Abhay and Preeti engaged….

The buzz has it that Bollywood actor Abhay Deol has secretly gotten engaged with hisbeauty queen girlfriend Preeti Desai, former Miss Great Britain, whom he has been dating for quite some time.Abhay and Preeti have been dating for quite sometime. It is believed that in the presence of close relatives and friends, Preeti and Abhay exchanged rings.

They met each other at the success bash of ‘Dev D’ in 2009. UK born Preeti Desai shifted her base to Mumbai to make a mark in Bollywood. Preeti and Abhay have been living together in Mumbai after Preeti shifted to Mumbai.

Recently, Preeti hit the headlines for shooting an intimate scene with her American- Indian co- star, Sendhil Ramamurthy for her debut venture, ‘Shor In The City’ to be produced by Balaji production house.

It is assumed that the duo is reluctant to make their engagement public as Preeti has just now kick started her acting career. They feel that the news of their engagement can have a negative effect on their career.

Dabangg Girl won’t get cozy with her co-stars…. Say’s NO to Kamal Hassan..

Getting intimate for a film is a big no for Dabangg girl Sonakshi Sinha. The actress recently signed a film opposite the south star Kamal Haasan. She was the only one whom the actor-director wanted for his next which is a thriller, and guess what, Kamal had tough time convincing Sonakshi for the film.

While Kamal Haasan got his actress of choice Sonakshi Sinha for his next, there will be no lovemaking scenes between the two.
According to a source, “The script did have a few intimate scenes between the two but when Sonakshi explained to Kamal that she doesn’t want to expose or do any suggestive scenes, Kamal understood her viewpoint. Moreover, he had no choice since he wanted only Sonakshi, and no other actress, for the film.”

The untitled film is supposedly a remake of Hollywood film Hannibal. The film begins its first schedule in a few weeks and will be shot in London.

Currently, Sonakshi is busy with Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder’s film Joker

Preity Zinta returns sad and disturbed from the holy pilgrim town…

Preity Zinta found herself in the middle of chaos created by the media while on her pilgrimage to Shirdi. She had gone there for spiritual rejuvenation but came back all sad and deprived, reason: being pushed by the media in the pilgrim town.

“Good morning! Went to Shirdi yesterday and came back with memories of media pushing me instead of the serene face & energy of Sai Baba,” Preity wrote on her Twitter page.

She completely owes it to the media for her spoiled trip.

“In the rut to make anything news, have we forgotten to respect god and someone’s genuine devotion? I fold my hands to the media & request dem 2 Respect us & respect GOD! Not every celebrity goes 2 a temple 4 Tamasha! Some genuinely go 2 pray & 2 disturb them then is BAD KARMA,” she vented out her displeasure.

“I wonder why temples have become so commercial? Why a temple trustee’s urge to be photographed with a celebrity is entertained by media? In front of god, we bare ourselves and look to purify our soul. Instead of feeling uplifted I came back feeling sad & deprived from Shirdi,” Preity wrote.

However, Preity also sees a positive side to her failed pilgrimage.

“Maybe this experience was his (Sai Baba’s) way of taking away all the negativity; & 4 the future I have brought his statue home from Shirdi !  ” she posted.

Preity was last seen in Heroes in 2008.

Salman shocked by Asin’s act….

Salman Khan and the entire crew of ‘Ready’ were left flabbergasted on seeing Asin Thottumkal munching on local Thai insect.

The entire cast and crew of ‘Ready’ is currently shooting in the interiors of Bangkok, in the jungles.
Salman Khan, the prankster that he is, dared his Ghajini actress to try an insect that was flitting around the trees on the location shoot in Thailand.

The unexpected happened. The petite actress took the challenge very seriously. She instantly took the insect, popped it in her mouth, shrugged and went on with her shot, leaving the rest shocked.

The ‘Ready’ team was hardly prepared for Asin’s fearless attitude and was surprised by how nonchalant she seemed about the entire bug business.

When asked about her feat, the ‘Ghajini’ star told a tabloid, “There’s nothing to it… it’s all in the mind.”

Pics: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan return from the Oscars.

Aishwarya and Abhishek return from the Oscars…

Aren’t they feeling hot, wearing such thick jackets in Mumbai??? And not to forget mentioning about their luggage… Can two people possibly have that much luggage???? That’s crazy!!

But, the couple looks so so so much in love and yeah! lovely together… 

Catch the pics above….

Abhishek turns a rapper once again….

