In Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal, she plays the role of a Mumbai girl who meets one of the protagonists and falls in love with him. Interestingly, this is second time Hazel will be working with Ravi Kissen.

She was earlier seen with Ravi Kissen in a very funny Parle Monaco ad last year. Hazel has also been a part of movies like U, Me aur Hum, Dunno Y.

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Na Jaane Kyon and Flat. She also made her presence felt on Indian television by participating in shows like Khatron Ke Khiladi and Zara Nachke Dikha.

Rash Productions' "Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal" promises to show the horrid realities of the underworld crime. The movie also stars Sharat Saxena, Yashpal Sharma, Rahul Kumar and Murli Sharma (less)

On catfights, that is. Her first target is none other than adult-entertainer, Sunny Leone .

In an exclusive chat with zoOm, Poonam said, "I don't get why people are making such a hue and cry about her. I would never do what she's doing, I know how much to show and how much to hide.

" The pin-up gal, Poonam, didn't stop there. Her next pot-shot was at Bips.

"I would have done Bipasha's Jism role much better. I'm confident that I would have taken it to another level.

" This one's fiery alright. But we hope her acting skills are as sharp as her claws (less)

And with Poonam as the lead actor for his latest Bollywood venture, the strip queen claims that the sky is the limit as far as boldness goes. After rejecting 30 film offers, Poonam claims to have finally signed one - only to pit it against the release of actor Sunny Leone's Jism 2 this December.

The model-turned-actor is so sure of her film's success that she is unperturbed that it clashes with Sunny's flick. "I am neither competing with her nor sharing my audience.

She is good at what she does and I am excellent at my job. It is a conscious decision to release our film with Jism 2.

I know everyone is going to love my film," says the leggy lass. Poonam has charged Rs 1cr for this 'bold film'.

National marketing head Aditya Bhatia of Eagle Home Entertainment says, "We have full faith in Poonam and are therefore riding so much money on her. We have paid her a crore and the budget of the film is around Rs 7-8cr.

Amit Saxena , who directed Jism, is directing our film." He's not scared of the clash either.

"It will be a clash of the Titans, and will make big noise. And as content is the king, we are sure about our product's success," he adds.

Jism 2 producer-director Pooja Bhatt was unaware about any such clash until we told her about it. "I'm not aware of the (Poonam Pandey) film.

But I wish them all the best! It's a free world and people are free to release their films as and when they deem fit! " (less)

Poonam was also heard saying that she is "neither competing with her (Leone) nor sharing my audience." Pandey, who shot to fame with her numerous quasi-cloth-shedding endeavours post India's World Cup win last year, is now all set for her debut in the Hindi Film Industry.

And her hard work doesn't come easily - it has a hefty sum of Rs. 1 crore attached to it! Yes , you read that right.

The leggy Pandey is burning the pockets of Eagle Home Entertainment by a crore for her first film. And the producers are only too happy to oblige.

According to Poonam, her first film in Bollywood is one that has come after a long time - 30-odd-rejected-films-later. And with Amit Saxena (of 'Jism' fame) donning the director's hat, there's hardly any speculation as to what the sensuality quotient of the film would be.

Seems like December is where all eyes are staring at. Poonam or Sunny - who would rule the box office - is yet to be seen.

But in the words of Poonam Pandey , they are good at their respective fields! We wish both of them a happy entry into Bollywood! (less)

Whoever copies Dilip Kumar are idiots like me," said SRK at the launch of Nasreen Munni Kabir's book The Dialogue of Devdas , which has complete dialogues by Rajinder Singh Bedi, based on a screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi from Bimal Roy's immortal classic Devdas . Shah Rukh Khan starrer Devdas was treated differently by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who gave it a larger than life feel and the magnum opus had Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai as Chandramukhi and Paro respectively.

The film won lots of awards. Dilip Kumar could not make it to the event.

However, he sent a letter and Shah Rukh Khan read it out at the event in Mehboob Studios. After a decade of the film's release, Shah Rukh feels that it was stupid of him to go ahead and do Devdas , which is a big screen adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel.

"I am not someone who would like to do something which has been so beautifully crafted. I have a very deep regard for the fact that my parents loved Devdas .

I was very young and stupid that I said yes and did it, but as I am getting mature, hopefully more intelligent, and perhaps would not be able to do it this time," the 46-year-old said. The first Hindi director to adapt the book was PC Barua who made it with KL Sehgal, then came the Dilip Kumar's version in 1955, followed by the SRK starrer.

