Shahid Vidya clash

There are number of movies lined up for release for January with big competition since Karan Johar announced 12th January as the release date of Shahrukh Khan starrer flick My Name Is Khan.




Chance Pe Dance and Ishqiya are lined up to hit the silver screens on 15th January. Both of these films belongs to Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan respectively, both of whom were paired together in Kismat Konnection.

These two films were supposed to be released in 2008 but Shahid Kapur was busy with the shooting of Kaminey and Dil Bole Hadippa and was unable to shoot for the film. On the other side Ishqiya release was kept on hold as the release date of My Name Is Khan was not finalised and last quarter of 2009 saw many releases.

However, 22nd January is set for the release of Rann and Veer. Recent buzz was that Vidya Balan was told that 15th January has been finalised for the release of her film.

Ishqiya is directed by Abhishek Chaubhey and is a co-production of Vishal Bhardwaj and Shemaroo’s Raman Maroo. The film also features Arshad Warsi and the living legend of Bollywood Naseeruddin Shah.

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Salman gets a tight slap

Bollywood's smart hunk, the heartthrob of billions Salman Khan was slapped by a girl in a party hosted by fashion Designer Sanjana Jon in the national capital last month.



However, Salman Khan's actor bro Sohail Khan denied the report and said that there was some chaos created by a drunken girl and nothing else happened. Salman Khan along with Sohail Khan, Sushmita Sen, Riya Sen and other celebrities were enjoying the party will full mood.

Suddenly a girl named Monika entered the party and clashed with Sushmita Sen. When Salman Khan approached the girl and asked her to leave the party she gave a tight slap to the star.

Sallu said to lose his cool easily did'nt reacted to the incidient at all. Was it a publicity stunt??

Vivek bid farewell to his moustache

Vivek Oberoi, presently shooting for Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra in Hyderabad says, "Prince's look has been styled by ace designer Narendra Kumar. Keeping my character in mind Narendra has given me a casual and youthful look. I will mostly be seen sporting jeans, tees and jackets in the film. I got to do a lot of exciting stunt sequences in the film."



Vivek Oberoi had been sporting this most-talked-about moustache for the last 55 days for his dramatic new avatar in the forthcoming film Rakta Charitra.

Now, when Vivek has finally bid farewell to his moustache, he will be seen flashing his clean shaven look during the promotion of Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Kurbaan.

Right from the first film, Vivek has been portraying himself to the perfection, and gets into the skin of all his screen characters. Today, when he has to came with a bang, he is again leaving no stones unturned.

Rock Concerts to promote London Dreams

This is very different from the traditional ways of promoting films, Vipul Shah, director producer of upcoming film London dreams has come up with a novice idea. Vipul Shah is arranging two open-air rock concerts at two venues Mumbai and Delhi next week, most probably on Oct 27 and Oct 28, 2009. The concerts will feature Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan, Asin in concert with musicians Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.





The stars will perform in front of thousands of fans amidst the flawless security arrangements. Says Vipul, ''We don't want any security lapses. Our stars will be completely safe on stage. They will be performing not only to the songs from London Dreams. We're also looking at staging some of Salman and Ajay's biggest hits.''

Bollywood stars have never gone on stage to perform at live rock concerts. Vipul corrects that perception, ''Recently a similar thing happened with Rock On when the entire cast performed live. Many years ago Mukul Anand got Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon and Salman Khan on stage for the promotion of Dus. So these London Dreams concerts will be deja vu for Salman.''

The stars have already started preparing for the two live concerts. While performing live for Salman is not a new experience, Ajay suffers from stage fright. But gradually, Ajay has been getting used to crowds and feels he can do it.

It will be a huge event , at the venues a turn-out of at least 3000 - 4000 people is expected. It would be no-ticket free-entry affair, so you can call it priceless experiences. After the concerts in Mumbai and Delhi, Vipul intends to stage similar live performances in the other metropolises.

London Dreams is slated for a 30 October release.

