One , will chat with her for an hour-long show on UTV Bindass. The two popular figures will be in conversation about Gaga's life, career and her global fan following, among other other things.

As many as 25 lucky fans or, as Gaga says, her 'monsters', will get a chance to witness the show live, and even interact with her. The show will be shown exclusively on UTV Bindass in November.

Gaga, famous for songs like Poker Face and Born This Way , is flying to India to perform at the F1 after party of the Airtel Grand Prix of India. Her performance at the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort in Greater Noida, will be on Oct 30.

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I felt shy and thought, 'It's Tony Bennett, why am I naked?" femalefirst.co.

uk quoted Gaga as saying. The pictures that Bennett sketched of Gaga, 25, will be published in Vanity Fair magazine next year.

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From a Shirish calling "Ra.One" a fizzled cracker to a Thackeray almost calling you a Pakistani loyalist, within a week - what did you do to trigger this? Both unimportant.

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let me say something sincerely. I hope it doesn't sound too rude.

Successful people do things, and get over with it, and leave others to live their life off it. I DO them.

And then I leave it to others to live their life off it. It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

Just by taking my name. And that's God's gift.

My son asked me this the other day, 6 'o' clock in the morning he called me, and asked me, Papa, people say things about you. Don't you get angry? Don't you want to beat them up? And I said no, your father is gifted with this.

That if you want to be famous, you take your dad's name. And I said the only persons I don't want to be famous by taking my name are you and your sister.

Let the rest of the world do that. And I truly mean that.

I hope that comes true. I endorse so many people free (laughs)! But surely statements such as Thackeray's must provoke you to respond? Sometimes I don't want to dignify things with answers.

And it takes a huge amount of self-restraint, patience, control, and love for your own family, to keep quiet. And dignity, and perhaps the status that I have in the eyes of the people.

I was told by Amitji once - we were sitting backstage for a show - beta, jab stardom aati hai na, koi bhi aadmi aa kar tumko thappad mar kar chala jayega. Tum use kuch nahin keh sakte.

Kyunki agar tumne kuch kaha, to tum ameer ho, gareeb pe apna dum daba rahe ho. Tumne sharab pi hui hai.

Tum gundagardi kar rahe ho. Tum arrogant ho.

Tum apne aap ko samjhte kya ho? He said these are the things they'll say. You have to keep quiet, put on your blinkers, keep walking.

And that is why successful people finally become a little reclusive. It's not the reclusion of loneliness; my reclusion is the reclusion of avoiding, of ignoring, of saying, let's move on.

Hemaji told me something like this long ago, when I was new. Somebody wrote an article which said that I'd said that Hemaji was not a good director - while I'd said nothing like that, but you know how press mein aata hai.

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so I was very scared and I said, ma'am, I didn't say anything like that. Hemaji told me see, this means, either I am very famous, or you are very famous.

And my fame has sort of reduced now, so this means you've become famous, and now this will be part of your life. The other night, I met her for the launch of her film, and she asked me - you remember na everything I said? And I said, yes, I remember everything.

So, yes, success makes people - people not related to you or to your field - like to take a dig at you. Sometimes I go to social networking sites for a while and I'm like, arre! Kaafi personal ho gaya! Quite vicious, the online tenor can be, on a bad day.

Yes, very. But then, I'm like, this is maybe a small dusty man in a small dusty room, taking out his angst, his loneliness, by taking someone's name, abusing him, and feeling happy that his achievement has been recorded.

So then I feel I'm also a source of inspiration for them, even if in a strange, negative sense. God bless them.

There is no dearth of actors - stars, rather - who share your surname. But the "Nishan-e-Pakistan" sort of compliments are usually directed exclusively at you.

Why's that? (Laughs) I know, I know what you mean. Maybe I'm too flamboyant.

Maybe like my son, I don't answer back enough..

. But why are you a target of angst across the range - from the guy in the dusty room to irked political leaders? I think I invoke radical passions in people - and that is why I am such a big star! I'll walk out with you just now, and you'll have men, women, of all nationalities, just hugging me.

I think it is the same intensity on the other side, in those who don't like my face. And I will choose to believe in the hugs more than the hatred.

Just like Hyundai uses me, as a professional, a lot of people use me unprofessionally. I've become a free-for-all brand.

I hope they come out with a rule that they can't use a person's name without paying him for it! And the most irritating part of it is one word - opinion. You ask someone, how could you say this about him? And the answer is - it's an opinion.

You're a dog - that's an opinion. You're an actor - that's also an opinion.

You're a Muslim - that's an opinion. Anything can be twisted into an opinion.

That's not good. Ek "Trimurti" mein line thi - kabhi picture mein shoot hi nahin kari woh! - mujhe badi achhi lagti thi: "Jisko dekho mera baap banna chahta hai" (laughs).

It's a strange thing. Jisko dekho mera baap banna chahta hai.

Lekin theek hai. God bless them.

So long as my children don't want to be my baap, it's ok! "RA.One's" revenues have been the subject of much national debate the past week.

Yeah..

. right now, as we sit down and talk, it is supposed to be the highest grosser, as of five days.

The business is different - number of theatres, screens, audience going in big numbers..

. so obviously the reactions are also larger, more volatile.

The projectionists have also become part of the reactions - and they like to make projections telling you that agle din business itna achha nahin hoga. Everybody has become hugely associated with the tangibility of this business.

It is unfortunate that it is so; a film should ideally be allowed to breathe, to reach people at its own pace. That was the old style.

But if you release it in the new style, like we have, with 5,000 theatres, which is the American way of doing it - and the right way - because there are no longer Silver or Golden jubilees, there's only a weekend or two of business. In the future, all big films will release in 5,000 theatres.

In an earlier interview, you said that films and filmmakers are part of a strange art form which is only measured by the yardstick of commerce. And that dichotomy is one you have to live with.

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You have to live with it, yes, you have to. Earlier, the business of films was not discussed on every platform.

Now, if I'm getting off the plane from LA, people come up to me and say, 'Sir, congratulations, what big figures!' Earlier they would come and say nice film, good role - now they talk about earnings. The applause is mixed with the jingling of coins, you have to hear both together.

It doesn't make me too happy. My heart doesn't crunch numbers.

But my business partners are happy - mazaa aa gaya reactions. I'm like, ok.

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I think a film should be measured differently also. Is it the media's obsession with you vs Salman that got translated into the almost hourly comparison of "RA.

One" vs "Dabangg"? I don't think it's just the media, honestly. I think there is a section of people related to the trade who also talk in these terms.

A trade person or a producer, he'll tell you it did well, but it didn't quite do as well as that one, or better than that one on the second day, or whatever..

. I feel conversations are not viable anymore; it's just communication.

And communication boils down to monosyllabic terms. Yes, no, ok, good, like, dislike, bye, 170 (crores).

It is no longer ki kaisi lagi picture..

. Nobody converses.

Reactions are like, wow, thumbs up, smiley. New genres, new stories are like a new shoe for a day or two.

And I've been in the business long enough to know ki yeh joota theek ho jayega. Now it'll swerve to the opposite - these figures are unheard of, etc, etc.

I would not like to participate in either of these discussions, Day 1, Day 2, week..

. the messages I get are like, '7 crores on a Monday! Super duper!' The first four days are just about communication, then it comes to conversation about a film.

Appreciating a film is like opening a wine..

. good wine needs a little breathing before you drink it.

On the point of commerce vs art: Wouldn't you be remembered for a role like "Chak De" even if that wouldn't be a movie that made a fraction of the money that "RA.One" is making? No, I don't think so, I don't think that's a case in point.

I work for now. I don't work for two things - I don't work for posterity, and I don't work for prosperity.

Some people work for prosperity. I've worked for that.

But now I am prosperous, I am ok. And I don't work for posterity.

Yaar main yeh kya nishaan chhod ke jaa raha hoon? Because posterity is not created by you; it's created by talk, by cinema, by life itself. If you're working for either of the two, you're on a shaky wicket.

I work for NOW. I want to be untouched by this whole tangibility factor.

I was speaking to Lady Gaga, I had this long interview with her, and she said some very nice things. I really appreciated it because when I say those things, I sound as if I am philosophizing too much.

But she was saying the same thing. If finally someone were to give her a choice between giving up her money, her stardom, all that she's earned, or give up singing, she'd choose not to give up singing.

If someone were to give me the choice between giving up all my cars and my money and giving up acting, I'd say, yaar, acting karte rahenge, will let those go. Maybe if you are as successful as I am today, you have that choice.

Maybe that's not a choice one has in the first two years of one's career. But this is my reality today.

I don't work for the prosperity; yes, it happens along the way, Mashallah, it's very good for the business. And I don't think about posterity.

I will not think about posterity because I still haven't ended; I think my posterity will be when I sit down and start watching my own films, which I still don't do. Never? Never, yaar.

I can't watch my own films. I've kept that for old age - ki baith ke dekhoonga, kiya kyaa.

What is old age? Old age, for me? The way I'm going, about 140. That's what my friends say.

I'm 46 now - so about a hundred to go! Your dad was 50-something when he passed away. You've talked about thinking more of mortality, and of him, when you approach 50.

Yes, then I did. But now I don't.

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because I am the healthiest I ever was right now. And I am also more relaxed.

In a happier space as a person. To me it's no longer about wanting to have my finger in every aspect of life, like I used to be maybe 15 years ago.

But ya, it is strange to think that my son today is as old as I was when my father died. I do get reminded of that, ya.

Not necessarily about mortality..

. but it's good to be reminded of that, too.

Like Steve Jobs said, if you know finally you're going to die, there seems to be no risk in anything you do in life. He said this when he had cancer.

