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Gossip Irfan pathan sings for Shilpa on 'Dus Ka Dum'

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It is time for some cricket tadka on 'Dus Ka Dum', as the famous cricketer Irfan Khan and sexy Shilpa Shetty are invited to play the game. She was spotted wearing a diamond ring the size of a rock.The gorgeous Shilpa Shetty makes an appearance in the next episode of 'Dus Ka Dum' looking sexy in a short red dress. Salman probed her about the ring but she replied that it was not a gift by Raj Kundra, but she had bought it for herself.

Says a source, "Having both of them was a real pleasure on the show. Everyone was aware that Shilpa Shetty is friendly with Salman Khan so both of them had a great chat on the show but surprisingly Irfan Khan who seemed a bit reserved also opened up and entertained the audiences. He not only sang 'O O Jane Jana' for Shilpa but also shared cricketing experience on the show."

Gossip Arshad Warsi and Dia Mirza in The Malyalam Remake of 'Notebook'

Malyalam super hit film,” Notebook”. will be remade in Hindi by Arshad Warsi’s production house, Shooting Star Films. The production house is soon to release its first film Kaun Bola starring Arshad and Dia Mirza. The remake will be directed by Roshan Andrews, who had also made the Malyalam film.

A source confirmed and said, “Arshad always wanted to make Notebook in Hindi but he was busy with his first home production. He and Roshan have had a couple of meetings and are in the process of finalising details for the Hindi remake. Arshad was impressed with the film as it is a youthful subject with a social message. He was also impressed with the manner in which the subject of teenage pregnancy was handled sensitively.”

Arshad too confirmed the news and said, “I love the film. It will be directed by Roshan Andrews and things are currently being finalised.”

Gossip French first Lady to sing for Mandela

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Carla Bruni-Sarokzy will lead a glittering line-up of stars at a concert here to mark Nelson Mandela's birthday, in what will be her first public show since becoming France's first lady.

Bruni-Sarkozy, a model-turned-musician, will perform for the first time in public since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the concert at Radio City Music Hall in Madison Square Garden.

The event, which also stars Stevie Wonder and soul queen Aretha Franklin, ends a week of celebrations for the 91st birthday of the former South African president.

"Mr Mandela is an iconic statesman whose sacrifice and leadership has had an enormous impact on humanity," the organizers said in a statement.

The concert aims to raise funds for Campaign 46664, named after Mandela's former prisoner number when he was jailed for 27 years under the South African apartheid regime before becoming the country's first black president in 1994.

Other stars to take part on Saturday will include Hollywood stars Forest Whitaker, Susan Sarandon and Matt Damon, the organisers said.

Gossip Vidya, Arshad are good in Bed!

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Yeah, you read that right! We didn’t say break dance, or ball dance, or anything like thatSoon you will witness a never-seen-before bed dance performed by Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan . It all happened on the sets of Ishqiya, and here’s the story. Apparently, Arshad and Vids have a love-making scene in the movie
, and our sources revealed that the actors weren’t uncomfy doing the scenes, but strangely, they were embarrassed while doing the bed dance. Post the intimate scene, the pair had to break into an impromptu dance on the bed, and while you’d think it could be so erotic, it’s far from that.

They had to pretend they were playing a guitar, and dance like teenagers at a rock show... all on the bed. With Vids simply wearing a petticoat and a loose shirt. Even the rock
band AC/DC (whose dress code — shorts, shirt and a loosely strung tie — made a fashion statement) will probably suffer a complex on seeing this. Those who’ve seen the rushes of the movie claim that it’s a natural and funny. We’ve no doubt that the jodi was good in bed. The dance, we mean. What were you thinking, huh?

Gossip That's John and my son: Katrina Kaif

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This gal makes one helluva mommy, right? And she insists that her son is so much like her, we mean good-looking And you know that we’re talking strictly about her role ‘on screen’ (written in big and bold, alright). Katrina Kaif had no qualms about playing mommy on screen for the first time, in the movie New
York (as long as she looked like a yummy-mummy, it didn’t matter), in fact; she was super excited that the choice of beta was so close to perfect. She tells us, “I think Kabir (the director) chose that boy because if you look at him, he’s got a very striking resemblance to me. Doesn’t he? Kabir saw about 500 kids, and then he saw this one and he told me that he’s found a child who looks like a mix of John and me. I didn’t believe him, but when I saw the child, I was quite surprised, because he did have some resemblance.” Well dear, you better watch what you say. We don’t think Sallu bhai will be too thrilled to hear of this new good-looking family. And with our dude Johnny Bravo playing papa... No way! Sallu, huffing and puffing already, huh?

