Bollywood News and gossip

It’s the day to wish the bollywood beauty a happy birthday. Yes, the bollywood’s diva, Madhuri Dixit turns 41 today (though she still gives competition to loads of teenagers). Nicknamed as mads by the bollywood, this beauty can certainly drive people mad about her even at 41!!!So all we wish on this day is a huge career success and great life ahead to this ever smiling taurean beauty…
Happy Birthday Mads

We’ve seen and heard about sexy actresses wanting an image change, but here is the one who wants to get rid of her behenji image. yes, its Sonam kapoor.

Ask her how she feels not to be offered “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” and she has to say, “I know it required someone very Punjabi and young. I’ve just played a full on Punjabi girl in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Dilli 6. Even in Saawariya, I was in full elaborate Indian clothes. Now I need a change of pace and grace.”

Ask her if she would like to get into hot n sexy avatar she says “Yeah, maybe. I’m not signing anything in a hurry. I’ve all the time in the world and the best advisor any actress in Bollywood could have. My dad [Anil Kapoor].”

Looks like we can expect a treat in her forthcomin film with Hrithik’kites’

Yes you heard it right. Ranbir is the second choice of director Shimit Amin for his next venture.

Shahrukh and Shimit Amin who worked together in Chak De, decided to recreate the magic in Shimit’s next project, but IPL matches, films and the TV show Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tej Hain has kept SRK busy and in short of dates.

Poor Shimit thus had to look for someone else for his next movie and so found ranbir kapoor the second to the best.

Looks like the lady luck has smiled at the newbie and is taking him places with the handsome looks and lack of dates by the top stars.

Guess which another SRK’s buddy from the industry has shown the figments of envy through his posts on his blog? Yes, it’s none other than the famous critic Aamir khan. After the controversy with the shehenshah, Aamir wanted to taste it with the badshah too. This time Aamir comes out with his pet dog named shahrukh.

“Shahrukh is licking my feet and I am feeding him biscuits every now and then. What more can I ask for?” is what is posted on his blog. And then he adds, “Now, before you jump to any conclusions let me add that Shahrukh is the name of our dog. And before you jump to any further conclusions let me add that I had nothing to do with naming him. In fact Shahrukh is the dog of the caretakers of our house. When I bought this house it came with the caretakers and their dog! Apparently Shahrukh (the actor) was shooting for a commercial in this house a few years ago, and that very day the caretakers bought a pup…, and named him Shahrukh. What are the chances of me buying a house which comes with a dog called Shahrukh!!! ” and towards the end of his blog post, he says “Well Shahrukh is once again begging for my attention, so let me get back to him. He is smelling too much, I think he needs a bath. ‘Heel boy, heel.’”

Wonder if Shahrukh would even give these outcomes of envy a second look?

Now that the news of the new face Anushka Sharma being casted in “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” is out, rumors of Sonam Kapoor being casted in the film are finally put to rest.

When Sonam kapoor herself was contacted for comments she said “Since the film was announced, speculation started about me being in the project. But I was never offered the film! I don’t know where this whole thing started, honestly. I did visit Adi a couple of times like any other actor, but not for any particular role. Maybe people saw me entering Yash Raj. Nowadays, even if an actress passes by Yash Raj she’s rumored to have signed a film with them.” she also says that she’s happy and relaxed now that Adi Chopra has signed Anushka Sharma for the movie.

Looks like with the number of flops increasing from the Yash Raj banner, this newbie is in no hurry to sign the films.

After trying to woo the kids, it’s the woo-the-in-laws time now. Though she might not be very successfull with impressing the kids, it’s not the same story with the parents.

“I have met kareena and I think she and saif are very good together and they have all my good wishes” says Saif’s mum Sharmila. “she is a fantastic actress, youthful and full of life. I like her vivaciousness too.”, is what she smiles and adds.

Looks like smart Kareena’s learnt from Rozza’s mistakes.

Looks like Vidya Balan isn’t happy with Bebo for giving her beau Shahid Kapur heartache. Cold vibes between the two were felt at the recent practice session at the Zee cine awards. Vidya and Kareena were to practice at the same venue for their respective performances at the awards. But only to avoid Bebo, we hear that Vidya waited in her car in the parking lot and entered the venue only after Kareena finished her practice session with Saif and left.
Looks like Sania Mirza might earn a new critic soon….what say Vidya?