The superstar also feels he would have never mustered the courage to be part of Devdas had he seen Dilip Kumar's version. "Had we seen the film before making it, we would never have had the guts to make it.

Sanjay, Aishwarya and Madhuri we all felt that first we should finish the film then we should watch it," he said. It is said that so far the novel has been made into films 15 times, including in languages like Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu and Assamese.

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Whoever copies Dilip Kumar are idiots like me," said SRK at the launch of Nasreen Munni Kabir's book The Dialogue of Devdas , which has complete dialogues by Rajinder Singh Bedi, based on a screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi from Bimal Roy's immortal classic Devdas . Shah Rukh Khan starrer Devdas was treated differently by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who gave it a larger than life feel and the magnum opus had Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai as Chandramukhi and Paro respectively.

The film won lots of awards. Dilip Kumar could not make it to the event.

However, he sent a letter and Shah Rukh Khan read it out at the event in Mehboob Studios. After a decade of the film's release, Shah Rukh feels that it was stupid of him to go ahead and do Devdas , which is a big screen adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel.

"I am not someone who would like to do something which has been so beautifully crafted. I have a very deep regard for the fact that my parents loved Devdas .

I was very young and stupid that I said yes and did it, but as I am getting mature, hopefully more intelligent, and perhaps would not be able to do it this time," the 46-year-old said. The first Hindi director to adapt the book was PC Barua who made it with KL Sehgal, then came the Dilip Kumar's version in 1955, followed by the SRK starrer.

The superstar also feels he would have never mustered the courage to be part of Devdas had he seen Dilip Kumar's version. "Had we seen the film before making it, we would never have had the guts to make it.

Sanjay, Aishwarya and Madhuri we all felt that first we should finish the film then we should watch it," he said. It is said that so far the novel has been made into films 15 times, including in languages like Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu and Assamese.

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The basic reason for that was because cinema was the only source of entertainment those days and, more often than not, its content was taken seriously by serious viewers," Dilip Kumar said. The veteran actor, who was supposed to attend the book launch of "The Dialogue of Devdas", penned by Nasreen Munni Kabir on Wednesday, could not do so because of his health.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who played Devdas in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 flick of the same name, read out the letter written by the thespian to the audience at the event. Among many remarkable characters he played on screen, the thespian is credited for immortalising the incarnation of Devdas in the 1955 flick, based on the novel of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

"I am speaking about this to emphasise the responsibility the director shouldered in our times when he chose to make a film that had deep emotional appeal for audience. Dialogues of Devdas are replete with a haunting sensitivity and spontaneity that came from the pen of Rajinder Singh Bedi, one of those rare writers whose syntax was so perfect that simple lines he wrote inspired actors to build up deep emotions in their rendering," the veteran actor said.

"I appreciated the precision and brevity of the lines he wrote for Devdas . They were lines of profound meaning at times but they were so simply and sensitively worded that generations of viewers have found pleasure in repeating them lovingly," the 89-year-old actor said.

The actor, who won the best actor award for Devdas, said in the letter that he had not read the novel before Bimal Roy approached him. "When Bimalda approached me with the idea of playing Devdas, I had neither seen the earlier films nor read Sarat Babu's famous novel.

He did not tell me that his intention was to discuss the film. After some pleasant conversation, he let our mutual friend Hiten Choudhury, who accompanied him, to bring up the subject.

It was something I had not anticipated, so I asked for a few days to think it over," he said. Reminiscing about how the melancholy of the novel moved the actor within him, the veteran said, "It was poignancy of the novel and the possibility of an intense rendering of the character of Devdas that spurred me to say Yes".

The veteran actor, who was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1994, said he could recall how he shaped the script of the flick. "I think Bimalda knew from his own sources that I was a stickler for strong film scripts.

So he made it comfortable for me to participate in writing and shaping the script that was being handled by him and his formidable team led by Rajinder Singh Bedi," he said. Dilip Kumar's letter offers a rare glimpse into making of one of the most memorable and critically-acclaimed movies of the Indian cinema.

"Dialogues for Devdas as well as for two women who love him were written and rewritten with care, keeping the situations and audience's empathy in mind. In the making of 'Devdas', his aim was to convey the sense of hopelessness that pervades the relationship between Devdas and the two women and others who are a part of his doomed life without leading ardent viewers to cynicism and despondence," he added.

