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Anil Kapoor: Slumdog salesman
Anil Kapoor recently launched the DVD of Slumdog Millionaire, giving the press an earful of his woes on piracy. The actor insisted that those who resorted to buying pirated CDs of the latest movies were doomed to insignificance, while praising the film that narrates the ‘rags to raja’ story of a poverty-stricken slum child.
HE said, “I am glad to have got an opportunity to work with Danny Boyle and be a part of Slumdog Millionaire. And the people of India have made us feel proud to have done a good job.”
Telling us why the public ought to buy the DVD, even if they watched an illegal print, he says, “I know that many have watched the movie even before it was released in India through pirated CDs but believe me, those prints don’t have the whole film. There are many scenes on the original DVD that aren’t there on the pirated CDs and DVDs. And the quality on the original is very good; like when you watch it on the big screen. In fact, it is even better!”
He condemns those who buy pirated prints to mediocrity, angrily stating, “The people who watch films on pirated CDs, their minds remain on that low level only. They never make it big in life. It’s a crime but the sad part of piracy is that we have still not come to a solution to stop it. And maybe the people working on the piracy laws are not doing anything because their kids at are watching illegal prints to save money.”
Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars, 2 of which belonged to A R Rahman, putting the Indian composer on a global platform. But the awards ceremony, which the stars of the film, including Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan and Anil attended, has not been included in the special features of the DVD. To this, Anil says, “I guess those rights belong to the Academy Awards. It was not given to us and that is why we could not release it on DVD.”
Ask Anil how his life has changed post SM, he says, “Except for me, I guess everyone has become a millionaire- Fox Searchlight, the distributors, etc. But me, I’m on the same level as I am staying in Mumbai only.”
The actor has however, received an offer to star in the US TV action drama series 24. He confirms that he is doing the show but refuses to talk about it.
So will Bollywood take a backseat once he starts doing Hollywood shows? He says, “No, because I always concentrate on material. I never look at where the project is from or whom it is by. It may be from anywhere in the world and if it is good, then I will do it. But Bollywood has always been my first preference.”
Anil was also rumoured to have been offered a few reality TV shows after his role of a host in SM. He says, “I don’t mind doing even road plays as long as it excites me. I have been offered reality shows and chat shows but I’ve never been excited about it. So, as of now, I’m not doing any Indian TV show.”
Slumdog Millionaire’s Oscar-winning hit song Jai Ho is now being used by various political parties. But Anil has no plans to lend his face to politics. He says, “I am only supporting the Slumdog party. And actually, not a single party is offering me a chance for the elections.”
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SRK will pick heroine at IPL
If you are South African with an undeniable star quality, then Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty are looking for you. The Miss Bollywood SA competition has been launched to find a new South African starlet for Bollywood.
THE winner of the contest will get 50,000 Rands in cash, a business class trip to India and even a Bollywood movie role, among other prizes. This announcement was made by IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi and the Bollywood band of stakeholders comprising SRK, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty.
Shah Rukh said, “Star searches like this are a really great way to find people who may never even have thought that they have what it takes to really make it big. The heart of our idea is to search the crowd at IPL matches for someone who has the attitude and appearance that automatically draws the eye. It will be the kind of person who is not necessarily showing off for the camera, but who can mesmerize even total strangers.”
The IPL matches are being played in Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria. A total of 50 winners will be chosen from the crowds at each of the eight venues. Winners will be shown on the big screen at every match during the second five-minute break.
There will be one finalist per match, identified with the help of TV producers who will have cameras scanning the crowds. One finalist from each venue will be chosen, leaving eight winners to be hosted and feted at The Wanderers in Johannesburg at the final of the IPL 2009 tournament on 24 May. The ultimate winner will be announced during the final. Even IPL fans worldwide can choose the winner by voting for her on the official IPL website.
This is not the first time Shah Rukh is looking for pretty girls. He launched a reality show called Knights and Angels through which six cheerleaders were chosen for his Kolkata Knight Riders team. Sanna, Sanyukta, Ritika, Rupali, Ananya and Sunanda were chosen from 24 participants and are now in South Africa.
The five-week Twenty20 extravaganza kicks off on Saturday, April 18.
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Bollywood celebrities look alikes
I know you guys must haveseen a lot of "Look Alike" pics but yeah I have managed to get few new ones :D
If you think some of them dont look similar maybe that's because I'm just referring to that one particular pic, dont mind!