I think our fear of mortality stops us from living life to the fullest. I am living my dreams - how many people get a chance to do that? Lady Gaga tweeted a picture with you and said 'screw Hollywood!' That must have made you happy! Yeah! Actually all the reviews of my movie in Hollywood are like that.

You should read the reviews in LA Times, New York Times..

. a journalist said to me, 'It's like we've been saying this for 8-10 years, suddenly, seeing "RA.

One", we're telling Hollywood, dude, even technically they're here now - and the cost is one-hundredth of your films.' I think it's a sign of the times, whether it's Akon or Lady Gaga, they all want to come to India.

In reverse, it took an Oscar for us to recognize the genius of a Resul. As to Lady Gaga, she's a sweet lady, really, really upfront, honest.

I spent three hours chatting with her. It was fantastic.

Simple, down-to-earth middle-class girl..

. 'Simple' and 'middle-class' are not the first words that come to mind when you speak of Lady Gaga.

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An image. An image that's bordering on the bizarre.

And it's just an image. Amazingly intellectual.

A philosopher. She is very clear.

As a person, she is so deep, she knows the philosophy of the world, she ad verbatim knows the philosophers..

. It was a great learning experience - and I say that about very few people, more so those who are 25 years old.

She said a great thing to me. She said, an artiste's personal life should not be discussed beyond a point, because it somehow blunts the art of the artiste.

People start taking the art less seriously than the personality. She says my personality is me, my art is what you see - and they are two distinct, two clear thoughts.

Seeing her on stage, you expect her to be this really wild, vivacious girl - she's actually a calm, normal person who says her most interesting pastime is cooking food for her father whenever she's in New York. Middle-class girl.

She's very clear - I just want to sing. It was a fantastic learning experience for me, and it was also stuff that I completely believe in.

Whatever I am out here is for the people - I'll dance for you, I'll do a "Chammak Challo", I'll wear a tight suit and fly if that makes you happy. But in my personal life, I'm a deeper person.

So when you say silly things about me..

. I have to disassociate and say, these guys don't even know me personally.

So the comment is unfounded. This guy doesn't even know me.

I was flipping through an article and somebody had written, 'This is the most expensive mid-life crisis of a person'. Why are you talking about my mid-life crisis? What do you know about my crisis? Or where I am? Talk about the film - that's what you're paid for.

Review the film. Don't review my personal life.

I don't sell my personal life to you. Talk about the actor, don't talk about the person.

When you make a personal remark about me, without knowing me, I have to take it like that - it's your own issues in life maybe, you're just putting it upon me because iske paas yeh sab kyun hai, hamare paas kyun nahin. I guess it's just that, finally.

Are you still an outsider in the system after all these years? Well, if you look at it, I'm an outsider, which my son won't be, so maybe he'll have it easier..

. but it's not that.

I'm told that I may be coming across as rude. I'm not really very social.

Maybe it's because I don't bend. Maybe because even in the face of bad things, I'm smiling.

It irks people sometimes. They're like, saala, akele yeh sab kaise kar leta hai? I do that because I sleep less, I work harder.

Everyone finds a different reason for my success except the fact that I act. 'Yeh marketing guru hai yaar'.

'You know what, saale ki luck chal rahi hai'. Luck chal rahi hai, for 20 years? Haan, saala, bees saal se luck hi chal rahi hai! It's 'Arre wohi kare ja raha hai, love stories karta rehta hai'.

'Gaane nikal jaate hain iske; gaane achhe mil jaate hain saale ko'. 'You know what, Muslim audience bahut pyaar karti hai isko.

' 'Overseas! Overseas ki wajah se itna chalta hai.' They find strange reasons for my success.

But the real reason is - early to bed, early to rise, work my a** off, and advertize. It's as simple as that.

I am my one man walking talking team. I can handle 5-6 things at a time.

I can handle a cricket team, I can handle production, I can set up a VFX studio, I can make the most expensive film in the country. I can still come and launch a kabaddi tournament in Bhatinda and deliver a speech at Adasia which everybody loved and still go back home and celebrate my birthday with my kids.

And I can play video games with them. And I'm not tired.

And I'm everywhere. But your being everywhere was a point of much talk in the run-up to "RA.

One" - he's on every show, everywhere..

. And why not? An actor once told me - I won't name him - 'I don't like dancing at weddings'.

I said, and how often have you been invited to dance at weddings? The answer: 'I'll never do it'. I said, pehle chance toh mile! If I'm invited, if I'm put on people's shoulders, if I'm asked to be on, from "KBC", to whatever programme - if I'm called, I like to do it, I'm ok.

This is what I'm here for. I like doing that.

You do that if you're called. Just because you're not invited, don't run down my party.

I'm invited to every party. And I like to attend all of them.

And I enjoy myself. Life is beautiful.

I am beautiful. And the few things around me that are not beautiful - I like to think of them as nazarbattoos - tils.

Woh kehte hain na, tere chehre pe yeh jo kaala sa til hai, lagta hai daulat-e-husn pe darbaan bitha rakha hai. So yeh jo negative baatein karte hain mere baare me, yeh mere daulat-e-husn ke darbaan hain, mujhe nazar lagne se bachate hain.

You looked tired, run-down sometimes while being everywhere..

. I got tired.

I fell sick, actually. I got a bronchitis attack but I couldn't stop, film ke premieres they.

Then I was on antibiotics. Superstars don't rest, do they? I sleep an average of 30-35 hours a week.

Today I slept just an hour, but on the flight from LA, I slept for 16 hours straight. I guess it comes out to an average of 5 hours.

I don't sleep very early anyway. I like that time at night.

That's the only time I get to be with myself. No cars, no clothes, no films, nothing, just my thoughts.

That's important. People think insomnia hai, but it's not that.

I like that time - 2, 3am. You hear crickets, it's quiet.

I like that time of the night. For 20 years, when so much is asked of you, and you want to give it with happiness and love, you deserve that time by yourself.

I just sit quietly, I do nothing. I'll write, or surf channels, or read a really silly book.

That time, I feel, gets me ready for the next day, more than the sleep (less)

Shah Rukh is said to have reached over an hour late to shoot an exclusive chat show with Gaga in the capital Sunday. The chat show was recorded to be telecast on UTV Bindass in November.

Of the six segments that were scheduled to be shot for the show, only four could be shot due to the resulting time constraint, a source told IANS. Gaga shot for the four segments and left for the rehearsals of her performance for the F1 after-party Sunday night.

But she didn't seem to have minded the delay at all. Instead, she gifted Shah Rukh her personal shades for his 11-year-old daughter Suhana.

SRK and Gaga had a nice time chatting with each other about life and career for the show, and even partied together later at night. As far as Shah Rukh's late coming is concerned, he made an appearance on the red carpet of F1 after-party Sunday night after making mediapersons wait for over four hours.

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She was high on energy and the audience was extremely excited about it. The stage was grand and Gaga was in her spirits," said a teenager, who saw Gaga perform at a special 20,000 sq ft construction at the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort in Greater Noida.

The party was hosted by Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal and restaurateur AD Singh's lounge-bar LAP here Sunday night (October 30, 2011). Gaga had said at a press conference that her performance would have some Indian influence.

And she kept her promise. Dressed in a white, knee-length dress with open, blonde locks, Gaga collaborated with a sitar player to offer some fusion music to the guests.

She also sang some of her popular hits as well as new songs from her latest album Born This Way , according to a party insider. She ended her performance with a warm and cheerful Namaste India , said a source.

Prior to the performance, Arjun told reporters that Gaga had rehearsed for six hours for the show. "We have the best performer in the house for the party! I saw her rehearsals and she has prepared the best.

She has planned a nice single which she has never performed before. It's from her new album and she especially prepared for her fans here.

She will also sing with a sitar player to add some Indian element," Arjun said before the party kicked off. Even actor Chunky Pandey, who caught some bits of the rehearsals, said: "She has planned a fantastic show.

I saw her rehearsals, and she is very professional. She has planned a fusion.

" Gaga's show was houseful despite a whopping ticket price of Rs.40,000.

It was a star-studded party with actors and industrialists. Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan to Vijay Mallya, Adi Godrej and Munjals, among others, attended the party and stayed till late.

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"It draws inspiration from the strugglers in the 1980s whose indomitable spirit made them emerge triumphant and create a unique space for themselves in a male-dominated film industry. The film is not a formal biopic or biography, as is being speculated.

It is a work of fiction, and any character's resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental," it added. The clarification was issued after a media report that claimed that southern sex icon Silk Smitha's brother, V.

Naga Vara Prasad, who lives in a village in Andhra Pradesh, sent a legal notice to the film's producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria for not taking permission from the late actress' family before making the movie. Prasad claims that he learned about the film through television.

Silk Smitha committed suicide in 1996. " The Dirty Picture , a spectacular musical entertainer, is in essence, a love story, and a celebration of the never-say-die spirit of every industry newcomer," said the statement.

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Sonam's doing it for a bikini bod, while her parents are doing it for fitness. The family is working out together under the watchful instructions of Los Angeles-based couple Mark and Christianne Mead - disciples of the founder of Bikram Yoga (popularly known as hot yoga).

Anil, who was in LA earlier this year, met the yoga guru, who has the likes of Madonna , Ashton Kutcher , Demi Moore , Lady Gaga and George Clooney as clients and expressed keenness to learn Bikram Yoga. However, Anil required a trainer who would be in Mumbai to teach him.

"Bikram recommended the Meads who flew in to Mumbai in July this year and have been tutoring them exclusively since," says Anil. Sonam is working out for a sequel to her latest film that will have her sporting a bikini for the first time.

She says, "I want to get fitter. And yes, I'm learning hot yoga to get a bikini body.

I don't believe one has to sport a size-zero figure to flaunt it. One just needs a fit, sexy and toned body.