Gossip Priyanka’s 2-day b’day Bliss with Shahid

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Yeah, tomorrow Priyanka Chopra will celebrate her b’day. So far there’s no news of a birthday bash (she recently hosted a mega party and it seems she’s still getting over the after effects of that), and she recently even announced that she enjoys being a guest at parties more than playing host herself. Smart gal! Anyway, our guess is that it’s gonna be quite a special birthday weekend for PC. How do we know that? Our sources have let us onto a little secret. Apparently both Priyanka and Shahid Kapoor have kept July 18 and 19 free, even after they were asked, the duo sweetly refused to give these days to any producer for shooting, promotions, press or any other commitment. Hmmm... our guess is that SK is planning a special two-day birthday date with the lovely lady. Whoa...sounds so romantic, no? Just like a scene out of our Bollywood movie. What say?

Gossip American film-maker Floored by Priyanka Chopra

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While award-winning director-producer Ben Rekhi is finalising on the cast for his feature film that is based on debutant novelist Karan Bajaj's best-selling novel, Keep Off The Grass, he is also keeping himself busy writing a graphic novel these days.

Ben reveals, "I'm writing a graphic novel with Kamlesh Pandey (writer of Rang De Basanti, Delhi-6 etc) which I'll make into a movie. It'll be ready in the next two months. The film will be called Beti and it'll be a superhero sci-fi film where I want Priyanka Chopra to play the lead."

While this American director is best known for writing, directing and producing his directorial debut Waterborne with Shabana Azmi, he's awestruck by Priyanka Chopra's beauty.

The 30-year-old film-maker says, "I met Priyanka two weeks back at the photoshoot of a magazine but I didn't tell her about this project of mine 'cause I didn't want to talk about work when she was already working," he says, adding, "She is unbelievable. I would be really excited to make a film with her."

While Ben will be directing this film, he might also act in it. At this point, it might be recalled that Ben had earlier played the character of Gulab in Mark Webber's Explicit Ills (2008).

The movie based on the book will be in Hinglish and though the book mentions the protagonist joining IIM Bangalore, Ben says, "We will not shoot at IIM Bangalore for this part. I was doing a recce at the institute for Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots. I don't think I'll shoot there because I know there'll be a lot of comparisons between my film and 3 Idiots."

Gossip Jackson's record sales top 9 mn since his Death

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Michael Jackson's sudden death has made him once again the most dominant musical figure on the planet.

His recordings have dominated the US pop charts for the third consecutive week ending Wednesday - counting a sale of more than 9 million of the singer's albums since his death June 25.

Nielsen SoundScan said Jackson's albums sold 1.1 million copies over the last seven days and had combined to sell an impressive 2.3 million in the US in the nearly three weeks since he died, reports the Los Angeles Times.

According to the Los Angeles Times an unidentified source with knowledge of sales figures for the catalog said that more than 9 million Jackson albums have been sold worldwide since June 25.

Sony Music, which controls the catalog of his solo adult recordings, declines as a policy to comment on sales issues, but a spokeswoman for the label did not dispute the accuracy of the 9-million figure.

Jackson's music has also topped the pop charts in countries including France, Germany, Australia and Britain during the same period.

Gossip Kumkum bhabhi turns Heroine...

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After appearing on Hans Baliye with her husband, Sachin Shroff, Juhi Parmar has now signed on her debut movie opposite Suresh Menon, called Padduram, in which she plays a young mother and Menon plays the father.

“There’s no other heroine in the movie. So I guess I am the leading lady of the film. But the kid is the real star of the movie. Suresh and I are playing an elderly couple, at least from the kid’s perspective,” she laughs.

