Mallika Sherawat fails to seduce audience

February 6th, 2009

Mallika Sherawat was planning to seduce audiences again but it was not to be.

A movie that was supposed to have her as a seductress has been shelved even before it could roll.

These days Mallika has been covered up in some of her films but was supposed to be back where she belongs with an erotic thriller by producer Ratan Jain.

Titled ‘Forbidden’ it was to be directed by a newcomer named Manish Gupta.

Mallika was supposed to play a debauched woman who seduces her stepson.

Tusshar Kapoor and many others were considered for the role and Aditya Seal who debuted opposite Manisha Koirala in ‘Ek Chhoti Si Love Story’ was finalized.

But due to differences between the producer and the director, the project couldn’t take off.

Manish Gupta has moved on to another project titled ‘Stoneman Murders’ and put ‘Forbidden’ on the back burner. This prompted the film’s producer to shelve the project altogether.

Well, the fans of Mallika must have been sad to not see her in yet another overtly feisty and sexy role!

Asin’s real life daredevil stunt

February 6th, 2009

Well, actors do stunts all the time.

And Asin did the same not very long ago and that too in real life.

She saved a kid from getting trampled by a car on a busy road in Andheri.

She was passing by in her car when she noticed a boy stuck right in the middle of a busy road. There were speeding cars passing by within inches of the kid, who reportedly seemed clueless as to what to do.

Just as he was almost in front of a speeding vehicle Asin swung into action, walked into the middle of the road and hurriedly took the boy aside. But while doing so she lost her balance and fell down.

She saved the boy but ended up with bruises on her arms. Currently she’s sporting full sleeve dresses to conceal her bruises which are in the healing process.

However playing down the incident, she says it’s a personal matter.

Well, this dame wants to be humble and good, much like her character in ‘Ghajini’.

Raj denies engagement with Shilpa

February 6th, 2009

There have been speculations that Shilpa Shetty and industrialist Raj Kundra may have been engaged. But the London based businessman set all rumours to rest by denying engagement with Shilpa but said that both of them were committed towards each other. In an interview given to a television channel Raj added that whenever they take their relationship to a further level an announcement would be made.

On co-owning the IPL team Rajasthan Royals with Shilpa Shetty he said that it was driven by his passion for cricket. He added that Shilpa will add glamour to the team in the upcoming season and will also conduct a reality show to choose cheerleaders for the team. When quizzed about competition with rival team owners Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta he said that all of them are friends and the idea was to go and have fun out there in the ground.

Asin Sizzles on Cover Of Filmfare

February 6th, 2009

Sizzling Asin is reaching new heights with her Ghajini popularity. She is now on the cover page of Filmfare magazine.

Asin launched the new Filmfare in which she poses in a red drape on the cover. Asin was present during the launch of latest issue of Magazine.

She definitely looked sizzling !

A R Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh to Perform Live at the Oscars

February 6th, 2009

Music maestro A.R Rahman is going to perform live at the Oscar ceremony. 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 22.

A R Rahman and Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh has been invited to perform the Oscar nominated song Jai ho from the film Slumdog Millionaire at the “Oscar evening” on February 21st, in Los Angeles.

Lyricist Gulzar who has penned the Jai ho is also expected to make an appearance at the event.

New things about IPL 2009

February 6th, 2009

Shilpa Shetty will launch a talent hunt for cheerleaders for her Rajasthan IPL team.
Katrina Kaif resumes the role of mascot for the Bangalore team.

Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty have invested Rs 75 crore for a 12 per cent stake in the Rajasthan team.
Akshay Kumar will not be the mascot for Delhi’s team this year.

Riya Sen is the brand ambassador for the IPL website.
Rajasthan’s team will launch a clothing line and a documentary film on the team.

Knights and Angels is a talent show on NDTV Imagine where Sourav Ganguly hunts for cheerleaders. Chennai Super Kings Cheerleaders is also a talent hunt show, to start soon on Vijay TV.
Chennai Super Kings Juniors is a talent hunt for young cricketers, also coming on Vijay TV.

Perscussionist Sivamani will perform with the finalists of Chennai’s cheerleader hunt.

Preity Zinta’s Mohali team is also launching a talent hunt and a cricket academy in Mohali.

Pakistani players are out of the IPL Season 2.

England cricketers are in this year, including star players Kevin
Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff.
* Aussie David Warner joins the Delhi team, while Michael Clarke pulls out of the IPL.
* 112 overseas players are auctioned this season.
* Rs 600 crore (nearly half the ad budget for cricket in 2009) is the advertising money so far.
* Rs 9.6 crore is the spending cap on the teams for 2009.
* Bangalore trades Robin Uthappa for Mumbai’s Zaheer Khan. Mumbai’s Ashish Nehra is traded for Delhi’s Shikhar Dhawan.
SRK’s team has Eden Gardens, but is checking out Cuttack stadium as well.

Lara goes super-hot for Maxim mag

February 6th, 2009

Mumbai : Lara Dutta is all set to take the glamour world by storm after posing sexily for the February issue of ‘Maxim’ magazine.

The actress, who is in news for her plain appearance in her upcoming film ‘Billu Barber’ opposite Irrfan Khan, has proved that she is not done with her uber-glam image. Lara has gone bold and wild on the mag pages - which exhibits her raw sex appeal to perfection.

After Katrina Kaif and Ameesha Patel, the sultry Lara Dutta`s was asked to pose for fashion magazine Maxim and she has done her job really well. The pretty former Miss Universe, is seen posing sexily in black and red coloured swimwear. She is also sporting a short chic hairdo.

The beautiful actress has various interesting film releases lined up this year. She plays a village woman in ‘Billu Barber’ and will also be seen in ‘Blue’ and ‘London Dreams’.