Asin refused to sign a contract for London Dreams, which dictated her interaction with the media
Though Tamil actress Asin is just one film old in Bollywood, she has learnt not to bow down to Bollywood ways. Learning from her Ghajini experience, wherein her interaction with the media was curbed, Asin has refused to sign a contract for London Dreams which governed her media interactions.
A source from the industry said, “Asin was irked with Aamir Khan and the production house for having restricted her from interacting with the media during the making of Ghajini, which took almost two years. Ghajini took longer than usual to get made because of a number of reasons — one of them being Aamir’s injury.
Though a contract bound Asin kept mum about being told not to interact with the media, she was not happy about it. At one point she even raised the issue of being more accessible to the media, but to no effect. But she’s turned wiser now.
When Vipul Shah, producer of London Dreams asked Asin to sign a contract stating a similar clause, she put her foot down. She turned down the gag contract saying that she wants to be vocal on her accord and does not want to feel caged anymore.”
Considering that Asin is an established actress down south and was making her splash in Bollywood to expand her spectrum of Read the full story

At mother Tanuja’s insistence, Kajol asks Karan Johar to give her a more prominent role in My Name Is Khan
It is said that art imitates life. Following real life examples, over the years our Bollywood films have been replete with hilarious examples where mothers of top actresses accompany their daughters to film sets and tell sundry spot boys ‘baby ke liye juice lao’. However, this time the situation is neither that simple nor lighthearted.
Ask Karan Johar who is not having an easy time shooting for the Shah Rukh Khan- Kajol starrer My Name Is Khan in Los Angeles. Kajol who agreed to do the film after a lot of deliberation is now asking for a far more prominent role in the film. This comes as a surprise considering the deep friendship between Kajol and Karan Johar.
And evidently it is Kajol’s mother Tanuja, who is accompanying her, who is to be blamed. Our sources say that Kajol demanded that Karan give her more punchy dialogues only on her mother’s insistence.
An insider said, “Kajol has realised that she does not have too much to do in the film since the film completely revolves around Shah Rukh. Sensing Kajol’s turmoil, Tanuja asked Kajol to convince Karan to give her dialogue which will leave a more lasting impression.”
After Kajol had a talk with Karan, we hear that he had no choice but to bow Read the full story

One week after the Golden Globes and Slumdog Millionaire, Shah Rukh Khan talks to BT about going to LA and walking on stage with lead actress Freida Pinto in hand to present Danny Boyle’s film on Mumbai with the prestigious award. “It was a historic moment and I felt proud to be an Indian,” said the actor who was introduced as the King of Bollywood and who…yes, had rejected the role in the film that subsequently went to Anil Kapoor!
How different was the Golden Globes from our award shows?
The people are very gracious and are genuinely happy for each other’s success. In India we go to such functions only to collect our own awards and sneak away. There people stayed back and shared the happiness in the get-together.
Were you intimidated by Hollywood’s biggies?
No, I felt confident like always. Given a chance, I would have shown them some Bollywood pelvic movements!
What stopped you?
I don’t know how they would have taken it, they are not familiar with our humour, it would have been a little out of place.
How are Hollywood’s A-listers?
Usually I am very anti-social. But that night I was taken around and it was Read the full story

While in New York, John Abraham and Katrina Kaif had the shock of their lives when the bouncers of a swanky nightclub in New York did not permit them to enter the club.
Reason: John and Katrina did not have any identification proof with them. To add to their embarrassment, the bouncers paid no heed to their words when they told them they were top film stars from India.
The story goes that John and Katrina accompanied by Kabir Khan, director of New York had gone to a night club when the trio had to go back and fetch for some identity proof to enter the club. By the time, they returned, the party had almost ended.
Our source informed, “A crew member wanted to celebrate his birthday. He invited everybody to a new nightclub in New York. After a hard day’s shoot, the entire gang left for the night club.”
The source further added, “While the crew members went ahead in one car, John, Katrina and Read the full story

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New Delhi: Model-turned-actress Sushmita Sen, who has been in and out of films, now plans to return with a bang with three back to back film releases this year.
The former Miss Universe admits that the year 2008 has been a bad phase in her life.
“Unfortunately, we all go through bag phases. I know I wasn’t visible last year. It was just that my films did not release when they were supposed to and my dad underwent surgery. But I am back with my films and it’s nice to know that my fans missed me,” says the actress who was in the capital recently.
The former Miss Universe was last seen in the Read the full story

Cate Blanchett discusses her role in Oscar-tipped The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and working with the ‘annoyingly’ loved-up Brad Pitt.

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Of all the challenges presented by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – the near three-hour running time, the unusual story structure, the copious amount of make-up – Cate Blanchett found that her biggest problem came courtesy of her leading man, Brad Pitt.
“Honestly,” she smiles, “to see how in love with Angelina he is, it was really quite disgusting. Awful in fact. It’s in my contract now: I won’t ever work with him again.” She is joking of course.
They were excellent in Read the full story

From sporting designer clothes and accessories to carrying high fashion baggage, Bollywood is known for it’s unique style statement and panache for the good life. And the latest addition to this fad list is the celebrity’s love for a heavy mean machine-a plush make-up van.
After stars like Shah Rukh and Abhishek Bachchan made news for their lush make-up van, it’s muscle man Sanjay Dutt who has spent a jaw dropping, Rs 3 crore for Read the full story

The two companies had entered into a contract in June 2008 to make feature films and TV serials. The first couple of films that the companies had finalised were Pa, directed by Balki and Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Kunal Avadana.
Our source from the industry reveals, “Reliance has been going through a major up and down for some time now. Most of the filmmakers making films with Reliance have been asked to cut costs. Some of the films that Reliance is producing have been Read the full story

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor, who is fast turning into an advertisers’ delight, has declined to endorse an international cosmetic brand because her hands are full.
“The international brand is a trademark to reckon with. Any other actress in Kareena’s place would have jumped at it,” said a source who refused to reveal the name of the brand.
“Kareena is endorsing brands like Anne French, Globus, Lux, Boroplus, Vivel and Read the full story

Kareena Kapoor is the one actress, who really ruled the media in 2008 due to her love affair with Chotey Nawab Saif Ali Khan, dancing in the functions, shoots and outdoor locations. She was seen with her boyfriend hugely last year. It all resulted in giving only one hit last ear and that was Gomaal Returns. And also the whole credit cannot go to her for the success because it was a multi starrer movie. This certainly depressed the actress whose career could go downwards if all this continues… So she now decides to leave Saif Ali Khan.
Yes, that’s true…! But Read the full story