Kareena Kapoor - Highest Tax-Paying Bollywood Female Celebrity For 2024

 With an impressive tax payment of 20 crore, Kareena Kapoor has made headlines for being the highest tax-paying female celebrity in India for 2024, followed by Kiara Advani with 12 crore rupees and Katrina Kaif with 11 crores. This substantial contribution highlights Kareena's successful year and her significant role in the industry.

                                      Shraddha Kapoor's Stree 2 has earned 6.5 - 7.5 crore at the box office

 

 

Stree 2 was theatrically released worldwide on 15 August 2024 and received positive reviews from critics. The film has grossed over ₹723 crore at the box office, emerging as the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024 and the eighth highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.

Sushant Singh Rajput Planning To Wed With Ankita

Reports of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and long-time girlfriend Ankita Lokhande's wedding have been doing the rounds for a while now.

Sushant intends to settle down sometime next year and Ankita wants a typical Rajput style affair for the wedding.

If the busy actor gets some time off they will get married either in Udaipur or Jaipur.

The girlfriend expects him to ride an elephant to the marriage venue.

The couple has been in a relationship for over five years now.

NARGIS FAKHRI AFTER ROCKSTAR CAN NOW BE SEEN IN MADRAS CAFE WITH JOHN ABRAHAM

Almost two years have passed since the release of her debut big screen outing ROCKSTAR. Now that Nargis Fakhri is returning with John Abraham starrer MADRAS CAFE, one wonders how she looks back at the months gone by. Was it a period of anxiety, wait, euphoria, excitement or more?

'Two years? Wow, that's something; I never realised,' says Nargis in an animated tone, 'Well, the time just flew past by. After ROCKSTAR, it was all so overwhelming for me. I could never imagine or expect how my life could change so drastically. I spent quite some time contemplating whether I should really move to Mumbai for good.'

She did take the plunge though and while there was a waiting period involved before she signed her next, there were other activities related to the world of glamour that kept her occupied.

'I knew for sure that my life would change. I couldn't have been the same person as I was during ROCKSTAR. Meanwhile, I was engaged non-stop with script reading, advertisements, cover shoots, campaigns, shows and events. See, since I wasn't prepared as a person and as an actor, I had to educate myself. I took some Hindi classes as well. Everything that one can imagine, I prepared for. It was akin to going back to school.'

Meanwhile the very fact that she was being remembered and written about made her feel that she was doing something correct after all.

'Don't they say that any news is good news,' she laughs, 'If media was talking about me, it was fantastic. The fact that I was in there was a surprise for me too. Yes, some things written about me were untrue but then I can ignore that. Otherwise generally I took it all in a positive light. After all, if there are people out there who want to know more about it, it is good, isn't it?'

URVASHI SHARMA PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD

It was a moment of dual celebration for Sachin J Joshi as he completed the major portion of his film JACKPOT THE FULL JHOL and celebrated it by heralding his birthday. But what made the moment more precious was the fact that he was also a soon-to-be dad and his wife Raina Joshi nee Urvashi Sharma chose this occasion to let the world know this.

In fact, it was Raina who took this decision. We wanted it to be a simple thing that only the family was aware of for the first few months. I knew I had to await a surprise on my birthday, but the letter Raina wrote to me on a large cake was something very unexpected. I was so touched," says an emotional Sachiin.

Raina beams, "I was so happy to see Sachin happy. I wanted to convey my feelings that what he did for me matters always and I would be with him through thick and thin and this day would be always special for us. And thought, the writing on the cake would be the best. I am so happy he loved it."

SHAHRUKH'S "CHENNAI EXPRESS" RELEASING THIS "EID"

CHENNAI EXPRESS is going to be big. However 'how big' is the question that is making the rounds of trade, industry as well as the audience. While all sorts of numbers are being thrown around, the man of the moment, Shahrukh Khan, isn't making any statements in this regard. Of course he is promoting the film at all outlets but when it comes to making any proclamations, he is relatively quieter than ever before.

Is that the mid-40s syndrome when as an actor and a professional, he seem to have seen it and done a lot, if not all?

"I will tell you something. After my first 5-6 years in the industry, I started thinking of success very differently. When people think of success then they speak from an outsider point of view. From the point of view of a successful person, it is all very different. It is a whole lot of emotion that happens to very few people," says Shahrukh in a thoughtful tone.

