Pakistan's ex-Prez on Koel's couch

How often has a General from a contentious neighbouring country delightfully deigned to sit on a furry red couch? When is the last time you saw a quasi-dictator blush and giggle when asked about a beautiful Bangladeshi girl from his youth? Talking about her chat with the Musharraf, Koel says, "I had decided, just like any other celebrity I invite on the couch, I would strive to get to know the person behind the drama. By getting Pervez Musharraf, a man whose career has been coupled with coups, on the couch and peeling off the layers to reveal his hardly-ever-seen laughing, lighter side, I pulled off a coup of my own. You'd be a fool to miss it. Here are excerpts from Koel's chat with Musharraf: Koel: Gen Musharaf, you are a romantic guy at heart. Apart from serenading your beautiful wife in your young days as young officer, there was a particular incident involving a beautiful Bangladeshi girl that would have altered the course of your life as an army officer and perhaps the course of history. But of course, the 1971 war with India broke out and every thing changed. Would you like to tell us little about that incident. Musharraf: I don't think I would like to get involved in that. One does come across girls, obviously I am not leading a secluded life and that is where it stands. Koel: It is almost like Indian movies you almost got court martialled for the sake of a girl. You got... Musharraf: No, it was not because of the girl, I wanted to go to Karachi to meet my parents on leave, it wasn't because of the girl... Koel: Then why were you going to be court-martialled? Musharraf: Because I went a day earlier. For certain reasons, I got annoyed and may be I did a wrong thing, yes.

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Dharavi Children Rock with Timbaland Productions and Crew

It was very thoughtful of Jim Beanz to perform for underprivileged kids from our very hard-up section of the society. Motivated by the “Slumdog Millionaire”, Timbaland productions brought glitter in the eyes of these real life children by hosting a live show at Dharavi, Mumbai.

Timbaland Productions brought cheer among the children, although short lived, by Production crew along with the Accorn Foundation putting in joint efforts. And some of the most wanted performers ascended to show their support. The artists who performed live at the event were- Jim Beanz, Rebel of Timbaland Productions, Apache Indian and Amar. A local band named Sout Dandy Squad also volunteered to contribute their performance for the children.

We applaud Timbaland’s efforts to take some time out of their hectic schedule to do such an impressive act for those less fortunate. Here are some pictures from the live show that was especially for those special kids in Dharavi.

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Things you never knew about Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu is one of the model turned actresses who has succeeded in a big way in the Hindi film industry. She is a huge sex symbol, knows it and has no qualms about it. She was even voted the sexiest Asian woman in a poll taken in 2007. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood. As an actress though, Bipasha still has to prove her self though admittedly she has shown the odd spark or two when given the chance in a film like Corporate (2006) whereas her other highly regarded performances like Jism (2003) and No Entry (2005) have worked more due to her being cast correctly rather than her acting talent. Birthday: January 7th, 1979 in New Delhi. Debut Film: Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee (2001). Major Impact: Raaz (2002). Successful Films: Jism (2003), No Entry (2005), Corporate (2006), Omkara (2006), Dhoom 2 (2006), Race (2008), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008). Awards: Winner of the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for Ajnabee and nominated for the Filmfare Best Villain Award for Jism. Forthcoming Films: Aa Dekhen Zara and Lamhaa. Forthcomng International Film: Chaimera opposite Billy Zane. Facts we didn’t know: Actually wanted to be a doctor Bipasha means deep dark desire. Was one of the judges for the 2004 'Femina Miss India' pageant. Once said that she wished she were a boy, then she would get those roles which bypass her due to her image. Listed #2 by UK magazine Eastern Eye one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" (Sept/2006). Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion. Has two sisters named Bidisha and Bijoyeta.

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Why Khans are so fond of Esha Deol...

Esha Deol has always been a friend of the Khan family, Feroz Khan’s family that is. Fardeen calls her his best male buddy; given their rapport with each other while she was once upon a time romantically linked with cousin Zayed. Feroz Khan himself is very fond of the girl and Esha would drop in at the FK house in Juhu even if the boys weren’t around to catch up with her Feroz Uncle. So it wasn’t surprising to see Esha making regular rounds of the hospital when Feroz Khan was recently hospitalized. But unlike other celebrities making a scene out of hospital visits, we are told Esha would be very subdued and would make a quiet entry into the hospital and spend time with Feroz Khan doing her best to avoid drawing attention to her in the hospital. Knowing Feroz Khan being a scrabble fan, she would be playing word games with him to keep him in good spirits in his troubled times. One evening she was even seen carrying a dabba of home made food for him and basically taking good care of his like his own kin. That’s quite touching, we think.

