GRAND OPENING FOR DELHI BELLY

Aamir Khan Productions and UTV's co production DELHI BELLY, which released last Friday, has become a huge success.

The sixth venture of Aamir Khan Productions is a mass grosser in India. It opened with 7.15 crore on Friday, 1st July. Saturday collections went up to 8.50 crore and increased to 10.75 crore on Sunday, giving a sum total of 26.4 crore business only over the weekend. With films opening to merely 10% to 40% maximum in the recent past, this seems like a new wave that has hit the Indian cinema.

The overall cost of the film is 24 crore which includes production, print and publicity as well. So, recovering is already done and the business in the coming days will also be something to watch out for given the terrific start of the film and also the revenue it is expected to generate from non-theatrical avenues. It opened across 1200 screens with major occupancy in multiplexes across the country.

DHOBI GHAT STAR "MONICA DOGRA" IN A BRAND NEW AD

Sitting with a hen inside a rustic cage, DHOBI GHAT star Monica Dogra appears in a brand-new ad for PETA India and urges fans to 'try to relate to who is on their plate, go vegetarian'. The actor and singer, who went vegetarian after learning what animals killed for meat endure, is now encouraging everyone to switch to a healthy and humane vegetarian diet.

Dogra also sat down for an exclusive video interview with PETA. 'I was raised eating meat', she explains. 'Around 12 years old, I remember reading ... about factory farming and the way that - particularly chickens at that time - were being treated ... and I remember feeling really harrowed and sad.' After she stopped eating animals, Dogra says that her 'health improved' and her 'weight stabilized'.

In addition to starring in Aamir Khan's DHOBI GHAT, Dogra is part of the hot music duo Shaa'ir + Func, which has been named among the top emerging artists and best independent artists by VH1. Originally from Baltimore, Dogra is a graduate of New York University's music program.

Dogra joins a growing list of celebrities - including Pamela Anderson, Shahid Kapoor, Sir Paul McCartney, R Madhavan and Anil Kumble - who have teamed up with PETA to promote a vegetarian lifestyle.

SRK CONFESSED THAT HE IS NOT AS BIG STAR AS AAMIR AND SALMAN

In 2011, the self proclaimed Badshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan, seems to have had a change of heart. After years of fighting from the Bollywood crown, SRK has now decided to pass it on to his biggest rivals Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.

Recently, on a chat show with Karan Johar, SRK confessed that he would like to grow up to be like Salman and Aamir. He also went on to admit that he can never be as big a star as the two Khans are.

However sources at the set also say that his statement is also an indication of the fact that Aamir and Salman entered the film industry earlier than him and so, that`s one of SRK’s ways of saying he is younger to them in experience and still has a lot to learn.

AMIR AND KIRAN KHAN'S DHOBI GHAT

Dhobi Ghat is Kiran Khan’s movie with husband Amir Khan, produced and also Directed by Kiran herself.

The film has Aamir Khan and Prateek Babbar as lead. The movie revolves around four people primarily, said Amir. The movie has Amir, Prateek & two other actresses. The musical score of Dhobi Ghaat is composed by Argentinian composer Gustavo Santaolalla.

The movie making process is going on, and will soon be on the silver screen.

The movie is a new concept, much different from the ongoing movie tales and characters. With Aamir plays a painter who owns a small studio in Mumbai, Prateik is touted to play the part of a dhobi. The movie is centered on the Dhobi Ghaat in Mumbai which is where the traditional dhobis live and earn bread from primarily. The film is to be released on 21 January, 2011.