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"I enjoy dirty dancing!" - Dino's pleasure

Pooja Bhatt has produced and directed Holiday. Is she a hard-task master?
揝he抯 a total hard-task master. But that抯 a part of her job responsibility as a director. You need to be a hard-task master to get your job done. It shows in the film she has just made. There was a lot of shouting on the sets. If Pooja doesn抰 shout, she抯 not Pooja. But then we all understand where she is coming from.

Sunny Deol: 慖抦 planning a sequel to Betaab厭

That massive fist can clench around a friendly palm in dosti ; or punch a point home to the baddies. He makes a clean friend and a mean enemy. Just like a Deol. Yet Sunny Deol

Amrita Rao: 揧ou抣l often find in the worst films卼here are the best actors.

Bipasha Basu is 慫oom抯

Amisha to play Priyanka's sister!

The last time the former beauty queens Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra came together, it was for their joint debut in Suneel Darshan's Andaz. History repeated itself when Dharmesh Darshan cast them as sisters in his Aap Ki Khatir. That is till Dutta did a disappearing act from the film, which prompted the panic-stricken director to approach Amisha Patel, who has graciously agreed to step in.

What made the otherwise-professional Dutta change her mind? The official reason given is date problems, but according to sources she got insecure about being in the same frame as Priyanka. 揕ara's friends are constantly reminding her of Priyanka's wise moves as compared to her own career choices. When the two started their careers, they were neck to neck, but Priyanka has made a headway ever since. Coming together for another movie would only have reminded people of the actress' differing star value,

Is this Salman film jinxed?

揥e are keeping our fingers crossed,攕ays a tense Sajid Nadiadwala.

A jinx is the worst swear word that Bollywood can think of. It scares the industry more than flops, fires or tsunamis. And now the petrified whisper going around is that Shirish Kunder's debut venture Janemaan is jinxed.

It could be a set of coincidences, but a number of unlucky events have been preventing the film from being completed. Salman Khan's 'tape controversy' happened mid-shoot, resulting in his passport being witheld by the police. So an entire New York schedule had to be cancelled. Back home, the sets for the film passed their expiry date and were thus dismantled long before the shooting could be completed.

No wonder cool dude Salman Khan is on edge these days. He is ready to shoot an especially jinxed song sequence . Khan was to shoot this song early last year when the infamous 'tape controversy' was sparked off. Khan went underground and producer Sajid Nadiadwala had to call off shooting.

Yesterday at Filmistan Studios, Sajid Nadiadwala was waiting outside the set with his fingers crossed, while Salman got ready for the shot. 揑 hope everything goes off fine,

What makes Aamir Khan tick!

Despite his reticence, Aamir Khan remains one of the most talked-about men in the movie world. Jitesh Pillaai profiles the golden boy of Bollywood, whose life is bathed in a fresh ray of sunshine as the New Year dawns, in the shape of new love and a new wife, Kiran

Like many of us, Kiran Rao must have been in school mugging for her exams, when Aamir Khan first sang about a papa who preached. The girl with the curly mop and glasses in Kolkata may or may not have nursed a tiddlywinks crush on the QSQT boy. She was certainly not over the moon about Bollywood or its stars in her days as an economics major student at Mumbai抯 Sophia College. Yet today, she is the cynosure of all eyes as Mrs Aamir Khan. It抯 straight out of the movies. Star meets girl-next-door. Notting Hill comes to Pali Hill, a bit of fantasy and a bit like the last frames of a potboiler. And hopefully, they抣l live happily every after. Just like in the movies.  

This is Kiran抯 first marriage, Aamir抯 second. This time round, he hasn抰 eloped or hidden his wife from the media like he did with Reena Dutta. He抯 probably realised that there抯 an electronic revolution going on, and there抯 nothing he can do to stave off the sound bite specialists. And true to form, the paparazzi circled like hawks over the sylvan locale of Panchgani. Biwi No 2, Kiran Rao will learn to live with the fact that by marrying a celebrity she抯 traded a lifetime of normalcy. And here抯 hoping that their marriage is as solid as Lagaan.

Now that we抳e settled the matrimony bit, we can focus our attention on Aamir Khan. Ah! The recalcitrant Khan whom one has known as a rookie reporter. The mind rolls back to the time when I met him on the sets of Shekhar Kapur抯 aborted Time Machine. Some things have remained the same. He抯 well mannered, but doesn抰 mince his words. If he抯 not sharp, he抯 blunt. If he抯 happy, he抣l smile that Toblerone smile of his. No drama, no aggression and no bad-ass attitude so common with the upstart new generation of actors whose skills are inversely proportional to their musculature.

The actor has built a career based on mostly judicious choices. Sticking steadfastly to his point of view, refusing awards and interviews or posing for magazine covers, he抯 been accused of being rigid to the point of being pig-headed. But public opnion has never affected Aamir抯 choices. His energies go into honing his character on screen, an olds c h o o l method actor who acts till it h u r t s , g iv i n g go-forgold performances. He rolled out as a young, brash collegian in Dil Chahta Hai immediately after his rustic turn as Bhuvan in Lagaan. From a tapori in Ghulam and Rangeela to a vigilante in Sarfarosh, you could glean the subtext that Aamir gave to even the most under-nourished scenes.

