being brand ambassador for the ‘Special Olympics’ in India. I would go to any lengths to promote sport in my country, my efforts have been appreciated worldwide, and I am touched that India shares my enthusiasm. To be honoured to carry the Olympic torch is so prestigious in every country; you can’t ask for this honour, you can only be recognised for your true love and dedication to children, to sport, to bettering your country’s involvement in the world. You can’t imagine how grateful I am. And how nervous as well!”

Akshay will be the only actor among 14 other international celebrities to run with the torch.

Bollywood Star Salman Khan Wallpaper

                            Bollywood Star Salman Khan Wallpaper

Youngsters look up to Shahid’s hairstyle

Be it Shahid Kapoor’s hairstyle in Kismat Konnection, Kaminey or the latest short hair cut he is sporting for
director Parmeet Sethi’s film, every youngster is looking forward to it. Ask his hairstylist, Dilshad Pastakia. In fact, this has been keeping the hairstylist busy these days.

“I used to get requests from people since his Kismat Konnection days for the ‘SK haircut’, but with Kaminey the demand for ‘Charlie hair’ suddenly exploded and people from places as far as Chandigarh, Indore and Delhi wanted his style, said Dilshad.

“Now that he has changed his hair again, the new short crop is just as popular, especially with the 17 to 22-year-olds who like to stay trendy, she added.

By the way, Shahid and Shah Rukh Khan share the same hairstylist.

Aishwarya Rai As Mumtaz Mahal

After essaying the role of Maharani Jodhaa, Aishwarya Rai will be seen in yet another role of a queen – the beautiful yet powerful Mumtaz Mahal in whose memory King Shah Jahan made the eternal symbol of love – Taj Mahal.

This project will be Hollywood actor Sir Ben Kingsley’s home production where he will play Emperor Shah Jahan and Aishwarya Rai will play his lady love. This film will be made on a whooping budget of $25 to $30 million.
British novelist and playwright David Ashton will be scripting the story for this film and Kingsley confirms the news.
“With my passion for India, and the Taj Mahal one of the Seven Wonders of the World, I am compelled to ask ‘why’ and ‘how’ this scream of grief frozen in marble came into being,” said Sir Ben when asked about the reason of this initiative.

Ranbir wanted to be like Hrithik

When Ranbir Kapoor was planning to make a entry into the world of Bollywood, his idol was not his grandfather or any other Kapoor, it was Hrithik Roshan.

When Ranbir saw Kaho Na Pyaar Hai as a young lad, he came across a fan who saw Hrithik and said, “Yeh to heera hai, heera”.
since then Ranbir wanted to be like Hrithik, and when he made his debut with Saawariya he wanted his staff to call him Heera.
To encourage Ranbir, his spot boy, Inder after every shot Ranbir gave, he said, “Yeh to Heera hai, Heera”
Well after hits like Wake up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, we will also say – Yeh to Heera hai, Heera!

Aishwarya Rai Wallpapers

                                                         Aishwarya Rai Wallpapers

Deepika chops hair for Kartik Calling Kartik

Those who thought the leggy lass Deepika Padukone is out of sight nowadays or she is avoiding media after her split with Ranbeer Kapoor are wrong. Because the reason behind her vanishing act is the new look she has got for Kartik Calling Kartik, which she didn’t want to reveal. Deepika has chopped her waist length
hair to the shoulders for the film.
In KWC, she co-stars with Farhan Akhtar. She is playing role of an interior designer in the film and the script demands her to be in a particular look. Deepika was first hesitant to do so, but director Vijay Lalwani and Audhuna, the celebrity hairstylist and Farhan’s wife convinced her to go for it. “They thought with my height, I would be able to carry it off well,” said Deepika.
“I last chopped my hair when I was eight,” she added.
Before the hair cut Deepika put a condition to the director that she will chop her hair only if he will shave his head bald. “He didn’t do that, but he saw to it that he was present in the salon so that I don’t back offat the last moment,” said the actress with a smile.
Meanwhile people including her parents, who have seen her in new avatar, have liked it. “Everybody says it looks good on me and makes me look younger,” she said.
Talking about her role in the film, she said, “The scriptwriter had a certain image in mind when he wrote my character Shonali. So I had to do justice to the role.”
She is happy with the new haircut and thinks that ‘Change is good’.

