After making a career out of playing a bad boy in majority of his films, Emraan Hashmi is relieved that now he also has a comic success up his sleeves. His DIL TOH BACCHA HAI JI has shown an escalation at the box office after taking a decent start and is pretty much in a comfort zone now with weekend collections expected to be around the 15 crores mark.

“Yes, this was my first out and out comedy and I am glad it has turned out to be a positive outing”, says Emraan who had to convince himself before coming on board for this Madhur Bhandarkar directed film. 

He had all the right reasons to be apprehensive though. After all, his earlier attempt at comedy was a disaster with JAWAANI DEEWANI resulting in quite a few detractors pouncing on him due to film’s ‘below the belt’ humour.

“Technically, I still don’t consider that film as a comedy”, says Emraan with a straight face, “JAWAANI DEEWANI went into a completely weird space and the slapstick humour there didn’t work at all. I knew there and then that if I had to attempt a comedy, it had to be situational and funny.” More

The sexy actress Mallika Sherawat recently shot for a raunchy item number for Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor starrer Thank You.

Yes, she wore a revealing dress. It is learnt that when the bold actress heard the song titled Razia Gundo Mein Phans Gayee and she declared it was made for her.

On the day of shooting, director Anees Bazmee found the outfit styled by Mallika’s designer, a little too sexy and asked the actress to get it toned down as theirs is “a family film. Source

Last Friday, Kareena Kapoor drove down from Pune to Mumbai to shoot for her televised act for an award function. What should’ve ended in a matter of hours took forever thanks to Priyanka Chopra.

After finishing her make-up and hair, Bebo arrived on the stage to find it occupied by her arch rival PC. She had to wait for four hours before she could shoot her performance. Reveals a source present at the awards, “Kareena landed at Yash Raj Studios around midnight she found the stage occupied by Priyanka.

She waited patiently for a few minutes. On spotting her, PC came down from the stage and told Bebo that she couldn’t give up the stage till 1 am (though the latter had been assigned the stage at 12 am).”

Ms Chopra continued to rehearse till 4 am, at which time, the exhausted Kapoor girl decided to go home. The following morning, Bebo asked her manager Zahid to cancel her shooting (with Salman Khan for Bodyguard) for Saturday in Pune and then returned to the studio to finish her song. Source

The bengali bombshell Bipasha Basu has had a crush on Brad Pitt for the longest time! She has always admired Brad not just for his brilliant acting but also for his impeccable looks.

However it seems that this crush has been replaced by the handsome hunk James Franco! Apparently the bong beauty watched Franco’s latest movie 127 HOURS and was completely floored by him.

In fact, she even tweeted saying that it is her dream to meet the talented actor and that she thought his performance in the movie was tremendous, not to forget his gorgeous looks!

Looks like we have another B-town beauty smitten by a Hollywood man! Source

“I have always been very fond of Madhuri. I love almost all of her songs and her dance is incomparable. Today`s actresses don`t come close to her dance and expressions. She is so flexible, so emotive – for me, she is completely like lady Michael Jackson,” Remo told reporters.

Just as he picked up the art of dancing by watching Jackson`s videos, Remo also tried to emulate Madhuri`s filmy steps.

“Once, very long time back, I had to train one girl for a competition…that time I learnt all of Madhuri`s steps in `Ek do teen` to teach the girl. Madhuri was fabulous in it. But my favourite song featuring her is `Humko aajkal hai` from the film `Sailaab`,” he said.

Remo vied for many years to meet Madhuri – in studios, at film shootings and screenings, but his big chance came when he was asked to share the stage with her as the judge of Sony TV`s “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4″.

“I was overjoyed on meeting Madhuri. She has been my favourite all through,” said the choreographer, who feels Prabhu Deva and Hrithik Roshan are the only two Indian male stars, who can dance like MJ. More

Abhishek Bachchan has at least half a dozen films (Game, Dum Maro Dum, Bol Bachchan, Players, Department etc.), lined up for release in next two years with his date diary being totally booked. Now for an actor who hasn’t enjoyed the best year of his career in 2010 (with ‘Raavan’ and ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se’), one would have expected something on the contrary.

“In a way this also reflects the shortage of known names, let alone saleable ones, that we have in Bollywood today”, rues a trade expert, “How many films can you expect the four Khans (Aamir, Salman, Shah Rukh, Saif), Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn or Hrithik Roshan to do? We have only these seven names if you have to think of an actor with a mature personality. Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Imran Khan are more suited for younger roles.”

“This is the reason why one continues to remember Abhishek’s solo hits like ‘Guru’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’”, a senior film maker comments on condition of anonymity, “Ok, so these films may seem to have arrived centuries ago but the fact remains that Abhishek has proved himself at the least. The Bachchan tag also means that he would ensure good product visibility at the least. In that sense, the makers would save some time, money and energy in hard selling their film which would otherwise not be the case if they take someone else who is either lower down the order or a relatively new face.”

Well, this is indeed a point to ponder over. What do you think? Source

Filmfare celebrated the entire years hard work of Bollywood industry by awarding and appreciating their piece of work on 29th January, 2011 at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai. The show was hosted by young Bollywood actors and good friends Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan.

Here we get you the list of the winners in the 56th Filmfare Awards night 2011

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Kajol – My Name Is Khan

Best Film
Dabangg

Best Director
Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan More

‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ is a Vishal Bhardwaj film in which, Priyanka Chopra essays various characters, ranging from a young twenty something girl to a sixty-years old lady. Buzz has it that Hollywood make-up artists diligently worked on Priyanka’s character Suzanna (a sixty-five year old lady), which was modelled on her mother and grandmother’s pictures.

