Karan Johar is returning this week to woo the box office with a romantic comedy which coincides with the Valentine’s Day revelries. He has teamed up with the fresh pair of Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor to attract the audiences.

Directed by debutant Shakun Batra, the film’s cast has Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah and Ram Kapoor and it will be released on 1,200 screens worldwide. It is made at an approximate budget of Rs.25-30 crore.

In “Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na”, Ratna had played Imran’s mother, but her character in the new film is a complete contrast. More

The song ‘Bipasha‘ is all over the music channels and the lady-at-the-hot-seat, Bipasha Basu, is heard claiming that she was a little jittery before consenting to jive to a song that was designed on her personality. However makers of JODI BREAKERS have spilled the beans and declared that even though the song was composed later in the day, a slot was reserved for it from the very beginning.

Says director Ashwini Chaudhary, “See, audience have certain expectations from Bipasha and you can’t deny them the joy of seeing her in the avatar they like to see her in the most. They want to see her as a glamorous woman. Thankfully the character of Sonia that she plays in the film is also that of a modern urban girl from today’s time. Hence there wasn’t much that we have to add to that since it would anyways have suited Bipasha. However we did underline that a little and added in further bits so that her presence in the film could be further justified.”

One such step in this direction was to add the song ‘Bipasha’ which is fast seeing an upwards movement in the popularity charts and also helping in raising the film’s stocks further. More

Karisma 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. Source

Actress Sonam Kapoor denies reports of having problems with actor Shahid Kapoor and director Punit Malhotra.

It was reported that the 26-year-old, who worked in Malhotra’s directorial debut “I Hate Luv Storys”, has turned down a film by the young director because he has roped in Shahid, her “Mausam” co-star in the male lead.

However, Sonam took to Twitter to shoot down the reports and wrote: “I’m hearing the funniest rumours about myself! In Thailand, and all I can say is I’m on the floor laughing.”

“Okay morning guys I’m not mad at Shahid Kapoor or Punit Malhotra and I’m not dating anyone! I’m minding my own business and working,” she further tweeted. Source

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who has made headlines for her alleged relationship with Shahrukh Khan, has finally expressed her views on the controversy.

Priyanka to a leading publication has mentioned that the reports of her speculated relationship with SRK bothers her and she is very upset with the entire episode.

The report also mentioned that Priyanka gives no importance to such baseless rumours. Source

Continuing its superb run, Karan Malhotra’s Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra and Rishi Kapoor starrer, AGNEEPATH has achieved another distinction. On Sunday (5th February), AGNEEPATH crossed the 100 crore mark from India.

This is an important milestone in superhero Hrithik Roshan’s career as AGNEEPATH is his first film which has netted more than 100 crores, having missed the mark by 8 crore in ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA.

In fact just as we had predicted last month (Priyanka all set for a double hundred!-13th January) after DON 2, AGNEEPATH turns out to be the second 100 crore netter for Priyanka, and puts her on par with Asin (GHAJINI and READY).

With AGNEEAPTH still being the first preference for the audience, even during the second weekend, the film has bright chances of achieving a super hit status. Source

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has largely been out of the public eye since the birth of her daughter on November 16, attended the reception of Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’souza who got married on Friday.

Aishwarya, traditionally dressed in an anarkali suit, set off a frenzy as photographers covering the event rushed to click the one image no one wanted to miss.

Aishwarya was briefly spotted and clicked when the Bachchans hosted media mogul Oprah Winfrey at their home during her first India visit. Later, she drove with Oprah, father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and husband Abhishek to a party hosted by Parameshwar Godrej to welcome Oprah. Source

Ritesh Deshmukh and Ganelia D’Souza were married at a church in Bandra today, this followed a lavish Maharashtrian-style wedding at the Grand Hyatt hotel yesterday. The couple will next host a reception at the Grand Hyatt hotel.

Ritesh and Ganelia had been seeing each other since their Bollywood debut ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ in 2003, and sealed their eight year long relationship in a grand Maharashtrian-style wedding yesterday. Today’s christian wedding was a small family affair. Ganelia looked stunning an full-length white gown, and Riesh looked dapper in a black suit, as the couple said their “I do’s”.

