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Ajay Devgan Gives Bipasha Basu a New Blackberry
So it seems sultry actress Bipasha Basu has got herself a brand new swanky Blackberry! Her producer and co-star Ajay Devgan gave the phone to Bipasha this week as a wrap-up gift for his film's leading lady.
"I love it! I'm going crazy with it. Though I have no numbers on it and am trying to figure it out, I just can't get enough of it," said Bips. The comedy film, 'All the Best' wrapped in Goa this week.
It seems Ajay decided to give Bipasha the phone out of the blue on the last day of shooting after working around the clock, even late nights and early mornings. It seems Bipasha was so busy with the shoot that she barely even talked to boyfriend John Abraham who was in crutches in Mumbai promoting, 'New York.'
Plus we hear that Bipasha agreed to do another role in the film besides just the leading lady's role and didn't even charge Ajay an extra fee. No wonder he bought her a gift! Well, let's not forget that Ajay is also known to be quite a generous producer and had heard Bipasha wanted a Blackberry.
"Ajay knew I wanted it. In fact it was he who got me interested in. It is actually a gift in appreciations for working long hours and changing at lightning speed between shots when we had loads of work to finish. Ajay is a fabulous producer and co-star."
The shoot for 'All the Best' is not over however. Bipasha is going to take off for Hyderbad soon to shoot all the songs for the film. So we want to know what you think about Ajay's gesture towards Bipasha. Drop us a comment with your thoughts!
Bipasha Basu loves experimenting
Bipasha Basu believes in trying new things in life, even if it means making few mistakes in the process.
"I am a kind of a person who likes to try out new things. If you don't make mistakes, you'll never have fun," said the actor who was last seen in the movie Aa Dekhen Zara opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh.
The Bengali beauty who was in the city to promote Reebok's new workout range said that she follows the same principle when it comes to her fitness regime.
"This workout is fun and I love experimenting. This gives the sensation of flying, while it tones and strengthens my body. It's a must try," said the actor.
Bipasha's Black Gift
Bipasha Basu apparently lost her mobile while shooting for a film with Ajay Devgan. Ajay Devgan was so deeply bothered by Bipasha’s agony that he bought her a new Blackberry on the last day of the shoot. Indeed a noble gesture.
But Mr Devgan we have seen people gift bigger things in the film industry, what is this, just a mobile phone for all the hard work? Common, be a sport! Bipasha deserves much, much more than a phone for all the hard work she might have put into the film, after all it’s your home production that she is working on. At the end of the day all the profits are anyway yours!!
John, Katrina voted most eligible single celebrities
Bollywood actors John Abraham and Katrina Kaif have been voted as the most eligible single celebrities in an online poll.
The poll conducted by matrimonial Website shaadi.com saw responses from over 18,000 netizens, a statement from the company said on Friday.
Nearly 48 per cent of males voted for Katrina as the most eligible single female and 43 per cent females named John as their favoured eligible bachelor.
While the Dostana actor polled more votes than Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rahul Gandhi, M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, Katrina scored over divas like Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor.
“It's nice to see the way our members' preferences for an ideal partner have changed drastically. Its not just about looks and fashion trends but about power and higher social standing that makes a person more attractive and appealing,” Gourav Rakshit, business head of shaadi.com, said.
Kambakkht Ishq vulgar, offensive
Director: Sabbir Khan
How much you enjoy Kambakkht Ishq is directly proportionate to just how low your standards have fallen. This battle-of-the-sexes saga starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor is a loud, vulgar and seriously offensive film that has reportedly been made at a price of Rs 60 crore. In that much money, you could feed an entire starving nation. And you'd be blessed for it.
I'm not saying the makers of Kambakkht Ishq have no business spending so much money. I'm just saying, if you must spend Rs 60 crore, the least you can do is give us a good film.
