Well, Divya Dutta has proved her versatility time and again and left the audiences as well as the critics spellbound with her enthralling performances!

It’s safe to say that her voice modulation skills are unmatched by any other actor in B Town. Her ability to voice different dialects with ease has won her praises in abundance! Sporting a Pakistani Punjabi dialect in ‘Veer Zaara’, a Haryanvi accent in ‘Delhi 6′, a Rajasthani accent in ‘Haat The Weekly Baazar’, a Malayalam accent in the ‘Last Lear’ to her latest Gujju accent in Subhash Ghai’s ‘Hello Darling’, Divya has done it all! We hear that Subhash Ghai was very happy with Divya’s performance and was heard saying that she ‘brought the house down!’

Well, looks like we have our own Dialect Queen after all ! Source

Himesh Reshammiya, who is quite positive about proving a point all over again with his upcoming films as an actor, had completely given up eating sweets for last few months. Though he carries a sweet tooth, during the shoot of his under production film ‘Ishk Unplugged’ he made a strong resolve that he wouldn’t touch any of them till the shoot got over.

Well, true to his promise, he stayed miles away from sweets during a non-stop 65 days schedule of the film, only to gobble up a dozen odd pieces of ‘Kaju Katri’, his favourite sweet, on the last day of the film’s shoot.

Reveals a source who saw it all happening on the film’s sets, “Everyone knows that Himesh loves sweets. In fact it was quite a challenge for him to stay away from sweets for all these weeks but he ensured that he didn’t break his healthy regime. Well done, Himesh. Source

After becoming the first Bollywood celebrity to have a milkshake named after her at the hotspot ‘Millions of Milkshakes’ in Hollywood city, Mallika Sherawat has now become the latest recipient of the prestigious “Arts Award” in New York. The sexy and seductive actress was honoured recently for her unparalleled contributions to and influence with the Indian diaspora.
 
The event was organised by Honorable Jerramiah Healy, the Mayor of Jersey City and the New Jersey co chair of President Barack Obama’s primary campaign to honor the Indian community and its contributions to the United States. Out of America’s 100 largest cities, Jersey City has one of the largest percentages of South Asians. Area politicians, business persons, and members of the press attended the event.

As a congressional honoree, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallon(father of the India Caucus in the U.S. Congress), among others, also graced the event with his presence. The host of the event was JCHA Commissioner Raj Mukherji (the youngest commissioner in city history to serve the Housing Authority). Source

Having already been served with a legal notice by The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) in October 2007 for smoking during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit and an ODI match between India and Australia in Mumbai, Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is in a bit of a hot soup with NOTE once again. The reason? The broadcasting of Shahrukh Khan’s smoking during an Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Kings XI Punjab is the reason why the organisation is upset with the broadcasters of the tournament.

A statement from NOTE said that the official broadcasters of the series should ensure that footage of smoking especially by celebrities should not be broadcast. Their argument stated that the broadcasted images increased the chances of youngster’s picking up the habit in an attempt to imitate their idols. NOTE has suggested that the event organisers also make regular no smoking announcements at the venues during the matches to raise awareness. More

The celebrities have to sweat it out in order to attain their celebrity status. And surely its not that easy as many think. Recently Kareena Kapoor, one of the most successful actor in filmdom, had to shoot for 36 hours without a break.

The actor has a chock-a-block schedule thanks to films like “Kambakkht Ishq”, “3 Idiots”, “Agent Vinod”, “Mr. and Mrs. Khanna” and an untitled movie by Rensil D’silva in her kitty. She just went rushing from one set to another.

Kareena shot continuously without complaining about tiredness or any lack of sleep. Onlookers said that this is what stars are made of and it was a really good gesture from the actress to shoot without any complaints. Source

Rensil D’Souza had casted Minissha Lamba in the Dharma Productions project. But things were not good enough between the two, due to which Minissha had to say good bye to the prestigious project.

The actress despite being very enthusiastic about her small yet influential role in the film refused to shoot an intimate scene with co-star Vivek Oberoi. At her refusal Rensil opted to approach the production house for a re-cast. Minissha Lamba who had shot an onscreen kissing sequence with Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno refused to do the same with co-star Vivek Oberoi for this project for an unknown reason.

Comments are yet to make rounds from the actress and Rensil in reference to the scene in questions however, the originally casted actresses Tara Sharma did disclose to Mid-Day that such a scene was narrated to her but she had made it very clear that she wouldn’t be comfortable shooting such a sequence to which Rensil’s reply was that he would do his best to work around it as it was not an absolutely necessity to the storyline. More

History repeats itself. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is going to star with her ex lover Vivek Oberoi again. The film in question is titled, ‘Tansen’ to be directed by Satish Kaushik and to be produced by Rajshri Productions. It will also have Abhishek Bachchan and Anil Kapoor in the pivotal role.
 
