Aadesh Shrivastava to make album with Justin Timberlake and Rihanna

Music director Aadesh Shrivastava has plans to make an anti-terrorism album with international singers like Justin Timberlake and Rihanna.

After the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, Aadesh is still reeling with anger and agony over loss of innocent lives. To vent out his angst in creative way, the music composer is working on an album with anti-terrorism theme. The album will feature Justin Timberlake, sensational R&B singer Rihanna , Indian violinist Kala Ramanathan and Ustad Rashid Khan.

Aadesh has already recorded with Ustad Rashid Khan and Kala Ramanathan. Justin and Rihanna have also given their confirmation.For Aadesh to make this album was an instant calling. He had other musical plans for himself - an album about the four seasons of the year. But shocked by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Aadesh dropped that idea and began working on a global album with strong message against terrorism.

“The time to sing bhajans and qawwallis evoking Allah and Ishwar to bring peace to earth is over. Such silent pleas won`t work any more,” Aadesh told a news agency. Aadesh also makes it clear that there won’t be any references to any gods or any religion in the album.

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Aishwarya said it is always a pleasure to act with Abhishek

Aishwarya Rai, who is currently shooting for director Mani Ratnam’s film "Ravana" here, said her character is not called Sita in the film that also stars her husband Abhishek Bachchan."The name of my character is not ’Sita’. I am playing a woman who has similarities with the Sita of ’Ramayana’, " the actress told reporters at the press conference of her new Hollywood flick ’Pink Panther 2’ here.

Aishwarya, however, refused to give further details about "Ravana"."I can’t give any details about ’ Ravana’ at the moment. You will have to wait and watch. All I can say that it is an intense film set in today’s time and Mani has given a totally new perspective to the art of storytelling, " she said.

Asked if she is paired opposite Abhishek, Aishwarya said they never played a conventional couple on-screen.

"We have never been paired opposite each other in the conventional way, apart from the film ’Kuchh Naa Kaho’. Be it ’Dhoom 2’ or ’Sarkar Raj’, it’s not the conventional man-wife pairing. Even in ’Guru’, the film revolves around Abhishek. So, by the time ’Ravana’ happened, we have become used to this, " she said.

"But, director Abhinay Deol has decided to cast us in his new film. Hopefully, the audience will see us romancing on screen there, " she added.

Aishwarya said it is always a pleasure to act with Abhishek.

"It’s always a pleasant experience working with actors like Abhishek. I am not saying it just because I am his wife, but the fact remains that he is one of the nicest co-actors I have seen so far, " she said.

Talking about "Pink Panther 2", which has released in India Friday, Aishwarya said the film is a "joyride".

"Anyone who is familiar with English films and ’Pink Panther’ will know what I mean when I say the film is a joy ride. Although I have a small role in the film, I said ’yes’ only because I wanted to work with institutions like Steve Martin.

"Besides, I have highest regard for comedy because it is the most difficult emotion to portray on screen. ’ Pink Panther 2 ’ is an easy comedy and every one can watch it with family, " she said.

The actress has been shooting for "Ravana" here since Feb 17. Abhishek is expected to join her soon. The shooting will continue till mid-March.

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The tinsel town cannot stop raving about Freida Pinto

The tinsel town cannot stop raving about Freida Pinto as present and as the lady still basks in the glory of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ success, there could be no other time more apt for her to make her presence felt through media and print magazines.

So, this March, we will have Freida as the reigning cover girl of almost all the leading magazines. After ‘Vogue’ and ‘Cosmopolitan’, Freida will also be seen as the cover girl of Maxim India March 2009. She has already swept everyone off their feet with her witty answers at ‘The Tonight Show’ hosted by Jay Leno, her flawless sense of style, her portraits in Vanity Fair, and irresistible movie offers from Woody Allen .

The Maxim cover has Freida with a naughty playful look wearing an oversized sweater and six-inch black heels. On the covers of ‘Vogue ’ Freida portrays a different style and look with elegant attire, immaculate tresses, dripping jewelery, blood red lipstick and an evocative gaze. That’s what we call versatility!

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Kangana Ranaut: Best actress of Bollywood?