After the whole furry about Amitabh bachchan’s comparision with SRK on his blog, the senior bachchan seems to have woken up to dismiss the self created controversy.

“There are some amongst you who feel that there has been an attempt on my part to compare myself with other colleagues of mine. This is false and incorrect. I think the whole purpose of my account has been incorrectly interpreted. I have never ever meant that at all. I have never considered myself worthy of such position and have hated such indulgence, however, if some amongst you have felt otherwise, I wish to sincerely apologize for that and say that I am sorry! It shall not happen again,” says amitabh bachchan who is right now at Cannes with his wife, son, and daughter in law.

Looks like the shehenshah, himself has joined the league of self creation of controversies.

Recently we got to hear rumors that Deepika dumped Ranbir and they are no longer a couple.

But the sexy lass has rubbished the rumors and insists that she and her ‘boyfriend’ are together and are very ‘happy’.

Deepika clarified,” Yes I have a boyfriend and we are happy,”

When quizzed how she deals with such rumors,” There is always a lot of speculation but that is something you have to deal with. We are together and I refer to him as my boyfriend,” said the beautiful actress.

Lets hope Ranbir doesn’t meet the fate like Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Akshay Kumar is no longer just Akshay Kumar he is now Dr. Akshay Kumar as he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree by University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada for his contribution to the film industry and his philanthropic work.

The star was nervous during the ceremonial occasion, “Wow! This really is one of the most nerve-racking days of my life. My hands are shaking. I don’t think even an Oscar would mean as much as this means to me.”

Humble Akki ended the occasion on a great note, “Indians believe that our success lies at the feet of our parents. It’s not I who should be receiving this award, but my parents.”

Akshay Kumar is the Indian Ambassador for the Special Olympics and has been associated with Trillium Health Care Center and Vancouver Children’s Hospital.

Congratulation Akki

Teaming up with SRK in her debut movie did wonders for Deepika Padukone and now another model Anuskha Sharma will get to repeat the same wonder.

The 21-year-old model has been signed by Aditya Chopra to play the lead again SRK in his upcoming movie Rab Ne Banadi Jodi. Rab Ne Banadi Jodi shows a 40-year-old guy (SRK) falling in love with a 16-year-old girl.

Yash Chopra confirmed the news saying,” We were looking first and foremost for someone who could truly embody the spirit of small-town Punjab and we know we have found her in Anushka. And while she has no previous acting experience, we have seen that unique spark in her that makes us confident that she will be a standout even opposite Shahrukh.”

Aditya Chopra is back on the directors seat for Rab Ne Banadi Jodi after 8-long-years. Lets hope the movie is a super-duper hit.

Well the title for Shahid’s upcoming flick is really strange. As reported earlier Vishal Bhardwaj has signed Shahid Kapoor for his next movie and Shahid will have double role in Kamine.

A source said, “Shahid will have two interesting roles in the film. It is also believed that Priyanka Chopra has been signed as the leading leady for this film”. This is for the first time that Shahid and Priyanka Chopra will be paired opposite each other.”

Vishal Bharadwaj had earlier worker with Shahid Kapoor’s father Pankaj Kapoor in Maqbool and Blue Umbrella. Vishal is hoping that Shahid Kapoor matches the success of his father in Kamine.

I wonder why the film is called Kamine, it would have been better to call it Kutte Kamine since there is a double role in the movie.

Rumors are abuzz that Bollywood’s hottest couple Kareena and Saif is eager to tie the knot. Apparently it’s Kareena who wants to settle down.

Kareena dumped Shahid Kapoor after dating him for four years when she found love calling in Saif Ali Khan while filming Tashan together.

The hot couple have planned to announce their marriage after the release of their movie Tashan.

It was reported earlier that Kareena-Saif had a secret Nikaah but the lovers dismissed the rumors.

Lets see if this marriage rumor bites the dust again.

Neil Nitin Mukesh grandson of legendery singer Mukesh has already proved himself as a fine actor with his brilliant performance in his debut movie Johnny Gaddaar. And now he is going to exercise his vocal chords and will be singing for his upcoming movie Freeze.

