Is Guzaarish inspired by Spanish film The Sea Inside?

The first look promo of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's highly anticipated Hrithik-Aishwarya starrer Guzaarish was unveiled earlier this week. While the promo is quite splendid to say the least, the film does bear some resemblance to a 2004 Spanish film called The Sea Inside which is based on a true story of a sailor Ramdon Sampredo who becomes a quadriplegic following an accident. In Guzaarish, the buzz is that Hrithik, who plays a magician, ends up in a wheelchair because of an accident that happens when a magic trick goes wrong.

Bhansali's earlier films such as Black was also inspired from The Miracle Worker while Saawariya was loosely based on a Russian short story 'White Nights'.

While neither Bhansali nor his lead actors were in any mood to reveal even a bit about the story of Guzaarish at the launch event, going by the promos of the two films, there is no denying that there is some similarity between Guzaarish and The Sea Inside.

Home | Television News | Swastika does not want to star in Hindi serials Swastika does not want to star in Hindi serials

Swastika Mukherjee, the famous Bengali actress was highly appreciated in her role of a bar singer in the movie Byomkesh Bakshi. Right now the actress is getting a lot of offers to star in Hindi serials. Swastika recently revealed that she is not interested in signing up for Hindi serials just yet. In an interview, Swastika said that she has worked in a lot of Bengali serials before and now some of her TV friends have moved to the Mumbai TV industry. These friends of Swastika have offered her quite a few lead roles in upcoming Hindi serials but she is not too eager to appear on TV just yet.

The actress said that she does not want to be typecast playing a certain role in Hindi serials and ruin her acting career. Swastika informed us that right now she is doing a lot of interesting projects in both art house and mainstream Bengali films. Right now Swastika is not interested in trying her hands at small screen and seems satisfied with her projects in the film and theater world. Swastika is also endorsing renowned jewelry brand so she has no time left to act in serials as of now.

Check Out: Aamir Khan as milkman in Tata Sky's new ad

Aamir Khan is known to get into the skin of the character he plays. This is all the more evident in the latest Tata Sky commercial which sees Aamir playing a milkman.

The commercial, in a funny way, shows Tata Sky's new feature which allows customers a subscription holiday once a year. Like his previous avatars, Aamir once again seems completely in character as he plays a milkman who argues with a customer who is willing to pay for only the days he was in town. Aamir in turn explains that the cow who gives milk doesn't know that the customer was on vacation and hence asks him to pay for the whole month's milk supply.

After seeing the commercial, one thing is certain that this actor truly deserves the tag of 'Mr. Perfectionist'.

Vishal-Shekhar, Sajid-Wajid lose one contestant each in Sa Re Ga Ma

It’s that time in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa again when contestants’ dreams get crashed. So it’s Karma Sherpa and Altamash Faridi who will be eliminated this weekend in Singing Superstar.
This week Emraan Hashmi and composer Ismail Darbar were special guests on the show. Both Karma and Altamash were hopeful but unfortunately had to leave this show due to less public votes. Emraan had a good time and was impressed with the contestants. Their mentors Vishal-Shekhar and Sajid-Wajid were also disappointed with the results; however they cheered both of them and promised to help them in future.
Daler Mehndi’s team of five singers was safe. The elimination episode is likely to air on Saturday.

Amitabh to start KBC on September 21

Amitabh Bachchan is finally beginning the much-awaited Kaun Banega Crorepati shoot, starting September 21.
A source says, "We are going to start our first five-day schedule on September 21. We hope to finish canning at least 10 episodes. A huge set has been erected in Film City. The auditions were very good and we are really happy about it. We will mostly not have celebrities in first schedule as of now; we intend to shoot all 10 episodes with commoners. The show will go on air from October 11, on Amitji's birthday. It will be a Monday-Thursday show at 9 pm. Our second schedule is likely to start on October 4 and will go on till October 9. In the second schedule we may have few celebrities.”
It is going to be a one hour show. This season, the makers have brought in a few changes in the format. The last phase of auditions in Mumbai got over last week.

