Dear Ms Sunny Leone, I'm your No. 1 fan: Sherlyn Chopra

Sherlyn Chopra has no reason to feel anxious. She's still in Sunny Leone's good books, despite taking a swipe at the adult entertainment star in a recent interview. Chopra has clarified that she was misunderstood and she is Leone's number one fan, in an emotional Twitter message to Leone.
"Dear Ms. Leone, just so you know, I have never demeaned u on or off camera...never said that you are not the ultimate fantasy," Chopra said.
Leone had not responded to Chopra at the time of publishing this article. The story goes, apparently Chopra had taken a potshot against Leone, saying she might be an adult entertainer but she wasn't the 'ultimate fantasy'. Leone graciously pooh-poohed the report saying it was a great thing to be on the cover of Playboy.

"(I am) your No.1 fan. The truth is that I've been misquoted. Why would I condemn a beautiful, smart, intelligent woman such as yourself?" Chopra is the first Indian to be featured on the cover of Playboy.
"And lastly, it is you who's responsible for my compelling urge to have shot for Playboy....More power and peace to you," she said.

Sherlyn, Sunny, Poonam: Making sex available for the 'aam aadmi'

If anyone told me four years ago I'd be writing about Sherlyn Chopra, I'd have asked "Sherlyn Chopra, who?" The odd child of a booming Indian social media scene, Chopra arrived blazing across the horizon, riding a popularity wave in the wake of a tremendous publicity coup she pulled over contemporaries, many of whom with little or no access to the magical world of influential Hindi film stars.
Till she tweeted photos with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner at his mansion in the Holmby Hills, LA, the media had almost forgotten about Chopra. She had a short run during the third season of the popular reality show 'Bigg Boss'.
Unlike the flamboyant and controversial contestants of the now-famous Indian version of the 'Big Brother', Chopra came across as mostly a quiet type, slightly reticent and aloof on the show. Her 'Bigg Boss' appearance was certainly nothing spectacular compared to the deluge of effervescent and self-aggrandising messages she sends out to fans these days through Twitter.

When Poonam Pandey, who is truly the first celebrity who can be called the Kim Kardashian of India for her mundane and astonishingly persistent - sometime raunchy - updates about her life, started the trend of uploading obviously 'Photoshopped' and risqué photos of herself on Twitter, not many believed this can be a career path, as good as any, for anyone.
Pandey perfectly fitted into the vacant slot of an online celebrity, catering to an audience that has a flaming and voyeuristic interest in the lives of celebrities but with no access to them. Hell, our mainstream Bollywood actresses are busy feeding an image of virtuosity created in the late 60s and 70s as an important criteria for desirability.
Pandey stunned all with her glitter covered nude photos and photoshoots inside bathrooms where she played seductively with the showerhead. She added hundreds of followers on Twitter and launched a site where she posted more such content for people who wanted access to soft porn in the privacy of their bedrooms.
When Canadian porn star Sunny Leone arrived in India with alabaster smooth skin and promises of tantalising things, online India was all aflutter. A porn star acting in a mainstream Indian film was unprecedented. What was even more unheard of was her easy acceptance in the national media, ordinary households and online forums. Leone's debut was devoid of hardcore adult content but it had enough verve to fire the imagination of a warm blooded Indian.
Chopra inherited the baggage left by Pandey and Leone. Her work was cut out. Shock, intrigue and up the ante. She did that and some more. Where her predecessors held back out of perhaps some sense of propriety, Chopra went to town confessing about having slept with people for money.
Before the media could absorb the shock, she uploaded photos of a woman masturbating with a cucumber and fondling herself. As expected, her follower count shot up overnight and she 'trended' worldwide on Twitter. But Chopra, a product of the very media she lambasted, worked the public hesitation and indignation to her advantage, answering questions of strangers and retweeting scores of comments of publicity seekers.
While Pandey and Leone were clearly eager to sustain the wave of recognition and popularity to angle for a film role, Chopra aimed bigger. She will appear nude on the cover of Playboy magazine and is hoping to break into the modelling and showbiz scene of Los Angeles. If a Hindi film role came along in the process, she wouldn't mind that either.
But will tweeting pornographic images, that are easily available on the internet and will only amuse pre-adolescent boys in their dormitories, be enough?

Sherlyn Chopra’s cucumber fetish!

Bollywood starlet Sherlyn Chopra, who is soon to be a Playmate, has managed to get herself some attention again. This time, not for her sexy self, but images of cucumbers and other such stuff she has tweeted apparently as her fave sex toys. She even posted pics of her masturbating. On top of that, the woman slammed the media for calling her names.
She tweeted, “Huge thanks to the media n others for titles such as `wanna be`,`the queen of sleaze`,`down market`,`cheap`,`desperado`,`shameless` etc. I refuse to accept your negative opinions/thoughts/suggestions…..more power n joy n peace to you all.”
She further wrote, “A humble note 2 the media: The day I have something substantial 2 say….a commendable body of work 2 showcase..I shall contact u myself. Untill then……please leave this `wanna be`,`evil person`,`queen of sleaze`,`desperado`…..etc. etc. ALONE……more luv n more power.”
We shall wait for the ‘commendable body of work’, Sherlyn!

Should Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor sign a pregnancy clause?

