Priyanka awaiting entry into record books

No woman has ever played 12 different characters in a film

Eighty years ago legendary British actor Lupino Lane created a (yet unbroken) record for a male actor playing 24 roles in "Only Me" (1929). And now Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is all excited about the possibility of her entering the record books for doing 12 roles in forthcoming "What's Your Raashee".

"I was aware about Sanjeev Kumar playing nine roles in 'Naya Din Nayi Raat' and Kamal Haasan being seen 10 times over in 'Dashavatharam'. However, even I got to know about Lupino Lane's achievement very recently. Hats off to him to have done that eight decades back and that too in a silent film," Priyanka told IANS.

In Ashutosh Gowariker's "What's Your Raashee", she plays 12 different roles and the film has already been referred to the Guinness World Records.

While there have been quite a few double role performances by leading ladies in the past, there aren't many movies where a Bollywood actress has played even a triple role, let aside coming close to enacting a dozen-odd characters in a single outing.

"Yes, I have been told about this. I guess not just in India but even in world cinema no woman has ever played 12 different characters in the film. In fact, the producers of 'What's Your Raashee' have got in touch with the Guinness World Records and we are awaiting their response," said Priyanka.

If one goes down the memory lane, one can comfortably say that with "What's Your Raashee?", Priyanka may well boast of doing the biggest ever film written for a woman protagonist in the history of Indian cinema.

"Please don't make it all sound so big and heavy. Let's just look at it as an entertaining movie and leave it there. Words like 'greatest' and 'biggest' don't hold much relevance if one doesn't justify each of the characters. You may win when it comes to count but then you must also be able to put some weight in your performance," she said.

So was she overjoyed when Gowariker approached her for the role?

"Not at all. In fact I was quite nervous about how I would manage to pull it off. A role may look fantastic on paper and you too may feel confident of pulling it off. Still, you have to be extra careful to make sure that audiences too like what you bring to the table," said Priyanka, who has given three consecutive hits - "Dostana", "Fashion" and "Kaminey".

This was the reason why she stayed away from all the limelight while shooting for 'What's Your Raashee?' and her look for each of the characters too was kept under wraps.

"You end up picking on all the flattery around you but none of that helps in what comes across on screen", she said. "'What's Your Raashee?' has such a fantastic script written with each of the 12 roles boasting of such well-etched characterisation.

"I had to go all out in following Ashutosh's vision. With the coming together of a great production house, an intelligent director, a fantastic co-star and some melodious music, it all seems to have summed up well. Now that the mathematics part has gone well, it is time to see how audiences react to our effort."

"What's Your Raashee?" is set to release on Sept 25.

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Lara maintains her weight at 58 kg

David Dhawan is mighty impressed!

Director David Dhawan just can't stop raving about beauty queen-turned-actress Lara Dutta for maintaining a weight of 58 kg since her debut in Bollywood with the 2003 movie "Andaaz".

The director is so impressed that he calls her "Miss Perfect 58".

"David calls Lara Perfect Miss 58 and is completely amazed how the actress has maintained 58 kilos for last six years. Lara has one of the best figures in the showbiz and is also an amazing actress," said a source close to the unit.

Dhawan is extremely fond of Lara's acting and comic timing. He was so impressed by her work in his 2007 hit "Partner" that he decided to cast her again for his forthcoming film "Do Knot Disturb".

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Mallika is maximising benefits of her US stay

She’s set to be ‘Indian face’ of a leading fashion house

Mallika Sherawat seems to be making a name for herself while she’s parked in the US for the post production work on her film “Hisss”.

We have seen her hanging out with an assortment of Hollywood celebrities, and now she is all set to become the Indian face of a leading international fashion house.

At the New York Fashion Week, she was seen coming out of a show hand in hand with designer Max Azria.

Max’s fashion house is considered to be one of the most sought after in the world.

