Which Star will make it on Star ?

Funded by Godrej and produced by BIG Synergy Adlabs, the new advertiser-funded lifestyle reality show Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jiyo on STAR Plus will showcase only Godrej products and a group of teams will be competing to win the products by determining the price among other
things.

The three Bollywood actors, Soha Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rani Mukerji and superstar Hrithik Roshan are some of the names being considered for hosting the show.

Participant will be given entry only upon buying a Godrej product and send the barcode to the producers of the show.

Once they win the entry to the show, they can participate with a relative/friend to play. The grand prize of the show is a fully-furnished Godrej Brighter Home from Godrej Properties.

The show has been conceptualised by Synergy and is a completely indigenous format.

Jimmy Shergill Overseas Superstar

Manmohan Singh,Cinematographer turned director, is continuing his winning streak in the arena of film making.

Manmohan Singh has made quite a few Punjabi films in the past and each of them has been successful at the box office. Ditto for Jimmy Sheirgill who recently delivered a Punjabi super hit in Tera Mera Ki Rishta. Now add one more in the list, Munde U.K De, which has done very good business in its two week run at the box office.

In spite of rising mercury, IPL extravaganza and political maha kumbh, Manmohan Singh's romantic comedy Munde U.K. De has struck gold at the box office by raking in Rs 10 million in the opening week. It has been super strong even in it's second week while third weekend has opened well too. This makes it the most successful opening for the maverick director.

Presented by Kamal Mukut as a Mukutwalas & Punj-aab Movies International presentation, Munde U.K. De is a story of two guys [Jimmy Sheirgill, Gurpreet Guggi] who are born in U.K. and come to Punjab (India) for the first time. Soon after their arrival, they get a cultural shock of the two different worlds. It is about these protagonists realizing what their true culture and roots are.

When it comes to Punjabi films, the hype and curiosity around Munde U.K. De was quite high when compared to some other big releases this year. In this context, since huge hype comes with huge expectations, Munde U.K. De has certainly lived up to all the expectations. The
reviews from most critics have varied from good to excellent while audience verdict has been a clear 'Thumbs Up' as well.

The movie has eight songs sung by bigwigs from Punjabi music industry and Bollywood. The song 'Do Ghut Peelay' by Sunidhi Chauhan entered the Top 20 chartbusters tracks for on BBC Music.

In overseas too, the film is a huge success and that is quite apparent
if one browses through the collections. With such stupendous success
of the movie, the makers will now soon be releasing Munde U.K. De in
Singapore and U.S.A. as well.

Abhay Sonam camaraderie

Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor are the latest entrants to Bollywood's 'just friends' brigade.The duo have been spotted spending quality time together since quite some time.Sonam was the first one to enter and the last one to leave at Abhay's birthday bash recently.

Apparently,the bash was only for Abhay's friends outside film industry.

It was so that the duo were completely relaxed and did not mind being spotted together. Also, Abhay was among one of the few personal guests invited by Sonam at the Delhi-6 premiere.

Abhay and Sonam would also sizzle in Anil Kapoor's production Ayesha, based on Jane Austen's novel Emma. Hope that's not a silly publicity stunt!

Herman Baweja's documentary premiers at Cannes

Herman Baweja's Victory may not have been victorious at the box office but it did help the newcomer in more ways than one. Apparently, critically acclaimed director Pan Nalin was impressed with Herman's performance in the film and signed him on for a documentary that he was directing titled Echo of Eco. Now this very documentary was screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival and Herman couldn't have been happier.

The documentary Echo of Eco is a part of United Nations Patronage Project, where 30 filmmakers from different parts of the world are invited to volunteer for making 'Save Our Environment' films.

Each short film will be showing in an artistic way their message to Save the Planet. From India, Pan Nalin has been invited to join the league of international filmmakers and celebrities.

Echo of Eco stars Herman Baweja along with Ferena Wazier and Ilya Pandya. Speaking about choosing Hurman for the lead role, Pan Nalin says, "Echo of Eco's lead role is that of a young Indian software millionaire, who loses everything in the current Economic Meltdown like many others in recent times, he too decides to kill himself. Herman has right look, besides when producer Deepika Gandhi and Mihir Upadhyaya contacted the actor, he read the script and got ready to participate. Herman Baweja even found dates from his busy back-to-back schedule from Ashutosh Gowarikar's new film."

