Karan Protest Against Racism Attacks

Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal
As we know that Indian students are facing racism attacks in Australia, producer-director Karan Johar expressed in disapproval in his own way. Karan’s untitled production was supposed to shoot in Australia, but now he is planning to do it in US to condemn the racial attacks. That is expected from him as his films are always NRI oriented and he himself had studied abroad.
A source revealed, “Initially, Australia was finalised for the shoot. Now the shooting schedule has been shifted to the US. Karan did not want to shoot in a country where the Indian students are facing racism. Since he is in the US now, where he is shooting for My Name Is Khan, he thought that the other film could be easily shifted here.”
The film is being directed by Siddharth Malhotra which stars actors like Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead. It is a remake of Hollywood film Stepmom.
But when asked to the director, he gave a diplomatic answer. “Nothing has been confirmed as of now. We are still exploring all the locations. Whichever location suits the film better will be finalised. At the end of the day, it’s the producers call. Everything will be finalised by mid-July,” said the director.
Shooting for the film will start in October.

Soha-Kunal Called It’s Off

Kunal Khemu and Soha Ali Khan
Another Bollywood couple parted their ways as Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu called it’s off to each other. The actors come close to each other on the sets of Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, in which they were casted opposite each other. But now even if they broke up, they don’t have any hard feeling for each other and still friends.
Few months ago there was news that Kunal headed to Goa to be with Soha when he learnt that Siddharth her co-star from Rang De Basanti is spending good time with her over there. May be the rift between them started since then. One source revealed, “They parted in a very dignified manner. There is no animosity on either side. They are still friends.”
But when it asked to both of them, instead of confirming their split they don’t even accepted that they were involved romantically before.
“That’s because we are not working on any film together,” said Kunal.
However Soha said, “Since we actresses seem to have been created more to romance our co-stars and less to act in films, it is only natural and fitting that during Dhoondte Reh Jaoge and 99, Kunal and I were ‘paired up’ by the media, and now that we are no longer working together, we have ‘broken up’. For my future boyfriends, please refer to my list of anticipated releases.”

Shruti Hassan will strip only if daddy is absent from the sets

Shruti Hassan is already a known name even before her first film hits the screens given the varied talents in playback singing and rock shows. However, Shruti has no qualms in giving her best when it comes to making it big on the silver screen. She is set to make her debut with Imran Khan in ‘Luck’ and it is a well established fact that newcomers do have to assort to some amount of skin show in order to establish themselves. Shruti is also all game and sport when it comes to donning a bikini for the movie but she would do it only if her daddy dearest Kamal Hassan is not there on the sets.
Shruti had even confessed in a recent interview that she wouldn’t be able to act before the camera and had to request dad to stay away from the sets while shooting for ‘Luck’.

Sex-tapes of MTV Roadies’ contestant Tamanna doing rounds on the net

MTV Roadies, though a very popular show, is known for vulgarity and offending language and acts. Now, this is a latest addition to its image. Apparently, a 37-seconds long sex video featuring ‘Roadies 5’ participant Tamanna is doing on the internet and mobiles and websites like Rapidshare and Easyshare. . The girl in the video is seen wearing the same neck-piece around her neck that Tamanna wears.
Tamanna, a young participant from Chandigarh could not reach the finals but gained enough popularity due to her linkup with fellow participant Nauman, and also for her catfights with other contestant, Palak. Now, Tamanna is blaming Palak for this and says that the girl in the video is not she. She also goes on to say that another sex video featuring Palak and Bobby (another contestant) can be found on the net. To this, Palak replied, , “If you find my sex clip, publish it”. Palak has worked in some Punjabi videos and was also seen with Akshay Kumar in the song ‘Bhootnikey’ from ‘Singh Is Kinng’.

Geetanjali stores inaugurated by Neetu Chandra

Last Monday Neetu Chandra inaugurated the Geetanjali stores at Bandra, Mumbai. She looked gorgeous in a yellow dress which she carried off quite well. The gal was recently caught in a controversy regarding some hot photoshoot for the men’s magazine ‘The Man’ with another female model. However, the magazine went ahead and used the photographs. Though Neetu debuted back in 2005 with ‘Garam Masala’, her career graph does not seem to be taking off well. Meanwhile, check out Neetu at the inauguration of the Gitanjali stores.

