VIDYA BALAN - WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH KHANS

VIDYA BALAN was speaking during one of the panel discussions at FICCI Frames 2012 on the subject of 'Women in Media & Entertainment circa 2012: Leading From the Front?' The session was moderated by Rajeev Masand and Barkha Dutt, Ekta Kapoor, Jeni Tosi, Usha Uthup, and Anuradha Prasad were the other participants. The panel focused on the journey and the challenges women achievers in the media and entertainment industry have to traverse and their current success and stature in a world that has primarily been a male bastion.

To a question if she aspires to work with Khans, contrary to what everyone believes, she replied in an affirmative. She would love to work with Khans if an opportunity comes her way. She also added that she had been fortunate to be offered good scripts and varied roles that allow her to explore herself as an actor. Adding a personal note she said that the success of her last few films has helped her feel comfortable about herself. On being asked if she ever felt discriminated against as a woman, she said she was brought up in an environment where no restrictions were put on her because she was a girl. She could do what she wanted to and never ever felt disadvantaged because of her gender.

TODAY ABHAY DEOL TURNS 36

TODAY, bollywood actor, ABHAY DEOL turns 36! The talented actor, who is known for choosing spectacular offbeat Bollywood films.

Not being a party animal, there will be no such birthday bash for the actor but he will probably go out for a dinner with girlfriend Preeti Desai and some close friends.

Abhay is happy to bag a role in Prakash Jha's next venture. Abhay will be playing the lead role in the film and is very excited about it. According to rumours, Abhishek Bachchan was supposed to play the role in the film.

Abhay started his career with SOCHA NA THA in 2005. He has charmed the audience with his performances in films like HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD., OYE LUCKY! LUCKY OYE!, DEV D, ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, etc.

His portrayal of Kabir in his latest release ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA was highly appreciated by both fans and critics. Also his film DEV D had won 6 Filmfare Awards in 2009.

The actor is now all geared up for Dibakar Banerjee's SHANGHAI and international project SINGULARITY.

TODAY AAMIR KHAN TURNS 47

TODAY the perfectionist - actor-director-producer Aamir Khan celebrates his 47th birthday.

However, this year instead of celebrating his birthday with his family, Khan would be working for a new upcoming TV show.

Khan started his acting career as a child artist in the film YAADON KI BAARAAT (1973). His first commercial break was with QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK (1988), which earned him National Film Award (Special Jury Award).

Some of his well acclaimed movies are RANGEELA (1995), RAJA HINDUSTANI (1996), SARFAROSH (1999), GHULAAM (1998), LAGAAN (2001), DIL CHAHTA HAIN (2001), RANG DE BASANTI (2006), TAARE ZAMEEN PAR (2007), GHAJINI (2008), 3 IDIOTS (2009) and many more.

His film '3-IDIOTS' (2009) became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time.

The debut of his own production company is with Academy Award-nominated film LAGAAN, followed by other movies like JAANE TU... YA JAANE NA (2008), PEEPLI LIVE (2010), DHOBI GHAT (2011) and so on.

Khan was honoured with Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his outstanding contributions in the field of arts.

He is also the brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child nutrition.

Now Aamir is gearing up for his upcoming film, TALAASH, a psychological thriller, opposite Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherji, which is set to release in 2012.

So join us in wishing the ace actor a warm and very happy Birthday and hope he continues to enthrall us with his superlative work.

BOMAN IRANI'S SON, KAOYZE TO DEBUT WITH KARAN JOHAR'S "STUDENT OF THE YEAR"

Boman Irani has made his critics and fans swear by his acting skills. Now, his son, Kayoze, is all set to debut in Bollywood with Karan Johar’s next project titled ‘Student of the Year’. Kayoze got his brush with film making as an assistant director in the recently released, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.


The film will also act as a launching pad for quite a few debutants including Alia Bhatt, daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan and newcomer Siddharth Malhotra.

Though Kayoze’s exact role in the movie is yet undisclosed, it is knwon that the movie will be a romantic comedy produced by Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Johar’s Dharma Productions.

