Sonali Raut unhappy about preceding Chitrangada Singh

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The versatile hottie Sonali Raut (of The Xpose fame) got quite a surprise when she found out that she beat another beauty Chitrangada Singh in the recent Celebex poll, charting the up and coming celebrities of 2014.

The newbie debuted the polls at Number 35, just after hot and happening names like Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Sonakshi Sinha, Anushka Sharma, Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra.

But what bothered Sonali is that she beat Chitrangada, who came at Number 44. “I really like Chitrandaga and I also know that a lot of men swoon over her. I wish I was placed after her in the poll,” she remarked.

Now now! That’s a first for a gal in any cat race. But Sonali’s goodwill doesn’t there! She has a word of praise for some other more contemporary names like Shraddha Kapoor, Kajal Aggarwal, Nargis Fakhri, Ileana Dcruz, Jacqueline Fernandez, Tamanna Bhatia, Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon who preceded her in the poll.

“They are all making an impacting presence with some spectacular movies. I felt privileged to be placed amongst them too,” quipped Sonali. Guess many would want to learn humbleness from this gorgeous new-age girl.

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Vivek Oberoi follows Salman Khan into Narendra Modi support!

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Wherever Salman Khan goes, Vivek Oberoi seems to follow!

After Salman receiving tremendous flak and even a Jai Ho boycott call from Muslim groups for flying a kite with Hindutva icon Narendra Modi, now it is his old ‘best friend’ Vivek Oberoi’s turn to support the controversial BJP politico.

Vivek recently flagged off the ‘Run For Your Country’ marathon in Mumbai which was organized for educating women and youth to cast a vote in the upcoming general elections. Interacting with the media, the actor said he wanted Modi to be India's next Prime Minister.

So is Vivek trying to tread in Salman’s footsteps? Will his act of turning a Modi supporter invoke another taunting reaction from the megastar? These are a few questions that immediately come to the mind.

We asked Bollywood PR guru Dale Bhagwagar about this, but he surprisingly shot to Vivek’s defence. “Why do the media always link Vivek to Salman? Past is past. Let them move on,” he quipped.

But would Vivek following Salman’s tactic of Modi-support arouse a PR crisis situation for him too? “There seems to be no ‘tactic’ here. Can’t an actor have his own political preferences?” counter-questioned the crisis management expert.

“The media needs to respect personal choices of all celebrities rather than draw battle lines with differentiation or comparisons,” he remarked. It’s only later we learnt that the publicist has earlier handled a makeover media blitz for Vivek and that could be a reason he was being so defensive about the actor.

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Iranian beauty Mandana Karimi to debut in Vikram Bhatt's Bhaag Johnny

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Beauty and Bollywood go hand in hand since the days of Madhubala and Meena Kumari. Be it Sharmila Tagore, Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Aishwarya Rai or Katrina Kaif; they’ve all impressed us by their looks before they made a mark with their talent.

Now joining the list of the industry’s most gorgeous new faces, is a stunner called Mandana Karimi.

An import from Iran, the babe will hit the silver screen in maverick director Vikram Bhatt’s forthcoming film Bhaag Johnny as a lead alongside Kunal Khemu and Zoa Morani.

Born to an Indian father and an Iranian mother, Mandana grew up in Tehran, before globetrotting and landing in India and being discovered by Vikram Bhatt. The gal may be a looker, but the actress in her is more concerned about versatility.

“I don’t want to be known just for my looks,” she quips. “I’m ready to experiment with roles from everything cliché to bizarre. My aim is to enact varied characters with all kinds of shades,” remarks Mandana. But ask her about her role in Bhaag Johnny and all she says is, “Wait and watch. Let me not spoil the surprise.”

Coming from a foreign country, one might think that Mandana would have to learn Hindi first. But the gal reveals, “I can speak Hindi pretty well, though I’m working on perfecting my accent now.”


What’s more! Mandana has walked the ramp for many fashion designers including JJ Valaya, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Rohit Bal, Anna Singh, Satya Paul and even done an advertisement for Royal Stag with none other than the Badshah of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan, and another one for Sony Ericsson with Kareena Kapoor.

With her debut film nearing completion, Mandana sure makes an interesting debutante to watch for!