Newcomer Pratik made Aamir to wait

Everyone knows that Aamir Khan is perfectionist and no one dare to mess with him when it comes to work. However, Pratik Babbar who is just one film old and also the son of Raj Babbar and Smita Patil dare to do this recently on the sets of Dhobi Ghat. He made the film unit wait endlessly on the sets of the film. Not only
that but he didn’t even inform anybody about his absence for the day. Eventually, the days shooting was called off and Aamir had to go back home. Dhobi Ghat is Aamir’s wife Kiran Rao’s directorial debut.
Revealing about the incident, a unit member said, “Frantic efforts to trace Pratik were made, but of no avail. Officials from Aamir Khan Productions made repeated calls to Pratik’s mobile, but nobody could trace him that day.”
After some time, the film unit got to know that the actor is in Goa. Moreover, the film’s shooting was cancelled for next two days due to his absence. “It was very strange of Pratik to go to Goa. He is often spaced-out,” added the source.
However on his return, Aamir gave him a piece of words. He said, “Aise kaam nahin chalega. Please try and understand.” Then onwards Pratik has not dared to skip informally.

Amrita is busy

Amrita Rao has a tight schedule for a month ahead. She will meet and greet Sir Ben Kingsley at IFFI event in Goa and will also walk red carpet along with co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh for promotion of Amol Palekar’s
venture And Once Again. Amu will also walk ramp as a showstopper for a fashion show to be happen at the event.

Minissha’s loss is Dia’s gain

According to source, Minissha Lamba was first offered the role Dia Mirza played in Kurbaan. But, she opts out because it demanded her to lip lock with co-star Vivek Oberoi. This is strange with the bold actress who
recently had created heat with her bikini act. However, Dia didn’t have any problem romancing Vivek, with whom she worked previously in Dum.
Meanwhile, Minissha is coming up with a role, sporting gun. Guess what? Some people prefer guns over roses.

What’s the status of Lara-Mahesh relationship?

Lara Dutta, Mahesh Bhupathi and Shweta Jaishankar-Bhupathi

Talks of Lara Dutta-Dino Morea break up also accompanied talks of Lara’s and tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi’s ‘good friends’ relationship. Though Lara has declared that she was single, during the promotion of her recent film Blue, gossip mongers in B-town still continues to talk about their more than good friend
relationship. And someone heard recently that ‘good friends’ are going to get hitched at a hair-dressing salon, whose owner is Lara’s friend.

Meanwhile, Mahesh’ wife Shvetha Jaishankar-Bhupati who was also a ex-tennis champion, former Femina Miss India International 98 and a runner-up at the Miss International pageant in Tokyo has filed for divorce in October. Issuing the statement, she said, “Mahesh and I have shared a life together and as we part ways, I wish him all best for his future.”

Still then Lara and Mahesh refuse the relationship between them. Meanwhile, Shvetha doesn’t have any problem or comments on it. Why should she have? When she happily parted ways with the tennis player?

Katrina is cool about link-ups

Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani movie still

Katrina who is the demand of the industry now days, knows how to handle link-ups and rumours. Seem like Katrina learnt about how to deal with then within a short career span.

She has been linked up with many actors and the latest one was to Ranbir Kapoor from Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani. Recently when asked to the actress about it, she said, “It’s just getting too much. You are linked to every actor you are working with. That happens for every movie these days and one just has to stop reacting to it.”
Katz has her own fundas at work. And guess what? This might be the reason that the actress is one of the top actresses in Bollywood today.

Shilpa Shetty Plans a Grand and Lavish Sangeet

 

Shilpa Shetty’s wedding preparations have kicked off by a private engagement party but Sangeet, she assures would be a lavish affair at Khandala.

She has zeroed in on friend-choreographer Ganesh Hegde for choreographing everyone’s dance movies for a perfect sangeet on November 21 which is just a day before her wedding.

    Ganesh Hegde confirmed the news saying, “The sangeet is not a professional thing for me. I am related to Shilpa. We are keeping this as personal as possible and haven’t involved any professional dancers. We’re planning something cute where all the family members pay tribute to each other. Raj’s younger brother is extremely enthusiastic about it. Raj’s family members will be coming down from London.”

    Commenting on the sangeet’s theme, Ganesh adds, “There’s no singular theme, but yes, we will explore and celebrate that Shilpa, who is from a South Indian (Bunt) family, is marrying Raj, who is a Punjabi. We’ll have a good mix of South Indian and Punjabi style dance and music.”

    About Shilpa and Raj’s special number, Ganesh says, “They will be dancing together on a lovely romantic number. We haven’t finalised the song yet but it will definitely be one of Shilpa’s own numbers. Apart from Shilpa’s own songs, there will be some high-tempo numbers too. The guests won’t dress in special costumes for their performances as they will anyway be dressed in their finery.”

