The four hot hosts of IPL 2010

SET MAX, India’s Premium Hindi Movies and Special Events channel and the official broadcaster of the DLF IPL, is all set to bring to your homes, the excitement, the glamor and the LIVE analysis of the third season of the world’s largest cricket extravaganza.

The awesome foursome, Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar, Ayushmann Khurrana and Angad Bedi will take you to a whole new journey of MAX extra innings T20.
VJ of a music channel and current host of Mtv shows, Ayushmann Khurrana is a new addition this season on MAX extraa innings T20.

Katrina and Aishwarya join hands..

A movie with the two beauties playing lead roles is not on the cards and seems like a distant possibility, but there is another way in which Katrina and Aishwarya have collaborated. Both the divas are now endorsing Lux Soaps. Katrina has recently signed the deal with the brand, while Ash, it’s previous ambassador, will keep endorsing the brand’s other variants.

Hema Malini robbery case solved, 5 nabbed

Mumbai Police Monday cracked the Rs.8 million robbery from the house of Bollywood actress and politician Hema Malini and nabbed five people in this regard, an official said.

Police have recovered around Rs.one million worth of jewellery from the home of one of the accused and Rs.93,000 cash from the others, said Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Rakesh Maria.

The suspects were caught from a residential complex, Nensey Colony in Borivli East, barely 10 km north of Hema Malini’s residence in Goregaon East.

I don’t believe in size zero, says Deepika Padukone

Actress Kareena Kapoor is known for her size zero as much as her love life and acting prowess. But here is one actor who doesn’t believe in size zero, and she is Deepika Padukone.

Yes, Deepika said that she is not a size zero and doesn’t believe in it. She added that Indian body type doesn’t suit it. She went on to say that it’s nice to be little full and have a nice shape.

Well, we all know that Deepika is blessed to have a wonderful body!

Kajol beats Aishwarya as the ‘Favorite Bahu’

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may be the most talked about Bahu of the tinsel town, but despite the fact that her Father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan, is extremely fond of her, Kajol won over as the favorite ‘Bahu’ in a poll conducted by a famous matrimonial site ‘Shaadi.com’.

Kajol has been married to actor Ajay Devgan for 11 years now and it will not be an exaggeration to say that she has given a 100% to her family and kids.

The poll, in which 250,000 women participated, was conducted by the site as part of the upcoming International Women’s Day celebrations on Monday. In the poll, 43.08 percent women said Kajol was their favorite Bollywood daughter-in-law.

Following Kajol were other Bollywood actresses like Aishwarya Rai, Gauri Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Malaika Arora, Twinkle Khanna and Kiran Rao.

“The women’s day poll is part of the constant research that shaadi.com conducts in its attempt to gauge the preferences of its members.

The results show that today the women are looking to be more independent and are willing to adopt stronger roles in their life. They believe in themselves and aspire to emulate top achievers in their field,” said Gourav Rakshit, business head, shaadi.com.

Preity Zinta plays her role of a dedicated daughter

Preity Zinta has always been known for her bold and fearless attitude in fighting for the right cause. Recently, she has taken up yet another cause to ensure justice to Shandar Arohi who is one of the three children of legendary late Kamaal Amrohi. The Arohi family is in news these days due to their property dispute that’s worth over a staggering Rs. 600 crore!

It may be known here that Shandar always took Preity Zinta as his daughter ever since he saw her films. He had also announced once that he would pass on all his property to Preity.

The story goes as Shandar has filed a case against his sister Rukhsar and brother Wasim stating that they have falsely pledged his shares in ‘Mahal Pictures Pvt Ltd’ (that owns the famous Kamaal Amrohi studio), to a company in Pune. Shandar says that he is battling not for money but for justice and that Preity is helping him fight it, despite strong opposition from the other family members.

The latest position on the case is that the High Court has adjourned further hearing on Shandar’s plea till March 11. So, it’s a wait and watch for us till then…..

Akshay Kumar handcuffed for 4 hours

It all happened at the sets of the forthcoming directorial venture from Farah Khan, ‘Tees Maar Khan’ where Khiladi Kumar was handcuffed for not one or two but long four hours. However, this was not for some crime done by Akshay but it was an accident. Akshay had to shoot for a sequence with handcuffs on and when Akshay was playing with the cuffs and he put them on, the lock was clicked. It was then discovered that the only key to the cuffs was accidentally broken and there was no duplicate key. The production team immediately beckoned a locksmith but the cuffs being imported stuff he couldn’t open them. Farah then sent a team member to bring the duplicate key which was at the other end of the city and it took 4 hours.

But sporting as Akshay is, he did not complain once and taking it in the right spirit he went around the sets handcuffed and even finished all the shots that were supposed to be filmed with the hero in hand cuffs.