Amruta Patki to debut with Apoorva Lakhia’s supernatural thriller

Amruta Patki was the crowning beauty of Ponds Femina Miss India 2006 and now as a next stepping stone in the glamour world, the beautiful girl will make her debut on the silver screen with producer Apporva Lakhia’s next project which will supposedly be a supernatural thriller. Amruta got the role after being selected in the audition which included almost a dozen aspirants.
Lakhia is happy with his choice and says, “I want to prove beauty queens can act.”
The film which is titled ‘Hide and Seek’ will also launch Lakhia’s assistant Sean Arranha as the director and Lakhia is very supportive to his director. He says, “My director Sean is just a baby. We need to nurture new talent not intimidate them. ”
Lakhia divulges more about the film saying, “I won’t only produce Your browser may not support display of this image.the film but also co-write it with Suresh Nair. Hide N Seek is about four friends played by Purab Kohli, Arjan Bajwa, Ayaaz Khan (Genelia’s fiancé in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na) and Samir Kochhar whose terrible past catches up with them.”

The visit to the Guantanamo Bay prison horrifies Katrina

Recently Katrina Kaif got an opportunity to visit the security prison at Guantanamo Bay as she shot for a movie at the place. The place horrified the delicate beauty so much that she was left drained and gloomy after her visit to the place. When she came face to face with the stories of brutality and tortures associated with the prison, she was absolutely shocked.
A depressed Katrina said, “We are not making a documentary on 9/11 and so this film is highly entertaining yet very realistic. We shot in actual locations associated with the 9/11 attacks and Guantanamo was one of them. I was there for just a day to shoot my portions. It was shocking to see the high-profile prison where people who were sentenced for their lives were also living.”
“I did not meet any person arrested and jailed in connection with the terror attacks. But I have heard stories about them when I was shooting there. Some most wanted criminals have stayed there”, she added.
Meanwhile checkout the latest photoshoot of the lady for the June 2009 issue of FHM Magazine, India, where she looks absolutely chirpy, sexy and pretty.

It is raining cops role offers for Sanjay Dutt

Raj Kumar Santoshi is planning to start a new project based on the terrorism which had shaken Punjab during seventies and eighties. The film to be produced by Apoorva Lakhia will have Sanjay Dutt and Big B playing cops who had fought against terrorists in that Khalistan movement. The film is supposed to be a realistic one based on real facts and research just in line with ‘Shoot-out at Lokhandwala’.
Now, Sanjay Dutt is again getting to enact another role of a cop. This Rahul Dholakia’s movie will be based on Kashmiri militancy and is titled ‘Lamhaa’. Talking about Sanjay Dutt, it may be mentioned here that Sanju Baba is out to remake Feroz Khan’s ‘Qurbani’ where he will have Fardeen to play late father Feroz Khan’s role in the film. Sanjay Dutt will play the role which was originally done by Amjad Khan.

Will Freida Pinto work with Madhur Bhandarkar?

When the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ girl Freida Pinto expressed her wish to work with Bollywood’s realistic moviemaker, Madhur Bhandarkar, the latter was so flattered with the lady’s desire that he said that he would “love to work with her”.
“I’m quite flattered to hear Freida wants to work with me. I think she is aware of my female-oriented cinema. She must have seen the performances that Tabu and Konkona Sen Sharma gave in Chandni Bar and Page 3. I’d love to work with Freida,” Bhandarkar said.
“Today, I’m at a stage where an actress of Freida’s international popularity singles me out. I guess I must’ve done something right in these 10 years as a director. Can you imagine the kind of potboilers I’d be making if my first film Trishakti had clicked?”
Reportedly, Miss Pinto had expressed this heartfelt desire of hers in an interview to the international press where she said that she would do a Bollywood film only if it was a Bhandarkar film.

Salman Khan manages to get shy Sridevi on his show

Salman Khan is in a mood to make the second season of his ‘Dus Ka Dum’ even better and far successful than his first row. After Bollywood biggies like Katrina, Neil, Mallika and others he has managed to get otherwise media shy Sridevi on his show.
This would be Sridevi’s first appearance in a reality show. However, when Salman invited her for the show she just couldn’t refuse him because she is supposedly a fan of this actor and also because she is the producer of Salman’s next release ‘Wanted’. It may be mentioned here that the two have worked together in films like ‘Chand Ka Tukda’ and ‘Chandramukhi’. Though the episode is primarily a part of the promotion of the film ‘Wanted’ but the trio of Sridevi, her husband Boney Kapoor and Salman Khan shared some quality bonding over the show. Salman also gifted two of her paintings on the show and showed it to all.