Debutante actress, Kalki Koechlin plays the new age Chandramukhi aka Chanda in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D, a modern take on the classic Devdas. Her Chanda defies all conventions in her revamped avatar.
“She is not the quintessential Bollywood nautch girl but a young girl from Delhi who gets into prostitution. I must confess it was very challenging and interesting for me to play such a character and get into her emotions. The film shows what influences such young girls to take the wrong plunge,” Kalki reveals.
Kalki had been dabbling in theatre …

Newcomer Mahi Gill who plays Paro in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D has impressed the film’s producers UTV bosses so much with her act that they have signed her up for three more projects under their banner.
The beautiful actress who started her career with Punjabi movies is on a new high now. After having completed her Masters in theatre from Chandigarh, Mahi started off with stage plays in her home town Chandigarh but like every newcomer in the acting field, she too was attracted to the glamour and glitz of the …

Kay Kay Menon the actor who is more known for his acting and less for attending parties is back in action. Every time the actor manages to impress his audience with his flawless acting skills. We had a brief chat with this talented actor about his upcoming movie ‘The Stoneman Murders’ and his role in it.
Q. Do you think that this movie will also create the same buzz like Bobby Bedi’s last realistic film ‘Bandit Queen’?
A. See you can’t compare ‘Bandit Queen’ and ‘The Stoneman Murders’. ‘Bandit Queen’ was internationally …

After the super success of Ghajini, Asin is busy learning the ancient form of martial art Kalaripayattu. The Ghajini starlet has signed an International project opposite Kamal Haasan called ’19th Step’. This is her second film with him after ‘Dasavataram’. The film also stars Japanese star Tadanobu Asano in the lead.
Sources close to Asin tell us, “Asin will be portraying the role of a warrior princess and hence has been trained in the ancient art. A local instructor trains Asin everyday. This film will be Asin’s biggest project till date …

Politics and the recession have hit Shah Rukh Khan’s plans for his Kolkata team in IPL Season 2 — his Pakistani players, Shoaib Akhtar and Salman Butt, cannot play in India; and he does not have enough extra cash to buy other top-rated players.
However, SRK is always an optimist. “I hope Kolkata be the winner this time,” he said. “I also wish the Delhi team well,” he graciously added on Wednesday’s visit to the Capital to launch Tag Heuer’s Carrera Calibre 16.
That’s not cricket! Later in the evening, SRK had …

MUMBAI: Genelia D’Souza, who won hearts with her girl-next-door image in last year’s hit “Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na”, says she isn’t seeing anyone and right now her main concern is her upcoming film “It’s My Life”. “I’m pretty much like Aditi from ‘Jaane Tu…’. There’s no one in my life. I’m even shooting on Valentine’s Day, ” Genelia told here.
Helmed by writer-turned director Aneez Bazmee, “It’s My Life” is a remake of the 2006 Telugu hit “Bommarillu”. Genelia played the female lead in the original opposite southern actor Siddharth …

Mumbai (PTI): Ajay Devgan is all excited to begin work on his second home production, which will be a comedy film directed by ‘Golmaal’ famed Rohit Shetty.
The actor, who made his directorial debut with ‘U, Me aur Hum’ last year said the (untitled) film will be a comedy and start rolling in March in picturesque Goa.
Devgan will be paired opposite Bipasha Basu in the film that also stars Sanjay Dutt and Fardeen Khan.
Devgan and Bipasha were last seen together in Prakash Jha’s ‘Apaharan’.
Basu had earlier worked with Shetty in his …

The powerful Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and South Indian Artists Association, referred to as the Nadigar Sangam, have jointly issued a statement asking producers to refrain from working with the numero uno actress in south Indian films.
The ban was imposed after director Lingusamy and his producer brother Subash Chandra Bose filed a complaint against her stating that she had refused to return the Rs 20 lakhs she had taken as advance from them for their film Paiyya. Nayanthara was signed for this film opposite Paruthiveeran Karthi for a record …