Rahul hit me twice, reveals girlfriend Payal

In a stunning revelation, Rahul’s ex-girlfriend Payal Rohatgi raised the curtain from the secret that she was beaten up by Rahul Mahajan twice. She spoke out Rahul’s violent nature. "He did hit me twice. Once he banged my head against the door. When Rahul is angry, he completely loses his mind." she revealed.
On being asked whether she had met Dimpy, the actress replied, "I don't live in the past. It's been a long time. But after hearing the news of beating I felt very bad for her, nobody should be treated like that. She is a woman I can understand that."
The actress also claims that things were not fine between Rahul and his new wife Dimpy. "When I spoke out about Dimpy and Rahul in a previous interview, Dimpy denied everything and said that all was fine between her and Rahul, but the next day the news of him beating her came out. This itself speaks a lot about how much was fine between them." she said.
Rahul and Payal became cozy at the reality show, ‘Bigg Boss' and the couple grabbed many eyeballs when Rahul lifted up Payal or became too intimate with her in the swimming pool.
Rahul's first wife Shweta Singh also claimed divorce on the basis of physical abuse.

KBC tipped to start in October

The fourth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati may go on air on October 11, on host Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday, at 9 pm.

They have finished shooting for the promos of the show. They will be shown any time now. Our first schedule for first few episodes will commence from September 20 and we are likely to go on air from October 11, which happens to be Amitji's birthday. It is our plan if everything goes well it would be kind of a surprise for him. Our show will a bi-weekly and will telecast from 9 to 10 pm. The first schedule will mostly feature commoners and celebrities will appear in the later few episodes."
However it is still unclear whether KBC will air on Monday and Tuesday at 9 pm like Indian Idol or it will be a weekend show.

FIR promises more fun

FIR on SAB will now have one story in two episodes. Apparently, the character of Inspector Chandramukhi Chautala (Kavita Kaushik) and the show have tickled the funny bone of viewers and are ready for some more entertainment. The show comes every Monday and Tuesday at 10.30 pm but now two episodes of this show will make up one story.
Kavita says, “This means viewers will get to see more action and they are going to enjoy the show thoroughly."
She will also be participating in the next season of Comedy Circus. So it’s going to be double the fun for Kavita fans.

Massakali Girls' win 'Zara Nachke Dikha 2

Girls have emerged supreme in the battle of sexes on the small screen. Massakali Girls have been adjudged winners of Star Plus' dance reality show "Zara Nachke Dikha 2", the finale for which was aired Saturday.

The girls' team included actors like Aditi Gupta, Hazel Crowney, Kritika Kamra, Mukti Mohan, Rakhi Sawant, Rashmi Desai, Sangeeta Ghosh, Sanjeeda Sheikh and child actress Sparsh Khanchandani.

The winners have bagged a prize money of Rs.5 million and the losers were left with no option but to bow down to them and say - "Jahanpanah tussi great ho" - the famous dialogue from Aamir Khan-starrer "3 Idiots".

Actors like Aamir Ali, Abhishekh Avasthi, Angad Hasija, Karan Kundra, Karan Singh Grover, Aksshat Seluja, Siddhesh Pai, Sushant Rajput and Ayesh Khedekar were a part of the boys' team.


The finale saw a melange of performances from both the teams as well as the judges, who mesmerised with their dance sequences.

While Shilpa Shetty performed a mujra in a heavily embellished red ensemble, Arshad vowed the audience with a performance with his wife Maria Goretti. Both the sequences were choreographed by their co-judge Vaibhavi Merchant.

Special guest for the evening included cricketer's Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan along with television actors of Star Plus- Hina Khan, Arhaan Behll, Harshad Chopra and Ragini Khanna.

To add the humour, contestants were bestowed with special funny awards under the category of "Zara Bhool Ke award" which was given to Hazel, "Zara Jud Ke award" which was given to Aksshat and Siddesh and "Zara Himmat Dikha award" to Karan Kundra.

The judges Arshad, Shilpa and Vaibhavi were also awarded "Jhappi award", "Hilke Dikha award" and "Bhapka award" respectively.