THE KINGFISHER BABE "MALLIKA HAYDEN" IN BOLLYWOOD

With featuring in the Kingfisher Calendar and creating ripples with her hot bod and moves in Agent Vinod’s happening number ‘I’ll Do The Talking’, the model Malika Haydon is all set to make her presence felt in the year 2012. The girl has been catching attaetion ever since the promos of Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Agend Vinod’ have been released. The song, which was shot at a club in Russia, has raised everyone’s interest in this new hottie.

Malika is not new to glamour and film industry. Her elder sister, model-turned-actress Lisa Haydon, has already raised the quotient for the oomph factor by her scintillating moves in ‘Shake It Saiyyan’ from the movie Rascals.

However, the makers of Agend Vinod stress on the fact that being Lisa’s sister did not in any way lead them in making a choice. “For us, freshness was an important factor. And since no one has seen Malika around much, it worked for us. And let me clarify, we haven’t signed her just because she is Lisa’s sister. She simply fit the profile we were looking for. And she has done a fantastic job,” the film’s co-producer and Saif’s business partner, Dinesh Vijan, said.

PARINEETI CHOPRA IN YASH CHOPRA'S "ISHQZAADE"

The girl who has a filmi connection being the cousin of Bollywood’s reigning queen Priyanka Chopra and who won all accolades and awards for her debut performance is now all set to play her first lead role. Talking about Parineeti Chopra, the girl has been chosen to play the female lead in Yash Raj Film’s next project "Ishqzaade".

Parineeti’s role as Dimple Chadda in ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ won her recognition and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut in 2012. Besides, she also won the Zee cine, Screen and the Apsara awards for her debut.

On asking if she is comfortable doing bold scenes in her career, Parineeti says, “If you are an actor, you will be asked to do certain things. If I’m told to do an intimate scene or wear certain clothes, I can’t say no if that’s what the script and character demands. I know there are actors who won’t kiss on screen and I respect that, but I don’t have any rules like that. I will stay true to the script.”

KARISHMA NOW TURNS AN "ITEM GIRL"

\Karishma Kapoor, who is known for her exceptional dancing prowess, is geared up to perform an item number in Akshay Kumar's upcoming flick ROWDY RATHORE.

According to reports, the song will be choreographed by Prabhu Deva. Apparently, South actor Nasser and Bollywood superstar Akshay will also be a part of the song. Karisma is expected to enthrall the audience with her sizzling moves in the song.

Directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film features Akshay Kumar in a double role and Sonakshi Sinha as the leading lady.

FINALLY RITEISH DESHMUKH AND GENELIA D’SOUZA TIE THE KNOT

So, finally the much awaited wedding of Bollywood takes places as Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza tie the knot in a traditional Marathi wedding at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Santa Cruz. He tweeted: “saw the Last sunset as a Bachelor.”

Apart from father Vilasrao Deshmukh, other politicians in the guest list included names like the state Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan and Aditya Thackeray, son of Shiva Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray.

Ken Ghosh posted a picture of the couple on Twitter and wrote: “These two are one! @Riteishd and @geneliad God bless … oho Genelia doesn’t need to change her twitter handle.

Even Ritieish posted a photo on the social networking site Twitter saying ‘Mr and MRS Deshmukh’

ANUSHKA SHARMA GETTING WILD IN "VOGUE"

Anushka Sharma has had a dream debut in Bollywood with superhit ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ opposite Shahrukh Khan. Post this, the actress has given quite a few hits to the box office with the likes of ‘Badmaash Company’, ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ and some more.

At a recent award function, Anushka Sharma said that winning awards makes her feel good. She added that her parents become really excited when she wins one! Anushka Sharma even revealed that her parents like to boast about their daughter winning an award and upload statuses about the same on their Blackberry mobiles!

The cute actress has chosen to show her wild side to her fans in the February issue of Vogue India with the tagline as the wild side of a good girl. Check out the unrevealed side of Anushka in Vogue

BIPASHA AND EMRAN IN "RAAZ 3"

The Bhatts are getting a bit too sentimental on the return of Vikram Bhatt to their camp. So much so that they decided to start ‘Raaz 3’ on Vikram’s birthday. Vikram celebrated his birthday on Friday and the crew of the flick began the shoot on Sunday.