The bold and the beautiful Kangana Ranaut, is arguably the best actress in Bollywood today. Rani is passe, Preity Zinta has been relegated to arty-farty films, Kareena is perceived more as a hot babe rather than a serious actress though she still has acted in the likes of Chameli and Omkara, Katrina Kaif is all candyfloss. That leaves the field open to Kangana Ranaut to play the field. And can this girl act! Phew! From her very first film, Kangana Ranaut had acted like a veteran. With Gangster, which was a tough role to play, Kangana Ranaut showed what mettle she was made. She has tried to follow it up with performance oriented roles like Woh Lamhe and Life in a Metro.

Kangana Ranaut is a girl who likes to experiment with her roles. In her very first film, Kangana Ranaut played a woman with an alcoholic problem. In Woh Lambhe, Kangana played a glam diva with terminal illness. Kangana played an arrogant model addicted to drugs in Fashion, which even overshadowed Priyanka Chopra's part. In Raaz 2 Kangana was tormented by a ghost. There is one common thing in all of Kangana Ranaut characters: THEY ARE ALL PROBLEM GIRLS!!

The excellent part about Kangana Ranaut is she can get to the skin of the character. Kangana who is trying to gain weight at the right places, is looking more beautiful than ever now. Kangana does not mind shedding her clothes and getting in the buff(or is it the body suit?) to suit the complexities of her character. Kangana had a wardrobe malfunction in Fashion, she was butt naked(or it seemed so) in a scary scene of Raaz 2 and gave real bold MC -BC gaalis in the film, she was even shown peeing out of fright in one scene of Woh Lamhe. Which heroine can go to these levels? In other words, Kangana Ranaut is the most flexible Bollywood actress and likes to give her best shot in every character she plays.

Kangana lives, loves and breathes films, which is evident from her single minded focus to get her act right each time. And yes, unlike other actresses who expose and say that the script demanded it, in Kangana Ranaut's case, it is evident that she exposes only when her character is in a situation where she has to reveal. And yes, Kangana Ranaut is hardly vulgar when she exposes. Now she will be seen in a new movie called Kites opposite Hrithik Roshan. Here's to Kangana's career flying high like a kite!

Poonam Jhawer, wardrobe malfunction?

The hot and sexy Poonam Jhawar or Poonam Jhawer who is getting hotter with time, has shown a wee bit too much this time. Call it a pure case of wardrobe malfunction for a couple of seconds, Poonam Jhawar exposed to the crotch level. We know Playboy is not her scene but sexy pictures of Poonam Jhawer like these will give boys a lot to play about!

Nana Patekar will adopt a Punjabi intonation

Well,Nana Patekar will drop his distinct Marathi accent and will adopt a Punjabi intonation for his upcoming film EK - THE POWER OF ONE. Nana will be essaying a role of a CBI officer in the film. Apparently, while shooting in Punjab Nana had some scenes in which he had to carry out some investigation work while interacting with people.

For the same, we hear that, Nana went up to three women with his dialogue script and requested them to teach him how to deliver his hindi dialogues in a typical Punjabi accent. Director Sangeet Sivan was very impressed with Nana’s dedication that he couldn’t deny Nana’s request and allowed the actor to deliver his dialogues in Punjabi . Well, what can we say...Nana, Twada Jawaab Nahi!!

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The child actors of Slumdog Millionaire received a grand welcome

The child actors of Slumdog Millionaire received a grand welcome when they arrived at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Thursday morning. Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rubina Ali, Tanay Chedda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Tanvi Lonkar and Madhur Mittal were greeted with cheers and garlands, as their relatives waited eagerly on the sidelines to receive them.

In the picture: Ayush Khedekar, Tanay Chheda and Rubina Ali in the airport.

Rubina Ali’s father Rafique Qureshi, a slum dweller, came with a dozen relatives to receive his daughter. "I am so glad to be here. I’m proud of my daughter. She has made our country proud. Jai Ho!" Rafique said excitedly. "Our niece has not only become famous in our slums but she’s become world famous," added Rubina’s uncle Dilshad Mohammad Khan, who had accompanied Rubina to Los Angeles.

In the picture: Rubina Ali’s father Rafique Qureshi with his daughter.

