So ZEE CINE Awards 2008, whose gonna win?Filed Under: Aaja Nachle, Aaja Nachle Mere Saath, Abishek Bachan, Aishwaria Rai Bachchan, Articles, Ayesha Takia, Bhabhi, Bhoothnath, Blogs, Bollywood, Box Office, Choreographer, Desi General, GOAL, Images, India, Indian Cinema, Indians, Katrina Kaif, Krrish-2, Movies, Music, Om Shanthi Om, Pictures, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Videos, Vidya Balan, Women, Yash Raj Films, desi, housewives

Yet another awards ceremony this one being help this year April 26th or something right? here are the nominations and most of use know who all are gonna win..but ssshh act surprised ok?

Best Film

Chak De! India - Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films
Guru - Mani Ratnam, G. Srinivasan
Jab We Met - Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Pvt. Ltd.
Life in a Metro - Ronnie Screwvalla, UTV Motion Pictures
Om Shanti Om - Shah Rukh Khan, Red Chillies Entertainment
Taare Zameen Par - Aamir Khan, Aamir Khan Productions

Best Director

Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Anurag Basu - Life in a Metro
Farah Khan - Om Shanti Om
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met
Mani Ratnam - Guru
Shamit Amin - Chak De! India

Best Actor (Male)

Abhishek Bachchan - Guru
Akshay Kumar - Namastey London
Amitabh Bachchan - Cheeni Kum
Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De! India
Shah Rukh Khan - Om Shanti Om
Shahid Kapur - Jab We Met

Best Actor (Female)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan- Guru
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met
Katrina Kaif - Namaste London
Tabu - Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan - Bhool Bhulaiyya

Most Popular Track Of The Year

Barso Re - Guru
Dard-E-Disco- Om Shanti Om
Do You Wanna Partner - Partner
Hare Ram Hare Krishna - Bhool Bhulaiya
In Dino - Life In A Metro
Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)

Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par
Bobby Deol - Naqaab
Irrfan Khan Life In A.. Metro
Mithun Chakraborty - Guru
Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)

Chitrashi - Chak De! India

Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A.. Metro

Lara Dutta - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Shilpa Shetty - Life In A.. Metro

Tisca Chopra - Taare Zameen Par

Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)

Anil Kapoor - Welcome
Nana Patekar - Welcome
Riteish Deshmukh - Heyy Baby
Tusshar Kapoor - Dhol
Vinay Pathak - Bheja Fry

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)

Arjun Rampal - Om Shanti Om
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Johnny Gaddar
Pawan Malhotra - Black Friday
Shilpa Shukla - Chak De! India
Viveik Oberoi - Shootout At Lokhandwala

Most Popular Track Of The Year

Barso Re - Guru
Dard-E-Disco- Om Shanti Om
Do You Wanna Partner - Partner
Hare Ram Hare Krishna - Bhool Bhulaiya
In Dino - Life In A Metro
Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met

Best Playback Singer (Male)

KK - Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
Shaan - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Soham - In Dino (Life In A.. Metro)
Sukhwinder Singh, Salim Merchant & Marianna D’Cruz - Kuchh Kariye (Chak De India)
Sonu Nigam - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Mahalaxmi Iyer - Bolna Halke (Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
Mahalaxmi Iyer - Salaam-e-Ishq (Salaam-e-Ishq)
Shreya Ghosal - Barso Re Megha (Guru)
Shreya Ghosal - Yeh Ishq Haaye (Jab We Met)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sajnaji Vaari Vaari (Honeymoon Travels P Ltd)

Best Lyrics

Gulzar - Tere Bina (Guru)
Javed Akhtar - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
Prasoon Joshi - Maa (Taare Zameen Par)
Sameer - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sayeed Quadri - In Dino (Life In A.. Metro)

Best Music

A R Rahman - Guru
Pritam - Life in a Metro
Pritam, Sandesh Shandilya - Jab We Met
Sajid-Wajid - Partner
Vishal-Shekhar - Om Shanti Om

Most Promising Debut Director

Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par
Feroz Abbas Khan - Gandhi My Father
R Balakrishna - Cheeni Kum
Reema Kagti - Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd
Sajid Khan - Heyy Babyy

Most Promising Debut (Male)

Himesh Reshammiya - Aap Ka Suroor
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Johnny Gaddar
Ranbir Kapoor - Saawariya

Most Promising Debut (Female)

Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Jiah Khan - Nishabd
Sonam Kapoor - Saawariya

Most Promising Debut (Child Artiste)

Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par
Druv Piyush Panjuani - Apna Aasmaan
Swini Khera - Cheeni Kum

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Madhuri Dixit to join the bandwagonFiled Under: Abishek Bachan, Bollywood, Box Office, Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit is to emerge with the Bachchans during the North American leg of The Unforgettable Tour that kicks off at The Rogers Centre in Toronto on July 18, 2008.

“For Madhuri, it’d be the easiest thing in the world for her to join the concerts in the US as she is based there,” revealed a close friend of the  Bachchans .