Despite the fact that boys could not lift the winning trophy, Akkshat won a Mahindra Xylo, as the award for super dancer of the series

Wedding bells ring for Madhur and Rekha

After the whole Shekhar-Loha drama has unfolded, it will finally be happy moments in the family. As reported earlier by TellyChakkar Shekhar who is guilty of accidentally killing Lallan now plans to set up Madhur and Rekha together. The latest buzz from the sets is that they two will finally wed on the show.

A little birdie chirps, “The whole drama was a big twist for the viewers. Now a happy track will follow where Madhur and Rekha will be married. There will be preparations like a small puja in the haveli. The coming week will see their wedding preparations in full swing. Everyone in the house has given the nod for the wedding except Loha Singh. However Shekhar is not bothered about what Loha Singh thinks about the marriage.”



Currently Laali is worried about the evil approaching the haveli, she finds the half burnt photograph of the family and is unsure about Gangiya’s plans.



We tried contacting Ratan Rajpoot (Laali) but she was caught up with her shoot.

Suhana to leave her Sasural?

It had to happen sooner or later. Suhana (Ragini Khanna) will now threaten to leave her in-laws’ house after Radha bua (Sadia Siddique) slaps her.

A source from the show says, “It so happens, that Suhana comes to know about Deepak's birthday. She makes all arrangements for celebrations and surprises him. He will be happy to see this and will cut the cake too. Suhana would then insist he feed a piece of cake to his mother. As soon as he goes to feed Radha, she throws it away. Suhana is unaware about Deepak’s past, so she starts enquiring about why Radha bua did this to Deepak. It infuriates Radha so much that she slaps Suhana in front of the family. Everyone is shocked after which Suhana threatens to leave the house."



Khanna confirms this and says, "Suhana is leaving her house, but whether she will come back or not, am not telling you.”

Singh Is Kinng 2 ready to roll, Katrina Kaif’s dates awaited

Before the brand runs out of steam Akshay Kumar has decided to run into the next installment of Singh Is Kinng.

Vipul Shah who was in two minds, has decided to direct the sequel since Anees Bazmi seems too busy to do the needful.

Says Vipul, “Yes, after much planning and plotting and two years since the first film, we’ve finally cracked an idea that works. My writer Suresh Nair and I are happy with what we’ve come up with. And yes, I’ll be directing the sequel.”

Though Vipul is not willing to reveal much of the plot for the sequel at this juncture—at least not on record—it’s reliably learnt that the sequel would begin where the first Singh Is Kinng trailed off , namely in Australia and then move on to another country, apparently Canada which is Akshay’s second home.

Akshay’s haste to start Singh Is Kinng 2 has a root cause. While playing a mona Sardar in Patiala House in London last month, he was repeatedly asked by his Sikh fans in Great Britain when they’d get to see him as Singh again.

Akshay immediately contacted Vipul from London and also urged him to direct the sequel.

Says Akshay “Yes, a lot of fans in the UK are eager to see us do a sequel to Singh Is Kinng again. And I’ve asked Vipul to get on with it.”

There is only one hitch. Singh’s queen Katrina is completely booked till next year.

And the sequel cannot be made without her.

Laughs Vipul, “She won’t let me or Akshay make it without her. We’ll just have to see how her dates can be worked out.”

D3 gets tougher!

Till now, D3- Commando Force on Bindass has pushed the cadets to their limits and tested their strength and patience. However, the upcoming episode of the show is going to be the toughest so far. Apparently, the tasks in the episode are going to be a combination of all the major tasks performed earlier on the show.

According to our source, “The task shall be called ‘The Raid’. All the cadets will have to leave for their mission at the first stroke of dawn, patrol through the mountains, jungles, sand and water and position themselves around an enemy hut behind enemy lines by dusk. The enemies are the terrorists who had abducted Gaurav and Pratibha. The reason the cadets are sent there is that the terrorists have a few important documents that they need to retrieve, abduct the terrorists alive as prisoners and burn the hut to ashes.” The source adds, “The cadets are given a survival kit containing ORS, glucose, water, chocolates, biscuits, etc. and will have to survive on it till the mission ends for over 24 hours. The cadets are asked to choose a squadron leader for the mission.”