‘Tansen’ is said to be one of the costliest film to be ever made in India. The film is based on the real life incident of Mughal court singer. The main role of ‘Tansen’ will be played by Abhishek Bachchan. The film will be shot in Bangkok first and then in Australia and New Zealand.

As the cast and the crew have been decided, the shooting of the film will be commenced from next month. Source

Akshay Kumar is the real hero of bollywood. His generosity in the industry was proven when he donated a cheque of Rs six lakhs to ail actor Vallabh Vyas who was part of Lagaan and Chandni Bar.  Akki does know the actor personally but when he heard about Vallabh’s illness, he decided to help him out.

Akshay came to know about Vallabh’s sickness when one of Vallabh’s friends was shooting with Akki. On knowing that no one from the film industry is coming forward to help him out, Akshay turned saddened and decided to help Vallabh with funds.

A source reveals, “Vallabh suffered from brain hemorrhage some time back and he needed money for surgery. Actor Manoj Joshi, who is friends with Vallabh and has been helping collect money for the surgery”.
 
While shooting with him recently, Joshi mentioned his efforts to raise funds for Vallabh’s surgery, and the actor enquired what was the total amount needed.  When he learned it was six lakhs, Akki immediately signed a cheque for the entire amount and gave it to him. Source

Here’s a quick chat with Preity Zinta.

Q :  Films, IPL, sponsoring 34 poor girls…is that what you call ‘branching out’?

Preity : (Smiles) I have always lived life the way I wanted and always done things that are different and exciting to me. Yes, in your words, I am really branching out because I am loving it.

Q : This time fellow actor Shilpa Shetty has also joined you and Shah Rukh. Comment.

Preity : Watch the matches…(laughs aloud).

Q : Why did you suddenly decide to sponsor 34 girls?

Preity : It was not ‘suddenly’. I always wanted to do something for poor children, especially girls, and what can be better than giving them proper education, good food and clothing. These 34 kids are born poor girls. Just wait for some 10-15 years and see how they shape up! More

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan remembered Late Feroz Khan and said that despite of several attempts they could never work together in a film. “There were many attempts by both of us to work together but somehow it didn’t work out,” Amitabh posted on his blog. “He will be remembered for his passion and commitment to the craft. May his soul rest in peace and may the Almighty give his family strength to bear the loss,” he added.

“What he displayed in his persona, reflected in the way he made his films. In many ways, he pioneered a certain flash and sophistication in his very first venture as a maker and that remained with him and all his films throughout,” he wrote.

Amitabh also pointed out that Feroz Khan always had a “progressive and visible difference in the way he functioned” including the “content of the subjects he chose, in the unique casting that he did or in the fresh talent that he introduced in music and presentation”. Source

The maker of blockbuster films like Devdas and Black, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is awaiting a lead actor for his forthcoming film Chenab Gandhi. When the movie was first floated, it was rumoured that hunky model-turned-actor John Abraham had signed up opposite Vidya Balan, who was confirmed to be the heroine. But then sources whispered that John’s girlfriend actress Bipasha Basu had talked him into turning down the role because of Vidya Balan. John personally shot down the rumours and clarified that while he had met Bhansali, Chenab Gandhi hadn’t figured in the discussion.

All the confusion aside, the movie still lacks a hero and a source reveals that Bhansali might go back to his original choice for the role – Harman Baweja. The shoot for Chenab Gandhi was scheduled to begin in April/May, but has now been postponed to November. Though Harman had been unavailable earlier due to date clashes with Ashutosh Gowariker’s What’s Your Rashee?, by November, the actor is expected to be free to shoot for Chenab Gandhi. While this is all speculation, Harman so far has remained unavailable for comment. Source

Though Akshay Kumar seems to have taken a backseat after a hat-trick of flops and the very recent “obscene” turn of events but his former actress wife Twinkle Khanna it seems has decided to take a completely different approach to tackle the difficulties and face the outcry if there is any.

We are seeing her being a regular to her Bandra store, ‘The White Window’ almost every day now. She is nowadays often seen sitting on the patio with her guests sipping on coffee and chatting up with them. Now till just few weeks back Twinkle was always a reluctant visitor to her own store and could hardly be seen making a visit leave alone sitting outside by the fear of getting mobbed. Also it also seems that the turn of events have given her a new perspective on life and friendships as she’s trying to mend her bridges with long lost friends and the main amongst them being Bobby Deol’s wife, Tanya. Both being interior designers, were once upon a time very close friends as were their hubbies. More