A large crowd had assembled to welcome the children. A fleet of cars, including Mercedes Benz, waited for each child, who was then taken to their respective homes. Azharuddin ’s father, Mohammad Ismail said, "We have arranged for music and garlands. The preparation has been going on since last night. It’s going to be party time now." Mohammed Ismail sounded cheerful despite the fact that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Even the fact that his economic condition has not improved has not lessened his happiness. I hope the government gives us a flat, so that I can spend the rest of my life decently," he said.The Maharashtra Housing Development Authority had requested Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to allocate two flats to slum-dwellers Rubina and Azharuddin, who acted in Slumdog Millionaire, but Chavan turned down the request.

In the picture: Mohammed Azharuddin.

Prabha Chheda, Tanay’s grandmother, arrived at the airport with a ’Welcome Tanay’ banner. "I am so happy to see my child back," she gushed. "I made this banner especially to welcome him."

"We had a great party time," said Madhur Mittal, adding, "I cannot express my happiness in words." So how will he celebrate the big win? "Party even more! I am still living this dream," he says. "I loved the entire experience. The best part was Disney Land!" Ayush says. "I loved that place."

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Shilpa Shetty facing problems in delivering her dialogues

Things are always as easy as they seem. This is the lesson which Shilpa Shetty has learnt recently for our sexy Bollywood lass is facing problems in delivering her dialogues for her next Indo-Chinese film ‘Desire’. Desire is her first international Indo-Chinese project where she plays a role of an Odissi dancer.

Though Shilpa informs that shooting for ‘Desire ’ was a unique experience, it was not easy for her to get her classical dance steps correct and perfect. Moreover, speaking English without accent wasn’t easy for her.

Says, Shilpa “This is the first time I did dialogues in English and so did Xia Yu . Not as easy as I thought it would be, when you are so used to saying dialogues in Hindi. Both Xia Yu and I made such an effort not to speak the English language with an accent. But all’s well that ends well. I am happy I got to do this too.”

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Cleavage queen Poonam Jhawar says "Sorry Dude, No Nude"

The sexy lady Poonam Jhawar has said an emphatic NO to agents of Playboy who had reportedly wanted her to be the woman in their centerspread. Though Poonam was all for it, she immediately backed out when Playboy wanted Poonam Jhawar to go nude.

The hot actress, dancer and singing sensation Poonam Jhawar who has never shied from provocative poses has said that she was in no way going to accept Playboy's demands of doing a nude centerspread. This is what she said about the money being offered, ""I really don’t care about how much they were ready to pay me for that. If I am not comfortable with something, then I don’t even bother to ask about the amount.” Having said that the voluptuous Poonam Jhawar had once appeared in body paint, wearing only a flimsy bikini. For Poonam Jhawar, body suit is fine but not birthday suit!

Poonam Jhawer sexy pictures, Poonam Jhawar hot pics

Poonam Jhawar sexy pictures show that she is one super sexy woman who can set the screen to her flames. Though it is natural for men to go putty over Poonam Jhawar's ample cleavage, what really works in her favor is Poonam Jhawar's sexy, intoxicating eyes. There have been girls like Rakhi Sawant, Mallika Sherawat and Sambhavna Seth who have exposed their cleavage till the cows come home, but no one amongst them have the 'NASHEELA LOOK' or the intoxicating look which Poonam Jhawar has. Yes, when it comes to Poonam Jhawar, it is confusing, eyes or cleavage? Both the twins of Poonam Jhawar, eyes and cleavage are a visual treat.

Poonam Jhawar: The Super Sexy Aunty?

Sexy stunner in her 30s Poonam Jhawar or Poonam Jhawer as she likes to call herself now, is suddenly charging Bollywood with her 440 watt sexy strut. The cute looking girl in Mohra(remember the Naa Gaajre Ki Dhaar song in Mohra?)whom you may have wanted to marry and take home to mom, has now matured into a ripe, seductive woman who can give your mom a heart-attack! By the way, though she wont give her age, can we hazard a guess! Let's see during Mohra she may have been in her early 20s (say 21). Mohra released in 1994, and now fifteen years later, the hot Poonam Jhawer may be in her mid-thirties. Just the right age for us boys to go putty over such hot, curvaceous aunties!

Poonam Jhawer, the voluptuous, busty bindaas woman who has even boldly mentioned in her site, that to sexually arouse a person, she doesn't need to become nude, still likes to draw line when it comes to going buff. The sexy Poonam Jhawar has declined a lucrative offer from Playboy to go nude. Not really sure, if Poonam has a body for Playboy, but it is high time, she does some good movies or at least TV serials. If not watching the movie for the movie's sake, at least we can get license to ogle at Poonam Jhawer sexy figure!

