Sonam has a near wardrobe malfunction

Sonam Kapoor's lose pants gave her a nightmare at a promotional event of her upcoming film Aisha and she had to keep pulling them up. At a promotional event of her film Aisha at a radio station, Sonam Kapoor was dancing and interacting with her fans and the usual crowd of admirers and technicians when her pants started slipping.

She kept pulling them up again and again, but finally had to pin her trousers. While pulling her pants, the actress however is seen grinning in this photograph (Right).

SonamBut given her impeccable style sense, we are surprised as to why she didn't try on her pants before a public appearance. That could have saved her the embarrassment.

Source http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sonam-has-a-near-wardrobe-malfunction/Article1-579349.aspx

Shahrukh extends hand of friendship to Thackeray

Friendship day is still to come, but looks like the friendship feeling has already struck the heart of the Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan. This was proved when people saw today's newspaper Saamna (Shiv Sena mouth piece), and found a half page advertisement by Shahrukh Khan wishing Uddav Thackeray on his 50th birth anniversary. The advertisement read "With Best Compliments From...Red Chillies Entertainment."

The tiff between Shiv Sena and the Bollywood super star Shahrukh Khan has made quiet a few headlines in the past. The recent one being Shiv Sena's protest against the release of Shahrukh's film My Name Is Khan. The party was upset with Khan, for speaking in favour of the Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League.

This time the news is not about the fight but about the friendship offered by the Bollywood Superstar. Hope that the peaceful hand shake from Shahrukh Khan with the Shiv Sena man will surely be accepted by the Marathi Manus.

Source http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/shahrukh-friendship-uddav-thackeray-280710.html

Female don threatens Ajay Devgn

When director Milan Luthria decided to film his don drama, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, in real locations in the city, he did not anticipate a female don landing up at a seedy bar on Raey Road, on the last day of the schedule. Reportedly, she had come to meet Ajay Devgn and strolled to his van that was parked some distance away. An attendant then informed her that the star had already packed up and left. Upset, she abused, and even slapped the guy.

Luthria admitted that the story was true and says that she even threatened to burn down Ajay’s van unless they paid up. “Since Ajay’s van is worth a lot more than what she wanted, we eventually had to give in to her demand,” he says, refusing to disclose how much money exchanged hands. “The production team had sorted the issue out by the time I reached the place.”

Luthria met the godmother later and was surprised that someone so thin and wiry could wield so much power and evoke such fear. The experience didn’t deter Luthria from returning to shoot there again, when high tide prevented an action sequence from being filmed on a barge.

There was trouble in Dongri, too, when he was shooting with Emraan Hashmi. Hashmi’s character, Shoib, is modeled on Dawood Ibrahim who had grown up there and the locals were curious to meet him. Luthria recalls that two rival gangs were getting a little too close, so the security guards were asked to push them back.

“I’m told that an argument flared up between them and our production guys, who were caught in between, were bashed up and a couple of cars were damaged,” says Luthria, who admits that it was an effort to not say anything provocative in the circumstances. “These are secluded areas with the sea bordering one side and a narrow gully the only way out. I knew that if things heated up, we could be hemmed in.”

Luthria is all praise for his actors who didn’t complain that their vans had to be parked some distance away, that there were no restrooms and even a sandwich was a 15 minutes walk away. “But,” says Luthria, “When you see the film, you’ll agree that it had to be shot on real locations.”

Source http://www.hindustantimes.com/Female-don-threatens-Ajay-Devgn/Article1-578304.aspx

Salman’s ‘Dabangg’ Creates Buzz On twitter

Imran Khan, Preity Zinta, Ritesh Deshmukh and so on, everybody is expressing their views on twitter after seeing its first look. The movie is expected to succeed like ‘Wanted’ although this time Salman Khan plays the role of a corrupt cop.

Dressed up as cop with a moustache on his face, Salman Khan looks perfectly like the cops of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. ‘Dabangg’ showcases Salman as a police officer, but as a corrupt one. The other celebrities have however encouraged and appreciated his different role and get up.

Imran Khan tweets, “Just saw the Dabangg trailer! It looks like SUCH a fun movie. @BeingSalmanKhan is in top form, kicking ass, cracking jokes and dancing.”

Meanwhile, quite a lost face of Bollywood Preity Zinta also tweeted, “Dabangg promo rocks! Just saw it and really liked it!”

Sonakshi SInha, the daughter of Shatrughan Sinha and the lead lady of ‘Dabangg’ is really excited about her debut movie. She also tweets, “Spoke to 1 of my fav actresses - the awesome Rani Mukherji last nite. Said she loved the Dabangg trailer and me in it! on top of the world!'

Even Karan Johar encouraged Sonakshi and added, “'You are looking lovely and have rendered that one line superbly in DABANGG!! Welcome to the movies girl!!!”

Ritesh Deshmukh also appreciated the movie’s trailer and tweets, “'DABANGG's first look: Promo of the Year. This year EID will b BIG, Extremely happy 4 my friend and Mr. Producer @arbaazSkhan- ROBINHOOD PANDEY!'

Quite a lot about the third Khan of the film industry, who is desperately looking for the success of the movie, after his last failure ‘Veer’.

Source http://www.india-server.com/news/salmans-dabangg-creates-buzz-on-twitter-30830.html

Anil Kapoor takes the ramp at Couture Week

He may have turned the big 50, but actor Anil Kapoor shows no signs of slowing down as he will walk the ramp for designer Anamika Khanna at the ongoing Pearls Infrastructure Projects Ltd (PIPL) Delhi Couture Week to promote his upcoming home production Aisha.