Bipasha Basu – the generation next new Bride

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu sashayed on the ramp in a yellow and beige sari at the inaugural show of the Lakme Fashion Week here Friday for her close friend and designer Rocky S.

The actress, who is mostly seen in bright and happy colours was a bit apprehensive about wearing the dull hue but Rocky took her into confidence and the end result was worth the try, as Bipasha looked simple yet elegant in the light shade.

Rocky said that his collection is for today’s women who have great body and love to experiment with colours.

“It’s a traditional Indian line, mostly aimed at a younger crowd with softer designs. The colours are very soft. There are ivories, corals in the design, the cuts are softer, the fabrics are much cooler for the summer. There is very little embellishment but in the right place and at the right time,” explained Rocky.

The saris, dresses and kurta-churidars, made of fabrics like fabrics like chiffons, georgettes and net, were in various shades of beiges, ivory, pale yellow, peach, nude and blue.

I am not hot and sexy says Katrina Kaif

No doubt, Katrina Kaif is one of the most happening actresses in Bollywood today. She is known for her glamour roles, and guys feel weak in their knees every time she puts on a hot avatar. But this very girl doesn’t believe she is hot and sexy.

“i think i’m hot and sexy. I think that the audience has certain opinion about each person, and that one should not disappoint them.”

She quoted the example of Vidya Balan, who is known for her ethnic roles, and yet people love her in that image. She added that everybody has a place and one should be comfortable with that.

Well, Katrina!! You should also know that ‘being sexy’ is your strength and you should make use of it to the fullest!!

Saif-Kareena upset with IPL bid cancellation

The power couple was interested in bidding for an IPL team (Pune) along with Karisma and Sanjay Kapur. A sudden change of rules ruined the plan.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor were to buy an Indian Premier League (IPL) team. Not any more, it seems. The chote nawab is upset that the bidding was cancelled at the last moment and that new regulations were suddenly brought in.

Kareena Kapoor to gift Mercedes Benz to big sister

Everybody knows that Kareena Kapoor own an S-Class Mercedes Benz, but do you know that she wants the same for her big sister Karisma Kapoor too?? It is said that she is gifting a luxury car to her sister in celebration of her soon-to-be-born baby.

Well, Karisma will be very happy at this gesture of her younger sister.

‘No One Killed Jessica’ is waiting for its Leading Lady

Vidya Balan

The original plan to cast a big star for the role of Jessica Lal, the assassinated model from Delhi, in the upcoming movie ‘No One Killed Jessica‘ has fallen out. Vidya Balan is playing Jessica’s sister Sabrina Lal and Rani Mukherji is playin the role of an investigative journalist. However, the chance of finding an establishedactor to play the small role of Jessica Lal has faded out. The directors and producers are facing a lack of choice and have decided to cast a newcomer for this role.

A close source says, “Once Vidya and Rani were cast, established actresses who were approached guessed the will have a very little to do especially as the character who gets murdered in the early part of the story. Now they have no choice but to cast a newcomer.” Director of the movie Rajkumar Gupta confirmed saying, “We are looking at casting a new girl as Jessica. We feel the impact of the crime on the audience’s mind would be far greater if the actress playing Jessica is an unknown face, we are looking at a theater actor for Jessica’s role and for other smaller roles.” Siddharth Roy Kapoor of UTV said, “Apart from Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan, all the other characters in the film form the supporting cast. They are good actors but not known faces.”

Vishal Bradwaj wants seven different looking husbands for Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra

Vishal Bradwaj is putting in all the time and effort for seven different looking husbands for Priyanka’s role in his film Ek Bataa Saath’ . Vishal wants all the seven husbands to look as different as possible. Priyanka Chopra plays the protagonist in the movie and kills all her husbands. A close source revealed, “Vishal wants each actor to look different from the other. So far, he has finalized Mohanlal, Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham and Arshad Warsi. As is evident from the casting till now, eachactor has a distinctive look from skin color, body structure, height, and personality. The script of the film is unconventional.”

The source also said, “Irrfan Khan might be signed to play the fifth husband. During his recent visit to the US, Vishal had zeroed in on a foreigner, who will play one of Priyanka’s husbands.” Vishal Bradwaj wrote Ek Bataa Saath. Vishal liked Ruskin Bond’s Susanna’s Seven Husbands, which the writer developed into his film script.

Shahid and Kareena break their Silence

Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor

Recently, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hugged and patched up; even Kareena has ended her cold war with Aishwarya. All of this happened at Karan Johar’s birthday party last year. Karan has taken his role asBollywood Peacemaker to the next level. Last week, Karan played a catalyst, making Shahid and Kareena not only acknowledge each other’s presence, but also strike up a conversation. The patch up took place at Shahrukh’s bungalow, Mannat, where King Khan had his celebration of My Name Is Khan.

