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Bikram Saluja and Perizaad Zorabian play a perfect couple
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 17, 2007]  



After SALAAM E ISHQ and HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD., there is one more film about multiple married couples that is coming soon at theatre - JUST MARRIED.

Apart from Fardeen and Esha, there are 4 more couples in the film, one of them being Bikram Saluja and Perizaad Zorabian. They play Rishabh and Anu repectively in JUST MARRIED.

There character sketch in the film is as below:

10/10 - that's what you'd give them - the PERFECT couple.

So in love, so connected...so right!

They make love look easy.

Truly made for each other!

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Get set for a London trip this March
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 17, 2007]  



All roads lead to West Indies for cricket fans world over this March. But for Bollywood lovers, all theater screens are ready to show the city of London as the month of March progresses.

Come March 16 and Milan Luthria's 'Hat Trick' releases world over. With cricket as an integral portion of the film, large part of the film has been set in London where the character played by Paresh Rawal lives.

Just a week later comes another film, 'Namastey London' that has been postponed from March 02 to March 23. As the film's title suggests, the film again has been prominently shot in London with Katrina's character brought up in the city and later Akshay arriving there to sort out his marital life.

In the same month, Jagmohan Mundhra's 'Provoked' is also expected to arrive. Starring Aishwarya Rai as the central protagonist, the film has been set in London.

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Neetu Chandra in Ismail Darbar's video
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 17, 2007]  



Neetu Chandra continues to smile.

Her act in 'Traffic Signal' has been received well by the critics and audience and she would continue to pop up from the small screen for few more weeks to come. Come February 20th and the promos of her music video for an album by Ismail Darbar are expected to arrive on all leading music channels.

Sounding excited about the video, she divulges that she is the sole female artist associated with the entire album. Enacting an ethnic Indian beauty in the video, she has yet again demonstrated a different side of her persona by first playing a glam girl in 'Garam Masala' and immediately following it up with a de-glam look in 'Traffic Signal'.

Meanwhile she is also looking forward to the release of her other music video that she had shot for Shreya Ghoshal's debut album a few months back.

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Karan Johar as a caricature
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 17, 2007]  



Designer Manav Gangwani considers his best friend Karan Johar as his inspiration. Besides being a designer of repute in the fashion circle, Manav is also quite adept at painting.

And since he is close to Karan Johar, he has painted a caricature of Karan as a puppeteer, sitting in a coffee mug and pulling the strings of stars like Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Saif Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Preity Zinta etc. It is appropriately titled 'Koffee with Karan', which he has gifted to him.

Karan very sportingly has hung the portrait in his office. He has also done a painting called K-Mantra for the New Season of his T.V Show.

Says Manav, "Karan is a multi-faceted personality loved by all and my painting shows his universe of people close to him in a much caricatured manner. And Karan very sportingly has hung the painting in his office. He is my inspiration."

Incidentally, after creating his brand name in the fashion industry, and his trademark 'Fashion', Manav is being very selective in choosing the right director, and the right production house for his foray into designing for films.

About Manav Gangwani

Manav Gangwani is one of the most promising designers in Delhi who at a young age has taken the fashion world by storm.

Manav Gangwani's evolution has laid the foundation of a unique youthful opulence, attracting high profile celebrities such as Soha Ali Khan Pataudi, Sharmila Tagore, Ameesha Patel, Riddhima Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Pooja Batra, Zeenat Aman, Suzanne Roshan, Amar Singh, Sameera Reddy, Sridevi, Priyanka Chopra, Saif Ali Khan, Zayed Khan, Amrita Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Smita Thackeray and many more.

Manav Gangwani has diversified his interests of design from Women's Couture into Men's Pret/Ready to Wear and is opening his very first retail store for the label " MANAV GANGWANI for MEN" at the Square1 Mall, New Delhi in Feburary'2007.

Manav Gangwani has designed for the celebrity weddings. He dressed actress Pooja Batra for her wedding function. Also, he designed actress Raveena Tandon's and her husband-to-be ensembles for their nuptials including the sangeet, mehendi, wedding & reception and also took over the entire look of the wedding that included the decor of the functions to designing her jewellery etc.

