Indian actress Shilpa Shetty to launch yoga DVD

Indian actress Shilpa Shetty to launch yoga DVD

MUMBAI, India: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is filming a yoga DVD and plans to market it overseas later this year, her publicist said Thursday.

The two-hour yoga DVD is currently being filmed by Shetty's production house in southern India's Kerala state, said Dale Bhagwagar, Shetty's spokesman.

"Shilpa practices yoga every day and she believes it should be a way of life for everyone," said Bhagwagar. "Yoga has become a fashion statement in the West, but Shilpa wants to educate people about the original form of yoga, the ashtanga yoga, with the right techniques and breathing exercises."

The well-known Indian actress underwent intensive training this month in preparation to ensure she perfected the "asanas" or postures for the DVD, which will initially be sold in Britain and Dubai.

full article here:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/30/arts/AS-A-E-CEL-India-Shilpa-Shetty.php


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Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen plans autobiography

Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen has decided to write an autobiography with the tentative title “The Butterfly.”

A former Miss Universe, Sen said she has already begun writing chapters, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

She said the inspiration for the title came from one of her favourite sayings — “what the world calls the end of a caterpillar’s life, God calls a butterfly.”

“I have written some portions of it,” The Times of India newspaper quoted Sen saying. “And yes, the working title is called ‘The Butterfly.’”

A model-turned-actress, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994 and has since acted in 30 Hindi-language movies.

Sen plays a widow in an updated version of a Bollywood classic “Sholay,” or “Embers,” to be released this week.

She played a rock star in her last film, “Zindagi Rocks,” or “Life Rocks,” and a prostitute in an earlier movie “Chingari,” which also translates to “Embers” in Hindi.

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=38876




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Bollywood's the best

Bollywood's the best
28 Aug 2007, 0000 hrs IST,PIALI DASGUPTA ,TNN

Hindi film biggies like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra have said no to Hollywood offers. BT finds out why

Until recently, India's only export to Hollywood was Aishwarya Rai. Today, Hollywood's calling even smaller names like Koena Mitra, Celina Jaitley and Randeep Hooda to give their films an Indian twist.

But the charm of the west has waned considerably in the last few years for most desi stars. And it's not just the biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan; even Celina Jaitley has said no to Hollywood.

Hrithik's filmmaker father Rakesh Roshan says the Hollywood role didn't excite Hrithik enough. "Hrithik was offered a role in Pink Panther 2. The role was meaty, but he didn't like the script very much.

full story here:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Bollywoods_the_best_/articleshow/2315100.cms


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Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor anorexic ?

Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor rejects to be anorexic !

Kareena Kapoor is a typical Punjabi girl and loves food. The actress has also always had a healthy and curvaceous figure. However recently the actress decided to get fit and go for a svelte body type. Now the actress has lost oodles of weight and is looking extremely thin, this has prompted many within the industry as well as her fans to speculate that Kareena is anorexic. However the actress clearly states “I am far from anorexic. I have lost weight for my role in coming movie. I’ve been training to do some action scenes and hence the sudden weight loss.”

full story here:
http://ifood.tv/blog/bollywood_queen_kareena_kapoor_rejects_to_be_anorexic



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More Meera

Meera is a movie actress from Pakistan. She is based in Lahore.

Through late 2004 and early 2005, she worked on her first Bollywood project Nazar, directed by Soni Razdan. This movie was the first joint production between India and Pakistan. It was released in February 2005. It immediately landed in trouble with the Pakistani Government, who objected strongly to a scene where she kisses the hero (played by Ashmit Patel of India), on religious and moral grounds. Allegedly, Meera has been fined an undisclosed amount for the kiss. Reportedly, the Pakistani Government is also considering a ban on Pakistani actors from working on Indian projects.

Later doubts were placed on Meera's claim that she had been fined when the Pakistani government denied placing any fines on Meera for the kiss. Mahesh Bhatt, the film's producer has been known for antics such as these to gain popularity for his movie projects. She had also claimed to have received death threats that were strongly disputed by her own colleagues.

Meera has done more bolder roles in local Pakistani movies and also some lewd videos of her and an unidentified man which have been leaked out are doing their rounds on the internet. Meera is known to be a dancer in Heera Mandi,like Reema Pakistan's infamous red light district based in Lahore.

