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IIFA Awards? More Like Lafda Awards!

Leela — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:34:51 +0000

Bollywood’s been facing a lot of flak on its decision to arrange the IIFA awards in Sri Lanka this year. The human right issue apart, Bollywood does not even seem to be bothered about how the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) has reacted to it. Well, this is certainly cold, even by our standards.

Though the Southern film industry makes up for only a small part in Bollywood, there are eminent people like A.R Rehman, Rajanikanth, Shankar and many others who are upset with this clear apathy of Bollywood, and with good reasons too. Perhaps, Bollywood only gets involved with politics when there is some mileage to be made. Layers after layers of agendas perhaps. Who benefits from relocating the IIFA? Well not many.

The SIFCC has gone as far as to declare that those who perform at the IIFA will be boycotted by the Southern film industry. Ouch! That’s gotta hurt. So most likely, we will not find the has beens of Bollywood get a chance to dazzle the Southern audiences anymore. At least not for the next couple of years, till the resentment on this issue continues to brew. Among those to be boycotted names like Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Salman Khan and Hritik Roshan are the most prominent. Funnily enough, Vivek Oberai, who is in the midst of Tamil production, is all set for the IIFA awards. Way to nosedive a career that already never took off.

Well, we just hope that things are good once again between the two factions because in the end, it is we who will suffer the most.

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Tweeze a bit more, Imran!!!

Leela — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:14:30 +0000

Karan Johar’s managed to do what even Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan had failed to achieve – Yes he’s convinced Imran Khan to tweeze his overgrown eyebrows for Dharma productions’ forthcoming movie ‘I Hate Love Stories’.

So Imran Khan’s trademark eyebrows, which used to be bushier than a squirrel’s tail, have now been trimmed to more manageable proportions. Must say Imran’s looking more gentlemanly now as compared to his previous uncouth look.

Psst…. Wonder whether it was Karan Johar’s diktat or Imran’s recent super flops “Luck” and “Kidnap” that have prompted him to do away with the hairy beauties!!!

You decide….

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Boxer Vijender’s Love is Bipasha

Leela — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:06:03 +0000

After hitting it right in the Olympics, Vijender is going to make his debut in the film industry as a boxer – the character he plays in his real life…..perhaps this is one way Indian audience will remember his contribution seeing the condition of sports in India !!!

Though the producers have some other thing to say as they want to use the film to promote boxing, which has the potential of becoming the second-most popular sport in India….great observation it must be said…!!!

Vijender, who is very handsome by Bollywood standards and with literally no acting skill by the same standards will be featured against the hot and sizzling Bipasha after undergoing a crash course on acting for three months starting from October. The film starts shooting in 2011.

The film is produced by Percept Ltd and is looking for fresh director from the ad world after they found that the director of the only knock-out film Lagaan, Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker were not available. The perfectionist Aamir Khan would probably not venture with a player turned actor…..

Hope that the good connectivity of Vijender and the good looks, which the producers are counting on, will make the film a hit if not the script. Wish u luck Vijender …

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Bebo falls for Matt Damon

Leela — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:55:03 +0000

All the minds of sports lovers are waiting for the biggest sports event in the world, FIFA World Cup 2010 taking place in South Africa from June 11. The official music video of the event will feature our very own Kareena Kapoor, Bebo with Hollywood stud Matt Damon. Isn’t it quite a reason to be even more interested in the sport….!!!! We should be thankful to Bebo that she is representing India in FIFA as the Indian team reaching there is a dream…

Bebo with her very international look is all set to shoot for the video (thanks that she has come out of her size zero or otherwise it would have been difficult to spot her in the video…!!!!). Kareena has worked hard on her dates (which is probably the nakhras that actors do) and finally found out time to shoot after she completes shooting for Karan Johar’s version of “Stepmom”.

Other Hollywood personalities participating are Kevin Spacey and Jessica Alba. Salim Sulaiman will also present compositions on the opening and closing events. Seems that Bollywood is really going international!!!!

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Twitter Claims Sanju Baba Too

Leela — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:22:37 +0000

Ok, so Twitter claims one more from Bollywood. This time, its the hulking Sanjay Dutt. Now we’re really interested to see how this one goes. Considering that controversies center both politicians and film stars on Twitter, it will be only fun to see what happens when a film star turned politician joins the Twitterati.

Right now it seems that Dutt is desperately trying to promote his new movie ‘Lamhaa’. After the grand fiasco, that was his last movie ‘Blue’, he must sure be trying to get some action at the Box Office. What better way to steer yourself to some limelight than by stirring some steamy controversy on Twitter. That seems to be the latest mantra for everyone.

For those who want to follow him on twitter, hurry up or else he will be done giving free Jaadu ki Jhapphis!

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Salman Decides to Take a Chill Pill

Leela — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:50:16 +0000

Guess who needs a break from the regular Bollywood stuff? Its the bad boy of Bollywood, Sallu Miyan! It seems that brother Arbaaz’s foray into movie making is taking a toll on Salman. Or maybe its just that he needs to spend some time with himself, figure where his life is heading.

Well, he really has been working a lot. Of course, Arbaaz’s ‘Dabang’ is making life tough for Sallu, with all its stunts. Then, he also has to go to Dubai to launch a fashion label and then it will nearly be time for IIFA. He’s thinking of spending some time in his favourite destination – London. Maybe the break is just what he needs to cool off his head and come back to IIFA with a clear mind. We don’t want Sallu Miyan to lose his cool when he sees Aishwarya with hubby Abhishek at IIFA now, do we?