Besides the Bachchans (Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai) other Bollywood faculty that will be a part of the whole expedition includes Bipasha Basu, Ritesh Deshmukh and the duo of Vishal-Shekhar.

Regardless of plunging the tour as a brain child of Amitabh Bachchan, Wizcraft, which is supervising the  the tour, is not ready to jeopardy relying on just the Bachchans, Bipasha and Ritesh to drag in the crowds, sentient of their boundaries as live entertainers.

Other Bollywood stars who have been roped in to dapper up the tour contribution at other chosen places include Kareena’s beaus, Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan(past and present..lol..)

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King Khan, Kareena win ‘Apsara’ awardsFiled Under: Aaja Nachle, Bollywood, Men, Movies, Music, Om Shanthi Om, Pictures, Shah Rukh Khan, TV, lyrics

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his recital in the Yash Raj Films’ super hit film “Chak De! India”.

Film and Television Producers’ Guild of India (FTPGI) honoured veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra with its top award for “outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema”.

Kareena Kapoor walked away with the best actress trophy for  the film “Jab We Met” at a scintillating presentation ceremony at the MMRDA Ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in northwest Mumbai Sunday.
FTPGI hosts its own award ceremony to honour Indian artistes as well as creative and technical personalities from the film industry every year. 
The trophies are known as “Apsara” awards. 
While “Chak De! India” was chosen the best movie of 2007, its director Shimit Amin bagged the trophy for the best director. 
A Pakistani television channel, ARY Gold, also honoured actor Hrithik Roshan as the Best Male Style Icon of the year at the ceremony.
Katrina Kaif bagged the Best Female Style Icon ARY Gold trophy. 
Akshay Kumar, who churned out the maximum number of hits last year, was adjudged the “Entertainer of the Year” by the FTPGI jury. 
NDTV Imagine honoured Deepika Pudokone and Ranbir Kapoor as the year’s best new faces, respectively.
Salman Khan and Govinda received the hit pair NDTV Imagine trophy for their breezy performances in producer Sohail Khan’s hit movie last year, “Partner”.
Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Kareena and Riteish Deshmukh performed on the stage. The awards presentation ceremony was put together by Wizcraft.

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Deepika Padukone very candid on the Kapoor familyFiled Under: Bollywood, Box Office

When Deepika Padukone met her idol, Rishi Kapoor not as a fan but Rishi’s son’s girlfriend she was flabbergasted and said “It’s amazing. But in his younger days my dad (badminton champ Prakash Padukone) was often told that he resembled Rishi Uncle. I grew up as his big fan, have seen Karz and Kabhi Kabhie number of times. When Ranbir took me to meet his parents, I was re-living my childhood images of the most compatible couple I’ve ever seen on screen.”
Even the Kapoors has welcomed their would be daughter in law that’s why Deepika feels “Rishi Uncle is so warm. As for Neetu Aunty, she has an aura of natural grace and charm about her. She’s very poised and articulate. I’ve met her more than I’ve met Uncle. Me and Rishi uncle are going to be working toge

ther. We had a reading together recently. He’s so passionate about cinema. I’ve so much to learn from him.” 

Deepika cannot go on without appreciating the Kapoors, she has lot of regard to both of them which is apparent from her statement which says “Both Ranbir and his sister Ridhima have been brought up with the right values. They come from such an illustrious family. And yet they’re so down-to-earth. I see many similarities between their upbringing and mine. Though both Ranbir and I were exposed to celebrity situations from childhood, our parents have made sure we’re firmly rooted to reality.”
When asked about their marriage, Deepika expressed that “we’re both very comfortable in our relationship. Now that we’ve come out in the open about our relationship, our parents are very happy. Beyond that it’s too early to talk about marriage.”
About her affair with Yuvraj and on the impressionable comment made by Yuvraj, Deepika says confidently that “I really don’t think she said anything against me. If she had a grudge she’d call me up and talk to me. I always say that no outside source can know what kind of a relationship two people share. I spoke to her after the statements attributed to her came out. I’ve always shared a fantastic rapport with her. She’s a wonderful and strong person. I’ve learnt a lot from her. As a woman and mother, I look up to Yuvraaj’s mother. She’s a multi-tasking mother. She has single-handedly brought up her two children. Yuvraaj is doing extremely well for himself. And his younger brother who has just started out is also doing very well himself. I wish the family all the best.”

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Women’s Day, 8th March , Bollywood Babes talk to usFiled Under: Bollywood, India, Indians, Interviews

Bollywood’s leading ladies say they have never felt mediocre to men and mull over opportunities are escalating for women in the country. 
On Womens Day today i.e. 8^th March,2008 ,BestDesi.com asked Bollywood stars on what they feel being a woman , this is what they opined:

Shilpa Shetty: As a woman I’ve nothing to grumble about. Today when I go abroad I’m proud to symbolize my film fraternity, my gender, my country and myself. I guess I’ve been singularly lucky. I realize there’re so many women in our country who are still aggressive to earn a living. But I think things are varying very fast. Opportunities for women aren’t incomplete any longer. 

