Kajol puts an end to her binging to look sexy

Kajol is on a weight losing spree, Reason? Her latest project with Karan Johar! The lady who will be starring in My Name Is Khan is doing all things possible to fit the bill and some super sexy dresses.

"She couldn't say no as she plays an NRI woman in the film and as per the look of her character she has to look thin. Hence she had to forego her binging habit and start with a special diet. She is currently in Los Angeles shooting for the film with her two good friends, Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan, " says a unit hand.

Her instructor is taking care that Kajol includes lots of nuts, especially almonds in her diet. Apart from keeping a tab on the calorie intake, Kajol is sweating it out at the gym too to cut that extra flab.

Interestingly, SRK had stopped working out as his six pack abs look was not required in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

As far as his look in My Name Is Khan is concerned, he plays an NRI Muslim man here and is required to look lean. We hope that the all new lean looking Kajol and Khan create the same on screen magic like their previous films.

Preity Zinta rings in New Year in Canada

Preity Zinta and beau Ness Wadia are away at Canada to celebrate the New Year. Preity Zinta has been working very hard throughout the year and wanted to go skiing this year with Ness and ring in the new year along with him. From there Preity will be flying to Los Angeles next.

The actress has been very busy this year and did not get time to holiday. The year for Preity began with her IPL matches plus shooting for films like Jahnu Barua’s Har Pall, Samir Karnik’s Heroes, Deepa Mehta’s Heaven On Earth and Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear. Having been busy Preity did not get time to pay attention to herself. Hence the actress is now busy taking care of her fitness and has also lost the oodles of weight that she has gained. Preity now weighs 46 kgs and is all set to storm bollywood with the new image.

“Newness in work and life makes me feel charged up. While I try to reinvent myself, I get up with a fresh day, derive inspiration from the surroundings. Being energetic and nervous at the same time make me feel as if I have reinvented myself” says the actress. The actress has been approached by directors like Yash Chopra and Sanjay Leela Bhansali too and is looking forward to a great ahead this year. For now Preity is busy enjoying her skiing sessions with beau Ness Wadia

Katrina is not going the rave party way

The buzz is that Bollywood's hot property Katrina Kaif has reportedly refused to play murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling in Prabhakar Shukla's film 'Rave Party'.

So reports that Katrina was shifting dates to play Scarlett as her dates are booked till 2009-end are false.

Apparently Kat was keen in the beginning, but keeping the controversial subject in mind, decided to opt out as she found the subject too controversial. Reportedly Kat has stated that she doesn't want to do films around a subject that has 'no clarity' and many unanswered questions.

The Internet Movie Database website also shows Katrina's name in the starcast of the film with its status 'in production'.

Shukla is looking for someone else from UK to play Scarlett, who was murdered on Goa's beach early last year.

The director is also awaiting the green signal from Scarlett's mother Fiona Mckeown as he has sent her the film's script for approval.

The buzz is that South Indian director Venkat Prabhu is making 'Goa' which is also based on Scarlett's murder and is produced by Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya's Ocher Studios.

When SRK rescued Shahid and Priyanka

After Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur have decided to talk about how the terror attacks of 26/11 were hard on them too.

The buzz is that the cast and crew of their new movie with Vishal Bharadwaj- 'Kaminay' were shooting outdoors at Marine Drive on that fateful November day, when terrorists attacked several hotspots of the city. The unit had no choice but to pack up hastily and leave for home.

But apparently on their way home they learnt of another terror attack in Juhu, where they were headed.

With little choice left, the duo reportedly called Shahrukh whose bungalow Mannat was nearby.

SRK warmly invited them home and did not let them leave the place until morning till things looked safer and the Juhu attack turned out to be a rumour.

Gauri was reportedly very hospitable too.

Well, nothing surprising since SRK's known for things like that. But we wonder why the stars are coming up with their horror stories from 26/11 now, after more than a month. That still remains one big mystery.

Shweta Bhardwaj: I want to show people that I can beat Shahrukh

January 3rd, 2009

“Mission Istaanbul” actress Shweta Bhardwaj says she has the ability to beat King Khan’s energy on screen.

“I would really want to work with Shah Rukh Khan because I want to beat his energy. Everyone keeps raving about his energy level and I want to show people that I can beat him on that,” Shweta told IANS on telephone from Mumbai.