After coming out, Mallika made an announcement that the famed designer will be designing her outfits. She also said that apart from designing for her, Max was also keen on making her the Indian face of his fashion house. He has also requested her to walk the ramp for him at the upcoming show in Paris.

However, Mallika added, while Max will be designing outfits for her and she will also be the Indian face of his label, as far as walking the ramp is concerned, the deal is still work in progress and has yet not been sealed.

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Neetu Chandra doesn’t believe in size-zero


Bollywood star Neetu Chandra says she has no desire to go size zero and believes in toning her body according to the need of the film she is working in.I don’t believe in a zero-size figure. But I believe that the body should be toned in the right way,” Neetu told reporters, replying to repeated queries on whether she has put on weight. “On the contrary, I have shed some weight, she added. Neetu said her look in a particular film depends on the nature of the role.
Citing examples, she said her look in Garam Masala was different from that in Traffic Signal. I first try to understand the little nuances of my character. Then I dress up accordingly,she said, describing herself as a casual dresser. Neetu was the show-stopper for Soumitra Mandal’s collection at the Kolkata Fashion Week-II Friday. I really like the look of the outfit I am wearing. Though I am a very casual of kind of person I carry myself according to the place I am going to,” Neetu said.
The actress has half a dozen films lined up for release this year and is presently shooting for a seventh in South Africa, for Anees Bazmee opposite Sanjay Dutt. Mandal whose collection featured black and white western wear, said he used only natural fabrics.”I used handloom, linen and silk and the prints were hand batik.”

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Aamir-Preity return to screen?


Rumour has it that Aamir Khan wants to work with Preity Zinta again.A little birdie tells me that Perfectionist Khan has approached his Dil Chahta Hai star to act in his next film. Apparently Aamir Khan wants the film to go on the floors soon after the release of Delhi Belly. Aamir plans to produce this film and has supposedly hired a Bengali filmmaker called Shoumik Sen.
Shoumik is currently working on a film called Gulabi Gang that stars Raveena Tandon, Tabu, Shahana Goswami and Sandhya Mridul among other stars. I am told the man is quite excited about his new project and has already started working on the script for the movie.It has been a little over eight years since Dil Chahta Hai released in India.
And surely I’m waiting for this new project with bated breath. Meanwhile, I remember Preity Zinta telling everyone willing to listen that she was on the verge of signing ‘two good films’. Let’s just hope the Aamir Khan-starrer is one among them

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For Orissa villagers Shah Rukh is a hero, not just a star


Laxmi Mondal of Banhipal village in Orissa's Kendrapara district has never watched any of Shah Rukh Khan's movies, as the village has been without electricity all these years. But for this poor village woman the Bollywood actor has turned into a real life hero by lighting up their lives.

Shah Rukh has funded a solar power harnessing project which provides light to the village after sunset.

'There is no electricity in our village and we don't expect it to be provided by the government in the near future. So the electric lanterns have become very handy for us. Though we used kerosene lanterns earlier, they couldn't be relied upon due to the brisk breeze throughout the day as our village is just a few kilometres away from the Bay of Bengal,' said Mondal.

Banhipal is not the only village which is a beneficiary of Shah Rukh's largesse. There are six other villages - Ahirajpur, Okilapala, Palachua, Rangani, Denlasahi and Gupti in Kendrapara district which have benefited from this solar harnessing project which has been fully funded by Shah Rukh Khan.

The project is part of the Greenathon initiative of NDTV called 'Lighting Billon Lives'. Technical assistance has been provided by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

Each village has been provided with about 50 solar lanterns with a single charging point. The lanterns are charged every morning through solar panels set on rooftops.

The charging of lanterns, distribution and collection of money are mainly manned by women members of the village.

Though Shah Rukh has borne the installation cost, the maintenance cost is taken care of by the villagers themselves.

