Katz finds the new SUV sexy!

That men have a thing for hot wheels, is accepted.

But women drooling over mean machines, is new. However, that’s just what Bollywood actress and India’s (newly-polled) sexiest woman Katrina Kaif did when she launched the new SUV Audi Q5 in Mumbai on Thursday.

The German-made luxury car — the sportiest and most elegant SUV in its class, will easily become the benchmark for style, performance, safety, comfort and driving dynamics in its segment. It joins its ‘big brother’, the Audi Q7, in creating a new market for the smaller luxury SUV admirer in India.
Available in petrol and diesel models, and in exciting colours like Stratos Blue, Garnet Red, Ice Silver, Meteor Grey, Phantom Black and Ibis White, the Audi Q5 can be bought at 11 dealerships across the country in Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi.

Katrina, flashing long legs, was impressed by the versatile SUV. “The interior is so spacious. I’m tall, so I look out for leg space, and this is very comfortable to drive in,” said the actress. “It’s awesome... and also sexy!”

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Bips want Tabu

News from the sets of All the Best is that after hearing the news of Tabu joining the crew, Bipasha Basu demanded to know why she wasn't kept in the loop.

The Bong Bombshell is jittery, as multi-heroine films like Ajnabee, Race, and Bachna Ae Haseeno didn't do much for her. Now she's worried that with powerhouse performer Tabu entering the cast, her role might suffer.

A birdie from Goa says, "Bips spoke to Ajay and told him that he can't have Tabu in the climax. Initially, she was to be the main lead and now it is becoming a two-heroine project."

But we are sure when they come face-to-face, the two actresses will smile and blow air kisses.

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Ex-treme dance!

Ex-lovers, Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja burned up the dance floor at the wrap-up party thrown by Ashutosh Gowariker for What's Your Raashee?

A source reveals that PC and Harman walked in at separate times. Harman came early and Piggychops made an entry with her mom much later.

However, after a few drinks and exchanging pleasantries, the ex-lovers took to the dance floor.

An eyewitness says, "They didn't seem awkward with each other. It looked like they had come to terms with the break up.

Everyone cheered and clapped when they started dancing!" Now that's something you'll never see Kareena and Shahid doing.

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Urvashi Sharma - How hot can you get?

Born and brought up in a middle-class Punjabi family in Delhi, model-turned-actress Urvashi Sharma has already acquired a bold and beautiful image for herself with numerous print and television advertisements, music videos like Mika’s ‘Something Something’ and also with sizzling roles in movies like ‘Naqaab’.

She likes taking risks and added to her gutsy reputation during the shooting of ‘Naqaab’ where she opted to do a stunt on a speed boat all by herself. When the cameras started rolling, she went off at breakneck speed and got her crew worried.

Once, again Urvashi has shown her guts by going to the skimpiest clothing in the latest issue of ‘Stardust’ magazine. With Urvashi in such hot pics, no wonder the temperatures are soaring higher each day!

The issue also has added temptations like Saif Ali Khan gracing the cover of the issue, making a claim - “Kareena And I Don’t Intend To stay Engaged Forever” and on the top there is a title which reads, “Shahrukh takes on Shoaib Akhtar’s Threats”.

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Sonam Kapoor in elite club of Indian edition of Harper’s Bazaar

The latest talked about actress of bollywood, Sonam Kapoor is coming as on cover of Harper’s Bazaar India for the month of June 2009. This photo shoot was conducted by Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar. The theme at the cover was displaying an effect of old glamour from Hollywood. By coming on the cover of the magazine she has joined elite club of Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone who earlier also appeared on the cover of Indian edition of the magazine.

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Now on Mumbaites would have star ride

It was too much hype for the new taxi to be launched in Mumbai as far as in matter of comfort that Bollywood star Sunil Shetty graced the launch of Mumbai Taxi Company’s Star Taxi in Mumbai. It is an upgrade to the typical taxi. New Taxis are very comfortable in terms of seating with a promise of a smooth ride. Now on Mumbaites would have better taxi ride.

