Reacting to this on Twitter page, she wrote: "It's not nice when people make u a target only because ur strong enough to take it. With no bans or notices issued against me, there's no reason why there should be this hoopla created.

" "I have been travelling constantly over d last few months n hence have informed some1 from my production 2 hand over all d papers w d required amount. When I signed up 4d south Indian association 4 movie artists I was promised that it would cover all 4 industries n that is also what d body states (sic)," she further posted.

Down south, the actress featured in movies like Boys , Bommarillu , "Santosh Subramaniam and in Bollywood she made it big with Jaane Tu..

. Ya Jaane Na .

After that she did Hindi films like Life Partner , Chance Pe Dance and Force . The 24-year-old hopes people would understand her side of the story.

"I hope people would understand the truth and stop making this an unnecessary battle. I'm very happy n proud that I belong to five industries and hope people understand that," she tweeted.

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This is when Darsheel decided to give it a try. During the same class, Amole Gupte spotted him and he asked him to give an audition.

Rest is history. His mom had given strict instructions that Darsheel had to continue his studies during shooting.

The post-production head Sunita was in-charge of looking after his studies on the sets. Aamir also gave a few lessons in English grammar.

Aamir also gifted him an X-box 360 on his birthday. Darsheel found the shootin a tiring experience and lost over two kilos.

Does he want to be an actor when he grows up? Not really. He would rather join the family’s jewelry business.

Why? He doesn’t care for fame because he hates it when girls in his school pull his cheeks. Now, that is terrible! What a price to pay for fame! Sphere: Related Content Posted in (less)

Though TDP was quintessentially Vidya's film, it has also opened the floodgates for this star-son who is being given a variety; from comedy to action to choose from. Is it true that post TDP you've been offered a lot of erotic thrillers? Yes, that's true! But I am not sticking by that.

I will not accept this genre unless it truly excites me. The Dirty Picture was a path-breaker.

The script of my next erotic film has to be either better than TDP or at least as good it. I have got a lot of offers for serious films too.

Because of Shor In The City? Yes! Shor In the city is definitely a feather in my cap. It does feel nice when people recognize your efforts.

It is like a reward for all the effort you put in. But I don't want to get stuck in a rut of doing just one genre of movies.

I'm not in a hurry and cash in. For me the challenge lies in doing something different all the time.

Is that why you're dabbling in action films now? It is an exciting space for me to be in! It also gives me a chance to work with new people. For instance, in Bhaiyyaji Superhit that is an action comedy directed by Neeraj Pathak, I share screen space with Sunny Deol and Arshad Warsi .

There's also Shootout At Wadala that I'm completely charged about. It is a hardcore action drama flick.

I was a part of Shootout At Lokhandwala and that had worked at the box office. Being a part of Shootout At Wadala was a natural progress.

I'm glad Sanjay Gupta offered me the film. As I said earlier variety is the key.

Well you are heading in the right direction. You also have a romcom - Samir Karnik's Chardin Ki Chandni.

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(Smiles) Yes! This script was different. I play this guy who has come from abroad for his sister's wedding.

His girlfriend, played by Kulraj Randhwa, is with him but he can't let anybody know about it. The character then spins things around to protect his girlfriend's identity.

He wants to make his love life a success and does not mind churning out all this drama. It's a light-hearted fun film; a complete family entertainer.

When will Kya Supercool Hai Hum come? We have started the shoot and hope to release it sometime in June or July. It is going to be sex on toast again (laughs).

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com on her latest film, That Girl In Yellow Boots and husband, Anurag Kashyap Kalki Koechlin (Pic: Varun Vazir) That Girl in Yellow Boots is co-written by both Kalki and Anurag. This is Anurag’s first film to have a global release.

The film also stars Naseeruddin Shah in a pivotal role and releases on September 2, 2011. Was Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara a conscious effort to break from your image as an unconventional actress? No, it wasn’t.

I never consciously try to make an image for myself. I don’t want to have a forced image.

I want to be who I am and want that to be captured on camera candidly. ZNMD happened because Zoya (Akhtar) had liked my acting in Dev D and believed in me.

I agree, it’s a masala film but yet very relatable. I could imagine three boys going on a fun trip.

I am not bothered, if I am the heroine or how many lines I have. It’s about whether my character makes sense in the film.

My character in ZNMD was of an annoying girl who spoils the party. It was challenging and very different from my own personality.

How did you go about That Girl…? It was Anurag’s story and he narrated me the brief outline and asked me to write it. At first, I was very reluctant as the subject was intricate and he wanted a woman’s perspective on it.

When I began writing, the content came really easily. For instance, the story is based on a white-skinned girl, Ruth.

And I know what it’s to be one. The way people stare at you and the way guys assume you to be a flirt.

But then there were many aspects about which I had no idea and that’s when I would talk to Anurag. I spoke to some actors on this and did a lot of research.

The title of the film is peculiar. What’s your take on it? We should call it Peele joote waali ladki instead of That Girl In Yellow Boots.

(Chuckles) It is not a mass film and is releasing only in metros. We wanted a title that would stand out and match with our central character Ruth, who is an alien to the city of Mumbai and looks very odd which immediately makes you notice her boots.

What is the film about? It is about a young British citizen Ruth who comes to India in search of her father. The film begins with her already present in India for a year and is trying to renew her tourist visa.

She lives as an illegal immigrant and ends up doing odd jobs. The authorities don’t kick her out but take undue advantage of her.

The plot reveals how Ruth, in her desperate and stubborn search for her father, ends up losing herself. How different was it working again with Anurag? We were dating during the shoot of That Girl… and were able to understand each other much better.

He knew me better as an actor and could trust me more. I knew him better as a director and wasn’t shy to question him.

There was a lot more freedom. I could trust him while performing intimate scenes because I knew he wasn’t trying to do something cheap.

Was it difficult to perform intimate scenes in front of Anurag’s presence? I think Anurag had more trouble than me. (Giggles) Of course it’s very uncomfortable! My co-actor was more scared than me.

He was very scared to touch me but at the end of the day, it’s a part of our job. Do things become easy having Anurag on your side? The truth is Anurag casts me only when he feels I fit a particular role.

I am not a part of his Gangs of Wasseypur . I can never play a Bihari girl.

We have a mature, creative sensibility. On the other hand, there is a down side of being his wife.

People think I will only do certain kinds of films and a lot of commercial people don’t even think of approaching me. Have film festivals become a platform to test films before their release? Film festivals are important if you want to be taken seriously on a world platform.

A lot of Bollywood cinema works abroad mainly because we have such an amazing NRI population. We watch Hollywood films, but foreigners don’t watch our films.

Films from all over the world get under one roof with same human nature. Cinema is a beautiful way of communication.

Anurag recently made a comment that he won’t work with you again until it’s a light hearted film. Comment.

I would like to work with Anurag again. We have done two intense films together ( Dev D and That Girl… ) and it’s important that we work again in a different genre.

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Throughout the evening Ranbir and Nargis were in separate sections of the party. "Nargis and Ranbir hardly spoke to one another.

This was an important evening for Nargis, as it was her first appearance independent of the 'Rockstar' events. And she made it clear that she was there at the party to meet the who's who of the entertainment industry, something that she had not been allowed to do during the shooting and publicity of 'Rockstar'," said a source from the party.

Director Imtiaz Ali kept Nargis away from the prying eyes of shutterbugs and allowed her to interact with media only during the pre-release promotional events of "Rockstar". The party was her first chance to meet the Bollywood and she made the best of it.

According the source, Nargis was at her charming best at the party trying her best to mingle with the guests -- many of whom she didn't know -- enjoying her maiden appearance post "Rockstar", leaving behind the team that she had been fastened to for the past one year, and that included Ranbir. "This was clearly Nargis's evening.

She made herself popular that evening, spoke to a lot of people in the industry including, yes, Deepika Padukone, with whom she got along famously. She was clearly in her elements with everyone, including Rana Daggubati and Genelia D'Souza who had flown in specially for the party from Hyderabad where they're shooting together for a Telugu film," said a source from Kwan.

"Nargis was warm and inquisitive, eager to make the best of her first appearance outside the sheltered, protective environment of the 'Rockstar' team. And she blossomed under all the attention that she effortlessly got that evening," the source added (less)

Acting needs to come from the heart," says Amy who is busy promoting Ekk Deewana Tha. She is also busy dodging rumours of dating her co-star.

"We are just close friends. And yes, I am grateful to him for giving me my first film.

He has helped me a lot in my debut and if I get a chance I would love to work with him again," says Amy. Any plans of making it big in Hollywood as well and she says, "I like Indian cinema very much," says Amy.