Akshay Kumar plays Viraj Shergill, a Hollywood stuntman who beds a new broad every day but loves his bachelor lifestyle too much to settle for anything permanent. He meets his match in Kareena Kapoor who plays Simrita Rai, a medical student-cum-part-time model who hates the very sight of men, convinced they're only interested in women for sex. The two of them clash when their respective best friends decide to tie the knot, but things take an unexpected turn when - believe it or not - Simrita accidently loses her musical watch inside Viraj's body while performing a surgery on him. Mortified that she could be sued for her negligence, she must find a way to get him back on the operation table so she can retrieve the watch. He, on the other hand, can't seem to figure out why his ears keep ringing with a musical chant every hour.
Watching Kambakkht Ishq, you know you can't apply logic to a film like this. There are dozens of questions that have no answers - Who allowed her to keep her watch on while performing surgery? What kind of battery does this watch run on for it to break into music every hour inside a man's stomach? What kind of stuntman can afford a luxurious condo overlooking the sea? Where in the world can you expect to find Sylvester Stallone lurking in alleys waiting to come to the rescue of hapless girls?
I could go on till tomorrow.
The problem with this film isn't that it's ridden with logical loopholes. Those you're even willing to turn a blind eye to, in keeping with the film's screwball nature. What is inexcusable is the consistently crude tone of the film. So while a scene in which a big black female customs officer practically rips through Akshay's backside to search for drugs might still make you laugh, what isn't very funny is a scene in which Akshay farts in Amrita Arora's face for no reason at all. That's just sick.
I also don't see the humor in Akshay and Kareena referring to each other as "dog" and "bitch" repeatedly, and believe me, those are some of the milder profanities they use in the film. Besides, there are innumerable references to sex, virginity and homosexuality, and to be honest many of them just aren't funny. Like the scene in which Akshay tries to set Kareena up with a girl because she's made her dislike for men quite apparent. When Kareena responds that she's not interested in sleeping with either a man or a woman, Akshay is ecstatic at the mystery he believes he's just solved - "Virgin! You're a virgin," he taunts her.
What's so funny, you ask.
I want to add here that slapping a woman is just wrong, and using that as comedy is plain offensive. In more scenes than one, Akshay Kumar physically abuses female characters - including one in which he slaps Amrita Arora across her face four times. I don't care that Amrita Arora probably deserves some kind of punishment for her lousy acting, but I'm sorry Akshay, real men don't raise their hands on women. Even as a joke.
Masand's Movie Review
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Deepika Padukone is the timeless beauty on Vogue
Her beauty looks timeless on the Vogue cover, July edition. That’s why Deepika Padukone ’s cosmopolitan yet Indian looks make her the most sought-after belle for the covers of celebrated fashion magazines.
And here she is again in a different avatar. Deepika has worn Dolce Gabbana spring 2009 collection gown with white flower embellishments all over it, making the costume this “seasons’s most romantic dress”. Deepika’s 1940s classic hair-do and make-up will not make us forget that vintage is in vogue. She carries this retro look with elegance and panache.
But another similar Dolce Gabbana dress was last seen on Diana Penty, the brand ambassador of Maybelline, on L’Officiel March 2009 edition cover, making the Vogue one common. This is not the first instance of such similarity. It seems magazines are really running short of outfits.
Rakhi eats vegetarian food on her first date with Manmohan Tiwari
Our beautiful bride to be is all set to begin a new chapter in her life. On Rakhi Ka Swayamvar the 25 year old lad Manmohan Tiwari from Rishikesh wooed Rakhi and won a dinner date with the gorgeous beauty by composing and reciting a poem for her in “Shudh Hindi’ that touched her heart. Rakhi gifted Manmohan a black tuxedo and a bouquet of Red roses. Rakhi was at her best wearing a yellow evening gown all set for her first date. Our desi Sherlock Holmes tells us that Rakhi who loves eating non vegetarian food, ordered for vegetarian khana when she went on a date with Manmohan – a pure vegetarian from Rishikesh.. The two spent some quality time together and Rakhi also discussed her future plans and asked Manmohan about his reason to participate in the Swayamvar… The duo enjoyed a romantic candle light dinner together near the pool side amidst the beautiful settings of Fatehgarh. Now we will have to just wait and watch if Rakhi changes her self or makes the prospective grooms change according to her demand??? For more updates and gup-shup on the Swayamvar, tune in to Rakhi Ka Swayamvar every Monday to Friday at 9:00 pm only on NDTV Imagine. -Sampurn Media
I have all the qualities of an ideal wife, says Rakhi Sawant
Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant has said that she would be love to be an ideal wife. Talking to the media in Mumbai, the outspoken actress said “I have all the qualities of an ideal wife.”
