Archive for April, 2008
Mallu superstar Mohanlal is to perform the stunt ahead of an international magicians meet.
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s campaign to perform a stunt called ‘Burning Illusion’ in Thiruvananthapuram on April 27 has ripped the magician community in Kerala as they believe it could be really hazardous.
Mohanlal is to execute the daredevil act ahead of an international magicians meet and he has been under guidance for the past 18 months under the instructions of Gopinath Muthukad, who heads the Magic Academy. The superstar says he wants to inspire the Kerala youth by his act.
Conversely another leading magician Samrat on Monday advised Mohanlal against it, saying it was a complicated inhibit and that Muthukad had once unsuccessful in his endeavour to carry it out .
“Burning Illusion is one item that can be performed only after years of experience and Muthukad himself failed in his attempt at a show in Bahrain a few years back, he is now using Mohanlal for cheap publicity and this should not happen,” Samrat told reporters.
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The open-air flee feat, to be held at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, is a curtain raiser for the four-day ‘Vismayam 2008′, a programme in which nearly 1,000 magicians from across the world are expected to take part. The meet starts on May 1.
Samrat said he would approach the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) with a message signed by 300 magicians, requesting it to advising Mohanlal to leave from the show.
Tags: Act, Amma, Chandrasekharan, Curtain Raiser, Daredevil, Endeavour, Guidance, Illusion, International Magicians, Kerala, Magic Academy, Magician, May 1, Mohanlal, Muthukad, Nair, Nbsp, Publicity, Samrat, Thiruvananthapuram
Former cricketer-turned- politician Navjot Singh Sidhu believes Kolkata’s and Chennai IPL teams are the most unprejudiced and tough teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“Shah Rukh’s and the Chennai team is the strongest if we compare the players on the paper. But I will put my money on the Mohali team to hold the championship trophy as I am a Punjabi,” Sidhu reacted.
Speaking at the launch of a reality show on a television channel, he said, IPL was a revolution and it had taken the world by storm and was for the betterment of players.
“It (IPL) will change the face of the world cricket. No one would have imagined that so many runs could be scored in a 40 over game. Nowadays, nobody wants to sit and watch cricket for five days. Mr Pawar is like Formula One driver Michael Schumacher who has taken the cricket in a fast lane.”
“Look at players like Pankaj Dharmani who is getting Rs 50 lakhs a year. I used to get Rs 4,000 to play a Ranji match,” said Sidhu, the Member of Parliament from Amritsar.
Asked about the future of Indian Cricket League after the launch of IPL, he said, “ICL ka to band baj gaya (ICL has been ruined completely.)”
But he hinted that Twenty20 might lose viewer’s interest after some time with the launch of similar tournaments in future.
“T20 is like a maggy sauce. Each season it has different flavour. It’s a grand success and people are liking it because it is the first edition but may be after some point of time they will start losing interest with the coming of many tournaments like IPL,” said Sidhu.
Tags: Amritsar, Betterment, Championship Trophy, Cricket League, Cricketer, Driver Michael Schumacher, Fast Lane, Grand Success, Indian Cricket, Ipl, Knight Riders, Kolkata, Launch, Member Of Parliament, Mr Pawar, Rs 50, Shah Rukh, T20, Television Channel, World Cricket
In Aditya Chopra’s return film, three new girls have been short-listed to play Shah Rukh Khan ’s love heroine. Aditya Chopra is returning to direction eight years after he directed Mohabbatein with a big-budget Yashraj Films project titled Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi .
The earlier gossip that Sonam Kapoor has been finalized to play the female lead opposite Shah Rukh has twisted out to be erroneous.
Aditya has auditioned many girls and has finalised on three newcomers. One girl is named Simran and she is from Punjab. Another is a Mumbai girl. The third girl’s name is anonymous.
The three girls are at present in Mumbai, doing screen tests for the film.
Aditya has not been able to take a ultimate name on who will ultimately be SRK’s foremost lady in the film. So, he asked SRK to select one.
Since SRK feels he is not at ease in selecting his leading actress out of the three girls, he has gave the responsibility to Aditya.
