Deepika Padukone rocks on the cover of Filmfare, June 2011

She’s simply stunning!!

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Abhishek Bachchan confirms his and wife Aishwarya’s absence at the IIFA…

They are no longer part of the IIFA event. Though the Bollywood’s smashing jodi Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai has given some outstanding and memorable dance performances on IIFA stage, they are not going to perform at the award function in Toronto this year.

Recently a Toronto magazine allegedly used Aishwarya Rai’s name in an IIFA related story. The magazine Toronto Life had Aishwarya’s photograph on the cover which said “Toronto is hosting the Bollywood’s Oscar with celebs like Aishwarya Rai.”

Abhishek Bachchan, much aware of the all the IIFA hype and hoopla, decided to clear the air. Bachchan Junior tweets, “Just to clarify….Neither Aishwarya nor I will be performing or attending IIFA Toronto, classic case of jumping the gun!”

However, it was recently said that though Amitabh Bachchan, the former IIFA ambassador, has dissociated himself from the awards, beta Abhishek and bahu Aishwarya will perform at the award function to be held at Toronto.

But now it seems that IIFA and the Bachchans, once almost synonymous, won’t go along for at least a few years.

Sonakshi-Katrina’s catfight get HOTTER!!!

The cat fight between Katrina Kaif and Sonakshi Sinha, is getting hotter day by day.

It all started when reports of Sonakshi replacing Katrina, first in big banner movies and later in the ad world, started hogging headlines that upset Kat.

In no time Sonakshi, who by then had attained stardom, allegedly tried mending things between her and Salman’s ex, through text messages.

Kat, however, denied receiving any such messages from the newbie.

Says a source close to Katrina, “She has always believed in maintaining a dignified stance with respect to her relationships with people in B-Town and personal or professional acquaintances. She doesn’t share any equation with Sonakshi and is surprised at the many stories coming out. Sonakshi has been telling people that Katrina didn’t have the grace to reply to her message or respond to her calls. Katrina has always maintained a diplomatic stance, but now she’s irritated as the stories don’t seem to stop.”

Katrina says, “I haven’t received any SMS from Sonakshi. I don’t know where these stories are coming from. I would prefer not to comment on this as I don’t share any equation with her.”

Kareena knows how to keep the rival Khan’s happy…

Kareena Kapoor is one of the rare B-town celebrities who can manage a sound relationship with both the Khans – Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan simultaneously.

When Shahrukh recently came to Delhi to promote his film Ra.One, Kareena was missing from the event. The reason? Well, she is currently shooting for her upcoming movie Bodyguard with the Dabangg Khan – Salman.

If the buzz is to be believed, Kareena was mighty upset about the fact that she could not join Shahrukh in Delhi. Another buzz is that King Khan is waiting for Kareena Kapoor to join him for the promotions, so that he can officially launch the much awaited item song – Wanna Be My Chammak Challo. But Shahrukh understands that the shooting of Bodyguard cannot be left in between.

Apparently, Kareena has already spoken to Shahrukh about the time management problem and has decided that as soon as the shooting of Bodyguard completes, she will make sure that she remains available for the long tour promotion campaign of Ra.One, planned by Shahrukh.

Confirming the news, Kareena’s spokesperson is quoted as saying: “She’ll be joining Shahrukh soon for the promotions and that will happen as soon as she finishes theschedule of Bodyguard. She’s quite excited with the way the film has turned out.”

Salman’s ‘READY’ in trouble…

The Allahabad High Court today, issued notices to Salman Khan and Anees Bazmi, the hero and director of the recently released film Ready, after receiving a PublicInterest Litigation (PIL) against the song ‘Character Dheela’ in the film.

The litigation also seeks a cancellation of the certification of ‘Ready’ and an eventual stay on the exhibition of the film.

The movie starring Salman Khan and Asin released on June 3.

The petitioner submitted that the song having ‘raas leela’ in its lyric, being aired on television channels is indecent and an attack on the Sanatan dharma.

It also clubbed similar petitions like on against Peepli Live, Onkara, Gangajal with this PIL.