" Says papa Anil, "Hot yoga has not just helped me physically but has also made me calmer. Being in the kind of business I am in, the mind tends to wander.

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If my dates are being wasted, the project becomes mine," he said in an interview. Earlier, Selva Raghavan was supposed to wield the megaphone for the film.

The 57-year-old, who has spent 50 years in front of the camera, said: "People advised, scolded and counselled me about my career. So one day I woke up and decided to nurture Kamal Haasan, the actor.

" Excerpts from the interview: Q: Viswaroopam is a project whose direction you had to take over? A: It was my project and my story. Then time was running out.

Sonakshi Sinha's dates were gone. My dates were also running out.

I do one project at a time. If the director doesn't respect my time, I will have to.

If my dates are being wasted, the project becomes mine. I've limited time, what with me celebrating a birthday every year.

I wish I could celebrate my birthday like the government, every five years. Q: Viswaroopam is said to be inspired by the Anthony Hopkins starrer Hannibal ? A: After I read that, I was really inspired to think about a film based on Hannibal .

I may do that in the future. Not this time.

Viswaroopam , I am keeping the theme close to my chest. Here in Tamil Nadu, the press has a tendency to jump the gun, draw conclusions and create trouble.

For example, if I make a spiritual film, they'll say since it's Kamal Haasan, it has to be subversive, so they'll ban it even before it's ready. Q: Where is Viswaroopam set? A: The US, India, Britain, Jordan.

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Q: It's being shot simultaneously in two languages..

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In Hindi and Tamil. My first bi-lingual since Hey Ram .

Dasavathaaram got dubbed into Hindi, but the vocabulary was twisted. Unless it's a really funny film like Appu Raja , the dubbing doesn't work.

The culture-specifications come in the way. How do I say jaise karni vaise bharni in Tamil? That's why we're doing a double version of Viswaroopam and needed a leading lady who had no fear of languages.

Om Puri saab has that fear. He refuses to do a Tamil film.

Some people fear the unknown too much. I embrace it.

Q: Viswaroopam was supposed to co-star Sonakshi Sinha. What happened? A: There were dates issue.

We tried to work it out but there were legal contracts and any delay would have had repercussions. So we had to regretfully move on.

But there was no ugliness, no bitterness or ego hassles. Q: Wasn't she really young for you? A: That was the way it was written.

I was playing my age. She was playing hers.

Q: Your leading lady in Viswaroopam ? A: She's Pooja Kumar, a Broadway actress from New York. Punjabi girl of Indian origin.

It's a big break for her. Viswaroopam is probably the biggest film being made in Tamil Nadu right now.

Q: You completed 57 years in November. Out of these 50 years in front of the camera.

Aren't you exhausted? A: The day I start looking at acting as work, I would be. Working for money or fame saps you.

I stopped doing that 25 years back. The only time I am really happy is when I am in front of the camera.

When I am not, I start ruminating, retrospecting and brooding. I equate acting to building card-houses, which I used to do as a child.

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My mother used to shout at me, 'Are you building the Taj Mahal?' For me it was building the Taj Mahal. Today, I feel like Shah Jahan trying to build something taller than me (my career).

My work is my card-house. I truly admire what they do on the beaches of Orissa.

They create true work of art on the beaches and then watch the wind and the waters sweep it away. Q: How do you manage to get so excited about your films even today? A: Because the first 100 films that I got were market-driven.

They were films which everyone presumed were going by the market demand. Actually there was so much I wanted to do.

People advised, scolded and counselled me about my career. So one day I woke up and decided to nurture Kamal Haasan, the actor.

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Gaga believes her father has earned his share of her fortune and her success has allowed him to realize a lifelong dream. He now works in the industry, managing aspiring artists.

This Thanksgiving weekend, the pop star will go home to her parents' house on the wealthy Upper West Side of Manhattan and stay in her childhood bedroom. "She still doesn't have her own place in the city.

She and her family are very tight. When Stafani told her father of her plans to become a pop star he supported her unconditionally," a friend said.

"I'm married to my dad. I'm happier than I've ever been.

I've been in my father's arms for two weeks, wishing [him] a Happy Father's Day. He is my hero," she had said.

Though friends describe Gaga as equally close with her outgoing, elegant mom, her primary relationship seems to be with her dad. Joe Germanotta made his fortune in hotel Wi-Fi, becoming wealthy enough to buy a duplex on the Upper West Side and send his daughters to the Convent of the Sacred Heart private school.

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If a deal is struck, the 53-year-old singer will follow in the footsteps of Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez and release a perfume through the company. Lady Gaga also has a fragrance coming out under the Coty banner next year.

This won't be Madonna's first foray into cosmetics, her Material Girl line, aimed at the teen market, launched nail polish, lip gloss, body sprays and lotions last month. Tweet (less)

"Yes, but I'm supposed to be, I am an artist. We wallow in loneliness and solitude our whole lives in search of the answer to hundreds and millions of questions that run through my mind.

Yes, I'm lonely. But I'm married to my loneliness," she said.

Gaga said that she would always be prepared to sacrifice love for her music, as she would die if she wasn't able to release songs into the world. "I would choose my work.

I would die without it and I could never be reborn. My biggest fear is missing out on a creative idea because of a lack if time," Gaga said.

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"The feeling is there wouldn't be an actress under 30 who wouldn't want to play her. The first job is to get financial backing from co-production companies in the States.

Some are showing interest because it's a sure-fire money-spinner. They know anything Amy-related is going to be a huge success," said a source from Winehouse's family.

Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her home in Camden July 23 after a long battle with drugs and alcohol. Tweet (less)

Buzz is that the international super-star might do a song for SRK in his next production RA.One .

Khan was introduced to Gaga by his good friend and co-star Priyanka Chopra . There are discussions at this stage there are discussions about incorporating a song which will be used to promote the film at a later stage.

A source rebeals, "Gaga is hugely inspired by India. She loves the fashion sense and the ethnic and traditional look.

Her manager is discussing a possibility of her appearing a desi avatar for the music video which might also feature Shah Rukh." Even though talks are in the initial stage, sources confirm that Gaga has already given the go ahead and plans to come down to India to discuss the project soon (less)

A source close to the singer says that she sees herself as a pop version of Diana, who died at the age of 36 following a car accident in Paris in 1997, reported Sun online. "Gaga has always been absolutely fixated on Diana and sees herself as a 21st-century incarnation of her.

She knows she is almost as recognisable as Diana and is hounded by photographers and fans on the same level," the source said. "Gaga has had dreams about dying the same way as her and has genuine fears that her fame could literally kill her, either in a chase or at the hands of crazies," it added.

Gaga has previously said that she is obsessed by the charity work and fashion sense of Diana. She has lifted costume ideas from the Princess's wardrobe.

And the idea behind Gaga's 2009 hit 'Paparazzi' also stemmed from the death of the Royal. "Diana was the most iconic martyr of fame.

She died because of it," said Gaga, who played a piano version of her new song to a select few last month. One critic described it as packed with "bitter lyrics" around a "trademark catchy chorus".

Fans have already flooded websites with messages saying they cannot wait to hear the new track. Tweet (less)

Gave me her glasses for my daughter. yippeee.

.brownie points unlimited," Shah Rukh posted on his Twitter page.

Gaga has gifted the same shades to Suhana that she wore during her press conference in the capital Friday afternoon. Incidentally, it is Suhana thanks to whom Shah Rukh got hooked to Gaga's music.

"My daughter is a big fan of Lady Gaga. She listens to her music and introduced me to her music, and I am also a fan of her now," King Khan told reporters at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida Sunday night.

SRK, who will celebrate his 46th birthday Wednesday, sat down with Gaga for an exclusive tete-e-tete before the party. Shah Rukh's hope of working with Gaga for a song for his film "RA.

One" remained unfulfilled due to time constraints, but he was delighted when he got to meet her for the chat show, to be telecast on UTV Bindass in November. Of his experience of chatting with Gaga, SRK told reporters: "It (the interaction) was very nice.

She (Gaga) was very sweet. I sat with her for a couple of hours and exchanged a lot of good things about life.

She is very deep, very sweet." He also joined her at the party, organised by actor Arjun Rampal and restaurateur A.

D.Singh's lounge-bar Lap.

Gaga came to India Thursday night, addressed a press conference Friday and performed for her Indian fans Sunday. Her performance will be telecast on UTV Stars.

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"I love food. I love trying out different types of cuisine.

I love eating in different kinds of restaurants, trying out new things and I think I have the luxury to do that because I travel a lot," said Deepika at the unveiling of a food magazine. She feels staying fit is about following the right diet.

"It's about eating correctly, healthy and eating what suits your body. I don't believe in dieting.

For me, diet is about eating correctly and eating healthy," Deepika said. Last seen in Aarakshan , the 25-year-old is geared up for her next, Desi Boyz , which is coming out Nov 25.

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The recording session was shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe as part of a documentary on the American crooner. It was the last recording Amy Winehouse did before her sudden death on July 23.

The singer was found dead in her London flat by her bodyguard. The cause of death is still pending.

Body and Soul is one of 17 tracks to be included on Bennett's forthcoming album, which features live recordings with other celebrated artists such as Lady Gaga, Michael Buble, Queen Latifah, Carrie Underwood and John Mayer. A percentage of the proceeds raised from the sale of the Body and Soul single will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

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The channel has sent out a casting call to find an actress to play the superstar in the movie as Gaga is not involved in the project, reports contactmusic.com.

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The format of the special show is different and in her exclusive interview, Simi presents Lady Gaga's life story interspersed with her interview and her chartbusting music that has put her on the international map in no time. The maverick singer, who is known for her bizarre fashion sense and outlandish hairstyle, opens up to the veteran host about her love for India besides other things.

On being asked if she aware there is massive craze about her visit to India, the singer said she is aware but is sad about the mis-reportage of her. She added money has never been her criteria.