“Raaz 3’ is what can be termed as the ‘Horror of the hearts’. It is a completely new story, a romantic one at that, which would surprise and shock you. Yet again the legacy of Vishesh Films would continue with newcomers giving some great music to the film. I am sure it would break all records that films coming from our production house have created so far,” says Mukesh Bhatt.

Mahesh Bhatt posted some pictures from the first day of the shoot on his social networking site with related tweets. Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter has joined Vikram’s team as an assistant director. Bhatt tweeted, “My daughter Shaheen begins her journey as an assistant with Vikram Bhatt who was once my assistant!”

The film has been written by Shagufta Rafique. “It is a brave script which explores the horrors of the human heart,” Bhatt tweeted.

RESULT FOR 57TH FILMFARE AWARDS 2012

The annual 57th Filmfare awards held in Mumbai on Sunday was all fun, glamour and glitter with Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor at their wittiest best hosting the event. Bollywood A-listers including Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza performed at the award function. Vidya Balan bagged away the Best Actress award for ‘The Dirty Picture’ and Ranbir Kapoor received the Best Actor award for ‘Rockstar’. The list of winners for 57 Filmfare Awards 2012 is:

* Best Actor Popular – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
* Best Actress Popular – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
* Best Film Popular – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
* Best Director Popular – Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
* Best Film Critics – Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara
* Best Actor Critics – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
* Best Actress Critics – Priyanka Chopra (7 Khoon Maaf)
* Partho Gupte – Special Filmfare Jury Certificate for his performance in Stanley Ka Dabba
* Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Farhan Akthar (Zindagi Na Milege Dobara)
* Best Supporting Actor (Female) – Rani Mukerjee (No one killed jessica)
* Lifetime Achievement Award – Aruna Irani
* Best Lyrics – Irshad Kamil (Nadaan Parindey)
* Best Playback Singer (Male) – Mohit Chauhan (Jo Bhi Mein)
* Best Playback Singer (Female) – Usha Uthap and Rekha Bharadwaj (Darling)
* Best Music – A.R Rahman (Rockstar)
* Best Director Debut – Abhinay Deo (Delhi Belly)
* Best Actor Debut – Vidyut Jhamwal (Force)
* Best Actress Debut – Parineeti Chopra (Ladies vs Ricky Bahl)
* Best Choreography – Bosco – Caesar (Senorita – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
* Best Dialogue – Farhan Akthar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
* Best Story – Sanjay Chauhan (I Am Kalam)
* Best Screenplay – Akshat Verrma (Delhi Belly)
* Best VFX – Red Chillies VFX (Ra.One)
* Best Background Score – Ranjit Barot (Shaitan)
* Best Action – Action Concepts (Don 2)
* Best Cinematography – Carlos Catalan (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
* Best Costume – Niharika Khan (The Dirty Picture)
* Best Sound Design – Nakul Kamte (Don 2)
* Best Production Design – Shashank Tere (Delhi Belly)
* Best Editing – Huzefa Lokhandwala (Delhi Belly)
* Idea Sony Scene of the Year Award – The Dirty Picture
* R.D Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent – Krsna (Tanu Weds Manu)

BOTH KATRINA AND VIDYA IN ITEM SONG

After Katrina Kaif's sizzling performance in Chikni Chameli, it's actress Vidya Balan's turn to take lavani to another level.

The news of Vidya Balan's first item song in FERRARI KI SAWAARI has already attracted people's attention. Vidya Balan will rehearse for three weeks to understand nuances of the dance form.

Director Rajesh Mapuskar says, 'Yes finally we have short listed and decided to do a Lavani song featuring Vidya Balan in FERRARI KI SAWAARI. Vidya too is extremely excited and would rehearse extensively for three weeks. Katrina's dance in Chikni Chameli has inspired us to do better.'

MANISHA KOIRALA WAS FOUND IN A ABYSMAL STATE

Seems Manisha Koirala is in much tension and working much hard to save her marriage. Manisha Koirala always much famous for her tremendous fashion looks and styles. She is no doubly naturally beautiful but her styles made her much more attractive.