Amitabh Bachchan is set to play the renowned tiger hunter

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is set to play the renowned tiger hunter and conservationist in a Priyadarshan film.Departing from his usual genre, comedy, Priyan is set to make the first thriller of his career. Titled ‘Grrr’, the film will be about the man-eating tigers of Sunderbans with Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of Jim Corbett. Corbett, who was a colonel in British Indian Army, is renowned for having killed many man-eating tigers in the jungles of Kumaon in North India under the Raj.

He was also a conservationist who stressed the need to save forests and wild life. Priyadarshan so far directed Amitabh in advertisements, but ‘Grrr’ would be his first film with the superstar. The director says he could envisage none other than Big B in the role of the fearless Jim Corbett .The film won’t be shot with real tigers. Rather Priyan will use animatronics (robotic tigers) for the film.

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Freida Pinto is now the cover girl of Vogue magazine

After wowing fans with her acting and lately, her fashion sense, Freida Pinto is now the cover girl of Vogue magazine.Pinto, 24, who was signed on by Hollywood filmmaker Woody Allen, posed for the cover of Vogue’s March issue.

The magazine which hits stands today, features exclusive interviews about life before the Oscars, bonding with Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio and her future plans.Slumdog Millionaires Latika caught the attention of New York’s hip fashion commentators, the Fug Girls; she even topped style.com’s 10 Best Dressed List in February -- beating Renee Zellweger and Wendi Murdoch.

At the Vogue shoot, when a reporter asked stylist Tiina Laakkonen why Pinto isn’t being dressed exclusively in Indian fashion, Pinto grabed a pencil and scribbled her answer on a scrap of paper, ’Because she’s international now!’

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Kareena who graces the cover of the first edition of Harpers Bazaar

‘Harper’s Bazaar’ is having their very first India issue released this March and who could be the better choice than to feature the hot couple Saifeena in the issue. The magazine recently covered a photo shoot of the couple in the exotic locations of Mauritius with Kareena wearing a cue from Giorgio Armani Spring 2009 dress and Saif wearing an Ermenegildo Zegna suit.

The pics came out great with the couple looking very much in love but it is only Kareena who graces the cover of the first edition of Harpers Bazaar India in a floral strapless maxi.

Check out the photo shoot of Saif and Kareena and also the cover of the magazine with Kareena looking as ravishing, gorgeous and perfect as ever.

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Slumdog children Team to meet Pop queen Madonna

As the winning team of Slumdog Millionaire finally made it to the ’Vanity Fair’ ball, the children in the group were disappointed to learn that superstar Madonna had already left the party. The cast members of the team were the last to enter the party at around 2 am, having made the rounds of the other celebratory bashes including the one thrown by the producers of the film, Fox Searchlights and the Governor’s Ball.

And young actor’s Tanay Chedda and Ayush Khedekar were disappointed to know that superstars like Madonna and Mick Jagger had already left the party."Everywhere we go, everyone says ’Vanity Fair’ is the party to come to," a child actor said, while adding that they hope to make it in time next year to meet their idols.

Oscar winners Sean Penn, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet partied amongst other A-listers like Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Halle Berry, Robert De Niro, Reese Witherspoon, Will Smith and Jessica Biel. But the post-Oscar bashes received a royal snub from the golden couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Pitt and Jolie were nominated together in the Best Actor and Best Actress category but returned empty handed as the highly-competed category wins went to Sean Penn and Kate Winslet. Pop queen Madonna , whose entry was anticipated eagerly, disappointed the gathered media by turning up solo without current love interest, 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz.

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Exclusive The Best Quotes From Oscar Winners 2009

Rahman , who came onstage again to accept the award for Jai Ho, he said, "All my life I had the option of choosing love or hate. I chose love so here I am."

"My kids are too old to remember this now, but when they were much younger, I swore to them that if this miracle ever happened that I would recede into the character of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh," Danny Boyle said jumping up and down, after winning the best director Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire. Boyle also thanked the city of Mumbai. "You dwarf even this guy," he said pointing to the Oscar statuette.

