Ranbir blew kiss to Deepika!!!

When Ranbir blew kiss to Deepika!!!

Making his love interest clear, 'Saawariya' star Ranbir Kapoor blew a kiss straight from the ramp to actress Deepika Padukone.

Attired in a black and beige 'sherwani' or Indian-style coat with intricate ethnic motifs at the hemline and sequin work at the collars, the star walked the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) ramp for designer Arjun Khanna here late Saturday.

The sherwani was tastefully teamed with beige churidar and red scarf to give a dramatic effect, the actor's face and hair were painted golden.

'Before I came here I didn't know that my face would be painted golden. Only when I reached the venue and sat on a chair (backstage) to get the make-up done, I got to know about it. But I enjoyed the whole experience,' Ranbir told after the show.

He refused to comment on his romantic link-up with Deepika. Starting with his signature dance step from the title song of 'Saawariya', Ranbir descended on the runway.

And then he spotted Deepika sitting next to his mother Neetu Singh. Cutting short his catwalk, he blew a flying kiss towards her. Deepika blushed and hid her face behind her cascade of hair.

While Deepika sported a light grey tube top with abstract prints matched with slim fit dark blue jeans, yesteryear actress Neetu Singh was decked in white trousers and a kurta top with white, red and blue geometric prints and Swarovski work at the neckline.

'There couldn't have a better confession of love than this. Ranbir made it clear at the LFW that Deepika is his love interest,' said Rashmi Singh, who attended the show.

Unlike his contemporaries, Ranbir did not take expert advice from his ladylove, who was a model by profession. 'No I did not take any tips from Deepika before walking the ramp. I had never walked the ramp before. It was the first time for me but I was quite confident. It proved to be an excellent experience,' Ranbir said.

'Moreover, the Indian fashion industry is growing very fast and if I can contribute a little to it, it would be great,' he added.

When asked how fashion conscious he is, Ranbir said: 'I am not fashionable at all. My knowledge about fashion is only through Arjun. Fashion for me is being comfortable.'

After the show, Deepika left the venue with Neetu in the same car.

The five-day fashion extravaganza at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) would end on April 2. Fifty-seven designers, established and new, including the likes of Narendra Kumar, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Neeta Lulla, Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Wendell Rodricks will show their collections.

Box office analysis

Box office analysis





First weekend performance of latest release


After OM SHANTI OM and SAAWARIYA, JODHAA AKBAR was the film which was most talked about when it came to predicting box office returns. Though WELCOME and TAARZE ZAMEEN PAR came in the interim and turned out to be blockbusters with close to 135 crores worth of business between them, none of the two films had as much anticipation quotient going around them as much as JODHAA AKBAR.

This is something which works as a double edged sword because with such expectations factor, any major film could go either way. However, at the moment it is still early days to categorize JODHAA AKBAR as a hit, average or flop simply because it saw a patchy release on Friday. Also, with Rajasthan not seeing the arrival of film, it would be unfair to give a verdict without the film being at least one week through. Though it is highly unlikely that the film won't be able to recover it's cost, one can't be too comfortable about calling the film a success either.

So far word of mouth of the film has ranged between fair to very good. No one has dismissed the movie, on the other hand it hasn't been termed as a much-watch either. This means that the fair to good opening of the film hasn't quite translated into extraordinary with progression of days since people are still waiting to hear more before jumping into queue.

This makes JODHAA AKBAR a rare instance where a film's progress into second week is far more important than the first week. This is because if the film sustains itself well into the second week, it would see a free run for many more weeks to follow due to negligible competition. However, the multi-crore question here is, will the film sustain well? Let's wait for a few more days to witness it for ourselves!

Last week's movies



If the opening of SUPERSTAR was bad, the days which followed were only worse. Though MITHYA wasn't too much of a competition, the comparison factor did impact SUPERSTAR. Moreover with patrons inclined towards checking out JODHAA AKBAR in the week to follow, SUPERSTAR simply went up the sky no sooner than it had arrived. The film has barely made 2 crores in it's first week which is lower than the first week collection of Rohit Jugraj's debut film JAMES. SUPERSTAR hasn't performed well anywhere and is at maximum a fortnight runner.

MITHYA has made decent profits in it's first week itself, courtesy it's small budget and over 3 crores in collections. A film that had it's target audience always set as multiplex audience in big centers, Ranvir Shorey and Neha Dhupia starrer MITHYA has done quite well especially in Mumbai and Delhi with collections exceeding 75 lakhs and 60 lakhs respectively. With JODHAA AKBAR as the only major competition for the film till BLACK & WHITE arrives all the way on 7th March, MITHYA has a great opportunity to further make a killing. All around positive reviews and word of mouth have only helped the cause further!

From the past

RAMA RAMA KYA HAI DRAMAAA has turned out to be yet another box office failure of 2008. After being a non-starter, it hasn't done well even in the interiors and has crashed completely in the second week with more than 85% fall. The film got hardly 20 lakhs more and is now folding up under 1.75 crores. Don't expect much happening for the film in DVD circuits either.



SUNDAY is safe, though just about it. In the third week, this Ajay Devgan starrer managed to show some resistance with only 55% fall. With 2 crores more coming in, the film has succeeded in crossing the 20 crores mark and now sits pretty at 21 crores. Though there are not many hopes of much more moolah being added on, the film has come as a welcome relief for Devgan whose HALLA BOL hadn't quite set the box office afire. As for Arshad Warsi, he can feel good because though he didn't have to carry the film on his shoulders, he has still garnered maximum appreciation for SUNDAY.

