Friday, February 29, 2008

New craze in Bollywood Stars

There’s a new craze in Bollywood and that’s stars penning their biographies. The latest buzz suggests that it’s not just Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who is toying with the idea of putting her life into words but also Rajnikanth and Shilpa Shetty and here’s what you expect from these books.


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What you will get: The rise of the man from nowhere to becoming one of the most powerful men in the Indian film industry, his marriage and never ending fan following all over the world.


What you won’t get: His not so cordial relationship with quite a few actors down South and alleged alliances with numerous actresses.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan



What you will get: The actress’ biography is already drawing attention from international publishers in the US and UK. The book is expected to discuss in great detail her life as a model, an actress, her marriage into the Bachchan family and life after marriage.


What you won’t get: We doubt the book will shed any light about her tumultuous relationship with Salman Khan or how she unceremoniously cut Vivek Oberoi out of her life.


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Shilpa Shetty


What you will get: Her career in Bollywood, her hook up with Akshay Kumar and what happened there and of course her win in Big Brother.


What you won’t get: The alleged marriage with Akshay Kumar, details about her nose job and whether her current beau Raj Kundra left his wife for Shilpa!


Biographies we want to read and why:


Salman Khan - On how he is still the most loved bad boy of Bollywood.


Shah Rukh Khan - On how he has managed to become more popular than Tom Cruise


Sanjay Dutt - On how he manages to fall in love so easily… and so often!


Preity Zinta - On how she went from Criminal Psychology to Cannes regular!


Rakhi Sawant - On playing the victim and getting away with it every time!


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Tashan the most awaited films of 2008

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Yash Raj’s Tashan starring Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor.is one of the most awaited films of 2008.


It marks Akshay’s return to the Yash Raj banner after 12 years and Anil’s after 15 years. Anil is playing a bad man in the film while Kareena, who will be seen sporting a bikini for the first time, is said to be a playing a role inspired by Uma Thurman’s character in Kill Bill. She has also done some stunts for the film.


Saif’s son Ebrahim will also feature in the film.


Tashan is also largely awaited because it was on the sets of Tashan that it is believed that Kareena and Saif started their new relationship.



It has been shot at different locales including Haridwar, Greece, Ladakh and Rajasthan.


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Now katrina Kaif and Saif Ali Khan In Sexy Lady

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Race, one of the hottest films this season, is around three weeks away from its release. Still, it’s producers TIPS and composer Pritam are leaving no stones unturned to ensure that the film not just stays in news but also take one of the biggest ever openings at the Box Office.


To keep the film hot in circulation and add on to the immense hype that this action/thriller has been generating, the makers have decided to add on a new song in Race. The song is special since it features Saif Ali Khan and now hot-n-happening Katrina Kaif who was the only leading lady to have enjoyed a cent percent record last year (Namastey London, Apne, Partner and Welcome). Moreover, the title of the song is nothing less than inviting as it reads - ‘Sexy Lady’.


As per the film’s producer Ramesh Taurani (of TIPS), the song was added as it was found to be a good replacement for ‘Mujhpe To Jaado’ which was yet to be shot. “We are thrilled with the great response to the title song ‘Race Sanson Ki’, ‘Pehli Nazar Mein’ and ‘Zara Zara Touch Me’. We wanted to keep the momentum going. When Pritam made us hear the tune of ‘Sexy Lady’, we knew that this was the song for the film,” confirms Ramesh Taurani.


Adds Pritam, “‘Mujhpe To Jadoo’ was anyways waiting to be picturized. Since Abbas-Mustan also felt that ‘Sexy Lady’ could be a good replacement, everyone was in consensus with the decision.



Says a confident Taurani, “We are quite happy with the way Race is leading up to it’s March 21 release. The songs are doing quite well and are leading the charts all over. We would begin unleashing the talkie promos early March. They would be a mix of action and drama which forms the USP of the film.”


Meanwhile shooting of ‘Sexy Lady’ is currently on and would be wrapped up in quick time so that the song is on air before the release of the film. Moreover, there won’t be much wait for the new edition of the music album of Race to arrive too. By first week of March, latest addition ‘Sexy Lady’ is expected to be a part of the newer lots of Race that would be out on stands.
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Hrithik Roshan is new brand ambassador of Coca Cola

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New Delhi, (IANS) Keen to build a stronger connect with the young generation, global soft drinks major Coca-Cola India here Thursday announced the launch of its new campaign that will feature Bollywood actor and style icon Hrithik Roshan.


Based on the theme ‘Jashan Mana Le’, the campaign has been designed to showcase the “magical power” of aerated drink Coca-Cola.


The new commercial is set at a quaint street where a group of youngsters land up late one night to grab a bite, only to find all the shops shut. What follows is a tryst with Hrithik and a magical ride, which leaves them in awe.


Set in the context of friends enjoying their food, the cold drink brings life to the moment and transforms it into an impromptu celebration.


“It feels great to be part of the ‘Jashan Mana Le’ campaign. It reminds me of the time when I was in college, hanging out with friends, going out and having food together,” said Hrithik in a press statement.



“The emotions captured in the campaign of togetherness and celebrations, being energized by a bottle of Coca-Cola are very real and identifiable. I am sure all including my fans, would find this campaign extremely appealing,” he added.


Venkatesh Kini, vice-president (marketing), Coca-Cola India, said: “Having made ‘thanda’ and refreshment synonymous with Coca-Cola, this year we have decided to take the brand communication to the next level. Our 2008 campaign focuses on how a bottle of Coca-Cola infuses a stream of fun, enjoyment and exhilaration into every moment of life.


“The idea of the new campaign is tell the audience how the magical power of the beverage brings celebration into the lives of its consumers. I am confident that the youth today will strongly identify with both the lingo and message of this campaign.”


