Bollywood Paradize

It’s almost a “Bachna ae haseeno” moment in the “Bigg Boss” house this season. Thirteen beauties from different walks of life entered the fifth edition of the controversial reality show, with Bollywood villain Shakti Kapoor in tow Sunday night. What will add “double dhamaal” is hero Salman Khan and “khalnayak” Sanjay Dutt’s chemistry as the hosts.
The women contestants are an eclectic mix – controversial models, actresses, a wrestler, as well as a proud transgender.
The participants include – model Shraddha Sharma, who grabbed headlines for her relationship with former “Bigg Boss” contestant Raja Chaudhary; former Miss Afghanistan Vida Samadzai, who was banned in the country for wearing a bikini; Nihita Biswas, wife of “Bikini Killer” Charles Sobhraj and actress-singer Raageshwari, who has bounced back to arc lights after battling serious health problems.
Other contestants include actresses VJ Pooja Missra, Pooja Bedi, Juhi Parmar, model-actress and winner of Miss India International 2003 Shonali Nagrani, popular host Mandeep Bevli, and Rajasthani folk dancer Gulabo Sapera. Actress Mahek Chahal, who is said to be a close friend of Salman, has also joined the list.
If last year The Great Khali added muscle power to the show, this year, woman wrestler Sonika Kaliraman will be seen throwing her weight around. This is her second reality show after “Khatron Ke Khiladi”, and she is now six months pregnant.
Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is a highlight on the show. In the past seasons, cross dressers like Bobby Darling, designer Rohit Verma and Pakistani cross-designer Begum Nawazish Ali have made an appearance. But Tripathi, who is one of the country’s most visible LGBT community representative, hopes to make a difference in the mindsets of the general public about people of her kind.
The previous seasons saw a healthy balance between male and female participants. But this season, it’s different. There’s plenty of bird watching opportunity for the men, but for the female viewers, there’s no eyecandy.
The only male – Shakti Kapoor, is over 50. In 2005, he was stuck in controversy after a news channel aired tapes shot with hidden camera showing the actor seeking sexual favours from a journalist disguised as a Bollywood aspirant. The tapes also had Kapoor speaking about the casting couch in Bollywood and naming several big actresses, directors and producers.
It would be interesting to see if Shakti has some revelations to make on the show.
Isolated in one compact house situated in Karjat, with no connectivity and communication with the outside world, and under 24X7 surveillance, one expects to see a lot of friction and backbiting – which already began as soon as five lady contestants walked into the “Bigg Boss 5″ house in the premiere episode.
Also with two star hosts – Salman and Sanjay, who are ready to give contestants a “double vaat”, the show will hopefully live up to its promise of being “bigger, bolder and louder”.

Pregnancy has not stopped actress Lara Dutta from taking a break from work. The actress, who is expecting her first child, has started editing her third fitness DVD, and says it will hit stores by the end of October.
“Going in to edit the third DVD in the ‘Heal With Lara’ series. Revisiting the footage after a while,” the 33-year-old posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Lara, who is married to tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, launched her first DVD “Yoga: Recovery and Rejuvenation” in November 2010. Her second offering was named “Power Play”, and was launched in the market in March.
The first DVD focuses on imparting tips on yoga for the rejuvenation of the mind, body and soul, while the later teaches strength and cardiovascular exercises. However, the former Miss Universe, who is fit as a fiddle at her age, feels her latest DVD will outdo the others.
“Personally, I think this one is the best workout. Will be out in the market by end Oct! Then you decide,” she tweeted.
Other actresses who launched their fitness DVDs include Shilpa Shetty and Bipasha Basu.

We join fan clubs, start online communities and fight Twitter wars all for the sake of a complete stranger whose only connect with our lives is through films! It’s hard to pinpoint just what makes us love them . Maybe it’s the X factor they possess... Maybe, we love them because they make us cry, laugh and allow us to step away from our mundane existence. The fact remains that we need heroes... and in a world bereft of real heroes, we turn to reel ones. Presenting a league of gentlemen extraordinaire.

