Bollywood shines at Shreyas Talpade birthday bash

There was double reason for Shreyas Talpade to celebrate at Kino Cottage amidst the glamour and glitter of Bollywood fraternity and media. The occasion was his birthday as well as the pre-release party of his original debut film “The Hangman’. The party was thrown in by his better half Deepti Talpade along with producer of “The Hangman’ Bipin Patel.

Among the eminent Bollywood beauties attending the party were Amrita Rao in a tiny strapless black dress, gorgeous Mugdha Godse and Celina Jaitley in jeans and boots. The other attendees of the party were Suniel Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Sohail Khan, David Dhawan, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Javed Jaffrey, Rohit Shetty, Vatsal Sheth, Vikram Chopra and Piyu Sheth. The party went on till wee hours with the guests dancing the night away.

Bollywood stars in ‘Phir Mile Sur’

‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ had created stirs 22 years back as it exuded the essence of unity and nationality of India. This year, as India completes 60 years of its Republic, the song has been re-created as ‘Phir Mile Sur’ featuring more than 60 known personalities, including actors Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Juhi Chawla. In all, the song features 22 superstars, 18 musicians, 13 artistes and singers and 15 other known personalities. The song has been composed by jazz artists Louis and Geno Banks.

The earlier version of the song featured vocalists Bhimsen Joshi and Balamurali Krishna, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, tabla maestros Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain, sportsmen Narendra Hirwani and Prakash Padukone and film personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Lata Mangeshkar, Mithun Chakraborty, Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Kamal Haasan, Sharmila Tagore, Tanuja and Waheeda Rehman.

Amitabh Bachchan, who released this album, expresses his gratitude and says, “I was part of the old Mile Sur… and now yet again I am fortunate to be part of this one. We have integrated many tunes together and that’s precisely the message of this video.” Featuring in the video is well known musician Sivamani, who says, “I wanted to do something unique for this so I started playing drums on water. This has never been done by any artist.

Abhi-Ash at Boman Irani’s 25 wedding anniversary bash

Boman Irani is one actor who has gathered praise and critical acclaim from all and sundry alike for his acting skills. So, when the very talented actor threw a bash to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary, all his well-wishers made it a point to turn up and brighten up the evening. Among all the guests, the couple who made its presence felt was the Junior Bachchan along with his pretty wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The Iranis served delicious Parsi food for the guests and the party was a big success.

Boman is currently busy with his next movie in which he is set to play a character not too different from Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. The comedy “Fruit and Nut” tells the story of Harry Holkar, an aging Maharaja of Mumbai who lives in a mansion with young, sexy ladies.

Check out the pics from the event.

Aamir Khan & A R Rahman chosen for Padma Bhushan

The most prestigious civilian awards, the Padma awards 2010, have been announced and Bollywood has indeed made its presence felt here too. Of the total 130 awardees, 6 are Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan, and 81 Padma Shri. The award winners include Ilayaraja, Aamir Khan and AR Rahman for Padma Bhushan, and Rekha, Arundhati Nag, Resul Pokutty and Saif Ali Khan for Padma Shri.

Aamir Khan, who at present is in the US for the Sundance Film Festival, said it was “wonderful” to be chosen for the honour and thanked his fans and well wishers for their support.

He expressed his joy saying, “The first thing that comes to my mind is my mother’s smiling face. This has been a good day for me. My film ‘Peepli Live’ gets superb response at the Sundance Film Festival and then I receive this wonderful news of getting Padma Bhushan. I wish I was back home right now.”

Bollywood Actress Anushka Sharma locks lips with Shahid Kapoor for YRF films

Actor-turned-director Parmeet Sethi has put in, not one but three intimate lip-locks between the lead pair, Shahid Kapoor and Anushka Sharma for his forthcoming YRF film and according to sources, the kisses are not the brush-of-the-lips type. They are full-on smooches.”
However, initially Anushka was not comfortable with the idea. Parmeet had to do a lot of cajoling. He explained to her in detail how the scene would be shot and how it was important to the story. Once the camera was rolling, Anushka left her inhibitions behind and delivered a smashing scene.
But things took an ugly turn when someone from the set captured the smooching scene between Shahid and Anushka on their phone. When Anushka found out she was quite furious. She immediately asked for the cell phones of everyone present on the sets to be checked and the clip to be deleted.
The shooting of the film has been completed and the film is in the editing stages. It is for us to wait and watch if the three smooches go unedited in the final print.

Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan signs a 35 crore endorsement deal

Aamir Khan is on a high after the super success of his latest release, ‘3 Idiots’. He has bagged in the endorsement deal for a new telecom entrant, UAE’s Etisalat, for whopping Rs 30-35 crores for three years. With this, Aamir becomes the first and the only Indian actor to have been paid such big amount for a brand promotion. The deal had been on for long but it was only recently that the entire plan was finalised.
It may be mentioned here that Aamir’s hardcore competitor, SRK, charges in the range of Rs 6 to 8 crores per advertisement. However, Aamir’s pay stands far behind the figures of the billion-dollar life-time endorsement that golf legend Tiger Woods signed, and the $70 million deal that Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova bagged early this month from Nike for eight years.
Aamir is already the brand ambassador of several brands like Parle, Coca-Cola, Tata Sky and Samsung.

The 16th annual Nokia Star Screen Awards

The 16th annual Nokia Star Screen Awards was held with usual glamour and glitter. Amitabh Bachchan won the award for best actor for his latest film “Paa”, and Vidya Balan won the best actress award for ‘Paa’ again. Best director award was won by Rajkumar Hirani and the best screenplay award was won by Abhijit Joshi each for the film “3 Idiots” which won the best film award.