If you think some of them dont look similar maybe that's because I'm just referring to that one particular pic, dont mind!
hrishita bhatt - alyssa milano
some guy - abhishek bachchan
camille belle - katrina kaif
sonali bendre - sonam kapoor
harman baweja - hrithik roshan
haifa wehbe - rakhi sawant
parveen babi - deepshikha
some model - bipasha basu
gunjan bakshi - priyanka chopra
aishwarya rai - sneha ullal
ishita arun - trisha krishna
divya bharti - sridevi
anushka sharma - nazia hassan
preity zinta - drew barrymore
neha - shriya saran
uday chopra - no idea!
negar khan - paris hilton
deepika padukone - some indian tv serial actress
sonu sood - amitabh bachan
swetha menon - asin
roger federer - arbaaz khan
i forgot his name! - kunal khemu
urvashi sharma- her sister?
Do you agree with me?
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No More Bikini Avatar! - Kareena Kapoor
Its better late than never!
Kareena Kapoor took all the young males by storm with her lime-green bikini act in Tashan, now bids adieu to bikini scenes.
Nicknamed Bebo, Kareena who sports a black swimsuit in forthcoming Kambhakt Ishq, decides to firmly dress in dignified.
Grapevine says that she has vowed her mom Babita that she would not do any more bikini scenes. Also, she is engaged with Saif Ali Khan, and would soon tagged Khan Bahu.
On her swimsuit scenes in Kambhakt Ishq, Kareena denies it and says, “Maine bikini kahaan pehna hai? In logon ne chalu kar diya ‘bikinibikini’. I will never wear a bikini.”
No wonder the actress has garbed a yellow sari instead of western outfits at many events.
“Enough of those gowns. Why can’t we actresses dress Indian?” says Kareena.
Do you think Kareena took this decision in her family’s interest?
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Saif Kareena On A Secret Holiday?
Kareena Kapoor is having the time of her life. She is during the best time of her professional life and her personal life couldn’t have been better than this. Guess what… her doting boyfriend Saifoo is planning to take the lady on a secret romantic holiday.
Well the destination is not only a secret for the media but also Kareena. A source reported,
“Bebo divulges that Saif recently told her that they would be taking off on a short break, but refused to tell her where they were going for fear that she won’t be able to keep it a secret. Now, the fashionista’s dilemma is that she has no idea what clothes to pack since she doesn’t know anything about the climatic conditions! But the resourceful star has a solution – get Saif to buy her a brand new wardrobe wherever they are.”
Kareena is one lucky girl I say… Its always a blessing to have a filthy rich beau!!!
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Abhi-Ash To Celebrate 2nd Wedding
This April 20th it will be two years from the time Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai said ‘I do’ to each other. Just as we expect the couple will take some time off their busy schedules and celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary with their family. We hear that the couple has just no time for celebration.
Abhishek and Aishwarya are working in Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming bilingual Ravana, which is a modern day adaptation of the epic Ramayan.
Sad! Wish they could makeup for that by having a quiet romantic dinner togetherA source reported, “The couple had planned a quiet day with a small get-together with parents Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan . But little did they know that their Mani Sir (read Mani Ratnam ) had other plans chalked out for the day.
Ratnam, reportedly, was in no mood to slacken the ongoing shooting schedule of his Ravana in the south and had planned a shoot for April 20 for both Ash and Abhi. As the schedule can’t be delayed, the husband-wife duo cordially agreed to work on their second wedding anniversary.
So there’s going to be no celebration, no family get-together for Ash and Abhi as they mark two years of their life has husband and wife. However, the big consolation is that they would be together on the special day.”
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A Wednesday To Have a Prequel!
Neeraj Pandey’s superhit and critically acclaimed film A Wednesday is now all set to have a prequel.
A source reported, ” Neeraj is now planning to make a prequel to the film. It’s an idea many would consider interesting particularly because prequels aren’t a popular phenomenon in the Hindi film industry.
Another source said, “Usually, one would’ve thought that Neeraj would plan to take ahead the story of A Wednesday as it had ended on an open note. Instead, Neeraj wants to take the audience back to the origins of the characters we came across in A Wednesday. That to him is far more exciting than making a sequel.”
“Incidentally, the script for the prequel is nearly ready. The only reason why an official announcement of the prequel has been put on hold is the legal wrangle A Wednesday is in after UTV, the producers of the original film, sold the Tamil rights to Kamal Haasan without the director’s (Neeraj) consent. The extent of UTV’s copyright jurisdiction over the rights and material of A Wednesday is now being determined,” the source added.
Neeraj didn’t deny planning a prequel, “Until things are completely sorted out with UTV, I’m in no position to speak on record.”