Same as it is Manisha Koirala spotted yesterday in an Rohit Roy party for launching his latest movie Shaukeen. 41 years old actress who were famouus for her looks was looking much haggard and disheveled. Well some sources tell that Manisha was in drunken state.

Manisha Koirala was wearing a black fitting shirt and a Grey upper on it. She was in much drunken state that she couldn’t even walk. A friend of her took her out of party and sit her in her car. As she came out in such condition, a lot of people come around her. Manisha Koirala married to a Nepali business man Samrat Dahal in 2010.

She had many affairs before that marriage too. As she in 2001 dated former Australian ambassador to Nepal Crispin Conroy and later that some other people too but then she left everybody and became sincere with an Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal.

Samrat and Manisha met at the social networking site Facebook whether later that both get married. But now a day there are much problems in her marriage. Even her marriage have reached to divorce. But she is trying her best and working much hard to save her marriage.

BABY GIRL FOR LARA DUTTA AND MAHESH BHUPATHI

The wait finally got over on last Friday when Lara Dutta delivered a baby girl at around 4 pm. Not to mention here that Mahesh Bhupathi is on the top of the world with the latest addition to his family and the couple has been a lot of congratulatory messages from friends and colleagues fof the film industry. Here are some of the tweets from his B-town friends:

Abhishek Bachchan: @Maheshbhupathi @DuttaLara CONGRATULATIONS guys. Lots and lots of love.

Bipasha Basu: Congratulations to Lara n Mahesh fr hving a baby girl!Wow!

Neil Nitin Mukesh: Congratulations to my dear @Maheshbhupathi and darling Lara on the arrival of the princess !! GOD BLESS U ALL

Neha Dhupia: Congratulations to the lovely couple @Maheshbhupathi and @DuttaLara on the arrival of their little princess! Lots of happiness , always.

Gul Panag: Best wishes!!

Meanwhile, astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi suggests a Shanti Puja for the new born. He analyzes, “The child was born on January 20 which maker a Number 2 (Moon) person in numerology. She is a Capricorn (ruler Saturn – Number 8) while her destiny number also adds up to the same number which means the girl is doubly ruled by ‘shani’ which is a positive and not-so-positive sign. Since she is ruled by Number 2, she is automatically ruled by Number 7 (Ketu) as these two numbers always go hand in hand”.

“Talking about her stars, she is born under the ‘Jyestha Nakshatra’ which is considered inauspicious and a ‘shanti puja’ for the same needs to conducted as soon as possible” advices Bhavikk very strongly.

“Also, in her sixth house, she has ‘Chandra (Moon) and Rahu’ placed together which makes it a ‘Grahan Yog’ affecting health (especially pain in the legs), defeat from enemies and losses leading to bad debts. Also, the presence of ‘Ketu’ in the twelfth house indicates ‘Pitrudosh’ which may curtail success in the long run. To eradicate these ‘doshas’, a puja needs to be done at earliest and make her wear a ‘Blue Sapphire’ (only after testing) at a later stage”, Bhavikk adds further.

RANBIR KAPOOR BAGGED THE BEST ACTOR FOR "ROCKSTAR" AT ZEE CINE AWARDS, 2012

At the recently held Zee Cine Awards 2012, Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision's ROCKSTAR, won seven prestigious awards including Best Actor (Popular), Best Director, Best Lyrics, Best Singer (Male), Best Music, Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

While Ranbir Kapoor's role in the film won him Best Actor (Popular) award, Imtiaz Ali bagged the Best Director trophy. Irshad Kamil won the Best Lyricist award while Composer A. R. Rahman was awarded the Best Music Director's trophy for his chartbusting music in ROCKSTAR.

Mohit Chauhan won the Best Male Singer trophy for the song Jo Bhi Main in the musical romantic saga. Aarti Bajaj was awarded for Best Editing. The movie also won the Best Screenplay Award.

The evening was indeed an eventful one for team ROCKSTAR.