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Angry Amisha hits back: I'm very hurt and upset

Media has not been very kind to Amisha Patel, whose dream run didn't last very long in the Bollywood. People have been writing vicious stories about her personal life as well the professional failures. And now the hazel-eyed beauty has hit back with all the answers one her blog. Here's what she has to say about the recent controversies: Where have I been? What have I been doing? That has been the refrain of late. From media, friends, associates. But I chose to do my own things; work hard, enjoy life and generally keep away from the world. But of late I’ve been upset. More hurt than upset actually. It is because I’ve been the victim of some misreporting. And what has taken me by surprise is that it is the reputed paper, Bombay Times – of the Times Group, one I have been close to and been part of in almost every new venture of theirs – that has been the offending party. But it’s not all the media, or the whole paper, but a certain article that BT carried a few days ago which has deeply wounded me. It was by journalist of many years, Meena Iyer. She misconstrued some facts so totally that it was almost like I’m being written off for being from a long lost era. Firstly, it was factually wrong. It slotted me in the 90s era, along with Aishwarya, Kajol, Shilpa, Preity and Rani. I was not even on the scene then. I actually made my debut in the 2000s, along with Kareena and others. So the misrepresentation of facts was the first thing that bothered me. More so, because it wasn’t some faltu paper or sleazy TV channel type story done by a rookie. It was just a ‘put down’ article to quite a few seniors in the industry. People who’ve earned their laurels and who require no certification from any one individual for their fame and popularity. The article runs down artistes that I really respect; who I’ve grown up watching – like Shilpa Shetty, Rani and Preity. Even actors like Madhuri and Kajol – who’re powerhouse performers. And an Ash. Why? Frankly, I think getting offensive or putting a tablet on these people saying that ‘they’re finished’, that it’s ‘pack-up time’ for them, is very unfair. These are people who’ve given our industry memorable films and great performances and are still doing A-grade films with some of the biggest stars. To make comments like ‘Abhishek prefers a Sonam’, when he’s got three films with his own wife; or to say that ‘Shah Rukh prefers a Deepika’ when the current biggest and ONLY film he’s doing (and ALSO happens to be co-producing) is My Name Is Khan with Kajol is unfair. How can you completely write them off? Secondly, it sounded like she wanted to claim that I belonged to a generation of actresses that one admired, but wasn’t really part of. I haven’t even been around for a decade yet. My first release was in January 2000 — Kaho Naa … Pyaar Hai. Everyone knows that. Simply because there was this whole controversy that I’d ‘replaced’ Kareena. Simultaneously, Kareena had signed Refugee. Everyone knows the rest. Even the ‘current’ breed of actors she wrote about is factually incorrect. Asin was mentioned. But little did the writer know that Asin had made her debut in the South in 2001. Even Katrina made her debut in 2002 with Boom. It’s great that someone like her is doing so well and giving everyone a run. But they did debut around the same time I did. That is why it looks like an almost mischievous attempt to elevate one lot and put a lot of super-achievers down. Some of them have far bigger projects, with the biggest of actors, than the newer stars mentioned. ZOOM tried to stand up for the Group by suggesting that maybe the article was prompted merely by my ‘bad run’ at the Box Office. Everyone has a lean run, and maybe some of us mentioned here do. No movie is big or small. It’s just a success or a disaster. And no star can be written off. It’s the law of filmdom. Just like no journalist is greater than the Group he or she represents. And the humility of the representative is what reflects the personality of the Group. I almost felt as if she was on some personal vendetta and was out to just slice people. I don’t think it had anything to do individually with me or anything like that. I was so agitated that I followed the decent norm and spoke to the writer, Meena Iyer. And I was appalled to find that she was extremely rude. I requested Meena to ‘please do her homework’, and she got aggressive and shouted, “Don’t tell me how to do my homework!” Later she made digs at my choice of movies like Run Bhola Run and Chatur Singh Two-Star. These are films with Sanjay Dutt and senior stars like Govinda. It was a hurtful thing to say. People also said these things about Kaho Naa … Pyaar Hai when it came with Refugee. And Gadar. But we all know the outcome. Meena was extremely unapologetic, rude and defensive. Even if she said, “I‘m sorry, I overlooked it in my enthusiasm to write my piece, or even a plain and simple — I’m sorry,” it would’ve been enough. The damage had already been done and so many actors’ names were run-down in print. However, that attitude was more disturbing than the actual article. I’ve loved the Times Group and been part of all their start-ups. I know almost all senior management and none of them are in any way immodest, proud or rude. I hope this was just a one-off bad day for the journalist in question. She’s been around way too many years to let this become a blot of rudeness on a career that represents the Group she’s worked for – more than ever. I’ll get over my hurt. But it may take that much longer for her conscience to clear. God bless! Courtesy: Itimes

