Showbiz News From All Around The World: November 2013

Saturday, 30 November 2013

Homi Adajania's special gesture for friends

Homi Adajania and producer Dinesh Vijan had arranged a wrap-up bash for the entire unit of their film Finding Fanny Fernandes on Wednesday.

The film's cast members Arjun Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were part of the celebration and Ranveer Singh who has done a cameo in the film was also present. A source says, `Homi and his unit wanted to have a celebration and called all his friends from the industry including Ileana

Music director Pritam has had a makeover courtesy Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Basu.

On the sets of Anurag's upcoming film Jagga Jasoos with Ranbir, the star and the director could not handle his abundant facial fuzz. They decided to snip it off to make Pritam look less hairy.

Once a mentor, always a mentor. At least this is true of whoever was launched by Anurag Kashyap.

And if sources are to be believed, Huma Qureshi has requested director Abhishek Chaubey to show their upcoming movie Dedh Ishqiya to the producer-director.

Actress Aditi Rao Hydari is excited about playing a small town girl in Manish Jha's new film, but she is guarded about other details of her role.

The "fun" film will "start" soon, she said.

"I won't say much about it and would want to wait for an announcement. It's the kind of role I haven't done before," the 26-year-old said here Wednesday at a fashion show of Spanish designers where she walked the ramp.

A few notable instances when shutterbugs not only felt offended but also took a stand against starry behaviour

Bollywood personalities, for some reason, usually respect their time more than anybody else's. Furthermore, it's a norm to be fashionably late at events.

So after so much of hullabaloo here comes the trailer of sex goddess Sherlyn Chopra's much awaited cine flick Kamasutra 3D. Ever-since it's first teaser made it to web, Kamasutra 3D turned in to the talk of the town. And why not? after all it features one of the most sought after seductress of tinsel town and virtual world.

Hrithik Roshan is leaving for his medical treatment on November 30.

Contrary to reports the Krrish star who has been suffering from bouts of headache isn't being accompanied by his parents for the medical check-up.

Rather, it's a friend who will accompany Hrithik when he flies out tomorrow.

Director of 'Shootout at Wadala' and Zinda fame has been accused of defaulting on tax payments

Sanjay Gupta, Bollywood writer and director, best known for his recent 'Shootout at Wadala', has been booked by the service tax department for evading tax on the film that he has made crores off. R Shekhar, the service tax commissioner, on October 28 sent a team to Gupta's residence and office.

Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan Friday took to the Penguin Annual Lecture 2013 podium, much to the joy of an eclectic audience of almost a thousand, and left them more star-struck as he spoke about empowering the country's women, Indian cinema, poetry and more.

The 71-year-old, looking handsome in a black formal suit, reached the venue, the Thyagaraj Stadium here at the scheduled time. The sound of the audience's applause took over the netball court at the facility and Big B, as humble as he is, responded by flashing a smile and folding his hands to gesture a "Namaste".

The Good Road director Gyan Correa is in the US to begin his campaign to be in the final shortlist of the Best Foreign Films at the Oscars.

The National award-winning Gujarati film, starring Ajay Gehi, Sonali Kulkarni and Keval Katrodia, was embroiled in controversy over its selection as India's official entry at the Oscars.

Actor Sunny Deol will go behind the camera as well as face it for "Ghayal Returns", a sequel to the 1990 revenge action drama "Ghayal". The film is likely to go on floors in February 2014.

Earlier, it was reported that Rahul Rawail would direct the project.

Bollywood actor-producer Saif Ali Khan loves binging on home cooked food.

The 43-year-old who has been busy promoting his latest release, director Tigmanshu Dhulia's film "Bullet Raja", was shooting an episode of UTV Stars' show "Breakfast to Dinner" when he shared some fitness tips.

Shekhar Ravijiani turned a year older Friday. Vishal Dadlani, the other half of Bollywood's famous Vishal-Shekhar duo says Shekhar is more than a "blood" relation for him.

"Happy Birthday to Shekhar, more than a blood brother to me! A friend, a teacher and a sheer genius! Have a stellar year, man! Big love," Vishal posted on his Twitter page.

Raveena Tandon is turning more animal-friendly. After adopting two stray puppies and rescuing a monkey, she is now trying to cut down her intake of non-vegetarian food.

"Seriously trying to be more vegetarian..have given up slowly,except fish right now...no prawn, mutton, lobster, crab. Suddenly going off chicken too," Raveena posted on her Twitter page.

Strangely even when promoting his no-holds-barred chat show 'Koffee with Karan', the filmmaker himself seems to be in no mood to answer any uncomfortable questions

Karan Johar may be all set to grill his industry friends in the new season of his chat show, Koffee with Karan, and make them spill secrets, but when it was his turn to speak about some bitter truth, he chose to get his PR person to stop us from asking them.

Gulshan Devaiah, who played the villain in Ram-Leela, recently had some worries to deal with.

His Facebook account was tampered with, by some hacker. The online imposter is said to have spammed Gulshan's friends with unwanted mails and requests for a drink.