As for the nominations, Akshaye will nominate Pratibha and that shall come as shock after the chemistry they shared on the show. Being the second last episode of D3, the question is that will the two girls- Nazneen and Pratibha survive till the end or, the boys will overtake the show?

Catch the enthralling episode tonight on Bindass.

India’s Got Talent Khoj 2 -All Set To Launch In August

Speculation can take a back seat as it’s time for the talent to do the talking now. You are sure to find it in plenty on India’s Got Talent – Khoj 2. Colors, on Tuesday, announced the jury for the second season of this popular show. As reported earlier by TellyCafe, Sajid Khan, Kirron Kher, and Sonali Bendre have been roped in to adjudicate the second season. India’s Got Talent Khoj 2 will be launched in the first week of August.

Apart from the three judges, the producers Siddhart and Anita Kaul Basu, Colors programming head Ashvini Yardi and Fremantle Media Asia’s CEO Patrick Schult were present on the occasion. The action did not begin in the auditorium but the peppy hosts Ayushmann Khurrana and Nikhil Chinapa decided to hold a talent hunt of the journalists, who were told to move out for few minutes. They were caught unawares by the duo who made the journos sing and dance to their tune! One cricket crazy scribe was made to display a straight drive as well.
It was time for some serious talent later on. Prince group, the winners of the inaugural season, simply enthralled the audience with their display.
The programming head of Colors, Ashvini Yardi outlined their hopes of tapping talent from the remotest corners of the country this year. Yardi also underlined that Khoj 2 is interested in the unique talents. She spoke about having a terror affected family from Kashmir as participants as well.
Sajid Khan, the new entrant to the jury panel, said that he liked the show as it enabled individuals to showcase their talent. He also showered praises on the other judges, who he thought were pretty honest and forthright in expressing their views during the first season.
Kirron Kher felt that it was like coming back home while Sonali Bendre confessed that the show would be looking to raise its bar this time although it might be difficult to match the talent of the Prince Group.
Expectedly, the humour quotient was provided by the wily Khan too. When asked whether there will be ugly spats between the judges, pat came the reply, “I don’t think I’ll be throwing water on Kirron as her saris are very expensive.”
India’s Got Talent will be travelling to Guwahati tomorrow for the next rounds of auditions.

Finalists of Desi Girl revealed!

Desi Girl took off to a dull start but has picked up momentum with time. And now as it nears its closing the audience is curious to know who’s going to win the title of the show.

According to our sources, “Allegedly, the three finalists of Desi Girl are Kashmera Shah, Ishita Arun and Roshni Chopra.” When we spoke to Roshni about this she said, “I can’t reveal the finalists to you but, I can say that Kash (Kashmera) is the strongest competitor. Actually, she’s the best! As far as Ishita is concerned, I have had a little difference with her but she too is a good girl.” Also, she further mentioned, “Aushima (Sawhney) is the one who actually deserves the title.”

Last week, Desi Girl witnessed the exit of Monica Bedi, who was also considered as a strong contender. The panchayat chose Ishita against Monica to stay back. This week it is Aushima who gets evicted.

The finale will be aired on 4th of July, live from the venue.

Who's won the title of Kitchen Champion?

The Colors TV first of its kind cookery show has found its winner and all ribbed to conduct season 2…

The Colors TV unique cookery show that had begun its journey on 14th June with 12 leading ladies of television has found their deserving winner this season.

A Little Birdie informed us that, "Meghna Malik aka Ammaji of serial Na Aana Is Desh Ladoo was awarded the crown of Kitchen Champion."

When contacted, Meghna Malik asserted, "It was a very nice experience wherein we opted to learn many new things and obviously winning is always the best feeling (smiles)."

Also the murmur is that the channel is planning to conduct a season 2 very soon with some more leading ladies of television. Though they are planning for some structural changes but are likely to retain the host Ronit Roy in season 2 also.