"Art is the universal language! Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one," Penelope Cruz said accepting the award for the Best Supporting Actress. This was the first award of the evening. Cruz also thanked Woody Allen for ’trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank you for having written all these years some of the greatest characters for women."

"OK, that fainting thing, Penelope," Kate Winslet joked later as she accepted her best-actress prize for The Reader, in which she plays a former concentration camp guard who has an affair with a teen. "I’d be lying if I haven’t made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror, and this would be a shampoo bottle. But it’s not a shampoo bottle now."

"You commie homo-loving sons of a guns! I did not expect this, and I want it to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often, but I am touched by the appreciation." Sean Penn said while accepting his Best Actor award for his role in Milk.Penn added, "For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think it’s a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect on their great shame and their shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that support. We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone."

An overwhelmed Resul Pookutty while accepting award for best sound mixing said, "I come form a country that gave the word ’OM’ to the world."

Slumdog Millionaire Producer Christian Colson while accepting the award for Best Picture said, "(This was possible) for our shared love for the extraordinary city of Mumbai. When we started out, we had no stars, we had no power or muscle, we didn’t have enough money really to do what we wanted to do. But what we had was a script that inspired mad love in everyone who read it. Most of all, we had passion and we had belief and our film shows that if you have those two things, truly anything is possible."

Simon Beaufoy dedicated the award for the best adapted screenplay to ’Danny and Christian, the other two musketeers’. Oddly though the other person he named in his speech was ’the beautiful Latika’. Wonder if he’d forgotten Freida Pinto’s name or he actually meant the character.

Megan Mylan, the director of Smile Pinki thanked the protagonist of her award-winning documentary. "Thank you Pinki Kumar for letting me tell your story," she said.

Heath Ledger’s sister spoke for many people present in the audience when she said, "Wish you were here!"Ledger’s father added, "I have to say this is ever so humbling, just being amongst such wonderful people in such a wonderful industry. We’d like to thank the academy for recognising our son’s amazing work, Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan in particular for allowing Heath the creative license to develop and explore this crazy Joker character."The two, along with his mother accepted Ledger’s award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Dustin Lance Black, winner best original screenplay for Milk said, "Thank you mom for loving me for who I am. Thank you god for giving us Milk."

Jochen Alexander Freydank winner of Live Action Short Spielzeugland said, "I spent four years of my life for this 14-minute movie."

"Due to cutbacks, the Academy said they didn’t have enough money for an opening number," Hugh Jackman declared. "I’m going to do one anyway." Jackman who hosted the evening held the audiences in splits with his wisecracks.He opened the evening saying, "Kate Winslet, British, plays a German in The Reader - nominated. Robert Downey Jr., American, plays an Australian who is playing an African-American in Tropic Thunder - nominated. Whereas I am Australian playing an Australian in a movie called Australia - hosting!"

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Mallika Sherawat’s ‘Hisss’ will be lengthiest kissing scene ever in Bollywood

Gone are the days when Mallika Sherawat ’s ‘Khwahish’ created nationwide stirs due to as many as seventeen liplocks. In the days to come, Bollywood viewers are going to get their due visual treats of passionate steamy kisses in intense romance scenes.

The latest buzz in the B-town says that the kiss in Mallika Sherawat’s ‘Hisss’ will be the lengthiest kissing scene ever in Bollywood. That is what the buzz from B-Town is. However, it is not the sex kitten Mallika who will be seen locking her lips on-screen, but the artists in the stretched out lip locking scene are Irfaan Khan and Divya Dutta.

The film is being directed by the Hollywood film maker Jeniffer Lynch and Irrfan did feel jittery when Jennifer told him about the steamy scene with Divya. The director sensing that Irfan and Divya were quite tensed promised them that the scene will be taken care of in the most possible aesthetic manner. The scene was shot in Kerala. The actors had to do the act in front of the entire unit and not break the lip-lock until Jennifer Lynch asked them to do so.

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People in Chennai celebrated Rahman’s win

People in Chennai, the home city of A R Rahman , are ecstatic over the homeboy’s clean sweep at the Oscars.

Youths, kids, old men and women and even the folks who aren’t film buffs are joyous with Rahman’s winning of two Oscars on the Academy night in Los Angeles. As soon as Rahman was declared the winner (around morning time in Chennai) fans came out on the streets and celebrated Rahman’s win by cutting cakes, distributing sweets and bursting crackers.

