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Nymphomaniac from Bheja Fry: Cricket = Orgasm

She was termed as 'nymphomaniac' in 'Bheja Fry' (2007). Couple of years after the release of the films, she continues to be stuck with that image even though she has worked in different films ever since then. While 'My Friend Ganesha' (2008) saw her playing a young mom, recent release 'Kal Kissne Dekha' (2009) had her play a bombshell professor. This is not all as she has also worked on films like 'My Daddy Strongest' (with Kumar Gaurav) and 'Mr. Bhatti On Chutti' (with Anupam Kher), both are which are ready and slated for release soon. Meanwhile, she is glued to television and is happily following cricket. Though she is disheartened that India is out of contention for retaining the title as ICC 20:20 Champions, she continues to be positive about the fact that India will bounce back in many more championships to come. On India's loss It's disheartening, yes. We have one of the best teams in the world, yes. We surely did try our best to win, yes. But then anyone looking at predicting the outcome of a match is a fool. On Dhoni's captaincy Captaincy is all about thinking ahead of the play, not about responding to it and Dhoni is an excellent captain. On India's twin religion - Cricket and Films In India there are only 2 religions - Cricket and Films. I think it's the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex. But sex isn't too bad either. Cricket civilizes people and creates a gentleman out of a man. I want everyone in India to play cricket and I want ours to be a nation of gentleman. On her own love for cricket I love watching cricket. I am sitting at home glued to the television watching every single match. Cricket is too exciting to miss. Nothing excites me as much as cricket. However, I have never played it. After all, it requires one to assume such indecent postures. On cricket being named so I wonder why it’s named after an insect. Cricket is a psychological sport - 90% of cricket is played in the mind. Modern cricket is all about strategy - its a beautiful & highly stylized medieval war substitute. On comparing cricket with an orgasm Cricket is a brilliant game, cricket is the magic of chasing a dream, cricket is beautiful. Cricket is actually indescribable. After all, how do you describe an orgasm?

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Who says Katrina can't speak proper Hindi?

Who says Katrina can’t speak proper Hindi? She’s been practising constantly with friends and in her dubbing, so much so that Katrina has almost lost her voice. The dubbing for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has taken its toll on her throat. Raj Kumar Santoshi is always known to be very particular about his actors’ lamguage. For Ranbir in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani who has a lot of colloquial Hindi to speak, he has personally been supervising the dubbing. But Ranbir is a very skilled dialogue deliverer. And getting the rustic colloquialism right is a cakewalk for him For Katrina dubbing is the most difficult part of the acting process. After all she was initially dubbed by professional artistes. She finally won the right to speak on screen in her own voice in spite of a thick British accent. And now Katrina Kaif is going through the worst tribulation of her brief career. Dubbing for Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is the most challenging thing Katrina has ever done. “I don’t have any colloquial lines like Ranbir. I play this Catholic Bandra girl who’s very dramatic. She’s funny to others. But not to herself. So when I cry I have to cry real tears but make sure they come across as funny First of all the lines are not comic in the dubbing theatre. So I’ve to recreate the laughter on the sets in a studio without knowing if I am being funny enough.” For Katrina it’s excruciating. “I don’t know whether I’m getting it right or not. I’m doing the dubbing under supervision. But this is the most difficult film I’ve dubbed for.” Now that she’s almost finished dubbing she plans to go through the entire dubbing in Santoshi’s film and re-do the portions Santoshi isn’t satisfied with. A bigger challenge now awaits Katrina. In Prakash Jha’s Rajneeti she must recreate all the rhetorics that she mouthed on stage in front of thousands of spectators. as a female politician. “The speeches I made have been taped. Now I have to listen to them, get the accent tone and voice quality right and dub in a studio.” Easier done than said.

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Kareena Kapoor tells why she'd never wear a bikini again