Kalki-Kashyap’s Honeymoon plans…

Just over a month back, we saw the very lovely Kalki Koechlin tying the knot to Anurag Kashyap. The couple, however, couldn’t go on their honeymoon as work kept both of them busy.

“We really want to go out for our honeymoon soon, don’t know where we will head but we both like mountains and beaches, it depends on our mood and how tired we are. After I finish Dibakar’s film, we will go off and spend some quality time,”Kalki said during her visit to Delhi.

Kalki Koechlin, will be seen playing the role of a disturbed character in today’s release Shaitaan. Kashyap, who is also the producer of Shaitaan, says there was no societal pressure on him or Kalki to tie the knot.

“Getting married was our decision and wasn’t a society pressure or any other pressure. We have been living together for three years, it was not less to any married couple but it is a good feeling to call her my wife,” said the filmmaker, known for directing films like Black Friday and Dev D.

Sharing an intellectual and emotional bond with his lovely wife Kalki, Kashyap said,
“The compatibility between us is amazing. Our bonding and intellectual graphs come down to same level. She is a writer herself, so it’s not that I can’t talk to her about my work or take her opinions because she herself has some great way of thinking and projecting things differently.”

Salman Khan rocks on the cover of AGL Magazine, March 2011.

Salman Khan on AGL magazine… He looks simply cool and I guess, the cover has minimal photoshop done. His intense look adds to the beauty of the cover….

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Happy Birthday Aamir Khan…

Aamir Khan turns 46 today. The superstar plans to celebrate his birthday with wife Kiran Rao and other family members.

“I will celebrate my birthday with Ammi (mother), children, Kiran, my wife and other family members,” Aamir told reporters.

Aamir also revealed that his wife Kiran Rao was the first person to wish him today.

The actor is presently busy shooting for director Reema Kagti’s film in which he plays a cop. He is also preparing to play the villain in Dhoom 3.

Celebden wishes the actor a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY..

And the 3rd Golden Kela Award goes to………….

Shahrukh Khan has been named the worst actor for his performance in My Name Is Khan, which also won the Worst Film Award. Known for exhibiting the best of the worst Indian Cinema, the 3rd Golden Kela Awards, hosted by Cyrus Broacha in Rockdome at Ambience Mall in Gurgoan on Saturday, was quite entertaining and shocking as well.

Shahrukh and Sonam Kapoor as the worst actors (male and female). Sonam was named for her performance in the home production Aisha.

If this wasn’t sufficient, the worst film award went to Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan and the worst director trophy was reserved for Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his Guzaarish.

Arjun Rampal and Kangana Ranaut were named the worst supporting actors (male and female) for their performances in films Housefull and Kites respectively.

The third year of Golden Kela Awards was bigger than before as it received 7,35,697 votes for all the award categories.

However, a few Anti Kela awards were given away to the saving graces of Bollywood like Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya, Habib Faisal for Do Dooni Char, Vikramaditya Motwane for Udaan, and Abhishek Sharma for Tere Bin Laden.

Bebo’s peculiar request….

A very unusual request was made by Kareena Kapoor recently to her Short Term Shaadi director Shakun Batra. The actress requested her director that she wouldn’t eat eggs for a scene, though the script demanded it.

Says a unit source, “Kareena plays a hairstylist in the film and was to shoot a breakfast scene set in a US cafe with Imran Khan. The director Shakun Batra wanted his leading lady to eat scrambled eggs in the scene but she refused to. She pleaded with, argued with and eventually, threw a tantrum.

The director finally gave in. The eggs were substituted by pancakes. And thanks to several retakes, the actress ended up eating as many as 15.”

Says Bebo, “I don’t eat eggs. I gave up eating non-vegetarian food six years ago. I told Shakun we could have me eat eggless pancakes for the scene instead. He was very cooperative.”

She adds that it isn’t a one-off fad. “Even if the scene required it, I won’t have such food. I have laid down that rule and explain my stance when I’m doing any film,” she says firmly