Apparently, Priyanka considers ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ as her toughest film. Talking to a daily about the film, the actress quipped, “It has been the most challenging part any actor could play. Playing Suzanna was tough for someone like me, who is still in her 20s. During most bits of shooting, I relied completely on Vishal sir, because I had no clue how I was going to take my character forward.”

When enquired about her middle-aged character in the film, Priyanka said, “It was difficult to imagine myself as a 50 year-old woman. How does someone that old walk, talk? I decided to fashion my character on my mother. Not that she is a killer!”
 
Bhardwaj’s ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ is based on Ruskin Bond’s ‘Susanna’s Seven’ story, where a femme fatale kills her seven husbands.

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This new year has indeed transformed Ajay Devgn from a reticent, no-nonsense star to a chilled-out humorous guy. It seems Ajay all of a sudden loves his newfound witty side.

After taking pot-shots at Kareena and Saif, Ajay made fun of Bollywood’s blue-eyed boy Ranbir Kapoor and his good old friend Salman Khan in Karan Johar’s ‘Koffee with Karan’.

Confirming the reports to a daily, a source from the channel said, “Normally known to be reserved, Ajay appeared to have cast aside all his inhibitions on this show. Initially Devgn said that he didn`t want to come on Koffee because he was scared that Karan Johar would ask him controversial questions. But, Ajay said quite a lot as he got into the flow of the conversation.” 

“It`s become quite fashionable to pull down Ranbir Kapoor on KWK these days. Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor did it earlier and now even Ajay did not spare Ranbir. In the rapid-fire section, Karan asked Ajay what he was most likely to find in Ranbir Kapoor`s bedroom. Ajay said with a straight face, ‘I don`t know what I will find, who I will find and how many I will find!’ referring to Ranbir`s so-called many girlfriends. Even Karan was stunned with Ajay`s frankness and for a second didn`t know where to look,” said the source.

Apparently, Ajay even joked about his old friend Salman Khan. The source continued, “When KJo asked Ajay what he expected to find in Salman`s bedroom, Ajay replied blandly, “I am likely to find `dumb-bells` in Salman`s bedroom.` Though Karan burst out laughing at that, he was in splits when Ajay was asked what would be the best title for Salman`s biography. Ajay replied promptly, “Trying to be human!” More

After defending Katrina Kaif in his previous tweets, Salman Khan decided to promote his Being Human merchandise, which were on sale online.

‘Haan yaar ! U will get the delivery any whr , obviously na , kamaal karte ho yaar pandey ji. Hello guy’s ! V touched but don’t jam the server na hahaha thank u .god forbid if any defect replacement is immediate not repair,’ he tweeted.

He adds that he is not earning anything from the sales. ‘I vil tell u wat the funda is that charity is 76% the rest is watchmaker. Trying to get his percentage down so more goes to charity. How do watchmakers deal they have cofficent of 7 That is if u buy a watch its 7 times goes to owners pocket. Kaun hai woh,’ he tweeted.

The merchandise includes watches, clothing and accessories. And like Salman says, ‘Mey toh bartan or choley,chuley bhi bechuaga Lena hai lo nahi lena toh…hehehe.’ Source

It was a dreadful day for Akshay Kumar, who was just about to be chewed down by a crocodile while performing a death-defying stunt for a cola giant.

Apparently, Bollywood action king Akshay Kumar narrowly escaped a horrific tragedy as he got into a scrape with crocodiles while shooting a cola advertisement in Malaysia.

Conforming to a daily, a source said, “Akshay loves all risky stunts from car chases to diving down waterfalls. Of course, most of this he does for his films. So when the cola brand he endorses wanted to shoot the ad in Malaysia, Akki suggested that he fight crocodiles and go white water rafting. The concept would be how Akshay fights crocs and dives down from his boat into the river to rescue his cola.”
 
The unit, escorted by the crocodile trainers, started the shoot early one morning in the thick jungles of Gopeng Perak. Akshay had to go white water rafting, jumping down from his raft into the river, dodging the ferocious crocodiles and swim to safety.

“When he jumped into the water the crocs were at a safe distance. However, something happened, and one of the reptiles lunged towards the actor,” said the source. More

Hrithik Roshan has sponsored the surgical operations of 10 children of the Seven Hills Medical Foundation (SHMF)’s pediatric programme in the Mumbai suburb of Andheri.

Dr Bhujang Pai, Head of Radiology SHMF, says, “We have started a Save A Heart programme as a public initiative. We do lots of free open-heart surgeries. We thought of getting someone who is very fond of kids and who kids are fond of as the face of our programme. I know Hrithik and his family. We are family friends. I asked his parents if we could get him involved in this programme in any way.”

Dr Pai continues, “Hrithik not only agreed to be the face of the SHMF scheme for children, but also donated Rs. 15 lakh for the heart operation and post-operative care of 10 children who registered in the scheme.” 

Says the doc, “Lakhs of children are born in India with heart defects. Because of lack of proper infrastructure and financial assistance, most die before their first birthday. Nearly eight in every thousand children are born with a congenital heart defect.

Through this scheme, poor parents won’t have to run from pillar to post for their children’s medical treatment. We want to reach out to people in a big way and so Hrithik’s hoardings will be all over India.” More