Even producer Mihir Upadhyaya was all praise for Herman. "Herman was quick to understand the message of the film and promptly agreed to join us. I found this gesture of Hurman filled with humility and responsibility." Well, let's hope this short film does for Herman what Victory and Love story 2050 couldn't.

Katrina Kaif doen't beleive in loyalty

Katrina Kaif may be the brand ambassador of the IPL team Royal Challengers, but Katrina's favorite player isn't from her own team.

The sultry beauty made no bones about it recently, much to the surprise of Kaif's promoters who were nothing but embarrassed by her statement.

When Katrina Kaif named Dhoni as her favorite player, the promoters of her own team felt Kats was not being loyal to them. It's learnt that the team's management and players didn't expect such a surprise from the Bollywood beauty.

Now, that Katrina has made her choice clear, we wonder if such statements would allow her to remain the teams brand ambassador for long? Let's wait and watch.

I'M Not Dating Britney Spears

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Ace Indian choreographer Sandeep Soparrkar wants to once and for all put to rest rumours about his alleged affair with Britney Spears and says he is too much in love with his partner Jesse Randhawa to even think of dating the American pop star.

Sandip Soparrkar said, "I don't want to talk much about it as I am already in the news for the wrong reasons, but I want to make one thing clear that I am not dating Britney Spears."

The international media was abuzz with the news that Spears is dating Soparrkar. Media reports had said that the two met at Madonna's party, hit it off immediately and later Spears came to India to spend time with him.

Soparrkar specialises in Latin American ballroom dancing and says the attitude of Indians towards this dance form is changing and people are now taking it seriously.

Sandip added to the statement saying that the most important thing is to understand and learn dance; only then can you excel in classes. There are people who are born with some dancing skills, but it is something that can be learnt over a period of years.

While Bollywood actors like Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapur have become a rage for their dancing skills, Soparrkar's personal favourite is Govinda, who according to him is a carefree and energetic dancer.

"He dances so beautifully and his effortless moves and great expressions make him a treat to watch. He dances from the heart and you can see the pleasure dancing gives him," he said.

Soparrkar made his debut on the small screen with music reality show Chak De Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde. Sandip Soparrkar is considered a bit of a hottie in India, where he is quite famous.

I'M Not Dating Britney Spears

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Ace Indian choreographer Sandeep Soparrkar wants to once and for all put to rest rumours about his alleged affair with Britney Spears and says he is too much in love with his partner Jesse Randhawa to even think of dating the American pop star.

Sandip Soparrkar said, "I don't want to talk much about it as I am already in the news for the wrong reasons, but I want to make one thing clear that I am not dating Britney Spears."

The international media was abuzz with the news that Spears is dating Soparrkar. Media reports had said that the two met at Madonna's party, hit it off immediately and later Spears came to India to spend time with him.

Soparrkar specialises in Latin American ballroom dancing and says the attitude of Indians towards this dance form is changing and people are now taking it seriously.

Sandip added to the statement saying that the most important thing is to understand and learn dance; only then can you excel in classes. There are people who are born with some dancing skills, but it is something that can be learnt over a period of years.

While Bollywood actors like Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapur have become a rage for their dancing skills, Soparrkar's personal favourite is Govinda, who according to him is a carefree and energetic dancer.

"He dances so beautifully and his effortless moves and great expressions make him a treat to watch. He dances from the heart and you can see the pleasure dancing gives him," he said.

Soparrkar made his debut on the small screen with music reality show Chak De Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde. Sandip Soparrkar is considered a bit of a hottie in India, where he is quite famous.

Shabana-Javed Best Couple

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Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and his equally talented actor wife Shabana Azmi have been voted the best couple in Bollywood in an online poll conducted by matrimony portal BharatMatrimony.

The elegant couple, who managed to woo 29 percent votes, pipped star couples like Amitabh Bachchan-Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan-Gauri, Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan-Kajol, et al to win the title, stated a press release.

The results came nearly a month after the portal had conducted a survey to find out the 'best power couples' and 'best Bollywood couples' of 2009 as part of Matrimony Day April 14.

In the best power couple category, business magnate Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani walked away with the lion's share of votes, leaving behind contenders like N.R Narayana Murthy-Sudha Murthy, Anil Ambani-Tina Ambani, Lakshmi Narayan Mittal-Usha Mittal, Robert Vadra-Priyanka Gandhi and Yash Birla-Avanti Birla.