Meera is also set to join the social work bandwagon in the footsteps of people like Imran Khan, Abrar ul Haq, Jawad Ahmad and Shehzad Roy. She is going to establish a social welfare organization that will provide shelter to homeless and needy women. The project will be named after her mother Shafqat Zehra. "A complex spread over an area of 16 acres of land will be constructed in Sheikhupura comprising a school, hospital and home for the needy and homeless women. My mother has donated land for the project. I myself will take care of the project. I know it is a tough job to complete such a big project but I am determined to do it," Meera said.


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Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman ( born November 19, 1951) is an Indian actress.

Zeenat Aman was born to a Muslim father and a Hindu mother. Amanullah, her father was one of the writers for the movie Mughal-e-Azam and he died when Zeenat was just 13. Aman graduated from St. Xavier's School in Mumbai and went to Los Angeles for her studies. Upon returning to India, she first took a job as a journalist for Femina and then later on moved on to modeling. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970. She was considered a sex symbol during the 70s.

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Bipasha Basu to feature in mobile games

MUMBAI: Mobile gamers and fans of Bipasha Basu have a lot to look forward to. Games publishing company Jump Games on Tuesday announced its two-year, worldwide contract with her to create and distribute a serial of mobile games featuring the glamorous Bollywood actor.

The first game of the series will be titled "Bipasha Basu Jet Ski Champ". In the game Bipasha will be seen as a master Jet Ski rider challenging the world's best to an adrenalin-pumping jet-ski ride across exotic circuits.

Bipasha's fans will be able to play as a character in Jump Games' latest speed fest.

"This is something novel for me and I am looking forward to a fruitful gamming association with Jump Games," said the actor.

"Through these games my fans will get to see the athletic, adventurous and skillful side of me," said Bipasha, who is an avid sports fan.

"It's (the game) a conscious effort to choose my films and related work to bring out my sporty, exploratory persona. Lets hope my fan like it.

"Bipasha is one of the most successful celebrity brands around today and her personality lends wonderfully to games. We are hopeful that the titles created for her will do well," Jump Games CEO Salil Bhargava said.

"Apart from this game, there are two other titles in the pipeline, which will feature Bipasha in completely different avatars. One will be a casual title based on the popular urban sport of bowling. The second title will have Bipasha playing a sci-fi princess all set to save the planet from galactic enemies," Bhargava added.

In India, Jump's games can be accessed and played on networks like Hutch, Idea, BSNL and Reliance World.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bipasha_Basu_to_feature_in_mobile_games/articleshow/2281496.cms


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Sayali Bhagat

Sayali Bhagat is the winner of the Femina Miss India 2004 contest. Like the other beauty contest winners, she too entered the modeling industry, followed by Bollywood. The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed is her first Hindi film, co-staring Emraan Hashmi and Geeta Basra. The movie is released on June 8, 2007.

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Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai to star in Pink Panther

Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai to star in Pink Panther

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is to star alongside Hollywood actor Steve Martin in the upcoming sequel to the 2006 movie "The Pink Panther", a newspaper reported on Friday.

The Hindustan Times said the former Miss World will play a detective in the new film about the clumsy French policeman Inspector Clouseau, played by Martin. The sequel will also star Andy Garcia and John Cleese, it said.

"It is true that Aishwarya has signed the film," Hari Singh, Rai's business manager, was quoted as saying.

Singh said 33-year-old Rai was currently finishing Hindi films "Akbar-Jodha" and "Sarkar 2" and would start shooting for "The Pink Panther 2" from the beginning of September.

Based on the 1964 original starring Peter Sellers, "The Pink Panther" saw singer Beyonce Knowles star opposite Martin.

http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-28916820070810


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Preity Zinta - Bollywood Women

Preity Zinta ( born 31 January 1975) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry, and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India.

Making her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), Zinta had her first commercial success with Soldier from the same year, and was widely recognized with Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna (2000). She went to enact different and diverse roles during her career, keeping versatility as an actress.

Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances, she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema. Zinta is placed on the top in the list of the biggest actresses of this generation.

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Bollywood Actress - Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone was born 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She is an Indian model. She is also the daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone.