The movie revolves around gas problems that children and elders have and how everyone deals with it, especially when their child is going through it. “We all have gas problems but we hate to talk about it, let alone dealing with it. I know there are cases of people falling ill because of gas problems.

Funny title
The title of the film sounds funny because the take on the problem is funny but otherwise, it’s a serious problem,” states Parmar, who has already completed 16 days of shooting in Indore and only the climax remains to be shot.

Bheja Fry type movie
Doesn’t the track record of artistes changing lanes deter the newly married soap star? She replies: “No, because today mediums are converging. We’re all working on every medium that we can. Popular actors are turning to TV and we are moving towards films. Mine is a very Bheja Fry type of movie. It’s not the typical debut, which I can get apprehensive about,” adding that her husband Sachin is the happiest about her moves.

This is not the first time that Parmar is acting in a movie. Earlier in 2001-02, she acted opposite Diwakar Pundir in Pehchaan. So how did Padduram become her debut? “That was only supposed to be premiered on TV. Sahara had approached producers to make movies for their channel. So, I do have some experience. You can say I interned there and this is my first job,” she quickly replies. Right.

Though one really missed seeing her on the second season of Chhote Miyaan (she blames it on the mismatched dates), she promises to make her best effort to win Hans Baliye, the couple laughter contest on Star One.

“Sachin has grown steadily. We started out with average scores but have bettered our scores each week. So, whether they bring in wild cards or introduce another element, I’m sure if all goes well, we might just win,” she smiles.

Given that she’s playing a mother to a 10-year-old in her debut movie, would she go the parenting way soon? She smiles, “You’ll have to wait for sometime for that. We’re just married yaar.”

Gossip Mallika Sherawat broke a Coconut Outside the Twitter HQ in San Francisco

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Mallika Sherawat is the first Indian celebrity to be invited to visit the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Mallika, a regular on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mallikaLA) has over 7500 followers.

Mallika got the rare honour of visiting the Twitter office and spending time with the staff. Tweet experience

Mallika even broke a coconut in the traditional way before entering the building and danced with the employees on Bollywood numbers. After her experience, she said this on her Twitter account, "The Twitter office will never be the same! (And neither will I :) Haven't had that much fun in too long.

OMG! CEO Evan Williams doing Bollywood jhatka-matka with me!!" She also talks about the 'good luck puja' she performed for them, "It was the first time ever a coconut was broken outside Twitter office in San Fran:) Good luck!"

Sherawat even showed the staff the promo for her upcoming movie Hisss. She tweets, "The Twitter ssstaff was ssshocked n applauded th scandaloussss HISSS promo, yo!"

Gossip Bipasha Basu Insults Mugdha Godse

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Bollywood hottie Bipasha Basu and her co-actress Mugdha Godse, who are part of the upcoming Rohit Shetty film ALL THE BEST, seem to have developed a new hatred for each other.

The two actors reportedly hate each other. The sour chemistry between the two had become a much talked about affair on the film sets. All this happened because both the ladies wanted to get more attention in the film than the other.

CHECK OUT: Mugdha Godse gets nostalgic

The story goes that Bips miffed Mugdha when she told her she can't dance. This infuriated the actress and she refused to acknowledge Bips' starry airs. Though the two finally completed the scenes together, but it was no less than a nightmare for the makers.

Well, looks like this catfight is going to welcome news for the rumor mills in B-Town.

Gossip Ooh, I'm in Love: Manisha

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ou could call this her second innings. In more ways than one. For Manisha Koirala is back in action with three releases set for this yearWhat’s more, she’s lost oodles of weight and gained loads of oomph. She’s experimenting with film roles and is revelling in love.

Life’s sunny, she tells us, even in this dullish weather. We get talking about her upcoming movies
. First up is Chehere, where Manisha plays a double role of sorts. “It’s the same character, but placed in two different eras and thus having two distinct looks and two contrasting storylines. From a successful actress of the silent era cinema to a fading actress of modern cinema, it is a complex character,” Manisha states. “It was challenging to find a balance,” she adds.