"I don't have money - whatever I have I spend on my shows," she added. On her plans of coming to India, Simi says, "She was quite upset at the media reports that she will not be doing a concert in India because she wants more money.

She said it was entirely untrue. She is dying to connect to India, loves Indian food and she knows she has hordes of fans in India.

So she is coming to India in October, she said, not for a concert, as she has to shoot for her new video, but for a promotional tour". What may take Lady Gaga's Indian fans by surprise is that she not only is aware of Indian film industry but finds Bollywood interesting and wants to know more about it too.

The singer confessed on the show that she is in awe of Bollywood. "I love it.

It's completely surreal and genius," she said. Lady Gaga's love for India is not just limited to Bollywood, as the 25-year-old singer also vows her love for Indian cuisine.

"I love Indian food. I love spicy curry.

I used to eat Indian food in New York," she says. As a special gift, Simi gifts Lady Gaga Farah Khan's Bollywood dances DVD.

And this is what Simi had to say about it, "You know I had a feeling, with her pace of life, Gaga couldn't have seen much of our Bollywood stuff. Who better to give an introduction to Bollywood dances & songs than Farah Khan? So I asked my dear friend Farah to please make a DVD for Gaga.

Farah got it done for me overnight. I specially asked her to put Chaiyya, Sheila, Munni, Dhoom Tana and Gaga was thrilled to get the DVD! "Oh my God I would love to see this!' she said, 'I'm going to watch this tonight!' She gave it to her assistant, 'Please give this to me tonight'.

Again, I put all Farah's contact details on the label. You never know when good things can happen.

" And that's not all, Simi also gifts Lady Gaga a beautiful lehnga designed by Anamika Khanna. The lehenga is black in colour and fully encrusted in pearls, gold and silver and weighs as much as 10 kilos! Later on in the show, Lady Gaga compliments Simi for her dress.

She said: "You are not dressed regularly. You look like a fashionista in my eyes.

" Gaga, who is popular for making outrageous comments every now and then also said, "All my lashes are in the shower. Every morning I obsessively line them up.

" And while she may be the reigning pop star and have the world swooning to her numbers, but Lady Gaga claims that she is a loner at heart. "I'm lonely and married to loneliness," Lady Gaga said.

The singer also disclosed her greatest fear on the show. "I am afraid of missing out on a creative idea because of lack of time.

" Gaga claims that music is her life and that "I would die without my work. I'm reborn every time with my new song and new album," she said.

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"I love food. I love trying out different types of cuisine.

I love eating in different kinds of restaurants, trying out new things and I think I have the luxury to do that because I travel a lot," said Deepika at the unveiling of a food magazine. She feels staying fit is about following the right diet.

"It's about eating correctly, healthy and eating what suits your body. I don't believe in dieting.

For me, diet is about eating correctly and eating healthy," Deepika said. Last seen in "Aarakshan", the 25-year-old is geared up for her next,"Desi Boys", which is coming out Nov 25 (less)

"It draws inspiration from the strugglers in the 1980s whose indomitable spirit made them emerge triumphant and create a unique space for themselves in a male-dominated film industry. The film is not a formal biopic or biography, as is being speculated.

It is a work of fiction, and any character's resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental," it added. The clarification was issued after a media report that claimed that southern sex icon Silk Smitha's brother, V.

Naga Vara Prasad, who lives in a village in Andhra Pradesh, sent a legal notice to the film's producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria for not taking permission from the late actress' family before making the movie. Prasad claims that he learned about the film through television.

Silk Smitha committed suicide in 1996. " The Dirty Picture , a spectacular musical entertainer, is in essence, a love story, and a celebration of the never-say-die spirit of every industry newcomer," said the statement.

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"Everyone seems to be happy with Ra.One in Los Angeles.

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I feel so touched and happy. Now off to Delhi for formula1 and lady gaga show!! (sic)," Shah Rukh Khan wrote on twitter.

Actor Arjun Rampal said, "In Delhi released RA1 now for F1, the setting looking awesome, will send pics through this weekend, as sport and glamour come together. Kids met Lady Gaga, and are over the moon.

She was amazing with them. Can't wait for her performance.

" "On my way to the F1 qualifying. It is going to be incredible," actor Fardeen Khan said.

Actor Jackky Bhagnani tweeted, "On my way to Delhi for the F1 looking forward to it should be one hell of an experience." "Good morning people of the world.

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I am in Delhi and I can't make it for the F1, how unfortunate is that..

." actor Arshad Warsi tweeted.

Others Bollywood personalities who are already present at the event are Gul Panag and Chunky Pandey. Tweet (less)

Says a source,"He often wonders why people get tattoos done. One's body is their temple and should be kept like that and taken care of.

One needs to take utmost care of their body and treat it well, and he does it himself. For John, his body is of utmost importance.

He takes very good care of his body by eating right and working out well to be in good shape." In fact, he never misses working out and hits the gym no matter how late he gets back from his shoot.

Even when he was in London for his shoots recently, he never went partying because his health is most important to him. Watch Video'+'';} else {tmpdiV="";} var b1=""; var b2=""; var hid="526"; if(sldemsidcnt>1){imglinksh='View Images';}else{imglinksh='View Image';} var b2 = ''+''+ capt +''+ tmpdiV +''; bellyad.

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"I think Lady Gaga has taken it to the extreme and nobody had dared to go there before. I think she's fascinating.

I mean, I'm not as brave or as bold as to do some of the things she does, but I admire her a lot," she said. The singer also said that while she would like to take her love of tattoos to the next level and get her back completely covered in inkings, she wouldn't dare.

"I would like to, but I wouldn't dare. But I would like to - I like the idea of it," she added.

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"It (the interaction) was very nice. She (Gaga) was very sweet.

I sat with her for a couple of hours and exchanged a lot of good things about life. She is very deep, very sweet," Shah Rukh told reporters at the red carpet of the F1 after-party here late Sunday night.

Shah Rukh wanted to collaborate with Gaga for a song for his latest release " RA.One ".

But the plan couldn't materialise due to time constraints. However, he caught up with the "Poker face" singer for a chat for UTV Bindass' exclusive show.

The 45-year-old says he became a Gaga fan thanks to his daughter, Suhana, 11. "My daughter is a big fan of Lady Gaga.

She listens to her music and introduced me to her music, and I am also a fan of her now," he said. Shah Rukh came in straight from Toronto to watch the first F1 race in India here Sunday and loved the experience.

"It was very noisy, very energetic, highly energising and very well-organised," he said, adding that he is proud of the event. "It's a big occasion.

It's quite marvellous. I think we should all celebrate the fact that we had such a big event here," he added (less)

Shah Rukh is said to have reached over an hour late to shoot an exclusive chat show with Gaga in the capital Sunday. The chat show was recorded to be telecast on UTV Bindass in November.

Of the six segments that were scheduled to be shot for the show, only four could be shot due to the resulting time constraint, a source told IANS. Gaga shot for the four segments and left for the rehearsals of her performance for the F1 after-party Sunday night.

But she didn't seem to have minded the delay at all. Instead, she gifted Shah Rukh her personal shades for his 11-year-old daughter Suhana.

SRK and Gaga had a nice time chatting with each other about life and career for the show, and even partied together later at night. As far as Shah Rukh's late coming is concerned, he made an appearance on the red carpet of F1 after-party Sunday night after making mediapersons wait for over four hours.

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Buzz is that the international super-star might do a song for SRK in his next production RA.One .

Khan was introduced to Gaga by his good friend and co-star Priyanka Chopra . There are discussions at this stage there are discussions about incorporating a song which will be used to promote the film at a later stage.

A source rebeals, "Gaga is hugely inspired by India. She loves the fashion sense and the ethnic and traditional look.

Her manager is discussing a possibility of her appearing a desi avatar for the music video which might also feature Shah Rukh." Even though talks are in the initial stage, sources confirm that Gaga has already given the go ahead and plans to come down to India to discuss the project soon (less)

One". After joking that he will strip if the audience finds his speech too long or too boring, Shah Rukh Khan sort of put all speculations about him collaborating with Lady Gaga to rest when he said at an event in Delhi, "Lady Gaga inspires me.

I've been chatting up with her over a song that I want to do with her. Her manager was telling me, Lady Gaga wants to introduce her audience to you and she wants to be introduced to your audience.

" He said he's changed his music choices, thanks to his kids. Now whether it's real, or it's one smart way to get Lady Gaga to sing for him, we don't know.

But SRK said, "I don't listen to Raag Bhairavi any more. I listen to Lady Gaga.

My son and daughter have also converted me from " Saturday Night Fever " to Justin Bieber." There's one other thing that the actor revealed - though in a matter-of-fact tone - that he was writing a book.

"My mother used to say that for every flash of the photobulb, zindagi ka ek second khatam ho jaata hai. But that is what I love the most about being an actor.

I'm writing a book that ends with..

. 'Wanting so many flashbulbs in a second, that I die in that one second'.

" That was not all, in those few minutes with the mike, he also managed to pull quite a few heartstrings. "I sell dreams," he said a few moments later, referring to why he never says he is the best, "I'll do anything to make people smile.

That is why I became an actor. I'll do anything - dance at weddings, stand on my head.

I'll sell my body if it makes you smile. I want to make movies so damned big, so grand, that my parents up in heaven can sit on a star, and watch it and say, that's my son's film.

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" said SRK, with a smile, and the ladies sighed! SRK wishes Sallu I don't know the details of Salman's injury, but I think all of us, including myself, pray for his speedious (that's what he said) recovery and I want him to come back completely cured. Salman's a tough guy and Insha Allah he will recover very very fast and he needs to come back to where he belongs, which is to the top of his game.

