Monday, March 24, 2008

Vivek comes between Saif & Kareena?

Vivek comes between Saif & Kareena?

Finally, Saif and Kareena’s fans will get to see the golden couple together on the screen.

The film is Karan Johar’s next, but... there’s a new twist to it. Giving them company will be Bollywood’s new whipping boy Vivek Oberoi.

Anyway, love him or hate him, but you can’t ignore the Oberoi boy, maybe that’s why Karan has roped him along with Saif and Bebo to play the third important angle in the film. But Vivek bhai, why play kebab mein haddi between Saifoo and Bebo?

Lara Dutta won't tour with the Bachchans

Lara Dutta won't tour with the Bachchans


Not without regrets, actress Lara Dutta has excused herself from the upcoming ‘The Unforgettable Tour’.

The tour – with Amitabh Bachchan , Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai at the helm – had already lost some of its sheen when Akshay Kumar opted out of it earlier. Now, Lara has followed suit.

According to reports, Lara is down with a knee injury and she wants to be fully fit for her spunky role in the action thriller Blue . She would be doing daring stunts and scuba diving for the movie.

Lara says if she goes on ‘The Unforgettable Tour’ – on which she would obviously be required to dance a lot – her knee injury might not heal or may even get serious. Therefore, she wants to rest her knee and prepare for her role in ‘Blue’.

However, the actress has expressed her regret over not being part of the show.

‘The Unforgettable Tour’ was unveiled last year in Toronto. Apart from the Bachchans the show still has Bollywood stars like Bipasha Basu , Ritesh Deshmukh and dancer Shiamak Davar .

Aishwarya Rai's passport leaked on the Internet

Aishwarya Rai's passport leaked on the Internet



The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was terribly shocked when her passport was leaked on various Bollywood blogs on the Internet without her knowledge.

The issue has raised several questions and has become a matter of great concern for the Bachchan family. When they were reported about the matter, they were stunned.

The picture of Ash and other information on the passport clearly indicates that the passport is authentic and had been issued to her before her marriage as she was holding the title Rai on the passport and is dated May 2006.

It has now become a matter of great worry for the Bachchans as a passport is a confidential document and it can be misused in many ways.

The production houses are under suspicion for this shocking event as they have the access of the passports of various Bollywood stars and deal with their visa issues.

It is assumed that someone from the production companies has leaked her original passport.

Investigation is going on in full swing and a number of questions are being asked to Ash by police authorities to go deep into the matter.

Leaking and posting passport on the Internet is a severe crime.

I was never meant to get pregnant

I was never meant to get pregnant


Priyanka Chopra has been shooting nights for Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion. And no, it isn't because they needed to rework the script.

"I don't know where these stories come from. Apparently I asked Madhur to change the climax of the plot so that my character doesn't get pregnant.

Now where did that come from?Madhur is a very competent director. Do you think he'd allow any actor to tamper with the script? Yes, the two of us sat down on the script and threshed it out over 6-7 months.

Once that was done, we went by the script completely. I'd be the last person to ask for changes once I begin shooting. "

As for her character getting pregnant Priyanka laughs, "That was never in the script. The ending was decided at the scripting stage. The girl was never meant to get pregnant.

Why would I shy away from doing something unconventional? I started with Aitraaz which was as unconventional as they come. I'm so amused by all the speculation about Fashion.

Just shows how much interest the film is generating. In spite of the constant attention we've shot a majority of the film. We're all working really hard on it. "

As for the film being inspired by the lives of real- life ramp -walkers Priyanka clears the air. " Fashion is a work of fiction.

It's not meant to be a khulasa (frankspeak) on the modeling world. Basically it's the story of this one girl's biographical journey, just like Tabu in Madhur's Chandni Bar or Bipasha in Corporate.

The fashion world is my character's backdrop. My character could very well have been a part of the any other profession. "

Priyanka admits she has never been more nervous about any of her films. "It's a very nerve-wracking character and I hope I'm able to live up to people's expectations. "

Priyanka has to cram in as much of the shooting as possible for Fashion before she rushes off in March to Miami for Karan Johar's Dostana directed by Tarun Mansukhani.

"That would be a welcome sunny seaside change after shooting the intense scenes indoors on a set for Fashion. It's a young peppy frothy film. Totally different from Fashion. "

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Rani, Bipasha to do Shah Rukh's IPL music video

Rani, Bipasha to do Shah Rukh's IPL music video



Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has roped in Rani Mukherjee and Bipasha Basu to participate in his music video for his Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shah Rukh had bought the Kolkata franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for $85 million last month. The Twenty20 competition of the IPL begins April 18.

Preity Zinta who owns the Mohali franchise of the IPL has apparently no intention of competing with Shah Rukh as far as star line up in the IPL music video is concerned.

A source close to Preity Zinta, who's currently in London, set aside the rumours that she intends to get Sunny and Bobby Deol and their dad Dharmendra to do a music video for the Mohali team.

"The playing field when the matches start in April will be filled with star-cricketers. That takes care of the glam-element," said the source.

"As for the music video we feel it should represent the earthy feel of Punjab and Chandigarh. Hence the robust song that Preity and Ness have recorded for their team, as opposed to the poetic lyrical mood of Kolkata and Shah Rukh's team.

"We feel we can't capture the flamboyant and vigorous flavour if we bring film stars into the video. Preity wants the video to be very Punjabi. That's why she got Daler Mehndi to sing their theme song," the source said.

Shah Rukh Khan and Vijay Mallya on the other hand seem to believe star-line up to be the best way to attract big crowds to their cricket matches.