But challenges have never been a setback for the actress (Bombay, Khamoshi, Dil Se, Gupt, Company... just a few of her memorable performances), and she’s hungry for more. There’s also Deepti Naval’s directorial debut Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish and Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De, where she again plays a character who undergoes a complete transformation — “It’s the same girl who leads two different lives.” So, with so much up her sleeve, does she consider 2009 to be her comeback year? “A comeback means you had gone away, but I was right here! I chose to lie low in the middle because the roles I was being offered were not exciting enough,” Manisha candidly admits.

Moving on to the other thing (besides acting, of course) that Manisha has always been in the spotlight for — her relationships. The latest reports on her personal life stated that she was to tie the knot with her American boyfriend Christopher Dorris earlier this year. “That was just wishful thinking on some people’s part! No, I am not married but I am in a steady relationship. I’m happy.” Sunshine through the rain, we told you...

Gossip Aamir Khan to share Dais with Hillary Clinton

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Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan will share dais with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at an interactive session on education at the St Xavier's College on Saturday.

Sources in the US consulate said that Clinton, who is arriving on Friday, will deliver a speech on education and hold discussion on the subject with NGOs.

Aamir, who is associated with one of the NGOs, will also be present.

However, the Consulate did not divulge details about the NGOs attending the meeting citing security reasons.

Yesterday, authorities from the Consulate and the Maharashtra government visited the college as part of security drill.

Gossip Kardashian Poses in tiny bikini for new photoshoot

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The reality TV star has stripped and showed off her awesome body for the amazing shoot.

The stunning socialite is seen wearing a colourful tiny bikini in the new pics, reports The Sun.

Meanwhile, Kim recently revealed how she and NFL star fiance Reggie Bush were almost stranded in South Africa after leaving her passport on a plane and was refused entry to the country by customs.

But, after much pleading with staff, Reggie was allowed back on to the plane to find the passport.

The couple had been travelling around Africa on behalf of the Russell Simmons Diamond Empowerment Fund.

Gossip Deepika Gets hot in an item number

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If Deepika Padukone had taken this move two years ago, you would understand, but why now after having established herself in Bollywood? This pretty girl has taken film lovers by surprise, as she has plunged into Telugu movies, that too in a hot item number, while the actresses down south are making a beeline to enter Bollywood.South Indian actresses like Asin Thottumkal, Genelia D'Souza, Shreya Saran [^] and others are still trying to find a strong foothold in Bollywood though they are big names down south. They are rejecting films from south in order to concentrate on Hindi cinema but Deepika is doing just the opposite. She is doing a hot item number in Love 4 Ever, a bilingual film in Telugu and Hindi.


Yes, Deepika rose to fame with her Bollywood debut film Om Shanti Om though she had earlier acted in a Kannada film titled Aishwarya. She consolidated her position with Bachna Ae Haseeno. Her next film Chandni Chowk to China failed but she is all set to return in a big way with Love Aaj Kal opposite Saif Ali Khan. At this critical juncture, she decided to return to south.

In spite of her busy schedule in Bollywood, Deepika shot for the item song “Chakde Mahiya need Duniya.. Haddu dati aadey day and night” for Love 4 Ever starring debutants Randeep and Mrudula in the lead roles. Love 4 Ever, produced and directed by Jayant C. Paranji, is basically a Telugu film though it will be simultaneously made in Hindi.

Sources said that Deepika has given a sizzling performance in the item number, which is one of the major highlights of the film. People just can't stop talking about her hot and sexy attire.

Looks like Deepika loves to serve hot!

Gossip What was Shahid Addicted to as a child? (Bollywood Snippets)

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The one thing that Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor couldn’t resist as a child was playing video games - he was so addicted that he used to spend all his pocket money on them.
“As a kid growing up in Delhi, Shahid used to spend the maximum time inside video game parlours, playing video games incessantly. All his pocket money was spent on playing video games. He used to play till he would run out of money. There were times when he would sit for hours glued to the game,” said a source.

The 28-year-old, who owns PSP and X Box, feels if he starts playing again, he won’t be able to concentrate on his work.

“If I start gaming again I will not be able to read scripts and concentrate on my work. It’s best if I stay away from this old addiction of mine,” said Shahid who will be seen in a completely different avatar in his forthcoming release “Kaminey”.

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After acting, Amrita Rao wants to do editing

What interests actress Amrita Rao besides acting is the art of editing. The actress says she would like to take it up in future.