Aditya plans to begin shooting ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ from May. The film plans to be released in December,2008.
Tags: actress, Aditya Chopra, Bana, Budget, Films, Gossip, Heroine, King Khan, Love, Mumbai Girl, Nbsp, New Girls, Newcomers, Rab, Screen Tests, Shah Rukh Khan, Sonam Kapoor, SRK, Third Girl, Three Girls
This is the first glance photo from the Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai starrer Sarkar Raj. The movie is directed and produced by Ram Gopal Verma, who produc`ed last years super duper flop film Aag, the remake of oldie movie Sholay. Sarkar Raj is a sequel to RGV’s Sarkar, which was an middling punch.
Tags: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya rai, Amitabh Bachchan, First Glance, Photo, Punch, Ram Gopal Verma, Sarkar Raj, Sequel
Rani Mukherjee launched her brother Raja Mukherjee’s new serial Kisi Ki Nazar Na Lage at Ramee Guestline on April 21st 2008 . The show goes more or less similar to Ekta’s any serial due to the incorporation of first alphabet K in the name of the serial. The launch episodes of the serial had a look-alike of Kyonki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. In fact the chachi of Kyonki is also there in Rani’s Kisi Ki…… The theme of the serial will be Bengali background. The show will be aired on DD in the primetime. So watch out for the show.
Tags: Alphabet, Bengali, Brother, Chachi, Dd, Guestline, Incorporation, Kisi, Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Launch, Nazar, Nbsp, Primetime, Rani Mukherjee, Rsquo, Saas Bhi Kabhi, Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Shoes
Shah Rukh feels cricket is commercially doable and will reverse to essentials if cricket fails.
Shah Rukh Khan remarked that the opportunity to make money from cricket and then promoting it to other sports was the main raison d’être for him to get implicated with the Cricket Board-promoted Indian Premier League.
“Commerce and business are very important in today’s world. Cricket is commercially viable and we need to make money from this sport,” alleged the actor, who has bought the Kolkata franchise of the IPL, in Pune.
Shahrukh said this in the presence of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President and MP Suresh Kalmadi who, in turn, requested the superstar to share his icon status with other sports also.
“I am very happy with `Chak de India’ and the work you did for hockey. But I’m disappointed you went back to cricket. I want you to be made the ambassador of the Commonweath Games and Olympic sports in India,” assumed Kalmadi at the inauguration of the Abhijit Kadam Memorial Football Cup.
“There are around 10 nations playing cricket at the moment and over 200 countries competiting in Olympic sports. Cricket has many fathers and I would love to have you as the brand ambassador for the Commonwealth Games,” he supplemented.
However, the annotations did not go healthy with the actor, who took a sneer at the IOA President. “Please don’t feel bad that I am backing only one sport. Sports should be part of our second nature and I am a sportsperson by heart,” he held.
“My next step would be to take it money earned in IPL to hockey, football, kho kho, also kabaddi and gulli danda,” said SRK fudging.
Tags: Abhijit, Commonwealth Games, Commonweath Games, Cricket Board, Football Cup, Gulli Danda, Hockey Football, Indian Olympic Association, Ioa President, Olympic Sports, Rsquo, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh, Sport Sports, Sports Cricket, Sports In India, Sportsperson, SRK, Suresh Kalmadi, World Cricket
Bhutan’s capital may have just one cinema that screens only Bhutanese language films all year round but Bollywood has been able to make its charisma in the country, through VCDs and DVDs of its movies that are simply available.
The Himalayan country has only seven cinemas.
In most Bhutanese homes, life comes to a fester in the evening as housewives allocate over three hours watching television serials in Indian channels that are authorized to be aired in the country.
Tags: Bhutan, Bhutanese Language, Bollywood, Charisma, Cinema, Dvds, Films Tv, Himalayan Country, Hindi Films, housewives, Indian Channels, Language Films, Television Serials, Tv Soap Operas, Vcds, Watching Television
Reality shows go tantamount with huge excitement. After reality shows like Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Yeh Hai Jalwa joins the bandwagon for on-stage drama.