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The basic reason for that was because cinema was the only source of entertainment those days and, more often than not, its content was taken seriously by serious viewers," Dilip Kumar said. The veteran actor, who was supposed to attend the book launch of "The Dialogue of Devdas", penned by Nasreen Munni Kabir on Wednesday, could not do so because of his health.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who played Devdas in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 flick of the same name, read out the letter written by the thespian to the audience at the event. Among many remarkable characters he played on screen, the thespian is credited for immortalising the incarnation of Devdas in the 1955 flick, based on the novel of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

"I am speaking about this to emphasise the responsibility the director shouldered in our times when he chose to make a film that had deep emotional appeal for audience. Dialogues of Devdas are replete with a haunting sensitivity and spontaneity that came from the pen of Rajinder Singh Bedi, one of those rare writers whose syntax was so perfect that simple lines he wrote inspired actors to build up deep emotions in their rendering," the veteran actor said.

"I appreciated the precision and brevity of the lines he wrote for Devdas . They were lines of profound meaning at times but they were so simply and sensitively worded that generations of viewers have found pleasure in repeating them lovingly," the 89-year-old actor said.

The actor, who won the best actor award for Devdas, said in the letter that he had not read the novel before Bimal Roy approached him. "When Bimalda approached me with the idea of playing Devdas, I had neither seen the earlier films nor read Sarat Babu's famous novel.

He did not tell me that his intention was to discuss the film. After some pleasant conversation, he let our mutual friend Hiten Choudhury, who accompanied him, to bring up the subject.

It was something I had not anticipated, so I asked for a few days to think it over," he said. Reminiscing about how the melancholy of the novel moved the actor within him, the veteran said, "It was poignancy of the novel and the possibility of an intense rendering of the character of Devdas that spurred me to say Yes".

The veteran actor, who was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1994, said he could recall how he shaped the script of the flick. "I think Bimalda knew from his own sources that I was a stickler for strong film scripts.

So he made it comfortable for me to participate in writing and shaping the script that was being handled by him and his formidable team led by Rajinder Singh Bedi," he said. Dilip Kumar's letter offers a rare glimpse into making of one of the most memorable and critically-acclaimed movies of the Indian cinema.

"Dialogues for Devdas as well as for two women who love him were written and rewritten with care, keeping the situations and audience's empathy in mind. In the making of 'Devdas', his aim was to convey the sense of hopelessness that pervades the relationship between Devdas and the two women and others who are a part of his doomed life without leading ardent viewers to cynicism and despondence," he added.

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We recently got a chance to get into the Bigg Boss house and scrutinize each nook and corner. Spread over a 4500 sq ft.

area, the Bigg Boss?? house is a beautiful haven anyone would love to live in. Decorated with colourful furniture and interesting graphics on the walls, the house comprises a well furnished drawing room, an equipped kitchen, the guys room, girls room (with 7 beds each), store room and the most important part of the house ?? confession room.

However, one particular area that caught attention was the jail in the house. On one hand you have the beautiful house and on the other, the jail with no Air-conditioner and just a make shift kind of toilet.

This is a new concept that will be introduced in Bigg Boss season 3. Now who will stay in the jail and why will only be revealed once the show goes on air on October 4th.

Boy??s room with 7 beds and a washroom. A lot of blue and green has been used in the dcor.

When it??s Pink it has to be girl??s room. The room again has 7 beds and some beautiful graphics on the wall that make it look prettier.

The Kitchen in Bigg Boss The eviction room at Bigg Boss house. The one unique aspect of season 3 house is that there is not a single area of the house that is not covered by the cameras.

The housemates will have a lot of trouble when they want to discuss nominations or bitch about one another. But then again, one should not forget the rule of the house that says ?? no one should discuss nominations.

Last but not the least; this is the camera room that will record all that is going around in the Bigg Boss house. As for the contestants of Bigg Boss season 3 … there are rumours that the following might be the ones to be locked inside the house this time.

Sherlyn Chopra, Ajay Jadeja, Aditya Pancholi, Claudia Ciesla, Harshit Saxena (Voice of India participant), Raju Srivastav, Nauman Sait (Mtv Roadies 6 Winner), Abhinav Bindra, Rannvijay Singh, Sree Desari (Big Brother 10 (UK) Housemate). Posted in (less)

.Atul Agnihotri, you thought so much on a making a film which already had a readymade script in the form of a novel that you lost all your hair.

Too bad shaving your head was not worth the effort, for the outcome is utterly blasphemous (less)