“I have always been quite fascinated with editing. Later in life, when I feel I have done my share of acting and want to do something else, I might do a course in editing and take it up professionally. But nothing is planned as of now,” the 28-year-old told IANS.

Amrita, who has done films like “Ishq Vishk”, “Masti”, “Main Hoon Na”, “Vivah” and “Welcome To Sajjanpur” among others, was recently seen in a glam doll role in “Short Kut - The Con Is On”.

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Controversies don’t affect Adhyayan Suman any more

Whether it was his much-publicised affair and break-up with actress Kangana Ranaut or alleged linkups with co-actresses Shahana Goswami and Anjana Sukhani, budding actor Adhyayan Suman says he has become thick-skinned now and controversies don’t affect him any more.

“If you are a known person, then it is obvious that people want to know about you. Gossips, rumours and controversies are part of a public figure’s life. If you want to survive, you have to become thich-skinned, like I have become,” Adhyayan, the son of TV star Shekhar Suman, told IANS.

“During the early days of ‘Raaz…’ when I had just entered the industry, talks about my relationship used to really affect me. But now I have understood everything and they don’t bother me any more. You have to live with it,” said the 21-year-old.

Gossip Arshad Warsi Slapped on the sets!

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On the sets of Neeraj Vohra's SHORTKUT, an inevitable accident occurred; Arshad Warsi got slapped by the versatile theatre actor Bakul Thackar, who is been getting great reviews for his performance in the movie of late. Well, no this wasn't yet another tiff, but one of the scenes which got a bit....real!

It so happened that while shooting the film, one of the scenes required Bakul to slap Arshad. Now, amidst the shooting, Bakul actually ended up hitting Arshad hard on his face.

CHECK OUT: Ashad Warsi's re-make time

And the impact of the slap was such that Arshad's sunglasses flew straight to the ground!

Seeing this director Neeraj Vohra almost lost his cool and the atmosphere on the sets immediately turned tense. Bakul, who was already anxious initially doing such a scene, was in complete shock due to his blunder!

But much to his surprise and relief moreso, Arshad was extremely cool about it. He assured Bakul that everything was fine and such things keep happening! He even went down to calming the director and insisted on resuming the shooting.

After the incident, Arshad and Bakul soon became pals and bonded like a house on fire for the rest of the movie shoot.

Well, Bakul, that was a close one...literally!

Gossip Britney Spears receives death Threats

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Pop singer Britney Spears is refusing to take her sons on tour to Russia after she received a series of death threats by e-mail.

The Toxic hit-maker will base herself in Finland and fly in just for the two concerts in St Petersburg and Moscow next week, reported thesun.co.uk.

"Originally, both boys were to accompany Britney but she was against taking them because of these constant threats," said a source.

After the Moscow performance, Spears will fly straight to London in her private jet to be reunited with sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two.

The identity of the e-mail sender is unknown.

Gossip Kareena Kapoor 'censors' Sexy Scene with Saif

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Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have reportedly shot an aesthetic love-making sequence in Karan Johar’s Now, she intends asking director Rensil D’Silva to delete one scene from that sequence in which her bare back is visible.

There is a point beyond which Kareena won’t go for any filmmaker. And ever since Saif and she filmed the sequence, she has been wondering what both sets of parents might think on seeing in. “We are actors and can’t be coy after accepting a film on a bold subject like Qurbaan. I’ve done kissing scenes earlier. But the love-making scene is explicit by my yardstick. It comes at a crucial stage in the narration. And Saif made sure I was comfortable,” said the actress.

Kareena is a favourite of both, the producer and director, and it’s possible that Karan and Rensil might listen to her and have the bare back scene removed. The audience will be the loser. Ah well, there’s always Kambakkth Ishq in case you want to know what Kareena’s back looks like! qurban

Gossip No po-rn, only Kamasutra with my boyfriend; Adah Sharma

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With Bollywood going open about ‘sex’ in recent films, Adah Sharma who has gone into hibernation post ‘1920’ too emerges out to share her views on the subject.

