Sonam Kapoor in Hollywood reporter

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, who turned 24 on Tuesday, is on a roll. After becoming the face of global cosmetic brand L'Oreal in India, she has now featured in a special edition of Hollywood's trade bible The Hollywood Reporter. She is thrilled by the recognition.

Sonam, who was seen in Saawariya and Delhi-6, has featured in The Hollywood Reporter's inaugural "Next Generation: Asia Class of 2009" magazine, which is a special issue devoted to Asia.

"It is pleasing to be recognised by Hollywood so early in my career, but my success is due to the enormous faith that the Indian film industry has placed in me and the great love that I have been lucky to get from my audiences," Sonam said in press release.

"I am very gratified that such an influential Hollywood publication decided to honour me in this fashion. But given that the Hollywood Reporter issue was devoted to talent from all over Asia, I accepted the honour not just for myself but as a representative of all the great new talent that the industry has seen in recent times," she added.

Sonam's name has been mentioned in the article about "the next generation of leaders in the rapidly evolving Asian entertainment sector". The magazine also has a separate write-up on Sonam talking about her career, including her start as an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Black.

With her career going beyond Indian shores, actor Anil Kapoor's daughter says she will give a nod to international cinema only if a project matches her criteria.

"My heart is in India. And the films we make here can stand comparison with those made anywhere in the world, including Hollywood. So if and when there is an offer from the West, I will judge it on the same criteria that I choose scripts - whether I believe in the story, the project and the people involved or not; and not just because it has come from Hollywood," she said.

Imran Khan Preppy Style for MW Shoot

Ready on the dot at 9:30 am for the MW shoot, Imran Khan is checking his reflection in the mirror. Brows raised in concentrations, he appraises his look for the first shot du jour. The stylist has picked a layered T-shirt to go with a pair of white slim fit jeans and worn with pair of black and white ankle length sneakers. “Let’s rock ‘n’ roll!” says Khan when he is finally satisfied with the look after a fair bit of tweaking.His involement with his look is evident as the shoot progresses through the day.Trying to find a solution to an errant cuff like a consummate sartorialist, he quips, “Why do not we fold the sleeves in the next shot? I think it will look better that way”.About six hours later, the shot was cover in the living room of Khan’s two storied Pali Hill bungalow. A large black and white poster of a brooding James Dean takes up most of the space on a wall.Sitting almost directly below it, Khan could very well be Dean’s doppelganger with his relaxed, unfussy attitude coupled with an intense share that belies his 26 years.But yet there is something intrinsically youthful about the entire package that is Imran Khan.
Dressed in a casual gree T-shirt and fitted True Religion jeans teamed with flip flops, Khan exudes a stylishly preppy persona all hidden in the grab of someone who really does not confirm to any fashion dikats.

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Shahrukh Khan Signs 3 year Deal To Host IIPM Quiz

That’s what Shahrukh says to all B School students as IIPM signs up Shahrukh for a three year deal to host IIPM’s B School Quiz! Be it placements at IIPM or its global initiatives, IIPM clearly seems to have remained untouched by the economic recession.

At a time when even Bollywood has put its projects on hold, in a first of its kind trend setting movie, the institution has now roped in the King of Bollywood, SRK to host their annual business and marketing quiz, for three years. To be held in association with Planman Media’s magazine, 4Ps Business and Merketing it promises to become India’s premiere B School quiz event!

When contacted Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri, the Dean of IIPM said, “IIPM is all about bringing World Class in terms of education as well as campus life experience for the students. The IIPM B School festival, Amaze, is in any case the largest B-School festival in India with huge participation from International B-Schools as well. This B-School Quiz also promises to be a big international event”.

When quizzed about bringing Shahrukh Khan to host the event, he said, “Everything we do at IIPM is grand, distinct, pioneering and above all else global. Who else in India can make an event big just by his global popularity than King Khan? To top it all he is pereceived as the intelligent face of Bollywood because of his economics education background, his suave marketing skills and sharp intelligence. He obviously was the natural choice. IIPM is honoured and proud that he accepted our request”!

While the King Khan of Bollywood says, “I am coming to IIPM and it will be nice to be there”! The show will be held at the IIPM campus in Satbari, Delhi.