Riteish Deshmukh is the son of former Mahrashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and is from a Maharashtrian family, while Genelia D’Souza is from a Mangalorean Catholic family, which is why, the wedding was also solemnised in a Christian way at a church.

Ritesh Deshumkh and Ganelia D’Souza have a grand Maharashtrian-style wedding at the Grand Hyatt
Dressed in a white sherwani and red turban, the groom Riteish Deshmukh arrived at the marriage venue along with the band, baaja and baaraat. He wore a sehra and was astride a ghodi (mare). The excited groom smiled at the onlookers and waved his hands. Genelia D’Souza looked stunningly beautiful dressed in red and gold lehenga designed for her by Ritu Kumar. More

The much-awaited wax statue of Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit will be unveiled at London’s Madame Tussauds March 7.

“Madame Tussauds unveiling on March 7, 2012. See you then,” tweeted Madhuri, who has moved here from Denver to play a new innings in Bollywood.

Known for her natural acting talent and graceful dancing, the 44-year-old is the latest Indian film star to join the A-list line up at the Madame Tussauds wax museum, which also houses statues of Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.

Madhuri’s wax statue has reportedly cost 150,000 pounds and it was completed in four months by a team of sculptors and experts in hair, makeup and wardrobe. More

If reports are to be believed Bollywood actress Genelia D’Souza will be wearing a Ritu Kumar collection on her very special day. She is getting married to actor Riteish Deshmukh today.

The cute actress is all set to tie the knot with her long time boyfriend Riteish Deshmukh, on Friday. So the final day for the much talked about Bollywood wedding is not far away. Ritu Kumar, who is famous for her ethnic work, has created the wedding attire for the JAANE TU JAANE NAA star, reports said.

The talented designer has created a simple yet elegant dress for her, it said.

The 24-year-old actress wore a gorgeous lehenga with matching jewelry on her pre-wedding ceremony Sangeet which made her look dazzling in the occasion. More

No bling and shimmer for a wedding dress? That’s rare! But for Genelia D’Souza’s wedding ensemble, the ace fashion designer Ritu Kumar has created a regal, elegant dress which is a far cry from the usual glitzy, over-the-board wedding attire.

The veteran designer, who likes to blend tradition with modernity, and uses the rich embroidery heritage of India for her bridal collection, has once again visited history for Genelia. Ritu wanted to avoid the usual bling and shimmer for Genelia’s wedding trousseau because she didn’t want clothes to overshadow the actress’ vivacious personality. “The silhouette which I designed for her (Genelia) is simple yet elegant and chic,” says Ritu Kumar.

Ritu Kumar has designed two dresses for Genelia, and for the wedding day, Kumar has designed a lehanga, choli and odhni in gold and indigo blue for Ritesh Deshmukh’s bride. The blouse is made of indigo blue velvet with antique dhapka embroidery, while the lehanga has antique gold weaving with zardozi embroidery. According to the designer, the wedding ensemble of Genelia resembles a 19th century archival piece. More

It seems Katrina Kaif is not only in demand in Bollywood but also down south. Recently, it was heard that she might sign Kochadaiyaan with the superstar Rajinikanth, and now, reports suggests that she is approached for a film opposite the talented Kamal Haasan.

The actress is likely to be part of the project, titled Thalaivan Irukkindran, that will mark the return of the duo Aascar Ravichandran and Kamal Haasan, and the makers are keen to have Shankar as director for the magnum opus. Sources further add, “It looks like talks are on with A R Rahman as well to score the music for this larger-than-life movie.”

If all goes well then we might see the oh-so-beautiful Katrina Kaif with Kamal Haasan in this big budget Tamil film. But as for now talks are on with the actress, who is a bit tied up with two films: one is with Shahrukh Khan, while another one (read Dhoom 3) is with Aamir Khan.

After finishing his ambitious project Viswaroopam, Kamal is gearing up for Ravichandran’s film, which is also said to be the highest-budget film ever made in Tamil cinema. More