For a six- year-old Adah, sex was introduced by her mother as nothing but ‘two individuals loving each other,’ and she first heard of it from the soap opera ‘Bold and Beautiful’

With time, Adah Sharma has learnt that ‘sensuality and sexuality lies between the ears and not between the thighs’ and ‘one can be sexual in many ways.’

But the actress admits that she hasn’t seen any porn movies but owns a copy of Kamasutra which she read with her boyfriend.

“I've never ever seen a porn film in my life but have seen some of 'C' grade Hindi films which can be termed as a part of porn. I cannot name any of those films,” Adah was quoted as saying to a website.

Gossip Event organisers apologise for Chaos at Dhoni event

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The organisers of a function in which India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni participated as brand ambassador today apologised for the chaos that led to boycott by mediapersons. Godrej Company, organiser of the event, in a press release here said it had made elaborate arrangements for the event at Chennai Trade Centre providing separate seating area for mediapersons and exclusive elevated area for photographers. However, the audience rushed to the stage making event coverage difficult for the media.

The company expressed regret that this situation had upset the mediapersons and expressed apologies for the turn of events.

The organisers also said that such incident would not be repeated.

Gossip Salman the ‘He-man’ to Wrestle with a Lion in ‘Veer’!

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In a bid to muscle up an alpha-male image for himself, Salman Khan is ready to roll up his sleeves, thump his clean-shaven chest and get down to wrestle with a lion.
All for a good cause, because he is to save a damsel in distress in his much-hyped upcoming film ‘Veer’. Not quite a novel idea to display his lion-hearted bravery, for Dharmendra had single-handedly taken on a tiger in ‘Maa ‘(1976) and ‘Kartavya’ (1979).

However, Salman is not at all scared of this beastly encounter.

The lion which will be utilised for the shoot are said to be trained, a top official from the unit of ‘Veer’ revealed.

Director Vijay Galani explained , “The scene is a rescue act. Liza Lazarus (Miss UK Universe 2008) is on a hunting spree in the jungle. Suddenly, a lion attacks her. Salman spots her in trouble and fights the lion to save her. The scene in question will be shot abroad next month.”

On being questioned on the foreign location, Galani explained, “We don`t have very good facilities to shoot such scenes here. Since Salman has been involved in many creative aspects of the film, he was more than enthusiastic to execute the scene. The scene was always there in the original script but we had reserved the shooting for the end. We will need three days to film the scene with the lion. Salman is very excited about this. Ditto for Liza.”

‘Veer’ is presented by Eros International, is directed by Anil Sharma and also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta, Aryan Vaid and Bharat Dabholkar.

Gossip Kareena Kapoor leaves Saif home alone with kids

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Five days a week are for lady-love Kareena Kapoor and two days are for his children Sarah and Ibrahim. When the children visit, Bebo keeps herself busy with her shooting assignments and script sessions, and the doting dad is completely devoted to his children.

Sarah has a mind of her own; and while she enjoys watching films with her friends (or having special conversations with her daddy) little Ibrahim, who is a spitting image of Saif has just learnt to SMS.

“He sends me two word SMSes,” says the proud father. And they invariably read ‘Hi Dude’ (yeah, he calls his dad that). However, Saif doesn’t encourage his children to hang around him for too long on film sets. “I find that an intrusion on their privacy,” says the protective father. “And Ibrahim hates being surprised by the paparazzi,” he adds.

Gossip 14-year jail for SMS joke on Pakistani President

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If you mistakenly, or just for fun, share with a friend one of the hundreds of derisory jokes about the leader floating around electronically, you could get a 14-year prison sentence.

Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik announced last week that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been tasked to trace SMS (or text messages) and e-mails that "slander the political leadership of the country" under the vague Cyber Crimes Act.
In addition to facing up to 14 years in the jail, violators could have their property seized, Malik said, adding that the government would seek Interpol assistance in deporting foreign offenders.

Surrounded by controversy throughout his political career, Zardari has been a subject of harsh public criticism since he was elected as president by the national parliament a year ago.

Most of the criticism stems from his government's sluggishness in addressing problems such as severe power outages, intolerably fast-rising inflation, and a sputtering economy.