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Mugdha's first day in Jail goes horribly wrong

Madhur Bhandakar’s latest venture finally made a take off yesterday, 12th March, 2009, which unfortunately turned a bit unpleasant on day 1 of the shoot. It so happened that Neil Nitin and Mugdha kicked off with the first day shoot for Jail in Bandra. The scene had to be an intimate one in a stationary car when the scene required Mugdha to put her head on Neil’s head. Since it was a long shot Madhur and his crew was quite far away from the car. At that point of time, a group of youngsters saw Mugdha and started whistling and singing songs from Fashion and stuffs. They also passed a few comments on the actors. Neil at the spur of the moment realized that the group was very coming quite close to the car and took his call that time. He drove the car off to Bandra Reclamation side which was much secluded and where they did not get much of public attention. However they returned to the same spot and continued with their shoot, a little careful this time. They completed the shot successfully later on. Mugdha did say that she had not shot on the streets of Mumbai during Fashion, so she had no idea that even these things could happen. Madhur hopes he gets a peaceful day tomorrow. With Jail kick starting with ‘not-so-pleasant-day’, we hope Madhur and his troop get better and ‘peaceful’ moments in the days to come and wish his Jail succeeds like all his other films.

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Payal Rohatgi shares her naughty side with ‘Maxim’

Payal Rohatgi who shot to fame coming out of blink and miss roles and B-grade films with ‘Big Boss 2’ has done her first ever photoshoot for leading Maxim Magazine in its latest issue. Payal is a computer engineer from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. Payal studied in Udgam School., Payal Rohatgi won the title of Miss Tourism World in 2001, against candidates from 65 countries. She was also a finalist at the Femina Miss India contest in 2000.
Here is the exclusive interview of her with Maxim Magazine:

Maxim: You look smokin’ hot in your first shoot for MAXIM. So is what we see the real you?

Payal: Yes, this is definitely one of the many sides of who I am! Like the different roles that we play, this is one of those days when I decided to share my naughty side with the readers of MAXIM!

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Priyanka Chopra - Privileged at the Ferragamo Museum

Adding to yet another feather to her cap, Priyanka Chopra had her foot immortalized at the Ferragamo Museum in Florence! The Museum committed to renowned shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo - who is well thought-out to be the greatest shoe designers in the world, invited Priyanka to have her foot cast in the Museum!

Maharani Indira Devi of Cooch Behar was the single other Indian lady to have her foot cast in this museum. At this prestigious museum, a few of Hollywood stars, like Drew Barrymore have also been requested to leave their foot impressions. Miss Chopra’s imprint will have the honor of company of the most celebrated Hollywood film stars- Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren! That’s sure some star power!

Priyanka was treated with special care on visiting the museum. It was a delightful experience for her that commemorated with a welcome lunch, hosted by the Ferragamo family. After which she headed to explore the Ferragamo Museum and soon it was time for the deal!

As a crucial element of the Ferragamo shoemaking procedure Priyanka’s feet were measured for wooden last. Subsequently, to customize to her taste she discussed with designers to develop a shoe. Lastly, the starlet was en suite for a choice of outfit for her snapshots in Ferragamo’s XV century land.

Priyanka felt truly privileged to be invited, and she expresses “I feel proud and honored to share space with this list of illustrious women. When Leonardo Ferragamo took me on a tour of the Salvatore Ferragamo Shoe Museum, and through the display of the Shoe Lasts’ of these amazing women, it was a special moment for me. I’m touched that the Ferragamo family chose me, after the Maharani of Cooch Behar.”

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Freida Pinto at the Chanel Show in Paris

Unlike other Bollywood stars who aim and long for Hollywood projects, but keep Mumbai as their base clinging on to Bollywood films, The 24-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actress, Freida Pinto has moved to New York to concentrate on her Hollywood career. Not that her move has been too hasty or unplanned. The gorgeous actress has already been signed by Woody Allen for his next film where she will star alongside Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas.

And also, the gal is making her presence felt on the international front dazzling at major events. Recently, she was spotted at the Chanel show in Paris Fashion Week where she outdid her fellow front row occupants supermodels Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer. She was was the centre of attention in a white draped cocktail dress with a black layered chain detail and black stilettos.

The Mumbai native, had earlier confessed to getting star struck despite now being a celebrity in her own right, with the stupendous success of her debut film which went on to win eight Academy awards.

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