Hema Malini:   I’m proud to be a woman and an Indian. With the prominence that I’ve achieved I’ve no problem getting what I want. But I know it isn’t so with a lot of women in our country. I sympathize with their distress and I do want to work towards getting better their lot. That’s one of the reasons I joined politics.

Ekta Kapoor : Being a woman is no annoyance. Though I won’t say it’s an benefit either in today’s India - at least not in the corporate world. Yet lots of women in rural India are made to believe they’re deprived by their gender. Yes gender bias is fading. I think our inherent advantage as women is that we’re stronger than men even though we’re more perceptive.
 

Bipasha Basu:    The new Indian woman cuts across all age groups and class structures. We acclimatize better to situation because we are not playing by the rules of others. We are flexible and are able to bounce back from every prospect. I know women who go to work, take care of house and home, and be mothers without breaking a step. I don’t know many men who can do that. Somehow we never tire out ourselves as much in the place of work as men do. 

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Ekta Kapoor denies reports that Pulkit Samrat of KSBKBT serial has won the court caseFiled Under: Uncategorized

Pulkit Samrat, who plays Lakshya in the popular soap “Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, has accused  Ekta kapoor that she had poorly paid and under-utilised and this has bewildered the soap tycoon.

Pulkit has earlier filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against Balaji Telefilms Limited for non-payment and also for a contract that restricted him from working with any other production house for three years. He claims that the case has been won by him.

According to Ektha, “Pulkit seems to have misconstrued what the honorable bench’s verdict. My lawyers know exactly what the court said, and it is not what Pulkit is making it out to be,”

According to sources in Balajai,Pulkit wanted to give away serials and wanted to work in films. So for that intention, he made some lame excuses on health aspects and hence he could come for 3-4 hours in a day for the shooting. This has disturbed the whole situation as the time table was mismanaged. The whole matter started thereafter. But it is not true that Pulkit has won the case , as the case is still pending in the court. It is understood that he took a break when his track was at its peak in the serial and this has infuriated Balaji camp.

According to reports, Ekta will litigate the newspaper, Mumbai Mirror, for publishing the ambiguous report, which suggested that Pulkit has won the case.

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Ekta Kapoor launches new serial Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa DilFiled Under: India, Indian Television, Indians, Star Plus

Ekta Kapoor’s is launching her new serial Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil  3^rd March.

The time slot of the serial will be 8:30 p.m prime-time , thus replacing the oldie, Kasautii Zindagii Kay. It is hoped that the show becomes an amazing hit.  

The name of the leading lady of the serial is Aditi Gupta. But since Ekta is  fond of numerology fixture and is very gullible about it, it is understood that she made a bit change on the lady’s name, she simply added another D in Aditi to make  it more powerful.

So wait and watch for another capacious serial from Balaji.

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Fair One Filmfare awards-2008Filed Under: Uncategorized

The ‘Filmfare Movie Awards’ is a prominent annually organized function at Mumbai for acknowledging and celebrating the best new and old talents in the Indian film industry. Nominees for this award is decided jointly by an expert panel and public voting.

The award when initiated in 1953, there used to be just five award categories in the Filmfare Movie Awards Ceremony ,for the best film, the best director, the best actor, the best actress and the best music director. Presently, Filmfare Award category has risen to as high as 31 to give identifying  others contributed in film-making. It also comprises two Lifetime Achievement Awards.  A separate category for film-critics awards resolute by famous film-critics moderately than votes of the general public is also included.

This year the Filmfare Awards 2008 were given to the following:

• Best Film (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)

• Best Director (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)

• Best Actor (Winner:  Shah Rukh Khan for Chak De India)

• Best Actress(Winner:  Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met)

• Best Choreography (Winner: Saroj Khan for Barso Re (Guru))

• Best Actor Critics Award (Winner: Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par)

• Best Debuting (Male) (Winner:  Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya)

• Best Debuting (Female) (Winner:  Deepika for Om Shanti Om)

• Best Supporting Male  (Winner:  Irrfan Khan for Life in a Metro)

• Best Supporting Female (Winner: Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro)

• Best Music Direction (Winner:  A. R. Rehman for Guru)

• Best Dialogue (Winner:  Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met)

• Best Screenplay (Winner:  Anurag Basu for Life in A Metro)

• Best Lyricist (Winner:  Prasoon Joshi for ‘Maa’ from Taare Zameen Par )

• Best Playback Singer (Male) (Winner: Shaan for ‘Jabse Tere Naina’ from Saawariya)

• Best Playback Singer (Female) (Winner: Shreya Ghoshal for ‘ Barso Re ‘ from Guru.)

• Best Cinematography (Winner:  Sudip Chatterjee Chak De India)

• Life Time Achievement Award (Winner: Rishi Kapoor)

• Best Costume Design ( Winner: Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.)

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