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Sajid Nadiadwala to celebrate birthday with 'Baby'
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 17, 2007]  



Sajid Nadiadwala will be celebrating his Birthday on Sunday Feb 18th with his close friends including the cast & crew of 'Hey Baby'. Sajid is considered to be very close friends with whom he has been associated with.

Source close to the producer say that though Sajid is known to be a workaholic, he has reserved his Birthday for his friends and family and will be taking off with them.

Sajid Nadiadwala has been in the news lately for his tie-up with Fox studios for the shooting of 'Hey Baby' in Australia. Though quite a few films have been shot in Australia, including 'Dil Chahta Hai', 'Hey Baby' is considered to be the first film from Bollywood to have an office at Fox studios in Australia.

In fact trade is abuzz that Sajid Nadiadwala is taking his banner 'NGE' International. It is whispered that Sajid has met Australian Movie Moghuls to explore tie-up opportunities. This is also in line with reports of Jerry Brucheimer desire to see 'Jaan-e-mann' and their proposed meeting.

Knowing Sajid Nadiadwala's penchant for risk taking and his desire to use the best technology available to deliver a good entertainment Product, the Industry will not be surprised if 'NGE' banner will fly high globally soon.

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Shabana to Boman - What IF?
IndiaGlitz [Monday, February 19, 2007]  



Boman Irani is touched. Well, not literally. And this isn't to do with the tender harmless kiss that Shabana plants on his lips in Honeymoon Travels.....

It seems Shabana Azmi gave her co-star a very special gift recently. While shooting for Honeymoon Travels

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And now Dino Morea lip locks on screen
IndiaGlitz [Monday, February 19, 2007]  



Dino Morea is all set to take over the mantle of the Best Kisser in Bollywood from Emraan Hashmi.

Insiders who have seen the rushes of the film 'BHRAM' swear that the lip lock between Dino & Supermodel turned actress Sheetal Menon is the most passionate scene ever shot in Bollywood.

Though it will be Dino's first on-screen kiss, Dino like a true blue Italian Casanova has carried it off exceptionally. The director has shot the passion play between the two beautiful people very aesthetically.

According to sources present at the shoot, though Dino was initially nervous because of his first on-screen kiss, when he started off, it turned out to be the most passionate kiss. Also, both Dino & Sheetal with their supermodel background shared a certain comfort level with each other during the shoot.

In fact it is also being reported that the chemistry between them would overshadow even Keira Knightley & Johnny Depp's kiss in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. As the source added, "In 'BHRAM' the kiss is with a twist in the tale, which is great." When teased by the unit, Dino was at his enigmatic best. But if ever a book on best Bollywood kisses is written, Dino's act would certainly find a notable mention.

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"Have you ever heard an actor say - I hate my co-star?" - Salman Khan
IndiaGlitz [Monday, February 19, 2007]  



When Salman Khan is in mood to give quotable quotes, there is no one better than him. This is why his interviews make for a great copy and are loved by the readers all over.

In one such quirky mood, he was simply holds-no-bar in a recent interview. On being told that his co-stars like Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee couldn't stop raving about him, he said he would believe so if the ladies said the same on candid camera.

His logic was that stars are required to promote a film and they抣l obviously say pleasant things about their co-stars. He also questioned if any actor would say, "I hate my co-star. He抯 an idiot"? Nevertheless, he concluded that even he was fond of Preity and Rani and the feeling was mutual.

Getting nostalgic, he also shared a hitherto unknown fact about his younger days. Apparently he along with Chunkey Pandey and Sajid Khan attended Daisy Irani抯 acting school for a month but the lady had to shut down the school after some time.

Reason? On the first day, the trio were given a two page long speech from 'Pyaasa' which none of them could ever get right. That too even after seeing the film about 10 times. Later she did complain that 揟um logon ka kya hoga, meri acting school bandh karwah doge.

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Saif Ali Khan hospitalised - Fine now
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Monday, February 19, 2007]  



Saif Ali Khan was admitted to a hospital at Mumbai on Sunday evening after he felt unwell while rehearsing for Stardust awards ceremony.