    Is there a special bit about the ceremony that will be a surprise for the couple, we ask Ganesh. “Not really,” he says. “We all will be rehearsing together so planning a surprise will be difficult… Shilpa is aware and very much part of everything we have planned. We will start the rehearsals very soon.

We hope media gets too see the action in full monty!

Indore MLA Ramesh married to Katrina?

We all know that Katrina Kaif is single and is dating Salman Khan, but for a Indore MLA Ramesh Mandola she is his wife legally.


The local MLA has a fake marriage certificate that has been issued by Indore Muncipal Corporation which claims that Katrina married Ramesh on December 2nd, last year.

    Marriage registrar Dr Natwar says, “The marriage certificate is totally fake and was not issued by the municipal body. It must be an act of some mischievous persons.”

    “It appears that somebody first scanned the IMC marriage certificate and then with the help of some software showed the Bollywood actress and MLA as husband and wife.”

The IMC marriage registrar is looking into the issue and will be lodging a police complaint soon against the MLA.

Wonder what Katrina and Salman has to say about this.

It’s over for Shahid-Priyanka

Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra who started dating during the shooting of Kaminey, have parted their ways.

Apparently their opposite natures, forced Shahid to end their relationship.Piggy Chops is a complete party person whereas Shahid is quite shy and reserved, so Shahid feels that “she isn’t his type of girl.”

    A source on the condition of anonymity says, “They have been having fights, and that has been taking its toll on Priyanka. She has been falling ill because she cannot handle the stress in her personal life. After courting and then dating each other for months, the couple has finally broken up.

    The decision to end it was made by Shahid. Priyanka is quite devastated.”

To cope up with the recent turmoil, Priyanka is seeking peace in her spiritual side by visiting Ajmer Sharif and gurudwara.

A friend of Priyanka, however reveals that Shahid never committed himself completely to Priyanka Chopra, as he already knew that their relationship is short-lived.

Kareena:Saif is down with 102-degree fever

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan who were busy promoting their upcoming flick Kurbaan has cancelled all their appointment, ‘coz Saif Ali Khan has fallen due to stomach infection.

    Kareena says, “Poor Saif. He’s been down with a 102-degree temperature. The promotional stuff for Kurbaan has been delayed by a couple of days as he now needs to rest. Initially, we thought it could be malaria or typhoid but the tests revealed a mild stomach problem.

    He loves eating outside food and has been gorging on oysters and lobsters abroad a bit much, I guess. I was worried as I couldn’t spend all day with him. I have been promoting Kurbaan and 3 Idiots and working 16 hours a day.”

    Saif says,”People think it’s serious every time I fall unwell but I just had a bad bout of stomach infection this time. I am better now. I had a blood test done but it’s not malaria. I won’t have to go to hospital this time. I am resting for a couple of days.”

Hello! Saif

Saif Ali Khan features on the front cover of Hello! magazine’s latest issue along with a horse.In the issue,
Saif’s mother Sharmila pens a letter to him. Like it?

Katrina Kaif peek-a-boo

Katrina Kaif got into her on-screen character during the promotion spree of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani,
but her short dresses and skirts gave her a few wardrobe malfunctions.Poor Katrina, the cameramen caught her in some bad poses and even made the photos available on the net.

Kareena Kapoor Graces Hi!Blitz

Kareena Kapoor on the bcover of Hi!Blitz magazine. She looking is beautiful on the front cover of Hi!Blitz magazine’s latest edition. Her upcoming movie Kurbaan with Saif Ali Khan, directed by Rensil D’Silva and produced by Karan Johar is going to release on November 20, 2009.
Three Idiots starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, and Boman Irani will release on December 25, 2009.

Ameesha Patel has injured her knee

Pretty and petite Ameesha Patel, who seems to be getting even prettier with each passing day, was seen with a white bandage around her knee at Hrithik Roshan’s place for Pinky Roshan’s party
on Sunday night.

It cane out that the lady had a knee injury in August while working out and the knee is still in the healing process. While working out, Ameesha was spinning excessively and damaged her knees. Currently, the actress is been undergoing physiotherapy and in order to refrain from putting pressure on her knees, she is not doing cardio and lower body workouts.

Ameesha’s trainer, Khushru Cooper says, “She is recovering. These are joints of the body which are used at every movement of yours, may be while walking or sitting. Thus it is a slow and careful recovery. Her physiotherapy is on and will be fine soon.”

Get well soon, Ameesha! We love you when you are hale and hearty!