Now I hate people smoking around me: Saif Ali Khan

Saif on the ban on public smoking...

When did you start smoking?
When I was 16 in London. I started smoking because I thought it was really cool to smoke. I'd look into mirror and blow smoke rings into the air.

It eventually became a habit. I'd smoke all the time. It kept my brain functioning when I was shooting long hours. Then I read Ayn Rand. She said it's apt for a man to smoke because it means his brain is also ignited.

I don't know many lives that kind of philosophy has messed up.One should be careful about such 'cool' habits being propagated in literature.

When did you quit smoking and why?
Right after my heart scare when I went into hospital for a heart condition. When doctors said it was smoking that brought it on I quit completely.

How do you avoid the temptation?
It's highly addictive, that's for sure. And anyone who gives it up after 15 years like I did has an uphill task staying clean. But then you've your work and other diversions to keep your mind off the cancer stick.It's a terrible habit and I'm happy about the public ban on smoking.

But isn't it a curb in personal freedom?
Then why not let people smoke marijuana and coke? Why act moral about those poisonous drugs and not nicotine which is just as powerful and lethal? Nicotine kills more people than any other drug.

So you're happy about the ban?
I think it's extremely unfair for non-smokers to be inflicted with smoking. Now that I'm on the other end I hate people smoking around me. But I'm big on freedom. I think smoking should be completely banned in confined places.

What about banning smoking in movies?
I don't agree with that at all. It does character to parts. You can't censor a character in movies for smoking. If I portray a drug addict I'd have to show me taking it. It doesn't mean I'll be glorifying it. Sometimes to condemn an evil practice in movies you've to show it. Smoking should be given Adults certificate in movies.

Final thoughts?
Smoking should not be treated as a trivial vice. It's a Class A drug. It kills you. It nearly killed me. Nobody should smoke, I feel bad for smokers who have to quit. I know how tough it is to quit. I miss it sometimes, eventhough it almost killed me.

Do you want a total ban on smoking?
I repeat, I am big on personal freedom. I don't want to smoke and I don't want anyone I love to smoke. I certainly don't want my children to smoke. When I was 25 I smoked in front of my mother. I wonder how I got away with it. To damage your own system in front of a parent is a rude thing to do. If my son smoked I won't stand for it.
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Payal is Undisputed Queen of C-grade films: Sambhavna Seth

Sambhavna Seth, The drama for the ‘Drama Queen’, Sambhavna Seth has finally come to an end.

She now breathes fresh air (which she couldn’t in Bigg Boss house) and finally gets to see different people around her. Gone are the days of her ‘amusement and abusement’ in the Bigg Boss house. We get into a serious chat with her where she recalls her ‘melodrama’ in the Bigg Boss house.

She starts by saying that she lived each and every moment in that house. She did have some bad encounters though. She said she enjoyed doing the tasks which were assigned to her. She also had fun when it came the topic was entirely became ‘gossip section’

We decided to jump into she rivals in that house. To start with the lot-

Her Biggest Rival: Payal Rohatgi
“Payal is a sympathy gainer. She is no less than a beggar. The difference is that the beggar goes to various people and collect money and in her case its sympathy which she dies for. Payal said that she is well educated and an engineer and stuffs. Will a well educated person behave in this manner”? question Sambhavna.

She continues with a furious face, “Payal told me that I am a down market, low class girl. She even told me a ‘Baazaru Aurat’.

The fact is that all these terms were given by her but it suited her the best. It can be recalled that Payal was the one who had done C-grade films like ‘Tauba Tauba’ and many others. She says she wants an image change.

She wanted to show that she can do all the household work and even clean dishes and stuffs. She was dying to be termed as ‘A Decent Girl’.

“She used to wear a two-piece bikini and attract all guys and have fun with them in the pool. She was always interested in showing off her curves to people. She even got massaged by Rahul. She is the ‘Undisputed Queen of C-grade films’”, says Sambhavna with a happy and satisfied face then.

Rahul Mahajan:
“I don’t know if Rahul is really that famous as he pretends to be. He says he’s a big personality. But I personally think Rahul can win the Bigg Boss also. The best part that many don’t know is that he too says that he will win. Rahul said that he had already set the nomination and has a ‘kind of setting’ with the channel”.

Sambhavna recalls her first day in Bigg Boss house where Rahul came to her and said, “How many days do you want to stay, 3-4 weeks? Will your purpose be fulfilled within that period. He said that then only accordingly he will think and plan out other things.”

Sambhavna says, “That act of his was very annoying and then we decided to nominate him. He thinks too much of himself. Who the hell is he?”

Raja:
“Raja and I shared a love and hate relationship. He was good to me as well as bad for me. I was the one who took the initiative to let everyone know that Raja was not a bad person by heart.

He, instead of thanking me started back stabbing me which annoyed me to the core. It was then I started my game plotting against him. But in the end I would still say that Raja is still not that bad person and is good by heart”.

