Saif Ali Khan has put one of his cellphones into a drawer and thrown the key away. That’s right! The Junior Nawab of Pataudi usually gets grouchy and out of reach when he is shooting a film.
The actor, as everyone knows is on a start-to-finish schedule of Aarakshan in Bhopal. And, he doesn’t wish to be disturbed. Of course, he still has another cellphone number on which he stays connected with his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor, his children-Sarah and Ibrahim and his parents.
Now Bebo is in a dilemma because people who cannot reach Saif are constantly calling her. They want her to part with Saif’s private number. The actress knows she can hardly say that she doesn’t have Saif’s number. Yet at the same time she has been asked by Saif not to give his number away! What will she do?
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Deepika Padukone to shoot with Hema Malini
Deepika Padukone is super excited. She is set to shoot with Hema Malini who has floored Dips by complimenting her work and looks.
Hema we hear told Deepika that if there is a dream girl in today’s generation, then it is she. In fact, very interestingly in Deepika’s debut film, Om Shanti Om, Deepika is referred to as the ‘Dreamy Girl’ in the film, which was an ode to Hema Malini’s Dream Girl image. Deepika says, “It is an absolute honour to work with Hemaji. She is so lovely and graceful. She is one of the finest actresses of all times. I’m very excited to learn from her.”
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Hema we hear told Deepika that if there is a dream girl in today’s generation, then it is she. In fact, very interestingly in Deepika’s debut film, Om Shanti Om, Deepika is referred to as the ‘Dreamy Girl’ in the film, which was an ode to Hema Malini’s Dream Girl image. Deepika says, “It is an absolute honour to work with Hemaji. She is so lovely and graceful. She is one of the finest actresses of all times. I’m very excited to learn from her.”
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Raveena Tandon open to work with Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar’s ex-love Raveena Tandon has no grudges of working with him today.
In times when Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone can’t see eye-to-eye with their ex-flames, it is surprising to know that the ex-girlfriends of Akshay Kumar have no qualms working with him.
Some time back Shilpa Shetty had admitted that she had no problems of working with Akshay Kumar if she got a chance. And now Raveena Tandon who is all set to make a comeback in Bollywood is making similar claims. The actress is open to the idea of working with Akshay Kumar, of course on the excuse that if a ‘good script’ comes across.
However the question is will Akshay Kumar, who is a Bollywood superstar today, be willing to work with any of his past ladyloves, who are history today?
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In times when Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone can’t see eye-to-eye with their ex-flames, it is surprising to know that the ex-girlfriends of Akshay Kumar have no qualms working with him.
Some time back Shilpa Shetty had admitted that she had no problems of working with Akshay Kumar if she got a chance. And now Raveena Tandon who is all set to make a comeback in Bollywood is making similar claims. The actress is open to the idea of working with Akshay Kumar, of course on the excuse that if a ‘good script’ comes across.
However the question is will Akshay Kumar, who is a Bollywood superstar today, be willing to work with any of his past ladyloves, who are history today?
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Celina Jaitly’s on a romantic break!
The year 2010 was a busy one for actress Celina Jaitly. The actress was practically living out of a suitcase, traveling from one place to the next, juggling between movies, events and endorsements.
Finally, Celina is on a well deserved break and is enjoying every bit of it with her beau Peter Haag in Dubai. The sexy siren is on a month long break full of shopping sprees and spa treatments. What’s more, Celina is finally able to spend quality time with fiancé Peter and got to celebrate Valentine’s Day with him. Peter had surprised Celina with a very romantic evening in the highest restaurant of the Emirates towers, with a breath-taking view of the city, and gifted her a puppy. The actress will return to India in March and is all geared up for her Kannad film, Shreemathi’s last schedule.
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Finally, Celina is on a well deserved break and is enjoying every bit of it with her beau Peter Haag in Dubai. The sexy siren is on a month long break full of shopping sprees and spa treatments. What’s more, Celina is finally able to spend quality time with fiancé Peter and got to celebrate Valentine’s Day with him. Peter had surprised Celina with a very romantic evening in the highest restaurant of the Emirates towers, with a breath-taking view of the city, and gifted her a puppy. The actress will return to India in March and is all geared up for her Kannad film, Shreemathi’s last schedule.
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Grover replaces Mickey Rourke
Gulshan Grover, was recently in Los Angeles to shoot for one of the PETA campaigns. The whole crew including the models and the photographers worked free for the love of animals.