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Sallu, Katrina, Ranbir… Another Bizzare Love Triangle?

Leela — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:14:10 +0000

We just hear that there is a love making scene between Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor in Rajneeti, and that it needed to be toned down in order for the movie to get a UA rating. Now we are alright with the love making and all, and perhaps a little excited about it too, but does Sallu know about it? If he knows it, does he approve? To me it doesn’t seem like it. Sallu has already once made his displeasure about some of Katrina’s co-stars known. We wonder what he has to say about Ranbir. Well Katrina has been doing an awfully lot of movies with him.

Of course, like everybody else, Prakash Jha also says that the love scene was an absolute essential. We however, are smarter than that. Nothing fills in the seats in a movie theater, than a steamy scene. In this case Prakash, we hope you do not cross paths with Sallu soon.

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Desi Girl? Nah..Desi Bore’s More Like it.

Leela — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:23:50 +0000

What do you get when you cross a done-to-death reality show concept with a bunch of seedy losers like Kashmera Shahand Monica BediThe answer is more than obvious…it’s a superdud show called Desi Girl

The show on NDTV Imagine has eight celebrities living in a real village who will be judged on how well they perform rural tasks such as milking cows and cooking desi meals on a choolah. Huh! Since when did flop actresses like Rucha Gujrati and Aushima Sawhney (who she?) become celebrities??? And who wants to see these sleazy have-beens bitching and bickering away behind each others’ backs?
Yawn! If you ask me, the show is all over again….in a rustic backdrop. Would just love to sue the makers of the show for inflicting this trashy stuff on gullible viewers…..What about you??

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LOL! Why Insanely Jealous Deepika Is Cool With Ranbir And Sexy Katrina As Co-Stars

Leela — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:40:41 +0000

For Ranbir Kapoor, his career has never looked better. After delivering a stupendous performance in Wake Up Sid which had fans and critics fawning over Bollywood’s new blue-eyed-boy, the young Kapoor lad has surely etched his way into the hallowed Bollywood A-lister Hall of Fame.

So, as a supposed Ranbir well-wisher, Wake Up Sid should undoubtedly be girlfriend Deepika Padukone’s flick-of-choice, right?

Wrong!

Lately, it seems like the only thing that’s constantly on Deepika’s mind is her boyfriend being snatched away and lapped up by any of the numerous nubile lasses, flitting about in Bollywood-land (read: Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor et al)

So, going back to where we began, her insecurity also makes Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani very special for Madame Padukone. Wonder why?

Ranbir spent the better part of an entire day of shooting reeking of pesticide: That’s right… the young lad was so caught up in his conversation with the film’s crew, he inadvertently sprayed his underarms with generous doses of insect repellent, mistaking the can for his favorite deodorant. Needless to say, his co-stars weren’t very impressed with the torturous hours they had to spend with a foul-smelling Ranbir, which also translate into a few hours of no-boyfriend-stealing ploys for a suspicious Deepika.
Ranbir spent days dressed like a stone statue: I know the director of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has taken a few creative allowances with the vocal and emoting abilities of stone, but if there’s one thing Ranbir can’t do in his stiff, stone-man avatar… it has to be chasing a natty-looking Katrina Kaif through trees, or engage in romantic coffee-soaked conversations with her.
Ranbir nearly broke Katrina’s nose: This one has to be a biggie for the insanely jealous and insecure Deepika. Unfortunately for her, the nose-shattering accident was only part of a shoot, and not Ranbir’s attempts to shake Kat off his trail. But, I’m willing to bet that Deepika isn’t spending too many sleepless nights over why Kat’s nose was bruised… as long as Ranbir was the one swinging the shattering blow, a smug Deepika can rest assured that Kat won’t be too close for comfort with Ranbir in the immediate future!

Deepika, now that Ranbir has finally taken the big, bold leap of making your little romantic tryst public, you can perhaps take it a little easy and not keep hounding young Kapoor to make sure he’s yours for keeps? Haven’t you heard that hackneyed, but very true, saying about loving a person and letting him go?

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Flute Maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia shows fake celebs what genuine class and success are all about!

Leela — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:50:18 +0000

While our Bollywood copy-cat filmmakers are busy scrambling over themselves, trying to ape Bono and other rock demi-gods with high hopes of gaining Western mainstream acceptance, acclaimed flutist Pundit Hariprasad Chaurasia quietly beat them at their own game, showing all our starry-eyed wannabes just how things are done.

Even as Mr. Ego-maniac Khan flaunts his barely-deserved honorary PhD, the 71-year old flutist who is a regular feature at haute Parisian music fests, was knighted by the French Government – an honor hitherto reserved for modern-day living legends like magician and illusionist David Copperfield and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling.

What’s more, Punditji is also being honored with a special two-day long celebration in Paris… this, at a time when classical Indian music is so passé with our teeny-bopper brat-pack who causally flaunt faux accents and wax eloquent about their phoreign getaways.

So, in an era of shameless Hollywood posturing, the news of Pundit Chaurasia’s mega-success comes as a much-needed breath of fresh air… especially for all those of us who seem to have forgotten the very foundation of super-stardom and international acclaim. And no, it isn’t about your latest designer threads, or how well you can ape Rihanna under your bathroom shower – it has to do with three little things called ‘hard work’, ‘perseverance’ and ‘sheer genius’.