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Ready to face ridicule for ‘Jodha Akbar’: Ekta Kapoor

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Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Bold and daring Ekta Kapoor, who is ready with her first historical show “Jodha Akbar”, says it is an apt time to tell the story and adds that she is ready to face any kind of criticism for it.

She has experimented on the small screen with all kind of genres such as drama, romance, thrill, horror and even kitchen politics. “Jodha Akbar” marks her maiden encounter with history and she feels “the beauty about history is about being open to perception”.

“I know I will be putting myself up to a lot of ridicule, lot of appreciation also, but a creative person scared of that will never grow in life,” Eka said here Monday at the launch of the show.

Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker had already visited the subject in his magnum opus “Jodhaa Akbar” for the big screen with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in the title roles. The film won five Filmfare awards besides other noted honours.

Produced by Balaji Telefilms, “Jodha Akbar” is set to go on air June 18 on Zee TV.

Ekta feels it is the right time to narrate the story of Akbar, who became a soldier and a king at a tender age of 14.

“It’s a story about love in the time of hate. It’s a story about religious and cultural battle that was won by love and I really find ‘Jodha Akbar’ a fine example, true or not, that people need to see today,” said Ekta.

So far she has produced successful shows “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii”, “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”, “Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii”, “Kahiin to Hoga”, “Kasamh Se”, and “Kkusum”, among others.

In “Jodha Akbar”, actor Rajat Tokas, best known for “Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan”, will be seen playing Akbar, while Paridhi Sharma has been cast as Jodha.

The show will capture the intriguing journey of the royal couple’s love for each other that had, in fact, begun with intense hatred. What started as a marriage based on political power-play evolved into something more meaningful eventually!

“Love in the time of hate, love that changed humanity and whole era, how a cruel king became a lover and, therefore, became understanding and accepting all religions. It’s a story that our time needs to hear,” said Ekta.

Source: IANS

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Rakul Preet to debut in Bollywood with Yaariyaan

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The glamorous industry of Bollywood owes a lot to the Miss India pageant; a talent house which has produced some of the biggest film stars. The names include Nutan, Zeenat Aman, Juhi Chawla, Meenakshi Seshadri, Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra.

And now another Miss India participant Rakul Preet is all set to enter the glittering world with Yaariyaan; the directorial debut of T-Series’ head honcho Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya Kumar.

“Yaariyaan is about five college friends and I play a nerd in the film. One who is very good with numbers,” quips the leading lady. The character is quite of her liking, as the tall and lissome Rakul is a mathematics graduate, who has studied financial management.

Moreover, like many previous beauty pageant winners, she comes from a family background of the Indian Army. Rakul won various titles in the Miss India pageant of 2011. She bagged Miss India People’s Choice, Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Fresh Face, Miss Talented and emerged the third runner-up finalist.

Soon after, she participated in Miss Tourism in China and rose to the sixth position in the international pageant. But that’s not all to her Libran multi-faceted personality! Apart from Hindi, English and Punjabi, the gal has now learnt to speak Tamil and Telugu and also acted in Southern hits.

Her die-hard interests include horse riding, Bharatanatyam, and hold your breath; golf too. Now, now! How many Bollywood actresses would have engaged in playing golf! But if you think, that’s enough for Rakul, you are mistaken!

The girl is a fitness freak with gymming and swimming being her daily addictions. She’s a Blue Belt in Karate, plays cricket, basket ball and even lawn tennis! And wait, did we tell you, she’s particularly proud of her 36-24-36 figure! Ooh la la!

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It's Aishwarya's turn to shout LEAVE ME ALONE from Jalsa!

 Ex-Miss world Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is paying a heavy price of being a celebrity.  No doubt she was and she is one of the most beautiful women, those who think she looks ugly post delivery should stop discussing about her weight gain.

From past few days we have been reading about the hassle and slamming she is getting from media. Everyone is complaining about her post delivery weight gain issues. She was compared with the actors who jumped back to shape after pregnancy with Victoria Beckham, Angelina Jolie and our very own Ex-Miss Universe Lara Dutta.

I remember a year ago Amitabh Bachchan angrily said, “IT’S A LOWEST QUALITY OF JOURNALISM”, when a few gossipers started murmuring that Aish is unable to conceive.

Recently Lara Dutta Bhupathi(a mother of lovely baby girl Saira) seemed irritated when someone asked her opinion on Aish’s weight gain.  “You have no right to pass comments on women like Aishwarya who have gone through a hard time during pregnancy. I stayed away from putting weight because of yoga, during my pregnancy but that’s my personal choice which may not be the case of Ash. So, please refrain from getting judgmental,” quips Lara.