An excited Neil said, “I wouldn’t call myself an extremely accomplished singer. But yes, I am much more than a bathroom singer. I carry my notes well. But having grown up on my grandfather’s songs and watched my dad struggling to get out of the ‘Mukesh’ shadow, I was scared to try my hand at singing as a fulltime career.”

Neil also revealed his long time connection with singing,” As a child did accompany my dad on his world tours and even sang on stage. But I never sang my grandpa’s songs as I preferred Kishore Kumar. I didn’t intend to sing professionally. But it seems God and the film industry have other plans for me,” says the dashing hunk.

Neil Nitin stars alongside Sophie Choudhary in Jehangir Suri’s thriller Freeze. Pritam is composing the songs for the movie and is delighted to have Neil to sing his song, “Neil will be singing the film’s theme song. It’ll be somewhat like the James Bond theme because that’s the mood of Freeze. I’ve always been a Mukesh bhakt. I couldn’t compose for him. But it’s such an honor to compose for his grandson. I’ll listen carefully to the texture of Neil’s voice and then compose accordingly. But since he’s the grandson of Mukesh and the son of Nitin Mukesh I’m sure he sings well. Also, being a good actor, Neil will have no problem in expressing the emotions in the lyrics. I’m quite kicked to have an actor singing for me. Unlike other actors-turned-singers, Neil won’t be just a glamorous factor in the soundtrack. He knows what he’s doing,” said Pritam.

He has a cool voice, lets wait and hear if his songs are as sexy as his looks.

Bhoothnath: Movie Review

Director: Vivek Sharma

Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan and Aman Siddiqui

After Taare Zameen Par, which made kids dance to their tunes, we have debutant director Nikhil Kumar’s movie Bhootnath to hit the screens. Bhoothnath is about the relationship between Casper inspired ghost Amitabh Bachchan and kid Aman Sidiqui. The first half of the movie is targeted at kids and the second melodramatic half is incidentally also for kids.
Story of Bhoothnath

A big, unattended ,uninhabited spooky house is haunted by a ghost named Kadernath ( Amitabh Bachchan). The ghost is vengeful and wouldn’t allow anybody to share his house as his fond memories are etched in the house, Nath Villa. But Kadernath is disturbed and furious when a family movies into the house. The family comprises of Banku ( Aman Sidiqqui ), his shy mother ( Juhi Chawla) and pony-tailed daddy ( Shah Rukh Khan).

The ghost is angry with the new inmates of Nath Villa and plans to drive them away by his bhoothiya antics. He comes across Banku and tries his tricks on him, but instead of scaring Banku he amuses him which results in friendship between Banku and Kedarnath and Banku lovingly starts calling Kedarnath as Bhootnath.

All is well in the Bhootnath villa until Kedarnath’s son Priyanshu Chatterjee returns from US to sell off Nath Villa and then the film goes back in time, becomes soggy and melodramatic. The director doesn’t think twice before turning the second half into a Baghban type melodrama.

Kids will surely enjoy the encounters between Banku and Bhootnath and their histrionics in the first half. The way the awesome twosome plays pranks in school and also become heroes in disguise is definitely entertaining. The second half with all those family values I guess went as a bouncer over the heads of kids and it might have left them wondering what happened to Bhootnath. One child beside me in the movie-plex started crying, “Mamma Bhootnath ko ka hua?”

Aman Sidiqui as Banku is perfect and gives an outstanding performance, Amitabh as the loving ghost with sunken eyes looks perfect and manipulates your emotions with his histrionics. Juhi Chawla proves why she is still in the industry despite of marriage with her good performance. Shahrukh Khan is a treat for SRK lovers and I guess he also had some magic powers as we could see a pony-tailed SRK in one scene and in another the pony-tail does a vanishing act, over all he is brilliant.

Although Vivek Sharma needs to hone is directorial skills he is a good narrator. The film has good special effects. Cinematography by Vishnu Rao is good. The soundtrack of the movie is its biggest flaw, I wonder what happened to Vishal-Shekhar when they were composing tunes for this movie.

Don’t go expecting a Taare Zameen Par act from the movie and you might actually like it, but be sure to leave the theatre after the first half if you are watching this movie with your kids as it would prove to be a big embarrassment for you and confusion for your little one.
My verdict: **1/2/ 5