'Raavan' earns Rs.20 crore worldwide on opening day

Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Director Mani Ratnam's "Raavan", which was released in three languages Friday, grossed Rs.20 crore (around $4.4 million) worldwide on its opening day, its co-producer Reliance BIG Pictures said.

All three versions - "Raavan" (Hindi), "Raavanan" (Tamil) and "Villain" (Telugu) - co-produced by Reliance BIG Pictures and Madras Talkies, was released simultaneously in about 2,200 screens worldwide, said a press statement.

While the star cast of "Raavan" includes Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and southern star Vikram, "Raavanan" features Vikram, Aishwarya and Prithviraj. The Tamil version was dubbed in Telugu to reach a wider audience.

For foreign screens, the Hindi and Tamil versions have been released with English sub-titles.

In the Hindi version, Aishwarya plays Ragini, a dance teacher who is married to a policeman, played by Vikram. In the course of events, she is abducted by Beera (Abhishek) and held hostage at his jungle hideout. In the Tamil version, Vikram plays Beera.

The music for both the versions is by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman and the cinematography has been done by Santosh Sivan.

Sonu Niigaam Returns With ‘Chhote Ustaad’

It’s difficult to pinpoint where Sonu Niigaam’s loyalty lies. After al he’s been on various channels. He started his TV career as host of Zee TV’S ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ series then moved on to adjudicate Indian Idol. However, he’s made his appearance as a guest on most channels. The singer, who of late, has been keeping a low profile, will return to television as a judge on the Star Plus reality show ‘Chhote Ustaad’. Produced by Sai Baba Telefilms, ‘Chhote Ustaad’ will soon see its second season.

Apart from Sonu, Star Plus has also signed the Pakistani singer, Raahat Fateh Ali Khan as the second judge. Auditions for the show have already begun. This time the show will feature kids from across the border as well. An Indian and Pakistani child will form a pair. The show will follow ‘Zara Nachke Dikha 2’.

Star Plus spokesperson refused to confirm anything. Interestingly, is learnt that a few days back, Star Plus had put up a banner of the show which carried dates for the audition as well a picture of Niigaam and Khan.

Sonu Niigaam did not reply to our text message. Niigaam had last adjudicated ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs’ while Khan was seen in the show, ‘Junoon’.

The inaugural season of ‘Chhote Ustaad’ was held in 2007 and was won by Aishwarya Majumdar

“People Still Ask About The ‘Kyunki…’ Sequel”-Hiten Tejwani

he period of ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ on Star Plus is still known as the golden era of Indian Television.

 

 The show resulted in a major turnaround for the Indian Television industry especially its culture. The concept of serials changed after this show as well. But ‘Kyunki… succeeded in beating its compatriots by being on air for 8 long years. Apparently, the audience remains loyal till date and are ready to watch it again, if commenced.

Hiten Tejwani, who played the character of Karan and was a part of the legendary show, said, “People are still big fans of ‘Kyunki… as it was a show which lasted for all of 8 years and was a big hit. It kept the people tied up to the story. The audience was somewhat addicted to the show and now that it has gone off-air abruptly, they still have expectations of it re-surfacing once again. They are, in fact, waiting for the Kyunki Sequel.”

“Many of them have called me and asked whether Kyunki… is going to be back again. And I replied that it may happen in future but right now I just don’t have any idea.” signs off Hiten.

Yes! We too agree with Hiten that Kyunki had changed the trend of Indian Television. But a Kyunki Sequel? Well, you never know what can happen next!

Archana-Manav finally go separate ways in Pavitra Rishta

Recently the fans of Archana and Manav were in for a shocker when the couple signed the divorce papers in Zee’s Pavitra Rishta. Speculations were rife that Manav’s mother, Savita would eventually discourage them from going for a divorce but nothing happened. Even after the divorce, the couple continued to remain in touch. The upcoming episodes will show the couple finally parting ways with each other and disconnecting themselves from each other completely.
Says our source, “Archana and Manav have finally decided not to meet each other. They have an emotional phone conversation where Archana agrees to no longer remain in touch with Manav. They want to end things on a positive note. Post this; the show will take a leap of a few months. The track will focus on Shravani and her baby.”
Sushant Singh Rajput who plays Manav remained unavailable for comment.