I dont think me saying that makes any difference but all of us, while he is away, will make sure that we look after "Bodyguard" (less)

Shah Rukh is said to have reached over an hour late to shoot an exclusive chat show with Gaga in the capital Sunday. The chat show was recorded to be telecast on UTV Bindass in November.

Of the six segments that were scheduled to be shot for the show, only four could be shot due to the resulting time constraint, a source told IANS. Gaga shot for the four segments and left for the rehearsals of her performance for the F1 after-party Sunday night.

But she didn't seem to have minded the delay at all. Instead, she gifted Shah Rukh her personal shades for his 11-year-old daughter Suhana.

SRK and Gaga had a nice time chatting with each other about life and career for the show, and even partied together later at night. As far as Shah Rukh's late coming is concerned, he made an appearance on the red carpet of F1 after-party Sunday night after making mediapersons wait for over four hours (less)

If the plot of the movie highlights food, the shoot destination Ludhiana, too boasts of a rich culinary heritage. Amid all this Kunal could not stop digging into the sumptuous Punjabi food.

"It's nice to eat Punjabi cuisine as it's not only tasty but also quite healthy. But in all this I ate so much that once I get back to Mumbai I will have to start exercising to get in shape," said Kunal.

Sources said Kunal could not stop himself from eating, as he's a thorough foodie. The movie is about a joint Punjabi family which bonds over food.

"It's a different movie, probably the first one that has food in everything," he said. We hear Kunal ate tandoori chicken besides trying its other greasy variants.

"I am trying to cut on eating as it's making me fat," he laughed. However, Kunal relished every moment he spent in Punjab.

"I even tasted utterly delicious food in the rural belt. Pure ghee, fat laden milk and other things I was in a village called Lalto where the villagers would get me some ethnic Punjabi dishes.

Who cares about weight when you get to eat such rich food? I will get rid of extra fat by spending time in the gym," he said (less)

E --told The Sun newspaper: "Madonna is planning a huge comeback and was determined to do it at Hyde Park while the Olympics are on. "She's been out of the limelight musically for a while but is ready to jump back into the saddle and thinks there's no better time to do it than when London hosts the Olympics.

" Earlier this week, it was also revealed Madonna is to perform at next February's Super Bowl, where she will headline the annual NFL match after beating off competition from Lady Gaga. A source said: "When Madonna heard Gaga was in the frame, she knew she had to step up her efforts.

She is going to deliver the kind of show never seen before in NFL history." In headlining the prestigious sporting event, Madonna is following in the footsteps of stars including the Rolling Stones, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake and the late Michael Jackson.

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Gave me her glasses for my daughter. yippeee.

.brownie points unlimited," Shah Rukh posted on his Twitter page.

Gaga has gifted the same shades to Suhana that she wore during her press conference in the capital Friday afternoon. Incidentally, it is Suhana thanks to whom Shah Rukh got hooked to Gaga's music.

"My daughter is a big fan of Lady Gaga. She listens to her music and introduced me to her music, and I am also a fan of her now," King Khan told reporters at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida Sunday night.

SRK, who will celebrate his 46th birthday Wednesday, sat down with Gaga for an exclusive tete-e-tete before the party. Shah Rukh's hope of working with Gaga for a song for his film "RA.

One" remained unfulfilled due to time constraints, but he was delighted when he got to meet her for the chat show, to be telecast on UTV Bindass in November. Of his experience of chatting with Gaga, SRK told reporters: "It (the interaction) was very nice.

She (Gaga) was very sweet. I sat with her for a couple of hours and exchanged a lot of good things about life.

She is very deep, very sweet." He also joined her at the party, organised by actor Arjun Rampal and restaurateur A.

D.Singh's lounge-bar Lap.

Gaga came to India Thursday night, addressed a press conference Friday and performed for her Indian fans Sunday. Her performance will be telecast on UTV Stars.

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"It draws inspiration from the strugglers in the 1980s whose indomitable spirit made them emerge triumphant and create a unique space for themselves in a male-dominated film industry. The film is not a formal biopic or biography, as is being speculated.

It is a work of fiction, and any character's resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental," it added. The clarification was issued after a media report that claimed that southern sex icon Silk Smitha's brother, V.

Naga Vara Prasad, who lives in a village in Andhra Pradesh, sent a legal notice to the film's producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria for not taking permission from the late actress' family before making the movie. Prasad claims that he learned about the film through television.

Silk Smitha committed suicide in 1996. " The Dirty Picture , a spectacular musical entertainer, is in essence, a love story, and a celebration of the never-say-die spirit of every industry newcomer," said the statement.

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Southern superstar Venkatesh was also present. While Preity, Fardeen and Nikhil chose to go for all-black look, Sudhir stuck to his signature style with jeans and a jacket.

Suzanne Roshan was spotted on the second day as well, however, after going green on the previous day, she chose for an all-black outfit this time. Nikhil, completely soaked in the F1 spirit, said he is eagerly looking forward for the performance of international pop icon Lady Gaga .

"I am really looking forward to the performance of Lady Gaga. I am sure it will be a rocking show," said Nikhil, who has made films like "Kal Ho Naa Ho" and "Patiala House".

While filmmaker Sudhir was all excited about F1, he seemed disinterested when asked about Gaga's performance. "I like the rush of the game, I like the sport a lot.

Although I didn't see the qualifiers today but before coming here I visited the track, it is amazing and I have heard that it's the fastest track ever made," said Sudhir, who calls himself a fan of F1 champ and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel . "I am not a big fan of Gaga, so I can't really say much what the performance would be like," he added (less)

If my dates are being wasted, the project becomes mine," he said in an interview. Earlier, Selva Raghavan was supposed to wield the megaphone for the film.

The 57-year-old, who has spent 50 years in front of the camera, said: "People advised, scolded and counselled me about my career. So one day I woke up and decided to nurture Kamal Haasan, the actor.

" Excerpts from the interview: Q: Viswaroopam is a project whose direction you had to take over? A: It was my project and my story. Then time was running out.

Sonakshi Sinha's dates were gone. My dates were also running out.

I do one project at a time. If the director doesn't respect my time, I will have to.

If my dates are being wasted, the project becomes mine. I've limited time, what with me celebrating a birthday every year.

I wish I could celebrate my birthday like the government, every five years. Q: Viswaroopam is said to be inspired by the Anthony Hopkins starrer Hannibal ? A: After I read that, I was really inspired to think about a film based on Hannibal .

I may do that in the future. Not this time.

Viswaroopam , I am keeping the theme close to my chest. Here in Tamil Nadu, the press has a tendency to jump the gun, draw conclusions and create trouble.

For example, if I make a spiritual film, they'll say since it's Kamal Haasan, it has to be subversive, so they'll ban it even before it's ready. Q: Where is Viswaroopam set? A: The US, India, Britain, Jordan.

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Q: It's being shot simultaneously in two languages..

. A: That's right.

In Hindi and Tamil. My first bi-lingual since Hey Ram .

Dasavathaaram got dubbed into Hindi, but the vocabulary was twisted. Unless it's a really funny film like Appu Raja , the dubbing doesn't work.

The culture-specifications come in the way. How do I say jaise karni vaise bharni in Tamil? That's why we're doing a double version of Viswaroopam and needed a leading lady who had no fear of languages.

Om Puri saab has that fear. He refuses to do a Tamil film.

Some people fear the unknown too much. I embrace it.

Q: Viswaroopam was supposed to co-star Sonakshi Sinha. What happened? A: There were dates issue.

We tried to work it out but there were legal contracts and any delay would have had repercussions. So we had to regretfully move on.

But there was no ugliness, no bitterness or ego hassles. Q: Wasn't she really young for you? A: That was the way it was written.

I was playing my age. She was playing hers.

Q: Your leading lady in Viswaroopam ? A: She's Pooja Kumar, a Broadway actress from New York. Punjabi girl of Indian origin.

It's a big break for her. Viswaroopam is probably the biggest film being made in Tamil Nadu right now.

Q: You completed 57 years in November. Out of these 50 years in front of the camera.

Aren't you exhausted? A: The day I start looking at acting as work, I would be. Working for money or fame saps you.

I stopped doing that 25 years back. The only time I am really happy is when I am in front of the camera.

When I am not, I start ruminating, retrospecting and brooding. I equate acting to building card-houses, which I used to do as a child.

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My mother used to shout at me, 'Are you building the Taj Mahal?' For me it was building the Taj Mahal. Today, I feel like Shah Jahan trying to build something taller than me (my career).

My work is my card-house. I truly admire what they do on the beaches of Orissa.

They create true work of art on the beaches and then watch the wind and the waters sweep it away. Q: How do you manage to get so excited about your films even today? A: Because the first 100 films that I got were market-driven.

They were films which everyone presumed were going by the market demand. Actually there was so much I wanted to do.

People advised, scolded and counselled me about my career. So one day I woke up and decided to nurture Kamal Haasan, the actor.

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"Someone is making false copyright claims against the Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga channels and YouTube has blocked access to the videos as a result. We are working with YouTube to resolve ASAP," tmz.

com quoted a source as saying. A mystery YouTube account by the name of iLCreation has claimed copyright ownership of Bieber's channel therefore his entire video collection has been removed from the site until the matter is resolved.

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But for his 46th birthday Wednesday, superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he wants some relaxed time with friends and family. "I am just really very tired.

I have just come in from Toronto and LA. The race has exhausted me.

So I am just going to go, hang out with my friends. I will be be in Mumbai with my friends and family," Shah Rukh told reporters at the red carpet of the F1 after-party here late Sunday.

The actor, who plays a superhero in "RA.One", has been acting like one in real life, thanks to the number of promotional and marketing activities he planned around the release of his most ambitious home production.