The celebrity poll was conducted on Matrimony Day, April 14th to highlight happy couples to generate interest amonst most relevant site viewers to experience the joy of togetherness.

The survey involved 20,800 individuals who had cast their vote.

Sushmita fears Role Chopping

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Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta, two former Miss Universe winners are sharing screen in in David Dhawan’s next movie Do Knot Disturb.

Their rivalry is well known and as such there are reasons for such apprehensions and fears on Sushmita Sen's mind.

But what she fears is that Lara may have more footage in the movie and the fact even becomes more evident when we have a look at the male leads. Appearing in the movie are Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh and Sohail Khan who are known for their comic timing and the movie being made on that genre it is certain that they will occupy the screen for a major part of eth movie.

Now in between Lara and her, it will certainly be Lara who will be having more time onscreen considering her recent popularity.

Sush has not delivered any hits for a long time and she is desperate for one even though she is not showing it. On the other hand, Lara Dutta had seen her career graph rising steadily.


Maybe it is time that Sush should stop worrying about role chopping and put her best foot forward. She should let her work do all the talking. Will the talent she has at her hand she will surely be able to win the hearts of the audiences.

Remember the sexy nurse of Maine Pyaar kyun Kiya!!!

Akki refuses to play quiz host

Once the reigning ‘King of Bollywood’, Akshay Kumar’s recent debacles at the Box Office may have dethroned him of the coveted title, but that hardly seems to stop him from making kingly demands.

The highly paid actor Akshay Kumar has joined the ever-increasing list of actors who have refused to offer any price respite in the tough time of recession.

Then if it means turning down plum offers, Akshay seems to be having no second thoughts. Akki who has reportedly charged a throbbing price for hosting ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ (Season 2), has turned down an offer from prominent TV channel over money matters.

Top news is that Akshay Kumar was approached to play host for a quiz show. But the actor politely refused the show citing the issue of date problems. However, going by his recent series of duds at the Box Office, if there is one thing that Akshay has in plenty is dates.

Sonal Chauhan's Upcoming Projects

Tony D’Souza, the director of the much-hyped Blue who has worked with beauties like Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta and Kylie Minogue in his first film, has finally roped in Sonal Chauhan to play the lead in his second film which will be an action-adventure drama with John Abraham in the lead.

So taken up was the director by the pretty actress that he couldn’t muster the courage to approach her….until Sonal who came to know of Tony’s film, made the first move.

Laughs Sonal, “Yes we’ve met about the film and I’m doing Tony’s film.”

Not much has been heard about the reclusive Jannat girl Sonali Chauhan. After saying no to a number of projects including the Bhatts’ Jashan, Sonali finally surfaced in Punjab for the shooting of M.F Husain’s son Owais Husain’s film.

Though she suffered an injury on sets in Chandigarh by the crane whose flood lights did the damage to her. Luckily medical help was at hand. Sonal had completed a Kannada film after Jannat and was waiting for the right Hindi project.Then Owais project came to her and she instantly accepted.

Like it or not Sonal came into the industry in a flurry of controversies. There were scandal about an abusive boyfriend turned stalker, and public scenes with him.

And that brings us to the latest controversy in Sonal’s career. Apparently, someone had launched a fake website pretending to be Sonal Chauhan. Sonal confirmed, "when I heard about it I couldn’t let it go because I was launching my own website. I put my lawyers on to the imposter. We tracked the culprit down and brought him to book. I think it’s very important for known people in our entertainment industry to stand up against cyber crimes. We take them too casually and encourage hackers and imposters."

Rahman & Mick Jagger Collaborates

Rahman has gained International Popularity now and he is in much demand home and even in Hollywood now.

After his Oscar win for Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman has been going places. The ace Indian Music Director who is well-known for his Western Style Music Compositions, A.R. Rahman, will be teaming up with former Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger for a song.

Singer Joss Stone as well as rapper-actor Nas and Jamaican musician Bob Marley’s son's Damian and Stephen have been roped in for the song as well.

The song will be issued on the United Nation’s International Day Of Peace that falls on September 21.

Joss and Mick hit it off when they worked with producer Dave Stewart on the ‘Alfie’ soundtrack, so were keen to collaborate again. When this project was suggested they were keen to get on board, especially considering the glittering cast of other musicians involved.”

Hope this collaboration opens new doors for Rahman!!!