Amitabh Bachchan: Despite not having conventional good looks, his smouldering intensity made women drool over him like crazy. They say sex is in the eyes and it’s perfectly true in Amitabh’s case. His emotive eyes and baritone voice make him unique. There wasn’t a lover like him on screen. Caring, sensitive to the hilt, with an assured air about him, which has never been captured since. Listen to him recite poetry in Kabhi Kabhie (1976) and you can understand why women went mad over him and why men memorised poetry and took diction lessons. We love him also for the effortless way he enacted each of his roles, for his sheer screen presence that even today makes him the baap of the box office!

Hrithik Roshan: World class abs, Stallone-like biceps, a brooding persona, remarkable talent for dance and uber cool acting skills; Hrthik is a combination of all this and so much more. He is a complete package, a complete entertainer. He is a perfectionist, who doesn’t leave anything to chance. We love him for the fact that despite having it all, success hasn’t gone to his head. He still yearns for perfection and is forever on an internal quest. Lately, he has discovered his vocal muscles as well and has sung quite well. Aisa Hrithik na milega dobara.

Shah Rukh Khan: Like Julius Caesar, he came, he saw, he conquered. SRK is a combination of passion, guts, charisma and talent. We love the fact that he douses you with goodwill every time you see him on screen. It’s this quality that has made him the king of all he surveys. We also love the fact that King Khan hasn’t been shy to try out different roles. He made the anti-hero genre come alive with back-to-back hits like Darr (1993) and Baazigar (1993). He looked the part of a disgraced hockey player turned coach in Chak De! India (2007) and then tried his hand at playing a man suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome in My Name Is Khan (2010). And yes, we love him for the fact that he’s avoided controversy and has remained loyally married to his college sweetheart Gauri all these years!

Salman Khan: He takes off his shirt and the whole nation has an orgasm. Salman Khan is charisma personified. He elevates any film just by being in the frame. We love him because he hasn’t changed over the years. Like sunshine, like rain, there’s this air of permanency about him. Others have to act for their Swiss holidays. Not him. He is Salman Khan in every frame. He remains the industry’s most eligible bachelor, despite his bad boy image. He has led a chequered life but such is his magnetism that you tend to forget his faults. You just shrug and say, he is just a being human.

Ranbir Kapoor: He is currently the superstar next- door. He has got world class confidence and his carefree acting takes your breath away. As in the case of any other superstar, we love reading about his off-screen exploits too and he hasn’t disappointed us. Despite belonging to the current generation, Ranbir exudes an old world charm. Maybe its part of belonging to the Kapoor clan but he does have an instant connect with the audience. This is one quality that helps you sustain your star power through a length of time and Ranbir’s aura is increasing by the day

Aamir Khan: He isn’t just a superstar. He is a super actor. Or, to be more precise, he’s a combination of both. He can change from being a militant to a college student to a student counsellor and yet make each role his own. You zoom out Aamir the star and zoom in on the character he portrays. Aamir is perhaps the only actor from the Hindi film industry who has a 100 per cent track record at the box office this last decade or so. You may call him a maverick; you may call him a marketing genius, the fact remains that brand Aamir Khan spells success. He is an astute director and producer as well. Like Sun Tzu, Aamir is a master of the Art of War and knows how to wait and watch before pouncing on the opportunity and annihilating all opposition.

Saif Ali Khan: For someone born with a silver spoon, Saif’s very self-aware. He didn’t have any qualms about playing second fiddle to Akshay Kumar in the initial stages of his career. After making his mark in ensemble casts, he’s carved a niche for himself and is able to shoulder a film on his own. He’s had a long, hard struggle despite hailing from the ‘in-crowd’ and we love the fact that he didn’t let the setbacks bog down his inherent joie-de-vivre.

Imran Khan: Chocolatey good looks or more precisely white chocolatey good looks coupled with enough of talent make Imran Khan hot property indeed. We love the fact that he has a calm head on his shoulders and instead of playing the field, has decided to settle down with his childhood sweetheart. He isn’t wary of making wrong choices and believes in learning from his mistakes. He’s taking baby steps currently but if mamu Aamir Khan’s career is any indication, he has miles to go before he sleeps. Guess what, he has already endeared himself to the nation so the way isn’t as dark and dangerous as it is for the others.