The model-turned actor brought in her New Year in Goa with close friends. "actually, I have never been to Goa and since I was away from family and friends, I decided to party there with some of my close friends.

It was my first New Year's eve away from home" (less)

Throughout the evening Ranbir and Nargis were in separate sections of the party. "Nargis and Ranbir hardly spoke to one another.

This was an important evening for Nargis, as it was her first appearance independent of the 'Rockstar' events. And she made it clear that she was there at the party to meet the who's who of the entertainment industry, something that she had not been allowed to do during the shooting and publicity of 'Rockstar'," said a source from the party.

Director Imtiaz Ali kept Nargis away from the prying eyes of shutterbugs and allowed her to interact with media only during the pre-release promotional events of "Rockstar". The party was her first chance to meet the Bollywood and she made the best of it.

According the source, Nargis was at her charming best at the party trying her best to mingle with the guests -- many of whom she didn't know -- enjoying her maiden appearance post "Rockstar", leaving behind the team that she had been fastened to for the past one year, and that included Ranbir. "This was clearly Nargis's evening.

She made herself popular that evening, spoke to a lot of people in the industry including, yes, Deepika Padukone, with whom she got along famously. She was clearly in her elements with everyone, including Rana Daggubati and Genelia D'Souza who had flown in specially for the party from Hyderabad where they're shooting together for a Telugu film," said a source from Kwan.

"Nargis was warm and inquisitive, eager to make the best of her first appearance outside the sheltered, protective environment of the 'Rockstar' team. And she blossomed under all the attention that she effortlessly got that evening," the source added (less)

At one point there was slight tension among the guests when the two Khans tried to show their strength by virtue of the number of people standing around them. Common friend Sajid Nadiadwala, however, chose Salman over SRK.

He even jumped onto a nearby table and broke into an impromptu jig with Salman! In other news from the party, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra were seen dancing together, while Arjun Rampal and Karan Johar kept shuffling between Salman and SRK's groups. The party went on till the wee hours with both Khans exiting around 5 am.

One of B-Town's best atttended parties in recent times, we give full marks to RD's girl Genelia D'Souza for pulling it off (less)

Akshay recently said, "Hrithik Roshan is one of a kind Actor/Dancer..

. He must know he makes all us heroes envy his dance moves! .

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What that man brings to the dance floor is refreshing, extremely talented, and everything the youth needs to see in a hero. If he opens a dance school I know my son would be the first one to attend.

Hrithik has performed some of the most memorable and difficult dance steps in the last decade. I of course would never dance a duo with this guy, but I'd definitely love to make an Action film with him.

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Timberlake and Ms. Kunis exchange inappropriate texts or emails.

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The insistence that there is any inappropriate correspondence between the two parties is entirely false," said a statement. It was reported that Kunis' phone account was hacked and photos of the actress in a bathtub along with pictures of Timberlake, 30, lying on a bed were discovered, reports people.

com. "We would like to confirm that the photo addressed in the media of Ms.

Kunis was in fact not from any phone but from an inactive email account that has not existed in three years. In regards to the other photos in question, they were never exchanged between the two parties," said the statement.

Both Timberlake and Kunis are working with authorities and contemplating legal action. "In closing, Mr.

Timberlake would like us to make it clear that while he might write songs about putting things in boxes, he never has and definitely doesn't make a habit of taking any photos of them and sending them," the statement said. Tweet (less)

When Czar was under-performing in his English speech, it was Big B's famous monologue that came to the child's rescue. "I taught it to him.

You see, Czar's teachers told me he only spoke in Hindi and Marathi. I was advised to encourage him to speak in English.

So I taught him Amitji's 'Namak Halaal' monologue which according to me is a most comprehensive English primer for any child. Filmy maa hoon na," said Farah, who gave birth to triplets in February 2008.

She has two daughters and son Czar On Wednesday at the house-warming party at Farah's place, Czar got his chance to have his say in front of the man who came to his rescue in school. Czar recited his Namak Halaal monologue, much to the Big B's delight as he realised that a new generation of Bachchan fans in the tiny-tot section is gearing to keep the legend going.

Kunder's film with Amitabh is titled The Common Man . Incidentally, Farah's chum Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is not a kids person, gets on famously with Czar.

Sanjay has promised to launch Czar as a hero. Mom Farah is already the leading lady in Bhansali's sister, Bela Sehgal's directorial debut Shirin Farhad .

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When Czar was under-performing in his English speech, it was Big B's famous monologue that came to the child's rescue. "I taught it to him.

You see, Czar's teachers told me he only spoke in Hindi and Marathi. I was advised to encourage him to speak in English.

So I taught him Amitji's 'Namak Halaal' monologue which according to me is a most comprehensive English primer for any child. Filmy maa hoon na," said Farah, who gave birth to triplets in February 2008.

She has two daughters and son Czar On Wednesday at the house-warming party at Farah's place, Czar got his chance to have his say in front of the man who came to his rescue in school. Czar recited his Namak Halaal monologue, much to the Big B's delight as he realised that a new generation of Bachchan fans in the tiny-tot section is gearing to keep the legend going.

Kunder's film with Amitabh is titled The Common Man . Incidentally, Farah's chum Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is not a kids person, gets on famously with Czar.

Sanjay has promised to launch Czar as a hero. Mom Farah is already the leading lady in Bhansali's sister, Bela Sehgal's directorial debut Shirin Farhad .

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We didn't do this movie thinking we were doing a PG or PG-13. We were doing an R-rated movie," she told MTVindia.

com. "Bad Teacher", set to releases in India Aug 19, will see Diaz playing a teacher who not only drinks alcohol but also smokes marijuana.

And instead of teaching her students, she sleeps through her class. She admits it was tricky filming the adult movie, revolving around a school and students.

"Before we started filming, we made sure that all the kids and all the parents knew what the project was going to be like," she said. "I said: 'There's going to be swearing here and completely irreverent and inappropriate behaviour.

If you have any issue with that, we respect that, but this isn't the place for you.' And then we got started.

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Last week, Hrithik Roshan revisited his school Bombay Scottish a good 25 years after he passed out from there. While Roshan Jr was there mainly as part of a tie-up with a news channel to promote his upcoming and much talked about film Agneepath, it turned out to be one heck of an emotional ride for the superstar.

The school authorities happily granted his wish to meet his two favourite English teachers, Mrs Mosses and Mrs Beindish, who are now retired. A source close to Hrithik told us, "He is someone who hated going to school as a kid and would have never imagined that he would visit school once again.

His patent excuse was to fall sick..

. However, this time, he was extremely emotional when he visited the school and the places where he would hang out.

" Not one to pore into his books as a child, Hrithik still had his favourites namely his two English teachers. They came specially to meet their star student although they no longer teach there.

"Hrithik became extremely emotional, and it took him some time to get around to speaking about Agneepath for which he had primarily come," the source said. The students were delighted to have a star in their midst and some of them even danced to some of Hrithik's popular chartbusters, with the actor watching in rapt attention.

Later, he was presented a memento by the principal, which he joked about as being his first ever prize from school. According to the source, "Hrithik had some really fond memories of Bombay Scottish and was extremely thrilled to be there after so many years.

He visited his old classrooms, and the teachers told him how he was probably the 'quietest student' they had ever had." The teachers requested him to attend the annual Founders Day which is held in March every year but he politely declined since he would be shooting for Krrish 3 around the same time.

However he did promise them that he would make it next year. Despite our attempts to get in touch, Hrithik remained unavailable for comment (less)

There were dancers, and guests dressed in the 9-yard Maharashtrian saris (navaris) making this wedding a truly traditional one. Genelia D'Souza made for a pretty bride in red.

Well attended by people from the film fraternity and politicos, Riteish ensured to make his fans a part of his big day, and immediately posted a picture of himself and his bride on twitter once the wedding ceremony was over and the handsome couple announced man and wife. The array of food was exotic - from Indian to world cuisine, the guests had enough and more to choose from.

Though the wedding was by and large a Maharashtrian one, Genelia is known to have conducted a few Catholic rituals. While Riteish had a haldi ceremony at home a day before the wedding, Genelia hosted a roce ceremony at her home and paid a visit to the the church to seek blessings.

The couple didn't meet each other after these respective ceremonies. They were made to stay put at home, and saw each other only on the wedding day.

The wedding reception of Genelia and Riteish will be held tomorrow, and is once again expected to be well attended by the who's who of Mumbai! Here's wishing the handsome couple a happy married life (less)

Breaking away from this serious stereotype, Kulkarni will be seen, perhaps for the first time in a completely comic avatar in Hriday Shetty's Challis Chaurasi. Confirming the story, the actor said, "Yes, this is a first for me.