The Slumdog Millionaire star will be flanked by Lisa Hayden, Amrita Puri and Ira Dubey, who are debuting with the film, during his stint on the ramp on July 23. The foursome will be sporting jewelery designed by Raj Mahtani in the show.

But Kapoor's elder daughter Sonam who plays the lead in the film based on Jane Austen's novel 'Emma', will give the show a miss as she is busy shooting with Shahid Kapoor for Mausam in Scotland.

Anamika is one of the Indian designers whose designs have been used in the film which is a co-production between Anil Kapoor film Company and PVR pictures.

Source http://www.indianexpress.com/news/anil-kapoor-takes-the-ramp-at-couture-week/650314/

Tere Bin Laden rakes in Rs 50 million in opening

Debutant director Abhishek Sharma's satire Tere Bin Laden has grossed over Rs 50 million in its opening weekend.

Released Friday, Tere Bin Laden grossed Rs 50 million all over India in the first three days from 344 screens and and gave tough competition to Sanjay Dutt-Bipasha Basu starrer Lamhaa and Vikramaditya Motwane's internationally acclaimed Udaan that released the same day.

Encouraged by the strong response, Boney Kapoor's BSK Network and Entertainment, distributors of the film, are now planning to widen the release by an additional 40-50 prints in the second week.

Internationally too, the film is enjoying a strong run and has already grossed $150,000 from Britain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia while a US release for the same is still in the pipeline.

"After all the hard work, it is truly rewarding to know that audiences are responding positively. We are also very grateful that our colleagues from the industry supported us after watching the film and helped spread the word," Pooja Shetty Deora and Aarti Shetty, producers of the movie, said in a statement.

"Tere Bin Laden" is a humorous take on the 9/11 mastermind. It is the launch vehicle of Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar and newcomer Pradhuman Singh, who portrays Osama in the movie.

The multiplexes too are counting on the Osama satire.

"Of the three films released last Friday, Tere Bin Laden is doing better. Though LamhaaTere Bin Laden has performed exceptionally well," Amit Shah, chief manager (programming) of DLF DT cinemas, told IANS.

"The reviews for the movie are good and there is a good word of mouth publicity for the same. It has had an average of 70 percent occupancy over the weekend compared to 60 and 40 percent acquired by Lamhaa and Udaan respectively. The collections are also matching for both Tere Bin Laden and Lamhaa," he added.

Yogesh Raizada, corporate head (cinemas) of Wave Cinemas, said: "Both Lamhaa and Tere Bin Laden did a neck to neck business. Tere Bin Laden is a movie for the masses with full comedy and is being thoroughly enjoyed by both family and friends."

"Both Lamhaa and Tere Bin Laden have had over 70 per cent occupancy each while Udaan is a more serious and youth-centric movie with over 60 per cent occupancy over the weekend," he added.

Lamhaa is based on the turmoil in the Kashmir valley. Produced by GS Entertainment and distributed by PVR Pictures, it also stars Kunal Kapoor and Anupam Kher.

Udaan is about a father-son relationship. It has been co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, Sanjay Singh and UTV Motion Pictures and features 17-year-old Rajat Barmecha along with popular TV stars Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor.

"All three movies have been good... " is a very well made film and very enjoyable while Udaan is doing good too," said Amit Awasthi, senior manager (programming and operations) of Spice Cinemas.

A source from PVR cinemas said: "Lamhaa has been good but Tere Bin Laden has been exceptionally good. too hasn't stayed behind. All three movies have had an occupancy of around 50, 50 and 30 percent respectively on an average of five, three and three per property but considering the comic factor 'Tere Bin Laden' has a great

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I don’t want to copy Tom Cruise: Shahid

I can’t and I don’t want to copy Tom Cruise,” says the actor, who is currently in picturesque Edinburgh, shooting for his father Pankaj Kapoor’s directorial debut, Mausam. “I’ll be back soon. I’m missing the rains, the traffic and the madness of my city,” he says. A picture of the actor wearing an air-force uniform leaked a month ago on the Internet. Several of his fans tweeted that he was copying Tom Cruise’s look from the 1990s film, Top Gun. Bring this up with the actor and he says, “We were shooting at a crowded place here. Everyone had mobile phones with cameras. I don’t know who leaked the photo because we didn’t want to reveal the look before time.”

Why does everyone think he looks like Tom Cruise? “It’s an iconic film and that look is pretty famous,” says Kapoor. “Mausam is the only film in recent times to have the air force as its background. My look hasn’t been modelled on Tom Cruise, though I take the comparison as a compliment.”

Although Edinburgh has a considerable Indian population, he complains that there’s not a single Indian TV channel to keep him connected with what is happening back home. “I went on Twitter to ask for Hindi songs and in 30 minutes, I had 30,” he says.

He’s thrilled to take directions from his dad. “He is so focussed and one of the best actors in Bollywood. I’m lucky he’s guiding me as an actor, director and father,” Kapoor says. He got a three-day break from shooting recently and immediately headed to London to watch Wimbledon matches. “I had the Queen of England for company in the court,” he laughs.

Buzz is that Kapoor has reconciled with his mother, Neelima Azim, and has agreed to act in her debut production. “We’re mother and son, that’s what matters. Whether I act in her film or not is secondary,” he says shortly. “I haven’t signed a single new film. My dates are blocked for Mausam till next year.”

Source http://www.hindustantimes.com/I-don-t-want-to-copy-Tom-Cruise-Shahid/H1-Article1-574458.aspx