He goes on to add, ''Of course finally the cliche is to work hard. See, I can't explain what success is. I just work. I don't sit and give lecture to my kids. It is a very strange place to be successful. People will have their own take on it. I feel happy if they understand it. I feel sad when they don't and can only say that 'arrey yaar, they haven't understood'. However I can't change them or their thoughts.''

No wonder, he has an entire different take on the film's definite entry into the 100 crore club and then the collections beyond.

'Well, if you are dreaming of numbers then why limit yourself to 100 or 200 crores? You may as well think of 5000 crores. That's how I see it. There is no point assigning a number against your success,' says Shahrukh before signing off.

AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN MAKING COMEBACK WITH ITEM SONG IN SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI'S "RAM LEELA"

The buzz in the market is that now Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is ready for a comeback and she has been sounded out by Sanjay Leela Bhansali to make it through an item song for his upcoming film RAM LEELA! Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has an organic link with Bhansali. Before she took the sabbatical for motherhood, it was Bhansali's film GUZAARISH in which she had acted. Besides, it was, as a matter of fact Bhansali, who really pushed her into the Big league with HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM, after which she never looked back. It was Bhansali again who pitted Ash against Madhuri Dixit in DEVDAS, where Ash held her ground with panache against Madhuri. No wonder Bhansali has been a sort of magic charm or catalyst for Ash whenever she needed a push to her career.

Coming back from a sabbatical an item song is perhaps the best way to revive one's presence amongst the heart of the fans. Ash after all has been the original item girl for Hindi cinema, when she made her appearance in BUNTY AUR BABLI with 'Kajrare' song, which set the trend for mainstream heroines to appear in item songs thenceforth to improve the visibility quotient of a film. Even a Madhuri Dixit also succumbed to it in YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI with her ghagra song.

For Ash the catch for her could be that a Kajrare happened eight years ago and after Kajrare she did not do an item song. On the flip side, the positive point for her would be that, if she agrees to do the item song for RAM LEELA, she can rest assured that the song would be trail blazing. After all, nobody picturises a song and conceptualizes it in the manner in which Sanjay Leela Bhansali does it. For Deepika Padukone it would be an interesting connection that she would be associated with two such films where biggies of Hindi cinema would have done an item number as Madhuri did it for YJHD and Ash could do it for RAM LEELA.

AJAY AND KAREENA IN A SPARKLING ROMANCE MOOD IN SATYAGRAHA

After sizzling as lead pairs in OMKARA and GOLMAAL, Superstars Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor have been paired with each other in SATYAGRAHA.

Whenever Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor have been paired together, audiences and critics have given them a huge thumbs up. Both OMKARA and GOLMAAL RETURNS were huge hits and this 'jodi' is back to sizzle the silver screen in Prakash Jha's next titled SATYAGRAHA. And like their previous movies that had fantastic songs picturised in them, SATYAGRAHA too has a romantic number 'Raske Bhare Tere Nain' that is set to become a chartbuster.

Ajay says, 'I love the music of the film. The romantic song is one of my favorite songs from the album. The music is fabulous. I am very sure that when people will hear the music of the film, they will love it. But you know you pick your favourites. For me, if you ask me, it's 'Raghupati' and the romantic song.'

Kareena Kapoor adds, 'My personal choice is the romantic track because it's just penned so beautifully. The Instruments have come out so well and it's a beautiful emotional song in the film.'

Produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Prakash Jha Productions, the highly awaited SATYAGRAHA is set to release on August 30. The song breaks across TV and radio networks on Sunday.

SONAM KAPOOR HONOURED AS BEAUTY OF THE YEAR

Bollywood's eclectic, charismatic beauty and fashionista Sonam Kapoor is certainly on high! Besides films (two back-to-back successes RAANJHANAA and BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG), it seems Sonam is also hot favourite of the tinsel town and flavor of the season.

Recently, Vogue India celebrated the best in beauty at the fourth edition of the Vogue Beauty Awards 2013. Sonam was honoured with 'Beauty of the Year'. While Alia Bhatt was honoured for 'Best Debutant' while 'Most Beautiful Man' was presented to Ranveer Singh and Pallavi Das was awarded as 'BestModel'.