He complained of chest pain following which he was immediately shifted to the ICU of Leelavati Hospital. An angiography was later conducted on him and doctors gave him a clean chit.

His sister Soha Ali Khan addressed the media late in the night and said that everything was fine with him and there were no reasons to worry. Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, with whom Saif has just starred in 'Eklavya', also added that doctors had confirmed that he was out of danger and should be out of hospital in a couple of days.

Apart from mother Sharmila Tagore and girl friend Rosa, well wishers who arrived at the hospital were Rosa, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Govinda, Pradeep Sarkar, Subhash Ghai, Zayed Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora, Fardeen Khan, Amrita Arora, Farhan Akhtar, Sudhir Mishra, Bunty Walia and Ken Ghosh amongst others.

Apparently the 36 year old National Award winner actor hadn't slept for 3 consecutive nights due to his hectic schedule. He had returned from South Africa only a night back and was fatigued. Due to his sudden illness, he couldn't be on stage to collect his award for "Best Negative Character" for the film 'Omkara'.

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Source: IBN Live


Big B, John in Deepa Mehta's next film

IANS
Posted Monday , February 19, 2007 at 14:07
Updated Monday , February 19, 2007 at 14:33

Mumbai: After Mira Nair's Shantaram, Amitabh Bachchan has now agreed to work with Deepa Mehta in her next film Exclusion.

Deepa, who sneaked into Mumbai for just a day for a series of press conferences promoting her Oscar-nominated film Water, found time to meet up with Amitabh Bachchan at his office Janak to ink a deal.

"Amitabh and I met in Toronto when he was there to promote Karan Johar's film (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna). I was there with Water. He was interested in Exclusion. Now we met again at his office on Friday and he has said yes. I'm too delighted for words. It's been a dream to direct him," she said.

It looks like the Bollywood icon's earlier stance on the redundancy of an international career is going for a toss. Whether he wants it or not, international filmmakers are ready to take his stardom to the West in a big way.

Earlier titled Kamagata Maru, Exclusion is the true-life tale of a ship that took a group of Indians to the shores of Canada in the early part of the 19th century. But they were not allowed to enter the country.

It is described as one of the most notorious "incidents" in the history of exclusion laws in Canada and the US designed to keep out immigrants of Asian origin.

The film will feature Bachchan alongside John Abraham. It's like a double whammy for Deepa.

She has managed to rope in one of the most sought after actors for her film and Water, about the plight of the widows in the pre-independence era, is set to hit the Indian marquees on March 9. John, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas play the lead roles in the film, which was shot in Sri Lanka.

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Source: Santabanta.com



Shilpa Shetty's dark side!

Celebrity Big Brother brought unexpected fame to Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, and just when a royal meeting was arranged for the reality show with Queen Elizabeth II, a few shocking truths came tumbling out of the Bollywood star抯 closet.

The 31-year-old beauty抯 parents Surendra and Sunanda Shetty have been charged with extortion; there have been stories of exploiting factory workers and money-grabbing actions; a heartbroken wife has accused Shilpa for the disintegration of her marriage; and a manager who claims he was dumped the moment she won Big Brother has called in a legal representative.

Shilpa has denied theses allegation and has insisted that she has been farmed.

揑've been framed. Do you think I am capable of doing what I am accused of,

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Source: santabanta.com

Very secret meeting with Big B
By Subhash K Jha



Deepa Mehta sneaked into Mumbai for just one day for a series of press conferences promoting Water which finally releases in India on 9 March. But she found time to meet up with the Big B at his office Janak to ink a deal.

Yes, Deepa and the Big B are working together!

It looks like Mr Bachchan's earlier stance on the redundancy of an international career is going for a toss. Whether he wants it or not, international filmmakers are ready to take his awesome stardom to the West in a big way.

After Mira Nair who signed him for her Hollywood opus Shantaram, it's Deepa who has roped in the mighty Bachchan for Exclusion. Earlier entitled Kamagata Maru, this true-life tale of a ship that took a group of illegal Indians to the shores of Canada in the early part of the 19th century, will feature the Big B alongside John Abraham.

