12:14:40 pm, by ash , 138 words, 72 views  
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Akshay-Twinkle, AbhiAsh or Ranbir-Deepika who was the hottest couple at IIFA, Bangkok?

IIFA awards 2008 aishwarya and abhishek bachchan

Khiladi Akshay walked the Green Carpet at IIFA with his honey Twinkle who looked pretty hot in pink, Akki too looked handsome in his salt-n-pepper beard. Ash on the other hand called for all attention in red and she posed with hubby Abhishek who wore a bow tie. Deepika was dressed in blue while Ranbir looked sober in a grey suit and a pink tie.

It is rare to see AR Rahman with his wife but the two looked great and so did Fardeen Khan with his wife Natasha. Now the big question is which couple looked graceful, hot and made the others go green with envy on the green carpet.

See more pictures of IIFA AWARDS in pictures gallery.

12:11:56 pm, by ash , 211 words, 86 views  
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His former wife Amrita Singh complained on how Saif always wanted her to dress in ethnic clothes, Rozza too faced the same issue as he expected her to be covered up all the time and now its Kareena’s turn to put up with that. Sources reveal that for her IIFA performance Kareena was to wear a very revealing outfit and Saif was not too happy about the fact.

Bebo going bold , kareena kappor and saif ali khan

Saif insisted Bebo to do a costume change as designer Manish Malhotra was right there but Kareena refused to change things at the last minute. Bebo was happy with the look that Manish had designed for her and wanted to stick with it but Saif insisted, Bebo’s mom Babita was there in the van too and she tried to calm down the hot headed Saif.

Even when Kareena was performing on the stage Saif didn’t look too happy, guests at IIFA revealed that Saif left the show despite Bebo requesting him to stay with her till her special moment of receiving the award arrives. However, Kareena didn’t care about Saif’s early exit and she was rocking the stage as Bebo is Bindaas and she has all the Tashan too.

09:45:41 pm, by ash , 69 words, 105 views  
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John Abraham admires his sketch by Namita Kulkarni, Mumbai

Art seems to be attracting our stars attention and this time it was John Abraham, who inaugurated an art exhibition hosted by Namita Kulkarni at the NCPA at Nariman Point.

John lit the lamp and then, checked out Namita’s work along with artist. His personal sketch which shows John in a pensive mood sure caught the star’s attention.

09:43:34 pm, by ash , 241 words, 57 views  
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Thursday night was a big one for Sikander Kher as Anupam-n-Kiron Kher’s lad marked his Bollywood debut with ‘Woodstock Villa’, and his big bro Abhishek Bachchan ensured that he along with the entire Bachchan clan personally share this special moment with Sikander.

Abhishek, Ash, Sikander Kher and Kiron Kher at ‘Woodstock Villa’ premiere, Mumbai

Big B, and AbhiAsh headed straight from the ‘Sarkar Raj’ promotion event to the premiere venue; Jaya too joined them and they all posed like one big happy family as they arrived at the Fame Adlabs theatre.

Gul Panag, who is currently dating Sikander, looked hot in her revealing number as she arrived for her beau’s movie premiere. Malaika Arora Khan looked hot and she sure stole the show on the red carpet from the leading lady Neha Uberoi, who tried hard to make a style statement with her strange dress.

Sikander Kher turned out to be quite the surprise package as the debutante impressed the critics with his striking screen presence, and one could sure see the powerful ‘Kher’ genes reflect on screen as the actor impressed the audiences with his histrionic performance which sure added the required oomph to this nail-biting thriller.

The movie release timing might turn out to be weak link as IPL reaches its critical path, but we hope that ‘Woodstock Villa’ is able to resist the IPL perfect storm with Sikander-n-Neha’s mind-blowing performance in this stylish-n-riveting suspense drama.

09:41:08 pm, by ash , 79 words, 68 views  
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An Award show for the Best Beverage and Alcohol was interesting and it was held at the Hilton Hotel at Mumbai. Mandira Bedi hosted the show and Mahima was invited to announce the winner. The night sure got truly exiting with a performance by Leslie Lewis and the sizzling belly dancers.

Mahima Chaudhary at the Alcohol Awards nite, Mumbai

The evening was fun and alcohol flowed like water as the guests partied till the wee hours of the night.

09:39:19 pm, by ash , 73 words, 55 views  
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A Manicure sure seems to be one of the best cures when you are feeling low, and our stylish Mumbai celebs were out there to get pampered at the Nail Spa at Oshiwara.

Rituparna Sengupta at the Nail Spa, Mumbai

Sambhavana Seth looked gorgeous and Hard Kaur was dressed as quite the rapper. Bong beauty Rituparna Sengupta was dressed in a see-through summer top while Smita looked chic in a pair of capris.

09:36:31 pm, by ash , 62 words, 59 views  
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The Wild Card entry round on Star Plus’ ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar’ helped the very talented Prajakta in finding herself a spot back on the show.

Prajakta shukre is Back with wild card entry

Our cameras captured Prajakta, who along with her fellow contestants Ishmeet, Vineet, Abhijeet, Harshit and Debojit was at the Star Plus’ office celebrating her comeback on the show.

09:33:24 pm, by ash , 165 words, 73 views  
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Shedding off clothes for a magazine cover seems to be quite the predictable publicity stunt for celebs, but to see someone like Soha, who has always maintained a conservative image it was quite a revelation.

Soha Ali khan for maxim - bikini shoot

Based on industry insiders, Soha’s pictures have shocked her dad Nawab Pataudi and it has apparently not gone too well with Soha’s beau Siddharth as well, who was baffled on seeing his love go this extreme for Maxim.