Akshay Kumar: A former cook and martial arts expert lands in Mumbai and makes it big as a movie actor. No producer will ever buy such an outrageous story but the fact remains that it happens to be true. Like a bolt of lightening, Akshay came out of nowhere and made his presence felt. We love him because he’s a bundle of contradictions: for someone once described as deadwood, he’s become a seasoned comic actor and from being a man with no connections, he has become a power broker, who hosts lunches with heads of states. If that isn’t the stuff dream are made of, what is?

Shahid Kapoor: His legs are made of jelly. It’s our way of saying he is one of the best dancers in tinsel town today. What we like about him is that despite facing failure initially, Shahid didn’t give up on himself. Through Jab We Met (2007) and Kaminey (2009) he has shown that given a good director, he can bedazzle you with his acting as well. And he has enough of the X factor to make teenage girls go tizzy with frenzy. What he needs is more mature roles and it looks like he’s slowly achieving that.

Farhan Akhtar: He can direct, act, sing, write and do lots more. No, we aren’t talking about Kishore Kumar but the new Renaissance Man, Farhan Akhtar. Farhan hasn’t put a foot wrong since his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and continues to amaze us with each new avatar. Being the son of one of our prominent writers, Javed Akhtar, he is an inherently cultured individual and that shows in his films. He’s been looked upon as a thinking woman’s sex symbol and that’s a great thing in our testosterone-obsessed nation. And he also knows how to effortlessly steal the limelight. As he did in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.

Ajay Devgn: Who says you need to look like a hero to make it big in the industry? All you need is luck and oodles of conviction in yourself and in your own destiny. Ajay had all that and much more. He also has a knack for reading the wind and changing course without losing any steam. He’s changed from being an action hero to a romantic lead to a comic actor and is back again doing action. More than anything else, he remains everyman’s superhero. The masses look at him and upscale their aspirations. He remains the face of hope for millions of underdogs today. Proof: Check his latest blockbuster Singham.

Abhishek Bachchan: If someone was born with the proverbial golden spoon in the mouth, it’s Abhishek. For one born to such illustrious parents as Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, life can be a bed of roses in some ways, yet it can be quite a bumpy ride in others. We love Abhishek for the fact that he hasn’t let the burden of being the son of India’s biggest film star get to him. In his own quiet way, he’s overcome the hardships and carved a niche for himself. His gentlemanly ways and polished charm has gotten him quite a fan following as well. No wonder, the world’s most beautiful woman fell for this genteel giant. He’s going to be a proud papa soon and we wish him all the luck in the world.

Priyanka Chopra may not have delivered any hit lately, but the actress sure has a considerable fan following across the globe which has been increasing day by day. In 2009, Priyanka Chopra set a record of having over 10,000 followers on Twitter in a month beating Mallika Sherawat who was leading the pack with around 8,000 followers,
This year again, Priyanka becomes the most popular Bollywood star on Twitter with biggies like Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan following behind. Piggie Chopsa has as many as 1,456,840 followers on Twiiter whereas Tendulkar is second with 1, 411, 593 followers.
Standing in the third position is Big B, who has 1,258, 371 followers followed by Shah Rukh Khan (1, 193, 140 followers) and Salman Khan (1, 081,282 followers).

Katrina Kaif - Katrina Kaif shopping in Dublin

For all the money they have, these celebrities just can’t seem to afford some TASTE. From Yash Birla and his eclectic puke-wear to Ranveer Singh’s fascination with the shoddy and shiny; we take you through the disaster diaries of celebrity men and their unfashionable wardrobes.

Ranveer Singh: Most often Ranveer Singh looks like he just got off a local train. The rare moments he doesn’t look all crumpled and road-side slick, the actor just adores his mercurial jackets. Well, we don’t!

Salman Khan: Bollywood actors seem to think they can fit in a killer six-pack and bulging biceps, all into one short-sized frame! What’s more, they wear the most figure-hugging clothes and heavy boots to top it all off. In the same context, we can say, Salman Khan usually falls fashion victim to his own bulging body.

Ajay Devgn: As incorrect as his wife who doesn’t attend to her unibrow, is Ajay Devgn’s uninspired style. Most times we wish his hair wouldn’t look so limp and his clothes so unworthy of any praise

Govinda: This man, sorry to say, just hasn’t a clue. The bali in his ears is just irksome to say the least and his clothes bring out his baby-fat chubbiness.

