Bollywood this week - 15th June 2007
It is always great to be a conscientious and aware person. Those who know what is happening in the world around them are truly more competent than the others and they are basically more successful in life. The reason for this is that keeping yourself up-to-date on recent happenings not only increases your general knowledge, but it also makes you a more confident person. Be it office lunch breaks, dinner parties or a social event - you always manage to come across as a person abreast with recent happenings and this makes you look better in the eyes of your obvious admirers.
Wait a minute - just in case you are wondering whether this is one of those articles that coaxes you into reading the newspaper more often or tries to show you that news channels are your mannah, you are WAY off track! Why, we were referring to the virtues of keeping yourself in tune with the latest developments in our filmi duniya! C’mon, you really thought we were trying to make you into one of those who keep talking about the stock market, or the latest developments in Pakistan!? Well, we know that in our mundane and boring lives, the one thing that truly sparks our interest is the latest gossip about our Bollywood hotties. Hollywood seems the same story - someone got drunk and assaulted the paparazzi, or someone was caught doping and is in rehab - it’s so been-there-done-that. But when we hear about the scandalous mischief our very own naughty stars have been up to - it makes our day. So what’s the latest in our Bollywood newsflash? Read on and find out. . .
Big Brother is certainly looking out for our desi damsel Shilpa Shetty. She is a celebrity in her own right over there. All of U.K is dying to embrace her with open arms-goody goody! In fact, she graced the IIFA awards over the weekend with none other than Amitabh Bachchan. As usual our angry young man of the yesteryears maintained a stoic expression, but Shilpa - she was a whole different story. Looking fabulous in her pleasing outfit she was all charm and grace. Well, it looks like she feels right at home over there, doesn’t she?
While the IIFA goes on, life here is going on for us, dearies. Well, Ganesh Acharya’s hugely publicized direction, oh excuse us, choreography, Swami finally saw light of day. Guess he wanted his premier to be a little different and all the invitees at the special premier were asked to keep the theme in mind. Either that or some of them were having a bad hair day. For instance, Priyanka Chopra arrived sans make up and it was not a very enchanting look. For company, she had Akshay Kumar who came with beard et all. May be he wanted to be the star attraction and wanted people to see him as an aging swami…yes, yes. Bet you are thinking that they should be given a break, but no one ever said it was easy being a star, right?
Talking of innovative ideas, well, PVR pulled their socks up and decided to implement on one themselves. To celebrate World Environment Day, they had a special PVR Green Drive. They launched this baby using technology that showed the way to a better future. Though it was a great idea, the energy was low as the star power was very less. They had to settle for Dia Mirza and Aryan Vaid as the main crowd pullers. While Dia is still not a bad choice considering her thousand watt smile, what were they thinking by using Aryan Vaid as one of their best people?! The only people he would attract are C-grade cinema lovers…
Now let’s down to some juicy stuff. One starlet by the name Mona Chopra now prefers to be called Sherlyn Chopra. Either name doesn’t ring a bell? Well, we don’t blame you. She has done some forgettable movies which qualify as nothing but soft porn. Apparently, she is now riding high after doing a film called Red Swastik. This movie is supposedly bolder than any other “bold” Hindi film and boasts of advanced stage making-out sessions with steamy bedroom scenes. Yes, Mona/Sherlyn, we are sure this will get you a place in the Yashraj camp…
Now whilst we are on the topic of exposure, Tanushree Dutta is certain getting a lot of it in the latest issue of Maxim. Allow us to jog your memory a little - this is the same Tanushree Dutta who is “trying hard” to get rid of her “sexy tag”. She is also the same girl who vehemently denied doing steamy bedroom scenes in the recently released Raqeeb and accused the director of using a body double. Well, she shouldn’t have bothered with the allegations as nobody saw the movie and as for trying to come across as demure, she certainly had no qualms about baring her, uh, assets for the magazine…
Now for something really gross - when we saw it, we almost puked. Oh we are not talking about a can full of crawling worms - this is even worse! Shakti Kapoor has managed to find time in between getting beaten up, jailed and adorned with a shoe garland to do a movie. We are sure this one will be a real winner. As usual, he has a pretty young thing for company – just another wannabe starlet, Nikita something. Word has it that the two are quite comfortable with each other. Roving cameras have gotten a stack of photos of the two together, and they are certainly not shy to pose. In the photos, which they knew would go to the press, Shakti Kapoor has his hands all over the girl and she just smiles on. She is old enough to be his daughter! And if she thinks any publicity is good publicity, well, all the luck to her.
Whew! Quite a lot on our plate, isn’t it? Well, our lovable stars make sure that our lives are interesting. So here we sign off with promise of more news on glamour, parties and of course, gossip for your all in no time at all.
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