The beauty awards was well attended by Mumbai's glitterati including Bollywood stars Sonam Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Yaami Gautam, Dia Mirza, Diana Penty, Kunal Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari, Eesha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia and Zarine Khan. Also, seen at the event were models Pallavi Das, Lisa Haydon, Fleur Xavier, Nina Manuel, Evelyn Sharma, Dipannita Sharma, Shibani Dandekar, Sarah-Jane Dias along with well known faces Adhuna Akhtar, Prerna Goel, Pernia Qureshi, Maria Goretti, Tara Sharma Saluja, Tanisha Mukerjee, Sophie Choudry, Queenie Singh, Mini Mathur and Shenaz Treasurywala. Distinguished personalities like Hemant Bakshi, Rohan Vaziralli, Marco Riggio, Satyaki Ghosh and Anil Chopra among others were also seen at the event.

HRITHIK & KAREENA IN KARAN JOHAR'S "SHUDDHI"

There have been speculations about the star cast of "SHUDDHI" for a long time now. Finally Hrithik and Kareena have been finalized for the role.

The Director-Producer duo seems to be on a winning track after the huge success of AGNEEPATH, once again they both are back with SHUDDHI.

Says Karan Johar, "I'm excited to see Hrithik and Kareena back after 12 years."

Karan Johar says, "When Karan (Malhotra) came to me with SHUDDHI, his desire was to cast Hrithik and Kareena. I spoke to both of them and they were happy to be on board. The film is an intense love story and because it has a reincarnation theme, he has written a script that is dramatic and outstanding. Also, such a theme requires actors who can bring the desired intensity. To me, it is really an important casting. But I don't look at it as a coup. Kareena is beautiful, talented and a powerhouse performer. And Hrithik, well, what can I say? He can melt a nation just with his eyes."

KATRINA KAIF'S LOSS IS DEEPIKA PADUKONE'S GAIN

Putting an end to all speculations, now it is confirmed that Deepika Padukone will be paired opposite Shahrukh Khan in his next home production HAPPY NEW YEAR. The film is directed by Farah Khan.

It was believed that Katrina Kaif was the first choice for the film, but due date problems she couldn't make it. Reportedly the actress has recently signed two film- Kabir Khan's next with Saif Ali Khan and Abhishek Kapoor's next opposite Sushant Singh Rajput.

For Deepika Padukone is like coming back to home, the actress who made her grand debut with Farah Khan's OM SHANTI OM and more than half a decade after her debut film, Deepika Padukone is pairing up with Shahrukh Khan again in CHENNAI EXPRESS.

As per the latest buzz, the film required SRK's heroine to speak fluent Marathi and probably, Katrina would have needed a long period of intense speech practice to sound like a prefect Marathi girl.

Katrina Kaif is currently busy shooting for her upcoming films DHOOM3 and BANG BANG, which will release later next year.

Well Katrina's loss is Deepika's gain!

TODAY BOLLYWOOD FAMOUS SINGER, SONU NIGAM TURNS 40

Popular singer Sonu Nigam, who has rendered his soulful voice to Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi and Telugu music, turned 40 years on Monday.

The versatile singer started performing at the tender age of four years, while accompanying his father, Agam Kumar Nigam, for a stage show.

He started his Bollywood career at the age of 19.

In 1995, Sonu became popular as a television presenter by hosting one of the major singing reality shows on Indian television, 'Sa Re Ga Ma'.

He tasted success in the film industry with the song 'Sandese Aate Hai' from the film BORDER (1997).

The year 1999 proved to be a turning point in his career, as his album 'Deewana' was released and became a huge hit topping the charts. In the same year, he sung 'Yeh Dil Deewana' from the movie PARDES, which strengthened his foothold in Bollywood and marked his unique style of singing.

The singer has won several honours including two Filmfare awards, three IIFAA awards and one National award for the title track of 'KAL HO NAA HO.'

Influenced by the legendary pop singer Michael Jackson, Sonu released a tribute song 'The Beat of Our Hearts' in memory of the late singer Michael Jackson.

Sonu has judged many popular reality shows on television, like 'Amul Star Voice of India', 'Chhote Ustaad - Do Deshon Ki Ek Awaaz', 'X Factor (India)', 'Indian Idol'.