Johnny Lever: As much as it pains us to pass insults at this comic genius, the man is a walking-talking fashion question mark. Badly tailored suits and shabby casuals clutter an onlooker’s eyes when Johnny Lever walks by.

Yash Birla: Yes, we know he's not an actor, but we just had to include him! Yash Birla looks like a massive boulder that rolled down a poop-covered hill, to give you the most fashion-degenerate man on the planet. Some people and their dressing actually make you look adoringly at Bappi Lahiri and his chunky gold jewellery.

Sunil Shetty: Taking huge tips from Salman Khan’s style book is beefy actor Sunil Shetty. The man goes for the rugged look, but achieves only a confused concoction of heavy denims, v-necks, cloth belts and a stubble that spells doom.

Himesh Reshammiya: Firstly, we put a big cross against wearing caps 24/7. Secondly, the guy has an affinity for showing cleavage and we don’t like it one bit. Thirdly, his ‘I am a martyr for love’ face has got to go!

Prateik Babbar: The man wears kajal. We rest our case…

Hollywood actress Camilla Belle might be just one film old in Bollywood, but she is madly in love with the industry and is keen to do typical song-dance masala Hindi movies.

The 24-year-old, who featured in Hollywood movies "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", "When a Stranger Calls" and "10, 000 BC", made her Indian debut with Akshay Kumar's co-production "Speedy Singhs".

"If I am offered a film here, I would grab the opportunity. I am completely open to it, I don't limit myself. I don't close my mind to anything. I love the way films are made here. I am so fond of song-dance sequences. There (west) it is not so colourful and rich like here in India, " Camilla told in an interview while promoting the film in the capital.

"I got an opportunity to try 'jhatka-matka' of Bollywood and I must say it was so much fun. I took Bollywood dance class in Los Angeles, it has become very popular there. I haven't danced in my whole life because we don't have these song and dance sequences there. But honestly, one can say I am infected by this Bollywood fever now, it's all over my mind, " she added.

Though she is fascinated with Bollywood, she knows little about it.

"I want to see more of Bollywood films now. I want to learn the format that is followed here that is why I am taking back a lot of DVDs of various Hindi films, " said the Los Angeles-based actress

Talking about her favourites in Bollywood, she said: "I know Aishwarya as I met her at the Cannes and she has been there (LA) quite a few times. I have also seen a couple of her films. I think she is very beautiful and charming.

"Some time back I saw 'Dhoom 2' and I just loved it. I love Hrithik (Roshan). He is an amazing actor. I have shown his videos to all my friends and I have fallen in love with him, " she added.

Camilla, who visited India for the first time to promote "Speedy Singhs", also wants to learn about Indian culture.

"It's been a real learning experience specially because Indian culture is something I have not been exposed to before. But being in India and working with an Indian cast has made me feel closer to the country, " she said.

The actress, who has just wrapped up filming "Open Road", a Brazilian-American co-production, feels "the entertainment industry has become very global. You see something like 'Slumdog Millionaire' winning an Oscar. The give and take of actors, producers, has made the whole scenario very global".

"Anybody from any country can make it big in any of the two industries (Bollywood and Hollywood) now. This is a very beautiful change where the difference are being dissolved so maturely, " she added.

Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who flew to the US for nerve surgery, is back in town for a few days and attended the launch Thursday of reality show “Bigg Boss 5″.
The actor, who is a host on the show with actor Sanjay Dutt, looked quite fit at the event.
Asked about his surgery, Salman told reporters: “The surgery was good. This is not the kind of surgery where you go once and you become completely fine. You recover 50 percent at one go.”
“I had become much better but Dublin’s (Ireland) cold has created problems for me so now I’m still only 60 percent recovered. I have to go back after three-four months for a test and if that gets cleared, I will be 100 percent fine. I want to thank everyone for their prayers and wishes,” he added.
Salman had left for US Aug 29 for a surgery for trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder that used to cause him immense pain.
After few days the actor is expected to return to Dublin, where he is shooting for Kabir Khan’s “Ek Tha Tiger”.