She adds when being probed whether she will give tips to Aish for weight lose, “Please respect the private life of Ash as a mother, who has every right to look however she wants.”

Sonali Bendre, who is close to Bachchan's told a tabloid,  when she was asked about Aish weight gain, "People are being too harsh on Aish. She  deserves a break, she has just had a baby. Please let her be. Let her enjoy this happy phase of her life.”

It’s her own life, it’s time to let her be. One cannot describe motherhood in words, she is currently enjoying it. She is in a happy space; she will lose weight when she wants to. It’s her own decision to live this blissful time, and to nurse and invest time with Aardhya than spend hours at the gym trying to look her skinniest best.

Unlike other actress, Aish didn’t get wheeled into plastic surgery and liposuction rooms straight from the labour room. At least respect her as a mother.

She is all set to attend Cannes film festival and face the world with pride & dignity, she should be appreciated she isn’t hiding or hibernating. I am confused why Media is discussing about her weight gain.

I will not be surprised when I see Aish shouting “LEAVE ME ALONE” from the roof top of their residence Jalsa.

-K Himaanshu Shukla...

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Aishwarya Rai Bachchans Double Chin

"Mamma Aishwarya from from fab to flab. It reminds me Chubby cheeks..double chin!"

Your comments about this picture are greatly appreciated.

-K Himaanshu Shukla

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Is Pakistani actress Meera calling it quits?

With confirmed reports about actress Meera getting married to a Pakistani-Amercian pilot Naveed Pervez, rumours are rife that she might quit acting for good.

Meera’s contribution and success in Pakistani cinema has been humongous and for years, she has reigned at the top of the film making industry there. So much so, that she has been touted the ‘Aishwarya Rai of Pakistan’.

She tried her luck at Bollywood with Mahesh Bhatt’s film Nazar. But the failed debut film has since remained her only significant achievement in Hindi cinema.

Though her career refused to take off in a big way in India, her dramatic antics and various controversies have always kept the Hindi film goers amused and entertained. If she calls it quits, it will surely be a loss to the Pakistani film industry as well as the Bollywood grapevine.

The actress has already admitted that her engagement ceremony would be held this month in Lahore. For the first time in her life Meera even admitted, she met her beau Naveed Pervez three years ago and fell in love with him at first sight.

-K Himaanshu Shukla

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Kareena will be a shocker in ‘Heroine’: Madhur Bhandarkar

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar asserts that Kareena Kapoor’s performance in his latest project “Heroine” is not only fabulous, it will also be a shocker for her fans.

“Her character Mahi Arora is very contemporary, very edgy, very hard-hitting and very real like my other cinema. Kareena will definitely be a shock element to the people because of the way she has worked in the film,” the 43-year-old producer-director said here at the launch of photographer Dabboo Ratnani’s calendar.

“I am looking at the film because I know the story, I know the screenplay, I know the dialogues. She will be fabulous,” he added.

Known for his films like “Chandni Bar”, “Satta”, “Page 3″, “Traffic Signal” and “Fashion”, Bhandarkar believes “Heroine” will be a milestone in Kareena’s career.

” ‘Heroine’ is 25 percent over. The next schedule is in February, March and April and the picture will release in September. The way you people are waiting for the film, so am I. I hope it finishes really soon,” he said.

The director found himself in a tight spot when Aishwarya Rai, the original choice for the film, decided to quit the project due to her pregnancy.

Kareena is also expected to tie the knot with Saif Ali Khan early this year and the actress may wrap the film up before that.

Source: IANS

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Aishwarya's pregnancy caused the baby blues in the media world..

The curiosity around Aishwarya Rai's weight gain came to an end when Sasurji tweeted about his daughter-in-law's pregnancy. This news brought cheers for the entire Bollywood fraternity except Salman Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Madhur Bhandarkar.

Why Bachchan bahu pregnancy is hyped?

Amitabh Bachchan  who was abruptly dumped by Indian Film Academy Awards as their brand ambassador, decided to reveal the news of Ashwariya’s pregnancy on twitter as the IIFA fever was to hit the media circuits. As per the sources, Big B learnt about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy almost a month ago.