 

 

A year ago, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan got into a very public brawl with Madhur Bhandarkar and UTV Films ‘coz she announced her pregnancy after a few weeks of filming for Heroine. And it brought to the fore an issue that so far hadn’t adversely affected the making of movies in Bollywood. A hue and cry was raised by the filmmaker frat at the time insisting on a pregnancy clause in every female actor’s contract, a condition stating that any female actor of appropriate age – married, to be married or in a live in-relationship – wouldn’t have a child during the making of the movie.
Now rumour has it that Bebo Begum – in Talaash, by the way, she will be credited as Kareena Kapoor Khan, her married moniker by then, we assume – walked out of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Ram Leela ‘coz of the same contentious clause.
And it makes us wonder if leading ladies should abide by such conditions. There is, of course, some justification. Let’s take a look at what the repercussions of a heroine getting pregnant mid-way through the shoot of a film would be….
- The script would have to be altered to accommodate the leading lady’s changing physicality and increasing weight
- A pregnant heroine can’t do physically strenuous and exhausting scenes
- An expectant mother may not want to get intimate with her co-star
- Tempers on the sets could fly high as expectant mothers go through violent hormonally induced mood swings
- The pregnant heroine’s health and delivery date could delay the film’s shoot
- The expectant or new mother may not be available for the film’s promotions – a must do for every actor in today’s competitive times.
However, in the past an expectant Jaya Bachchan did Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay and Sharmila Tagore, visibly pregnant with Saif Ali Khan, shot for Asit Sen’s Safar. And internationally, pregnant actors are not as unusual as they are in Bollywood. Remember Angelina Jolie got pregnant at the end of her Changeling shoot schedule? Though when Nicole Kidman discovered that she was expecting a child just before filming began, she left The Reader, and Kate Winslet replaced her in the romantic drama.
So do you think that B-town film contracts for female actors of the appropriate age should have a pregnancy clause? Vote to tell us what you think!

AIYYAA Aga bai song teaser: Rani Mukerji gets ‘dirty’ with Prithviraj

There is a lot riding on Aiyyaa for Rani Mukerji, more than for anybody else involved in the film. Director Sachin Kundalkar will make his mark in Bollywood with this madcap caper that tackles the fantasy of a Maharashtrian babe with a ‘kaala’ (dark) South Indian man. South Indian hunk Prithviraj makes his debut in this Anurag Kashyap production, and we must say that the dude has worked really hard to come across convincingly as Rani’s fantasy. His beefy bod is on full display in the Aga bai song teaser that the makers recently released.
Composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, this raunchy number has been sung by Shalmali Kholgade and Monali Thakur. The makers are doing a good job with building a good buzz around Aiyyaa. If you watch the promos and songs that have been released, you will agree with us. Though it is supposed to be spoofing everything that is clichéd about South Indians, so far it all just looks like a spinoff of Vidya Balan’s The Dirty Picture, with Rani-walla tadka added in. So far we like what director Kundalkar seems to have in store for us. We now wait to watch Aiyyaa when it releases later next month.

 

Shriya Saran ignored in B-town?

She acted with the demi-god actor in Sivaji: Rajinikanth. She even managed to land a plum role in the upcoming on-screen remake of the man Booker prize-winning novel, Midnights Children, by Salman Rushdie. Yet, for all of that, her popularity with audiences in B-Town still remains low. And it has us baffled.
It was recently reported that people barely recognised poor Shriya when she walked in at a stand-up comedy night at a club in Mumbai. The southern sensation came to the venue with friends and looked quite excited at first, but was seen sulking later in a dim corner as attendees walked casually by, paying no attention to her at all. And it was not as if the starlet was badly dressed either; our sources say that Shriya was looking rather pretty that evening. Now that has got to hurt!
But we cannot blame the audiences either, right? Because besides Sivaji, Shriya hasn’t done many popular hit films of late that Bollywood audiences could identify her from. And currently she only has one Hindi film in hand titled Zilla Ghaziabad that is in the post-production phase. So although we appreciate Shriya’s social side, we do hope she attends more events and gets better known, or else hires a more efficient publicist so that people could at least know who she is. Better luck next time, Shriya!

Priyanka on her visit to Salman’s Galaxy

Whatever Priyanka Chopra does makes big news. Be it her work, her name on a party-list or her visit to a 'friend' under the starry skies.

Just when a long spell of controversy, cold-wars and cat-fights seemed to be clearing up, another news-byte made everyone take notice. And while, PeeCee woke up last week to aTOI exclusive - Caught & Clicked with superstar Salman Khan, coming out of his Bandra home at 5.00 am - to date she hadn't given her version to the visitation. But recently, exclusively on zoOm, she rubbished rumours, (when asked) of networking with Salman for a role in Kick.

Instead of getting livid about it, the cool-as-a-cucumber-Cancerian laughed, "That picture has been framed so well. There were others in it too. I've been friends with Arpita for over seven years now; and I visit her regularly. The photographer clicked the picture in such a way that only Salman and I were visible, when in fact, Arpita, Sohail, Arbaaz and the entire family was present.

What I found funny were the media speculations. I've been going to Galaxy apartments for years now, it's just funny that the media got a picture now," laughed off Priyanka.

Queen of erotica Sunny Leone eyes family drama!

