Archive for April, 2008

How cute is a long-haired Shahid Kapoor

While actors are at their experimental best these days, Shahid Kapoor will not be left behind. After his stellar performance in Jab We Met, the actor is super-charged and willing to go any distance to get into the skin of the character.
Shahid, we hear, will be opting for a new long-haired look for his upcoming […]

IIFA’08 Technical Awards Announced

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) recently announced the awards in the Technical category.
And no prizes for guessing the winners as it were the regular suspects who walked home with the prestigious honors. The winners included superhit like Chak De India (five awards) and Om Shanti Om (four awards). While Chak De India bagged […]

Mallika’s pole dance

Sherawat watched videos of professional dancers before shooting for Kamal Haasan’s film

Mallika Sherawat

Mallika Sherawat was seen as a belly dancer in Mani Ratnam’s Guru. In Kamal Hassan’s film Dasavatharam, the actress has done a pole dance.Madam M is famous for preparing for her roles seriously. It is learnt that for Dasavatharam, she watched videos of […]

Mujhe pachaas chahiye: Salman Khan

As Akshay was being offered 40 crore, Sallu asked for 50 crore
In a show of one-upmanship, Salman Khan told production house Studio 18, who were keen to sign him for one of their projects, that he’d not accept anything less than Rs 50 crore. Reason? Because they were offering Akshay Kumar Rs 40 crore for […]

Lights, camera, accident

Amitabh Bachchan, whose grievous injury while shooting Coolie in 1982 brought the whole film industry to its knees, made a pertinent point recently.
“The accident that happened in Coolie changed my life. When I saw a repeat of that incident on the sets of Khakee, I relived my horrid experiences. I also wondered if the film […]

Hrithik returns cheque to Adlabs for 30 crore deal

The buzz about the multi-crore deal that Hrithik had struck with Adlabs last year is that it’s off! Hrithik wants to return the full amount to Adlabs. But the company is not willing to take a no for an answer.
According to a source, “Hrithik has given the cheque back. But they aren’t accepting it. In […]