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 …

The Reigning Khan of Bollywood- Aamir Khan recently appeared on the show called ‘Talk Asia’ for CNN with host Anjali Rao in front of a live audience. The actor who of late has been very media-savvy spoke at length on topics as diverse as his on-going war of words with Shahrukh Khan to the terror attacks that devastated Mumbai on 26/11 last year.
Post the stupendous success of his last film Ghajini, Aamir is being termed as the new ‘King Khan’ of Bollywood. Commenting on this, the actor said, “I had …

Keeping up his swipes at superstar Shah Rukh Khan and the No.1 slot in Bollywood, Aamir Khan, riding on the super success of his revenge drama “Ghajini”, has said he never thought Shah Rukh was ever on the top pedestal at all.
He also said Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” failed to “touch” him.
During an interview, Aamir was asked how he feels about being termed the new ‘King Khan’ after the success of “Ghajini”. He replied: “I had absolutely no intention of kicking Shah Rukh off his pedestal. Though I have to say, …

London (PTI): Indian beauty Frieda Pinto is reportedly set to feature as the next Bond girl opposite British hunk Daniel Craig in a 007 film.
The actress, who has received global acclaim for her role as Latika in Danny Boyle’s multiple Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” was invited to a screen test for the spy film.
The Mumbai native is a strong favourite for the coveted role as reports suggest that executive producer Barbara Broccoli, who has earmarked “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle for the project, is keen to cast Pinto.
The 24-year-old actress …

Washington: Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor will be honoured at the seventh annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles next month.
The 49-year-old actor, who played the role of TV host in the Oscar winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, will be honoured with the screenings of two classic films in which he stars, 1991’s ‘Lahme’ and 1997’s ‘Virasat’, as well as ‘Gandhi, My Father’, which he produced.
“I am humbled and honoured that my work as an actor and film-maker has been chosen to receive such a fantastic tribute,” ‘Contactmusic’ quoted Kapoor as saying.
Meanwhile, he …

The super success of Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire has been so overwheming that the lucky pair of Danny Boyle and A R Rahman are being flooded with offers.
Grapevine has it that Danny Boyle has been asked to direct James Bond’s 23rd film. And since Rahman composed such great music for Slumdog Millionaire, it might just be that the music maestro also gets roped in for the project.
According to unconfirmed reports, Barbara Broccoli, producer of the next James Bond film has approached Danny Boyle for the project.
“Danny’s intense involvement with the …

Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto [Images] has reportedly landed herself a deal to front cosmetics giant Estee Lauder.
The 24-year-old, hit the Hollywood jackpot after being a part of Slumdog Millionaire [Images], which bagged eight Oscars [Images], seven BAFTAs and four Golden Globes.
Veteran director Woody Allen [Images] signed her to star in his upcoming film. And now, Freida is said to have bagged a six-figure sum to be the face of Estee Lauder’s future endorsements, reports the Daily Star.
The Mumbaiker, who is in talks over final negotiations over a 200,000 pounds …

Did she, didn’t she? Turns out she did. “It is the truth that we were engaged,” says Freida Pinto of her highly debated betrothal to marketing executive Rohan Antao. “But there was no secret marriage… which makes me laugh. [When the report came out] My mum and dad said, ‘How come we were not invited to the wedding?’”
Antao, who gave a bare-all interview to UK’s News of the World, says that it didn’t help him at all. “I haven’t got any money for the story,” says Antao. “I did …

The eight Oscar award winning feature film Slumdog Millionaire will be released in local cinemas on March 13. The film was originally supposed to be released on March 6. Screening for delayed for a week, however, due to the prevailing security conditions in the country.
The small-budget British film, shot in the teeming slums of Mumbai, was named best picture as widely predicted and won seven other Oscars. At the climax of the night, the stage was swarmed by jubilant members of the “Slumdog” cast and crew, including several schoolchildren who …

Mumbai (PTI): Australian pop star Kylie Minogue, who has forayed into Bollywood with a song alongside Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman, hopes to work again with the Indian film industry.
“It has been an amazing experience. I want to be part of Bollywood for some time now,” Kylie said during a function at a suburban five star hotel on Friday.
“This experience is still sinking in but I would certainly like to come back again,” she said.
The singer, who has sold over 50 million albums so far and is known for her …