Don’t get surprised if you spot the most stunning model of the town at the modest interior of PIVIC Saddar arguing at the absence of Roshan Ara Begum rather than rocking in frenzy at some lazy number of Beyonce Knowles at a trendy elite party. The popular Nawab Sultan of Umrao Jaan Ada, IMRAN ABBAS in person too seems to belong more to the oriental Moghul era with a refined sense of aesthetics rather than today. Don’t get surprised; just reaffirm your faith in the age old maxim that appearances …

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 …

She came into Anurag Kashyap’s film to play one of the female leads. Now the French girl is the leading lady in his life. Meet 25-year-old Kalki Koechlin, who plays Chandramukhi aka Chanda in Dev D, the modern-day, sexed-up version of Devdas.
Born to French parents based in Bangalore, Kalki is in a relationship with the film’s director, Anurag Kashyap, and does not believe in keeping it under wraps. “We’re seeing each other and are very happy. He’s passionate and romantic like Frenchmen. Anurag is the sexiest of all. As a …

The grass is always greener on the other side thus goes an age-old adage. It seems to be true even in the Hindi film industry. Most actors who are stuck with a particular image feel the other person is better off. While item girls die to do a girl-next-door role thinking that it is the best way to announce their arrival as an actress, there are many who are tired of playing the girl-next-door and want to shed that image and play a glamorous role. Amrita Rao falls in the …

New Delhi, Jan 28: Bollywood actress Amrita Rao says she is jealous of her “Victory” co-star Hurman Baweja because he has several scenes with national and international cricketers while she didn`t have even one in the movie.
“Don`t sprinkle salt on the wound,” whined Amrita when she was asked if she got to share screen space with any of the cricketers in “Victory”. “I didn`t get a single chance to shoot with any cricketer. It has all been Hurman`s privilege and I am very jealous of him,” Amrita told reporters.
Releasing Firday, …

Mumbai (PTI): A Marathi daily reported on Friday that matinee idol Salman Khan was married to actress Katrina Kaif, but it was quickly refuted by Kaif and Salman’s father Salim Khan to whom it was attributed.
During the course of his conversation with Saamna reporter on secular values of his family and how religion was not a bar with them, Salim was quoted as saying, “I mentioned how Arbaaz was married to Malaika, a Christian, Sohail to Seema, a Hindu, and Salman’s girlfriend Katrina being a Muslim.”
“The reporter has translated my …

The missy wouldn’t have imagined her life would take a hectic spell with busy days and sleepless nights. And now stepping into Bollywood, things are happening Asin’s way as she’s there on top-of-world with her debut ‘Ghajini’ making high waves at box office. At the moment, the actress is busy shooting for Salman Khan’s ‘London Dreams’ starring Salman Khan in the lead role along with Ajay Devgan.
Ask her who’s the best Khan? Salman Ya Aamir? ‘Mujhe Dhono Pasandh Hai’ is her only answer who continues adding ‘both of them have …

What’s your latest film Dev D all about? Isn’t it based on the film Devdas?
Yes it is basically the same story of Devdas; however the main change is placing that same story in context with today’s day and age. So we have the same kind of obsession and all other feelings, but this time with more of the materialistic addictions to boot.
Please elaborate…
As I said, the main change is the situation that we are portraying the story in. So, it is a whole new alien world with a lot of …