After multi-city promotions in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bhopal, Vadodara, Chennai and Bangalore, Shah Rukh went to Dubai , London , Toronto and Los Angeles . The exhaustion reflected in his eyes and in his voice too.

Though he was excited about attending the F1 party where international pop star Lady Gaga performed, he was quite unsure of his own birthday bash. "I don't know (whether I will throw a party or not).

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let's see," Shah Rukh told IANS. Shah Rukh's wife Gauri was also seen at the party's red carpet (less)

"I know Lady Gaga really well. And for Christmas I'd get her a Betty Crocker cookbook.

That and a subscription to Good Housekeeping, because those are the two things I know she doesn't have. Maybe I'd also get her a bible, actually," Cooper said.

The rocker, whose real is name Vincent Furnier also said that he relates to the Bad Romance singer because their on stage alter-egos are very different to who they are in real life. "She created a character named Gaga.

I created a character called Alice Cooper that I play. I'm not Alice now, I'll be Alice tonight.

She writes songs for her, I write songs for Alice. I think she's great," he added.

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Skipper M S Dhoni and his boys in blue took millions of Indians on a joy ride when Team India lifted the World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the finals. Anna Takes it All We all have lived with the big 'C' word for years.

But Anna Hazare turned it into a mass movement. Suddenly Gandhi cap became omnipresent.

Candlenight vigils across the country gave many sleepless nights to politicians. Lokpal Bill became the buzzword.

Part two begins now. A Cruise to India Tom Cruise finally made his trip to India mission possible.

Even as his blink and miss co-star Anil Kapoor could not stop talking about Cruise's visit, reports said cheering fans were hired for `300. B Bonanza She is yet to be named, but Beti B is already a limelight stealer.

Doting granddaddy, the omnipresent Big B tweeted little details about her birth, while her parents (Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) are simply bowled over. India Goes Gaga A global icon with a voice that creates waves.

For nothing, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta better known as Lady Gaga created a tsunami of fan hysteria when she visited India. Even celebrities could not stop gushing about their one minute interaction with her.

Big Ticket Move over story-lines. It's time to talk about superheroes, SFX and `100 crore budget films.

"RA.One" had all of that, plus an Akon number in Hindi and took filmmaking to new highs.

Last heard: SRK is already scouting for sponsors and scripts for a sequel! The New Crorepati Motihari became the cynosure of all eyes. From just earning `6000 a month to a billionaire, Sushil Kumar had just 13 questions in between.

The small town man with a charming smile won hearts and set the TRPs of the Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 rolling high. Poor? Not Really You can't be poor if you are spending `32 in urban India.

At least the government thought so. Did anybody check the inflation rate? Missing Ratna His fans are all disappointed.

For days, the talk was only about speculations on Sachin Tendulkar getting the Bharat Ratna. We have to wait, it seems.

Rolling Tracks F-1 in Buddha circuit was the world's second fastest. As the dream machines rolled on enviable tracks, India reveled in sheer ecstasy.

Sky in your palms A new tablet called Aakash priced at `2500 is all set to change the face India's tech revolution. And e-learning will now hit new milestones.

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com, not many know that the 25-year-old, who took up the role of a creative director for the corporation last year, is releasing her very first product in the form of Polaroid Gl 10 Instant Mobile (less)

One , will chat with her for an hour-long show on UTV Bindass. The two popular figures will be in conversation about Gaga's life, career and her global fan following, among other other things.

As many as 25 lucky fans or, as Gaga says, her 'monsters', will get a chance to witness the show live, and even interact with her. The show will be shown exclusively on UTV Bindass in November.

Gaga, famous for songs like Poker Face and Born This Way , is flying to India to perform at the F1 after party of the Airtel Grand Prix of India. Her performance at the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort in Greater Noida, will be on Oct 30.

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Gaga wore her hair in blonde curls and sported red lipstick in honour of the late screen icon, before serenading him in a moment reminiscent of the night Monroe sang to President John F Kennedy. The singer changed the words of her hit track Bad Romance to Bill Romance in honour of the former president.

"First real Marilyn moment. I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn't involve pills and a strand of pearls," Gaga said.

Clinton joked to the crowd, "How cool is it to be 65 and you get Lady Gaga, come on?..

. And then I wondered.

..

she said she was going to have a Marilyn moment, I thought, 'By God I get Lady Gaga and I will have a heart attack celebrating my 65th birthday." Other performers at the show included Kenny Chesney, Usher and Stevie Wonder.

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"Everyone seems to be happy with Ra.One in Los Angeles.

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I feel so touched and happy. Now off to Delhi for formula1 and lady gaga show!! (sic)," Shah Rukh Khan wrote on twitter.

Actor Arjun Rampal said, "In Delhi released RA1 now for F1, the setting looking awesome, will send pics through this weekend, as sport and glamour come together. Kids met Lady Gaga, and are over the moon.

She was amazing with them. Can't wait for her performance.

" "On my way to the F1 qualifying. It is going to be incredible," actor Fardeen Khan said.

Actor Jackky Bhagnani tweeted, "On my way to Delhi for the F1 looking forward to it should be one hell of an experience." "Good morning people of the world.

..

I am in Delhi and I can't make it for the F1, how unfortunate is that..

." actor Arshad Warsi tweeted.

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Don't we all watch those good-looking people on TV and think, look how skinny that girl is! Or check out that guy's abs. Some people are just lucky to have a figure like that, aren't they? Well I agree that some of us are born lucky.

They have a faster metabolism and don't put on weight as easily as others. But I am not one of them.

I love food and can gain weight pretty easily. Yet I have a career in the glamour industry, which means that I have to look good every single day.

Let me tell you this is hard work. I have to constantly watch myself and I need to exercise regularly.

Otherwise I'd be out of a job. I was aware of this from the very beginning of my career as even Renata used to tell us that we needed to start watching what we ate so we din't gain any weight.

To me it was simple maths: more food=less job. So I started getting conscious about what I ate and how my body looked and inevitably compared myself with models on TV, from the time Dita got me into it by showing me magazines and introducing the fashion world to me.

I would admire their bodies, and wish I could be skinnier even though I definitely didn't need to lose any weight then. I didn't know then that there is a big difference between being skinny and being fit.

For me these were the top models of the world and, if I wanted to become one of them, I needed to look exactly as they did. So instead of being a happy sixteen-year-old who lives a fun teenage life, worrying about boys and what to wear to a Friday night party, I started developing a fear of becoming fat.

I began to monitor everything I ate (I conned myself into calling it 'being professional'). I would forbid myself from eating anything that looked sinful (even though for others that may be just a normal meal).

For example if I ate a plate of pasta, I felt instantly fat. Or even just things like dumplings, which were part of every other traditional Czech meal, I was afraid to eat as I thought I could gain weight.

Soon I started considering almost all normal food fattening unless it was steamed or cooked in water. So while my friends had a normal meal for lunch after school, I ordered a salad with a low-fat dressing on the side and made sure I ate only half of it.

Of course I stared at my friends' plates wishing I could eat their food instead, but whenever such a thought crossed my mind, I would just tell myself: 'Hey! You are the one who is a model here, who gets to travel and earn money while all your friends are penniless! So some sacrifice is okay for being the lucky one here, don't you think? So keep quiet and eat your salad!' By the time my friends were done eating I would still be hungry though. I was used to having my stomach half empty and in a way I liked feeling light as it made me feel skinny but the appetite was a problem.

Luckily there was a solution to this problem, a way to kill the taste buds: a cigarette. Or even better, a cigarette and coffee.

Smoking at sixteen was not that abnormal really, many teenagers do it. I started having a cigarette with coffee after meals even though I didn't even like the taste in the beginning, but well, you get used to it.

I never really thought it was a cool thing to do. No doubt it was stupid.

But for me the cigarette was just something that I was allowed to have as it had no calories. It was something I could have when I couldn't have food.

I wouldn't smoke that much, maybe two, three a day but it was like my comfort food. And it did the trick.

Whenever I felt like eating something I shouldn't, I just had a smoke and the desire would vanish. I could do without sweets really but I did crave the traditional Czech foods my friends would eat at the pub.

One of my favourites was duck with dumplings and cabbage, a typical dish we ate growing up. But when I started modelling, what do you think happened to my beloved duck? It got blacklisted.

As did many other foods. Any kind of fattening meat, bread, white rice, potatoes, all cheese, pizza (of course!), dumplings, fruit that was cooked, sugar (not even one teaspoon in tea), cream (oh keep on dreaming!), normal milk (low fat was allowed as long as it was just in coffee, not a full glass of course), oh yeah and pasta (any kind that is).

I don't think I need to mention that any kind of sweet was out of the question. So much so that I began to fear my own birthday because I knew I would want to eat the cake but I couldn't.

The only sweet thing I was allowed was fruit (as long as it was fresh, because preserved fruit has sugar in it) and also a bit of dried fruits and honey at times. Fruit juices were also forbidden as they are too concentrated in sugars and calories.

So what did I actually eat you may ask, right? Well, I ate a lot, don't worry! A lot of vegetables, that is. Big salads with low-fat dressing, some tuna in it here and there (tuna in a can preserved in water and not oil, mind you) and egg whites, the yellow carefully taken out, or steamed vegetables and vegetable soups.

I would also have brown rice or a piece of low-fat rice cracker with it or something like that. Anything that said low calorie and fat free on the cover was good so I'd often spend hours in the shop studying all the food labels.

One thing is for sure, I would never ever have bread under any circumstances. Bread was the biggest evil of all (and I am obsessed with bread by the way).

The amazing thing is that while most people would totally freak out if they were given such a diet, I actually learned to enjoy eating veggies. And luckily my most favourite food since childhood is the apple.

Not even the duck beats it. But of course I hated not being able to eat like normal people.