Abhishek Bachchan’s upcoming flick Dum Maaro Dum, will see him turn a rapper for a song. This is not the first time though. Abhi was seen as a rapper six years ago for the song ‘Right Here Right Now’ for director Rohan Sippy’s Bluffmaster.

Abhishek is back home after attending the Oscars in the US with wife Aishwarya Rai.

The Jr Bachchan tweeted, “Back in the studio after 6 yrs with chuck masta Sippy. Have no idea why he’s convinced that I can sing!! But Pritam’s killing it!!!!”

Well, the music for the film is being composed by Pritam.

According to a source, the song is a rapnumber with a groovy beat.

Salman Khan’s team set to play the rest of India….

The inaugural match of the Celebrity CricketLeague will have Salman Khan’s team Mumbai Heroes play the rest of India (a combination of the other teams).

The recently formed Celebrity CricketLeague, comprised of five teams, will hold its first match on March 5, 2011.

Suniel Shetty will captain Mumbai Heroes, a team owned by Salim Khan, Salman Khan’s father. Kicha Sudeep will captain the Rest of India team.

According to sources, “CCL brings together all the actors from various industries. There are five teams in the league and Mumbai Heroes has Bollywood actors and filmmakers. Some of the players in the match will be Suniel Shetty, Salman Khan, Shabbir Aluwalia, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea, Kabir Sadanand, Kunal Khemu and Mahesh Manjrekar among others.
The South team will have Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Madhvan, Sarathkumar, Suriya, and Vijay etc.”

It would be interesting to see all the biggest stars of the country sweating it out on the playground in Vizag.

SRK gets a taste of Twitter bashing…

Shah Rukh Khan, till recently a regular Twitter user who readily shared his inner thoughts with fans, quit the social networking site after his son read some abusive tweets directed at Shah Rukh.

Shah Rukh says the abusive tweets wouldn’t have bothered him but for the fact that he now has children and employees that look up to him.

“I have two kids who are growing up very fast. They look up to me. I have my employees who also look up to me,” he says.

Speaking to the press during a break between rehearsals for the Zee Cine Awards in Singapore, Shah Rukh explained that he took to Twitter at the suggestion of pal Karan Johar.

“But then something happened recently, which broke my heart. I was left wondering as to why I was being subjected to all this,” he said.

“Everybody’s entitled to freedom of speech but posting gaalis and abusive words is another matter. I certainly don’t deserve it. My son (Aryan) came to know about one such case and asked me, ‘Dad, who are these people? Why on earth should they talk to you like that?’ That’s when I decided to take a break from it.”

After a break, Shah Rukh tried to resume his Twitter interactions, but the faceless abusers quickly returned.

“When something bad is written about me, at least I know who’s behind it,but these (on Twitter) are faceless and nameless people. They are just getting a kick by giving gaalis to Shah Rukh Khan, I’m bewildered by all this,” he says.

Salman begins his clean days… Abstains from alcohol!!!

Salman Khan has decided to abstain from alcohol. He has taken this decision to develop six pack abs for his role in brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri’s film My Love Story. He will not go anywhere close to the slow poison till completes the shooting of ‘My Love Story’, which is a remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard.

Buzz has it that Salman stopped drinks his birthday on December 27. Now, he’s hitting the gym with vengeance to get rid of all the flab he accumulated since Dabangg. This will take ten months.

Says a source, “Yes, Salman loves to drink, but he has now become very conscious after the stupendous success of Dabangg and Bigg Boss 4.” “Abstaining from alcohol is not difficult for Salman. He has done this in the past. In fact every year, he goes off hard drinks during the holy month of Ramzan and Ganesh Chaturthi festival.” added the source.

Ritesh-Genelia are a couple….. It’s confirmed!!!

It’s now official that Ritesh and Genelia are an item. There have been speculations about the duo dating each other right from 2002 but, as usual the couple always kept their affair under wraps.
On Sunday night, at Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna’s 10th wedding anniversary party at their Juhu residence, Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza held hands and danced passionately with each other. Their body language clearly showed that they were nothing but a couple.

Said an eye-witness, “They were together throughout the party. Their common friends, who usually hang out with them, hadn’t accompanied them this time.”

Added the witness, “Akshay and Twinkle’s party rocked. The decoration, food, drinks and ambience were outstanding.

But the khullam khulla attitude Ritesh and Genelia had been something that we have never seen before and will go down in history.They have always been the shy and reticent types. This was the first time they let their hair down to publicly acknowledge their feelings for each other.”