Director Ali Abbas Zafar's forthcoming project "Gunday" will be dubbed in Bengali for the audience in West Bengal.

Produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), this is for the first time that their production venture will be dubbed in Bengali for fans.

"Besharam" girl Pallavi Sharda has been roped in by filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon for his yet untitled Tamil romantic drama. The film also features Silambarasan aka Simbu.

"I wanted a heroine who could give us bulk dates and I know for a fact that all the established actresses are extremely busy, and therefore, I roped in Pallavi. Moreover, when I met her, I liked her confidence and eventually signed her on," Menon told IANS.

Bipasha Basu recently went all out to support her buddy Milind Soman and his initiative in support of breast cancer awareness.

Being a fitness enthusiast, Bips emphasised on the importance of good health and said it was essential for every woman to take care of herself.
When reminded that no one has attempted to make a movie on breast cancer yet in the country, she said that she would jump at such an

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is gearing up to bring the fourth edition of his popular celebrity chat show "Koffee with Karan" Sunday, says he would love to have a tete-a-tete with veteran actress Rekha on his show.

Rekha, 59, has often distanced herself from giving interviews and from appearing in chat shows. The actress had, however, once appeared in a candid TV interview with Simi Garewal.

Singer Shibani Kashyap, who recently performed here at an event to encourage the youth to vote, strongly believes that positive changes in the country's future lies in the hands of the youngsters.

"Over the years, there has been a very dull response to elections. Now, there is a rage because everybody seems to want a revolution and with new parties coming in, there is new energy," the 34-year-old told IANS.

The gorgeous Kareena Kapoor-Khan's career seems to be heading into an exciting new level.

Phase 2 in Kareena Kapoor Khan's career begins now.Post-marriage she seemed to flounder in her choices with her half-hearted crusader's role in Prakash Jha Satyagraha and the totally inane social activist's role in Gori Tere Pyaar Mein.

He may be 71, but enjoys playing video games like a 7 or 17-year-old! Megastar Amitabh Bachchan joined his actor son Abhishek and superstar Shah Rukh Khan for a round of video games during their shooting schedule.

The masala-quotient in Tigmanshu Dhulia's Bullett Raja has gone up, A new mast-mast massy song Jai govinda jai gopala sung by Wajid, one-half of the composing Sajid-Wajid duo, has been added on at the last minute to the film. The last-minute inclusion of the song led to a critical final-hour delay in the dispatch of prints to overseas and non-overseas centres which had the producers Fox-Star biting their nails in suspense .

In the last week of November when Anees Bazmi leaves with his three heroes John Abraham Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar for Dubai to shoot for Welcome Back, the sequel to the 2007 hit Welcome, it would be no ordinary crew.

Shooting will start for a film without one important actor being cast.

Aamir Khan recently discovered he suffers from vertigo and was on constant medication during the shoot of a high-flying song

While shooting for the Malang track in Dhoom 3, Aamir Khan had to be put on medication to control bouts of nausea. The song was shot at a height of 80 feet and the star had to keep moving mid-air. The constant twirling at such a height made him feel giddy.

On day 75, Kushal Tandon and Gauahar Khan confess their feelings for each other during a task in 'Bigg Boss 7'

On day 75, Bigg Boss announced a task where Ajaz and Kushal have to try and woo Gauahar. The winner will get a chance go on a date with Gauahar and the winner will be chosen by her.

Alt Entertainment's keenly awaited Ragini MMS-2 has been confirmed for a March 21 release.

Being top-lined by the current sensation Sunny Leone, the film due to release on January 10, has been rescheduled to March 21, to enable completion of VFX.

The new movie Welcome Back a sequel to Welcome (2007) will be featuring Naseerudin Shah as don RDX and Dimple Kapadia Khanna as a wealthy fashionista locked in a love triangle.

Karan Johar has often said he'd be a good father, but the filmmaker, who is a bachelor at 41, says adoption is not on his mind as of now.

When asked if he will adopt a baby some day, he said: "I am 41, and marriage has not happened, so one doesn't know. There has been a lot of talk and I have said it before, but I am not so sure right now. Right now my focus is on my company and my work."

Actress Genelia D'Souza is reappearing on the big screen in Salman Khan's 'Jai Ho'. She had disappeared to get married to Riteish Deshmukh after starring in films like Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya and Force. The actress will be seen in Salman Khan-starrer Jai Ho in a cameo role, which will mark her comeback to movies.

The Bollywood media touched a new low when it reported that Abhishek and Aishwarya were soon leaving Bachchan house due to the interference of Jaya Bachchan in personal matters of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The report which ran on websites and newspapers for 4 days has been rubbished by none other than Abhishek.

Nineteen years after she made her TV debut in the Doodarshan serial "Shanti", Mandira Bedi, looking better than ever before, has struck back into the idiot box with her RAW agent act in "24". She says she is surprised by her character Nikita Rai's popularity.