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Bollywood bombshell Mallika charges a Bomb for appearing in Sallu's Dus Ka Dum

Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat, whose fans are waiting eagerly for the release of her new movie Hiss, has reportedly charged a bomb to make a special appearance in Sony Entertainment Television's (SET) popular television game show Dus Ka Dum.

Due to popular public demand, Sony decided to continue the television show, which stars Salman Khan as the host, and to add celeb-quotient to it, the organizers had approached the Kapoor sisters (Karishma and Kareena), who readily agreed to be a part of the show.

The organizers also wanted Bollywood's sexy bombshell Mallika Sherawat to be a part of the show as she is a good friend of Sallu.

However, friendship comes at a cost or so it seemed to SET as Mallika began acting pricey, saying she could not be available for the show as she had a packed schedule.

"But when the organizers persisted, Mallika relented and demanded a whopping Rs.50 lakh as guest appearance. Sony's representatives were shocked but agreed as Mallika is a full entertainment and her appearance would increase the show's ratings," a source close to the development said.

"In the game show she will be talking about her next release, Hissss, which is being directed by Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch," the source said.

As for the Kapoor sisters, the source said, "Both Bebo (Kareena) and Lolo (Karishma) were approached by the channel. Karisma is busy tending to her daughter Samaira and Kareena's occupied with professional commitments, but still the two sisters readily agreed to go on the show because they are fond of Sallu. Both girls have always declined invitations by reality shows earlier to appear together. But for Salman's sake, they made an exception and will appear together in the very first episode of the show (May 30)," the source said.

Meanwhile, Sallu has refused to use his star power to rope in big names for the show as he is reportedly being paid less than last time for hosting the show.

However, Sallu said he has no problems with the producers whatsoever.

"It is true that I had some issues with the producers of the show. I was given big money for the first season but now it is recession time and I have reduced my fees accordingly. There was some initial disagreement about the amount of reduction but now things have been sorted out," Sallu said

"The reason I decided to host the second season of Dus Ka Dum is because my fans loved seeing me on the game show last year. I am back by popular demand. If they (fans) wouldn't have liked it, the channel surely would not have come out with the show again and mujhe toh bilkul nahi lete (they wouldn't have taken me)," he said.

However, unlike last time when Sallu took charge of personally inviting celebrities to the game show, this time Sony TV will be responsible.

"The reason why Sony is taking care of the celebrities is that I have been left with a few friends in the industry. There are a few left and I will try to get them on the show," Sallu said.

Sallu also said he has no animosity with Shah Rukh Khan and is ready to welcome him on the show too.

"If Sony wants to bring him (Shah Rukh) then he is more than welcome. It'll be his good fortune if he comes. I don't have a problem with it. It's not a big deal. After all, I'm not getting married to him!!" Sallu said. But personally, Sallu said he would prefer to have guests like Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Dharmendra, Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi on his show.

In the first season of Dus Ka Dum, Sallu had roped in popular celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Imran Khan, Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Rani Mukherjee and David Dhawan.

Sallu also refused to speak to the media about his professional rivalry with Shah Rukh Khan. "Even if I did (have a problem with Khan), I wouldn't discuss it publicly," he said.

Sallu also lashed out at the media for portraying him as the bad boy of Bollywood. "Celebrities are always in a catch-22 situation. You keep writing false stories and when there is no reaction, the falsehood continues. If you react, more will be written," he said.

Incidentally, Sallu's game show received higher TRP (above 3.5) than that of rival Shah Rukh Khan's Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain (about 2.5) and even boosted SET's position in the television pecking order. Not surprisingly, Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain will not be having a second season.

Dus Ka Dum also offers the highest cash prize - Rs.10 crore - among all the game shows.So will that mean we will be seeing more of Sallu? "If the response for the second season is good, we will go ahead with the third and fourth season. If fans want I will keep doing more seasons of Dus Ka Dum. I will not get bored of this show because I like it. I like the whole set-up and atmosphere, interaction with the audience and their reactions," he said.

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Salman to Dance in front of Ash?

Though reports have speculated that Salman Khan won't be taking part at this year's International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. After Hrs has learnt that the actor will dance at the event. However, what's most interesting is that if Salman decides to dance, he'll be doing so in front of the entire Bachchan family with Aishwarya sitting in the front row. As Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of IIFA, the entire family always attends the event.alman has so far generally stayed away from the Bachchan family due to his bitter break-up with Aishwarya. Rumours that IIFA does not pay heed to south Indian cinema and artistes are also being taken care of by the managing body as Prabhudeva is slated to join Salman in his performance.