Family members of Rahman and his fans cut a huge cake right in the middle of the street opposite his house in the Kodambakkam area and burst ‘10,000 wala’ crackers.Students of several city colleges also joined the celebrations distributing sweets while the film fraternity, including singers, hailed his achievement.

Similar scenes of celebrations were witnessed at the house of Rahman’s sister AR Rehana in nearby Virugambakkam area. "We were just waiting for his name to be announced. I was praying to God at that time," an elated Rehana said. "I always wanted him to talk in Tamil after receiving the award and that is the way he spoke; I am happy about it," she said overwhelmed by joy.

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Freida Pinto was signed as the romantic lead opposite Dev Patel

When Freida Pinto was signed as the romantic lead opposite Dev Patel about two years ago for Slumdog Millionaire, the 22-year-old actress wondered if it would look like she was cradle snatching. Dev was just about 17. Now, everyone seems to wonder -- and this was the big question thrown at both of them at their red carpet appearance before the Oscar ceremony -- if the on-screen chemistry has become real-life chemistry.

The gorgeous looking handsome couple did not expect the question, at least it seemed so. Flustered, Dev grabbed Anil Kapoor who tried to distract everyone from the question, and declared his love for the film, and the Indian movie industry.Pressed more about their romance, Freida said like his character in the movie, Dev was just a kid.

But the grapevine says no one should really be surprised if Freida and Dev are truly dating each other. In any event, the two have spent several months together promoting the film, giving over 200 interviews, appearing on half a dozen top TV shows in the UK, US and Canada. Since the film premiered at the Telluride film festival in September last year, and soon started the Oscar buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival, the two have hardly gone home. He is based in London where he lives with his parents, and Freida in Mumbai.

Freida half-heartedly said she wasn’t dating any one. She blushed when she was asked if a lot of big names in Hollywood had asked her out. No, she said, repeating it several times. Fox Searchlight which released the 10-Oscar nominated Slumdog Millionaire in America and couple of other territories including India, flew in the film’s other seven artists (apart from Dev and Freida) who play the three children at various stages of their life in the movie.

The children, carrying themselves with grace, drew wide attention and got over three minutes of limelight. They were asked to announce their names, and they did it cheerfully, without any hesitation. The fact they got so much of TV time on an evening that had Hollywood ’s biggest names including Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet was no small thing.

Director Danny Boyle was asked on the red carpet whether some of the children were indeed from the slums. He said some of them came from poor families but the film unit treated every child as equal. According to the Hollywood press, Fox Searchlight went out of the way to groom the children for the event, bring along a family member (for each child) to Hollywood and put them up in good hotels.

Also on the red carpet were Irrfan Khan who has just about 10 minutes in the film but leaves a powerful impact as the nasty police inspector and Anil Kapoor who plays the devious talent show host.Irrfan said the reason the film became such a hit was that it offered the masala Bollywood offers. But it was also a tightly knit cerebral film, and that made its appeal universal, he suggested.

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Salman Khan was known to care a damn about his image

The notorious bad boy image withstanding, Salman Khan was known to care a damn about his image in the industry circles as well as the media but now he is a changed person. It perhaps may be the string of flops that he saw in last 16 months or a sense of maturity dawning upon him, Salman changing for the better.

Salman Khan has been known for his attitude and coming late on the sets but he has now changed his lethargic attitude towards his film Veer. The actor has reportedly been reporting on the sets dot at nine in the morning and shooting till late in the evening. This has surprised every single person on the sets.

Salman has never been so up and about his films. He has never bent his rules even for his brother Sohail Khan’s film Main Aur Mrs. Khanna.

Sohail had earlier even commented, "Salman is a master on his own. He will not change his rules because I am a brother. When he is on my set I am just a producer for him."

But working for his dream project Salman really seems to have changed completely.

It was reported that he had given up his bouts of drinking and now members of the unit claim that Salman is on the sets early in the morning even before the others arrive. He has taken the film seriously and is really working hard.

His director Anil Sharma vouches for Salman’s sincerity and tells us, "Yes Salman has changed a lot he comes on the set in the morning and shoots the whole day without a single break. He is putting all that he can into this film to make it a success."

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