Now that Sunny Leone is all but a part of Bollywood, the siren is eyeing a longer innings and has on her wishlist a family drama.

After featuring in erotic thriller Jism 2, porn star-turned-actress Sunny Leone is eyeing family drama and says her next could be from the same genre.

"Yes, definitely I am looking forward to a family drama. I want to do a family-oriented film. Hopefully, if things fall in place, my next would be a light-hearted comedy and a family drama," Sunny told IANS.

"A few directors have approached me with different roles for family drama. Talks are on but I can't revel much at this point of time. But I am really looking forward to a family drama," added the actress whose second film after debut vehicle Jism 2 is Ragini MMS 2, a sequel to 2011 scary movie Ragini MMS.

To be directed by Pawan Kripalani and produced by Ekta Kapoor, "Ragini MMS 2" will reportedly be based on a real life incident, just like the first film.

"My second film 'Ragini MMS 2' will go on the floors in January 2013. It's a horror movie and it's going to be very scary. I have been reading the script scene by scene and all I can say is that it's going to be very scary. I heard the music of the film. It's awesome. The film is going to be more commercial," said the Indo-Canadian porn star.

Sunny Leone paid a crore for ‘Ragini MMS’?

She is the hottest thing to have happened to Bollywood in a long time. To serve Sunny Leone hot to the audiences, do you know how much Ekta Kapoor is shelling out to the sexbomb? The amount is said to be almost a crore.

Is it true? Well, if the reports are to be believed then yes! Ekta Kapoor, who signed Sunny Leone for the sequel of Ragini MMS even before the release of her first film Jism 2, is apparently paying the adult film star Rs 1 crore.

As a tabloid reports, the lackluster performance of Jism 2 at the box office hasn’t affected Ekta Kapoor’s resolve, and Sunny Leone has been signed for Ragini MMS 2 and is paid a humungous amount.

Now the only question is if Jism 2 was a damp squib, thanks to scant skin show by Sunny Leone, what can be expected from her in Ragini MMS 2? Let’s hope Ekta cares for the money she is investing in the sequel. Or, will she present Sunny in a new light -- way sexier than her fans want to see her.

The fact that she has disappointed her fans is not amiss on the Canadian import. Sunny Leone was aware of it and in an interview she even apologized to her fans for letting them down in Jism 2.

New chick: Vikram Bhatt’s new find Pinky Campbell is from Hollywood

 After Sunny Leone, another LA hottie is making her way to Bollywood. She is Los Angeles-based, Indian-origin actress Pinky Campbell. Director Vikram Bhatt has not only seen her pictures but also gauged her potential.

Vikram Bhatt recently met Pinky, and according to sources, the director is keen to cast her in a lead role in his next. Is it Hate Story 2? The actress, who has had her stint in Hollywood, confirms meeting Vikram, and tells a daily, “We met up recently, but I do not want to say anything beyond this.”

Pinky Campbell’s profile includes movies like Spread with Ashton Kutcher, Group Sex with Henry Winkler, the True Blood series, and a stint as an assistant director to Gabriele Muccino in the Will Smith-starrer Seven Pounds.

No wonder, Vikram Bhatt is all praises for the actress. He says that Pinky has an advantage over a lot of other actresses because she has experience of working in Hollywood. She has talent and great looks to make it big in Bollywood, believes the director of Raaz 3.

Pinky Campbell, who has her roots in India, also thinks high of Bollywood. The starlet knows that Bollywood is ‘the’ thing happening globally, and she would like to be a part of the change.

Here you can check out just how hot Vikram Bhatt’s new find Pinky Campbell is. Are you impressed with her looks?

Societies hesitant to rent out a place to adult star Sunny

Heard Sunny Leone, who has definite plans to pursue a career as an actor in Bollywood, has yet to find her dream home in Mumbai.

Our source told us that Sunny and her husband Daniel Weber (who also helps her in writing and creating their own brand of adult movies) are seriously hunting for an apartment in the suburbs.

Daniel has also received a few offers from Bollywood and now, the couple is ready to cough up a hefty amount for a rented apartment in maximum city. However, they have been unsuccessful in finding a place.

Said our source, "Sunny wants to move out of the hotel where she is staying. The adult-film star couple who is currently quite hot in Bollywood has got a couple of top estate agents trying to help them find a place. And though the hunt has been going on for weeks, Sunny still hasn't found an apartment because many suburban housing societies are reportedly hesitant to rent out a place to an adult-film actor."

Heroine movie review

Heroine
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Randeep Hooda, Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami
Direction: Madhur Bhandarkar
Rating:   
In his 13-year-old career, Madhur Bhandarkar has won accolades basically making one film. It is a film that tells us a woman on top in a man's world will invariably suffer doom, after an elaborate moral science session has played itself out on the screen.

That woman keeps changing with every new Bhandarkar release, but the film remains the same. The bar dancer of Chandni Bar, the fiery politician of Satta, the honcho in Corporate, the hack in Page 3 and the supermodel of Fashion have lived through photo-copied trials, tribulation and trauma, tweaked slyly to accommodate their respective occupational hazards.

Heroine offered Madhur the irresistible scope to track that formula in a Bollywood setup with Kareena Kapoor in the lead. The film runs on standard Madhur Bhandarkar fuel. You spot the filmmaker's penchant at creating fiction amidst a well-researched bag of facts. For Madhur, the research must have been easier this time since he was out exposing his own work space.

