Rohit Kumar to make his Bollywood debut with Nikamma

Actor Rohit Kumar, who played the role of Hemal in Surabhi Das, Iqbal Khan starrer Nima Denzongpa will be soon seen sharing screen space with Abhimanyu Dassani. We heard the actor is playing a comic role in the upcoming film Nikamma.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra honored at the Brand Vision Summit!

Shilpa Shetty Kundra ,who already has a successful yoga dvd to her credit , went on to pursue her passion for wellness and established the highly successful "Shilpa Shetty Channel" , a one-stop-shop for fitness enthusiasts across the globe.

Priyanka Chopra for a female James Bond?

Ever since Daniel Craig decided to put playing James Bond 007 on hold, there have been all kinds of rumours floating about a new Bond. But what has caught our eye is the way Hollywood's new Indian star Priyanka Chopra is being hailed as a good choice for playing a female Bond. And she isn't averse to the idea of a lady Bond.

Shamita Shetty in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa?

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Bollywood actress Shamita Shetty, who shot to fame with Yash Chopra's Mohabbatein might shake her leg in the popular dance reality show. We heard, the actress has been approached for the upcoming season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

PR guru Dale Bhagwagar in Bigg Boss 7?

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The hunter is now the hunted! Bollywood’s best known spin doctor Dale Bhagwagar, who has played the media with celebrity scandals and strategically-constructed hype for various controversial Bigg Boss participants, has been officially invited to participate in the reality show in Season 7.

Confirming the development, Dale admitted, “Yes, I was called by the casting department of Endemol and asked if I could enter the Bigg Boss House as a Housemate this year. I find Bigg Boss the greatest show on Indian television and told them, I was flattered.”

“What worries me is that if I go into this House of Scandal, who can spin my image in the outside world, while I’m in the House. I can’t mentor and create another manipulator at such short notice,” grins the PR guru, unwilling to reveal more at this stage.

The Mumbai-based Bollywood publicist has handled the media hype for many controversial Bigg Boss participants like Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Sambhavna Seth, Sherlyn Chopra, Pooja Misrra, Diana Hayden, Shamita Shetty, Ashmit Patel, Vindu Dara Singh, Zulfi Syed, Salil Ankola and Amar Upadhyay.

He has also handled the media for some of India’s other top celebrity names such as Hrithik Roahan, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Govinda, Vivek Oberoi and self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda, apart from publicity for more than forty films, including Don and Rock On!!

The PR specialist is often credited and blamed for adding fuel to the fire and sometimes creating new fires at the time of the entire hype and hoopla surrounding Shilpa Shetty; during and after she won Celebrity Big Brother. The controversy, which sparked from the reality show in United Kingdom, spread so vast and wide that Shilpa emerged an international icon against racism.

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Desi girl Deana Uppal compared to Shilpa Shetty with Big Brother!

Asians as well as Britons are expecting a lot out of Deana Uppal; the new desi in UK’s reality show Big Brother since Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.

But Bollywood PR guru Dale Bhagwagar, who happens to be Shilpa’s ex-publicist, feels Deana and Shilpa are two different personalities which many are trying to mix.

According to the public relations expert, Deana has hit some right and similar chords on the show. He points out that Conor McIntyre, Deana’s co-participant on Big Brother, ranted to his fellow housemates about Deana after she failed to finish eating her chosen dish in the Confusing Cusine task.

“If you remember, Jade Goody’s argument with Shilpa too, began over food, when Jade refused to eat the chicken Shilpa had made,” Dale reminds. True! Both Conor and Jade's arguments also resulted in a huge number of complaints to the British Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom.

By comparing Deana with Shilpa, the publicity expert feels, people are missing the bigger picture. “Shilpa was an epitome of goodness and a great forgiver. At the same time, in Big Brother she was the righteous fighter and a survivor beyond comparison,” he remarks.

The 23-year-old Deana, who lives in Mumbai now, is basically a model from Birmingham, and also the reigning Miss India UK.

Considering the volatile situation most Housemates face in Big Brother, no doubt, it will be an extremely uphill task for her to match that charisma and what Dale terms as “the Shilpa-effect”. “Though anyone would be happy if she does,” he adds on a positive note.