I thought it was unfair and too big a sacrifice. But then again, I told myself that it was I who chose this, and I better accept it and stop complaining.

My friends and boyfriends all rather admired the way I ate--it looked healthy from the outside because it's not that I would not eat at all in front of them. I would just eat veggies and not the yummy-looking, sinful foods they would eat.

They admired me for having such a strong will and saying no to temptation, yet, at the same time, none of them wanted to be in my place. And even though I looked skinny, I never looked bulimic skinny, so no one really considered me unhealthy.

And at home, they just respected that I did this job and therefore had to eat the way I did, so no one would force me into eating anything particular. I tried keeping my mind busy just so I didn't think of food.

But at night I couldn't escape my longings. In my dreams I would be eating chocolate cakes, pizza with double cheese or my darling duck.

Inevitably fear would overwhelm me, a fear that I was growing fat. I can't tell you what a relief it was to wake up.

A few months into modelling, the extreme of non-eating brought on the other extreme as well--overeating. After school, I would head home skipping the school canteen lunch (I thought it was too fattening), planning to cook some veggies with brown rice at home instead.

But on the way, passing by a big supermarket, I would go inside and buy myself an apple or a pear. Sometimes a friend would come with me and pick up some junk food such as my favourite Prince biscuits.

Of course they would share it with me and I couldn't say no. Now it wouldn't be a big deal if I just had one or two or even three biscuits.

But once I started, I couldn't stop, because it felt like a unique opportunity that wouldn't happen again. Just like if you were to give a drink to an alcoholic who's been trying real hard to abstain.

I just had to finish the entire packet! I would of course feel unhappy once I had finished the whole pack. Actually no, I began feeling unhappy as I ate it, the guilt and fear growing inside me with every biscuit I ate.

It was more of a need and it didn't feel positive. Looking back I think I was just angry.

Angry that I couldn't be like others and eat normally, angry that if I did eat I wasn't disciplined enough. 'It's okay,' I told myself upon finishing it.

'Tomorrow I'll start my diet again and eat only fruits the whole day, no other food! It will be like a fast and I'm sure that will help me lose what I have gained. But now since I have already sinned--which meant in my head that the day was already 'spoiled'--let me have something more to enjoy myself.

' And then I'd go back to the supermarket and buy a few more things like a candy bar (or two different ones as I couldn't decide which one I wanted more and didn't want to end up feeling disappointed choosing the wrong one as this was a 'unique opportunity'), some pastry or a sandwich, simply anything with bread, and maybe even a piece of pizza. I'd start eating it right away, not even waiting to get home and I'd finish it all at breakneck speed.

I'd feel really stuffed afterwards and the feeling of guilt would get worse by the minute. I'd promise myself I would never do this again, and I'd go on a proper diet from tomorrow.

The next day, I'd feel bloated and puffed up, especially on my face and around the belly. To me this was the fat I had gained, but in fact (as I learned later) it was water retention as the body tries to deal with the acidity from eating all that sugar and junk by retaining water to dilute it.

And as I promised myself but probably also to punish myself--I did eat only fruits and vegetable salads the next day so I'd lose the extra half kilo. I didn't love myself for sure.

And this was just the beginning of this cycle--extreme discipline (and as I was to discover later, unhealthily so), then bingeing. How long can you go on eating vegetables and fruits, tell me? How long can you keep saying no whenever someone offers you a piece of something sweet? I had no idea then that I had an eating disorder.

I didn't even know what an eating disorder was or that it was considered an actual problem. In the beginning, the 'symptoms' were not as extreme either.

I'd binge only now and then (perhaps once in two weeks) and otherwise I'd stick to my extreme diet. I was naturally skinny at the time anyway so the fear of gaining weight wasn't as big initially, which meant the pressure wasn't as much.

I was also very excited to be a model so the happiness kind of kept me above the water, as it was filling up my empty stomach." What I eat "Let me give you an example of what I eat during the day.

Upon waking up I drink two glasses of warm water with some lemon in it. Then I have some green tea and usually munch on an apple, while I take a few supplements such as a probiotic and multivitamin.

I exercise soon after, which is why I don't eat anything big right away; however, I do make sure I eat something. If I get delayed, as I often read in the morning and get carried away, and feel hungry before I exercise, I might have a bit of plain yoghurt (just a small cup) with some honey and half a teaspoon of hemp or flax oil.

(I love the taste of yoghurt with hemp oil!) Alternatively I may eat another piece of apple or some other fruit and have a few almonds with it that I soaked the previous night. Then I exercise, which generally takes me half an hour (if I do my bodyweight killer routine) or up to an hour (if I do my lazy routine that consists of cycling on my home-use bike, dancing, playing with the hula-hoop and some stretches).

After I'm done exercising I have breakfast (well, breakfast number two in a way) which is usually a bowl of porridge with a bit of Stevia or honey in it. I like it simple and plain like this but if I am travelling and staying in a hotel I might order brown bread toast and an egg-white omelette (made of two egg whites) and some steamed veggies.

I often travel carrying a few things with me (brown rice, olive oil, almonds, green tea, honey) so if they bring the omelette prepared as I asked them (with as minimum oil as possible), I will also have a few almonds to get the good fat. I soak a few almonds every night and then eat them the next day.

When I next get hungry (which will be about three hours later or less), I have some baked or grilled fish with brown rice and some salad. For my next meal I may either have the same thing (I really enjoy it and I'm a lazy cook--I just throw everything into the steamer) or if I'm travelling maybe I'll have some dal and rice and veggies.

The thing is, what I generally do is split the meal into two portions and have the second portion as my next meal. So if I am at home, I will just steam vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, carrot, mushroom, baby corn), make the rice in a rice cooker and steam the fish.

I love my steaming system. It takes no time and it's yummy.

" How To Love Your Body by Yaana Gupta is published by Penguin. The paperback is available for Rs 199.

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She (Gaga) was very sweet. I sat with her for a couple of hours and exchanged a lot of good things about life.

She is very deep, very sweet," Shah Rukh told reporters at the red carpet of the F1 after-party here late Sunday night (October 30, 2011). Shah Rukh Khan wanted to collaborate with Gaga for a song for his latest release RA.

One . But the plan couldn't materialise due to time constraints.

However, he caught up with the Poker face . singer for a chat for UTV Bindass' exclusive show.

The 45-year-old says he became a Gaga fan thanks to his daughter, Suhana, 11. "My daughter is a big fan of Lady Gaga.

She listens to her music and introduced me to her music, and I am also a fan of her now," he said. Shah Rukh Khan came in straight from Toronto to watch the first F1 race in India here Sunday and loved the experience.

"It was very noisy, very energetic, highly energising and very well-organised," he said, adding that he is proud of the event. "It's a big occasion.

It's quite marvellous. I think we should all celebrate the fact that we had such a big event here," he added.

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She (Gaga) was very sweet. I sat with her for a couple of hours and exchanged a lot of good things about life.

She is very deep, very sweet," Shah Rukh told reporters at the red carpet of the F1 after-party here late Sunday night (October 30, 2011). Shah Rukh Khan wanted to collaborate with Gaga for a song for his latest release RA.

One . But the plan couldn't materialise due to time constraints.

However, he caught up with the Poker face . singer for a chat for UTV Bindass' exclusive show.

The 45-year-old says he became a Gaga fan thanks to his daughter, Suhana, 11. "My daughter is a big fan of Lady Gaga.

She listens to her music and introduced me to her music, and I am also a fan of her now," he said. Shah Rukh Khan came in straight from Toronto to watch the first F1 race in India here Sunday and loved the experience.

"It was very noisy, very energetic, highly energising and very well-organised," he said, adding that he is proud of the event. "It's a big occasion.

It's quite marvellous. I think we should all celebrate the fact that we had such a big event here," he added.

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"I'm removing it. It is a negative character, as she suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar.

I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life," said Fox. Talking about the meaning behind her Monroe tattoo, Fox had previously said, "I really admire Marilyn Monroe, but I would never try to emulate her.

I got the tattoo as a warning. It warns me not to let myself be treated so badly by the film industry so that it breaks me down.

" It's not the only thing Fox has grown to regret - she also removed her navel piercing when she was 20. "I did it when I was 16 years old because I was a fan of Britney Spears.

The only time I tried to imitate someone else. But then I thought it was tacky and so I removed it when I turned 20," she said.

The 'Transformers' actress has around nine tattoos and her other inkings include a quote on her shoulder reading 'We will all laugh at gilded butterflies' and a tribal mark on her left wrist. She also has a tribute to her 'Passion Play' co-star Mickey Rourke, 57.

"Mickey is such a beautiful, wonderful human being. He's so genuine and so sweet and so talented.

I just love him to death. I actually got a tattoo that is sort of in honour of him.

It's on my ribs," said Fox. Tweet (less)

Don't we all watch those good-looking people on TV and think, look how skinny that girl is! Or check out that guy's abs. Some people are just lucky to have a figure like that, aren't they? Well I agree that some of us are born lucky.

They have a faster metabolism and don't put on weight as easily as others. But I am not one of them.

I love food and can gain weight pretty easily. Yet I have a career in the glamour industry, which means that I have to look good every single day.

Let me tell you this is hard work. I have to constantly watch myself and I need to exercise regularly.

Otherwise I'd be out of a job. I was aware of this from the very beginning of my career as even Renata used to tell us that we needed to start watching what we ate so we din't gain any weight.

To me it was simple maths: more food=less job. So I started getting conscious about what I ate and how my body looked and inevitably compared myself with models on TV, from the time Dita got me into it by showing me magazines and introducing the fashion world to me.

I would admire their bodies, and wish I could be skinnier even though I definitely didn't need to lose any weight then. I didn't know then that there is a big difference between being skinny and being fit.