UTV now to co-produce Boogie Woogie with R & N Productions

Everyone wants a pie of success. And so looks for the same reason, UTV has now joined hands with R & N Productions (the baby of Ravi Behl, Naved and Javed Jaffery) to produce the immensely popular Boogie Woogie.
“Boogie Woogie would now be a joint venture of R& N productions and UTV,” confirms Ajay Balwankar, the programming head for Sony. Talking about the reasons for such a decision, he further adds, “This is purely to improve the production infrastructure and the quality of the show.”
Balwankar also confirms there would be no changes in the concept and Ravi, Naved and Javed will continue being an active part of the show.
Ravi and Naved remained unavailable for comment.

Sonia Singh enters Dev’s life in Chhoti Bahu

Soniya Singh who apart from Dil Mil Gaye is also seen enacting the character of Neelam, Pankaj (Sarwar Ahuja) wife in Imagine TV’s Jyoti has started working on her third project, essaying a parallel lead character in Chhoti Bahu.

The recent episodes of Chhoti Bahu witnessed the falling of Dev aka Avinash Sachdev from a cliff and regarded as being dead.

A little birdie informed us that, “Soniya Singh will be seen as Dev’s wife and enacts the character of a mentally childish,cute, bubbly, chirpy girl who stays in Agra and is the daughter of a landlord.”

When contacted, Soniya Singh conformed the news saying, “yes I’ m enacting the character of Maitri. It’s a completely positive role and I always wanted to come back in Zee TV afterNaagin. And as this is a very popular show which I have been following from long so it’s great to be a part of the show.”

Our source also added that, “Dev will be shown enduring a complete memory loss andRadhika (Rubina Dilaik) who has decided to leave her in laws house is now come down to Agra to meet her sick grandmother and that is where she sees Dev and Maitri in a temple for the first time.”

Our source also adds that, “May be the coming episodes would also witness the entry of Maitri’s parents.”

Presumably Maitri could be the one who actually saved Dev’s life but as the story unfolds the real truth of Dev’s married life as well as his past will be revealed.

The entry sequence of Soniya Singh and Avinash Sachdev will be aired in today’s episode.

Yashraj out of Indian Idol 5

In a shocking elimination this week, Yashraj Kapil is voted out of Indian Idol 5.

Our source from the show says, “Yashraj is a mature singer and was consistent in his acts. In fact his co-contestants too were confident he will make it to the finals. Yashraj like Manisha Karmakar who was eliminated last week was Anu’s favourite. Anu always backed his performances and was surprised to see him out.”

Yashraj had won a reality show called Sitaron Ko Choona Hai which aired on Real TV, so he was hoping to reach at least in the top 3 this time on Idol. There was no celebrity guest this week and Hussain is back to host the show. Abhishek Bachchan was supposed to appear in the show to promote his movie Raavan this week but he could not make it due to a date issue.

Now, nine contestants will slug it out in the contest.

SRK says ‘ooh...aah…ouch'!

Actor Shah Rukh Khan has long been suffering from fitness issues, as this time the superstar is down and out due to back pain. SRK is currently shooting for the action filled ‘Ra.One’, as his back problem seems to have troubling him more than ever.


“Working with my doctor on my back. It’s time to scream out ouch...ooh...aah. I’ll be back later...no pun intended,” said SRK on a social networking site.

But to back him up, megastar Amitabh Bachchan replied immediately to SRK’s post wishing him a speedy recovery from his aggravated back problem.

"Speedy recovery for your back Shah Rukh! It is such a bother really. I take resort through medication, but massage is better," Bachchan replied.

Good eh! Stars are bonding socially. We wish you speedy recovery SRK…

Manisha Karmakar's Idol dreams crash this week

It had to happen sooner than later. Manisha Karmakar is eliminated this week in Indian Idol. Karmakar who has earlier done Sa Re Ga Ma Bangla was always confident of being in the top 5 but has been faring quite badly in the last couple of weeks.