I started off my career with Hey Ram and followed it up with Chandni Bar. These films created an image of me.

The image stuck with me. Ironically, I started off my stage career with comedies.

Even when I was in NSD (National School of Drama, New Delhi), I essayed quite a few comic characters. However, I never got a chance to do comedies in my film career.

Because of my image, I always ended up getting serious roles." However, Atul Kulkarni doesn't deny that his first attempt at comedy was in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi 6.

"My character Gobar was a light hearted and simple man. But that wasn't outright comic.

Challis Chaurasi certainly is a surprise. Hriday Shetty believes that my character of Bobby will surprise everyone," added the actor.

Talking about the film, the actor revealed, "In Challis Chaurasi, Naseerbhai ( Naseeruddin Shah , Ravi Kishan , Kay Kay Menon and I play four undercover cops. It is a comic thriller.

Since there are no female leads in the film, we do the dancing and singing part as well." (less)

"Bhaavesh Gandhi, the person spearheading Strut, is young, talented and a very skilled dance instructor, who was previously with Shiamak Davar . I have seen him and I believe he's very good," says the actress.

"Two very good friends, Ryan Stephen and writer Niranjan Iyengar own this dance school, and I am all for promoting talent and any form of education." Apparently, Kajol has not charged a penny to have her name associated with the dance school (less)

The groom's tweet was preceded by one from actor Shahid Kapoor, announcing the wedding of his Chance Pe Dance co- star. " And G is married !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbeleivable .

:)," he posted. The wedding, held in traditional Marathi style, was attended by bigwigs from the film and political world - among them Sharad Pawar, Prithviraj Chavan, Praful Patel, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Kajol.

Riteish, wearing a white sherwani and red feta (turban), entered the Grand Hyatt on a ghodi. The baaraat started from the grounds near Grand Hyatt and reached the hotel.

The actor's politician father, Vilasrao Deshmukh, was dressed in a brown sherwani. Click here to see the pics Earlier, Riteish set the mood for the wedding with this tweet a few hours ago: "Saw the Last sunset as a Bachelor.

" Riteish and Genelia's wedding today is expected to draw bigwigs from the film industry and politics. Father of the groom, Vilasrao Deshmukh, is the former chief minister of Maharashtra and is the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences.

Riteish, Genelia's grand sangeet Both Riteish and his bride-to-be Genelia are on Twitter, this morning. Both sent tweets to Mona Kapoor, entrepreneur and first wife of producer Boney Kapoor, wishing her on her birthday.

Earlier, they posted tweets to actor Priyanka Chopra who missed their sangeet due to filming. Dressed in their best, stars at sangeet Yesterday Riteish and Genelia wrapped up chores (their last as singles).

We spotted them first at Linking Road in Bandra and later, Genelia prayed at her church. Known to be religious, Genelia wore her pre-bridal glow, which added sheen to her otherwise casual jeans and blazer look.

A party, a grand sangeet on Tuesday and rituals have preceded the wedding. While Riteish and Genelia's colleagues stepped out in their best traditional outfits and spent happy hours at the sangeet, Genelia was seen dancing her heart out at a ritual yesterday.

Moving away from tradition for a bit, a party was hosted for them by producer Sajid Nadiadwala and actor Fardeen Khan on January 24. Riteish and Genelia first met while shooting their debut film Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.

Despite leading public lives, their eight-year courtship has been largely private. Post marriage, the two will be seen together in a love story on screen - Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya - a Hindi film scheduled to release at the end of this month.

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Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza tied the knot in full blown Maharashtrian style at a suburban five star on Friday afternoon. The baraat left Riteish's juhu residence at 11 am.

Genelia's parents and brothers waited at the venue to receive them. The wedding began at 12.

48 pm, according to the pre-decided mahurat. While Genelia looked lovely in a Neeta Lulla saree, Riteish wore the quintessential sherwani.

The actor also tweeted his own wedding picture right after the ceremony was over. Spotted at the wedding were Bollywood celebrities Akshay Kumar , Ajay Devgn, Kajol , Suniel Shetty, Ashutosh Gowariker, Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Shahid Kapoor , Asin, Sajid Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala, Abhishek Bachchan , Jaya Bachchan , Ken Ghosh, Rahul Dev, Indra Kumar, Maria Goretti, Subhash Ghai and more.

Top politicians, friends opf Riteish's father Vilasrao Deshmukh were also spotted at the do. After the Maharashtrian wedding, the couple will also have a church ceremony today (less)

A source said, "There's a high chance that they may run into each other at the hotel. To avoid that, officials from the production houses have requested for rooms on different floors, so that there is no face off between Kareena and Shahid.

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Sajid-Wajid. Prasoon Joshi.

A new combination that I promise you is gonna deliver chartbusters next year," Kunal posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. The film will see Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra sharing screen together (less)

.Does not confine itself to Hyderabad alone.

2011 saw many Bollywood biggies visit the city and their trip brought with them face-offs, link-ups and more. Here's a round up of the various headline-creating moments for Bollywood in Hyderabad Cover-up of the year Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma: Are they? Aren't they? The question that plagued Bollywood for long was finally answered in Hyderabad.

Former lovers, Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma, were spotted together at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad as they had come to town to attend the wedding of a city biggie. As the shutterbugs spotted the duo, Ranveer in all his chivalry tried to protect his lady love, Anushka, who demurely chose to walk behind him.

That the couple chose to part ways later is a different story altogether. Holidayers of the year Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor: They are self-confessed lovers of London and Switzerland.

In fact, Kareena claims Switzerland is "like home". But when Bollywood's star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor needed to spend some quality time with one another, they chose Hyderabad, in all its princely glory.

While Saif was in town shooting with Deepika Padukone for "Cocktail", Kareena flew in to join him for a few days. The couple then moved into the palace-turned-star hotel for some R&R, putting the destination on the map for all lovers.

Hip shakers of the year Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif: He jumped from a platform of considerable height and she dance to "Sheila Ki Jawaani". And in between all this, the services of a chopper were used.

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif regaled a select few in Hyderabad during the engagement ceremony of Mallika and Siddharth Reddy. Yes, Bollywood stars shimmying and shaking at weddings is what we heard of in other cities, but this time, B-Town came calling for an engagement ceremony.

And what a spectacle it was! The Ooh La La Lady of the year Vidya Balan: While the world had forgotten about Silk Smitha and her story, actor Vidya Balan was single-handedly responsible for bringing the southern siren with Telugu roots back in public memory through "The Dirty Picture". And along with that, Silk's long lost relatives and friends too managed to find their five minutes of fame.

Be it shooting in the city for the flick or returning to promote the movie, Vidya gave it her all. From going retro to risque, Vidya sure made many turn around and say 'Ooh La La'.

Jodi of year Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra: Yes, it all began here, in Hyderabad. The stories that now so frequent the pages of all entertainment and gossip tabs and mags was originally a Hyderabad baby.

Shah Rukh Khan's proximity to co-star Priyanka Chopra has been documented for the past few months. But it was in Hyderabad that King Khan brought along Priyanka Chopra for the first time to perform at the GVK wedding.

And ever since, the rumor mills have been churning overtime. For now, it seems like PC accompanies SRK wherever he goes! Rockstar of the year Ranbir Kapoor: He is one cool customer - charming, talented and a ladies man.

Ranbir Kapoor sure knows how to make the ladies swoon. In the city to promote his flick "Rockstar" the Kapoor lad, not only had the ladies eating out of his hands, but also managed some 'me' time with director Imtiaz Ali.

Taking an auto ride around the city, the actor not only soaked in the sights of Hyderabad, but also gorged on the delectable cuisine and did some late night shopping as well. And all this minus the fuss and hullabaloo that usually surrounds a B-Town star.

No wonder then, Ranbir is Bollywood's original Rockstar . Most-awaited drama of the year It was touted to be the biggest face-off in the history of Bollywood.

The playground was Hyderabad and the players were Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. Now everyone knows that there's no love lost between the two Khans.

That Ash and Salman share a very troubled history too is old news. But all these years, the three have been careful to avoid bumping into one another in public, even by mistake.

So when the three of them were scheduled to come to the city for the wedding festivities of a famous city family, the media went berserk. A face-off was guaranteed and that left most mediawallahs salivating.

But trust our B-Town stars to avoid such situations with perfection. It so happened that while SRK was at the venue Ash-Abhishek and Salman were conspicuous by their absence.