For me these were the top models of the world and, if I wanted to become one of them, I needed to look exactly as they did. So instead of being a happy sixteen-year-old who lives a fun teenage life, worrying about boys and what to wear to a Friday night party, I started developing a fear of becoming fat.

I began to monitor everything I ate (I conned myself into calling it 'being professional'). I would forbid myself from eating anything that looked sinful (even though for others that may be just a normal meal).

For example if I ate a plate of pasta, I felt instantly fat. Or even just things like dumplings, which were part of every other traditional Czech meal, I was afraid to eat as I thought I could gain weight.

Soon I started considering almost all normal food fattening unless it was steamed or cooked in water. So while my friends had a normal meal for lunch after school, I ordered a salad with a low-fat dressing on the side and made sure I ate only half of it.

Of course I stared at my friends' plates wishing I could eat their food instead, but whenever such a thought crossed my mind, I would just tell myself: 'Hey! You are the one who is a model here, who gets to travel and earn money while all your friends are penniless! So some sacrifice is okay for being the lucky one here, don't you think? So keep quiet and eat your salad!' By the time my friends were done eating I would still be hungry though. I was used to having my stomach half empty and in a way I liked feeling light as it made me feel skinny but the appetite was a problem.

Luckily there was a solution to this problem, a way to kill the taste buds: a cigarette. Or even better, a cigarette and coffee.

Smoking at sixteen was not that abnormal really, many teenagers do it. I started having a cigarette with coffee after meals even though I didn't even like the taste in the beginning, but well, you get used to it.

I never really thought it was a cool thing to do. No doubt it was stupid.

But for me the cigarette was just something that I was allowed to have as it had no calories. It was something I could have when I couldn't have food.

I wouldn't smoke that much, maybe two, three a day but it was like my comfort food. And it did the trick.

Whenever I felt like eating something I shouldn't, I just had a smoke and the desire would vanish. I could do without sweets really but I did crave the traditional Czech foods my friends would eat at the pub.

One of my favourites was duck with dumplings and cabbage, a typical dish we ate growing up. But when I started modelling, what do you think happened to my beloved duck? It got blacklisted.

As did many other foods. Any kind of fattening meat, bread, white rice, potatoes, all cheese, pizza (of course!), dumplings, fruit that was cooked, sugar (not even one teaspoon in tea), cream (oh keep on dreaming!), normal milk (low fat was allowed as long as it was just in coffee, not a full glass of course), oh yeah and pasta (any kind that is).

I don't think I need to mention that any kind of sweet was out of the question. So much so that I began to fear my own birthday because I knew I would want to eat the cake but I couldn't.

The only sweet thing I was allowed was fruit (as long as it was fresh, because preserved fruit has sugar in it) and also a bit of dried fruits and honey at times. Fruit juices were also forbidden as they are too concentrated in sugars and calories.

So what did I actually eat you may ask, right? Well, I ate a lot, don't worry! A lot of vegetables, that is. Big salads with low-fat dressing, some tuna in it here and there (tuna in a can preserved in water and not oil, mind you) and egg whites, the yellow carefully taken out, or steamed vegetables and vegetable soups.

I would also have brown rice or a piece of low-fat rice cracker with it or something like that. Anything that said low calorie and fat free on the cover was good so I'd often spend hours in the shop studying all the food labels.

One thing is for sure, I would never ever have bread under any circumstances. Bread was the biggest evil of all (and I am obsessed with bread by the way).

The amazing thing is that while most people would totally freak out if they were given such a diet, I actually learned to enjoy eating veggies. And luckily my most favourite food since childhood is the apple.

Not even the duck beats it. But of course I hated not being able to eat like normal people.

I thought it was unfair and too big a sacrifice. But then again, I told myself that it was I who chose this, and I better accept it and stop complaining.

My friends and boyfriends all rather admired the way I ate--it looked healthy from the outside because it's not that I would not eat at all in front of them. I would just eat veggies and not the yummy-looking, sinful foods they would eat.

They admired me for having such a strong will and saying no to temptation, yet, at the same time, none of them wanted to be in my place. And even though I looked skinny, I never looked bulimic skinny, so no one really considered me unhealthy.

And at home, they just respected that I did this job and therefore had to eat the way I did, so no one would force me into eating anything particular. I tried keeping my mind busy just so I didn't think of food.

But at night I couldn't escape my longings. In my dreams I would be eating chocolate cakes, pizza with double cheese or my darling duck.

Inevitably fear would overwhelm me, a fear that I was growing fat. I can't tell you what a relief it was to wake up.

A few months into modelling, the extreme of non-eating brought on the other extreme as well--overeating. After school, I would head home skipping the school canteen lunch (I thought it was too fattening), planning to cook some veggies with brown rice at home instead.

But on the way, passing by a big supermarket, I would go inside and buy myself an apple or a pear. Sometimes a friend would come with me and pick up some junk food such as my favourite Prince biscuits.

Of course they would share it with me and I couldn't say no. Now it wouldn't be a big deal if I just had one or two or even three biscuits.

But once I started, I couldn't stop, because it felt like a unique opportunity that wouldn't happen again. Just like if you were to give a drink to an alcoholic who's been trying real hard to abstain.

I just had to finish the entire packet! I would of course feel unhappy once I had finished the whole pack. Actually no, I began feeling unhappy as I ate it, the guilt and fear growing inside me with every biscuit I ate.

It was more of a need and it didn't feel positive. Looking back I think I was just angry.

Angry that I couldn't be like others and eat normally, angry that if I did eat I wasn't disciplined enough. 'It's okay,' I told myself upon finishing it.

'Tomorrow I'll start my diet again and eat only fruits the whole day, no other food! It will be like a fast and I'm sure that will help me lose what I have gained. But now since I have already sinned--which meant in my head that the day was already 'spoiled'--let me have something more to enjoy myself.

' And then I'd go back to the supermarket and buy a few more things like a candy bar (or two different ones as I couldn't decide which one I wanted more and didn't want to end up feeling disappointed choosing the wrong one as this was a 'unique opportunity'), some pastry or a sandwich, simply anything with bread, and maybe even a piece of pizza. I'd start eating it right away, not even waiting to get home and I'd finish it all at breakneck speed.

I'd feel really stuffed afterwards and the feeling of guilt would get worse by the minute. I'd promise myself I would never do this again, and I'd go on a proper diet from tomorrow.

The next day, I'd feel bloated and puffed up, especially on my face and around the belly. To me this was the fat I had gained, but in fact (as I learned later) it was water retention as the body tries to deal with the acidity from eating all that sugar and junk by retaining water to dilute it.

And as I promised myself but probably also to punish myself--I did eat only fruits and vegetable salads the next day so I'd lose the extra half kilo. I didn't love myself for sure.

And this was just the beginning of this cycle--extreme discipline (and as I was to discover later, unhealthily so), then bingeing. How long can you go on eating vegetables and fruits, tell me? How long can you keep saying no whenever someone offers you a piece of something sweet? I had no idea then that I had an eating disorder.

I didn't even know what an eating disorder was or that it was considered an actual problem. In the beginning, the 'symptoms' were not as extreme either.

I'd binge only now and then (perhaps once in two weeks) and otherwise I'd stick to my extreme diet. I was naturally skinny at the time anyway so the fear of gaining weight wasn't as big initially, which meant the pressure wasn't as much.

I was also very excited to be a model so the happiness kind of kept me above the water, as it was filling up my empty stomach." What I eat "Let me give you an example of what I eat during the day.

Upon waking up I drink two glasses of warm water with some lemon in it. Then I have some green tea and usually munch on an apple, while I take a few supplements such as a probiotic and multivitamin.

I exercise soon after, which is why I don't eat anything big right away; however, I do make sure I eat something. If I get delayed, as I often read in the morning and get carried away, and feel hungry before I exercise, I might have a bit of plain yoghurt (just a small cup) with some honey and half a teaspoon of hemp or flax oil.

(I love the taste of yoghurt with hemp oil!) Alternatively I may eat another piece of apple or some other fruit and have a few almonds with it that I soaked the previous night. Then I exercise, which generally takes me half an hour (if I do my bodyweight killer routine) or up to an hour (if I do my lazy routine that consists of cycling on my home-use bike, dancing, playing with the hula-hoop and some stretches).

After I'm done exercising I have breakfast (well, breakfast number two in a way) which is usually a bowl of porridge with a bit of Stevia or honey in it. I like it simple and plain like this but if I am travelling and staying in a hotel I might order brown bread toast and an egg-white omelette (made of two egg whites) and some steamed veggies.

I often travel carrying a few things with me (brown rice, olive oil, almonds, green tea, honey) so if they bring the omelette prepared as I asked them (with as minimum oil as possible), I will also have a few almonds to get the good fat. I soak a few almonds every night and then eat them the next day.

When I next get hungry (which will be about three hours later or less), I have some baked or grilled fish with brown rice and some salad. For my next meal I may either have the same thing (I really enjoy it and I'm a lazy cook--I just throw everything into the steamer) or if I'm travelling maybe I'll have some dal and rice and veggies.

The thing is, what I generally do is split the meal into two portions and have the second portion as my next meal. So if I am at home, I will just steam vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, carrot, mushroom, baby corn), make the rice in a rice cooker and steam the fish.

I love my steaming system. It takes no time and it's yummy.

" How To Love Your Body by Yaana Gupta is published by Penguin. The paperback is available for Rs 199.

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By roping in international pop star Akon for the song Chammak Challo , Shah Rukh created ripples and the song has become a sensation. However, not stopping at this, Shah Rukh was also in talks with the international sensation pop singer Lady Gaga about collaborating on a song.

"We were looking at speaking to Gaga's manager about doing a song and attending the premiere on October 25 at London. We were not able to get to or speak to the management.

But as there was no time, all this will not happen," SRK told reporters. RA.

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