Deepika Padukone was born on 5th January 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She has done her schooling in Bangalore. She has been modeling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modeling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewelery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterward, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year..

Like many successful models before her Deepika is turning to acting in movies. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by popular singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya.

Deepika recently made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film, Aishwarya, directed by Indrajit Lankesh co-starring Upendra.. The film has already been successful at the box-office, and Deepika Padukone has received rave reviews for her screen presence and reportedly, she has also signed on three Hindi movies - Priyadarshan's forthcoming film, Pirate, Farah Khan's second directorial venture Delhi 6.

Interview with Deepika here:
http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=16339

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Rakhi Sawant to sizzle in Krazy 4

Rakhi Sawant to sizzle in Krazy 4

06 Aug 2007 (Sawf News) - Since her appearance on Koffee with Karan, Rakhi is fast shedding her image of a crass silicone propped item girl and emerging as a main stream Bollywood actress.

The 29 year old daughter of a Mumbai policeman, whose real name is Neeru Sawant has bagged an item number in Rakesh Roshan's comedy thriller Krazy 4.

Rakhi may lack sophistication but not humility. She knew whom to thank when she bagged the role.

"The first person I informed was Karan Johar. I thanked him for inviting me on his show. My career has taken an upward swing after featuring on Koffee with Karan."

Rakesh Roshan confirmed he had signed up Rakhi telling Mid Day, "Rakhi is performing a song in the film."

http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/40853.aspx

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Mallika Sherawat is all set to replace Zeenat Aman

Mallika Sherawat is all set to replace Zeenat Aman in Feroz Khan’s Qurbani remake.

Feroz has apparently been searching for a heroine for a long time. Priyanka Chopra was reportedly considered for the role but was not finalized. Now, reports allege that Mallika has bagged the part.

In the film, Mallika will be paired with Fardeen Khan who plays the role enacted by his father in the original film.

Hunt is still on for another hero to play the role enacted by Vinod Khanna. Saif Ali Khan was initially finalized for the part, but the actor opted out of the project due to date problems.

However, this time Feroze Khan will not play the lead role of the suave thief Rajesh. Instead he will step into the shoes of the eccentric inspector Amjad Khan, played by late Amjad Khan.

http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=16336


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Bollywood Acting 101: Looking Away Shyly

VERY good article about "Looking Away Shyly".
Well worth the read.

Bollywood Acting 101: Looking Away Shyly
August 01, 2007
Aditi Nadkarni

The couple is atop a slow moving tonga. O.P Nayyar's music is beating miraculously in sync with the clicking hooves. Now no matter what the hero says, sings, whispers, bellows, mutters, we all know what's coming: the heroine ducks her head, giggles and then just as the camera moves in, her kohl-lined, mascara tinged, eye-liner framed eyes, look up, then down, then up again before she bites her lip and looks away, even more coyly, if that were possible. This is the "Looking Away Shyly" phenomenon that has preserved the virginal, chaste image of Bollywood heroines.

Full article here:
http://desicritics.org/2007/08/01/024939.php


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No Anil, no Madhuri Dixit in ‘Tezaab 2’

No Anil, no Madhuri Dixit in ‘Tezaab 2’

Writer-director N. Chandra who was instrumental in Madhuri Dixit’s star-trek with ‘Tezaab’ has just completed the filming of ‘Breaking News’. As he is working on its finishing touches, he is also working on a sequel to his film ‘Tezaab’.

The serious movie-maker is peeved with media reports that he has been negotiating with Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor for ‘Tezaab 2’. “Of course I would love to work with such competent actors like Madhuri and Anil. But I am not considering either of them because the audience will feel a déjà vu if they see the same faces in a sequel. My script requires the gen-next known actors,” insists Chandrashekhar Narvekar.

full story at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1113750


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Karishma Kapoor may soon burn the silver screen again…

Karishma Kapoor may soon burn the silver screen again…
by Rajiv Dutta

It is reliably learned that 90's hot Bollywood actress, Karisma Kapoor is planning to revive her career. As a first step towards that end, she bought herself a flat in the suburbs, so she can stay and concentrate on films. She is known to have been going through numerous scripts to initialize her most sought after comeback.

Karisma Kapoor, who married Delhi based businessman Sunjay Kapoor a few years ago, will be seen shuttling between Mumbai and Delhi .