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Industry men react to Neetu Chandra's hot 'girl on girl' photo shoot

Neetu Chandra's 'woman-on-woman' photo shoot has literally created a storm. Leave aside the protests (or the lack of them), the fact remains that the pictures have been one and all (though quite a few also deny having looked at them, but more on that later) and the Garam Masala girl who got 'lucky' with an unlucky number '13' quite recently has now moved up from a 'Traffic Signal' to Page 1 across National Dailies as well as prime slots on news channels. Joginder Tuteja catches up with quite a few industry men and tries to gauge their reaction on Neetu's photo shoot. While doing so, we came across an interesting trend. While majority of top line actors (names withheld) either refrained from commenting at all or evaded the query by stating - 'I am yet to look at the pictures', quite a few Bollywood filmmakers were game to share their views around the photo shoot. This is what they had to say: Suparn Verma - "More woman power! She looks fabulous and the pictures are aesthetically done. I think the moral police should take a nap!" Ken Ghosh - "It's quite an interesting concept! Great going!" Rohit Jugraj - "I think it's very awesome and gutsy on Neetu's part to go ahead with such bold and sensuous pictures. Times are changing and we should pay heed. They say cinema is a reflection of the changing society and if the world can have a festival like Moondance (a gay and dance film festival), we can at least celebrate freedom of expression in cinema. I have always had a script about two women, a pack of cigarettes and a road trip in mind, though that script of mine is not about lesbian characters but does have an intimate moment between the girls. Photo shoots like Neetu's only prove to me that audience is ready, howsoever niche it may be. But the question is - 'Are we filmmakers ready to handle such themes deftly with maturity and sensitively?" Randeep Hooda - "Neetu's pictures are very hot. It's in some form or the other every man's fantasy. It's about time we started opening up about it (smiles). It's a brave shoot so cheers to her!" Jag Mundhra - "I just checked one such picture on the net. I think it is quite beautiful and provocative. Her body language is defiant; celebrating raw female sexuality. It says - 'As an artist I am ready to push the boundaries'. It defies the viewer to do the same. I think it is very symbolic than sexy, just like the PETA ads." Rahul Dholakia - "I saw the shoot, and while I thought it was an interesting concept and a good marketing tool, I don't think we should give it any more importance than that. If this picture is generating any kind of controversy, I don't think it should. It's bold but not obscene; it's about two women, maybe lesbians. So what?" Piyush Jha - "Everyday I get surprised at how much further and further we are pushing the envelope of morality in India. While I am not aesthetically riveted by the pictures, I am impressed by the challenge it throws at the so called 'norms' of our society." Madhu Mantena - "I am in London and haven't seen the pictures yet. However, would like to meet them together!" Vivek Agnihotri - "We are living in time of media clutter and to get mind share, media must titillate; so a shoot like this is nothing novel. Also competition is so tough in our industry that lots of people are willing to go to any extent to be noticed. What can be a better way than shock the audiences? The picture meets both these aspirations. Neetu is talented and I am sure she is capable of shocking more with her talent and soon she will realize it." Shirish Kunder - "Awesome. In fact I thought it was a little restrained. They should have gone out a little more." Navdeep Singh - "Girl-girl action is always very welcome. These pictures seemed tasteful enough. There is a need and space for some eroticism in our lives. And when it's girl-on-girl, it's even better!!!" Robby Grewal - "Neetu has liked doing the shoot and I have liked looking at the pictures. So where does the question of protests or morality come into picture? At the end of the day when an artist and a consumer are comfortable with something, there should not be a problem with everyone else. And come on, it's not the first time that such pictures have come on print, so why are we making a hue and cry?"

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