The film industry backdrop in Heroine is one you are aware of if you routinely dig the gossip glossies. It's a world where compromise is a way of life, friends and foes are chosen to suit vested interests and morality is a luxury you can ill-afford if you want to rise. And yes, a single woman bitten by the success bug will invariably have a price to pay.

The woman in question here is Kareena as superstar Mahi Arora. The chinks in Mahi's world of perfection are laid down soon enough.

Madhur's films are known to give the heroine one vital flaw that will facilitate downfall. In Mahi's case the flaw lies in her bipolar personality, obviously an outcome of the fact that she is a loner who pines for true love. She thinks she finds it in the married superstar Aryan Khanna (Arjun Rampal), but her obsession for the opportunistic Aryan can only lead to heartbreak. Rapidly growing unsure of what she wants, Mahi starts losing out. A career that demands nothing short a perfect image has no place for an actress with mood swings.

The problem with Heroine is the film banks on a weak script. Clearly, Madhur and his co-writers (Manoj Tyagi and Anuradha Tiwari) were trying to give us a more wicked update of Fashion, his 2008 film that also dug for showbiz skeletons. His new film however lacks the element of surprise. Worse, at a runtime of about two-and-half hours Heroine looks like a long-drawn boring affair.

There are the authentic snapshots on the way, though. Madhur unleashes a veritable guessing game straight off real-life Bollywood with individual scenes. An actress pours wine on the head of a star wife in a party. A cricketer (Randeep Hooda) is known for his glad eye for heroines. A 'family man' superstar (Sanjay Suri) insists on adding an item number by a top diva in his film to steal his heroine's thunder because she spurned his advances. A rival actress (Mugdha Godse) plays dirty to wrest a top endorsement deal. These are all straight off grapevine buzz.

Yet, none of these subplots take off because the film's assortment of characters essentially comprises cardboard cutouts.

The actor who suffers the most due to bad writing is Randeep Hooda. He gets the body language and style just right as the cricketing hero Angad Paul, only to be rudely yanked out of the script at one point.

It could all be redeemed by the star of the show. But then, Kareena surprisingly overacts. Despite being in almost every frame, she never really overcomes the highly flawed character she gets to play.

Madhur Bhandarkar, toasted for the heroine-oriented scripts he creates, has just given us his weakest female protagonist yet. That itself lays bare the irony about the film titled Heroine.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/heroine-movie-review/1/221705.html

Why Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine failed?

The hype that was built around Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine even before its shooting had begun had raised the expectations of the audience very high and the viewers were almost certain that the maker of Chandni Bar, Page 3 and Fashion had something special in store.

But somehow this publicity did not work for Heroine. Although the film did fairly well overseas, it got a very frigid response in India.
The reasons were several.

1. Firstly in India a film with no powerful male lead works with difficulty.
2. Secondly, the story seemed very predictable since the very beginning. A heroine, her rise and downfall-it it not what we have been watching in a number of films lately-Fashion, Raaz 3, Dirty Picture had similar storyline.
3. Weak music could have been another reason as sometimes even if a film has a weak story, it manages to draw audience because of its songs. It was boring.
4. Kareena Kapoor's continuous crying and cribbing bored the audience after a certain point of time.
5. Punch was missing from the film. Everybody knows how Bollywood treats yesteryear actors, the concept of casting couch and why stars find it difficult to make friends. The plot of 'Heroine' has no ups and downs.

Katrina shoots back to back with Aamir and SRK

The weather in Chicago is as unpredictable as Salman Khan's moods. Luckily Katrina is not shooting with Salman but Aamir for a 20-day schedule of Dhoom 3. However, she has been asked to keep an additional 3-4 days free of other engagements.

"Anything can happen to the weather in Chicago. The climate swings are decidedly freaky. The day can start off sunny and then there's a sudden hailstorm and we are forced to stop shooting," says a Dhoom 3 actor from Chicago.

So Katrina goes with a 4-day grace period which would probably be used to shoot that pending song with Shah Rukh Khan in Switzerland for Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

"It would depend entirely on the weather conditions in Chicago. If all goes smoothly for Katrina in Chicago, Shah Rukh will fly down to Switzerland around October 24-25 where he will be joined by Katrina for the song. He then returns home in time for his birthday on November 2."

While Aamir Khan has chosen to stay in an apartment with his wife and baby son in Chicago during the long schedule for Dhoom 3, Katrina who now joins Aamir prefers to stay in a hotel, although as per protocol Yash Raj offered her accommodation similar to Aamir's.

"But for Katrina, it's very lonely to stay in an apartment all alone. When shooting outside Mumbai, Katrina prefers the detached neutrality of a hotel. It's far more convenient and practical. She might be joined for a few days by her sister who lives in New York. In any case it is going to be a hectic schedule for Katrina. While shooting for Dhoom 3 she would also have to fly to Switzerland for her romantic song with Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan."

Veena Malik's raunchy photoshoot for B-grade film

Veena Malik is back in news again and this time for a raunchy photoshoot in which she is wearing provocative clothes and has given some really hot poses.

Veena seems to be inspired by the jungle as she is wearing animal prints and is posing like a cat woman.

This bold photoshoot of the Pakistani actress is part of promition of her upcoming film Supermodel.