Her last film was 'Mere Jeevan Saathi' with Akshay Kumar and Ameesha Patel, which took a long time to complete and release.

http://www.indiatarget.com/cgi-bin/detailnews.cgi?id=4813


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Tabu does not feel any pressure to sign loads of movies

Tabu does not feel any pressure to sign loads of movies

Bollywood star Tabu says she does not feel any pressure to sign loads of movies and is confident good roles will continue to come her way.

``I don't feel the rush to do something just for the sake of it. I've come a full circle,'' said Tabu, who is known for portraying strong characters.

Tabu, told a newspaper that she had a lot more to offer, but was in no hurry to star in all the movies offered to her.

About acting, I'll never feel burnout. I'll always feel there's something more I can do,'' Tabu said.

But yes, with the whole process, there's a sense of not needing to do things I don't want to anymore.''

Tabu played a young immigrant bride learning to adjust to life in a foreign land in her recently released movie The Namesake . The movie about an Indian family coping with living in the United States is based on a novel written by Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian-born American author.

Tabu also starred opposite Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan in the recently released Cheeni Kum .
http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070712-1.html

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Raveena Tandon has given birth to a baby boy

Raveena Tandon has given birth to a baby boy

Raveena Tandon Thadani has given birth to her second child - it is a son.
Happy Raveena shares from hospital bed, "We thought it would be a girl and had selected the name Ananya. So the baby boy was a pleasant surprise. We're very happy. I think he looks like me and my father."
After first daughter Raasha she had conceived again, but unfortunately suffered a miscarriage. Raasha has been telling everyone that she has a little playmate.

http://www.bollywoodpremiere.com/movies/news/07/jul/raveena-16.php

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Urmila Matondkar sizzles in Mehbooba Mehbooba

Urmila Matondkar sizzles in Mehbooba Mehbooba
01st Aug 2007 23.22 IST
By Nikhil Kumar

Urmila Matondkar will be seen gyrating to the modern version of one of the most famous dance numbers from Hindi cinema.

Like Helen did in the 1975 movie Sholay (directed by Ramesh Sippy), Urmila gets to shake her booty to the addictive tune of Mehbooba Mehbooba in ‘Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag’, which was previously titled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Sholay .

The promos show the hot looking Urmila shaking her enormous bust and booty to the techno composition by choreographer Ganesh Hegde.

The song shows Urmila in a sexy, low-neck, red colored outfit designed by Manish Malhotra . Urmila also gave many tips on her look and styling in the song.

The number has an eerie combination of excitement, fear and sensuality. In it, Urmila plays a modern performer against a jungle backdrop, where an arms deal is taking place between Babban Singh ( Amitabh Bachchan ) and his associates.

Urmila says it was a challenge to imagine Mr. Bachchan as Gabbar Singh and dance in front of him.

The best thing about the song is that the entire team did not try to ape the original Mehbooba Mehbooba number.

Urmila says the whole attempt was to make the song look original. Everything from the music, clothes, setting and ambience has been kept different from the original track.

Apart from all this, a special effort was made to make the song look sensuous. Urmila has flaunted her best and she even got wet because portions of the song show her dancing in water against a waterfall.

http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/music/20070801-0.html


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Malaika Arora Khan and Oriflame launch new cosmetics range in India

Malaika Arora Khan and Oriflame launch new cosmetics range in India

Swedish cosmetics major Oriflame on Wednesday launched a new range of cosmetics in 10 different shades.

"We have launched this product for the first time in India that will have a 3D shine effect. Keeping in mind the emerging cosmetics market, Oriflame India plans to launch 100-150 new products every year - focusing mainly on the skin care and fragrance segment," Fredrik Widell, Oriflame India managing director, told IANS on the sidelines of the launch function in Kolkata.

He said the company did not want to be tagged as an upper class brand and would stretch out to capture middle class and upper-middle class markets.

Oriflame is a global cosmetics company that has its presence in 59 countries.

Model and actress Malaika Arora Khan, brand ambassador of Oriflame, said the new range of Power Shine Lipsticks are skin friendly and would keep lips moist all day long.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b2611c11-2aa6-4626-bd03-194b75614f87&&Headline=Oriflame+launches+new+cosmetics+range+in+India


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