Stars are not exactly in Abhishek Bachchan’s favour as far as his physical wellness is concerned. He faced a minor mishap on the sets of ‘Bol Bachchan’ due to which he received as many as six stitches below his right eye. Yet again, he fractures his finger while he was returning to his hotel room after shooting for a Rohit Shetty film.
“…I fractured my finger. It’s what I would like to call a sympathy wound,” Abhishek posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
As for the scar below his eye, his family is trying to lift up his spirits by adding a dash of humor to the entire episode. Abhishek Bachchan tweeted: “The father and mrs. In an attempt to make me feel better told me that a scar on the face adds character and apparently even looks sexy!!!”
Unfortunately, Abhishek does not think so. He wrote, “Not too sure about that. The airhostess on my flight to Jaipur refused to serve me and when I disembarked from the plane had the look….Of sheer horror on her face.”
As for us, we convey our heartiest ‘Get Well Soon!!’ wishes to the actor………….

The ‘Dabangg’ starlet, Sonakshi Sinha recently showed her ‘Dabangg’ side on a social networking site by her bold statement criticizing the cops for wrongly harassing her friend who was innocent.
She tweeted, “A drunk motorcyclist crashed into my friends car who was taking a U-turn at the speed of 10. Cut to - cops come and bewda runs away.”
She added: “Instead of chasing bewda, cops take my frd to station and give her a good yelling until she pays and is let off. Wah wah wah. Kya baat hai.”
she also expressed that her friend had been wrong in paying the cops. “Now the first thing I told her was ur stupid to have paid. To which she says ull knw only whn ur alone with 10 cops who r obv nt v honest,” she wrote with a signing note, “Sad but true.”
Well, all we can say here is ‘Like Father, Like Daughter’!!

This was the first party hosted by the dimpled beauty Deepika Padukone and for reasons most appropriate one. The gorgeous girl has brought herself a palatial apartment. Her three bedroom Prabhadevi apartment is perhaps the most expensive one among all the apartments recently bought by any other actress. She has planned a grand house warming party on 30th September.
Nevertheless, Deepika conveyed her warm feelings towards her old neighbours by sending each one a personal note with a box of sweets. Well! A sweet gesture from a sweet lady!!

She was at the peak of her career when she married a NRI and moved to USA. Since then, she has quite contentedly kept herself busy with her husband Dr Shriram Nene and their sons Ryan and Arin. So, everyone was taken by surprise when she made an announcement of coming back and settling in India with her family.
Madhuri attributes the reason behind her decision to be her husband’s wish. She says, “Ram has always been fascinated by India and his heart always remained there whenever he’s come to Mumbai. He wants to see the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, the Charminar in Hyderabad and the Ajmer Shariff dargah in Rajasthan as he’s heard so much about them.”
Madhuri is going through mixed emotions right now. “Shifting from one country to another is physically and emotionally taxing. Right now, I am packing our stuff so we can come back in October. There’s a whole gamut of emotions I am going through. I have been here for 10 years and have friends here. We had two cats but both passed away last year. The kids are having mixed emotions - they are sad about leaving their best friends behind in the US but are excited as India is a different environment,” the actor concluded.
Our team of Bollywood-stars.net extends a heartiest welcome to the queen bee of Bollywood!!

A lot of hard work is needed to keep the body fit, says Bollywood actor John Abraham said Monday.
“Making a strong body is like a religion. When you preach a religion you go to a temple. I go to a gym and workout. I really worked out hard to make a strong body. I had put on 10 kilo muscles in eight months,” Abraham told a media conference on his upcoming film “Force”.
John has sported a muscular look in ‘Force’ where he plays a role of a no-nonsense cop who does not play by the book but always ensures that justice is served.
Vivacious Genelia D’ Souza will be seen opposite John in this film, directed by Nishikant Kamat.
“I thank Nishikant for giving me eight months to make such a strong body. He wanted me to look really tough. I want to tell youngsters that there is no shortcut for a muscular body. I was on a high protein diet,” he said.
“But at the end of the day it is the performance that counts, not the body. It is an audio visual medium, so you have to sport certain kind of look.”
Asked about the current trend of action films, John said that ‘Force’ was the only movie after Sunny Deol starrer ‘Ghayal’ and ‘Gadar’ that can boast of raw and real action.
“It’s good that people are loving action movies but if you ask me about ‘Force’ then it is raw and real action. I just feel that after ‘Ghayal’ and ‘Gadar’ this is the only movie where you can boast of real action.”
- IANS

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