Besides, Soha did not even share her photos with Sid until the magazine was available on stands; poor Sid was in a shock when he saw his simple sweet Soha pose semi-nude for the cover.

The sexy magazine cover has caused a dent in her relation and rumor has it that the two have even decided to call it off for the moment. So are Soha and Sid heading to splitsvilla or will they patch up and go singing ‘Rang de Basanti yaar’?

09:30:34 pm, by ash , 194 words, 53 views  
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Next month, on July 4th when US celebrates its independence day back home in India two new stars will be born as ‘Love Story 2050’ and ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ will release on the same date.

Love Story 2050 priyanka chopra aamir khan

‘Love Story 2050’ was always scheduled to release on July 4th, but it was interesting to learn that Aamir too has shifted the release date of his home production ‘Jaane Tu…’ from its initially planned July 11th to July 4th at the last minute.

Harry Baweja is launching his son Harman in this mega budget movie ‘Love Story 2050’ and based on sources, the filmmaker tried persuading Aamir to move the dates, but Aamir stayed adamant.

When Aamir learnt that Wednesday was the audio release of Harman-Priyanka starrer ‘Love Story 2050’ the star opted to show up with his nephew to watch ‘Indiana Jones’ only to divide the media .

On one side Aamir is trying hard to make his nephew’s debut a success and Harry Baweja is on the other end doing his best for son his Harman, so what will it be for you the ‘Love Story 2050’ or ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’?

09:32:18 am, by ash , 815 words, 67 views  
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Rating: 4 Out of 5

Subhash K. Jha, Film: “U, Me Aur Hum”; Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Sumeet Raghavan, Divya Dutta, Isha Sharwani and Karan Khanna; Director: Ajay Devgan:

Nothing that Ajay Devgan has done in the past prepares us for the poise, poignancy and sensitivity of his directorial debut. “U, Me Aur Hum” is one of those tender and tactile melodramas that leave you with minty thoughts and dewy eyes.

The heart is completely at the right place as Ajay, turning director with a élan that thumbs its nose gently at all those who scoff at his actioner’s antecedents, tells the story of a husband whose gentle ministrations take his Alzheimer’s stricken wife from her absentminded youth to blanked-out old age.

The journey gives us insights into the man-woman relationship and the intricate commitments of a marriage as seen through the eyes that go beyond the romance and excitement of courtship to an area where dark clouds gather over a relationship and threaten its annihilation.

The trick, says Ajay’s soft but persuasive film, is to hold on, to value the things that make life worth living. There is an interesting reversal of the age-hold cinematic formula where the husband is looked after by the wife through rain and shine.

Ajay plays the caring husband who wins the feisty (if it’s Kajol it cannot be any other way) waitress on a cruise that seems to go on and on and on.

Luckily, the narrative doesn’t get ’see’ sick. To be sure, the film could have avoided a prolonged courtship that tells us nothing more about life than what we don’t already know in the first 15 minutes.

Ajay gets to the point halfway through. The narrative quickly comes to grips with the theme as the solemn doctor (Sachin Khadekar) announces the absent-mindedness, which has been stalking Pia for a while, is actually Alzheimer’s.

The realisation of the gravity of the illness, coming to terms with it and finally recognizing the reality of an unshakeable love and faith beyond the obvious hardships of a troubled compatibility…. these are themes that are given a surprisingly low key treatment by the first-time director.

Ajay’s directorial speciality is the interweavement of the characters through some wittily and cleverly written dialogues (Ashwin Dheer), which always tell us more than what we hear.

The film’s substantial emotional impact depends entirely on the performances, not just Ajay and Kjaol but their two sets of friends - Sumeet Raghavan and Divya Dutta as the constantly quarrelling divorce bound couple, and Karan Khanna and Isha Sharwani as the soon to be wed couple.

Sumeet is a special revelation. He’s quiet and attentive in scenes that require him to be that.

But of course the chemistry between the lead players guides the destiny of this remarkable film. Kajol’s powerhouse performance, punctuated and italicised by moments where she hungrily sinks her teeth into emotional depths seldom afforded to commercial actors, comes as no surprise.

However, her makeup sometimes gives her a caked look. Never mind. This is a film where we can easily look beyond the mask.

Ajay bowls you over. To find him measuring up to his wife’s dizzying histrionics is an amazing experience. Jim Broadbent looking after his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife Judi Dench in “Iris” couldn’t have done better.

One sequence in the restaurant where Ajay is required to give a long, bitter and ironical monologue on man’s innate selfishness after he leaves his wife at a care centre, will stand out among the sincerest expressions of the human ego seen in cinema.

Ajay’s command over his craft and the language of heart take you by surprise.

Some of the sequences showing Kajol’s mental blanking-out are so vivid they make your hairs stand on end. That nerve wracking moment when the mother nearly ends up drowning her baby in the bath tub or that poignant interlude when the husband leaves his wife at the hospital are so wonderfully devised and executed you wonder which came first: the thought to make a film on Alzheimer’s or the characters who inhabit this dark yet uplifting theme.

The film has its flaws. It sometimes tries too hard to be trendily philosophical in its dialogues and ends up sounding phoney.

The pseudo-philosophical lyrics for the songs sound like cheap rip-offs of Gulzar. Also, the narrative doesn’t seem to follow the linear path.

The back-and-forth editing pyrotechnics where key incidents are recreated in flashy flashbacks are distracting. However, Aseem Bajaj’s cinematography does much to create a smooth homogenous look and mood for the narrative.

The film takes us through a world of love pain and acceptance with such transparent honesty of purpose that at the end of it you only wonder one thing… why can’t more movies be like “U, Me Aur Hum”?