It has been tentatively decided that the next campaign of the cold drink will feature its brand ambassador Aamir Khan.


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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Kareena Kapoor - The reigning cover-girl

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Saif-Kareena relationship has done wonders for both of them. Both are bubbling with energy, both their transformed their image and appearance dramatically and both are soaring high in popularity charts. As for it seems that all the fashion and film-based magazines just cannot resist from having the newly discovered diva image of her on their covers.


The latest one to cash in on this is the Indian version of Vogue, for whom Kareena has shot some really breath-taking snaps with some of the most desirable dressings to go with the various moods of the shoot!


This interview is yet another affirmation of the fact that Kareena is one person who is the same on and off screen! She is so very sweet enough to confess that she had done films in the past for money or for mere greed. She also speaks about the similarities between ‘Geet’-her character in Jab We Met -and the real-life Kareena. And guess what, she also reveals the secret behind her hour-glass figure.



If you are looking for more on her private life, this Monday Bebo called ex-beau Shahid to wish him on his birthday. Says a source close to Kareena, “Though Shahid and Kareena have parted, they have kept in touch with each other. Kareena remembered his birthday on February 25 this year and called to wish him. When she spoke to him, he was in Goa with close friends, Ahmed Khan and Lovely Singh. Bebo wished him and then they continued to talk for sometime. The conversation flowed very easily, just like in the past, when they used to have long chats.”


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Katrina Kaif Replaces Priyanka as New Face of Spice

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After the termination of Priyanka Chopra’s contract as brand ambassador with Spice Group December this year Katrina Kaif will replace her as new advertising Tycoon for the company that operates in number of areas like Spice Telecom, Spice Mobile Phones, Spice BPO’s and other ventures of the group. Katrina would start campaigning for the group from the start of next year. Priyanka is brand ambassador for the group since its launch.



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New trend in Bollywood! Stars lined up to become filmmakers

new trend is now seen on the screen of the Bollywood cinema where all the prominent actors that entered into the arena of Bollywood movies during late eighties and become stars of present time trying their luck in production process of their movies.
The top names who entered into the Mumbai that period like Amir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Suneil Shetty, Ajay Devgan and the recent ones Sanjay Dutt and Saif Ali Khan are about to launch their own production companies. The influx of actors into the production process and interest in creative process has led actors to be producers, directors, writers and entrepreneur (to devise new methods of movie production, to get intellectual property rights for the movie,) the new genre of actors prefers to work with new directors and on new themes.
In an interview to Hindustan Times Salman explained this trend, “There was a time when we ourselves never used to watch our own movies. But actors are now thinking - what to do next, what’s the kind of film I want,” He further added in same interview, “The game has become big … Audiences have changed. They have become impatient.”



On the issue the renowned director Vishal Bhardwaj expressed his opinion, “ Fees in Bollywood are slowly inching towards Hollywood levels - if a Shah Rukh Khan does a film he will take at least US$6 to US$7 million - in comparison, Johny Depp will charge US$20 million,” Bhardwaj said. “Every actor has his own production house and if you have to cast them, you have to co-produce or work for those production houses.”


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Lenovo cashes in on Saif Ali Khan

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Lenovo is cashing in on Bollywood to gain a hold in the Indian market. The marketing team of the company had placed Lenovo monitors in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), a highly popular TV show. The company also made the right move by appointing Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and his sister, Soha Ali Khan, in their ad campaign getting rich dividends from it.


Now, when the whole of Bollywood is abuzz with the newly invented avatars of Saif Ali Khan and her new found love Kareena Kapoor, the computer major Lenovo, which also happens to be the Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Torch Relay and the top sponsor of the Olympic Games, couldn’t have chosen a better timing to bring out their special edition notebooks, along with Saif being their brand ambassador. A true case of ‘Make Hay While The Sun Shines’!



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Why SRK turned down Sushmita Sen’s request?

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If Shahrukh Khan does not forget those who do him a favour, it goes the same for those who refuse to do him a favour. We all know how attached SRK was to Farah Khan’s project ‘Om Shanti Om’. The famous ‘Deewangi’ song of the film which had galaxy of stars was possible because no one could (read dare) refuse SRK’s request to appear in the song. Well, if you remember, it was Sushmita Sen who was conspicuous by her absence in the song. Although Sush was SRK’s heroine in his last film ‘Main Hoon Na’ also directed by Farah Khan, she excused herself on pretext of being busy. She is now paying the price for refusing the offer it seems.



Recently, she approached Shah Rukh Khan to do a cameo in her ambitious home production ‘Rani Laxmibai’ but she was turned down by him on the grounds of lack of time. According to rumor mill King Khan has not forgotten that she didn’t appear in the title song of his film and hence turned down her call.


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Riya Sen in for a makeover

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Bollywood’s sex kitten Riya Sen is looking for a change of image. The gal will soon be seen playing a village belle in ‘Zor Laga Ke Hayya’ wearing a nine yard saree in the film.


Riya said that she had no qualms about playing a de-glamorised role and had in fact agreed instantly on hearing the script, “I always wanted to play a village belle.” Producer Kartikeya Talreja however said, “Riya was a bit reluctant but when we explained to her how it will be a good change for her, she agreed to do the film.”



‘Zor Laga Ke Haiyya’ deals with issues like redevelopment and environment. Riya plays a construction worker and Mahesh Manjrekar plays a contractor who has the hots for Riya. Mithun Chakraborty is also in the film.


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Akshay Kumar goes underwater tied up in chains

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Akshay Kumar had entered Bollywood as an action star. With an advent of time he proved his genius in romance and comedies too. Akshay is at present shooting for Nagesh Kukunoor’s psychological thriller ‘Eight By Ten’ where he plays a man with extraordinary psychic powers.