The moment SRK took his leave Abhi-Ash sauntered in, socialized for a while and left. Then entered the Khan of the season, Salman, with his entourage in tow.

Yes, they were all at the same venue, albeit at different times. So no fireworks here folks.

Tourist of the year Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan: If one owns an IPL team, the other is part of the CCL team. The Badshah of Bollywood and B-Towns enfant terrible were Hyderabad's most frequent high profile B-Town visitors this year.

SRK came to the city to watch his team, Kolkata Knight Riders , play in the IPL, apart from attending a high profile shaadi and shooting portions of his magnum opus, "Ra.One".

Meanwhile, Salman too came to the city umpteen times to watch his team in the CCL, Bollywood Heroes, play cricket. That apart, film promos and weddings too kept the Khan of the season coming back to the city for more.

Not forgetting however are the rocking bashes that Salman would throw in the city for his buddies. But alas, only a select few were allowed entry! Compiled by Sarah Salvadore (less)

Genie was heard giving Deshmukh all the little details of the match and telling him how much she missed him. A friend close to her reveals, "Genie was terribly missing Riteish.

But she was surrounded by friends like Kangana and Shriya Saran who kept cheering her mood and making her happy. She was spotted on her phone during breaks in between the matches talking to RD.

" Buzz is that Genelia also did some major shopping in Dubai with best friend Kangana and was spotted at some big branded stores. Guess she's preparing herself for the soon to come wedding day ? (less)

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This is when Darsheel decided to give it a try. During the same class, Amole Gupte spotted him and he asked him to give an audition.

Rest is history. His mom had given strict instructions that Darsheel had to continue his studies during shooting.

The post-production head Sunita was in-charge of looking after his studies on the sets. Aamir also gave a few lessons in English grammar.

Aamir also gifted him an X-box 360 on his birthday. Darsheel found the shootin a tiring experience and lost over two kilos.

Does he want to be an actor when he grows up? Not really. He would rather join the family’s jewelry business.

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Reacting to this on Twitter page, she wrote: "It's not nice when people make u a target only because ur strong enough to take it. With no bans or notices issued against me, there's no reason why there should be this hoopla created.

" "I have been travelling constantly over d last few months n hence have informed some1 from my production 2 hand over all d papers w d required amount. When I signed up 4d south Indian association 4 movie artists I was promised that it would cover all 4 industries n that is also what d body states (sic)," she further posted.

Down south, the actress featured in movies like Boys , Bommarillu , "Santosh Subramaniam and in Bollywood she made it big with Jaane Tu..

. Ya Jaane Na .

After that she did Hindi films like Life Partner , Chance Pe Dance and Force . The 24-year-old hopes people would understand her side of the story.

"I hope people would understand the truth and stop making this an unnecessary battle. I'm very happy n proud that I belong to five industries and hope people understand that," she tweeted.

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The rest of the cast only discovered this as the shooting progressed. What's worse, the actor is bursting with inputs on scenes or song sequences, annoying several of the other actors in the movie.

However, while the rest of the cast is apparently taking Neil's 'friendly advice' with a smile, Sonam Kapoor has decided not to entertain him. For a song-and-dance sequence, Neil (who prides himself on being a singer, composer and choreographer) started supervising the choreographer.

A source said, "Neil meant no harm. He likes to make his presence felt on the sets.

But when he advised Sonam on how to do her steps, she told him to keep his advice to himself." "He did try to suggest dance steps to Sonam, and she didn't like it.

She made it clear to Neil that she didn't appreciate his unsolicited assistance. Poor Neil.

He just likes to be more than just an actor while shooting," the source added. Red-faced, the actor apparently withdrew from the scene and kept quiet thereafter.

Neil, as expected, laughs off the story. "Sonam is a darling.

I don't need to show dance moves to a person who is a genius at it. In fact, I learnt a few extra dance steps from her," he said.

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Reacting to this on Twitter page, she wrote: "It's not nice when people make u a target only because ur strong enough to take it. With no bans or notices issued against me , there's no reason why there should be this hoopla created.

" "I have been travelling constantly over d last few months n hence have informed some1 from my production 2 hand over all d papers w d required amount. When I signed up 4d south Indian association 4 movie artists I was promised that it would cover all 4 industries n that is also what d body states (sic)," she further posted.

Down south, the actress featured in movies like "Boys", "Bommarillu", "Santosh Subramaniam" and in Bollywood she made it big with "Jaane Tu..

. Ya Jaane Na".

After that she did Hindi films like "Life Partner", "Chance Pe Dance" and "Force". The 24-year-old hopes people would understand her side of the story.

"I hope people would understand the truth and stop making this an unnecessary battle. I'm very happy n proud that I belong to five industries and hope people understand that," she tweeted (less)

But Bipasha does not bat an eye-lid while talking about them. And having lost oodles of weight, she is looking a million bucks.

Over steaming cups of coffee at a suburban five-star, she spoke to Mumbai Mirror about her career, men and moves Feeling good about your next film Players? Very much. While it is felt that I was added only recently, the truth is that I was cast long back.

It is just that the cat wasn't let out from the bag. The film has all the Abbas-Mustan ingredients- the twists, turns, plots.

I play an automobile expert who uses her charms to get things done. And you've donned a bikini in it.

We last saw you in a two-piece in Dhoom 2..

. It is the second time on celluloid yes, but the millionth time in real life (laughs).

I am quite a beach bum. But I won't wear a bikini in a movie for just the heck of it.

Do you know that I said 'No' to wearing one in Rohan Sippy's Dum Maro Dum? Players is a James Bondish flick, very fast and furious. The bikini suits it.

There's more on this bikini..

. Sure.

..

I wanted to look like a total woman before I got into it. I told Abbas-Mustan to inform me a month prior to the day they want me for that particular scene.

Once they sounded me off, I did some beach-body training. I am very small around my lower body; I put on some muscle to look fuller.

And I went on a diet, which sucks. I am a full-on Bong and I badly wanted gulab jamuns and jalebis on many days, lekin nahin khaya.

You wear a bikini but you don't like to kiss on screen? Your information is right. But isn't kissing very different from wearing a bikini? Kissing is also very different from doing a lovemaking scene, where we just cheat.

We don't make out in real, do we? Locking lips is a very intimate emotion. Yes, I did kiss Ranbir in Bachna Ae Haseeno, but I didn't sleep a month before shooting that kiss.

I kept telling Aditya Chopra to change that scene, I even told him to convert it into a lovemaking scene but ..

. (shrugs).

Do you believe in commitment and marriage? Absolutely. My parents are still die-hard romantics.

But what makes you suddenly ask that? Oh, so now the sticky questions eh? Coz' its' said that John and you ended your 10-year long relationship because you wanted marriage and he did not? Sirf ek cheez se rishte nahin toot jaate. Bahut kuch life mein hota hai, phir jaake rishte bigadte hain.

Above all, destiny comes into play. Was it painful? Was it difficult to overcome? Breakups are always tough and I have had my share.

But one needs to understand that life can't come to a standstill if a relationship doesn't work out. People do get stuck; I am glad that I did not.

I used a bit of my intellect and friends-n- family contributed to pull me out from that tough period. Today, I am so free and light.

Post your relationship with John, you dated many guys- Josh, Shahid, Rana. Howzzatt! I just told you that I am free and light.

If one has been going around dating someone, he /she is not free and light. Then what's going on between you and Shahid? I was never dating Shahid.

So how could we have parted ways? But I am still very much in touch with him. He and I talk to each other every day.

What's going on between you and Rana? I meet Rana. I am very fond of him.

He is very sweet. We get along like a house on fire.

But I am not dating him. And he isn't my best friend in the industry either.

Listen, I am a very responsible girl. Dating is a very frivolous word.

When I started off with John, I was only 22-23. I am extremely mature now.

If I get into a new relationship, I shall announce it in a dignified manner. And I shall have marriage in mind with that person.

I wish I get someone like R Madhavan. What! Why someone like R Madhavan? He is so good at his work, so very caring for his wife, so very accommodating with his friends.

I want someone like him. Someone younger and fitter than him.

Also, he is so secure, well read and humorous. Aise log aajkal nahin milte.

Bahut kam hain. Lekin I tell you, mujhe milega Madhavan jaisa koi.

But you were involved with Josh (Hartnett)? Kuch toh tha Josh ke saath..

. Kyun bataun main kya tha? (laughs).

Okay, he was very nice. But he doesn't live in India.

It was impractical. Two people can like each other but nothing ever will happen out of it.

It was something like that. So you took a back step? Possibly.

But it was never said. In the past, my heart used to rule over my head.

