The winter chill, competition from the Oscar-nominated Slumdog Millionare and the ‘B-grade’ status of horror films hasn’t kept the crowds away. Raaz 2 has been acknowledged as the first hit of the year. And Emraan Hashmi, the movie’s lead actor, shares some secrets with Roshmila Bhattacharya.
Tell me a ghost whispered in your ear that Raaz —The Mystery Continues would work?
(Laughs) Sorry, shooting for 55 nights in way-out, supposedly haunted locations may have robbed me of my sleep, but I can’t claim to have had any out-of-the-body experience. I had confidence …

It seems Rani Mukherjee’s spell of ill luck continues. After the bad run of her recent films at the box-office, Rani Mukherjee has lost out her popular ad campaign Fanta to Genelia D’Souza.
Rani was recently replaced in the ‘Titan Raga’ campaign too.
Rani’s decreasing commerical value and her casual attitude towards her career have been cited as the reasons for her ouster.
With the advent of hotties like Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, Rani’s magic has faded away. Also the lady is not signing films outside Chopra camp. And the …

After pushing his physical limits to a new level in ‘Ghajini’, Aamir Khan seems to be in a mood to cool his heels for some time.
The actor, nowadays shooting Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots in Bangalore, is learnt to be thinking of taking a yearlong break to re-energize himself. He has been busy in work ever since he took the double responsibility of acting in and directing Taare Zameen Par two years back.
Ghajini followed and Aamir began his regular workouts to develop eight pack abs. At the same time his company …

We read about John Abraham sportingly pitching in with a song and dance for Bipasha Basu and his newly-found sibling Neil Nitin Mukesh’s sake in new director Jehangir Surti’s Aa Dekhe Zara.
There that was hard to believe. After all, John did a walk-on appearance in John Mathew Mathan’s Shikhar, for Bipasha’s sake. Couldn’t have been for the film’s leading man since Shahid Kapoor and John, as we all know, couldn’t see eye to eye, thanks to Kareena Kapoor.
But with Neil Nitin Mukesh, it was different. John apparently dotes on the …

Kareena Kapoor has said that she has no much time for her family in Mumbai.
“It is true,” agreed Kareena who’s been on the run and virtually living life out of a suitcase with films, book launches, shoots for international magazines, endorsements and award functions.
Where, in her crazy schedule, does the Man fit in? Does she have time for Saif Ali Khan or not? She has! And the overworked actress admitted that both are working together on Valentine’s Day.
“We’re shooting and haven’t planned anything but are just happy that we will …

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are sharing a happy moment on screen. They are kissing onscreen for the first time for their untitled film directed by Renzil D’Silva for Dharma Productions.
A source has confirmed the intimate scene, “Last week, Saif and Bebo shot for their kiss in a Chembur studio. The kiss is part of a song. The actress who has done kissing scenes on screen before was quite comfortable with the idea of lip-locking with her beau. She even was seen calmly discussing the angle and the intensity …

London (IANS): Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel won the loudest cheer from fans as he walked up the red carpet for the Bafta awards ceremony.
The “Slumdog Millionaire” actor, who comes from an ordinary family in the London suburb of Harrow, received a deafening welcome from fans when he joined the red carpet at the Royal Opera House on Sunday night, Sky News reported.
The cheers were louder than those for Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. But Dev, 18, told Sky he was yet to perfect his showbiz smile, saying: …

Director Danny Boyle’s tale of a boy from the Mumbai slums who reaches the jackpot question on gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has swept all before it in the awards race.
It won four Golden Globes and is favourite to win best picture at the Academy Awards – an astonishing feat for a $15 million film with one-third of its dialogue in Hindi and a cast of relative unknowns.
Boyle summed up the audience’s reaction to the film when he spoke at the Globes of the “mad, pulsating affection” in …