The model-turned-actress, who made her Bollywood debut with Apoorva Lakhia’s film on global terrorism, “Mission Istaanbul”, also did the Telugu movie “Indumathi”.

Her first Hindi film was not very well received at the box-office, but Shweta is unperturbed.

“I was not disappointed with the bad performance of ‘Mission Istaanbul’. If a film doesn’t do well, that doesn’t mean it’s not a good film. It’s quite possible that the audience didn’t understand the film. What I’m happy about is that I was noticed in the film and got individual appreciation,” Shweta said.

“Mission Istaanbul” was produced by Suniel Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment and Shweta is currently shooting for her second film, “Loot”, which is again produced by the same banner. It also stars Suniel, Govinda, Javed Jaffery and Mimoh Chakraborty.

The movie, scheduled for a March release, revolves around four over-ambitious people who come together to rob a person in Bangkok to make a quick buck.

Shweta says she had to be extra careful on the sets of “Loot”.

“On the sets I had to be very conscious because everyone was senior and I didn’t want to hurt anyone. In fact, once I called Govinda, Chichi bhaiya, and Suniel told me it wasn’t appropriate. So after that I became very careful,” Shweta said.

The starlet, who did not shy away from flaunting her curves, is firm that she just wants to concentrate on mainstream commercial films at the moment even if the role is deglamourised.

“I’m open to a deglamorised look, but I want to do more of commercial films, at least right now. I want to first make a mark for myself in the industry, create my identity and then do arthouse films. I feel it’s important to first make a commercial value for yourself,” she said.

Asked what it takes to survive in this industry, Shweta said: “I think what you need to survive in this industry is attitude, a lot of patience and careful selection of roles.

“Sometimes you have to wait for the right kind of role. But you have to be patient because if you choose a wrong film, then it might hamper your career,” she said.

Shahid Kapoor dances on Jiah Khan’s tune

January 3rd, 2009

The cute guy has been linked to many actresses and this time around it’s Jiah Khan who’s all set to make Shahid dance on her tunes.

Well, before you reach the conclusion that Jiah is the new lady in Shahid’s life, let us clear the air. We are only talking about director Ken Ghosh’s Yahoo. Interestingly, Shahid who is known to be one of the best dancers in Bollywood will be seen playing Jiah’s student in the film.

This is for the first time that Jiah and Shahid are paired opposite each other. The film is based on dancing and Shahid portrays a passionate dancer with Jiah playing his dance guru.

Jiah admits, “Yes I play a choreographer in this beautiful love story. Shahid is like an institute of dance by himself and in this film I am teaching him how to dance.” This is something hard to believe but yes, Shahid will be seen learning his dance steps from Jiah.

So how has Jiah prepared herself to match steps with the dancer Shahid? “It’s definitely tough to keep up with Shahid but I have been dancing since the time I was six so I have been trained in lot of dance forms. We have choreographers from Hollywood. They have really made us feel like Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in the music videos so I am really excited about that.”

Emraan Hashmi loves horror flicks more than romantic films

January 3rd, 2009

Known as serial kisser in Bollywood Emraan Hashmi has enjoyed his playboy image in most of his films. Except his last film Awarpan where he tried to be different but failed to attract his fans. Apparently the actor himself feels that his naughty streak was missing in the film. Now he promises to continue his much popular playboy image.

Emraan is looking forward to work on Mohit Suri’s Raaz 2. This sequel of Raaz will once again have Emraan and Kangana Ranaut together in main lead. This will be their second movie after Gangster.

Apprently Emraan who has tried different genres, reveals that he loves the Horror genre. Also feels that the horror genre has never been explored properly in Bollywood.

According to him Raaz 2 will be unlike other Bollywood horror flicks. “Bollywood’s scary movies have been all about loud sounds and hideous makeup but Raaz 2 is going to change the definition of horror films. The scenes in the film are scary as we are actually shooting in the creepiest of places.”

Being thrilled of shooting at such creepy places, Emraan reminisces “We have shot in a place called Panghar in Rajathan. We were told not to shoot there after sunset by the villagers. We were amazed to see that there was not a single government office in the area because it is said to be a haunted place. We have shot at such places to make the film authentic.”