Having enjoyed her lavani experience, Vidya Balan currently has has only one film in the pipeline - Rajkumar Gupta's Ghanchakkar . Apparently, the director waited for Vidya for eight months and insisted that he wouldn't do the movie without her.

The shooting of 'Ghanchakkar' will commence in September. In the meantime, the actress plans to recoup well, travel, spend time with her family and read a few scripts.

Vidya seems to be in no hurry to sign on the dotted line and will take her time in being part of a script she completely believes in. Vidya Balan surely finds a place in the A-League, and with the likes of Aamir and Shah Rukh hoping to work with her, let's not be surprised if one of the movies in the near future have her sharing screen space with one of these biggies (less)

The 21-year-old daughter of South superstar Kamal Haasan and Sarika has politely turned down Mani's offer and has decided to learn filmmaking instead. Says Kamal, " I don't know why Akshara turned down the offer.

You can't question a 21- year-old. It's her decision.

I've never imposed my will on either of my two daughters. They're free to do what they wish to with their lives.

Akshara, I suspect, will follow my route, starting from behind the camera and then making her way to the front of the camera." Mani is married to Kamal's older brother Charu Haasan's daughter Suhasini.

This refusal would have surely come as a blow to the maverick, given his last film Raavan starring Aishwariya and Abhishek Bachchan flopped. The film he had in mind for Akshara's launch, according to sources, was not a typical love story for the youth market.

To be fair, Akshara so far been learning the ropes of filmmaking with no apparent interest in facing the camera like her older sibling Shruti, who has been doing Tamil and Hindi films for a few years now. Says a source, "Akshara seems content behind the camera despite getting a number of plum acting offers, but Mani is adamant.

He's very keen to launch Akshara as a leading lady, and has made the offer many times." For now, of course, Mani will have to cool his heels till the headstrong girl gives in to his demand.

He will have a tough time convincing her though, given she doesn't want to work with her father's production house either. "When Akshara decided she wanted to learn filmmaking, we decided she would not assist any of our home productions.

There would've been too much pampering on the sets. She assisted Rahul Dholakia instead.

Now she's free to move ahead in whatever direction she wants," says Kamal. Tweet (less)

Meera's parents accepted the wedding proposal of a Pakistani-American airline captain, Naveed Pervez, and the engagement and wedding dates is to be announced soon. The family says it's an arranged marriage.

As reported, Meera was supposed to get engaged to Naved Pervez on 19th February at Lahore in Pakistan. However, it didn't happen.

Meera spoke to us and confirmed the news, " Yeh shaddhi mere family ke wajah se ho rahi hain. Naveed is a family friend and also happens to be my brother Ahsan's friend.

I met him first at his sister's wedding in US. Abh Ammi decide karengi kab aur kaise humari shaddhi hogi.

Bas hum Ammi(mother) ki intezaar kar rahe the..

woh London main thi..

.aur abh jab waapas aa gayi toh Naveed aur unke family ghar aakar baat ko aage baraaye.

" Meera says, "There was maddening rush outside my residence on Sunday night. Media 8 hours sardi main mere ghar ke bahaar rukhe rahe.

Unhe laga engagement ho rahi hain , lekin it was only a small family get together. We didn't invite the media, it was a total family affair.

Naveed ke family aaye the mere ghar rishta lekhe ..

humare Pakistan main riwaaz hain ki ladki ke haat mangne ke liye ladke waale aate hain. It was a small function which included close family members and relatives of both the families.

I was dressed in a red outfit and just was present for a while. Naveed's mother gifted me a 'kangan' as a sagan.

Bas uske baad humari baat pucci ho gayi. " When we asked the reasons for her engagement ceremony being postponed Meera told us, " Haan.

..

Pehle engagement hone wali thi ..

lekhin abh humare family ne decide ki kuch mahine baad hogi. We are planning to host a grand party and I promise bahut bara affair hoga aur bahut saare log aayenge.

" Talking about her recent controversial news regarding former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar , Meera strongly replies, " Kya baatayen ..

. Shoaib ne bari batamizi ki jis din Naved aur unke family mere ghar rishta le aaye.

It was shocking. The function was going on at home, when Naved received a call from Shoaib and he started talking nonsense about me to him on the phone.

Shoaib is a looser aur ekh psycho hain. Sab jaante hain ki woh ekh drug addict hain.

Main samajti hun aaj Shoaib looser hain isiliye kyon ki apni harkato ke wajah se. Woh looser hain life main isilye woh Imran Khan ya Wasim Akram jaise nahi ban paaya.

Usne Naveed aur uske ekh friend jo US main rahte hain dono ko conference call main lekhar bahut buri buri baatein ki mere bare main. Naveed mujhse bahut pyar karte hain aur sachayi jaante hain.

Isiliye koi doubt nahi karte hain ." (less)

Karisma got married to businessman Sanjay Kapur in 2003 and they have two children - daughter Samaira and son Kiaan Raj Kapoor. "My daughter was growing, so spending time on films was way too time consuming.

I thought why not commercials. I wanted to give most of my time to family so I chose to do TV over movies," the actress said.

After endorsing many brands Karisma has been announced as the brand ambassador of real estate giant Avalon Groups. "They approached me to endorse the brand so I thought why not and we have launched a new place.

There are many factors which I check before associating with any brand. Firstly, I should believe in them and secondly, the brand needs to be credible," Karishma said.

After eight years, she is making a come back with Dangerous Ishq , being directed by Vikram Bhatt. Tweet (less)

In the dozen or so pictures, the actress is seen letting her gaurds down and enjoying some special family time. Obviously, she had no idea the images would someday go viral on the internet.

Not many people know Kat has six sisters: Mellisa, Natasha, Sonia, Christina, Sarah and Isabella Kaif . And though Kat is undoubtedly the most popular, Isabella, who is yet to enter the portals of filmdom, was caught in an MMS controversy not so long ago.

Also seen is an older picture of Kat and her siblings along with their father and mother Sussana Turquotte. We can only guess which of the kids is baby Katrina.

In another picture, Katrina is seen chilling by the poolside with her sisters. Perhaps after a pajama party? And this was way before her two piece bikini Boom days.

When contacted, Katrina, who is known to guard her private life fiercely, refused to comment on the leaked pictures (less)

In the dozen or so pictures, the actress is seen letting her gaurds down and enjoying some special family time. Obviously, she had no idea the images would someday go viral on the internet.

Not many people know Kat has six sisters: Mellisa, Natasha, Sonia, Christina, Sarah and Isabella Kaif . And though Kat is undoubtedly the most popular, Isabella, who is yet to enter the portals of filmdom, was caught in an MMS controversy not so long ago.

Also seen is an older picture of Kat and her siblings along with their father and mother Sussana Turquotte. We can only guess which of the kids is baby Katrina.

In another picture, Katrina is seen chilling by the poolside with her sisters. Perhaps after a pajama party? And this was way before her two piece bikini Boom days.

When contacted, Katrina, who is known to guard her private life fiercely, refused to comment on the leaked pictures (less)

Houston's family is confident that the photo was taken from inside the funeral home, but they have no idea who would have taken the picture. Whitney's mother, Cissy, has taken the publication of the photo the hardest, added the source.

Despite their disgust and outrage, Houston's family will not investigate the matter further, reports tmz.com.

Meanwhile, owner of the funeral home has denied any wrongdoing on her part or that of her staff. Tweet (less)