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Archive for April, 2009

Big B refuses to work with Abhishek

Sounds unbelievable but thats true, Amitabh Bachchan apparently rejected the idea of working in the movie Aladin with son Abhishek Bachchan. Director Sujoy Ghosh wanted to cast Abhishek in the movie which is based on the Arabian tale of Aladin and Genie. Big B instead made Sujoy rope in Riteish Deshmukh for the role. Sujoy [...]

What made Shilpa buy the Rajasthan Royals!

Few weeks back we had revealed what drove preity zinta to own her own IPL team. Now we reveal to you from what we have learnt through industry sources on how Shilpa Shetty and her boyfriend Raj Kundra went on to be associated with the Rajasthan Royals. Sources reveal, “Shilpa Shetty was actually initially offered [...]

What’s common between Kareena and Britney?

The forthcoming Akshay Kumar-Kareena Kapoor starrer Kambakkat Ishq has reportedly been shot at The Standard in down town Los Angeles. So whats so special with this hotel? To begin with, Justin Timberlake owns this hotel. And guess what the same hotel was the make-out spot for him and Britney Spears when they were dating. Just [...]

A Dream comes true for the Bachchan Family!

Amitabh Bachchan is visibly excited and for good reason. A ballet troupe from Paris will be enacting the poems of his father, the late poet Harivanshrai Bachchan. A first for any Indian poet, this is Amitabh’s dream come true. After wrapping up the shoot of Teen Patti with Sir Ben Kingsley on Friday, Amitabh headed [...]

Priyanka says ‘No’ to Politics

Before Sanjay Nirupam was fielded as the Congress I candidate to fight BJP’s veteran Ram Nayak for this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the Congress was very keen to put up the much-in-the-news Priyanka Chopra in place of Govinda. According to very reliable sources the discussions had gone very much ahead. “The Congress wanted a glamorous [...]

Big B remembers ‘flamboyant’ Feroz Khan

Mourning the death of veteran actor Feroz Khan, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says that despite several attempts in the past the two could not work together. “There were many attempts by both of us to work together but somehow it didn’t work out,” Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com. “He will be remembered for his [...]

Abhishek, Aishwarya and Vivek to star in Tansen!

Call it a casting coup or a thunder of sorts but Bollywood director Satish Kaushik and Rajshri Productions have made the impossible possible. The latest buzz has it that ‘Tansen’, touted to be one of the costliest Hindi films to be ever made, will star Abhishek, Aishwarya, Anil Kapoor and none other than Vivek Oberoi. [...]

Asin managing without her dad

Asin Thottumkal’s devoted dad refuses to get surgery done in spite of the acute pain. Joseph Thottumkal, currently in hospital, has been attending to all of his daughter’s business calls from the bed. He’s on drip. No food allowed. Na ghar ka na hospital ka…and still he’s constantly on the phone discussing and confirming my [...]

Priyanka Chopra asked to join Congress I?

Before Sanjay Nirupam was fielded as the Congress I candidate to fight BJP’s veteran Ram Nayak for this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the Congress was very keen to put up the much-in-the-news Priyanka Chopra in place of Govinda. According to very reliable sources the discussions had gone very much ahead. “The Congress wanted a glamorous [...]

After break up how Preity Zinta-Wadia will manage Kings XI Punjab?

Questions are being asked as to how after break up Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia will manage IPL Kings XI Punjab? The two ended their relationship of several years recently. Their imminent split has been a fodder for media speculation for long. But the speculations came to an end recently when Preity sent an SMS [...]