Last week at a pool in Chembur Akshay shot the climax sequence of the film where tied up in chains, he went underwater. Akshay was all tied up with chains when he went underwater without any breathing apparatus. It was an extremely tough scene for which Akshay took special training in Bangkok.


During the training Akki learned how to swim underwater without oxygen. A part of the training involves taking deep breaths for a minute before taking the plunge into water. Akshay says it is a very difficult stunt that can affect one’s health if not done properly.


About a hundred years ago, the Hungarian-American conjurer and escapologist Houdini puzzled everyone with his remarkable feats. Houdini could extricate himself from ropes, chains and padlocks while in a sealed coffin, suspended in the air or dunked in a sea.



Percept Picture Company’s head honcho, Shailendra Singh, says ‘Eight By Ten’ is the first movie of its kind for Hindi film industry.


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53rd Annual Fair One Filmfare Awards

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The 53rd Annual Fair One Filmfare Awards was completed amidst much glamour and glitter. Aamir Khan’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’ won the Best Film Award and the debutante director was also honored the Best Director. While ‘Chak De! India ‘ took home 5 awards including the Best Actor (Shah Rukh Khan) and Best Film Awards in the Critics Category. Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ also picked up 5 awards with Best Music and Best Background Music going to A. R. Rahman for his melodious compositions. Saroj Khan picked up the Best Choreographer Award, Shreya Ghosal for Best Female Singer and Samir Chanda for Best Art Directions.


Kareena Kapoor was no surprise when she walked away with the Best Actress Award for her outstanding performance in ‘Jab We Met’. Irrfan Khan won the Best Supporting Actor and Konkona Sen Sharma for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in ‘Life in A Metro’. Imtiaz Ali was awarded with the Best Dialogue Award for his film ‘Jab We Met’ while Anurag Basu for the Best Screenplay Award for his film ‘Life In A Metro’.



As expected, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone walked away with the Debutant Award for the Best Actor and Actresses. Tabu was honoured with the Critics Award for the Best Actress for her performance in ‘Cheeni Kum’ opposite Amitabh Bachchan.


Here is a gist of the list of the winners at the award function:-


Best Actor
Shahrukh Khan - Chak De India


Best Actress
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met


Best Film
Taare Zameen Par


Best Director
Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par


Critics’ Award For Best Actor
Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par


Critics’ Award For Best Actress
Tabu - Cheeni Kum


Critics’ Award For Best Film
Shimit Amin - Chak De India


Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan - Life in a… Metro


Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkana Sen Sharma - Life in a… Metro


Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi - (Maa - Taare Zameen Par)


Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya)


Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghosal - (Barso Re - Guru)


Best Music
A. R. Rahman - Guru


Best Story
Amol Gupte - Taare Zameen Par


Best Screenplay
Anurag Basu - Life in a… Metro


Best Dialogue
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met


R. D. Burman Award
Monty Sharma (Saawariya)


Lifetime Achievement Award
Rishi Kapoor


Power Awards
Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra


Best Debut (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor - Saawariya


Best Debut (Female)
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om


Best Special Effects
Red Chillies Entertainment - Om Shanti Om


Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award
Deepika Padukone


Best Background Score
A. R. Rahman - Guru


Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla - Chak De India


Best Choreography
Saroj Khan (Barso Re Megha Re - Guru)


Best Action
Rob Miller - Chak De India


Best Art Direction
Samir Chanda - Guru


Best Sound
Leslie Fernandes - Johnny Gaddaar


Best Cinematography
Sudhip Chatterjee


Best Costumes
Sujata Sharma - Gandhi My Father


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Will Amitabh and Rekha act together again?

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This is a real surprising news. The couple which created sensation with their on-screen and off-screen chemistry chose not to act together owing to the controversies regarding their affair. Now, the news doing rounds is that the yesteryear hit jodi of Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha are making a comeback in a film titled ‘ALADDIN’, to be directed by Jhankar Beats fame director Sujoy Ghosh. The actors jodi will appear together onscreen after almost a gap of more than two decades (around 26 years). But sadly the news will settle only as headlines and will not turn out to be a reality as the director, Sujoy, denied about they being together in ALADDIN, when we contacted. Further he also confirmed that it’s only Big B who is signed for the film, playing the character of ‘Gini’ and not Rekha. Well all those brokenhearted fans can at least enjoy the news, if not the movie.



Would you like to see them together once again? Give in your views.


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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

MAMI will screen 140 films from 45 countries in three theatres

MAMI’sMAMI (Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image), the most awaited film festival is back and how! The weeklong festival is in its tenth edition and getting started from March 6 and is being presented by Reliance Big Entertainment. This time, MAMI will screen 140 films from 45 countries in three theatres in the city - Adlabs Wadala (4 screens), Metro Adlabs (2 screens) and Cinemax Versova (1 screen).


This year, the newly instituted ‘Global Lifetime Achievement Award’ will be awarded to Carlos Saura, the internationally renowned Spanish director for his contribution to the world of cinema. MAMI is introducing a new initiative called ‘Dimensions Mumbai’, a short film competition, for youth below 25 from Mumbai on the theme “Metropolis of Mumbai”. Under this programme, digital films of 5 minutes durations depicting various aspects of life in Mumbai are being invited. The best entry would be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1, 50,000. The last date of submission of entries is March 1st 2008. This competition was initiated by Jaya Bachchan, one of the trustees of MAMI.



The Awards function will be held on March 13 on the closing night of the festival. Living legend Dev Anand will preside over the closing ceremony as the chief guest and will present the MAMI Awards. The best Indian films selected by a special five member’s international jury will also be announced on the closing night. A three-member’s FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury will also announce its results on the Closing Night. Highlights of the festival include the screening of Polish master Andrzej Wajda’s latest film Katyn, nominated for an Oscar in the foreign film category. Besides that, in the closing gala night the Japanese film The Mourning Forest will be screened, a film that won the Grand Prix at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.