The best female singer award was won by Kavita Sethi for her song “Ek tara” from “Wake Up Sid”, and the best male singer award was won by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for “Aaj din chadeya” from movie “Love Aaj Kal”. Imitiaz Ali bagged the best story award for “Love Aaj Kal”. A.R. Rahman won the best music award for “Delhi 6?.

The award for the best performance in a comic role went to Omi Vaidya for “3 Idiots”, while the award for the best actor in a negative role went to Boman Irani for “3 idiots”.

‘3 Idiots’ was undoubtedly the star of the ceremony as it bagged the awards in most of the categories. Check out the stars as they dazzle in the Star Screen Awards 2010.

Malaika Arora Khan to shake legs with brother-in-law Salman Khan

There is no denying the fact that Malaika Arora Khan is one of the most desirable item girl of the tinsel town with the evergreen item numbers like Chaiyyan-Chaiyyan in Dil Se and Mahi Ve in Kaante, but we have had a chance to see her share screen space with her brother-in-law, Salman Khan.

For the first time, she will be seen together with Salman Khan in an item song composed by Lalit Pandit, for the Abhinav Kashyap-directed, Arbaaz Khan-produced ‘Dabangg’. The song, titled ‘Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye’, has been choreographed by Farah Khan. It will be shot in a set resembling a rugged, sweaty Bihari bar, something like Beedi Jalaile in Omkara.

It has been a long time since we saw, Malaika spicing up the screens and we eagerly await this number, coz Malaika with Salman, is something which we don’t get to see in an ordinary course.

Meet Zarine Khan - Salman’s new discovery

Zarine Khan had been kept under wraps throughout the making of ‘Veer’, but with the film about to release, more and more is coming of Zarine. It has been known that Zarine was put on a chocolate diet for months to give her a fuller look for the role of Princess Yashodhara in the movie where Salman Khan plays the warrior Prince Veer. Zarine piled on eight kilos in just three months.
When asked, Zarine says that acting was not something which she was very keen on. She says, “I always aspired to be a doctor but financial constraints didn’t let me pursue my dreams. Fate had something else in store for me and I ended up signing small modeling assignments. I didn’t even in my wildest dreams thought I would become an actor. “
She further adds, “However being an actress, I think now I can accomplish my other pursuit of becoming a doctor as well.”

Max Stardust Awards 2010

Hosted by Vivek Oberoi and very pretty Diya Mirza, the Max Stardust Awards show 2010 took place amidst much glamour and glitter witnessing the presence of who’s who of Bollywood. Adding to the attraction were dazzling performances from the likes of Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan among others. The list of the winners in various categories are:

Superstar Of Tomorrow - Male
Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Breakthrough Performance – Male
Abhimanyu Singh – Gulaal

Breakthrough Performance - Female
Shahana Goswami – Firaaq

Hottest Film Of The Year
Love Aaj Kal

Hottest New Director
Ayaan Mukherjee – Wake Up Sid

Exciting New Face
Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin

Best Actress
Preity Zinta – Videsh

Best Film
Chintuji

Best Director
Ranjit Kapoor – Chintuji

READERS CHOICE AWARDS

Dream Director
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal

Best Film Of The Year – Comedy
All The Best

Best Film Of The Year – Action / Thriller
Wanted

Best Film Of The Year – Drama
3 Idiots

Star Of The Year – Male
Amitabh Bachchan – Paa

Star Of The Year – Female
Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan & 3 Idiots

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Abhishek Bachchan – Paa

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Kirron Kher – Kurbaan

Best Actor In A Comedy Role
Ajay Devgn – All The Best

Best Actor – Popular
Akshay Kumar – Blue

Best Actress – Popular
Katrina Kaif – New York, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Anil Kapoor makes his debut on American television

Anil Kapoor has made his debut on the American television through the 8th season of the Emmy awards winning TV series 24 which premiered this Sunday on 17th January. In This action-packed drama, Anil plays the leader of a middle-eastern country depicting a 24-hour period in the life of a government agent fighting fictitious terrorist threats to the US. Anil will be seen as an Indian counter-terrorist cop who works with Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), an agent for the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit.

Explaining the reason for playing the middle-eastern character, Anil says, “I am very clear that I won’t play Indian characters in international projects unless they’re really special. I’ve told my agent to seek out parts that are not culture-specific, but have character.”
In a recent interview to Fox News, Anil said, “It’s the first time that I’m doing television. I’ve been doing feature films for around 30 years. Not only was I excited that I was doing 24, but I was also anxious and nervous that I was doing something for the first time in my life.”
“People told me, `No matter what happens, you have to be on 24! My son, my daughter, my friends. 24 is very popular in India. Five or six years back, I was introduced to it by my colleagues who would watch it in their trailers,” added Kapoor.
24, that went on air in 2001, is the second-longest running espionage series, after the Mission: Impossible series.

Bollywood stars at Louis Vuitton store launch

Freida Pinto, who was greeted warmly by Yves Carcelle, the brand’s chairman and CEO, was seen pretty in a knee length salmon dress from LV’s special customized archive collection. Kangana Ranaut and Genelia D’souza were seen sporting a fringe. Black was the choice not only for sexy Malaika Arora Khan’s short dress but also for for Lara Dutta, Dia Mirza, Preity Zinta, Deepika Padukone, Mehr Rampal and Neelam Kothari. Also present were sisters Shilpa and Shamita Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Dino Morea, Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Kapoor, Diandra Soares, Nina Manuel, Nethra Raghuraman, Carol Gracias, Binal Trivedi and Bhavna Sharma.