Says Deepa, "Mr Bachchan and I met in Toronto when he was there to promote Karan Johar's film ( Kabhi Alvidaa Na Kehna). I was there with Water. He was interested in Exclusion. Now we met again at his office on Friday and he has said yes. I'm too delighted for words. It's been a dream to direct him."

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Source: Santabanta.com

'I Honeymooned in Maldives'
By Subhash K Jha



Iqbal Khan and his newly-married spouse Sneha are technically back from their honeymoon. But they continue to be in the honey-mode.

"We make it a point to watch at least one film every day in the theatre. And if not in the theatre then we watch a DVD. Both Sneha and I have become diehard movie buffs," Iqbal says affectionately.

"Marriage so far has been an extended honeymoon. There were no adjustments with with each other or our families since we've known each other for years now."

Iqbal and Sneha's first post-marriage Valentine this month was a unique experience. "We were caught in a traffic jam for hours. So we spent our Valentine's Day trapped in the traffic. No sweat, as long as as we were together."

Shocking as it may sound, Iqbal Khan chose not to honeymoon at any of those exotic spots that his wife selected on the net.

Reason? "I wasn't sure I'd get a visa for any of those countries. After the experience I went through some months ago who knows how the immigration authorities would've reacted to my name," laughs the affable TV superstar, referring to his humiliating experience with the American consulate which rejected his visa plea some months ago arguing that his name suggested terrorist links.

"I'd rather not think about these things. There're enough holiday spots in our own country for my wife and me. We had a week of bliss in the Maldives. And our honeymoon is still on since I'm not working.

But I'm working out rigorously. Lately I had put on a lot of weight. Now when I return viewers will see the taut character Angad that they saw in Kyun Hota Hai Pyarr when I first appeared on television,"

Iqbal who left Ekta Kapoor's Balajee Telefilms in December has yet to make up his mind about his next work move. "I've had very tempting offers from Zee, Sony and Star. But I've said no to all of them. I don't want to go back to doing the same thing. Whatever I do has to be a step forward."

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Source: santabanda.com

Stardust awards:Ash's Dhoom



In a glittering ceremony attended by who's who of Bollywood, Abhishek Bachchan won the 'Best Actor in Supporting Role' award for 'Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna', whereas fianc閑 Aishwarya Rai won the 'Star of the Year - Female' award for her role in 'Dhoom II' at the Kenstar Max Stardust awards.

The function was held at MMRDA Grounds here late last night.

Path-breaking film 'Rang De Basanti' was announced as the 'Pride of the Industry', whereas actor Sanjay Dutt won the 'Star of the Year - Male' award for his role in 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'.

While collecting his award, the maker of 'Rang De Basanti' Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra said, '' This is a special award, and this film is especially for the people of India.''

As Abhishek was out of town, father Amitabh Bachchan collected the award on his behalf. Amidst huge applause, he also gave away the trophy to his soon-to-be-daughter-in-law Ash.

Teenage heart-throb Kunal Kapoor won the award for 'Best Breakthrough Performance - Male' for his role in 'Rang De Basanti'.

After collecting the trophy an emphatic Kunal said, '' I was very confused while growing up as I did not know which profession to choose, until I found my calling in acting. I have changed my profession numerous times. I even did some bizarre things like exporting mangoes.''

Meanwhile, 'Dream Director of the Year' award was given to Rajkumar Hirani for 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'. The 'Editors Choice award' for best performance went to Kareena Kapoor for her role in 'Omkara'. The 'Editors Choice Best Director award' went to Vishal Bharadwaj for 'Omkara'.

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Source: nowrunning.com

Stars descend at Max Stardust Awards

The glittering ceremony of the MAX Stardust Awards was held on 18th February'07 at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The program included a lot more than just the handing over of awards. There were specially devised entertainment acts, including song and dance performances by leading stars like Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Imran Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut.

Amongst the people who attended the event were Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Kunal Kapoor, Tushar Kapoor, Dino Morea, Boman Irani, Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sanjay Gupta, Nagesh Kukunoor, Smita Thackrey, Priti Jhangiani, Kim Sharma and many others. The event had lavish sets coupled with lasers, special effects, lighting and acoustics to create a breathtaking audio and visual impact.