And the core of hullabaloo is none other than our very own Rakhi Sawant. While the special attraction of this week’s episode on 9X’s Yeh Hai Jalwa was the charisma of the attractive and elegant Hrithik Roshan, what wraped the glare of publicity was the pronouncement of
the 10th couple, the Chuppa Rustam jodi.
The couple introduced as the wild card entry was none other than Rakhi’s beau Abhishek Avasthi and her good friend Urvashi Dholakia. Rakhi got furious. She didn’t like the way Abishek and Urvashi stole the show. She publicly insulted him. But Abhishek took it lightly and reacted that he wanted to give Rakhi a surprise. Poor Abishek, how long he will remain a henpecked beau!!!!
Tags: 9x, Abhishek, Abishek, bandwagon, Charisma, Chuppa, Excitement, Glare, Good Friend, Hrithik Roshan, Hullabaloo, Jaa, Pronouncement, Publicity, Rakhi Sawant, Reality Shows, Rustam, Stage Drama, Wild Card, Yeh Hai Jalwa
Afghanistan government has regimented private TV stations in the country to stop broadcasting popular Indian soap operas by April 15, which in fact reflected the growing sway of hardliners who criticised the serials as being “un-Islamic”.
There are six Indian soap operas in a row in Afghanistan, bringing imperative proceeds for TV stations, but they have been criticised for being “un-Islamic” by hardliners in the country.
Quite a few private Afghan TV channels, including Tolo , Ariana and Shamshad , broadcast the Indian soap operas dubbed in Pashto and Persian.
The first Indian serial to be aired in Afghanistan was the hit soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi , which was launched by Tolo channel in 2005. Among other Indian soaps aired in Afghanistan are Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Kasauti Zindagi Ki .
Afghan Information and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Khurram has said battle will be taken against TV channels that do not impede airing the Indian serials by April 15.
Tags: Afghanistan Government, Ariana, Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Culture Minister, Hardliners, Indian Tv Serials, Karim, Khurram, Kyunki Saas Bhi, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Pashto, Private Tv, Saas Bhi Kabhi, Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Shamshad, Soap Opera, Soap Operas, Tolo, Zindagi
The inclination of going for a make-over is easily spreading fast in Bollywood like their counterparts in Hollywood. Some of our leading ladies who have gone under the carving knife are as follows:
SHILPA SHETTY
By now everyone knows that Shilpa has had her nose done. Off late, she has also undergone liposuction too.
PREITY ZINTA
Preity had an highly structured face work done just before shooting for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. Regrettably, the surgery left marks on her face gripping her to put on intense make-up.
KAREENA KAPOOR
This Saif’s new girl friend had cellulite removal surgery. She also underwent surgery to get a sharper jaw line and had her teeth aligned as well.
ESHA DEOL
Garam Dharam’s beti Esha got her square jawline and slumped lips rectified earlier. In recent times, she also had her upper lip improved as she felt her thin lips skint her looks. This was done when she enrolled for a dance course in the US where she got her lips corrected by a cosmetologist.
BIPASHA BASU
Many would not believe that this Bengali dusky beauty has had silicon implants as well as liposuction on her belly and thighs. Bipasha wanted to keep her body sculpting a secret, but the plastic surgeon determined to tell all when the star refused to pay her bills.
RAKHI SAWANT
Rakhi had silicon implants done by the same doctor as Bipasha’s. But unlike Bips, she cleared her bills with the surgeon.
SUSHMITA SEN
Sushmita who has had silicon implants justifies her work saying, “Enhancing one’s natural beauty isn’t a crime!”
Tags: Beti, Bipasha Basu, Bips, Body Sculpting, Carving Knife, Dance Course, Dusky Beauty, Jaw Line, Jawline, Kareena Kapoor, New Girl Friend, Plastic Surgeon, Preity Zinta, Rakhi Sawant, Saif, Shilpa Shetty, Silicon Implants, Sushmita Sen, Thin Lips, Upper Lip