The singer married Madhurima on 2002 and has a son named Nevaan.

Recently the singer is making waves in Marathi music industry, with his latest song 'Matching Navra' from the film.

TODAY SANJAY DUTT TURNS 54 TODAY

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who is serving his three and a half years term at the Yerwada jail in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, turned 54 years today.

According to reports, his wife Manyata has penned down a poem and personal letters to surprise Dutt on his birthday.

Bollywood celebs have also geared up to make this day special for Dutt as media reports said actor Ranbir Kapoor, director Rajkumar Hirani and film producer Bunty Walia have written letters for him.

These letters were posted earlier so that they reached him at Yerawada jail on his special day.

Dutt made his acting debut in 1981.

Some of his hit films include KARTOOS, KHOOBSURAT, DAAG: THE FIRE, 'HASEENA MAAN JAYEGI and the award winning VAASTAV: THE REALITY, for which he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award.

His role in 2000's MISSION KASHMIR won him critical acclaim and a number of awards and nominations, as did his subsequent performance in KURUKSHETRA.

He tasted immense success with the National Award-winning blockbuster 'MUNNA BHAI M.B.B.S. (2003), which also garnered him several awards.

Later successes came with MUSAFIR (2004), PLAN (2004), PARINEETA (2005) and DUS (2005). He also won critical acclaim for his performances in SHABD (2005), ZINDA (2006), SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA (2007), and AGNEEPATH (2012).

We from the team of Cine Celebs wish the actor a very Happy Birthday.

UNTOLD FACTS OF AMITABH AND JAYA'S MARRIAGE

 

Amitabh Bachchan in a recent tweet has revealed that his movie ABHIMAAN which was released on 27 July 1973, today completed 40 years. Interestingly he also revealed that his marriage with Jaya Bhaduri too completes 40 years this year. The two had tied the nuptial knot on June 3, 1973.

Few may know that ABHIMAAN was inspired by the real life story of playback singer Kishore Kumar and his first wife Ruma Ghosh, who was a Bengal actress and a singer. Later ego hassles between the two lead to their divorce. Hence if you have seen the movie then note Amitabh Bachchan's name is intentionally called Subir Kumar akin to Kishore Kumar.

Coming to the marriage of Amitabh and Jaya, you many know that Jaya Bhaduri was quite attached to Hrishikesh Mukherjee as it was Hrishikeshdaa who gave her maiden break in Bollywood with Guddi. Later the duo shared a great understanding and both worked together in many movies like ABHIMAAN, CHUPKE CHUPKE, MILI, etc. In fact Jaya regarded Hrishikesh Mukherjee like his father. Hence during the making of ABHIMAAN when Amitabh and Jaya secretly decided to tie the nuptial knot, Hrishikesh Mukherjee was one among the selected few who attended the secret wedding. But what is interesting is that Hrishikesh Mukherjee attended the wedding not from Jaya's side, instead he was the guest from Amitabh's side! You may ask how?

Well it so happened when Amitabh and Jaya were finalizing the list of invitees to their wedding Jaya took Hrishikeshdaa's presence for granted as she knew he will obviously be present. On the contrary, Amitabh Bachchan first intimated Hrishikeshdaa about their marriage and requested him to be present to bless them on the wedding day.

Hence when Jaya Bhaduri broke the suspense to Hrishikeshdaa about her marriage and invited him for the marriage Hrishikeshdaa said, "Sorry, I cannot attend your marriage as I have committed myself to another wedding of my close friend."

A depressed Jaya revolted, "You cannot do that. You are like my father and without your presence how I merry can?" Hrishikeshdaa broke into laughter and said, "Arre pagli ... Amit ne mujhe pehle hi invite kiya hai... Isliye ab mein Amit ke taraf se teri shadi mein Aangoonga! "

Hearing this Jaya's wiped her tears and hugged Hrishikeshdaa.

BIKINI CLAD KATRINA CAUGHT WITH RANBIR ON THE BEACH

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif might chose to keep mum on their relationship, but their latest images speak a thousand words! In the latest edition of Stardust magazine, Ranbir is seen along with a bikini-clad Katrina on a beach. It is believed that the pictures were clicked during their Spanish holiday earlier this month.