The Award is a coming together of two giants, Stardust the world's largest selling film magazine and MAX, India's no.1 Hindi movie channel. The idea behind the 'MAX Stardust Awards' is to establish it as an event that truly reflects the edginess and irreverence that has become synonymous with young Bollywood.

Venue: Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Sunday Night

THE WINNERS

SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW - Male: Shiney Ahuja (Gangster)
SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW - FEMALE: Kangana Ranaut(Gangster)
Breakthrough Performance - Male: Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE: Gul Panag (Dor)
Hottest Young Filmmaker: Sanjay Gadhvi (Dhoom II)
The New Menace: Shaad Randhawa (Woh Lamhe)
Hottest Film: Omkara (Big Screen Entertainers, Kumar Mangat)
New Musical Sensation Male: Zubeen Garg (Ya Ali- Gangster)
NEW MUSICAL SENSATION - FEMALE: Rekha Bharadwaj (Namak Ishq Ka Omkara)
Standout Performance by a Music Director: Mithoon (Bas Ek Pal)
Standout Performance by a Lyricist: Virag Mishra (Zinda Hoon Main Zinda)

Readers' Choice awards
Best Actor in a supporting Role: Abhishek Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna)
Best Actress in a supporting Role: Ayesha Takia (Dor)
Star of the year - Male: Sunjay Dutt (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Star of the year - Female: Aishwarya Rai (Dhoom-II)
Dream Director: RajKumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Best Actor in a NEGATIVE Role: Saif Ali Khan (Omkara)
Editors choice for the best performance of the year: Kareena Kapoor (Omkara)
Editors choice for the best Director of the year: Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara)
ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR: Mithun Chakraborty
PRIDE OF THE INDUSTRY: RANG DE BASANTI

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"Mithoon is a phenomenal composer" - Pritam
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 20, 2007]  



In an industry where it is rare for one artist to be saying great things about another, it comes as a pleasant surprise to see hot-n-happening Pritam singing praises about new entrant Mithoon who has just got an award for the BEST DEBUTANT COMPOSER (2006) for his score of BAS EK PAL.

Currently humming the songs of ANWAR, Pritam said, "I am hooked on to 'Maula Mere' for weeks now. Mithoon has created such great music that comes with an intense spiritual appeal. Just a couple of films old and what range! Look at 'Tere Bin' and 'Maula Mere'. They are simply superb. Mithoon is indeed a phenomenal singer and would go a long way."

From Pritam who has himself come a long way since the days of 'Tere Liye', debut film of Sanjay 'Dhoom' Gadhvi, this is quite a compliment to cherish for Mithoon.

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VICTORIA No. 203 looking at June/July release
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 20, 2007]  



If things go as per the plan, Anant Mahadevan directed VICTORIA NO. 203 would be coming at theaters in June or July.

"The shooting for the film is currently in progress", says the film's lead actor Jimmy Shergill, "and the momentum would be picking up in March and April since we would be getting all the combination dates along with Om Puri and Anupam Kher."

So when can we expect the film to be arriving? "There are plans to wrap up the film by April and further to that there should be around 2 months of post production. The sky should also clear up by then with the post World Cup Cricket releases in May and June. Sometime after that we should be bringing on our VICTORIA NO. 203.

The film is special since it also marks the debut of Vinod Mehra's daughter Sonia Mehra.

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Now a song dedicated to Dhoni in HAT TRICK
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 20, 2007]  



Just a few days back it was reported that how the character of Rimmi Sen in Milan Luthria's HAT TRICK was a big fan of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India cricket team's wicket keeper, in the film.

Now the news that comes in takes the story one step forward as a song with dedication to Dhoni has become a part of the film. Titled 'Rabba Khair Kare', the song has a reference to Dhoni, and is based on Punjabi folk music.

The song is written by Mayur Puri and has music by Pritam. Kunal Kapoor plays the lead opposite Rimmi while Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal and Danny Denzongpa head the cast.

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An Evening with Kailash Kher
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 20, 2007]  



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