The USP of this festival is the MAMI Awards for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry which will be presented to subsequent:
Dharmendra (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Rishi Kapoor (Award for Significant Contribution to Cinema over 25 years to an Actor-Director)
Gulzar (Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Film Music as Lyrics Writer)
Hitendra Ghosh (Kodak Award for Technical Excellence).


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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ranbir Kapoor is the cover boy of fashion magazine

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What had been the territory dominated by gorgeous girls, has now been encroached upon by a handsome dude this February. Yes, B-town’s latest heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is the cover boy of fashion magazine Cosmopolitan for it’s February issue. The dude with the drop-dead gorgeous looks can surely sweep a thousand girls of their feet with his charm.


This new kid with a high standing Kapoor background gives his fans a rare treat in this exclusive interview where he talks about his first crush, the most romantic thing his girl did for him and even his views on casual flings and one night stands. What are u waiting for? Go get it, girls!



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Kareena-On Everything But Shahid & Saif’

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She has become a rage these days. We saw her gracing the cover of Cine Blitz where the headline on the cover read ‘Kareena-On Everything But Shahid & Saif’ and true to the curiosity that this headline created the copy was a huge success. She was ranked fourth on Filmfare’s “Top Actresses” list for three consecutive years (2003-05) and sixth later on (06). During 2006-07, she was the only actress to be featured among “The Highest Tax Payers of the Year”. Apart from that, she has frequently been featured in different lists by Rediff.com, including “Bollywood’s Most Beautiful Actresses”, “Bollywood’s Hottest Heroines”, “Bollywood’s Best Dressed Women” and “Women of Many Faces”.



Here are some pics from the February issue of ‘Filmfare’ which sported a backless Kareena on the cover. Kareena says she is happy with skin show - as long as it is done tastefully. This picture made news because of a tell-tale love-bite on her back. This edition of Filmfare too sold out to the last copy!


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Item girl Rakhi Sawant has come quite afar dancing her way along

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Item girl Rakhi Sawant has come quite afar dancing her way along. She made her debut with the music video ‘Pardesia’ which was a big hit. She also tapped her feet with her beau Abhishek Awasthi in ‘Nach Baliye’. Presently she is judging a dance competition to select a right candidate for her new album.


Now, Rakhi has some big banners taking note of her dancing skills. After being a part of Rakesh Roshan’s ‘Krazzy 4’, she has been signed by Yash Raj Films in which Rakhi will get to share screen space with Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee. The film will be directed by Anurag Singh.


Rakhi’s presence in the film has been confirmed by the spokesperson from Yash Raj Films. According to him, Rakhi will get a chance to act with Rani and Shahid. Apparently, she will be playing the role of a dancer from Bhand Samaj doing Nautanki.



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Miss Chopra recently shot non- stop for 21 hours for Madhur bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’

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Bollywood queen Priyanka Chopra is going high these days. With her packed schedule and too much of workload, the gal is working hard to give in her best. The word doing rounds, is that Miss Chopra recently shot non- stop for 21 hours for Madhur bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’. She did so to complete a major portion of the film before flying off for Tarun Mansukhani film ‘Dostana’ in Miami.



“We started the shot at 5 am and it went on till the next morning, everyone was exhausted but Priyanka was extremely professional, she didn’t complain or throw tantrums even once,” says a unit member.



Madhur too confirms the news and says, “Yes, Priyanka was very professional. When she saw that I was not well and in-spite of that I was on the sets, 24/ 7, she just gave in,” he laughs. Let’s hope the Guinness world record guys are reading this!




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The magic of Hindi cinema in a way that they never have before ‘Reality’ Bollywood Film

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Neha Dhupia in a press conference on Thursday attended at Joss Pub in Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, announced her participation in the first reality movie on Indian television to be telecasted at Channel [V]. The movie ‘Andaz Apna Very Hatke’ is the channel’s effort to attract viewers toward its TRP rating, the 20-minute movie is to be scripted, directed and produced by the channel.


She in the movie is acting along an international celebrity who yet to be announced. The channel has also planned to search the other cast of the movie through talent hunt competition. The live flick of the movie which is to be telecasted from 2nd of March is to be fastest produced movie of the Bollywood ever made.



The short movie flick has included all interesting features of a popular Bollywood film all the melodramatic concepts into the movie .Channel [V’s] chief head honcho told media, “[V] has always been a trendsetter in creating compelling content in an otherwise cluttered and monotonous environment. Audiences with this live flick will experience the magic of Hindi cinema in a way that they never have before.”


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The music of the Bollywood film One Two Three was released at a Mumbai hotel on Wednesday

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The music of the Bollywood film One Two Three was released at a Mumbai hotel on Wednesday. The celebrities from the tinsel town present on the occasion were the star cast of Suniel Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Upen Patel, Sameera Reddy and Tanisha Mukherjee to name a few. Producer duo Kumar Mangat and Sunil Lulla were also present.


Directed by the debutant director Ashwani Dheer, the film is a non-stop comedy of errors. Raghav Sachar who has done the music for the film left the audiences spell bound with his performance during the release function.


Speaking at the music launch, Shetty said that he was happy with his work. “I play one of the Laxmi Narayan (Character’s name) it’s a good script and I’m very happy with the work I have done. I play a very sincere and honest gentleman from the corporate world but sincere and honest to the extent of being extremely irritating,” said Shetty.



Sultry actress Sameera Reddy was also ecstatic about her role in the film. “My character in the film ‘One Two Three’ is Laila. She is a vintage car dealer and in the whole film she is trying to sell Pareshji (Paresh Rawal, another actor in the film) a vintage car and Pareshji is trying to sell her undergarments and this is definitely very strong point of the film and it makes a great comedy,” said Reddy.