If you thought 2008 was the year of Kareena Kapoor then wait till you hear what's in store for this stunner in 2009. "For starters, " she begins as she packs for her much-awaited week-long vacation in Europe with Saif Ali Khan, "I'll finally be moving into my new home in January. It's just a hop and skip away from where I stay on Hill Road in Bandra. I can't give up being close to my mom and living in Bandra." The home in a building called Queen will also have a new apartment for Kareena's mother. "Of course my mother is moving with me. I can't live breathe or take one step without my mother. The only difference is she'll now have a separate apartment. But we're still on the same floor." As for the home that Saif is preparing for the two of them, Kareena shrugs, "That won't be ready for another two years. That's how long it's going to be before we get married anyway. Right now my diary is filled up till 2010. There's no space for even a runaway marriage." Kareena has in fact decided to gift her mom much more than just a new home. She has made her mom a New Year promise. "No more bikini shots for me. I mean I'm very happy with the kind of attention and adulation I got for getting into a bikini in Tashan. And I wasn't uncomfortable wearing it. Why should I be? I've the physique to carry it off. But that's it. My mother didn't like me in a bikini. Also the kind of work that I'm doing now in 3 Idiots or Renzil d'Silva's film doesn't require that kind of exposure." With her super-star daughter being extremely busy with her career and Saif, mom Babita has a lot of time on hand. "She now does a lot of charity work with charitable institutions like the Mount Mary Old Age Home in Bandra and other places. She's a very giving woman. I should know.She scarificed her own career and joys to bring up my sister and me." Not too many people know Babita is half-Christian. Reveals Kareena, "Her mother was a Christian and father a Sindhi. So we are as fond of the church as we're of the temple. Christmas is a big event for us. That's why I needed to rush home at this time from Philadelphia to be home for Christmas before taking off for my holiday." Surprisingly Kareena is full of praise for her supposed arch-rival Priyanka Chopra. "I don't know why so much is made of our rivalry. We're in totally difference spaces. She does her own films. I do mine. Whenever we meet she's really sweet to me. I don't understand why we're made out to be two squabbling sirens. Please, we're grownup women." As far as conducting a career goes Kareena's role- model is Aishwarya Rai. "I love the way she carries herself and the roles she's choosing after marriage. I'd like to follow that pattern when I get married." But that's a long way off. At the moment Kareena is just happy being with Saif. "He may appear to be very volatile and undecided, just like me. But actually he takes all the right decisions on my behalf. He's totally into his books while I love films. I keep him clued in to what's happening in the industry. Right now we both want to see Ghajini before we leave for our holiday. We're both Aamir fans. Ater Ghajini I think the next film Saif will see will be my 3 Idiots. And this time it won't be for Aamir." Kareena is also packing some scripts for her holiday. "I'm definitely going to read some scripts and select the right films to do after 3 Idiots and Rensil's film. I've to find films that justify my presence."

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Priyanka Chora shell-shocked by Gowariker's Outburst

Ashutosh Gowariker’s comments on Priyanka Chopra not deserving the Best Actress award at a recent awards function, has left the industry shell-shocked. While the actress has withdrawn into a dignified silence she has told friends that Gowariker who’s currently directing her in What’s Your Raashee said what he felt and that she holds no grudges. Too private and dignified a person to speak against anyone Priyanka has apparently made up her mind to finish her work on Raashee and move on quietly. Says a source, “It’s not a good time for Priyanka. Shayad usski raashee achchi nahin hai, pun intended. What’s Your Raashee is the toughest role of her career. Priyanka not only had to enact twelve parts she also had to assemble all twelve parts on the screen together for the climax. It sapped her. She even fainted on the sets. And now after having won every single popular award for Fashion it’s a shame that she was publicly told that she didn’t deserve the award, and that too from her own director. Anyway Priyanka is a professional. She hasn’t allowed her breakup with Hurman to affect her on-screen chemistry with him. She won’t let this incident sour her.In fact she jokingly told a friend she hopes to be back at the awards with Raashee.” Fashion director Madhur Bhandarkar is far more openly vocal. “I’m shocked by what Ashutosh had to say. We’re friends and I admire his work. More than us, our wives are very close friends. If he felt this way he should’ve shared it with me and Priyanka, not spoilt the golden moment for her on stage. Priyanka got every popular award. Doesn’t that prove she deserves it?” What shocked Madhur more was the fact that the criticism came from Priyanka’s own director. “He’s working in What’s Your Raashee with Priyanka. That’s what makes his outburst more baffling and contradictory.” Gowariker seems to have rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way the awards function. One of the hosts for the evening says, “After Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh did their skits on Anil Kapoor and the best films of the year Ashutosh Gowariker stormed back -stage and gave Boman and Riteish a firing. What’s his problem, yaar? Who appointed him the industry’s resident MNS?”

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Soha is one of those who would never give up

Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan's "new appeal" and "mature" looks helped her bag "Tum Mile", says Kunal Deshmukh. "I needed someone like Soha who has the looks that still have a new appeal despite being in the film industry, but could also bring in some maturity to her character. I did not need a newcomer and hence it was my idea to cast her for 'Tum Mile', " Deshmukh told in a telephonic interview from Mumbai. "In fact, it was for this reason that I cast her opposite Emraan (Hashmi) and it has turned out to be a brilliant casting. She's done her job very well and I am so happy to have roped her in the project, " he added. "Tum Mile" is a romantic movie about a couple stuck in the July 26, 2005, Mumbai deluge. Co-produced by Sony Music and Vishesh Films, "Tum Mile" is Deshmukh's second directorial venture after "Jannat". "We needed to recreate the deluge and had to shoot in water for over 12 hours a day for 'Tum Mile', but rather than throwing tantrums, Soha showed exemplary levels of energy on the sets, " said Deshmukh. "Soha was like GI Joe (military-themed action figure). She didn't get tired at all and never stopped. She kept on working. She is one of those who would never give up, " he added. Deskhmukh feels that Soha, who has appeared in films like "Rang De Basanti", "Mumbai Meri Jaan" and "Ahista Ahista", is yet to get her due in the Hindi film industry. "She has been very good in her career so far and is getting better. She is an extremely talented actress. Unfortunately, she hasn't got a great role yet to show her skills but eventually she will, " he said. "Tum Mile" is tentatively slated for release on July 24.

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