SRK in Hollywood's Xtrme City

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Bollywood's superstar Shahrukh Khan will now be working with a Hollywood personality. Shahrukh Khan has given the nod for Xtrme City by famous Hollywood screenplay writer Paul Schrader.

According to the sources Paul Schrader, who has done films like Taxi Driver and American Gigolo, has tied up with Anubhav Sinha and Mushtaq Shiekh to make a USD10 million-budgeted film titled Xtrme City, which is based on Mumbai underworld.

Mushtaq Shiekh has convinced Shahrukh Khan to give the nod for the project. Mushtaq had earlier written screenplay for Shahrukh's films like Om Shanti Om and Billu, and is working on Ra 1. Paul Schrader also said that he is looking forward to make a film with Shiekh, which would prove to be meaningful to both Indian and American cultures.

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina got hurt

Ranbir Kapoor and bollywood doll Katrina Kaif landed up hurting their noses in a scene. The duo were shooting for an action sequence where Ranbir was supposed to fight goons and while doing the shot Ranbir Kapoor ended up hurting his nose. And in the same fighting sequence, the actor also hurted Katrina on her nose.




Ranbir Kapoor badly hurt his nose while shooting for a wedding sequence in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. As per the requirement of the scene Ranbir Kapoor had to hop and elope with Katrina on his bike. While performing the stunt, it was Ranbir's nose that banged on the wooden sheet of the house and started bleeding.

Bollywood new entrant is Vijendra Singh

Olympic bronze medalist, boxing champion Vijender Singh will soon be making a Bollywood debut soon and will also be hosting a reality show.

The news that Debuting in Bollywood is Vijendra Singh with the tentatively titled film, One is certainly doing rounds in the show buzz. Southern director Anand will direct the film and Yagnesh Shetty has scripted the story. The film has terrorism as its background.




Vijender has confirmed the news and he is very excited about it. He feels that his role suits his real life image of a boxer. But, he doesn’t want to reveal too much at present as he believes the time is not right.

Vijender is currently training for the action sequences that the film requires. Yagnesh is known for producing the film Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain.

Priyanka in Vishal's next

After portraying 12 different roles of bride-to-be in What's Your Raashee?, bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is finally playing the role of a bride, not to one man but seven different men. The actress is gearing up for yet another multiple role in Vishal Bhardwaj's next titled 7 Husbands. This is quite interesting...




Vishal was very impressed with Priyanka while working with her in the movie Kaminey. He always referred to her as a dedicated and devoted actress. While scripting for 7 Husbands, without any second thought, he made up his mind to cast Priyanka Chopra in the movie.

In the upcoming film 7 Husbands, Priyanka Chopra will again be seen in seven different avatars of wives to seven different men. Priyanka will have different get ups for each wife. The seven different actors for the role of husbands haven't been finalized as yet.

The movie is still in the scripting process. The movie will go on floors next year after Priyanka Chopra's dates are available. Good going lady...

Salman and Katrina's split

Bollywood couple Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have sparked the news all around that they have split. At least if their chemistry at the recent success party of the film Kanjeevaran is any indication.




It is said that the lovebirds behaved like strangers at the party. Salman Khan came in without Katrina Kaif and posed for the cameras. Katrina came in with designer Rocky S. Even the couple didn't interact with each other during the entire party. They were so near yet so far.

What's all this only Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif can answer this....

Bachchans couldn't forget ignorance at IIFA awards in UK

Amitabh Bachchan has been a great force in the bollywood for years and his bahu Aishwarys Rai as the 'Face of Bollywood' to the westerners. But after winning the award for Big Brother in UK by Shilpa Shetty, everything has been changed. Shilpa's publicist Dale Bhagwagar, taking the advantage of sympathy in the controversy about the show Big Brother, attacked on her by throwing the remarks on her. This controversy made people angry in India. Consequently, Shilpa 'The Diva of India' had replaced the Bachchans as the 'Face of Bollywood'.