Well, what we see is one-two-three pairs of sizzling hot legs show!


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Thursday, February 21, 2008

First ever Pakistani film Khuda Ke Liye to be released in India

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Indian theatres are all set to give a wholehearted welcome to the Pakistani film, Khuda Ke Liye on March 28, which also happens to be the first ever Pakistani film to be released in India. The film produced and directed by Shoaib Mansoor has Pakistani stars Shaan and Imaan Ali in the lead roles. The film also stars Naseerudin Shah in a very pivotal role.


The film showcases the complex conditions of Pakistanis post 9/11. It highlights the cruel fact of West immensely suspicious about Muslims where they themselves are split between fundamentalists and Liberals.



Naseerudin Shah playing a role of clergy claims that the film is a must watch for the masses and has been appreciated after being shown in Pakistan, London and Dubai. The film also had its screening in Goa film festival.


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Karan Johar not happy with the price Yash Raj is offering

shahrukh khanBuzz is strong about Karan Johar not being happy with the price Yash Raj is offering him for distribution rights of his next, directed by protégé Tarun Mansukhani and that he and old pal, Aditya Chopra had a tiff over it. Their common pal, Shah Rukh Khan is playing mediator in all this claim industry sources.


“Every Dharma Productions film by Karan Johar has been distributed by Yash Raj worldwide. Though the rights price increased with every released film as they all went on to become super hits, it was still considerably low as compared to new players in the market - the corporate companies such as UTV or Eros or even big distributors like Ashtavinayak were willing to offer.But due to his equation with Adi, Karan never thought twice about it, but now he is in two minds with a joint offer by Eros for the Abhishek Bachchan - Priyanka Chopra - John Abraham starrer directed by Tarun Mansukhani and for KJo’s SRK - Kajol starrer My Name Is Khan. It is reportedly around Rs 175 crore (75 crore for the yet untitled Mansukhani film and 100 crore for MNIK). Eros had approached KJo through SRK,” an industry source reveals.



“SRK’s home production, Om Shanti Om was sold for close to Rs. 70 crore to Eros. SRK, during his trip to the UK for the Zee Carnival, met with the Eros big wigs wherein they put forth the proposal to him to put it up for KJo. SRK is learnt to have spoken to Karan regarding it and clearly telling him to put friendship on one side and business on the other. The kind of money offered is almost more than double than what KJo would expect from Yash Raj for both his films. At the same time, SRK it seems is also speaking to Aditya over it on Karan’s behalf making him understand Karan’s predicament. He is ensuring either Adi increase his offer price to what the current market price for biggies of such proportions is or let Karan have his way. The ball is presently in Adi’s court now,” adds the source.


“SRK has always in the last few years never approached the Chopras for the distribution rights because he has always been a thorough professional who has never mixed business with friendship. It is high time he expects Karan too follows suit. Next in the pipeline might be Rakesh Roshan, who too is being offered unheard of sums for his Krrish 2. He has been distributing his last few films like Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish through Yash Raj for a lesser price as compared to the market rate,” the source concludes.


But one thing is sure industry insiders say. “Whether this deal happens between them or not, Adi and Karan are not going to go their separate ways.”


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Race drawn huge response for the fashion

rawn huge response for the fashionable raceOne of the most awaited films this year is Abbas-Mustan’s multi starrer Race. Set amidst horse racing and betting in South Africa, the promos of Race which are currently on air have drawn huge response for the fashionable yet edgy look of the film. We spoke to Anahita Shroff Adajania, who was given the job of giving each of the six stars a look of their own but yet look a part of the entire ensemble.


The entire film has a very rich look to it. The money and style shows but its all very understated. As a stylist my job was to make each of them look like they knew exactly what was in fashion and on the ramps but still give them each their own distinct identity. And so we shopped and picked up things from everywhere. The entire world was my shopping complex!


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Saif is extremely open to suggestions. The main aim was that his clothes were bespoke. He plays an extremely successful businessman who doesn’t go shopping for himself because he simply doesn’t have the time. He probably has a tailor sitting in London at the Saville Row whom he calls and says I want six more suits and they swiftly arrive. He is your dream businessman. We didn’t want to go typical either so if you see the colours that he wears are very avant garde. The ties that he wears in the film are extremely expensive - brands like Etro, Gucci, Ferregamo. And his glasses are Alexander McQueen and are very Saif in real life too but he wasn’t allowed to wear them anywhere else till the film releases!


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Bipasha plays a model in the film so she dresses fashionably but there is a street edge to it because that’s the way models dress. Models might wear their favourite top and then mix it up with a pair of designer jeans that they bought on a high street in New York. Like Bipasha might wear a Cartier watch but she also wears chappals on that we which got from Colaba causeway for 50 rupees! We also styled her hair to be very long because I find that there is a certain edge to it. She has a very strong character in the film… like she isn’t what we call feminine at all!


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Katrina plays Saif’s assistant/personal secretary in the film. She is again very strong but also very feminine. So she wears fitted silk shirts with slim slit skirts which are high waisted. She works for a highly successful businessman and travels with him so she knows that is happening fashion wise in the world.


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Sameera plays a mole in the film who works with Anil Kapoor who is an inspector. She is what I would call the modern day ditz… you know someone who matches every thing. She thinks that her shoes should match her hand bag.


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Anahita Shroff Adajania with Saif and Bipasha on the sets of Race.


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Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan and Aziz Mirza are still very much together

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Business partners or not, stars never leave their ‘Konnection’. Although Dreamz Unlimited, a production house jointly owned by Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan and Aziz Mirza, may have bombed, they are still very much together.