But now, my head is in sync with my heart. Back to John.

Like how you keep in touch with your exes- Milind, Dino and Josh, would you keep in touch with him? Certain bonds never break. We spent some nice moments in the past, how can I start disrespecting them? But I can't say the same about John; it's too early (stares at the ceiling).

That reminds me, you and John don't even exchange pleasantries if and when you'll bump into each other at a gym in Bandra? I am a fitness freak. Gym time is totally my time.

So why should I give any of it to some ex-boyfriend of mine? And you know, I remove my lenses when I exercise. So thereafter, I am blind.

Besides, I have a three-month memory. All the more reason that you talk to him since you'll parted ways nearly a year ago? As a new person? No.

I remember John's face (laughs). Okay, I'll talk to him (thinks).

But why should I talk to him? Talk to him and do what? Will you do a movie with him? Sure. He is a good-looking, saleable actor.

Back to your work. Tell us your forthcoming films? And have you really resolved your issues with the Bhatts? Players, Jodi Breakers and Singularity.

As for the Bhatts, Mahesh and Mukesh are very nice people. Mukesh is a bit sensitive, though.

But you see, I have been like their little baby. And they still feel the same about me.

Raaz 3 is not only homecoming for me but easily my most challenging role till date (pauses and then suddenly gets up). Gosh!I have to rush to the gym.

Wanna join me? The first thing that comes to Bips' mind when she thinks of: Dino Morea Cute butt Milind soman Dashing Shahid kapur Dancer Josh hartnett Worldly wise Rana dagubatti Tall John abraham Nothing (less)

It was also at Shahid's suggestion that the actress was roped in to co-host a segment of the event with him. Shahid, who performed at the awards, was initially to anchor with Anushka Sharma.

However at the last minute, she was unable to do so. This was when Chitrangada stepped in, thanks to the actor's recommendation.

The duo looked very comfortable with each other while anchoring together. "It appears that Shahid has hit it off well with Chitrangada.

They behaved like buddies. His growing friendship with the actress did attract attention at the venue," said a source.

Interestingly, Shahid's ex flame Priyanka Chopra also performed at the awards. But great care had been taken to avoid bumping into each other.

Their vanity vans, too, were parked far away from each other to avoid any run in. A few months back there was buzz about Sasha's friendship with Bipasha Basu but that turned out to be a short-lived relation.

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And that translates into confidence, which shows," said the ex-Miss India. Delhi is so beautiful and spacious I love coming to Delhi.

It is so beautiful, spacious and clean. Though the traffic here is a big headache, but then I guess traffic is a problem everywhere in India.

But, traffic or no traffic, I really love it here. The sprawling lawns, the wide roads and huge rooms, one can never have all this in Mumbai.

You know what, we all joke that the rooms in Mumbai can easily fit into bathrooms in Delhi. Delhi houses are grand in terms of space.

Miss india was a great experience I had a great time during both Miss India and Miss Universe pageants. Both the events proved to be a great learning experience, as both of them involved extreme training.

But while everything was nice and the girls were friendly, there were some issues with some contestants. You know there is one rotten apple everywhere.

I was a padhakoo bachcha I have always been very academically inclined. I used to be a topper in my school.

I never bunked my classes, neither did I sit at the back bench ever in my life. I was always very regular with my homework.

Actually I don't like anyone saying, 'isko yeh kaam diya tha, isne kiya nahi'. I hate inefficiency, so I don't give any chance for anyone to point any fingers at me (less)

The rest of the cast only discovered this as the shooting progressed. What's worse, the actor is bursting with inputs on scenes or song sequences, annoying several of the other actors in the movie.

However, while the rest of the cast is apparently taking Neil's 'friendly advice' with a smile, Sonam Kapoor has decided not to entertain him. For a song-and-dance sequence, Neil (who prides himself on being a singer, composer and choreographer) started supervising the choreographer.

A source said, "Neil meant no harm. He likes to make his presence felt on the sets.

But when he advised Sonam on how to do her steps, she told him to keep his advice to himself." "He did try to suggest dance steps to Sonam, and she didn't like it.

She made it clear to Neil that she didn't appreciate his unsolicited assistance. Poor Neil.

He just likes to be more than just an actor while shooting," the source added. Red-faced, the actor apparently withdrew from the scene and kept quiet thereafter.

Neil, as expected, laughs off the story. "Sonam is a darling.

I don't need to show dance moves to a person who is a genius at it. In fact, I learnt a few extra dance steps from her," he said.

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Labelled a Casanova, Kohli is on the most wanted list with several endorsement offers. His commercials with Genelia D'Souza for an accessory brand were a huge hit.

Relationship Status: Single. DQ: Dashing with oddles of confidence.

Fun Fact: Women love his badass attitude. Sonu Nigam No 32 Who: Singer, Actor Claim To Fame: He began his career at the age of three when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Kya Hua Tera Vaada at a concert.

He was recently in the news for his international collaborations with artistes like Britney Spears and Avicii. Sonu was moved by the death of his idol Michael Jackson and released a tribute album in his memory.

Relationship Status: Married to Madhurima. DQ: Soulful voice and charming personality.

Fun Fact: Is a very good mimic. Dhanush No 19 Who: Actor, Singer Claim To Fame: The Kolaveri Di singer took the nation by storm with the song and video going viral within hours of being uploaded online.

Not only did the song top the charts but it also became the most watched video in India in 2011. He was part of the National Award-winning film Aadukalam, which won six awards last year.

Relationship Status: Married to Aishwarya Rajinikanth. DQ: Boy-next-door charm.

Fun Fact: Kolaveri Di will be seen in his Tamil film 3. Vidyut Jamwal No 39 Who: Model, Actor Claim To Fame: After scorching the ramp with his good looks, Vidyut was noticed by Bollywood.

His first big project was Vipul Shah's Force where he was cast in a negative role opposite John Abraham. Addicted to working out, he is trained in martial arts.

He was also seen in a Telugu film Shakti opposite NTR Jr. Relationship Status: Single.

DQ: Deadly looks and a killer body. Fun Fact: Openly admits to being technologically challenged! Riteish Deshmukh No 40 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: His father used to be Maharashtra's Chief Minister.

But politicial affliations aside, Riteish is known for his flair for comedy. He starred in two of last year's hits F.

A.L.

T.U.

and Double Dhamaal. Relationship Status: Lost his single status on Friday when he married Genelia D'Souza.

DQ: A Mr Nice Guy, he also deserves the title of B-Town's Mr Congeniality. Fun Fact: Is heavily into technology and is known to be a gadget freak who's miles ahead of his contemporaries.

Sonu Sood No 33 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: Born in the interiors of Punjab, this model-turned-actor made his debut in the Telugu film Hands Up (2000). He then got a break in Hindi films with Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh (2002) where he was noticed for his acting.

However, his biggest hits to date have been the Telugu film Arundhati and Salman Khan's Dabangg, where he played the bad guy. A fitness addict and parkour expert, Sonu is famous for his chiseled body.

Relationship Status: Married to Sonali. DQ: Ripped body.

Fun Fact: He once bribed security to enter Film City as a struggling actor. Rajat Barmecha No 50 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: The 23-year-old left Delhi to pursue his acting dreams in Mumbai, even though his parents wanted him to join the family business.

He started off with commercials, before auditioning for Udaan, which changed his life and won him rave reviews. Later he did a small cameo in mentor Anurag Kashyap's production Shaitan.

Relationship Status: Single. DQ: The quintessential boy next door.

Fun Fact: Is a fan of Pedro Almodovar movies. Jackky Bhagnani No 42 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: Before becoming an actor, Jackky served as an assistant director on several films produced by his father Vashu Bhagnani.

He made his debut in 2009 with Kal Kissne Dekha for which he lost around 60 kgs over a period of two years. His second release F.

A.L.

T.U went on to become a sleeper hit in 2011.

Relationship Status: Single. DQ: Sweet smile, likeable personality.

Fun Fact: Down-to-earth despite daddy's millions. Rana Daggubati No 20 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: Hailing from a filmi family, Rana's uncles are south superstars Venkatesh and Nagarjuna.

He made his debut with the Telugu film Leader, which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South. In 2011, he made his Bollywood entry with Rohan Sippy's Dum Maaro Dum where he got noticed and won accolades for his role.

Relationship Status: Briefly dated Bipasha Basu. Now single.

DQ: Raw, rugged appeal. Fun Fact: Known to be quite the party boy.

Arunoday Singh No 46 Who: Actor Claim To Fame: Grandson of late politician Arjun Singh, Arunoday made his acting debut in 2009 with Sikander. Having learnt acting from the New York Film Academy, he has also had a short stint in theatre.