After that Shilpa Shetty anchored the indian version of the show Bigg Boss and got so famous. Bachchans are not happy with the success of Shilpa because it is obvious that they were ignored because of Shilpa's publicity through Big Brother as on IIFA awards that was held in UK. Also one incident at IIFA awards embarrased Bachchans when a boy flew a small airplane consisting of a flag greeting Shilpa at IIFA awards. Bachchans tried to make a distance from Shilpa during the event.

Even after two years, Bachchans do remember the incident and feel embarrased. Now Amitabh Bachchan who has successfully anchored the show Kaun Banega Krorepati, is preparing to anchor the Shilpa's show Big Boss. In this way Amitabh is taking his revenge from Shilpa and it seems to be a cold war.

Fan died for Katrina Kaif

Latest news is that when Katrina Kaif was shooting for her latest film Rajneeti in Bhopal, one of her fan died by jumping into a lake after failing to realise his dream of meeting her.



It is reported that this young 25-year-old youth jumped into a lake in Bhopal, as he couldn't meet Katrina. It was revealed that he was one of the guys in the crowd, who have gathered to have a glimpse of the actress. But Katrina Kaif and the film unit is not aware of the unfortunate incident.

The film also casts Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal. Next releases of the actress are Blue which will release on October 16, 2009, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is set for release on November 06, 2009 and her another film De Dana Dan will be released on November 27, 2009.

Priyanka alone on a holiday

Priyanka Chopra, after giving great hits in Dostana, Fashion and Kaminey needs a break. But Priyanka Chopra is enjoying her holiday without her good friend Shahid Kapur. Priyanka decided to give herself a break after getting frequently ill, due to lot of stress.




Priyanka is having good time with her friends and her parents are joining her soon. But Priyanka has taken a break from the break, as she has to dub for her latest film What's Your Raashee which is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. In between her vacation the actress came back to Mumbai for dubbing the film.

A marriage proposal close to Asin's heart

Then South Indian and now a bollywood actress, Asin Thottumkal , who has entered Bollywood through Aamir Khan's Ghajini , gets marriage proposals from her admirers and fans too often that she is almost used to them. But she just couldn't ignore the proposal she got from one of her admirers, and she is very secretive about it.




Asin can't forget a marriage proposal from her fan from Chennai, who sent her a solitaire along with an emotional letter. She said that it is a very personal issue involving her fan and so she wouldn't speak about it.

Well, here is a lucky guy who has stolen's Asin's heart. Who knows if they end up in marriage. What we want is to see her in London Dreams opposite stalwart Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan soon.

Asin is getting marriage proposals

Asin Thottumkal, who has entered Bollywood through Aamir Khan's Ghajini, is getting marriage proposals from her admirers and fans too. But Asin just couldn't ignore the proposal she got from one of her admirers, as the actress is very secretive about it.




Asin Thottumkal recently got a marriage proposal from her fan who lives in Chennai. The guy sent her solitaire alongwith an emotional letter. That's cute... But asin was not present to say anything on this issue as she found it too personal. You never know what's gonna happen... Who knows if they end up in marriage.

The actress is all set to come with a bang with two movies London Dreams opposite Salman Khan(2009) and The 19th Step directed by Bharat Bala. The film stars Japenese film actor Tadanobu Asano as well as Tamil film actors Vikram and Asin in the lead roles.

Aishwarya Rai is down with flu like symptoms

The most beautiful bollywood actress Aishwarya Bachchan is down with flu like symptoms. Big B in his blog mentioned that Aishwarya is not keeping well and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms.




There was news that this former Miss World might have contracted swine flu which is causing a havoc in entire Maharashtra. Aishwarya has had a very tiring schedule in the past few months shooting for Mani Ratnam's Raavan along with hubby Abhishek Bachchan and it may be that due to working stress the actress had fallen ill. The actress will alos be paired with superstar Akshay Kumar in Action Replay.

Veer's shooting postponed due to Swine Flu

Bollywood 2010 releasing film Veer's shooting in Pune was cancelled at the last minute because of the wide spread of swine flu in the city. The film stars Salman Khan in the lead role and the film is directed by Anil Sharma.