Supermodel is being  produced by Ravi Ahlawat and directed by Navin Batra.

Veena Malik said, "Today I feel like a supermodel. The photoshoot which I have done it reflect the glamorous part of supermodel movie. It's just a spark to catch the fire. Yes I am the only supermodel."

Supermodel is the third movie of Veena Malik. The film traces the journey of a middle class girl to superstardom.

She will be sharing the screen space with Ashmit patel. Veena no doubt looks very fit but somehow she is looking more funny than sexy.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/veena-maliks-raunchy-photoshoot-for-b-grade-film/1/217675.html

Vikram Bhatt to make another film with Bipasha

 

 

Here's some news that should bring some respite to Bipasha Basu who was hospitalized on Wednesday. After the success of Raaz 3, Vikram Bhatt is writing another horror-thriller for Bipasha in the central role. This project would be launched as soon the scripting is done. In fact Vikram, who was supposed to next direct the true-life medical thriller entitled The Ankur Arora Murder Case, has handed over the directorial reins of that project to Suhail Tatari who is currently shooting the thriller with K. K. Menon, Tisca Chopra and Arjun Mathur in the lead.

The problem is how to take Bipasha's image of the demonical diva beyond Raaz 3? Says a source close to both Bipasha and Vikram Bhatt, "Vikram already has a germ of an idea which he will develop on his holiday with his daughter in London and Scotland next week. It will be an out-and-out grey role and will give Bipasha an even more shocking image than Raaz 3. But no, it isn't Raaz 4."

Confirming that Vikram Bhatt is indeed writing a film for her, Bipasha said, "To be called a 'Tigress' is an amazing compliment. I am out of the hospital. I am much better now. I was suffering from viral fever, exhaustion and had a blackout. Hopefully I'll be fully recovered soon."

Confirming his plans for Bipasha, Vikram Bhatt said, "I think I owe to myself and to her to do another film with Bipasha right away. It's amazing how hard she worked on the film and look at the end-results. Like they say, no pain no gain. Both of us have gone through our share of turmoil."

Vikram is a little baffled at the critical response to Raaz 3, "Horror is still regarded as somewhat chee-chee by the elite class. Never mind. Only I know how difficult it is to put together a massy film. Friends who read my blog and columns every week wonder how I could make such a lowbrow film. But believe me; it's far tougher to address yourself to the masses then to the intelligentsia. I am not the least apologetic about my partiality to horror, especially now when Raaz 3 is my producer Vishesh Films, my leading man Emraan Hashmi, my 'Tigress' heroine Bipasha and my biggest hit. We have a lot to be thankful for."

Dhoom 3 to be first Bollywood film to release in IMAX

 

 

 Yash Raj Films (YRF) and IMAX Corporation today announced that the action thriller Dhoom 3, the next offering from YRF, will be digitally re-mastered in the immersive IMAX format and released in IMAX theatres across India and select global locations next year. The film marks the first Indian local-language production to be released in IMAX. The Company currently has 14 IMAX theatres open or contracted to open in India.

From producer Aditya Chopra and director Vijay Krishna Acharya, and starring Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Uday Chopra, Dhoom 3, is the next installment in one of the most famous franchises in Indian box office history. The film tells the story of the adventures of Jai Dixit, a no-nonsense cop, and his scatterbrained partner, Ali. The success of Dhoom and Dhoom 2 have established this as Bollywood's pre-eminent franchise.

Speaking about this collaboration, Yash Chopra said, "IMAX has always symbolized high quality film entertainment and experience and this vision of the company works very well with the ethos of YRF which has been synonymous with Indian film entertainment over the last four decades. We are indeed happy to announce our association with IMAX for the additional release of Dhoom 3 in this exciting format next year. Added to the anticipated thrill that the film promises, this IMAX experience will give it an all new edge of the seat dimension altogether. We look forward to closely working with their team over the coming year."

"Our network growth in India has reached a point where we're now able to present local-language films in IMAX, which is paramount to our success in the region," said Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "We're very excited to begin this partnership with Yash Raj Films and look forward to working with director Vijay Krishna Acharya and Yash & Aditya Chopra on this highly anticipated Bollywood blockbuster. With its riveting action set pieces, global locales and stunning visuals, Dhoom 3 is an ideal film to take advantage of our immersive format as we begin our initiative with Indian-language/Bollywood films."

The IMAX release of Dhoom 3 will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

Sunny Leone says no to Bigg Boss 6

It is true that the fame and recognition that Sunny Leone got was entirely due to her inclusion in the house of Bigg Boss. But Sunny would definitely not like to go to Bigg Boss 6.

Sometimes back, she told a news agency,  "I would never go back to the house again... it is insane, it is crazy. But what it did for me is it opened the doors, opened a new world - something that I had never imagined."

The actress is foraying into Bollywood with "Jism 2", which was offered to her by Mahesh Bhatt while she was in the "Big Boss" house.

"Bhatt saab came in the house and talked about doing a movie, this idea never crossed my mind. I thought I will exit the house and never come back to India... but complete opposite thing happened," she added.

Sunny says the reality shows in West are completely different from what we see in India.

"If you compare the reality shows here to there (US), here those who come on the show become very popular and achieve huge success. In America, if you do a reality show, they don't care. They don't identify people when they walk on streets, but here it does happen like that," explained the 31-year-old.

