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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Actress Katrina Kaif attends the India Auto car Awards 2009 at Taj Land’s End on January 7, 2009 in Bombay.
Actress Katrina Kaif attends the India Auto car Awards 2009 at Taj Land’s End on January 7, 2009 in Bombay.
Save birds, says Jiah Khan in new PETA ad
January 8th 2009
Actress Jiah Khan is supporting what some might consider a slightly unusual cause - she wants a ban on glass-coated manja (string) used for kite flying to avoid hurting birds.
Jiah will be seen in a People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ad, dressed as a wounded bird wrapped in kite string. The tagline of the ad is `Cut the glass-coated manja (string), not birds` wings`.
Ace photographer Farrokh Chothia shot the ad and its release coincides with the festival of Makar Sankranti, when kites are traditionally flown.
British born Jiah debuted in Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma`s controversial movie Nishabd opposite megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Recently, she shared screen space with Aamir Khan in the hit film Ghajini.
Other celebrities who have been part of PETA campaigns are John Abraham, Gulshan Grover, Rahul Khanna, Yana Gupta, Rakhi Sawant and many more.
Nayan creates traffic jam
Guess who this beautiful actress is? She is the queen bee of south Indian cinema and her every hour is worth in lakhs. Recently she bowled over the people of Thiruvananthapuram with her beauty, élan and style.
Nayan was the cynosure of all eyes recently when she arrived to inaugurate a jewellery shop in the capital city. Thousands of her fans thronged the venue which is in the heart of the town early morning after reading newspaper ads that the actress was the chief guest at the shop.
There was a huge traffic jam on the main road and Nayan arrived at around 10 am in her black BMW. She smiled at her fans mostly youngsters who were waiting for hours to get a glance at the most sensational queen bee of south Indian films. They send flying kisses
Nayan dressed in a pink chiffon saree and a green contrast sleeveless blouse waved at everyone and went ahead with the inauguration. Needless to say, the actress has been paid a huge sum of money by the jewellery shop who were not willing to disclose the amount.
Nayanthara has a huge fan following like the superstars in Kerala and remember that she got all this attention in the last four years. Currently she is doing a film Bodyguard after a break of two years in Malayalam.
She said: `It is Malayalam film industry who made me what I am today and I will never forget that. I am open to do more Malayalamfilms if I have dates and the script excites me`
Bollywood Box Office Report : Ghajini 64 Croros in 8 Days
January 8th 2009
| Bollywood Box Office - For the week 25 /12//08 - 31 /12/08 | ||||
| Rank | Movie | No. of weeks | Current Weeks Collections | Total net Gross |
| 1 | Ghajini | 1 | 64,41,00,000 | 64,41,00,000 |
| 2 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | 3 | 9,28,00,000 | 76,08,00,000 |
| 3 | Jumbo | 1 | 1,95,00,000 | 1,95,00,000 |
| 4 | Dostana | 7 | 6,00,000 | 44,42,00,000 |
| 5 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | 5 | 3,00,000 | 6,13,00,000 |
Aamir lauded for anti-smoking scene in 'Ghajini'
January 8th 2009
PANAJI: A Mumbai-based public health institute has lauded Aamir Khan Production Pvt Ltd for the actor's anti-smoking scene in the latest
blockbuster, 'Ghajini'.
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health has sent a letter of appreciation to Aamir Khan Productions Pvt Ltd applauding him for the scene in his latest blockbuster hit 'Ghajini'.
The latest Aamir Khan flick has shown a gang of hooligans smoking in a mall which is objected to by a character.
"The scene highlights the team's sensitivity in correctly portraying public smoking as an unlawful activity, especially since most producers and directors tend to glamourise the act of smoking and some of them defend it as creative freedom," the institute director Dr P C Gupta said.
"When a celebrity smokes publicly or in a movie as a character, he or she not only violates the law but also influences the fans to start consuming tobacco. According to a research, 52 per cent children have their first puff after watching a celebrity light up a cigarette," he said.
"We appreciate and thank Murugadoss, the director of 'Ghajini', and Aamir Khan for highlighting such an important fact even though we certainly do not favour any violence against smokers," Gupta said.
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