Sambhavna says that Zulfi, the most silent one is still very dangerous and extremely cunning.

Zulfi:
“Zulfi and Payal are worst of the lot. Zulfi pretends a lot. He is not what he is showing. He is very very cunning. I think he knows black magic and stuffs also. He used to sit down with candles and agarbattis late in the night which was scary”, says a scared Sambhavna.

Sambhavna says she speaks her heart which many don’t like because the truth is always bitter and never better. She does confess that she had played many games in order to survive. She recollects and says that if she wont have started the ‘groupism thingy’, then she would have been voted out before Rakhi and Monica.

When asked about a sudden change in her behavior towards Raja and Ashu, Sambhavna says, “I did everything for Ehsaan ji because he was very close to me and if I would have left the house he would be in a no man’s land. It was for him I decided to bend down”.

Sambhavna is happy to see people which she couldn’t past so many days, but says if given a chance (through a wild card entry) would still go back to finish some unfinished business and “kick some ass”
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Ameesha wants to make most of her new sexy look

A lot of things have changed in Ameesha Patel's life since she made her debut as the cute girl next door opposite Hrithik Roshan in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hsai, 8 years ago.

To start off, with the actress no longer lives with her family and has even dropped her surname. Secondly, she has gone in for a spell change and now wants to be called Ameesha (note the new spelling) However, the things that interest us most is the make-over which the actress has gone through and suddenly from the cute and chirpy Ameesha Patel you have the sizzling hot Ameesha.

Ameesha sure wants to make most of her new sexy look.

After a super-successful start to her career with back to back smash hits like Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and Gadar-Ek Prem Katha, everyone thought Ameesha would be the next big thing in Bollywood.

However, some wrong choice of films and problems galore on the personal front resulted in Ameesha's career going off-track. But now, this Gujju babe has decided its time to move on and has indeed worked hard to get into shape and the results are there for all to see.

Ameesha's sizzling bikini act in the Lazy Lamhe song from the Yash Raj flick Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic sure had the male folk asking for more.

Ameesha may not have the longest legs in tinsel-town but she doesn't mind flaunting those legs now that she is in shape. In this issue of Man's World, Ameesha confesses that she simply loves good food and can never starve.

That means that this stunning beauty surely must have gone through quite a grueling work-out schedule to lose some of the flab and look her curvaceous best

Ameesha has always been open about the men in her life. She is currently on a high both professionally as well as personally as she has found the love of her life in hotelier-businessman Kanav Puri. As she herself says, "I hate any man who tries too hard to impress."

Well, Kanav surely seems to have got it right in wooing Madame Ameesha. Here, Ameesha is seen sizzling in a Grecian cut pleated Black silk dress with some really beautiful diamonds and a designer purse to go with. Way to go babe!!!
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Sexy Riya Sen Pictures

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Fashion Movie recovers 50% investment through endorsements

Even before Fashion has arrived at theaters, it has already recovered close to half of its costs through endorsements. Budgeted at Rs.17-18 crores, the film has seen brand endorsements worth Rs. 7-8 crores from Lenovo, Sunsilk, Reebok and Kimaya amongst others.
Says a highly placed official attached to the film’s production house, “We have managed to cut some great deals with the leading brands from the world of fashion (obviously), laptops, hair care and footwear & apparels. They have been prominently placed in Fashion and we have made sure that they don’t obscure the basic flow of the film.”

How profitable has the venture been? “It is a profitable deal for us as well as the brands”, confidently says the source, “Fashion is a much hyped film and the kind of class it caters to, the brands can well expect quite a few eyeballs for them from the high end consumers. They understand that Bhandarkar Entertainment is a name to reckon with and it would be mutually beneficial for all the parties to gain from the deal.”

Talking about the huge expectations that audience has in general from Fashion, Madhur commented, “This is my biggest project till date and though I am a experimental filmmaker, my movies do well at the box office too. It has been such an exciting journey during last 9 months that I have hardly sat down and deliberated on the expectations front. Even today, I am neck deep into the post production of Fashion. It is hardly a few days to go for the 29th October release of the film and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the film is liked by one and all.”
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Hot Preethi Desai in bikini

Meet Preeti Desai, the pyrotechnic Indian girl who won Miss Great Britain 2006 and stuck it to all the other firecrackers!
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Shruti Agrawal, the Hottest Himesh Girl

Be it Aap Ka Surroor - The Moviee or Karzzzz debutants just get lucky when cast opposite Himesh Reshammiya. Aap Ka Surroor had Hansika Motwani and Karzzzz has Shweta Kumar. And now his upcoming film, Hhey Gujju has new-bee, Shruti Agrawal as a lead opposite him
Catch the sizzling Shruti Agrawal, the supermodel who is all set to mark her foray in films as she talks about her debut film.

Launch
My film is titled Hhey Gujju and I am playing the lead opposite Himesh Reshammiya. It is a romantic comedy and is being directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Studio 18. My role is that of an NRI girl who comes to India and falls in love with Himesh.

