BOLLYWOOD HOT GOSSIPS

Genelia on her way up in both films and ads Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:19 AM PDT Genelia D'souza was in New Delhi on Wednesday April 15th to launch Samsung's Ultra Touch, a full touch slider phone with an 8 megapixel camera.She was dressed in a white figure hugging dress Genelia posed with the handset along with Jung Soo Shin and Sunil Dutt of Samsung.Genelia seems to be fast emerging as the new favorite for endorsements in the recession hit corporate world. She has also recently inked a deal to promote Cadbury's Perk chocolate which had been made famous earlier by dimpled beauty Preity Zinta.Her ad campaigns now include brands such as Parker pen with Amitabh Bachchan, Fair and Lovely with cricketer Krish Srikanth, Fanta Apple and Vatika. Many more endorsement deals are on the way for the young actress.Despite her success, the 21-year-old remains firmly grounded and counts her blessings: "I'm God's favorite child; I believe that God has always been kind to me, " she says.She has also got a good line up of films ahead what with a sequel to Jaane Tu Ya Jaane with co-star Imran Khan apart from Life Partner, Anees Bazmee's It's My Life, UTV's Hook Ya Crook and finally her latest sign up, Yahoo being directed by Ken Ghosh starring Shahid Kapoor. . bollywood hot gossips

Asin wins an international award Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:15 AM PDT She is the biggest sensation down south and her Bollywood debut will go down in history as one of the biggest and most successful films ever. She is none other than Asin.This lass after making her Hindi film debut with Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan, has been in news for all the right reasons.And now adding another feather to her hat is her latest achievement of getting the Best Actress award for her role in Kamal Haasan's Tamil film Dasavathaaram by the Singapore-based International Tamil Film Awards (ITFA).The ITFA, which recognizes the contribution of film personalities and actors towards Tamil cinema on an international scale, will present the award to the actress at a ceremony which will be held on May 16 in Singapore. bollywood hot gossips

Priyanka Chopra paired with Ranbir Kapoor Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:12 AM PDT It looks like the seemingly never-say-die friendship between director Siddhartha Anand and Saif Ali Khan is for all practical purposes, over.After their two films together Salaam Namaste and Tara Rum Pam Pam the two had sworn to work together again… and again.But Tara Rum Pum didn't do well. And Sidhartha quickly gravitated towards his childhood buddy Ranbir Kapoor for his next film Bachna Ae Haseenon.It was widely believed that Saif would be back in Sid Anand's next which he is committed to make for producer Sajid Nadiadwala.But the producer confirms that Ranbir is the lead in the film that Sid Anand is making for Nadiadwala.The surprising bit of casting is the hot-and-happening Priyanka Chopra. Though neither producer nor director are willing to confirm, according to dependable sources Priyanka who's currently shooting with Uday Chopra for Yashraj Films Pyar Impossible will be teamed up with Priyanka for the first time.The actress has lately been window-shopping for the hottest male actors in Bollywood and has so far managed films with all the three Khan superstars, several projects with Abhishek Bachchan Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan, has just completed Kaminey with Shahid Kapoor and is now on to the new generation of stars with Ranbir leading the bright pack.The pairing spree certainly gives Priyanka an edge over her rivals.Siddhartha Anand describes the Ranbir-Priyanka film as, "A rom-com which I've specialized in over the years. But this is a twisted one with a twang and all that jazz." . bollywood hot gossips

SRK - Salman Khan to clash? Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:08 AM PDT If all goes well, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will come face to face on July 3. The clash is purely professional, what with their respective films - SRK's DULHA MIL GAYA and Salman's WANTED - hitting the screens on that Friday.DULHA MIL GAYA producer Viveck Vaswani is eyeing 3rd July because "July 4 is Independence Day in America and Shah Rukh enjoys a massive following there. I would like to capitalize on the Independence Day weekend, " Viveck tells me.Which means DULHA MIL GAYA will clash with Salman Khan's WANTED. "If Boney Kapoor says he's committed for 3rd July and requests me to shift my film to another week, I will do so. But so far there haven't been any talks, " Viveck clarifies.DULHA MIL GAYA is far from complete. Reportedly, SRK's portions remain to be filmed."The talkie is complete. Just one qawwali remains to be shot, which can be included at the last minute too, " Viveck reveals. He also rubbishes rumours that SRK has delayed the film."Shah Rukh had informed me at the very outset of his busy schedule and the possibility of the film getting delayed. The delay is not because of him, it's because of me. An important schedule went haywire when my father passed away. Later, Shah Rukh suffered an injury on my sets, hence things have been pushed forward."Meanwhile, DULHA MIL GAYA continues to remain in news. The latest is, Anil Ambani's Big Pictures has relinquished the rights of the project. True?"Yes, they have. The withdrawal was due to re- strategizing the company, given the current economic scenario. But I'll offer them the film once it's ready. If they want to pick up the rights then, it's okay. Else, the money invested by Big will be refunded at the time of release, " he states. . bollywood hot gossips