Singh's best work to date has been in Sudhir Mishra's acclaimed film Yeh Saali Zindagi. Relationship Status: Single.

DQ: Tall, fair, handsome. Fun Fact: Has some mean moves on the dance floor.

Rank 2011 Hotties 1 Salman Khan 2 Ranbir Kapoor 3 Hrithik Roshan 4 John Abraham 5 Mahesh Babu 6 MS Dhoni 7 Shah Rukh Khan 8 Shahid Kapoor 9 Imran Khan 10 Arjun Rampal 11 Suriya 12 Ajith 13 Virat Kohli 14 Akshay Kumar 15 Yuvraj Singh 16 Farhan Akhtar 17 Ali Zafar 18 Aamir Khan 19 Dhanush 20 Rana Daggubati 21 Siddharth 22 Ranveer Singh 23 Vikram Kennedy 24 Saif Ali Khan 25 Atif Aslam 26 Ajay Devgn 27 Abhay Deol 28 Zaheer Khan 29 Karan Singh Grover 30 Abhishek Bachchan 31 Rahul Gandhi 32 Sonu Nigam 33 Sonu Sood 34 Neil Nitin Mukesh 35 Rajeev Khandelwal 36 Sidhartha Mallya 37 Prateik 38 Vijender Singh 39 Vidyut Jamwal 40 Riteish Deshmukh 41 Emraan Hashmi 42 Jackky Bhagnani 43 Kunal Kapoor 44 Muzammil Ibrahim 45 Dino Morea 46 Arunoday Singh 47 Rannvijay Singh 48 Rahul Sharma 49 Karan Johar 50 Rajat Barmecha Text by Tushar Joshi (less)

The actress, who earlier took filmi back-up dancers for granted, has now realised their worth. "Earlier, I wouldn't feel their presence and focused only on what I was doing.

But this film has made me realise that they put in a lot of effort to make songs look great. They can make or break us heroines.

But when it comes to getting appreciation, they are hardly recognised," says Neha, who has spent about a decade in Bollywood now. Not surprisingly, Neha has decided to dedicate this film to the dancers.

And to get into character, she tried to study their lives at close quarters, though it wasn't easy as the dancers wouldn't let Neha enter their world initially. "They appeared to have hard exteriors but gradually they softened," says Neha.

Talking about the film, she says it brought out the "Pappu" in her, adding that she started her career as a backstage hand at a beauty pageant. Not many are aware that she helped models with their shoes and assorted other work at the first fashion show she attended.

"I always wanted to be in the industry and small jobs backstage were like summer jobs for me. I started off as a production assistant, a helper.

..

and I enjoyed the entire process. There is a "Pappu" in all of us.

It is our fear, our insecurity that makes us that way. I've never spoken about my story, but I'm not shy of doing so now.

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And not just when it comes to his films. The filmmaker, who considers the Hindi cinema industry to be one big happy family has decided to direct the sangeet ceremony for Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza's wedding to be held on February 1, at a suburban five star.

Karan, who coordinated the entire sangeet ceremony for the big Bachchan wedding between Abhi-Ash in April 2007, will be the mastermind behind the acts for Riteish and Genelia's sangeet ceremony. And Mumbai Mirror got the lowdown on of the KJo directed evening.

TAILOR MADE EVENING For Karan, as we know from his films, clothes are very important. He highlighted and made the 'metrosexual man' popular in Bollywood with Saif Ali Khan's wardrobe in Kal Ho Naa Ho.

And thus, the filmmaker, who is known to have a keen eye for fashion has taken the big responsibility of designing Riteish's clothes, revealed a friend of the groom-to-be. "KJo is very busy with his upcoming releases Agneepath and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

However, he is leaving no stone unturned to co-ordinate everything for the sangeet. In fact, he even made it a point to attend the pre-wedding bash held by Fardeen Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala on Tuesday night," added the friend.

BRO-MANTIC DANCING Riteish's brother Dheeraj has also decided to put up an act for the ceremony. Joining him in the act will be his wife Honey and brother-in-law Jaccky Bhagnani.

"In fact the rehearsals for the dance acts are being conducted in Jackky's house regularly," revealed Riteish's friend. AN ACT OF FRIENDSHIP If brothers can dance, so can the friends.

Riteish's good friend Fardeen and Zayed Khan have thus decided to put up an act as well. "Genelia's school friends have been practicing their dance as well.

They also have planned a rather entertaining sequence," revealed the friend. For the pre wedding party hosted by Sajid Nadiadwala and Fardeen Khan for Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza, friends from Bollywood came down to wish the bride and groom-to-be.

Karan Johar was seen playing the DJ and Boman Irani too did his part by delivering a rather fun speech. Interestingly, Sajid Khan came sans his girlfriend Jacqueline Fernandes, who had reportedly had a fallout with Riteish earlier (less)

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"I'm flying out tonight and going to be a guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance with Kenny Ortega, Nigel and Mary. I love that show," the 32-year-old revealed on the talk show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Aug 9.

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This is when Darsheel decided to give it a try. During the same class, Amole Gupte spotted him and he asked him to give an audition.

Rest is history. His mom had given strict instructions that Darsheel had to continue his studies during shooting.

The post-production head Sunita was in-charge of looking after his studies on the sets. Aamir also gave a few lessons in English grammar.

Aamir also gifted him an X-box 360 on his birthday. Darsheel found the shootin a tiring experience and lost over two kilos.

Does he want to be an actor when he grows up? Not really. He would rather join the family’s jewelry business.

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Acting needs to come from the heart," says Amy who is busy promoting Ekk Deewana Tha. She is also busy dodging rumours of dating her co-star.

"We are just close friends. And yes, I am grateful to him for giving me my first film.

He has helped me a lot in my debut and if I get a chance I would love to work with him again," says Amy. Any plans of making it big in Hollywood as well and she says, "I like Indian cinema very much," says Amy.

The model-turned actor brought in her New Year in Goa with close friends. "actually, I have never been to Goa and since I was away from family and friends, I decided to party there with some of my close friends.

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Year 2011, however, has seen at least three critically acclaimed movies with child actors or children's movies - "Stanley Ka Dabba", "I Am Kalam" and "Chillar Party". With Children's Day round the corner, RT explores if the success of these movies giving reasons enough to be optimistic about the growing interest in India about this genre? Says Nila Madhab Panda, the director of "I Am Kalam", "Despite having a huge market, children's films in India are made with child-like sensibilities.

Why do we in India have to only rely on mythology while making children's movies? Why is it only the Bal Ganesh and Hanuman that inspires us to make movies for children? Can't we see how Majid Majidi has single-handledly transformed the way children's films are to be made? Year 2011 has seen a change in the approach of the industry towards making children's movies though I still feel that had our movies got the same push as the other big entertainers in India, they would have done even better. After "IAK" went on to become successful, I received so many offers from producers asking me if I had a script for a children's movie.

There was no interference and I was told that I could make a film just the way I want to." Panda, in fact, has begun shooting his next movie titled " Jal Bin Jal Pari" in Delhi.

"The English title is "The Desert Mermaid". It's an adventure thriller which I will be shooting in Rajasthan and Delhi.

Harsh Mayar (who did "IAK") will be shooting this movie again though the main lead is a new girl," Panda informs. Nitesh Tiwari, who directed "Chillar Party" along with Vikas Bahl, says, "Year 2011 can easily be termed as one of the best years for children's cinema in India.

Finally, children's films in India is getting what they deserve. That's a welcome sign since there is a dearth of good movies for children even though we have a market for it.

This is a very encouraging sign for producers and directors. Apart from "CP", "IAK" and "SKD", India also came up with some interesting animation films.

We were clear that "CP" would be a film that would be liked by both adults and kids and wanted to have child protagonists who were true to reality. Children today are no longer moved by a man falling on a banana peal.

Though I have not decided on my next project, I have a script with a child protagonist in mind." Director Amol Gupte, however, is not interested in the numbergame to suggest the growing interest in this genre.

"It's a tricky question. One has to deal with children's film with political correctness and not just as a form of entertainment.

The purpose of a film being made has to match with the process of making it too. One can't make a film on child labour and also have the child slogging it out for 12 hours shooting for it.

If we are so strict about the number of hours an animal can be used to shoot, how can we not be sensitive enough about child actors?" Gupte asks, adding, "When I shot with my son, Partho for "SKD", I made sure that he got his Sunday offs. We would shoot on Saturdays in a children's school.

After the film released, Partho must have got 40 offers to do interviews or act in movies. But he has not accepted all that.