Casting coup
It was sheer luck that I bagged the film. The producers were looking out for someone to play the lead and after seeing my pictures, they called up my agent.

I was informed that I had to meet them urgently. It was already seven in the evening but I still went for the meeting.

The producers just spoke to me for 15 minutes and said that they would revert in a week’s time but before I reached home, I got a call from my agent who said I was selected.

Stepping-stone
I have done an acting course from Anupam Kher’s An Actor Prepares Academy. It was a three-month course and trust me it helped me in leaps and bounds. Before the course, I have not done anything in acting so I had to start from scratch.

But yes being a model from the past two and a half years did help. I am a professional model and have done shows with a lot of leading designers and have been featured in the Kingfisher swimsuit calendar twice.

First shot
My first shot was a dance sequence and I was so nervous. That was the first time that I actually walked into a film set. But my director was pretty sweet and patient enough to understand my situation. The shot went on smoothly without any problems.

Stumbling block
Well I have been lucky enough to have met the right people in life. I had heard a lot about the industry but because I am from the modelling world I know how the industry functions. Anyways all that matters is how you want to project yourself. As long as you know the kind of people to work with, the industry is a great place.

Lessons learnt
If you are serious about your work and have the required potential, you will never go unnoticed. You have to believe in yourself.

Also I would like to say that it is very important to keep doing things even after you are done with the acting course. When you do the acting course, you have to concentrate and pay attention to all the classes conducted in the acting school.

Matinee idol
I am too young to choose who I get to work with. There are so many directors who are brilliant at their work; Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Yash Raj, and Karan Johar are directors everyone dreams of working with. I am a die-hard fan of Shah Rukh Khan and would love to work with him someday.

Future plans
Right now, I just want to concentrate on my debut movie. This is my first film and I am taking it really slow. I am only concentrating on proving myself as an actress so that I get good roles in the future.
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Minisha " I call Imran Khan a walking, talking Encyclopedia"

How was your experience with ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ and Yashraj camp?
Minisha Lamba & Ranbir KapoorMy experience has been fantastic; everyone has always been talking about, how Yashraj pampers their actors and they are so good to work with! And after experiencing it firsthand, I must say there are people claimed who are extremely hospitable, know what they are doing, and treat everyone with great respect and great equality.

How was your experience with the entire cast of ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, especially Ranbir Kapoor?
Everyone was fantastic! I didn’t have any common scenes with Bipasha or Dipika, so we didn’t shoot together, but we did promote the film together. And when 3 girls getting together, they talk about all things like from clothes, gossips to boys; everything so it was great fun.

Recently when we had an article on hairstyles of bollywood actresses, many fans said they loved your hair in “Bachna Ae Haseeno”? What do you want to say to your fans?
Thank you so much! Siddhartha and I were experimenting on that look, we didn’t know whether we should do it or not. Siddharth was very confident and he told me “go ahead, it’s a really nice look, we’ll try it because we want you to look completely different in the post chapter”. It’s really nice to see that people have appreciated and liked it.

Tell us something about your role in the upcoming Minisha Lambamovie ‘kidnap’?
In kidnap again I play the role of 17 year old girl, who is very hep and modern. She is someone who is excluded from her father and therefore is on a constant fight with her mother because she does not allow her to meet her father. So finally when she ends up getting kidnapped, how her mother is forced to talk to her father in order to get her daughter rescued.

In both the movies ‘Kidnap’ and ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ you are playing a role of a teenager. How will you differentiate yourself as ‘Mahi’ and ‘Sonia’?
Well completely, these characters are like sweet and salt. Mahi is very romantic, believes in fairy tales, sweet and soft. And Sonia is someone very practical, today and ultra-modern. She has no interest in love, neither she is a nut case who is wanting love from man. This is basic difference.

How is working with Imraan Khan and Sanjay Dutt in ‘Kidnap’?
Minisha Lamba & Imran KhanFantastic! I have worked with Mr. Dutt before, this is our second film together but we hardly had any scenes together, but whenever we interact, he is so courteous and warm. He is a very shy person and also a very senior actor so one always has that respect for him.
Imraan khan was someone I got along with like a house on fire. We were like two mad hatters who just kept on jabbering all the time about everything. He is a very knowledgeable person, someone who knows everything. So it’s great fun chatting and quizzing him, I use to call him a ‘walking, talking Encyclopedia’, because you can ask him anything and if he doesn’t have the answer, he will get it within 7 minutes flat and he let you know all that you need to know.

Describe your dream role to us?
My dream role is to do a periodic film.

Whom you see as your icon for being a successful actress?
I see Maduri Dixit as an icon for being a successful actress

Message for all your fans at bollycurry.com?
I love all my bollycurry fans. Thank you so much for your love, support and everything that you have given me. Please do go watch my new film ‘Kidnap’ to watch me in an all new avatar
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