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, which premiered on NDTV Imagine Monday, has 16 men wooing Rakhi at Udaipur’s Fateh Garh Palace.
Talking about her dream, Rakhi says, “The Swayamvar will show the world the real me. Like any other girl even I have dreamt of a family, a loving husband and a caring mother-in-law.”
High TRP: With ratings of 3.5 per cent in cable and satellite homes of the Hindi speaking market, Rakhi Ka Swayamvar is possibly the highest rated show in the recent history of NDTV Imagine
“In the last 4-5 days, there was a huge wave of interest,” he said. “We were confident, so we had put it on prime time,” says Nikhil Madhok, vice-president, marketing at NDTV Imagine.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Salman-Katrina caught dating
Love birds Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were spotted at a Bandra, Mumbai cafe on Sunday, June 28th evening.
Our source who was incidentally present at the Salt Water Café, the newly opened café ahead of Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, revealed, “Salman and Katrina arrived together at around 6pm. Both were looking extremely happy and it appeared as if they had arrived to celebrate the success of Katrina’s new release New York. She was smiling nonstop while talking to him. The people around them were left completely star struck and no one dared to disturb the lovers.”
The source further added, “When any one around would stare for long at Katrina, Salman would stare back at him/her. Generally the two used to be often seen at the coffee shops near Salman’s Bandra Bandstand house such as Café Coffee Day or Barista but may be they came here because being a Sunday those places would have been extremely crowded.”
Salman refuses to watch Katrina's film
Rumours of tensions between Salman Khan and girlfriend Katrina Kaif are just not dying down.
Recent reports claim that Salman Khan has refused to watch Katrina's latest film New York.
There are a variety of assumptions regarding why Salman has taken such a decision. First, some say that Salman can't stand to see Katrina being intimate with another man, even if it is just for a movie, and New York has a kiss and some intimate scene between Katrina and John Abraham.
Speaking of John Abraham, the other possible reason why Salman has refused to watch New York is perhaps John Abraham. The two Bollywood hunks have had a long history of rivalry and it is possible that Salman doesn't want to watch a film with his arch-enemy in it.
What makes this decision more hurtful for Katrina is that while Salman was ominously missing from the celebrations, John's girlfriend Bipasha Basu reportedly took time off from her shooting in Goa to be with John for the premiere of this film.
Special demands for ad shoot by Katrina Kaif
The Bollywood damsel Katrina Kaif who did not have airs but wasn’t even kind to those who interacted with her has started changing colors after having several hits in her basket.
According to the Bollywood buzz, she has apparently started using her star power. After having signed up a luxury designer brand and receiving a whooping amount too, she now has special demands for the ad shoot.
She wants to work with her own stylist, make-up artist and insists that they should accompany her to Paris where she would shoot in a particular hotel and will stay there as well.
The brand mangers are surely having a tough time.
We hope its not Salman’s brain working from behind as Katrina can certainly not afford to follow him.
Kat doesn't need short skirts
Guess one can’t take chances with stalkers these days. The Bollywood sweetheart who is currently on a roll — yeah, she has just notched up another successful film — is jubilant.
Dressed in a pair of slim-fitting jeans and a pink tee-shirt, her pretty face devoid of pancake, she smiles, “At least they can’t say my latest film is doing well because Katrina Kaif wore a short skirt. I don’t need to show leg to win notices.’’
The actress doesn’t take kindly to being called Bollywood’s lucky mascot either.
“Saying I’m just lucky kind of annihilates all the hard work that I have put into my films,’’ she says. “It also derides the capability of my directors. A script makes a film work, a lot of hard work goes into getting the right script, and to just attribute a film’s success to my good-luck is not right.’’