Our source says, “Manisha has been failing to give her best for the past two- three weeks .She has an exceptional voice, but her performances are weak. Last week too she did not do justice to Pyarelalji’s song, though Annu Malik always considered her one of the best singers of this season. However this week she was in the danger zone only to be eliminated later.”

Meanwhile, this week with Hussain busy at the IIFA awards, Sunidhi Chauhan had to double up as host. There were no celebrity guests this week though next week, the team of Raavan is expected to appear in the show

Winners of the IIFA Awards 2010

Best Film
Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan - Paa

Best Direction
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in a Comic Role
Sanjay Dutt - All The Best

Best Performance in a Negative Role
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots

John says Bips looks hot in the ad

Bipasha Basu’s nude ad that recently went online in YouTube created ripples. But Bipasha Basu is unfazed by the leaking of the video on the net as she feels it was nothing vulgar and she is proud the way she was looking in the ad. Her boyfriend actor John Abraham also feels the same. John says that Bips looks hot in the ad. Bipasha Basu is happy to have an understanding boyfriend like John. Her parents also sound very cools regarding the ad. She quips, “John is not hyper at all and neither are my parents. In fact, John told me I looked really hot in it. It is so wonderful to have a supportive boyfriend and parents.”

Is Bitto in trouble?

it seems that Bitto the latest show on Sahara One is finding it hard to be accepted by the audiences. Despite having a good concept the show isn’t able to make a mark. And the production house Contiloe Telefilms isn’t very pleased with the latest TRPs of the show.

Apparently, the situation is so bad that the production house has currently stalled the shoot of the show and is planning to make some serious changes in the script. Sources say that these changes are being made keeping in mind the TRPs and viewers’ feedback.

Meanwhile, the cast and crew of the show are busy travelling all across India for a promotional tour. Just recently, the unit visited Nagpur and Indore and plan to leave for the second tour in a week or two.

Abhimanyu Singh of Contiloe Telefilms remained unavailable. Creative head Mushtaq Shaikh too remained unavailable.

Amrita is left with just one little master

Skipper Amrita is now just left with one kid while Vrushali and Mayuresh’s ‘Dhoom Dhadake’ have lost one to elimination too in DID Lil Masters!

Says our source, “This time, those in the bottom four were Anurag from Amrita’s team, Avneet from Vrushali’s team, Atul from Jai’s team and Ruturaj from Dharmesh’s team. However Anurag and Avneet were finally evicted from the show. This leaves skipper Amrita with only one kid in her team now.”

Sources say this was Farah Khan special episode and also present were Farah’s mother and aunt Daisy Irani.

Love on the sets of Odhani?

A little bird from the sets of Rang Badalti Odhani chirps that while Khanak may have lost her husband in the show, Yashashree Masurkar who plays the lead role seems to have found her soul-mate on the sets.
The love of her life is Monty, the show’s director of photography. Our source chips in, “The two have been together for quite some time now. You don’t need to be Einstein to figure this out. They are seen together on the sets. In fact he even travels all the way to Vasai to drop Yashashree. They do spend a lot of time together off the shoot as well.”
We sent a text to the actress but she did not revert.

Now it's UTV Bindass’s Dance reality!

Indian television is overflowing with reality shows, especially dance realities. But while most prefer to follow the proven formula, UTV Bindaas aims to think out of the box with it's new dance reality show that boasts of undiscovered talent, ubercool moves, and the undisputed master of dance, Shiamak Davar.


In a recent press meet held, the guru of modern contemporary dance of India, Shaimak said, “It’s been pleasure to be a part of such a reality show. As this is not what you now days see on television, which is mostly stunts, sets, and attire. This street dancing is some thing more of the inner talent that shines. We will be choosing various dancing talents from all over the country; people who haven’t received any platform to perform their talents.”

Davar adds, “The contestants do not even have to be a trained dancers, but they have to be talented enough so that we can shape them the right way and give them the right kind of direction to help their talents grow. The dancing can be any where on the streets, terrace, and garage or any where you want. I will be mentoring and not judging the show.”