A source says, "Salman will be there to promote his film Wanted. So he will dance in front of the packed house and of course Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. Prabhudeva, who is the choreographer for the movie, will also dance with Salman."

The insider adds: "Salman never really had a problem with the Bachchans as he has worked with Amitabh in films and he has also been a part of the IIFA before in 2003 and 2007. Yes, things were bitter when he broke up with Ash but that's history now. He is one of the major star attractions at this year's IIFA."

After Salman and Ash fell out, she was linked to Vivek Oberoi. Then Vivek had even accused Salman of threatening him. This incident led to the big fall-out between Salman and the then rising star Vivek. Salman has since not spoken to Vivek and it is a known fact that none of the people close to Salman work with Vivek.

I could not leave Shooting

Actor Salman Khan today said that he was shooting in London for Anil Sharma’s ‘Veer’ on April 30, the polling day in Mumbai, and hence could not cast his vote.

“It was not possible for me to take a flight from London just to show that I voted,” Salman said when asked why he failed to cast his vote when he had extensively campaigned for some candidates.

When pointed out that his contemporaries Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan had specially flown down to Mumbai from their foreign destinations to perform their duty as a citizen, Salman said, “They have the time and money to do so which I do not have.”

To a question on whether he felt voting was not important, Salman in his inimitable style said, “The Government should make voting mandatory by punishing people who don’t do so and giving incentives to citizens to vote. I would come for that extra money.”

Lara Dutta will join Riteish and Boman as Co-host at IIFA Awards 09

The Idea IIFA Awards 2009 are just a few days away and with each passing day the excitement just keeps growing more and more, especially as the IIFA action shifts to Macau this year.

Most of Bollywood’s biggest stars are expected to make an appearance at the 10th edition of the IIFA Awards which kickstarts on June 11th 2009.

The host for this year’s IIFA is the same jodi which brought the house down with their funny antics last year. Yes…we are indeed referring to Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh. However, this time, Boman and Ritesh will also be joined by the gorgeous Lara Dutta who will co-host the gala event.

Among the performers expected to set the stage ablaze are Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor (for whom this will be a first live performance) and the hot-n-happening pair of Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra who would be seen doing a special act to promote their upcoming film Kaminey.

With such a star-studded line-up, one can’t wait for the action to start at the 10th IIFA awards in Macau.

Nandana Sen to undergo surgery for her Hip injury

During the shooting of Tips Films Prince with Vivek Oberoi, Nandana Sen sustained a serious hip injury.
Now in deep pain, the Rang Rasiya actress might have to cancel the film shooting in New York for urgent hip surgery.
Nandana injured her hip during a fight sequence.
“These things happen during a film shoot. Can’t be avoided. My joint has sustained a major labrium tear. Only surgery can rectify it, and the soonest possible.”
Nandana got temporary surgery done so that her shooting doesn’t get disrupted. “It was a bit complicated and very painful. Steroid was administered directly into the injury track by scanning machines. It should work for two weeks.”
Although her worried family has advised her against it, Nandana hopes to complete Prince in these two weeks before going for permanent surgery. “I don’t want the shooting to suffer. But I’m suffering. Shakira was right. Hips don’t lie.”

Hrithik, Suzanne, Farhan at International AIDS candlelight Memorial

Hrithik Roshan, who is currently in the news for his upcoming film Kites, along with his wife Suzanne, graced the 26th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, which was organized by Parmeshwar Godrej’s Heroes Project and the Mumbai District AIDS Control Society, which echoed the slogan “Together we are the solution”.

What’s more is that Hrithik took the pledge “I will” to show his solidarity with people living with HIV/AIDS. At the event, he said, “We are not doing this only for HIV infected people. We are doing this for you and me. AIDS is not something that is happening to other people but it is happening to us”.

But true to his noble being, Hrithik credited his wife Suzanne for giving him the ‘impetus’ to be a part of the cause. “I think it is important for prominent people to do something for human value,” Suzanne said.

“We are here to protect our children and our people. If something from our side can make a difference, we both would like to speak about it,” she added.

Also present at the event were Farhan Akhtar, Nandita Das, Director-General of the National AIDS Control Organisation, Dr. Sujata Rao and A V Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Whatever be the case, the stars in Tinsel Ville have never lagged behind in showing their support to a noble cause.

