Amitabh’s says Australian honour rejection an emotional decision

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his decision to turn down an honorary doctorate from an Australian university following racial attacks on Indian students there was driven completely by emotions.

"I reacted emotionally. It was a personal decision. I didn't find it appropriate to accept an honour from a country where my countrymen were being dishonoured," Amitabh told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday (June 2).

The 66-year-old star created a buzz on Saturday when he publicly announced that he had refused to accept the doctorate being given to him for his contribution to the world of entertainment from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, in wake of the racial attacks.

The actor was also supposed to attend the Brisbane Film Festival there in July, but he is confused about attending it.

"A retrospective of my films is to be showcased at the event and they had even asked me to suggest 10-12 of my best films, but I don't know if I will be going or not. I don't know if I would want to reconsider my decision," he said.

Amitabh was in New Delhi for a press conference for the announcement of the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards to be held in Macau, China starting June 11-13. He is the IIFA brand ambassador and is extremely excited about going to the 'Las Vegas of the East' for the event.

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Kareena's loss is Saif's gain

His recent European holiday with Kareena has made Saif very happy in an unexpected way.

During the vacation Kareena put on weight, and Saif is over the moon.

While Kareena’s size zero was envied by many, beau Saif did not find it very attractive. He felt her body looked like a hanger.

Kareena was aware of Saif’s likes and hence decided to part with her size zero. While on holiday, one thing that she thoroughly enjoyed was eating. A foodie at heart, she gorged on food all the time and Saif was more than happy to make her eat.

Kareena says she ate every one hour and forgot all about her diet and exercise.

She does not regret losing her tiny size because it has gained her Saif’s appreciation.

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Mallika turns superhero with comic book avatar

LA-based Radical Publishing is all set to publish a new comic book series on Mallika Sherawat's home production with Tips, titled Hissss, also starring Irrfan Khan.

The actress' brother and co-producer Vikram Singh confirms, "Radical Comics is looking at introducing a new superhero to the world after vampires and werewolves. Now it will be the snake woman. Hissss will be launched as a comic book series and graphic novels which will introduce the ultimate femme fatale the super snake heroine to the world."

Vikram adds, "Storm Lion is a new-age digital media conglomerate which will promote Hissss through digital media and xBox games, CDs and DVDs. When the Hissss comic book series will hit the stands will be decided at a meeting of all the partners Venus, Eros, Storm Lion and the worldwide distributors Endeavour at a meeting in next week."

The publication house is busy setting up adaptations of its comic book imprint Radical Comics around Hollywood. Their other comic book series include Hotwire mini-series, based on an exorcist detective in a futuristic London, Hercules Freedom Formula, Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil producing Caliber, a new book by Yoshitaka Amano and Aladdin.

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Old is gold for Rani Mukerji

It’s old is gold for Rani Mukerji.

An outfit she wore for Zee Cine Awards on March 26, 2005 (above left), at Excel, Docklands in East London, was pulled out for her yoga teacher Payal Gidwani’s wedding to Manish Tiwari this week (above right).

The dress is no different but Rani surely has shrunk, though for the sexier. In fact, her fitness instructor Satya recently claimed that Rani has the best body in Bollywood now.

Wish she buys a new wardrobe to flaunt her new figure.

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Pankh - The Unbearable Lightness Of Being - First Look

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In Pics: Vidya Balan Inaugurates Kiran Chopra's Art Show

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In Pics: Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor unveil Filmfare Issue

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Bollywood to bring on the heat at Macau

IIFA 2009 is just around the corner! With the schedule for the much-awaited event out now, it looks like Bollywood is going to make its mark in Macau, the picturesque place which is host to the 10th year of the IIFA awards.

Amitabh, Abhishek, AishwaryaComedy kings Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh would be hosting the event, in co-ordination with the beautiful Lara Dutta. Each of them we know as top class communicators. Lara we know as a great orator, and is witty. And when it comes to witty and humourours, Boman and Riteish have established their ground in this space.

The event organizers are all set to have a lot of drama on the stage. On one hand, they have Aishwarya Rai-Bachchhan - who created waves dancing to the tunes of Kajra Re at IIFA 2005 at Amsterdam. And where Ash is, Abhi would surely follow! Maybe Pa and Ma should join in and create the Kajra Re magic again. And on the other hand, the surprise element comes with someone who is going to make her stage debut at the event… none other than the Delhi 6 gal Sonam Kapoor! We hope all the Cannes catfights will be forgiven and forgotten. The drama that we can forsee cant get better than this - Kareena Kapoor is scheduled to perform a belly dance to a Turkish-Arabian song. And guess who will also be on stage - the very spoken about love birds Priyanka Chopra-Shahid Kapoor are to perform to a song from their upcoming film Kaminey.

The other highlight of the event is a special award that has been added by IIFA to commemorate the completion of a decade – The Videocon IIFA Golden Decade Honours. Five different categories have been made for the same, including Star of the Decade (Male and Female), Movie of the Decade, Music of the Decade and Director of the Decade, so as to honour the best of Bollywood over the past 10 years.

Speaking about the occasion, IIFA Brand Ambassador Amitabh Bachchhan says, “I am delighted to see IIFA celebrate its 10th year. The Indian and international reception to IIFA has grown over the years, cementing its position as a significant larger than life phenomenon. This year at IDEA IIFA Awards, we pay tribute to the greats of Indian cinema through the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Videocon Golden Decade Honours. We are committed to presenting the talent India has to offer, while giving audiences a chance to experience their film favourites.”

We look forward to a spectacular show of Bollywood at Macau soon, as always!

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