'We have a corpus to meet the running expenses of these lanterns. We raise the corpus by charging just Rs.2.50 from every villager. We charge extra if one takes the lanterns for use during festivals and special occasions. And if a person from a neighbouring village takes it then he is charged Rs.10 per night,' said Biraja Prasad Pati, of Nature Club, a local NGO which implemented the project.

These villages are primarily small clusters of Bengali-speaking people. The villagers use these lanterns not only to light their homes but also for other purposes.

'We use these lanterns for different purposes. Our men take these lanterns to scare away wild boars during night as they often destroy our standing paddy. The fishermen take these lanterns for fishing during night and our children study with these lanterns,' said Urmila Modal, from Okilapala village, adding that they often give these lanterns free of cost to meritorious students of the village.

Apart from these seven villages, Shah Rukh's generosity has helped in bringing light to two other villages - Jadapala and Tarajodi in Mayurbhanj district of the state.

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Baba Ramdev too fussy for Bigg Boss!

Baba Ramdev

Baba Ramdev has turned down the offer to be a contestant in the third season of Bigg Boss.The channel just couldn’t afford the fussy Baba.This, despite the fact that the season boasts of super-celebrity host Amitabh Bachchan, whose fee according to channel’s reliable sources is 4 times of what earlier host Shilpa Shetty got. Curiously though the contestants are expected to be upscale according to the host’s stature, the prize money remains unchanged.

Politicians, musicians and actors are under negotiation. But the names that they want don’t find the lure of the prize money to be irresistible.Baba Ramdev, it seems, almost said yes. And then opted out because the discipline at the Bigg House didn’t match with his regimen. Says Rajesh Kamat the CEO of Colors, “Yes we were negotiating with Baba Ramdev. But it didn’t work out.”Was it because of his strict Yogi’s regimen? Says Kamat, “We were ready to let him get up at 3 am in the morning and do his yoga if he wanted.

The only thing the participants can’t do is sleep beyond 8 am.”Frantic negotiations are on to get A-listers to participate. The lure being the Bachchan brand. Says Kamat, “All I can say at the moment is; we want to get in people who have an image to further or revamp. Look at what Bigg Boss did to Rakhi Sawant.”

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Drunk Mexican will chase Bipasha Basu on FB


What do you get when you cross a hip hairstylist with a banned Mexican cartoon character? Sapna Bhavnani as Speedy Gonsalez. The Speedy Gonsalez Show is the hairstylist’s answer to boring music-based reality TV. Here, she gets artists from the indie music scene to take on disguises for a riot in front of the camera. Each episode is about 5 minutes long and is uploaded on the group by the same name on Facebook at 9.09 pm every Monday.The first episode of the show was uploaded a week ago, and has Suman Sridhar (from Sridhar/Thayil) as Ms Sassy and her guitarist Arijit Datta as Blind Lemon Govardhan. The 4.5 minute video sees Bhavnani host the show as Ms Sassy, and Blind Lemon Govardhan perform not just the song but their characters as well.
The second episode has Ankur Tewari (from Ankur Tewari and the Ghalat Family) playing a French character who joins Gonsalez in drooling over women. “The idea is to show our talented musicians from the independent music scene, in a different avtaar. They can leave the serious performances for stage. With Gonsalez, they’re just having a good time,” says Bhavnani, who pulls off a brilliant drunk Mexican woman chaser.Since the videos are uploaded on Facebook, there is serious uncensored dhamaal that doesn’t get beeped out. The host and guests are seen taking swigs from bottles of beer, instead of sipping on tepid coffee. “The show is made in the true spirit of freedom of speech.
There is no thought given to TRPs, neither is the script pre-written. It’s all impromptu. Of course, a bit of alcohol solves any kind of inhibition problem,” says Bhavnani. That’s what the 640-odd fans seem to be enjoying the most about the videos. Bhavnani intends to bring on Bipasha Basu. “Speedy is in love with Bipasha. She’s a good friend of mine too. So let’s see… we might just have her on the show soon.”

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