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Viaan deprives Shilpa of sleep

New mom Shilpa Shetty is slowly learning about motherhood and the actress tweeted how little Viaan has been keeping her so busy that she has hardly been sleeping.

"Tweetos I know I've been twitter lazy. Son keeps me busy. Dunno how times flown! Sleep deprived n look like a zombie but Viaan is joy personified!," her tweet read.

"Being a mother is a full time job! One has 2 be ready 2 give 25hrs a day 2 the baby or don't do it!Amazin how our mothers did it all without any help," another tweet read.

Shilpa gave birth to a son May 21 this year. She has praised all the mothers who single-handedly handle the home and their babies.

"Glad I have the luxury of time to take off but hats off 2 all those moms who multitask home chores/work after a baby single-handedly. Phew," she tweeted.






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Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra had a baby boy!!

Sexy siren Shilpa Shetty has given birth to her first child today at Hinduja Healthcare Hospital, Mumbai.

Shilpa and the new-born are healthy and well.

“God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine. I am thrilled to bits!!,” Raj Kundra posted on his microblogging site.

He later posted, “A big thank you to my wife for the bestest gift ever, DR Kiran Cohelo and all the staff at Hinduja Hospital!”

The couple was stormed with congratulatory messages from actors:

Bipasha Basu: "@TheShilpaShetty and Raj Congratulations on the birth of your little baby boy! So happy for you both!love!"

Neil Nitin Mukesh: "Yipee just got news that Shilpa and Raj have welcomed their new born son. Yipeee loads of love to them both ! And kisses to the baby". @TheShilpaShetty yipeee mommy dearest. loads of love to you Raj and the prince ! God bless you ! Muah!"

R. Madhavan: "@TheRajKundra CONGRATS Bro.. May the Boy make you the PROUDEST Parents EVER.. Sooo Happy for you and Shilpa. Yipeee."

Sameera Reddy: "It's a boy!! Congrats @TheRajKundra and @TheShilpaShetty ! welcome to their little bundle of joy! Hugs!"

Farah Khan Ali: "Congratulations to @TheShilpaShetty and @TheRajKundra on the birth of their new born son. God bless him with health wealth and happiness."

We wish the entire Kundra-Shetty family, lots of happiness with their new bunch of bliss.

-K Himaanshu Shukla...

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Was Ali Zafar’s Phalke Award snatched because of his Pakistani origin?

It has been reported that someone at the Tulip Star Hotel in Juhu, Mumbai, snatched the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award trophy from the hands of Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar and ran away with it.

Which raises the pertinent question – was it because he is a Pakistani actor working in the Indian film industry? “In any story of scandal such as this, its not the who, how, where, what and when, which is as important as the ‘why’,” remarks Bollywood PR guru Dale Bhagwagar. “If that ‘why’ can be answered in this sorry scenario too, the riddle can also be solved,” he adds. Dale has known many celebrities who have gone through similar helpless circumstances in huge crowds and sympathizes with Ali Zafar.

Apart from having handled the media for top of the line Bollywood names like Hrithik Roshan, Govinda, Shilpa Shetty and Priyanka Chopra earlier, the publicist has also looked after the PR for Pakistani superstar Meera for quite some time.

Even Pakistani starlet Veena Malik gained popularity in India when she got invited on India’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss because of a controversy with one of Dale’s clients, actress Neetu Chandra. On the show, she attracted further notoriety when she cootchie-cooed with Ashmit Patel, another of the same publicist’s clients during Bigg Boss.

Ali Zafar made his India debut with the successful comedy Tere Bin Laden, and followed it up with another hit in Yash Raj Films’ Mere Brother Ki Dulhan co-starring Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. His last film London, Paris, New York also received critical acclaim.

Some of the other prominent awardees at the 143rd Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards included actors Amitabh Bachchan, Tanuja, Vinod Khanna, Ajay Devgn (Singham), Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture), Waheeda Rehman, Saira Banu - Dilip Kumar, Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar (Bade Achhe Lagte Hain), Farhan Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara), Prakash Raj, ace journalist Chaitanya Padukone, producer Ekta Kapoor and singer Gurdas Maan.

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