A source said, “Shahid and Kareena came face to face, everyone thought they would simply ignore each other like they have done so many times in the past. But this time, Karan happened to be present right there and instead of marching past each other they slowed down for a bit. And the rest, as they say, is history.” They both had a warm exchange and even Saif joined them later. Kareena and Shahid were both unavailable for comments. Kareena’s spokesperson said, “Kareena has no problem with anybody, including Shahid.”

Neil tells Shahrukh to shut up at Filmfare Awards

The who and who of Bollywood was present at the 55th Filmfare Awards held at the Yash Raj studios. The noisy auditorium turned silent after Neil Nitin Mukesh told his seniors Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan to ‘shut up’.

Shahrukh pulled the final trigger by saying why he has three names and no surname. He went on to say that his surname is Khan and so too Saif’s but he has no last name. On being mentioned on his family, Neil got into a rage and toldShahrukh to restrain himself, as his father was in the audience. He didn’t stop there. He told Shahrukh to just ‘shut up’.

After the show, Katrina Kaif went up to Neil and told him to apologise to SRK and Bipasha Basu told him that the act was scary. The actor himself is yet to come out of the incident. The very thought of tellingShahrukh to shut up still shakes him. He said that he even broke eggs on the heads of Shahrukh and Saif at the end of the show.

Hold on guys, it was part of the show. Neil revealed that Shahrukh told him what he should do on the stage. He added that he was even asked to throw eggs at his co-hosts but he begged to at least spare him on that. He instead chose to break eggs on the heads after the show.

Well Neil, your recent act has proved that you have come a long way as far as acting is concerned.

Vidya Balan enjoys link up with actors

Filmfare awards winner Vidya Balan has been linked with almost all her co-stars, the most publicist being Shahid Kapoor. And if you think she is disturbed by those rumors, think again. The truth is that she enjoys reading her link up stories.

Vidya said that the stories of link ups do bothers her but sometimes appreciate well-written stories. She added that there was a time when she felt she was out of work if she wasn’t linked to her co-stars.

Media friendly stars Kid’s!!

Gone are the days when Bollywood celeb’s kids were not media friendly. Some time back, Akshay Kumar’s son refused to be photographed at a function where he was honored, while Shah Rukh Khan’s kids were also seen hiding from camera lenses. But now state of affairs is totally changed. Recently, at various functions these kids who once refused to be photographed were super friendly with the media.

Unbelievable but true…take a look!

Hrithik wants Sachin to get Bharat Ratna

Exhibiting a rare unity, members of parliament recently advocated the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. After witnessing Sachin score 200 runs, the first ever double ton in One Day International (ODI) cricket against South Africa on February 24 in Gwalior, Maharashtra chief Minister Ashok Chavan said that the State government would recommend his name to the Central government for the Bharat Ratna award.

The support to honor Sachin with the Bharat Ratna has gained momentum with the Bollywood stars expressing their open support for his name’s recommendation. First it was Shahid who expressed his support with Sachin, and now its Hrithik. Hrithik also filed a petition in support of Sachin.

Sachin who opens in one-day matches, smashed 200 not-out off 147 balls to help India post 401-3 in the allotted 50 overs.

Cheers Sachin!!!

Lara Dutta is a compulsive shop alcoholic

Even though her last release ‘Blue’ could not create magic at the box-office, Lara Dutta was much appreciated for her new lean and fit look. The actress is once again in media limelight as her forthcoming ‘Housefull’ is set to hit the screens. This months Lara Dutta exudes beauty and sensuousness on the cover of Vogue India (March 2010). Wearing an ice-blue hip-hugging silk skirt and a cream cardigan with plunging neckline, Dutta looks as ravishing as ever.

For those who want to know more about the beauty, there is an article in the mag where Lara says, “I need therapy when it comes to shopping. I have no rules. My friends call me a compulsive shop alcoholic and joke that I can find arm loads to buy even at the paanwalla.

Check out Lara Dutta with her mesmerizing look on Vogue!

Ranvir Shorey & Konkona Sen Sharma pair up for a suspense thriller

Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma have displayed sparking chemistry in flicks like ‘Mixed Doubles’ and ‘Traffic Signal’. Both these mature and gifted actors have been together for a long time and after playing the real life couple for quite sometime now, they are all set to feature as the reel couple.

However, they will appear as a jodi for the first time in the directorial debut of Amitabh Verma which is supposed to be a suspense thriller to be produced by Denis Selarkar. The shooting for this yet to be titled film will commence shortly in the locales of Alibaug.

Giving in the details of the flick, producer Selarkar says, “In the story, every character has grey shade. Every character is trying to outshine the other. There is a mastermind though; everyone is planning some conspiracy against other.”

The film is expected to hit the screens this November.