The promos of his latest flick, Rakeysh Mehra抯 Rang De Basanti look chipper. At the risk of sounding like pre-release gush, RDB looks like a sure-shot bonanza. With so much happening in his professional life, shouldn抰 Mr Khan let his hair down and have some fun? Come on Aamir, take a chill pill!

To give the devil its due, AK is painfully shy and protective about his personal life. He just won抰 talk. While other actors have bum-kissed press pashas, AK won抰 bend it. Professionally, it抯 irked journalists looking for scoops and sound bites. It takes nerve to say 憂o

Rani-Sush-Kareena-Ash-Priyanka-Bips : Who will be Jhansi ki Rani?  

History repeats itself. At least on celluloid. While movies like 慚ughle-Azam

Salman-Hrithik-Akshay-Sanjay-Saif- Who will make Bollywood抯 best 慫orro

Preity抯 HOT 5抯!  

5 things I love about myself

10 Flattest babes in Bollywood  
Wipe that smirk off your faces people, we are only talking about flat bellies here! Gone are the days when sarees hid flabby tummies, the new mantra is 慒it and flat

Bollywood抯 Sexiest Men ...

Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan danced into the hearts of millions of screaming fans with his debut 慘aho Na Pyaar Hai

Most Eligible Babes in Bollywood

They are hot, they are sexy and they are single. Bollywood's hottest siren brigade, who have no men or boy(friend)s tumbling outta closets.

Rani Mukherjee
Dusky, light eyed with a silky mane.
Considered No.1 in Bollywood currently. Critics loved her in Black this year. She is single and being linked with every eligible guy in Bollywood and even the married ones. Topping the list is Abhishek Bachchan.
Date of Birth: 21 st March 1978
Important Films:
Ghulam, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Saathiya, Chalte Chalte, Yuva, Hum Tum, Veer Zaara and Black.


  
Priyanka Chopra
Ex Miss Universe, well spoken, tall with a great body
In a short span she has risen to great heights. A single girl in Bollywood without a Godfather, she is lucky to have found success so early in her career. Her link-ups include her 慉ndaaz

Men in Bollywood: Life begins at 40

Bollywood has 慶ome of age

Stars confess to their most disgusting habits!
  
HRITHIK ROSHAN
I really need to stop eating. Right now, since I抦 not shooting, I抦 gorging on food. Before my mind can say no, my hands and mouth have got to work. What抯 worse, I have an unbearable sweet tooth. Another disgusting habit is procrastination. I抦 always putting off things. I抦 trying to rectify the problem but it抯 taken me 30 years to get this far and I think it抣l take me another 30 to overcome the habit completely.



KAREENA KAPOOR
Biting my nails. Look at them梩hey抳e been chewed to the skin. I抳e tried so hard to quit the habit but it抯 no go; I simply can抰 seem to stop myself. So I always have to stick on artificial nails for my film shoots. But then I start biting those, too!



FARDEEN KHAN
Biting my nails. I抳e tried giving it up but I抳e never succeeded. Most people bite their nails when they are nervous. I抦 not the nervous sort, yet the habit persists. Another awful habit of mine is smoking. I know all about its ill effects, I know it抯 injurious to health, but I find it so difficult to give up.



KAJOL
I don抰 think I have any disgusting habits. I don抰 pick my nose, I don抰 scratch my bum nor do I litter the streets. In fact, I抦 very careful about not throwing anything on the road and always look for a dustbin. If I can抰 find one, I keep everything in my bag till I do. I抦 a neat and tidy person. But others might find my habit of always speaking the truth disgusting. Especially when it抯 directed towards them. I call a spade a spade and I don抰 mince my words when I say what抯 on my mind.



MANOJ BAJPAI
Smoking. It抯 dangerous because it kills you slowly, disgusting because you constantly smell of tobacco. I smoke about 10 cigarettes a day now and have been smoking for many years now. I gave it up once, but that lasted only about eight months.



TABU
Cracking my knuckles. I keep doing it unconsciously all the time. Sometimes even when others are around. I remember Chintuji (Rishi Kapoor) would scold me so much when I was shooting with him because, according to him, it brings bad luck. Some have told me it weakens the bones. I listen to them all梐nd keep cracking my knuckles.

The most political heroines
  
Preity Zinta
The LA based director Jagmohan Mundhra known for his films like 態awandar

The scent of a star

We see them on the silver screen, all made-up and in their best designer clothes. Film stars inspire awe, admiration and at times reverence. Our admiration of these stars is limited to the sense of sight and we never get a whiff of the sweet 憇mell

United colours of Bollywood - the rangs that suit our stars!

Preity Zinta = Pink
She is the bubble gum girl. The colour that comes to mind when you think of Preity Zinta is unmistakably pink. It could be her dimpled charm or the breezy mountains where she comes from that colour her pink. Another one in the hit brigade, she is a favourite with some of the biggest Bollywood banners.



Shah Rukh Khan = Saffron
Known as the 態aadshah of Bollywood

Warning! These stars are upto something in 2006  

Shah Rukh Khan
揑抦 going to try and give up smoking. It burns me up. I抣l try and say 慼ot

sembilu 2005....who is VINCE ??? indonesian ?? thanks