Releasing Aug 3, "Jism 2" has been directed by Pooja Bhatt and Sunny will be seen romancing Arunoday Singh and Randeep Hooda in it.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunny-leone-says-no-to-bigg-boss-6/1/216759.html

Poonam Pandey's raunchy act on Twitter

The latest on Poonam Pandey is that the sleaze queen has found a new obsession-in her butts. First it was the raunchy photos of her bosom that she tweeted and now she has been crazily clicking her bums.

"I'm home tonight ya know my hips don't lie & I'm starting to feel its right.People stare at me when I'm in public because my hips always pop when I move. I am a big-hearted girl with hips to match." She tweeted.

And getting even dirtier in her tweets, she added-"The way you shake it, I can't believe it I ain't never seen an ass like that the way you move it, you make my pee."
Poonam Pandey

She tweeted some racy photos of hers with the lens specially focused on her butt.

Poonam Pandey who has some 287,469 followers on Twitter misses no opportunity to talk and act dirty so that she some how remains in news.
Twitter has become a favourite platform for 'wannabes' to get the limelight and become celebrities in their own right.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/poonam-pandeys-raunchy-act-on-twitter/1/216765.html

Salman - Prabhu Deva team up for another action film

 

 

 Choreographer par excellence turned director Prabhu Deva, who made his Bollywood directorial debut in 2009 with the Salman Khan film Wanted, has had a super successful career in Bollywood.

Now it seems like Salman and Prabhu haven't had enough and will be teaming up soon for yet another film. The film in question is being produced by Ramesh Taurani.

Confirming the same Ramesh Taurani says, "Yes, so far we have locked in Prabhu Deva and Salman for the film, but nothing else has been finalized. While the film will be in the action entertainer genre, I cannot divulge any more information."

With Salman's dates being jam-packed, it seems like the film will hit the floors only later next year, with a release somewhere in 2014.

Film industry is a circus and I am the new joker: Ayushmann Khurrana

Well known TV presenter and Vicky Donor star Ayushmann Khurrana who was invited as a guest speaker to India Today's Mindrocks Youth Summit had some interesting tales to narrate and some useful tips to share with his fans and the aspiring youth assembled at the summit.

Though the road to success is not easy for most people, it was a tale with a difference for Ayushmann.

"I was never a struggler. I came to Mumbai with a car and a chef", he said.

Admitting with utmost honesty that he did not have to toil it out like most B-town strugglers, Ayushmann said that he does not have a rags to riches story to relate.

But of couse, he had to work hard for what he is today. Perseverance and immense urge to settle for nothing less than the best made him pass through all the tortuous roads with determination in heart and a smile on his face.

On being asked about his stint in Bollywood, he said "Film industry is a circus and I am the new joker."

Originally from Chandigarh, Khurrana majored in English Literature and has a Masters in Mass Communication. An avid reader, Khurrana says he draws inspiration from literature. He is also a popular Hindi blogger.

India Today's Mind Rocks is an event designed especially for the youth. The day long conference is a forum that allows bright young minds to interact in an open two-way conversation with their icons.

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Sunny Leone seeks glory in her Indian roots

India was not aware that it had an asset in the porn world in shape of Sunny Leone before she was invited to the house of Big Boss. But once she came to the land of her roots, she was given more than she had ever imagined.

She got name, fame, recognition, money and the opportunity to work with the bigwigs of Bollywood, something she must not have dared to imagine ever.

But it seems Sunny has understood well that India can give her that which she had been missing in her career. So Sunny seems to be trying hard to cash on her Indian-ness.

The girl who won the Penthouse Pet of the Year award way back in 2003 is trying to caste herself in the Indian mould. Saree, Lehenga and Salwar Kameez have become her favorite clothes and she keeps raving on her tweets about how badly she is missing India.

In fact Sunny recently posted a photo of hers on Twitter in her fresh Indian avatar. Kohl lined eyes, tamed locks, traditional stone and pearl earrings (jhumkas), to be precise) and a coy Indian smile!

Surely, Sunny is trying to present a tamed version of hers to the Indian fans. After all, the criticism that she received for her lack of acting skills in Jism 2 might affect her upcoming film Ragini MMS 2. So, surely Ms Leone does not want to take any chances and pleasing the Indian audience is high on her agenda right now. Good going Sunny!

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No problem in lovemaking, but I hate kissing, reveals Bipasha Basu

 

 

 

Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu has revealed that she has no problem in doing intimate scenes on screen, but kissing makes her uncomfortable. In an interview to a national daily, the Bongshell has admitted that she is totally conformtable with physical intimacy on big screen.
Bipasha will be seen locking lips with Emraan Hashmi in Raaz 3. Speaking to the national daily, she said that intimate scenes don't bother her. But when it comes to kissing, she gets very uncomfortable. She said that kissing for her is a very intimate and private act.
So was it like this from the beginning? "No, the first such scene was with John, who was then my boyfriend, so it didn't even register on my mind, I didn't even think twice about it. Only when I saw it on screen did I go - what have I done! But when the actual scene happened, I didn't have any problem," the daily quoted her as saying.
Bipasha also revealed to the daily that she tried her best to avoid the liplock with Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno: She said, "With Ranbir I had a very big problem, and for one month I fought over it, but they would all laugh - saying this is the first actress saying, take out the kissing scene, put in a lovemaking one if you have to! Kissing onscreen is the worst thing in the world. I'm OK with lovemaking scenes, but I hate kissing. I tried to cancel the Bachna Ai Haseeno kiss with Ranbir for one month, but failed. I tried to cancel a scene in Dum Maro Dum; I succeeded."