While SRK and Juhi have joined hands for the IPL, she will be a surprise package in Aziz Mirza’s Kismet Konnection. She is to play the role of a gypsy fortune-teller, which would mean a complete makeover for Juhi. She has to be dressed in loud, gaudy, and glitzy clothes. This transformation will surely be worth the wait.



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Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai team up again

Abhishek bachanMumbai, (IANS) After “Guru”, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will team up again for Mani Ratnam’s next venture. Based on real life characters, the movie will be an intense love story.


This will be Abhishek and Ratnam’s third film together. After the terrific partnership they shared during “Yuva”, which Abhishek describes as his career’s first turning point, and “Guru”, which he acknowledges as his second turning point, it doesn’t require much calculation to see the creative and commercial viability of the Abhishek-Ratnam pair.


Ratnam will start shooting for the film in Sep with Abhishek and Aishwarya.


According to a source close to the project, “It’s going to be a very intense love story. ‘Guru’ was more of a biopic with a cavalcade of characters claiming screen space, but this film will focus primarily on the romance. It’s a very intense film and Mani’s most romantic film to date. It is based on real life characters.”



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Meraj-ur-Rehman’s the first husband of Manyata Dutt


Mumbai, (IANS) A Mumbai court Wednesday afternoon directed the Mumbai police to submit by Feb 25 its report on inquiry into Meraj-ur-Rehman’s claim that he is the first husband of Manyata, now wife of Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt.


Meraj, who is in police custody for sending obscene messages to Bollywood actresses, has in a written complaint to the Bandra metropolitan magistrate contended that Manyata’s marriage to Sanjay Dutt Feb 11 was illegal, as he has not divorced her yet.


According to Meraj, he married Manyata in 2003 and has a son from her. The son is now in Dubai with Manyata’s relatives.


Meraj, who has been a struggling writer in the film industry, told the police he only wanted custody of his son and was ready to legally divorce Manyata.


This is not the only complication that the newly married Dutt couple is facing. Sanjay and Manyata first had a registered marriage in Goa and then a Hindu ritual marriage in Mumbai.


However, the Goa district administration last week ordered re-examination of the marriage registration papers. For a registered marriage in Goa, at least one person must be a Goa resident for a minimum six months.



When Goa authorities learnt that the domicile certificate Manyata submitted was false, they served a show-cause notice on her last week and asked her why this certificate should not be cancelled.


Manyata has sought a fortnight’s time to file her reply to the notice.


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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Malayalam Actress Reshma

Name: Reshma

Industry: malayalam

Reshma is one among the most saleble hot girl in mallu industry. All her films were super hits. People will be waiting for her new movies like any other superstars movies.

Reshma is one of the malayalam film actress.She is one of the competitors of shakeela to be the most famous star of malayalam.She has got many competitors like maria sindhu, navya kavya and shakeela.

Reshma is next to shakeela in malayalam industry right now.Shakeela reshma pair against any actor will be a sure hit.

Reshma is facing very tough competetion from Shakeela, Maria, Sindhu, Prathiba, Sheela, Navya and others.

Shakeela, Reshma, Sindhu and Jyothishree acted together in the hot mallu movies "Chilkamma" which needless to say was a superhit. Even one among them was enough to make a film hit and just imgine it if all of them join together...!!!

Reshma shakeela sindhu and jyoti shri has acted in chilakamma, a movie with hot actresses together.A masala movie which gave reshma more credits than all.

Malayalam Actress Shakeela



Shakeela

44 years old
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, India

Shakeela is one of the south indian actress.Shakeela appeaed from indian softcore movies, and shakeela started out as an actor in b-grade in south indian language movies in the early 1990s.

She act in all south indian languages like Kannada, telugu, Malayalam, Tamil etc. Shakeela came from kerala.She write her own page in Myspace site. We can meet skakeela in Shakeela4u in myspace.com .

Shakeela has faced many law problems because of her appearance in some movies.In June, 2004 shakeela appeared before a court in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, after shakeela was cited as an accused in a case pertaining to the screening of an obscene movie in which she allegedly acted.

Shakeela acting some movies are
Bangaram (2006) ,Veendum Thulabharam (2003) ,Penmanassu (2002) ,Soundharyalahari(2002) ,Agniputhri (2001) ,Sagara (2001) ,Sneha (2001) ,Mis Chalu (2001) ,Aalilathoni (2001).
and she act in Monalisa9Kannada), Shree (Kannada), Jayam(Telugu).

Shakeela act in more than 30 movies all are mast hits movies. She is a sexy and good actor in indian south filams.

Sandalwood Actress Pooja Gandhi Bio-Data



Pooja Gandhi

Name: Pooja Gandhi ( Sanjana Gandhi )

Place of Birth: Panjab

Father: Pawan Ghandhi ( Bussiness man )

Schooling: New Delhi Public school


Years of active: 2003 -present

Film industries: Kannada,Bengali,Tamil

Big hit movie: Mungarumale (Kannada)


Sanjana Gandhi one of the beautiful South Indian Actress hails from Punjab.

About Pooja Gandhi from wikipedia peoples....

After I year B.com she lost interest in studies.She got an opportunity to act in a Bengali film. From there she has never looked back and has been associated with successful and very good South Indian films.


Pooja Gandhi debut films and many more ' Tum ake Salam' which was a Bengali film released in 2003 was her debut. 'Koki' in Tamil was a super hit and that was a great beginning of her entry to South Indian films. She has also acted in 'Dhamad Ke Intizaar' and has even finished a Tamil film 'Vaideeshwaran' opposite Sharatkumar. She has also entered the Sandalwood Industry Kannada Film Industry beginning with Mungaaru Male which was a Smash hit of 2006. It has finished 250 days and is still running houseful, is even the most successful Kannada film till date beating Dr.Raj's film. Mungarumale has earned till now a huge sum of forty crores, the highest till now in the Kannada film Industry.