Akki hurt by ruckus over Unbuttoning act

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is miffed with Anil Naik, who filed a case against him and his wife Twinkle for obscene behaviour in public during the recent Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW).

The actor feels Naik tries to seek publicity by harassing celebrities like him, Milind Soman and Mamta Kulkarni, says a close friend.

"Akshay is very hurt by the whole episode specially since the man behind the campaign had earlier harassed a very dear co-star Mamta Kulkarni. Anil Naik had earlier filed similar obscenity complaints against Milind Soman and Madhu Spare. He apparently thrives on getting publicity from seeking out celebrities from the entertainment world and harassing them," said a close friend of the actor.

During the LIFW early April, Akshay had unbuttoned his jeans, while walking the ramp, at the instance of his wife.
Akshay's unbuttoning act had kicked up a storm with some private individuals lodging police complaints, accusing Akshay of immoral and indecent behaviour in public.

On Monday morning when Akshay returned from Singapore after shooting for Priyadarshan's Dan Dana Dan, he was quickly taken to the police station, arrested and released on bail.

"When he reached Mumbai press persons called to ask if he had been captured, as though he was a dangerous fugitive. But what had he done? Opened one button of his jeans, and that too by his wife," said the friend.

Hrithik, Barbara's sexy lip-locking scene is Hottest gossip in Bollywood

Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and sexy Mexican actress Barbara Mori are being billed as Bollywood's hottest couple these days.

However, Hrithik's wife Suzanne need not spend sleepless nights. For despite the passionate lip-locking scene between the Indian hunk and the sexy actress, Hrithik maintains that all he was trying to do is make Barbara "comfortable."

"A lot has been said about the kissing scene in Kites but let me tell you the film is not about sex, lust, passion, animal instincts. It is a beautiful sensual love story. As far the kiss is concerned, I was trying my best to make Barbara comfortable while she in return was trying to do the same," Hrithik said, clearing the air about their relationship.

Agrees a source who claims to be a close friend of the Bollywood star.

"There is a scene in the movie where both Hrithik and Barbara are supposed to jump from a tall building. During the shooting, Anurag wanted to include a kissing scene before the death-defying stunt. Hrithik agreed and gave Barbara a peck on her cheek. But Barbara would have none of it. 'Given the same situation with your real-life wife, Suzanne, would you kiss her on the cheek?' she told Hrithik who was floored by her logic," the source said.

"Hrithik took a few seconds to recover but realized that Barbara was right. So he immediately hugged her and kissed her on the lips the way real-life couple would do in a similar situation," the source added.

When contacted, Hrithik confirmed the incident but said the media blew the whole incident out of proportion. "Barbara was right. However, there is nothing distasteful about the scene. Why are we even talking about kissing? Is that such a big deal? Hasn't our cinema grown up? Yes, there's kissing scenes in the film. But nothing to make me squirm. In fact, I'd be more than happy and completely comfortable watching those kissing scenes with my wife, son and parents when the film is released," Hrithik said.

According to Hrithik, the movie Kites is "a love story" and hence there is nothing unusual about the kissing scene.

"It's about people in love. And what do people in love do to express their mutual feelings? In fact, it was Barbara Mori who made me realize how silly we look on screen while shying away from expressing love naturally," Hrithik said.

"I wouldn't give any attention to the rumor. It doesn't matter as long as it is something to do with my film. Barbara is a great girl, a great co-star and friend. And I am very proud of my film. If tongues wag, I can't help it. It doesn't matter what people say," the miffed actor said.

As for Barbara, she refused to be dragged into the controversy and merely said she was "extremely overwhelmed" by the Indian hospitality.

"Kites is my first experience of working in an Indian film and I must say it has been extremely overwhelming. I am glad that the film is being marketed at the Cannes film festival and looking forward to the response the film gets," she said.

Meanwhile, senior Roshan has approved the passionate lip-locking scene.

"Why is the media making a big deal about the kissing scene? There has to be some intimacy between Hrithik and Barbara because they're playing a couple in love. Hrithik had to kiss Barbara, what else could he do? Sing songs with her like we do in our Hindi movies? It is his job as an actor to do what the filmmaker tells him. If as a filmmaker I can watch Hrithik jumping from a five-storey building in Krishh, why should I be uncomfortable watching him do a kiss? It is his character in Kites who is kissing Barbara. It is just a job," Roshan Sr. said.