Says Ram Kamal Mukherjee, the editor of Stardust, ''I think falling in love is beautiful. Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif never admitted in public that they are in love with each other. But Stardust and my team from USA were constantly on the run for exclusive images and information. When we got these images, we were sure that the couple is very much in love with each other. Ranbir never spoke openly about Katrina, neither did Katrina admit that she is in love with Ranbir. But I guess these images will clear all assumptions and put an end to the speculation.

VETERAN ACTOR, PRAN PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY AT THE AGE 93

Veteran Bollywood actor Pran, who was remembered for films like played MILAN, MADHUMATI, BOBBY and ZANJEER passed away yesterday in a Mumbai suburban hospital. He was 93.

The actor, who was known for his roles as a villain, performed in over 400 films. He was awarded the country's highest cinema honour, Dada Saheb Phalke award, in April.

He is survived by his wife Shukla Sikand and two sons, Arvind and Sunil, and daughter Pinky.

HOT DEEPIKA IN "RACE 2"

 
Deepika Padukone has a slew of big films lined up this year. Taking a superb head start her first release of the year, RACE 2 has received a fantastic opening at the box office.

Infact the film has managed to cross the 100 crore mark and is yet running steady at the box office. This marks the first 100 crore for Deepika Padukone.

However when you ask Deepika, she says "It is definitely encouraging that my film is doing well. However I am not fascinated by the 100 crore tag."

Deepika has received many umpteenth praises for her look and performance in her film.

BOL BACHCHAN DISTRIBUTED FREE TICKETS IN MULTIPLEX

The BOL BACHCHAN team, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan & Prachi Desai along with director Rohit Shetty, was present at Fame Adlabs this morning to distribute tickets of BOL BACHCHAN to the few lucky fans who were there.

It was a 'Free Show' for the fans who had come to watch the movie on the first day itself. Thousands had gathered to catch a glimpse of their favorite star and were seen cheering loudly.

"In the past there have been paid previews or free shows before the release of the movie. But this is the first time around that a unique screening was held where the fans got to meet their stars and watch the movie free on the day of the release," informs a source from the movie.

BOL BACHCHAN presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Shree Ashtavinyak Cinevision Ltd and Ajay Devgn Ffilms is out in theatres today

KATRINA KAIF - ONCE AGAIN WORLD'S SEXIEST WOMAN

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, yet again, tops the list of the World's Sexiest Women 2012 conducted by the largest men's lifestyle magazine - FHM, edging out her Bollywood contemporaries not to mention Hollywood stars like Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and Blake Lively.

Dressed in a scintillating black number, the actress graces the cover of the latest issue of FHM having topped the list (based entirely on online polls and SMS) for the fourth year in a row, a feat no other Bollywood actress has managed to achieve so far.

The title for the actor comes close on the heels of being voted the kids 'most favorite actress' in a nationwide survey.

On the announcement says Katrina Kaif, "I'm really excited with the news since it means people are not voting for me only based on my physical looks. They are looking at me in entirety."

Ask the actress what 'sexy' means to her and quick comes her reply, "Being sexy isn't about the clothes... The sexiest thing is not trying. For me to wear a cotton sari, be without makeup and to still be desirable is sexy," adds Katrina.

Earlier this year, Katrina Kaif also made her way into the Verve Women Power List-2012

BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS, ESHA DEOL TIED THE KNOT WITH BHARAT TAKHTANI ON JUNE, 29

The wedding reception of actress Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani was a humungous event which saw many Bollywood bigwigs and politicians attending it. The reception was hosted by Esha's parents Dharmendra and Hema Malini at Mumbai's plush hotel on Saturday eve.

Among the attendees from the film fraternity were Salman Khan, Vidya Balan, Sushmita Sen, Kajol and mother Tanuja, Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, Jeetendra with wife, and son Tusshar Kapoor; Sanjay Khan and wife, and Zayed Khan, new Rajya Sabha MP and veteran actress Rekha, Zeenat Aman, Raj Babbar, Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher, Lilitte Dubey, Tabu, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi and Boney Kapoor.

Esha tied the nuptial knot with businessman Bharat Takhtani at Juhu's Iskon temple on June 29 in a traditional South Indian ceremony.