UTV Bindaas has been known to give promising shows which are celebrated amongst the youth. So let’s see what’s stored in this lastest reality, beginning 24th May every Monday-Wednesday, 8 pm onwards

Meghna Kumar out of Idol

Seventeen-year-old Meghna Kumar is the next one to be eliminated from Indian Idol 5. Visually challenged Meghna from Jhansi failed to impress judges with her performance last week and had to pay the price for it.

Our source says, “Musical Maestro Pyarelalji was a guest judge this week; he trained the remaining 12 contestants for his various compositions. Meghna’s last performance was not very impressive and she was expected to be in the danger zone this week. She was visibly sad after hearing the results.”

Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal too were celebrity guests this week. “Sundihi Chauhan performed this week with Pyarelalji. All contestants did a special entry act which was dedicated to Pyarelalji. Raajneeti stars were present on the sets to promote their movie and had a blast with the contestants,” the source adds.

Meghna’s elimination will air on Monday.

Explicit Love Making Scene In Rajneeti Between Arjun And Theatre Actress Deleted

Arjun Rampal’s love making sequence in Prakash Jha's film Raajneeti was so explicit that it was deleted from the theatre version, but it will be shown in the DVD version, says a media report.


The love-making sequence featuring Arjun Rampal and a theatre actress (name withheld) turned out so explicit that the actress in question has requested the director to keep her name out of the credits, says the media report. The sequence was voluntarily deleted from the film before it was submitted for censoring.


Arjun Rampal too was shocked at how far they had gone with the love-making before the director shouted ‘cut’. After they viewed the sequence, both Arjun and Prakash Jha were uncomfortable with its explicitness.
“Yeh thoda zyada ho gaya,” Jha told Arjun. Even the actress requested that her name be kept out of the credits. Arjun, who has lately pulled out all stops to get into character, feared the love-making sequence would not go down well with his wife and daughters. He even requested a re-shoot.

While neither the director nor the actor is willing to reveal details of the scene, a source reveals that it involves a hopeful female electoral candidate who approaches Arjun for an election ticket — with the willingness to do anything for it.

Says the source, “The girl begins to seduce Arjun. They end up making torrid love. This is where the content went out of hand.”

Jha says, “Yes, it’s true that we removed the love-making scene before submitting it to the censor board. But we plan to include it in the DVD version.”

Aditya Is Back To Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Daler Mehndi To Judge

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is coming with new season, a new title and three debutant judges and above all the jovial and young host Aditya Narayan is also back in the reality show that made him an instant superstar.

The upcoming season is called as ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstars’ and judging it will be Daler Mehndi, Sajid Wajid, and Vishal-Shekhar. While Daler and Sajid-Wajid will be judging this show for the first time, Vishal and Shekhar were part of the extremely successful ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007’ season.

The quest at Sa Re Ga Ma Pa this year is to hunt out India’s “Singing Superstar” not just a good voice, not a playback singer but a youthful voice that can rock the nation.


Auditions commence from May 29 in Mumbai. Thereafter, Zee TV will travel to Nagpur, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad and Jalandhar. This year auditions will also be held in Dubai, New York, London, South Africa and four cities in Pakistan.

Kaalia Gets A Flat From Maharashtra Govt

Mumbai: ‘Tera Kya Hoga Re Kaalia?’ “Huzoor, maine aapka namak khaya hai” “Tune Namak Khaya Hai, ab goli khaa” – Thus spake dacoit Gabbar and Kali in the celebrated dialogue in the timeless celluloid Sholay.

Actor Viju Khote, famous for his role of `Kaalia' in the 1975 Hindi blockbuster is among the 15 recipients of flats built by Maharashtra's housing board.

Khote, along with other Marathi film personalities, received keys to their new houses from Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Mumbai on Friday.

Veteran actor Prabhakar Panshikar lauded Chavan for taking efforts to provide Marathi cine artists flats constructed by Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).

Khote has acted in minor roles in over 300 films and TV serials. He is actress Shobha Khote's twin brother. PTI