Daddy dear has also cleared the air about the relationship between Hrithik and Barbara, who are attending the Cannes Film Festival for the promotion of Kites.

"Barbara has finished all her work for Kites. We don't need her for the film until the global premieres of Kites begin this Diwali (in October). Hence, there is no question of her coming down to Mumbai now for Kites," Rakesh Roshan said.

Lately the media has been portraying Hrithik and Barbara as Bollywood's hottest lovebirds and said that Hrithik had invited the sexy actress to India as he feared for her health because of the swine flu.

However, with daddy dear clearing the air it seems Hrithik's wife Suzanne has nothing to worry about!!

ABOUT KITES

The story of Kites, an ambitious international film produced by Rakesh Roshan's Film Kraft and promoted by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-promoted Big Pictures, is kept under tight wraps but a person in the production unit agreed to briefly share the story.

"It is a love story...the love story of a young salsa dance teacher (Hrithik Roshan) who falls in love with a Latino girl (Barbara Mori). Problem is they do not know each other's language and yet the two communicate and grow very close to each other. Meanwhile, a wealthy girl (Kangana Ranaut) who is Hrithik's dance student, who falls madly in love with her handsome tutor. The film then turns from a romance to a thriller and circumstances force them to split," the source said.

Kites, whose global distribution rights have reportedly been sold for a whopping Rs.150 crore, releases in India in October.

Bollywood Bombshell Mallika Sherawat Charges A bomb!

Mallika Sherawat will be appearing on Salman Khans game show ‘Das Ka Dum’ on May 24. The celebrity game show will feature a panel of celebs participating in humorous and entertaining challenges. But this will not go without a high price, a very high price.

Sources say that Mallika will only appear on the show if she receives whatever payment she wants. Here’s the great part, the producers are going to conceit to her demands. Salman will not be using his celebrity influence to recruit players for the show. This means that the produces will have to lour celebrities in the old fashioned way, by waving a nice big check in front of their faces.

So what does this mean? This means Mallika has the power to ask for as much money as she wants to appear on the one hour game show. It is reported that the star has her demands set at Rs. 50 lakh.

Some are speculating that the deal is a way to patch up the rocky relationship she has with Salman. For whatever the reason, what a deal it is. Where else can you go to get paid to win money? Because I want to sign up.

Neetu Chandra in trouble for Her 'Lesbian' photoshoot

Recently, when actress Neetu Chandra (of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! fame) agreed to do a bold photo shoot for a men’s magazine, she hardly realised it would spark controversy and outrage from political affiliates.

Neetu, who had agreed to do hot and sexy cover for ‘The Man’ magazine, was shooting along with model Krishikha Gupta outside the lobby of a 3-star hotel, when a group of the hotel’s regular male customers watching it by the pool, suddenly started raising strong objections, by indiscriminately shouting at her and the magazine crew.

But only when things spiralled into an ugly argument and the group started screaming “Jai Maharashtra” at the top of their lungs, did the magazine’s team and Neetu realise that things were out of their control.

Alleging that the shoot was promoting lesbianism, the group began getting aggressive and tried to physically harm the shooting crew.

They claimed to have connections with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and threatened an agitation. They even tried to confiscate the camera, resulting in the shoot having to be abruptly called off. Though the concept about two girls getting very intimate was a bit outrageous, we were doing it very aesthetically.

But these men were a frustrated lot and couldn’t take the heat. They only saw nudity in our concept,” fires Neetu Chandra.

The actress explains, “First they tried to seek my attention with smiles and stares, so I acknowledged them.

But as I went on with my work, the whole group of men suddenly started feeling ignored and began creating a scene.

They did manage to scare me when they started to politicise the issue and scream communal slogans. That was when we had to stop the shoot.”

But now ‘The Man’ has decided to go ahead with the images they managed before the ruckus at the hotel began, raising speculation whether these sensational images will cause further problems when the magazine’s next issue hits the stands in a couple of days.