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When Barfi! actor Ileana D'Cruz refused to work with Salman Khan

Ileana D'Cruz refused to work in Wanted, the Hindi version of Telugu hit Pokiri and thus lost the opportunity to romance Salman Khan on the big screen. Now she hopes to get another chance to team up with the Bollywood star.

"Yes, I was approached for the remake of Pokiri in Tamil and Hindi. I did Pokiri in Telugu, which did a huge business. I didn't take the offer of Pokiri in Hindi, which was titled Wanted, as I felt I was not prepared enough to enter Bollywood," the actress, who is now debuting in Bollywood with Barfi! told IANS.

"It was not that I didn't want to do the film, it's just that I didn't want to do it half-heartedly. I missed an opportunity to work with Salman Khan in Wanted. But no regret as I feel Barfi! is the perfect launch for me. But I am really happy that 'Wanted' did well. I would love to work with Salman Khan in the near future," she added.

In the 2006 hit Telugu film Pokiri, she had teamed up with Mahesh. Puri Jagannadh directed it. The Tamil version, titled Pokkiri and starring Vijay and Asin Thottumkal, was directed by Prabhu Deva who also wielded the megaphone for Wanted.

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We could already be married: Kareena Kapoor

In the year of Bollywood's big budget blockbusters comes Kareena Kapoor's bold announcement: "I could very well be married right now also and not have anyone know!"
The actress laughs off the shock value of the statement she makes, "my lips are sealed", as nonchalant Kareena was asked to confirm the big news. In conversation with Headlines Today managing editor Rahul Kanwal, Kareena was a mix bag of emotions as she was at her candid best.

"We don't need to give details about certain things, from the frenzy it seems like it will be a national holiday that (wedding) day," Kareena says talking about her much-awaited October wedding with actor-cum-filmmaker Saif Ali Khan.

As the highest taxpayer amongst her contemporaries for the second consecutive year, Kareena has been one of the most sought after brand ambassadors in Bollywood. That, coupled with her highly anticipated next film Heroine, makes her a force to reckon with.
"I have had my acceptance speech for this big film ever since I was six years old. As long as I can remember, all I have wanted to do was to act," Kareena says, adding, "acting is in my blood and I have given my all to Heroine."

Prodded a little further about the role she is playing in the movie, Kareena said, "I never realised that the film was so close to a superstar's life. The climax scenes were really intense and left an impact on my mind. Sensationalism toh hai, it's out and out commercial."
"Mahi, my character, is a bit deranged, aggressive, grey manipulative and fragile at the same time," she explains.
Asked if there were any similarities between her and the role Kareena is playing in Heroine, she said, "I am not entirely like Mahi. I’m definitely not manipulative, but I am fragile - in the sense that I get hurt easily, I am high-strung and very emotional but not as much as Mahi is."

Asked how close the film was to the other heroines in the industry, Kareena explained, "We haven't named anyone in particular. Inspirations have been drawn from several people from Bollywood and Hollywood as well, but no one person has been victimised."
And how does she explain the bated breath with which the industry is waiting to see the film? "Well those who are guilty will of course make a big hue and cry. There is no smoke without fire," pat came her reply.
"I am not here to make friends. I’m here to act and make sure my movies work. I don’t let any competition to go away. It would really be boring if I did. I mean, it would only be Saif and I left," Kareena said.
Kareena became a brand the day she got into a size zero figure. The whole re-invention along with becoming more professional, focussed and career-oriented created the Kareena cult. Then came the relationship with Saif Ali Khan, she finally got comfortable in her own skin. Together they have given paparazzi many a reason to follow them, for the general public to speculate about their relationship status and the industry sleepless nights about her next move.

"We were just being true to ourselves. Yes, I have been in a relationship for five years. It was you guys (media) who made a big deal about it and the paparazzi who followed us everywhere," she says.
Even so, both Saif and Kareena would perhaps not be seen in any other film for a while, as Kareena says, "Saif doesn't like working with me. He says 'as I am a producer as well and then I have to look after you too on the sets, it's much easier to work with other heroines where all I need to do is worry about looking good on screen'."
The full interview of Kareena and Heroine director Madhur Bhandarkar could be seen on Friday at 9.30 pm on Headlines Today.

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Bold babe Esha Gupta says no to a body double, goes nude for Raaz 3

Barely 2 films old, hottie Esha Gupta has already managed to impress quite a few with her professionalism and dedication towards her roles. The actress, who recently shot for a nude scene in her forthcoming 3-D horror flick Raaz 3, did so minus a body double and without any inhibitions.

Reveals a source, "The near-to-nude scenes were crucial to the script of the film. And while Esha was offered a body double, she insisted on doing the scenes herself. She had no qualms shooting for the scenes since she comes from an extensive modeling background. She completely trusted the team's judgment and shot for the bold scenes like a thorough professional".