But many jokes hint that Zardari still acts as "Mr 10 percent" - a label referring to the percentage he would allegedly receive in kickbacks in the 1990s during the two terms as prime minister spent by his assassinated wife, Benazir Bhutto.

One such joke portrays a school for demons at roll call. All the demons report for class, except one named Zardari. When the demon teacher asks where Zardari is, a student replies that he has "gone to rob Pakistan".

Another joke claims that the words that most frighten Zardari are the slogan: "Bhutto is still alive." It's a mantra his party workers chant often in public meetings, but it can be interpreted to mean it is unfortunate for the nation that Bhutto died and Zardari became president.

Most of the hundreds of jokes shared by 50 million SMS users of about 80 million mobile phone customers seem innocuous but can have disastrous political implications for Zardari, who according to some recent surveys is already highly unpopular among the public.

"Jokes in Pakistani political culture are a very effective way to delegitimise rulers. Historically, these have been used by the weak and helpless against the powerful," said Rasool Bux Raees, a political analyst at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Local media, human rights activists and bloggers have been swift in criticising the proposed law against anti-government SMS and online texts as "draconian and authoritarian".

The English-language newspaper the Nation said early this week that Malik's statement showed that Zardari's government had lost its nerve.

The newspaper urged the leadership of Zardari's liberal Pakistan People's Party "to consider why no other politician has become such a common butt of naughty anecdotes".

The newspaper further said the government's using the FIA's short-staffed cyber wing for political means would "seriously compromise anti-terrorism investigations".

The former director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I.A. Rehman, condemned the legislation as "standing in conflict with the freedom of expression that is guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan".

He hoped the law would soon be challenged in the Supreme Court and eventually abolished.

"For a moment I thought it was a bad joke!" wrote a blogger. "But nah its reality - Yes, 14 years for sending an indecent SMS."

Noman Bashir, 23, a student in Islamabad's prestigious Quaid-e-Azam University said initially his friends were frightened by the law but later on they thought up ways to get around it.

"We now draft the text in such a way that Zardari's name is not mentioned and yet everyone who receives it knows the joke is about Zardari," laughed Bashir.

"We are not running some organised political campaign against Zardari, but we cannot stop writing about him," he said. "You know, he is such a funny character."

Gossip Aamir had to Audition for his Wife

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It seems Aamir Khan's habit of perfection is spreading to his wife Kiran Rao. Kiran, who is all set with her directorial debut, Dhobi Ghaat didn't let hubby Aamir slide into his role just like that.

According to reports, Kiran wasn't too upbeat about having Aamir in her debut film, but Aamir was insistent and offered to do a screentest, and believe it or not, Kiran agreed! This may be the first time the producer of a film has auditioned for the director, but then again, Aamir is always doing the unexpected!

Before you wonder why all this fuss was made for a guest appearance, here's some news for you. Aamir's role in the film is a leading role, not a guest appearance. The husband-wife, or rather the actor-director duo decided to keep this under wraps as they wanted to highlight the other leading actor of the film - Prateik Babbar.

Prateik was last seen in Aamir's previous production venture, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa in a supporting role for which he won many accolades. Let's hope Aamir's push gives him what he needs to back his talent and be noticed in the industry.

Gossip Manoj Tiwari's Music sells like hot cakes

Bollywood Celebrity Gossip

Once upon a time, Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari was only known for his music, and now, due to time constraints, he is able to make just one or two albums every year. It is reported that more than 1 lakh (100 thousand) copies of his last album Hey Mahadev have been sold already.

With this album, Manoj has finally selected a new music company to promote his songs. It is perhaps the first time since 1996, that Manoj has decided to release his album with any company other than T-series. This new company also plans to purchase music rights for many Bhojpuri films.

"This album is very close to my heart, as it is about praying to Lord Shiva in the holy month of Sawan... millions of devotees attend the Shravani Mela in Deoghar every year to worship lord Shiva. The songs are full of energy, and are being widely appreciated by the audience," said Manoj Tiwari.

Songs like Chhoda bhang ke gola baba pepsi piyal kara and tanik nandi ke deen araam naino car aail ba are already poplar among masses. There are eight songs in this album, which are written by Shyam Dehati and composed by Madhukar Anand. Video of the album was picturised at Varanasi.