Of course, she’d rather be called a lucky mascot than a jinx, but she says in her four years in Bollywood, she has strived to make things work. Today, she is in a cushy place. Even Kareena Kapoor, Bollywood’s No. 1 actress, concedes that Katrina is hot property, but Katz is definitely not resting on her laurels. “I’m not ruthlessly ambitious. But, there is greed in me to want to do better work. In that sense, I’m exactly like Akshay Kumar. I deeply admire that quality in him. He has done over a 100 films, yet Akshay still has the same hunger in him to strive to do better.’’
Deepika treats everyone like family
That was Deepika Padukone’s sentiment on the last day of shooting for Love Aaj Kal.
And guess what, the actress had gotten so attached to the junior crew members that she took them — including the assistant directors, production assistants and costume team — for an impromptu dinner. Around 15 of them went out to a hep Delhi restaurant, famed for its Italian fare, where the terrace had been reserved exclusively for them.
“It was a very informal thing. All of us are of the similar age group and we got along splendidly while shooting,” says Deepika. And they sure had a blast. Deepika recalls saying, “We had been together for so long during the shooting that we had become like a family. And the dinner was absolute fun. We spent the evening remembering the time we spent together, laughing at internal jokes and spilling secrets.” Hmmm, mind letting us in on some of the secrets Deepika? We are sure they will be most interesting.
I’m exactly like Akshay Kumar, says Katrina Kaif
Basking in the glory of her latest hit ‘New York’, Katrina Kaif is a happy girl these days. In a recent interview with a news daily, Katrina spoke about her Bollywood innings and her upcoming projects.
Talking about her newfound Bollywood success, Katrina says, “Saying I’m just lucky kind of annihilates all the hard work that I have put into my films. It also derides the capability of my directors. A script makes a film work, a lot of hard work goes into getting the right script, and to just attribute a film’s success to my good-luck is not right.’’
Touted as the current hot property of Bollywood, Katrina does not let success get to her head as, “I’m not ruthlessly ambitious. But, there is greed in me to want to do better work. In that sense, I’m exactly like Akshay Kumar. I deeply admire that quality in him. He has done over a 100 films, yet Akshay still has the same hunger in him to strive to do better.’’
With three films in her kitty, ‘De Dana Dan’, ‘Rajniti’ and ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’, Katrina has every reason to cheer. When enquired on the stiff B-town competition, Katrina says, “Each successful film motivates me to work harder. For example, in Prakash Jha’s ‘Rajniti’ I’m the sole girl with power-house performers like Naseeruddin Shah, Ajay Devgan, Manoj Bajpai and Nana Patekar. Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor, my two other co-stars, are also very good actors and my immediate aim is to raise the bar as far as my performance goes.’’
Salman, Katrina spotted together
For those of you who thought that the Salman Khan - Katrina Kaif relationship is over, think again!
The two love birds were recently spotted spending a cozy evening together at a cafe in Mumbai.
According to reliable sources, Salman and Katrina arrived at the cafe in Mumbai around 6 pm and looked very happy together. Katrina was talking to Salman and was smiling continously. Apparently, the two were celebrating the success of Katrina's new release New York.
People around them were completely surprised at seeing the two together and coudn't stop staring at them. But not even a single fan could gather the courage to go up to them and ask for their autographs.
Love Aaj Kal
Saif and Deepika are looking fabulous together in their upcoming movie Love Aaj Kal. And the film is said to have a fresh take on relationships that will appeal to everyone. Deepika Padukone shares her experiences with ZoOm…take a look!
'Kambakkt Ishq' is a box office hit before release!
Sajid Nadiadwala who believes that an out-and-out entertainer made with conviction will always generate euphoria amongst viewers, had the booking office windows thrown open on Sunday itself.
And the result is Serpentine queues at multiplexes. All the shows for the entire weekend were sold out at the major multiplexes. ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ opens on 2,030 screens worldwide this Friday, July 3. According to the Trade pundits’ calculation the film has the potential to gross more than Rs 100 crores worldwide in its very first week.
And that’s a Kambakkht hit!
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