Her future plans and her dream roles

She says, "My recent movie 'Mungaaru Male' which was a very great success was a rich experience for me though I had face some health problems as the rain was lashing all the time while we were shooting. But all's well now.I think the saying goes right that to gain something you have lose something and that has applied in my case too. But the success of my film doesn't mean that I am going to take a break for a long time. I have already signed two film with Himadri and Sujith Radhakrishnan and I will start shooting for them very soon. I have come here to stay and get the name of a good actress and do very good roles which will enrich my experience as an actress. Marriage is many miles away from me and is definitely not on the cards. Achievement and good name is my only goal for now. My dream roles are that of 'Arth' and 'Lamhe'".

Sandalwood Actress Jennifer Kotwal Bio-Data



Jennifer Kotwal

Real Name: Jenifer Dinshaw Kotwal

school: Villa Teresa High School , Mumbai , India.

College: in Economics at HR College in Mumbai, India.

Jennifer Kotwal one of the Sandalwood ( Kannada Film Industry ) and Bollywood actress who acted in Subhash Ghai's movie Yaadein along with Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik roshan .


Jennifer Kotwal come into modeling when she was doing Economics at HR College in Mumbai. she did commercial ads like for noodles with shah rukh khan and Dabur Chawanprash with Amitabh Bachchan . The Lakme ad she worked in is still being telecast now. she did some television programs for Sony and Zee TV. While I was doing the commercials, she also did a photo shoot. Some of those photographs later landed up at Ramoji Rao Productions, who offered a role in a Telugu film. It was by sheer luck that I got Jogi."



Jennifer Kotwal Personal Quote:
"I will accept any film that has a good storyline. I know most Kannada films have a good story, and the industry people are really hardworking. Another advantage is that Kannada films are finished on the planned date. As for the roles I would like to do, I should say that I would like to work in different types of roles. I would like to do comedies as well as emotional roles. I am basically a director's actor, and it is left to the director to get the best out of me."

Sandalwood Actress Ramya Bio-Data



Ramya - ರಮ್ಯಾ

Real Name: Divya Spandana

Born: 29th Nov 1981

Place of Birth: Bangalore,India

Occupation: Actress


Ramya is a number one popular actress in the Kannada film industry. Recently she has been acting in Tamil and Telugu cinemas as well.

Ramya studied at St.Hilda's school, in Ooty. She then earned her collegiate at St.Josephs College of Commerce, in Bangalore.

Ramya stepped into the film industry with Kannada movie Abhi starring against Puneet Rajkumar.

The movie "Amruthadhare" shows her amazing acting in one of her recent films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar.

Ramya resides at The Taj West End in Bangalore, with her adopted father.

Ramya acted more than 15 films in kannada and she acted more than 5 films in Tamil

Filmography

Kannda:



Meera Madhava Raghava - 2007 - T N Seetharam
Arrasu - 2007 - Puneeth Rajkumar/Mahesh Babu
Tananam Tananam - 2006 - Shyam,Rakshitha/Kavitha Lankesh
Jote Joteyali - 2006 - Prem/Dinakar Tugudeep
Datta - 2006 - Darshan/Chi Gurudatt
Julie - 2006 - Dino Morea/Poornima Mohan
Sevanthi Sevanthi - 2006 - Vijaya Reghavendra/S Narayan
Gowramma - 2005 - Upendra/B Naganna
Tamil:

2003 - Kuthu - Silambarasan - A. Venkatesh
2004 - Giri - Arjun - Sundar
2007 - Thoondle - Shaam - K. S. Adhiyaman
2007 - Vaaranam Aayiram - Surya - Gautham Menon

Sandalwood Actor Ganesh Bio-Data



Comedy Time Ganesh

Born : Adakamaranahalli near Nelamangala town.

Father: Kishan

Mother: Sulochana

Grand-mother: Sithamma.



Brothers : Mahesh and Umesh.

Resides : Vijayanagar, Bangalore

Education : Diploma in Electronics in Nagamangala.

Vinu of "yadva-tadva" was a farst character that Ganesha played Television career.He has also acted in popular serial "vaTaara" directed by NagatihaLLi Chandrashekar.

Golden Star Ganesh popularised in a television program 'Comedy Time' from monday-friday at 5PM-5.30PM in the beginning and later at 5.30PM-6PM in Udaya TV

Golden Star Ganesh first film as a lead role was Chellata which was a moderate success which ran upto 125 days in some theatres. In this film no other actress showed interest to act against him. Rekha of Chitra fame, who had already acted in quite a few film agreed to act.

Mungaaru Male his second film expected to garner Rs. 60 crores at the box office .The film also released with 150 prints all over Karnataka .It is the only film that is running to packed houses on weekdays in PVR Multiplex for more than 200 days.It is running 84 shows per day in Bangalore. In remaining parts of Karnataka it is shown 504 times a day ever since the release.

His third film is Hudugata, fourth Cheluvina Chithara, fifth Aramane, sixth Gali pata (with Yograj Bhat).

Ganesh Acted as a Supporting Role in the following movies: Tapori (First film as villan) Thunta, Amrutadhaare, Koun Baneghaga Kotyadhipathi, Ba Baro Rasika, Masala, O Priyathama, Game.

Sandalwood Actor Upendra Bio-Data



Upendra


Born: September 18, 1967 Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka


Spouse: Priyanka Trivedi

Super star upendra is a Kannada cinema director, actor and script writer. He acted in Tamil, Telugu movies also.


uppi came from lower middle classs family, he started his career off with film director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director.