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Katrina Spills the Beans!
Katrina said, “Salman is unpredictable, while Shahrukh is intelligent and Akshay is a blast.” She adjoins, “Salman always does hins that he feels right and only he knows why he feels that particular thing is right… you can’t track his mood. As for me, I really don’t get into those things nor spend too much time trying to understand him because the entire process is too lengthy and complicated.”
The sexy starlet, who always remained tight-lipped about her personal life, for the first time spills the beans on the much talked about love-relation with bad boy Salman.
Huh! Seems like there’s another Bollywood split on the anvil
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Asin Responds To The Rumours Of Affairs With Salman Khan
The latest big rumour churned out from the ever-busy rumour mills in Mumbai is that Asin, the beautiful import from South, is having a clandestine affair with her London Dreams co-star Salman Khan and tabloids have even alleged that she has the walls of her bedroom covered with the pin-ups of the 43-year-old ‘hunk’.
Asin found herself bombarded with questions about this alleged affair with Salman when she recently walked the ramp in Mumbai as the brand ambassador of a new clothing line from a leading supermarket chain.
When faced with one such question, Asin’s reply was straight and terse: “We are together in a movie. Nothing more than that, nothing less than that.”
Asked if Salman’s presence had made it to her bedroom, the Ghajini girl responded: “No one has access to my room.”
Well, that lays the rumour to rest.
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Katrina Kaif Tattoo On Her Chest
Bollywood’s hottest babe Katrina Kaif has got her slim body to flaunt. Now she has embedded some more asset to her beautiful body. She has got two tattoos inked on her soft skin. One is on her chest and another is on her arm. However, the tattoos are erasable whats so valuable that she has not erased yet.
It is learnt that Katrina got inked for a photoshoot she did on Sunday. The gorgeous actress, who’s been sporting a fringe hairdo ever since she was declared the new face of Barbie dolls, did not remove the tattoos after the shoot and was seen flaunting them at the wrap-up party of director Rajkumar Santoshi’s film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.
The bash was held on Sunday night at producer Ramesh Taurani’s home in Khar.
All the important crewmembers came to the party and Katrina, particularly, was in a very jolly mood. She was cheery throughout the bash and was spotted sharing many laughs with co-star Ranbir Kapoor .
Now, shouldn’t that start another round of rumours? There already rumors about their affair and latest action will only work as fuel in fire.
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Has Preity found love again
And the alleged man is in a rocky marriage
Preity Zinta has reportedly split with her long time boyfriend Ness Wadia. Apparently, they now share only a professional relationship as partners of their IPL team, Kings X1 Punjab.
According to a Mumbai newspaper, it seems Preity has forgotten her past rather quickly and already has a new love life blooming. And, the man is New York-based businessman-hotelier Vikram Chatwal, who also seen in a brief role in the movie “Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd”.
Vikram’s marriage to former model Priya Sachdev is said to be on the rocks and they are on the verge of a split.
Vikram, who had dated some top international models before marriage in 2006, was recently quoted saying he longed to be single again.
The Preity-Vikram closeness was quite apparent during the Mai Mumbai charity fashion show organised by Vikram during the recent Lakme Fashion Week.
Preity came for the show without Ness and even cheered loudly when Vikram walked the ramp. They stayed together for the rest of the show.
Even at the post party held later that night the two were together for most of the time and were also seen enjoying each other's company.
We now await Preity’s word on this new relationship. After all, she has always been rather open about her personal life.
Preity Zinta has reportedly split with her long time boyfriend Ness Wadia. Apparently, they now share only a professional relationship as partners of their IPL team, Kings X1 Punjab.
According to a Mumbai newspaper, it seems Preity has forgotten her past rather quickly and already has a new love life blooming. And, the man is New York-based businessman-hotelier Vikram Chatwal, who also seen in a brief role in the movie “Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd”.
Vikram’s marriage to former model Priya Sachdev is said to be on the rocks and they are on the verge of a split.
Vikram, who had dated some top international models before marriage in 2006, was recently quoted saying he longed to be single again.
The Preity-Vikram closeness was quite apparent during the Mai Mumbai charity fashion show organised by Vikram during the recent Lakme Fashion Week.
Preity came for the show without Ness and even cheered loudly when Vikram walked the ramp. They stayed together for the rest of the show.
Even at the post party held later that night the two were together for most of the time and were also seen enjoying each other's company.
We now await Preity’s word on this new relationship. After all, she has always been rather open about her personal life.
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