TODAY MINISSHA LAMBA TURNS 27

TODAY, Actress Minissha Lamba turns 27 who started her journey in Bollywood with the film YAHAAN in 2005. And since then the gorgeous actress never looked back. Minissha has showcased her talent in films like BACHNA AE HASEENO, HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD., KIDNAP, BHEJA FRY 2 and the latest one being HUM TUM SHABANA. She even received acclaims at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film WELL DONE ABBA!.

Born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, Minissha wanted to be a journalist, but soon landed in the world of modeling and bagged an assignment for the brand Cadbury. The actress also received film offers and eventually became a Bollywood actress.

Her upcoming films in 2012 are JOKER with Akshay Kumar and Shreyas Talpade and ZILLA GHAZIABAD with Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi.

We from the team of CINECELEBS wish the gorgeous actress a very happy birthday and prosperous life

KATRINA WITH RAJNIKANTH IN A TAMIL MOVIE

If things turn out as planned, cine lovers down South would get to see the unique pairing of South superstar Rajnikanth with Bollywood’s reigning beauty Katrina Kaif in the forthcoming flick ‘Kochadaiyaan’.

The film will be directed by Rajnikanth’s daughter Saundarya and the movie will have Rajni sir play the role of a long-haired king who is a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. Katrina will play the king’s love interest and the film will also have the two shoot for a romantic number composed by music maestro A.R.Rahman. The film will be made in 3D using the performance capturing technology used by James Cameron in the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar.

South is not a new arena for Kaif who has already worked in two Telugu films (Malliswari and Allari Pidugu) and a Malayalam movie (Balaram Vs Taradas). Kochadaiyaan will be her first Tamil film though, of course, only if she can manage to squeeze out some dates from the diaries of three Khans with whom she is currently busy with!!

TODAY MUSIC COMPOSER, A. R. RAHMAN TURNS 46

TODAY, FAMOUS MUSIC COMPOSER, A R Rahman's turns 46. The composer who has gifted the Indian music industry, especially Bollywood, with some divine compositions is today referred to as one of the best music composers in India.

Rahman has not only been rewarded with Oscars but has also received Grammy awards. The composer has also made his mark at International level and the whole of India is just so proud of him.

Rahman's latest Bollywood hit has been ROCKSTAR. The film's music was highly appreciated and has managed to win the hearts of many. He has also composed the music of an upcoming Bollywood film EKK DEEWANA THA. We hope it becomes a bigger hit.

We at glamsham.com wish the very talented music composer A R Rahman a very happy birthday.

VIVEK OBEROI WAS PAID 80 LAKH FOR NON - PERFORMANCE ON NEW YEAR EVE

Vivek Oberoi had put in lot of efforts to rehearse for his new year performance which was supposed to take place at Country Club in Andheri, but unfortunately the bash could not take place due to police intervention. The police alleged that the organizers had not taken the required permission to hold the bash.

Since the crowd of 2000 people who had bought tickets for the show were getting angry and out of control, Vivek was advised to leave the venue for his safety. The drama did not end here because while Vivek was on his way back home, he was called up once again for the performance on the plea that everything had been sorted out. Vivek returned only to find the things in the same mess.

Nevertheless, Vivek Oberoi was paid Rs. 80 lakh as promised by the organizers. So, show or no show, New Year gave Vivek what was promised to him!!

ZARINE KHAN MOVING TOWARDS SOUTH

Zarine Khan has been a Salman Khan discovery as a lookalike of Katrina Kaif with whom he had a painful breakup. However, even with Salman as her Godfather, Zarine did not manage to make it big in Bollywood. So, the actress has taken an intelligent decision to move down Sotuh and she has even bagged in a plum role in a Tamil film, titled Karikalan where she will be seen opposite south star Vikram.

Vikram has already been seen in Bollywood with Aishwarya Rai in ‘Raavan’ playing her husband. In this Tamil Flick, Vikram plays a warrior on the lines of a gladiator. The promotional poster of the film shows him armed with bows and arrows against the backdrop of a lance-wielding legion.

Zarine Khan has a lot of action scenes in the film including a sword fighting one. So, the lady is all geared up for a gruelling training schedule.