Monday, January 7, 2013

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Bipasha Basu turns 34: Her journey from 'Ajnabee' to 'Race 2'

Bipasha Basu turns 34: Her journey from 'Ajnabee' to 'Race 2'
Bipasha Basu was born on January 7, 1979 in New Delhi. The actress has turned 34. 

Rajinikanth goes on hunger strike for Tamil film industry


Images: Mind it! Rajinikanth goes on hunger strike for Tamil film industry

Superstar Rajinikanth and leading actors and technicians from the Tamil film industry went on a fast in Chennai on Monday against the service tax on the entertainment industry. The South Indian Artists' Association, which led the fast, said that the tax was a huge burden on small-time actors and companies that were struggling for survival. Film actors such as Vijay, Vishal, Jiva, Jeyam Ravi, Sarathkumar, Radhika and Prakash Raj participated in the fast.



Priyanka Chopra is my favourite actress: Arjun Kapoor


Priyanka Chopra is my favourite actress: Arjun Kapoor

 

 Priyanka Chopra is my favourite actress: Arjun Kapoor

Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor is in complete awe of Priyanka Chopra and her performance in ‘Barfi!’, and says she is his favourite actress of the year.
"Best actress this year (2012) is Priyanka Chopra. She has done terrific work in `Barfi!`. She has done a wonderful work. So, she has to be my favourite actress for this year," the 28-year-old said here Sunday at the red carpet of Zee Cine Awards.

Priyanka also happens to be the cousin sister of Parineeti Chopra, who was Arjun`s co-star in his debut film ‘Ishaqzaade’, which released last year.

In ‘Barfi!’, Priyanka played an autistic girl Jhilmil. The ease with which she essayed the part won her a lot of appreciation and critical acclaim.

Asked about his favourite song from the last year, Arjun said: "My favourite song has been `Deva shree Ganesha` from ‘Agneepath’. I think that song has helped me a lot in my workout. Everyday I workout listening to that song. So that`s my favourite."

Arjun shed 40 to 50 kg for ‘Ishaqzaade’.

Currently, he is shooting for Ali Abbas Zafar`s ‘Gunday’.

Latest Salman khan's Gossip



‘I don’t think there is any groupism’

There have been a lot of rumours about the conflict between the two big Khans of Bollywood — Salman and Shah Rukh, but Salman has scoffed these claims, saying there’s no feud between the two. In fact, he adds that there is no groupism in the film industry at all.

“I do my own work. I don’t think there is any groupism. I don’t follow anyone’s life. If anyone comes to talk to me or meet me, I will talk to them or meet them nicely. I don’t care who is whose friend. It doesn’t matter to me at all,” Salman says. 

A spat between Shah Rukh and the Dabangg star a few years ago had set tongues wagging on a growing chasm between the two top guns. 

In fact, gossip mills have been doing overtime reporting that Shah Rukh’s close friend, Karan Johar, is apparently showing an interest in working with Salman. 

Even Priyanka Chopra, who is considered to be close to Shah Rukh and banners like Yash Raj Films, seems to be warming up to Salman. 

The latest twist to the tale came in the form of SRK-loyalist Arjun Rampal — there are reports that Arjun is going to be on Salman’s show ‘Bigg Boss’. 

Arjun reportedly missed Shah Rukh’s New Year bash held in Dubai and also praised Salman for his brilliant performance in Ek Tha Tiger. 

Arjun, who delivered hit films like Om Shanti Om, Don and Ra.One with Shah Rukh, seems to be gravitating 
towards the other Khan of the industry. 

But when asked if someone who picks a fight with Shah Rukh becomes his friend or vice versa, Salman replies, “I don’t think it is that way at all. I am not even aware if there is any fight or whatever 
(between Shah Rukh and Arjun). I don’t think (that Arjun is closer to me). I just met him at 
Sanjay 

Diwan’s party. We just spoke for two minutes.”

Being naked was nerve-racking: Helen Hunt


Being naked was nerve-racking: Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

In her new film, Helen Hunt plays a sex surrogate who transforms a paralysed man's life and the actress says staying naked on the sets most of the time was "nerve-racking".
But the 49-year-old Oscar winner overcame her inhibitions because she wanted to be part of such a beautiful story, reported Daily Mail.
Hunt said she spent much of her screen time "utterly naked. My jaw dropped at the prospect. But then I thought, 'Do I care about what people think of my body or do I care about being part of a story that is beautiful?' At the end of the day I cared more about that."
Set during the 1980s in Berkeley, California, the film is based on the true story of journalist and poet Mark O'Brien who was paralysed with polio, and confined for hours every day to an iron lung.
Aged 38, Mark (played by John Hawkes) decided he wanted to experience sex for the first time and hired a sex surrogate, Cheryl Cohen Greene (played by Helen).

ABCD: I don't want my dance steps to be copied, says Remo D'Souza


ABCD: I don't want my dance steps to be copied, says Remo D'Souza

ABCD: I don't want my dance steps to be copied, says Remo D'Souza

 New delhi: Choreographer-director Remo D'Souza has decided to copyright certain dance steps used in the song 'Bezubaan' from his forthcoming directorial venture 'ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance', to prevent infringement. "Like a film, dance steps or sequences are creative works. If a script can have a copyright, so can songs. Why can't dance sequences as well? I want to take this forward and copyright the sequence that I have conceived and used for the song. It's the first number that we are rolling out," Remo said in a statement.

The song 'Bezubaan' features the lead actors along with Lauren Gottlieb, winner of 'So You Think You Can Dance' dancing in the rain.

"I don't want this to be copied...," said Remo, who is making the copyright effective from early next week, before he releases the song.

The 3D dance-based film features performers from reality show 'Dance India Dance' (DID), which Remo had previously judged.

The show's participants Salman Yusuff Khan, Dharmesh Yelande, Vrushali Chavan, Mayuresh Wadkar and Prince Gupta play central roles in the movie, which has ace choreographers Ganesh Acharya and Prabhudheva as its highlights.

In the film, Prabhudheva pays tribute to Michael Jackson by performing his signature moves in a song.

The film is slated for a Feb 8 release.