Partho studies in Standard VI and comes for my classes on cinema. I don't want him to do anything that will take his innocence away from him.

" While Gupte is now shooting a film called "Papa" that is about sanity and insanity, his next movie will also focus on the concerns of children. "I have a script ready.

It is about financial inequality and how children who are not financially sound do not receive the new streams of educational content. My idea of education is to have a single umbrella for children with all abilities.

I don't appreciate this idea of segregation and non-inclusive teaching. Here in India, we have separate teaching modules for children who are differently abled.

That creates a segregation among teachers as well. A teacher for a special school ends up being a nurse and is often hellbent on making a patient out of a child.

Then, there is this overuse of the term "hyperactive" children. My script of this untitled movie keeps on growing.

I will be starting it next year." Trade analyst Taran Adarsh says, "Things are definitely opening up in terms.

Apart from "CP", even "Ra.One" definitely had targetted the kids as an important segment of the audience.

Producers and directors have realised that if they can target more and more children, it would also translate into more parents coming into the theatres. That's a very enouraging sign for the industry.

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The real life story is based on former army officer Eric's book which details his experiences as a prisoner of war, and how he set out decades later to track down his tormentors and exact some revenge. Patti was responsible for helping him to confront his fears and she also wrote to the man Eric held responsible for his torture.

War Horse star Jeremy Irvine will play a younger version of Firth's character during his time in captivity. "Lomax suffered cruel and horrible treatment.

I've been studying what happened to him and it was grim," Irvine said. Jonathan Teplitzky is directing the film, with Frank Cottrell Bryce and Andy Paterson writing the script.

" The Railway Man is an amazing story and to have the chance to make it with Colin Firth as Eric is really the best gift any director could hope for," Teplitzky said. Tweet (less)

But beyond that when it strays into entirely different terrain, the movie loses its audience. Vidyadhar (Vinay Pathak) works in a private company but lives (as an illegal tenant) in a government colony in Mumbai.

Mehek Malvade (Neha Dhupia) who works as a backup dancer in films shifts next doors. She is anything but the girl-next-door and her cheeky conduct initiates enmity with her neighbour.

When a vigilance raid renders her homeless, Mehek moves in Vidyadhar's apartment, much against his wish. As their initial hostility is replaced by a friendly bond, they come close.

But the ambitious Mehek is besotted by glamour world and will stop at nothing to make her starry dreams come true. Writer-director Saurabh Shukla starts the film on a promising note and though it never gets outrageously funny (like one expects it to be), it doesn't bore you either.

The pace is slow and the tempo keeps dropping every now and then. The Bambaiyya v/s Banarasi attitude of brawl between Vinay Pathak and Neha Dhupia defines their cross-connected chemistry here.

The tone of humour is inconsistent ranging from some hilarious moments to some plain passable ones. But beyond humour, the film focuses more on the heartwarming bond that it subtly develops between its odd pair.

But as Mehek's journey to reach the stars takes over, the film loses focus. Going on a completely different tangent, it highlights the turmoil of a struggling actress and how her family disapproves of filmdom.

Furthermore it distances her from love. Disillusioned in the city of dreams, Vidyadhar moves back to his hometown and the film attempts to give an insight on the urban-rural divide.

Until Naseeruddin Shah (reprising a role immortalized by Anupam Kher in Bollywood ) persuades his son to seek true love. And just when you presume that a seemingly lecherous producer (Rajat Kapoor) would make a pass at Mehek, he plays agony uncle guiding her to true love.

Finally when the end credits roll in a film-studio, showcasing the behind-the-scene existence of the movie industry, one wonders why the film needlessly treads into Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance zone. What was the central plot after all? The murky side of movie world? Despair in city of dreams? What point did the film attempt to make after wandering off into so many offshoots, when we were always under the impression that it was a minimal tale of mismatched romance? The performances are perfect.

Vinay Pathak doesn't fall prey of overdoing his underplaying act and is poised in his character. Neha Dhupia completely justifies her meaty role with an audacious act.

Rajat Kapoor is restrained as usual in his small bit. Naseeruddin Shah gets a cliched character.

Brijendra Kala and Sanjay Mishra lend decent support. The film ends with an off-track moral to the story - to accept a person without expecting them to change.

But it's difficult to accept this partially engaging film, unconditionally! On that note this pappu doesn't pass muster. Alas pappu fail ho gaya ! Verdict: Average (less)

"There is nothing called excessive promotion if a movie is good," he insists. But then, at 35, Tusshar has made some tough choices in his professional life.

As he settles for an interview, he says, "While Ekta is known to be opinionated, I have this image of being soft and introverted. But I have understood the need to voice my opinion in order to stand up for myself.

It's the best way of earning respect. Otherwise, you work in an industry where if you give a finger, people ask for your hand.

Besides, if I tell a director that he needs to finish shooting by 7 pm, his schedule will be better planned and that will be beneficial for both of us and the product. I've also decided not to sign a movie because I want to be busy.

I'd sit back at home for six months and enjoy a vacation instead." While he is changing his functioning style, is there any change Tusshar has brought about in Ekta? "I've introduced her to squash and yoga.

She is physically fitter now. She has calmed down a lot too," he offers.

But why does Ekta have this image of being so hot-tempered? "I think, it's got to do with her workload. Besides, there is this whole gender bias issue too.

Since she is a woman, her temper is highlighted. There are so many other directors including David Dhawan , Satish Kaushik and Rajkumar Santoshi, who might lose their temper.

But nobody really talks about that. Ekta might lose her temper but she will also be the first one to go and apologize.

Male directors hardly do that. Nobody talks about Ekta apologizing; they only discuss her temper.

I guess, this is a societal issue of gender perceptions," the protective brother explains. Talking about misconceptions, Tusshar also highlights how the industry wrongly believes that he is only doing his home production movies.

"Among the 25 films that I've done, "The Dirty Picture" is my fifth film from my home production. I have refused "EMI" and "Krishna Cottage" despite their being home productions.

My biggest hit was "Golmaal" and that's not by our home production," he says. While he might have turned down Ekta's movies, doesn't he wish he were offered some of Ekta's hit productions? "As a human being, there are times when I do wish I was offered those roles.

For instance, the role played by Emraan Hashmi in "Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai". Honestly speaking, 20 per cent in me wishes the role had come to me.

But the rest 80 per cent is happy that Emraan was cast because it only goes on to show that as a banner, we respect talent and do not believe in casting because a person belongs to the family," explains the actor, whose forthcoming movies include "Char Din Ki Chandni" and "Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum". Speaking about family, doesn't he wish to reprise a role immortalized by his father? "I have never fallen prey to comparisons.

It's only now that people, after seeing me in the "Ooh la la" song, have been saying that with the wig and moustache, I look like my dad. My father never taught me how to dance; he put me on to a choreographer.

Despite being from this industry, I am a self-made person. If I ever get a chance, I'd love to do a remake of "Parichay".

" Any film of his father's that he'd want Ekta to remake with him in the lead? "I wish, Ekta remade "Farz" with me. That was India's first Bond film and had such good songs.

" Speaking about Ekta's work, does he remember that his "TDP" co-star, Vidya Balan, from Ekta's "Hum Paanch" days where she played the geeky Radhika and had this habit of bumping into objects and people? "I was studying abroad when this serial used to air. It was one of the many serials I watched.

At that time, I wanted to join the corporate world. I think, Vidya was cast as a replacement and she used to wear specs in the serial.

Ekta had also introduced me to her. Later on, Vidya reminded me of that meeting from the " HP " days.

It had never occurred to me that she'd become a star one day and that we would work together," he admits. Considering the huge rise of Vidya from her television days to the star that she is now, does he notice any change in the power dynamics between them? "No.

That's the beauty of Vidya. She is very grounded.

Both of us have worked on an independent basis. I am senior to her in Bollywood.

As a family, we have never felt that we need to be possessive because she got her television break in our home production," he says. So, at 35, what does his relationship status read now? "I'm very much single.

" And what about his link-up stories, the more recent being the one with Radhika Apte? "We just went out together once and got along well while filming. Someone must have noticed that and leaked the information in the media.

Link-ups stories are never spread by stars but once such stories do the rounds, we might just be told not to debunk it," he explains. What about stars (read Riteish and Genelia) who ,for years, deny that they are in a relationship only to finally admit to the press that are seeing each other? Doesn't that give a dirty name to the "we-are-justgood-friends" tag? "Finally, it's the stars' prerogative about when they want to come out in the media and disclose such personal details.

If stars aren't comfortable, why should the media worry? As for myself, I am single. I have no reservations about dating someone from the industry.