Even the schedule of Karan Johar's Kurbaan too was postponed because of the rising cases of flu in the city.

Producer Vijay Galani is now looking for a similar location in Mumbai for the shooting of the film Veer. Director Anil Sharma says, "We decided it is better not to go as our was a big unit and it would attract huge crowds. The Pune administration is busy with the swine flu and it would be unfair for them to look after us too. We didn't want to take an unnecessary risk and have our unit exposed to swine flu. Salman also Wanted [^] it to be cancelled as he said this is the right decision."

Salman Khan is also looking forward for his two more releases for 2009 Wanted which is ready for release on September 18, Main Aur Mrs. Khanna which is releasing on October 16 and London Dreams will be releasing on October 30.

Salman gave Rs.25000 to a beggar

Salman Khan is always ready to do charity with open arms. While shooting at Bandra for Boney Kapoor Wanted Salman's eyes went towards a beggar lying on the street.



Salman Khan went to him and asked him if he was the same person. The beggar was shocked to be recognised by one of the biggest stars in Bollywood who bought kites from him as a kid.

Salman gave him Rs 25000 and brought him some new clothes and food. The beggar was very happy that Salman Khan gave him such big amount. The film Wanted alos casts Ayesha Takia opposite Salman Khan.

Anushka unhappy with YRF

Worked under the Yash Raj banner, a debut with Shahrukh Khan, there is nothing more an actress could ask for in Bollywood. But Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi star Anushka Sharma doesn't seem to be too happy with Yash Raj Films.

The reason is the contract which restricts her from signing any other banner. The actress has been flooded with offers since her debut but she is unable to take up any offers.

Anushka Sharma had signed an exclusive three-film contract with YRF but the actress is now getting restless turning down one producer after another due to the deal. She is currently shooting for her second YRF movie directed by Parmeet Sethi opposite Shahid Kapoor. Officially though the actress maintains that she is happy with the Yash Raj deal.

Aish's Raavan has connection with Vivek Oberoi

Vikram the south superstar is supposed to make his Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. Vikram plays Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s husband in the film. But now much before Raavan’s release, two of Vikram’s Tamil hit films have been dubbed in Hindi.




While Vikram's Anniyan dubbed as Aparichit came in 2006, last Friday his Dhill was released as Meri Aan-Man in Work. Interestingly, this Meri Aan-Man in Work is the original version of Vivek Oberoi starrer Dum.

Vikram has also won the National Award for the Best Actor for his Tamil film Pithamagan (2003). He had also featured in Tere Naam Tamil original titled Sethu, where he had played the role that was later played by bollywood hunk, Salman Khan.

Many Bollywood filmmakers had been trying to rope in the actor for big projects, but Vikram only wanted to work with Mani Ratnam.

Ironically two of his old Tamil films have now already been released in Hindi through dubbed versions. It is also known that two more of his Tamil films will be dubbed and released in Hindi, as Raavan release nears.

Hrithik goes for tattooing his Wife's name

Hrithik Roshan, the only superhero of our bollywood who can move mountains and fly in the sky in films, has gone for tattooing his wife Susanne’s name on his right wrist to show his love and unflinching loyalty to the lady.

The superstar got the tattoo made by tattoo artiste Sameer Patange recently in a font called Elvish. Hrithik Roshan got the tattoo done on his wrist when wife Susanne and his sons are holidaying in London.

However, the handsome hunk is so excited about the tattoo that instead of waiting for them to come to India to show his new love mark, Hrithik Roshan is already on his way to London to surprise Susanne.

However, the B-town is abuzz with the talk of Hrithik Roshan’s tattooing himself to save his marriage from break up. It may be recalled that Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori had come close to each other during the shooting of upcoming flick ‘Kites’ in the USA.

In the light of above happenings, Hrithik’s latest tattoo trick seems intended to convince wife Susanne and save his marriage.

The mega-budget flick ‘Kites’ stars Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori and Kangna Ranaut in the lead and is being directed by Anurag Basu. The film is being produced by Rakesh Roshan.