Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta are getting old. Unlike smart cookie Aishwarya who’s still getting the best of films, these two have restricted themselves to different roles (of course because of a lack of offers).
It’s worse for ‘once upon a time queen of hearts’ Rani Mukherjee who made the major mistake of confining herself to the Yash Raj camp and has hardly any good role to talk about. Except of course about her dear Aditya Chopra’s films.
She is losing endorsements to younger actresses left, right and centre and so is …

Abbas Tyrewala’s Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na bestowed Genelia D’Souza with all that an actress could wish for.
But, that’s not all; he will soon be making a sequel to the teenybopper film. Giving us a peak into the film, Abbas Tyrewala says, “It starts with Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D’Souza) having problems in their marriage. They are on the verge of a divorce after Jai ends up drunk and having a onenight-stand.”
This validates Genelia’s participation in the sequel and she is on cloud nine. “A film like Jaane …

Aamir Khan had announced his intention to kick the butt, since he wrapped up Taare Zameen Par, but he hasn’t been successful yet.
The Ghajini stress took its toll and the perfectionist Khan found himself in the smoke trap again.
But now a source informs that Aamir has decided to take a three-month break for his son Junaid and he doesn’t want his habit to be a bad influence on his kids.
Junaid, who follows Aamir’s blog religiously, would show him excerpts and comments from fans who have criticised him for smoking, adds …

There have been fights in B-Town in the recent months and the Aamir Khan vs Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan vs Shahrukh Khan battles have caught a lot of attention.
But there have been unusual friendships too, like between the likes of Salman Khan-Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar-Aamir. Now the buzz is that Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan have been bonding big time.
The actors who played brothers might have had some problems while making the Krazzy 4 song but that’s a thing of the past now. The Jodhaa Akbar actor and …

New Delhi: His blink-and-you-miss-him appearances in ‘Dostana’ and ‘Heroes’, protests Bobby Deol, kept him in the limelight. But he admits, he’s relieved to finally be doing a lead role again, in the kind of film that the Deols hold as a special forte —-you guessed it, action. He is playing the lead in ‘Ek – The Power of One’, which releases this week. “I liked the way the film was shot and it has an interesting story line,” says Deol, at The Oberoi coffee shop in Delhi.
A remake of a …

Asin and MS Dhoni both hailed from two different professions but both are successful in their respective field and endorsers feel they are the right choice for their brand. Big Bazaar which is a chain of hypermarkets in India has roped in the young and the energetic couple to endorse their market. They chose Asin and Dhoni to endorse Big Bazaar as they are the youth icon of India and doing extremely well in their individual field.
If Asin has win over the hearts of millions with her simple girl role …

BANGALORE: Publishing history in India was made this week when popular historian Ramachandra Guha clinched close to a Rs 1 crore deal with
Penguin India for a series of six booksthe definitive Gandhi biography, an anthology of 12 thinkers who shaped modern India, and a collection of his previously published essays.
The deal also includes revised reprints of three of Guhas earlier books. While foreign publishers have doled out staggering amounts in the pastVikram Chandra for Sacred Games, Arundhati Roy for her one-andonlythis is a first for an Indian publisher, especially for …

Few days back there were news doing the rounds that India’s premier production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) is going to close its music arm as the conglomerate is hit hard by recession. But now the officials from the house have denied the reports.
YRF’s Vice President, Marketing & Communications – Rafiq Gangjee stated, ”It is unfortunate that there are unfounded rumours going around for sometime now that the Yash Raj Films’ Music Division and our International operations are shutting down.
There is absolutely no truth in either of these. Neither of …

London (PTI): Freida Pinto, the star in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, has leaped ahead of her Indian rivals to become the highest paid actress in Bollywood, a news report said on Thursday.
Following the success of Slumdog, which took home eight Oscars and whose worldwide box office receipts so far are estimated at over USD 270 millions, the Indian model turned actress’ has landed a series of lucrative roles with top directors, including Woody Allen and Julian Schnabel.
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, she has pushed ahead of her …