Aamir Khan, Saif opposite Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz

If things go as planned, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan or Saif Ali Khan will get to act with British actresses Kate Winslet or Rachel Weisz. Director Pan Nalin wants either Aamir or Saif to play a lunatic in his next movie, a screen adaptation of Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story “Toba Tek Singh”ses like Rachel Weisz or Kate Winslet are being considered to essay the role of female protagonist.Pan currently is in Cannes for the screening of his short movie on global warming. He has already been to Pakistan to get the rights of the short story.

It tells the tale of a mental patient Bishan Singh, who belongs to the town of Toba Tek Singh. After the 1947 partition, when the governments of India and Pakistan decide to exchange their Muslim, Sikh and Hindu lunatics, the drama that unravels forms the base of the story. Its a powerful satire. Either Kate or Rachel will probably play the character of Dr Sophie who visits the asylum to divide the mental patients. Pan will soon talk to both the ladies as soon as he is back from Cannes. He thinks either of them can do full justice to the role.s convey that Aamir Khan has gone through the script and has liked it too, but the busy actor has not given any dates for it yet. If Aamir Khan is too busy to do this movie, Pan is not worried because he feels Saif Ali Khan can play the role as well as Aamir Khan can. So ot depends upon the availability of the actors when the film goes on the floors this August.

Bollywood's independent Women

Bollywood's women often walk the tight-rope between being radical and being outright conservative when it comes to a question of their career after marriage.

Here is a look at the career path of some leading Bollywood ladies, post-marriage.

Starting from Suzanne Khan Roshan who had reportedly walked out on her husband Hrithik Roshan on hearing about his alleged infidelity with co-star Barbara Mori.

Suzanne, who is an established interior decorator has successfully kept her career far away from Hrithik's and managed completely independently, and will always be financially independent.

Mamta Wants to go to Bollywood

The slender and mesmerizing Malayalam sexy beauty Mamta Mohandas has earned good name and fame in Tollywood. Now it is heard that this singer turned actress is looking forward to exhibit her talent before Bollywood audience.

Latest buzz is that she has been approaching a few producers to get some good offers from Bollywood. It is also heard that this good looking Bahrain beauty has set a goal to act beside Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar whom she thinks is the sexiest actor in Bollywood.

Mamata has recently returned from Bahrain after spending her summer vacation and let’s hope she will have a bright future in fulfilling her Bollywood dreams.

Soha Ali Khan to host reality Show on TV?

It’s nothing short of irony that the so called ‘idiot box’ has become such a strong medium today. No wonder then practically the whole of Bollywood (with just a handful of exceptions) have jumped onto the television bandwagon.

After having the likes of none other than Big B, SRK, Salman, Govinda, Karan Johar and Farhan Akhtar, it seems that its time for the petite Soha Ali Khan to jump to the small screen. According to some of the most reliable and dependable sources, Bollywood Hungama found out that Soha Ali Khan will be hosting a reality show that’s soon to be aired on Star Plus. This show is touted to be centering around a very unique concept of lifestyle and promises to be one-of-its-kind.

Our repeated attempts to contact Soha and the Star officials yielded no results. But, if the sources are to be believed, we are sure that Soha’s fans all over will be more than overwhelmed to see their ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’ bloom on the TV scree

Hrithik, Suzanne spread AIDS Awareness

Actor Hrithik Roshan and wife Suzanne Khan have come forward to lend their support for AIDS awareness campaign.

The couple attended the 26th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial here yesterday. The event, which was organised by Parmeshwar Godrej's Heroes Project and the Mumbai District AIDS Control Society, echoed the slogan "Together we are the solution".

Hrithik took the pledge "I will" to show his solidarity with people living with HIV/AIDS. "We are not doing this only for HIV infected people. We are doing this for you and me. AIDS is not something that happening to other people but it is happening to us," said Hrithik.

The actor credited his wife Suzanne for giving him the "impetus" to be a part of the cause. "I think it is important for prominent people to do something for human value," Suzanne said.

"We are here to protect our children and our people. If something from our side can make a difference, we both would like to speak about it," she added.

Also present at the event were actor-director Farhan Akhtar, Nandita Das, director-general of the National AIDS Control Organisation, Dr Sujata Rao and A V Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta On The Cover Of L’Officiel

Actor Abhishek Bachchan and his sister Shweta Bachchan are on the cover of the latest edition of fashion magazine “L ‘Officiel”. The cover photoshoot was shot in London. But Abhishek and Shweta on the cover of L’Officiel? on what basis? Being fashion conscious or trend setter? They are none.