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR continues to be the strongest of the lot and is still earning in crores in spite of being eight weeks into the business. With a mere 30% fall and 1.5 crores more coming in, the film has now touched the 58 crores mark. Blockbuster! Meanwhile WELCOME too continues to be in Top-5 films though it's weekly collections were far lower at 35 lakhs. While the film's collections have now surpassed 75 crores, the DVDs have hit the stands as well and opened to a bumper response.

In the future



From now till 7th March (when BLACK & WHITE arrives), there is no few film opening at theaters.

Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur meet again!

Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur meet again!


The two ex-lovers came face-to-face once again on Saturday at Max Stardust Awards at the MMRDA grounds.

The gala night saw the presence of some top Bollywood stars but the ones who caught most attention were Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur .

Kareena, who missed the Screen Awards early this month, looked dazzling in a black dress at Stardust gala. She had Saif Ali Khan’s son Ibrahim sitting next to her.

Shahid, also dressed in black, was reportedly seated just a few seats away from his ex flame. The two even exchanged furtive glances at regular intervals.

But this was not it.

Reportedly, the two met backstage for a few minutes, shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. They seemed comfortable talking to each other, but their body language was a tad too courteous and formal.

However, the rendezvous did not last long.

The evening saw a scintillating performance from Kareena. Saif Ali Khan won many hearts with his charged-up finale act. The actor danced to a song from his upcoming film Race and other hit numbers of year 2007.

The evening saw the presence of Akshay Kumar , Twinkle Khanna , Celina Jaitley , Kangana Ranaut , Vivek Oberoi , Minissha Lamba , Imtiaz Ali , Rishi Kapoor , Shreyas Talpade , Dharmendra , Gul Panag , Arjun Rampal , Anurag Basu and Irrfan Khan .

The winners were:

Akshay Kumar : Star of the year (Male) (for Namastey London and Heyy Babyy )

Kareena Kapoor : Star of the year (Female) (for Jab We Met )

Farah Khan : Dream Director (for Om Shanti Om )

Jab We Met : Best Film

Ranbir Kapoor : Superstar of tomorrow (Male) (for Saawariya )

Sonam Kapoor : Superstar of tomorrow (Female) (Saawariya)

Vivek Oberoi : Standout Performance (for Shootout At Lokhandwala )

Irrfan Khan : Best Actor in a supporting role

Tisca Chopra : Best Actress in a supporting role ( Taare Zameen Par )

Arjun Rampal : Best Actor in a negative role (OSO)

Sonam Kapoor, Saawariya and next …………

Sonam Kapoor is a new comer in Bollywood film industry. She has caught the interest of cinema lover of bollywood with her first debutant movie Saawariya that will be released on 9^th November 2007. She had visited the different part of India before released the movie to contact with her fans and attended different public functions.

Sonam Kapoor is 22 years old and was born in 9^th June 1985. Her aim is to become teacher, a detective like Nancy Drew, then a dancer, writer and director. But, by nature she becomes an actor.

Although Sonam Kapoor was unknown to all before the forthcoming movie Saawariya but she is from a well know family of Indian film industry. She is the daughter of Anil Kapoo and Sunita Kapoor. You all know the Anil Kapoor is one of the famous actors in bollywood and her uncles Boney Kapoor and actor Sanjay Kapoor have relationship with bollywood too.

Sonam Kapoor’s first film Saawariya is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the film is co-produced by Sony Pictures, Hollywood. Saawariya is the fist movie to be released from Hollywood.

Sonam Kapoor was studded in USA and has no experiences about acting. She was heavy weighed 80+kg. After selection, she had to lose 30 kg weight before shooting.

To lose that weight she had to take help from two experts also her mother. She also worked as the assistant director of Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the movie Black. Sonam Kapoor got the proposal to act on Saawariya when she assisted Bhansali in the movie Black.

As a daughter of a superstar of bollwood, Sonam Kapoor tried to act perfect and if she failed to act prefect during the shooing time of Saawariya she use to cry sometime. Without acting background she has tied to present her role perfectly, its mean that she took it seriously so that she could become famous with the film Saawariya.

Saawariya is a love story and acted as a Muslim girl named Sakina. In the move Saawariya she acted against Ranbir Kapoor who is also a debutant actor. Sonam Kapoor told that she was grateful to act with Ranbir Kapoor in her first film. Important things that Sonam Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor are childhood friends.

Although Sonam Kapoor Sonam Kapoor considers Sridevi as her GOD but she wants to become the next Juhi Chawla. She forbids Sanjay Leela Bhansali as her Guru and Bhansali over and over again name her Sona Bacha.

Every parent becomes anxious for their Childs future and wants success in every step. Here is not difference to Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor. They always helped her like friends to do well in the movie Saawariya.

Sonam Kapoor was totally new in this field of acting and Bhansali tired heart and soul to make her perfect for the role, Sakina. Sanjay Leela Bhansali made her watch the classic movies of Meena Kumari, Nargis and Nutan before the start of shooting for Saawariya. I think he become success because his directed film Saawariya is ready fight with King Khan’s film.

Sonam Kapoor has a great attention on her work. When she assisted Bhansali in his Black, Sonam Kapoor used to observe attentively the acting of Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee.

After her quality work Sonam Kapoor is getting many offers from different directors.

Om Shanti Om & Saawariya kick off record marketing blitz

Om Shanti Om & Saawariya kick off record marketing blitz.
The two most hyped films of the year—Shah Rukh Khan starrer Om Shanti Om and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya—have begun cracking records a month before their blockbuster Diwali releases.

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