Grover shot two campaigns for PETA – one against wearing leather and the second one to control the number of dogs. Interestingly, Grover has replaced Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke in this campaign, as earlier, this campaign was done by Mickey Rourke. Says Grover, “Don’t kill someone for looks, instead kill them by your looks. If you wear leather, an animal has to be killed for that, but if you wear pleather, it looks the same and nobody has to be killed. We are all wearing pleather in the shoot.” Grover told us that PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk thanked all of them personally for their contribution to animals.
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Grover shot two campaigns for PETA – one against wearing leather and the second one to control the number of dogs. Interestingly, Grover has replaced Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke in this campaign, as earlier, this campaign was done by Mickey Rourke. Says Grover, “Don’t kill someone for looks, instead kill them by your looks. If you wear leather, an animal has to be killed for that, but if you wear pleather, it looks the same and nobody has to be killed. We are all wearing pleather in the shoot.” Grover told us that PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk thanked all of them personally for their contribution to animals.
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Arjun Rampal goes global
Arjun Rampal will now have a perfume of his own name. The Bollywood hunk also plans to go global with it.
He joins the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty who also have a fragrance named after them. We hear that Arjun’s wife Mehr Jessia is heading the operations of this move and she is working overtime along with her husband to layout a business plan. After all behind every successful man, there is a woman.
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He joins the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty who also have a fragrance named after them. We hear that Arjun’s wife Mehr Jessia is heading the operations of this move and she is working overtime along with her husband to layout a business plan. After all behind every successful man, there is a woman.
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7 Khoon Maaf dies a slow death
While it has recovered its investment cost, Priyanka Chopra’s ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ fails to meet expectations and seems to be dying a slow death at the box-office.
Expectations from Vishal Bharadwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf were humungous after the dark and offbeat Kaminey that he delivered last time. And perhaps that backfired for the film. Despite Priyanka Chopra’s powerful performance, Vivaan Shah’s decent debut, an interesting concept and good music working in its favour; the slow pacing, long length, multiple marital episodes and an ambiguous ending went against the film.
7 Khoon Maaf had a slow opening at the box-office and failed to pick up over the weekend. Of course the start of cricket World Cup can be attributed to the slump in business but that is not the only reason. The mixed reviews have also worked against the film.
Made on a budget of Rs 22 crore (15 cr production cost + 7 cr publicity), the first weekend collection came to Rs 15 cr (13 cr India + 2 cr overseas). However for a solo A-grade release with such a widespread release, better business was expected at the box-office. The film has recovered its investment through non-theatrical avenues (Rs 11 crore satellite and music rights + Rs 2 crore home video and other sources), but is certainly rejected in terms of theatrical revenues.
With the Cricket World Cup having started in full swing, big Bollywood movies will take a backseat in the next couple of months. Interestingly this also becomes an ideal period for smaller films to schedule their release since they do not have opposition in the form of big Bollywood releases.
The coming week sees the release of Tanu Weds Manu starring Kangana Ranaut and Madhavan. The other release is a children’s film called Satrangee Parachute. So Tanu Weds Manu doesn’t have big competition and should be able to sail through on the basis of its merits.
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Expectations from Vishal Bharadwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf were humungous after the dark and offbeat Kaminey that he delivered last time. And perhaps that backfired for the film. Despite Priyanka Chopra’s powerful performance, Vivaan Shah’s decent debut, an interesting concept and good music working in its favour; the slow pacing, long length, multiple marital episodes and an ambiguous ending went against the film.
7 Khoon Maaf had a slow opening at the box-office and failed to pick up over the weekend. Of course the start of cricket World Cup can be attributed to the slump in business but that is not the only reason. The mixed reviews have also worked against the film.
Made on a budget of Rs 22 crore (15 cr production cost + 7 cr publicity), the first weekend collection came to Rs 15 cr (13 cr India + 2 cr overseas). However for a solo A-grade release with such a widespread release, better business was expected at the box-office. The film has recovered its investment through non-theatrical avenues (Rs 11 crore satellite and music rights + Rs 2 crore home video and other sources), but is certainly rejected in terms of theatrical revenues.
With the Cricket World Cup having started in full swing, big Bollywood movies will take a backseat in the next couple of months. Interestingly this also becomes an ideal period for smaller films to schedule their release since they do not have opposition in the form of big Bollywood releases.
The coming week sees the release of Tanu Weds Manu starring Kangana Ranaut and Madhavan. The other release is a children’s film called Satrangee Parachute. So Tanu Weds Manu doesn’t have big competition and should be able to sail through on the basis of its merits.
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