"There is no getting away from the serial's impact. Everywhere I go, people insist on calling out 'Nikita', just as they used to shout out 'Shanti' 19 years ago when they saw me in public," said Mandira.

Priyanka Chopra is the first Bollywood actress to become the face of global fashion brand GUESS, and the actress considers it a big deal.

"Being a GUESS girl for me is a really big deal because the most iconic beautiful women have been part of these campaigns. It's one of the most iconic brands in the world," the 31-year-old said here Friday at a GUESS store where she was unveiled as the new GUESS girl.

Starcast: Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Jimm Sheirgill, Vidyut Jamwal, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover, Mahie Gill

Direction Tigmanshu Dhulia

Run Time :2 Hrs 18 Minutes

Rating: **1/2

Fried Fish Recipe

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For Fish

1 kg Fish (Either with bones and Skin; or boneless)
You can chose between Sole, Singhara or Malhi or any locally available fish variety
2 tbsp Crushed Garlic
1/2 tsp Red Chili Flakes
1/2 tsp Ground Coriander

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200gms Soya Chunks
2 Onions, sliced
2 Green Capsicums, sliced
2 sliced Tomatoes
3 choped Green Chillies
2 tbsp Soya sauce

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1 cup Rice
5 cups Milk
1 tsp Ghee
3 tbsp Sugar
1/4 cup Condensed Milk
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
15 piece Almonds (cut into equal size)

Apparently, producer Aditya Chopra is being overcautious about his upcoming Rani Mukerji starrer 'Mardani'

Aditya Chopra is known to provide a lot of creative inputs for his productions, but in the case of his alleged ladylove Rani Mukerji's film Mardaani he is apparently going that extra mile.

She has scored a hat-trick of hits on the Bollywood pitch, with each film offering a different flavour of her versatile talent, but Deepika Padukone is in no mood to rest. She is raring to go with more multifarious roles and says she will continue to give them all her 100 percent.

Her first big hit of the year, "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" saw her impress the audience as nerdy Naina, and she followed up its success with her South Indian act as Meenamma in the box office record-breaking "Chennai Express".

Kareena Kapoor claims to have no friends in Bollywood and enjoys socializing with her school time friends only. Neither she is the one who will like to go to bug parties and tamashas.

On being asked about her friends, Bebo said, "My friends are not from Bollywood. I spend time at home; I don't go to big parties and all. Even in festivals I spend time with my family."

Since marriage with Abhishek Bachchan in 2007, Aishwarya Rai has been living with her in-laws but no more. Now the buzz is that the Bachchan 'bahu' is not too happy with the arrangements.

According to Bollywood gossip, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is keen to move out and live separately with her daughter Aaradhya and husband Abhishek.

It looks like as the days are passing by it's actor Ajaz Khan, is turning in to a villain for those in love in the house.

Ajaz's liking for Gauhar is a conspicuous fact to all, but it looks like now this unwanted fascination of Ajaz is transforming into an intolerable devastation for, Gauhar, who had a fight with her alleged beau Kushal Tandon, over Ajaz. Eventually the matter subsided amicably, after

Anurag Kashyap will be filing a petition in HC today challenging the Censor board's directive on smoking in Hindi films

Director Anurag Kashyap will be filing a petition in the Bombay High Court today challenging the directive on smoking in Hindi films. The director was in a stand off mode with the Censor Board since the last six months as he refused to take the Censor certificate for his film, Ugly.

Late superstar Rajesh Khanna won the hearts of many women in his prime, but for his estranged wife, veteran actress Dimple Kapadia, he remains the "greatest actor" ever.

"If there has to be one favourite actor of mine, it has to be Rajesh Khanna. He was in fact the greatest actor alive," Dimple said in a statement.

On day 72 in 'Bigg Boss Saath 7, Armaan Kohli cries while performing the luxury budget task. What made him cry?

The 'Bigg Boss' contestants, especially this season, have been very rebellious. Keeping this in mind, Bigg Boss introduced this week's luxury budget task 'Kabhi Haan, Kabhi Naa' where he placed the power to decide daily tasks in the hands of the contestants. For the duration of the task, the housemates have been divided into two teams, the Hukumat

Director Imtiaz Ali, known for making romantic movies, says he had thought of making his upcoming film 'Highway' in various genres including action.

'Highway' was the first film that Imtiaz, 42, wrote and over the years he has altered the story a lot. "I have thought of making 'Highway' in various ways. There was a time when I was thinking of making a very big action film.

Real life couple Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher have been cast as a couple in romantic comedy "Total Siyapaa". The film's writer Neeraj Pandey says it was a concious effort to bring them together on screen.

"I think they were the right choice for the film and the characters that they play are also husband and wife, which they have never done together. It was important and nice to have them," Pandey told reporters here during the movie's trailer launch here Monday.

While shooting in a poppy field near Lucknow for Bullett Raja, Chunky Pandey kept getting distracted with the poppy flowers around them.

So, soon after the shoot got wrapped up, he decided to quietly take some flowers away with him.

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