Anushka Sharma loses golden chance due to YRF contract Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:20 AM PDT It's touted as the biggest hit in the history of Telugu cinema. And now Arundhati is all set to be remade into Hindi.Many producers including Ghajini's Madhu Mantena were vying for the Hindi remake rights.But the producer of the Telugu producer M. Shyam Prasad Reddy has decided to remake the film in Hindi.Sonu Sood who played the main antagonist in the Telugu film and is all set to encore the same part in Hindi, confirms these developments.Confirming these developments Sood says, "I'm excited because we all worked very hard on making the Telugu original something special. Lots of producers wanted to remake it in Hindi. But now the original producer has decided to go for it.The Hindi Arundhati will be far more expensive and polished. We start shooting in June. "Sood has already started preparing for the part. "The Hindi version will have to be severely revised."The remakes expert Priyadarshan was approached to direct Arundhati in Hindi. Apparently Priyan has no time at such short notice."And the original director Kodi Ramkrishna can't understand Hindi. So we're probably going with a guy named Rahul who did all the special effects in Tamil."And now for the most crucial question. Who plays the central role of Arundhati in this woman-dominated film? Though no one is willing to commit to any name sources reveal that the makers of Arundhati were very keen to sign Anushka Sharma who starred with Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Says the source, "They needed someone strong robust young and determined and very North Indian as the lead in Hindi. They really wanted Anushka Sharma. She was perfect.But the producer was under the impression that she's under contract with Yashraj Films and unable to do any outside film. Now they might settle for the actress who played the lead in the Telugu Arundhati in Hindi. Coincidentally her name too is Anushka."Surprisingly Arjan (Fashion) Bajwa who played the romantic lead in Arundhati is no part of the Hindi remake.When questioned Arjan says, "They haven't asked me. Even if they had I wouldn't do it. Have you seen what has been done to my role in the Telugu film?" . bollywood hot gossips

Aishwarya and SRK: Not meant to be together Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:38 PM PDT Shah Rukh and Ash sizzled on screen as a twin brother-sister jodi in 'Josh'.Then their pairing was accepted in Aditya Chopra's 'Mohabbatein' and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas' too. They really had good chemistry.But that was that. They were not supposed to act together after that.It all started when Ash's ex boyfriend barged into the sets of 'Chalte Chalte' and Ash ended up being chucked out in favor of Rani Mukerji.Ash never warmed up to SRK and Rani after that. Things soured badly between Sallu and her too.She moved on happily with the Bachchans, some international films and let her chemistry work better with Hrithik Roshan.Recently Mani Ratnam wanted to cast Shahrukh in the lead role opposite Ash in his latest bilingual film 'Ravana' which he's working on currently.Now after things didn't work out for him in Raju Hirani's '3 Idiots' and Shankar's 'Robot', he seemed to have some free time.Mani had then spoken to him about 'Ravana' and the superstar expressed interest in the project. He wanted a good film in his kitty and didn't care so much about the fact that Ash was the leading lady.But before Mani could come to Mumbai and give him a detailed script narration, Aditya Chopra approached SRK for his comeback film 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'. And the actor gave his dates to his dear friend.Mani didn't want to delay the film and he took Abhishek Bachchan as the film's male lead instead of SRK.So SRK and Ash lost a chance to work together again. Not that they mind, but maybe their pairing would have worked wonders for their careers. And maybe it's a chance lost! . bollywood hot gossips

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