Super star upendra Director for Tharle Nan Maga , Sshhh , Om , Operation Antha , A (1998) , Swasthik(1999) and Upendra movies.

upendra in Guest appearance roles Operation Antha, Shhh and Ananthana Avanthara.
His one of the hit movie is "Om" was a super hit movie starring Shiv Rajkumar and Prema. This story explored and exposed Bangalore underworld. The movie was controversial because of presence of numerous famous real-life rowdy sheeters.real underworld gang members is there in this movie vilan roles.

Uppi is real star so he explain real life and real charecters .I want uppi come back as a director to kannada industry.i like his movies like A and upendra.

Tollywood Actress Ileana D'Cruz Bio-Data



Ileana D'Cruz

Birth name: Ileana D'Cruz

Born: August 19, 1987 (1987-08-19) (age 19) Mumbai, India

Family: three sisters and two brothers.


Ileana beautiful and cute girl from mumbai, she currently resides in goa. Before come to films, Ileana was modelling for quite some time and doing ads. She has three sisters and two brothers.


Ileana first film telugu Devadasu in 2006 directed by Y.V.S. Chowdhary and her second Telugu film where she essayed the role of Shruti, an innocent girl haunted by a corrupt police officer opposite Prince Mahesh Babu in the blockbuster Pokiri.

Director Y.V.S chowdary saw her first on Fair and Lovely add and selected her for his Film “Devdas”. After pokiri Ileana is in the Ranking of top most celebs of the Tollywood industry.

Ileana is presently doing a movie with Pawan Kalyan under the direction of Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Arvind under Geetha Arts banner. the movie will be shooted with Panorama camera which is highly oriented one and its first time to use in the Indian films.


Ileana acted in more than 8 movies. Movies are Devadasu, Pokiri, Kedi, Khatarnak, Rakhi, Munna, Aata and in Untitled Trivikram Srinivas Project.

Tollywood Actress Genelia D'Souza Bio-Data



Genelia D'Souza

Birth name: Genelia D'Souza


Born: August 05, 1987 (1987-08-05) (age 20) England
Other name: Jeenu, Harini

Genelia is a young , beautyful actress in India. She acted in Tamil, Telugu, hindi and Kannada film industry.


Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree.



Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar with opposite siddarth. she is know in Tollywood industry after coming from kollywood and she give some good telugu movies like Satyam, Masti, Samba , Sye and Bommarillu.



Genelia is just 19 as of now and turning 20 only after two months. She is now claming a good remuneration of Rs 30 lakhs.



Now Genelia is doing a Hindi film beside Emraan Hashmi. Abbas Tyewala is directing the film while AR Rehman is scoring music. This is third Hindi film for Genelia. She started working in Hindi with 'Tujhe Mere Kasam".



Genelia D'Souza movies are...



In kannada : Sathya In Love



In Hindi: Tujhe Meri Kasam, Masti and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.



In Tamil: Boys, Sachein, Chennai Kadhal, Vaaranam Aayiram, Santosh Subramaniam.



In Telugu: Mr. Medhavi, Dhee, Bommarillu, Raam, Happy, Naa Alludu and more...

Tollywood Actress Meena Bio-Data



Meena

Born: 16th September1979 in Chennai , Tamil Nadu.

Mother: Raja Mallika ( politician , former Actress)

Mother tongue: Malayalam

Education: xth std from JRK and Vidyodaya schools in Chennai and MA (Geography)degree from University of Madras through open university system


Meena is one of the beautiful and successful actress in south india. Meena acted in in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam Films. Meena started her career as a child artist in Telugu films and Tamil films.

Meena first film as a child artist was 'Nenjangal' with Sivaji Ganesan. Meena acted with stars like Rajinikanth , Kamal Haasan, Vishnuvardan, sudeep, chiranjeevi.


Meena acted in Malayalam movies. Sudeep direction Kannada remake of Autograph, she played Sneha's role of Divya.

Know in 2007 meena is currently starring as the lead in the Sun TV Serial "Lakshmi".

Meena Acted in more than 45 movies . some movies are My Autograph , Neela Padam ,Udayananu Tharam ,Chandrotsavam , Natturajavu , Shock , Simhachalam , Mr. Brahmachari , Villain, Sri Manjunatha , Censor ,Citizen , Maayi , Vanathai Pola , Rakshasa Rajav , Thenali , Doubles , Rhythm .

Tollywood Actress Charmi Kaur Bio-Data



Charmi Kaur


Name:Charmi Kaur

Born: May 17, 1988 Punjab, India

The Sexy tollywood actress Charami acted with almomst all top actors in the Tollywood and kollywood.

( Simbu, Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prabhas, Siddarth, Ravi Teja, Sumanth, Nitin, and Jr.NTR.)

Charmi career in the film industry was started when she was of 14 years old. Her 1st film is “Neethodu kavali” which gave her big flop. After her 4 flops she acted with a good spirit and “Gowri” made a blockbuster. This movie was charmi’s first hit in the Tollywood industry. Later on charmi acted in “Mass” with Nagarjuna and it became a big hit.


Charmi Kaur Filmography

2007 -Mantra (production)
2006
Rakhi .. as Gowri
Chinnodu
Pournami .. as Chandrakala
Style
Lakshmi .. as Sailaja.
Chukkallo Chandrudu .. as Sandhya
2005
Allari Pidugu .. as Subbalakshmi
Political Rowdy .. as Kaveri
Anukokunda Oka Roju .. as Sahasra
Chakram .. as Lakshmi
Mass .. as Priya
2004
Chanti
Gowri .. as Sweta
Kaatu Champagam (Malayalam)
Sri Anjaneyam
2003
Neeke Manasichchaanu
Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu (Tamil)
Kadhal Kisu Kisu (Tamil)
2002
Kadhal Azhivathillai (Tamil)
Nee Thodu Kaavali .. as Manasa