Trust is all I'm looking for," he signs off (less)

Instead I chose to learn contemporary freestyle dancing and studied it for a year or so," says Natasha Suri . The model and TV show host says the fact that you can express your state of mind whether extreme joy or pain through dance is what makes it so appealing.

She feels an immense sense of relief after dancing which is why she loves it so much. "I think everyone should dance to their heart's content.

Dance like no one is watching, every now and again. Just totally let go of all your inhibitions.

" In fact, Natasha looks forward to all her friend's weddings, just so that she can dance at the various functions. The former Miss India is also very fond of listening to music old hindi classic numbers especially lift her mood and put her in a totally different zone altogether.

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. says VJ and actor Cyrus Sahukar , who has sung his songs in his school band What's your favourite bathroom number? Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main from the movie Mashaal (1950), sung by Kishore Kumar.

When do you listen to music? All the time, every waking moment. What kind of music do you like listening to? Lots of 60s, 70s (classic oldies), nouvelle vague, old school rap and The Incredible Bongo Band, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Too many different artistes. What musical instrument do you play or would like to learn? Blues harp, Djembe (African drum).

And both equally badly. Your favourite singer? Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley, Geeta Dutt, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Asha Bhonsle and Kishore Kumar.

A song that holds special meaning for you? Castles In The Air by Don McLean. Listening to it is like meeting an old friend, it used to play in the house when I was a kid.

One song that always puts you in a good mood? Suspicion by Elvis and Yaar Bina Chain Kaha Re from Sahib. What's playing on your mp3 player at the moment? Nouvelle Vague's Dance With Me, Parov Stelar's Chambermaid Swing and How To Increase Your Memory, a self-help audio book.

A music icon you would love to meet and why? Leonard Cohen, because he is smarter and wiser than I will ever be, so there's lots to learn. Music to you is.

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The only reason why I did not jump onto that alien ship in March. The one voice that speaks to you is.

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Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and every song Gulzar has written. The song that you work out to.

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No Love by Eminem and Everloving by Moby. The song/album that you cry to.

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Tujhe Jaaney Bina by Ankur Tiwari . This song always moves me.

The song/album that makes you nostalgic and why? Baby Love by The Supremes. I was four and walked out of the room and saw my parents drunk for the first time and dancing to it.

Everyone seemed really happy and I got to eat chips (which I still love doing). If you could, you would like to sing a duet with.

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Billy Joel, because I was the lead singer in my school band and always sung his songs and never won. So hopefully with him around, it would sound better (less)

John was shooting in Powai with Genelia for Vipul Shah?s Force when the incident took place. Being stuck in a jam for quite some time, John decided to take a shorter route and a smaller mode of transport.

Known for his fascination for two-wheelers, the actor chose a three-wheeler instead and also drove it a part of the way. There was a massive traffic jam in Powai.

Deciding that he had had enough, John got off his car and waved an auto. Genelia too joined him.

After a point in time, John decided that he wanted to drive the vehicle. He drove the auto through a small kachcha road.

After he hit the main road, the auto driver took over again. The driver was too happy to have John and Genelia ride with him Sphere: Related Content Posted in (less)

The groom's tweet was preceded by one from actor Shahid Kapoor, announcing the wedding of his Chance Pe Dance co- star. " And G is married !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbeleivable .

:)," he posted. The wedding, held in traditional Marathi style, was attended by bigwigs from the film and political world - among them Sharad Pawar, Prithviraj Chavan, Praful Patel, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Kajol.

Riteish, wearing a white sherwani and red feta (turban), entered the Grand Hyatt on a ghodi. The baaraat started from the grounds near Grand Hyatt and reached the hotel.

The actor's politician father, Vilasrao Deshmukh, was dressed in a brown sherwani. Click here to see the pics Earlier, Riteish set the mood for the wedding with this tweet a few hours ago: "Saw the Last sunset as a Bachelor.

" Riteish and Genelia's wedding today is expected to draw bigwigs from the film industry and politics. Father of the groom, Vilasrao Deshmukh, is the former chief minister of Maharashtra and is the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences.

Riteish, Genelia's grand sangeet Both Riteish and his bride-to-be Genelia are on Twitter, this morning. Both sent tweets to Mona Kapoor, entrepreneur and first wife of producer Boney Kapoor, wishing her on her birthday.

Earlier, they posted tweets to actor Priyanka Chopra who missed their sangeet due to filming. Dressed in their best, stars at sangeet Yesterday Riteish and Genelia wrapped up chores (their last as singles).

We spotted them first at Linking Road in Bandra and later, Genelia prayed at her church. Known to be religious, Genelia wore her pre-bridal glow, which added sheen to her otherwise casual jeans and blazer look.

A party, a grand sangeet on Tuesday and rituals have preceded the wedding. While Riteish and Genelia's colleagues stepped out in their best traditional outfits and spent happy hours at the sangeet, Genelia was seen dancing her heart out at a ritual yesterday.

Moving away from tradition for a bit, a party was hosted for them by producer Sajid Nadiadwala and actor Fardeen Khan on January 24. Riteish and Genelia first met while shooting their debut film Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.

Despite leading public lives, their eight-year courtship has been largely private. Post marriage, the two will be seen together in a love story on screen - Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya - a Hindi film scheduled to release at the end of this month.

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Confirms a source, "They have been planning a wedding for a while now, and families of both stars thought that an official engagement would only be appropriate." Interestingly, not a single friend of the couple from the industry was invited to celebrate their special day.

Despite finally deciding to make it official, they stuck to a low-key ceremony with just a few family members and close friends, present. "The two have been dating for almost eight years now, but have never spoken about it.

They have not just done films together, but have also made countless appearances at parties, award functions and on red carpets," adds the source. The source adds, apparently, Riteish was very sure from the beginning that he wanted to tie the knot with Genelia.

But his family was not too happy with his decision. "They wanted him to get married to a girl from their community and so it took some time for him to convince them otherwise," says the source.

Both Genelia and Riteish were unavailable for comment. Tweet (less)

Eighteen-year-old Sen beat Mumbai boy Karan Khanna and Delhi-based Surjeet Bansal, both 24, in the final round. He walked away with the winner's trophy, Rs.

1 crore cash award as well as a Maruti Suzuki Swift car, which he can officially drive now. He also got a golden chance of getting to shake a leg with his idol, Bollywood heartthrob and the show's judge, Hrithik Roshan on the same stage.

The judges' panel also included ace choreographers Vaibhavi Merchant and Farah Khan. Surjeet Bansal, who came second, was given a cheque of Rs.

1 million each by Hrithik and the channel. He also drove him a Maruti Suzuki Swift car.

Hosted by Ayushmann Khurana, the finale's Bollywood quotient was raised by actresses Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Sonakshi Sinha. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who came to promote his superhero film RA.

One , was invited as the special guest on the show, and he added more entertainment to the ceremony. The finale also saw the presence of the Roshan family.

From Hrithik's maternal grandparents to his parents Rakesh and Pinky, his sister Sunaina, as well as his wife Suzanne came on the show. Tweet (less)

Here, she talks about the transition. You began your career with Hazaaron Khwaishein.

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It happened purely by chance. I missed a flight to Korea and got a call from a guy who had seen my music video and wanted me to audition for the role in HKA.

I had to audition four times before I finally got the role. It was only after I saw the film at a trial that I felt I had a career.

I hugged and thanked my director Sudhir Mishra . What made you switch to masala cinema? It was a conscious decision.

I was stuck in a rut doing the same intense performances in every 'arthouse' film. When Rohit Dhawan called me up for Desi Boyz, I was thrilled! Doing commercial cinema is fun.

I wanted to do something different and glamourous and it was the perfect time to have got the role. Parallel cinema is more challenging and emotionally draining.

An actor's every movement or word is laden with meaning and there are heavy layers to every character. They are never one-dimensional like masala cinema is.

What was the transition like? It's not easy doing comedy in commercial cinema. One can't overdo it.

You have to keep it real and believable or else it looks as if you are hamming. So commercial cinema is also tough in its own way.

My family is very excited about my new film and feel very proud. They say I look better than the other actress in the film but I think they're biased.

About your first ever item number in Joker..

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I got a call from Farah Khan whom I happened to meet at a parlour. I loved shooting for it so much that after five days I told director Shirish Kunder and Farah that I don't want to pack up but carry on shooting.

It's a lovely mix of lavani and other dances and a full-on passionate and sensuous number. I love dancing and am passionate about it.

What films come next? There's I Me Aur Mein with John again and Mehrunissa with Arjun Rampal (less)