Kangana's Erotic-act for a Telugu Film

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When it comes to do some real erotic scene, Kangana Ranaut is always
ready. Now the actress is reportedly ready to go nude for a Telugu
film.

Kangana is in Hyderabad now-a-days, shooting for ‘Ek Niranjan’ which
will be directed by Puri Jagannath. And since Kangana’s role requires
her to bare all for a particular scene and the bold lady has agreed
without a cliche. ‘Ek Niranjan’ is Kangana’s first Telugu film and she
will be paired opposite Prabhas. The movie is touted as an out-and-out
commercial film with romance, action, fun and emotions.

She is getting whopping sum of money for this scene or the movie and
she will do it without a body-double, as it generally happens for
these kind of scenes.

From the start of her career, Kangana hasn’t shied away from bold
scenes. In her very first movie Gangster , she was seen comfortably
wrapped up in a bed-linen; then came Woh Lamhe where the lady had many
bold scenes. Her last release Raaz - The Mystery Continues too had a
bedroom scene with her beau Adhyayan , and not to forget a bathroom
scene for which she was almost in the buff.


Kangana struggles to speak Hindi in right accent but has easily
ventured into regional films. She has previously done a Tamil film
named ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ which got released in 2008.

Kangana's Erotic-act for a Telugu Film

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When it comes to do some real erotic scene, Kangana Ranaut is always
ready. Now the actress is reportedly ready to go nude for a Telugu
film.

Kangana is in Hyderabad now-a-days, shooting for ‘Ek Niranjan’ which
will be directed by Puri Jagannath. And since Kangana’s role requires
her to bare all for a particular scene and the bold lady has agreed
without a cliche. ‘Ek Niranjan’ is Kangana’s first Telugu film and she
will be paired opposite Prabhas. The movie is touted as an out-and-out
commercial film with romance, action, fun and emotions.

She is getting whopping sum of money for this scene or the movie and
she will do it without a body-double, as it generally happens for
these kind of scenes.

From the start of her career, Kangana hasn’t shied away from bold
scenes. In her very first movie Gangster , she was seen comfortably
wrapped up in a bed-linen; then came Woh Lamhe where the lady had many
bold scenes. Her last release Raaz - The Mystery Continues too had a
bedroom scene with her beau Adhyayan , and not to forget a bathroom
scene for which she was almost in the buff.


Kangana struggles to speak Hindi in right accent but has easily
ventured into regional films. She has previously done a Tamil film
named ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ which got released in 2008.

Katrina teases coy Imraan

Well, he is a coy handsome newcomer and Katrina Kaif is an established name by now with many a hits in her kitty.

She is otherwise usually very reserved girl, however she unleashed the her funny-side within on newbie Imran Khan at the gym both work out at.



The two Bollywood youngies became friends while attending speech workshops organised by Sanjay Gadhvi before the shooting schedule of their flick.

Katrina in all her humour said to Imran that she was taller as well as
heavier than him. This did not go well with Imran who immediately took
up her challenge and proved her wrong by getting his height and weight
measured.

Imraan emerged a winner. He is indeed taller than Katrina and is five
kilos heavier than the busty babe.

Its high time Imran put on some weight. What do you think folks?

The couple will sizzle on-screen in Sanjay Ghandvi's untitled next film

Sumans are coming

Another father-son actor duo of Bollywood, Shekhar Suman and Adhyayan
Suman are set to appear on silver screen together. The film is titled
as Dekh Bhai Dekh, which is the film version of the popular comedy TV
serial of 90s ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh‘.



Adhyayan is all excited to work with father Shekhar as he says, “My
father is the finest actors the country has today, and I believe what
he did in Dekh Bhai Dekh remains an unmatchable performance till date.
I am fortunate to perform in front of him. I have learnt a lot from
him off-screen, but this would be the first time that I would be
performing along with him.”

Adhyayan is excited not only because he is going act with his dad, but
because he has grown up visiting the sets of the serial.

“I used to be nine or ten years old when I used to visit the sets of
Dekh Bhai Dekh. It was a cult show on television and it amazes me
beyond belief that it’s being made into a film,” adds Adhyayan.

The film is based on the story of a young boy from the Diwan family of
Dekh Bhai Dekh. Instead of having a rich background the boy wants to
join the army and so the story revolves around it. Comedy is the basic
element of the film.

It is being directed by Anand Mahendroo, the one who also directed the
TV serial. The film has got huge budget of Rs 30 crore, promising
great visuals.