All praise for the actress, says director Vikram Bhatt, "The scenes Esha has done is with utmost grace. She has shot for them beautifully."

The first -of-its-kind 3D horror film,starring Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta follows the journey of a fading superstar's revenge against a rising star.Presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Vishesh Films, Vikram Bhatt's Raaz 3 comes to a theatre near you 7th September, 2012.

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Porn war: Sherlyn Chopra, Poonam Pandey get dirty, raunchy on Twitter

It seems sleaze queens Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey are in serious competition and to prove just that, both have posted several raunchy images of themselves. The 'hot' weekend saw both the starlets uploading a series of explicit pictures of themselves on microblogging site Twitter.

On late Saturday, Sherlyn Chopra, allegedly uploaded some pictures of herself in porn acts to trend on Twitter. And she did trend. She had warned her followers about the explicit nature of the pictures before uploading them and even asked those likely to get offended to "unfollow her immediately".
With this act of Sherlyn Poonam Pandey must have felt threatened about her position as the most searched Indian girl on Twitter, so to get back, she started posting racy 'Good Morning' pictures.
Poonam Pandey has been uploading racy pictures in the past too, but this was in direct competition with the latest Playboy playmate.
Strip sensation Poonam Pandey is way ahead of Sherlyn Chopra on Twitter with 287,469 followers while Sherlyn has 121,531 followers.

Twitter has become a favourite platform for 'wannabes' to get the limelight and become celebrities in their own right.
Off late, Sheryln Chopra has also been tweeting regularly. On Friday ebvening, she created sensation by claiming to have slept with people for money and now she has posted 'porn' pictures.
I slept with people for money: SherlynSherlyn Chopra has come out with another blatant confession that she slept with people for money. In her latest tweets, the Bollywood starlet has revealed that she was contacted many times for paid sex and she agreed for it because of the easy bucks that she made through it.

Hot or not? Poonam Pandey naked in bath tubAfter moving around her house without wearing her panty and posting the pictures for her fans, Poonam has touched a new low - in her bathroom! She claimed to raise the heat by stripping and dipping in cold water.

Poonam Pandey talks, Sherlyn Chopra doesThe catfight of our desi strip queens is now on a different level. What Poonam Pandey has been talking about, Sherlyn has already done and that too for a hefty (undisclosed) amount!

Sherlyn teaser out on Playboy websiteSherlyn Chopra, who recently shot into the 'big league' with Playboy shoot, is being promoted on the Playboy website. (Pic inside)

Sherlyn Chopra wants Bharat Ratna for her 'achievement'!The latest Internet sensation Sherlyn Chopra, who has recently posed nude for the adult lad mag Playboy, is riding high on her newfound success.

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Movie review: Joker

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Shreyas Talpade, Minissha Lamba, Vindu Dara Singh, Asrani

Direction: Shirish Kunder
Rating: 
The joke's really on Shirish Kunder this time. The guy had Akshay Kumar straight after Rowdy Rathore and Housefull 2, and look what a mess he has served up.

Joker puts Akshay's career back in the flops charts. If selecting the right film has never really been the actor's high point, Shirish's film is Akshay's latest faux pas.

The film is a hotchpotch of ideas, never really quite sure of what it was trying to be. The weird aliens on the posters - looking more like a brainless assortment of mixed vegetables - told us the film was a quirky sci-fi. There's more of 'fi' here than the 'sci' factor, and by the time you have gotten over the random slapstick that the script tries to pass off as comedy, you realise the film is hardly funny.

Kunder, who made his directorial debut half a decade back with the mush triangle Jaan-e-Mann, also goofs up as a storyteller (he is credited as the writer of this film, too). Writing obviously isn't Shirish's strong point, we learnt as much with Jaan-e-Mann, as well as, wife Farah Khan's last effort, Tees Maar Khan. Joker only reaffirms the fact.

The setting is a village named Paglapur. When maps of India and Pakistan were being drawn up in 1947 after Partition, an oversight ensured that Paglapur didn't feature in either country.

The village, it turns out, had the biggest mental asylum of the region. The inmates escaped during Partition, only to settle in the area and that's how Paglapur was born.

(Joker may look quirky by its posters, but happens to be a joke on Akshay Kumar and Shirish Kunder)
Cut to modernday, and NASA researcher Agastya (Akshay) arrives in this isolated place with his wife (Sonakshi Sinha) on a top secret mission. He wants to communicate with aliens.

Running out of time with his project, and seeing the misery in which the villagers live (they have no electricity or other modern amenities), Agastya cooks up a plan. He creates giant crop circles in the fields of Paglapur and passes them off as alien signals, convinced that the ensuing global focus would benefit him and the village.

However, things take a wild turn, which may not necessarily be good for the village.

Joker was perhaps trying to make a socio-political comment about India as it was before Partition and as it is now, in between the shoddy mixmash of sci-fi and humour. The effort falls flat simply because Kunder's treatment is at best juvenile.

For a sci-fi adventure, the film grossly lacks the right twists. Too many pointless characters hog the runtime too, disturbing the story.

Akshay tries bravely to salvage the amateurish show with raw star power. He doesn't quite succeed mainly because the script hardly taps his stardom. Sonakshi Sinha's presence is restricted to being the hero's arm candy.

Madness, done with method, can be hilarious. Or, as in the case of Joker, it can be a royal bore.