Nominations of 17th Annual Star Screen Awards

The nominations for the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards are out and it is surprising to learn that Dabangg and My Name Is Khan, two blockbusters of 2010, are missing from the Best Film nominations.

However, both Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan are, as expected, contending in the Best Actor category for their performances in above mentioned movies. Interestingly, Rishi Kapoor is also nominated in the same category for his performance in the small-budget film Do Dooni Char.

In the Best Director category, too, Abhinav Kashyap and Karan Johar are missing. Rather, Maneesh Sharma has made it for his direction in Band Baaja Baaraat.

A list of nominations for best actor (male, female), best film, best director, best music are as below…

Best Actor (Male)
Ajay Devgan – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish
Naseeruddin Shah – Ishqiya
Paresh Rawal – Road To Sangam
Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti
Rishi Kapoor – Do Dooni Chaar
Salman Khan – Dabangg
Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan

Best Actor (Female)
Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Guzaarish
Kajol – My Name Is Khan
Neetu Singh – Do Dooni Chaar
Vidya Balan – Ishqiya

Best Film
Band Baaja Baaraat
Love Sex Aur Dhoka
Peepli [Live]
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Raajneeti
Udaan

Best Director
Anusha Rizvi – Peepli Live
Dibakar Banerjee – Love Sex Aur Dhoka
Maneesh Sharma – Band Bajaa Baaraat
Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Milan Luthria – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan

Best Music
Sajid-Wajid – Dabangg
Vishal-Shekhar – I Hate Luv Storys
Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Karthik Calling Karthik
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – My Name Is Khan
Pritam – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Indian Ocean & others – Peepli [Live]

Whats Your Choice Guys..... !!

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Ishqiya goes to River Florence film fest

Ishqiya has been selected in the 10th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival that will be held at Florence in Italy.

The film starring Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah is not only a success in India but has also received recognition world wide. With the increasing popularity of Ishqiya, Bollywood too is making its presence felt to the world.

Ishqiya has earlier participated in Munich – International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, IFFL, Bollywood and Beyond, The Indie Fest, 34th Cairo International Film Festival and Dainik Jagran Film Festival.

Hiren Gada from Shemaroo, the banner that produced the film, is glad that their efforts are recognized worldwide. "The film has traveled across the boundary of language and culture differences and has been appreciated in every festival it has participated in."

River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival is held at Florence in Italy every year. The festival had its first edition in October 2001 at the Rondò di Bacco Theatre of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The aim of the festival is to promote only films from and about India, and it is the first Festival of this kind in the world. This year the festival is scheduled from 3rd to 9th December 2010.

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Case against Salman Khan, Bigg Boss makers for vulgarity

A case was filed Friday in an Uttar Pradesh court against Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is also the host of the Bigg Boss 4 show, the producer and director of the reality show and some of the contestants over its vulgar content, an official said.

The case was filed in a court in Aligarh district under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 293 (sale of obscene objects), 294 (obscene acts and songs), and 120 B (criminal conspiracy).

It was filed in the chief judicial magistrate's (CJM) court on an application filed by an Aligarh-based lawyer Anoop Kaushik.

Kaushik Friday moved the complaint application against airing of the reality TV show Bigg Boss 4 on Colors channel.

"Besides Salman Khan, who hosts Bigg Boss, and five contestants of the reality show, the case has also been filed against MD of Colors channel, and the director and producer of the show," Kaushik told reporters in Aligarh, some 350 km from Lucknow.

"The five contestants against whom the case has been registered include Sara Khan, her husband Ali Merchant, Dolly Bindra, Shweta Tiwari and Sameer Soni," he added.

The court has fixed Nov 24 as the next date of hearing the case.

Bigg Boss 4 has celebrity participants locked up inside an isolated house, without any link to the outside world. They are required to stay in the house under 24-hour camera surveillance.

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Guzzarish gots a thumb’s up…

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘magical’ direction, Hrithik-Ash’s chemistry, and the film’s soulful music, has worked for Guzaarish, which realezed yesterday i.e November 19.

Calling it a wonderful work of art, movie critic Subhash K Jha is also all praise for Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.

“Guzaarish is Bhansali’s most tender and evocative film to date. It layers the pain of a dying body with the passion of an unstoppable spirit as manifested in Hrithik’s skilled and effortless performance as a quadriplegic who pledges to make every moment of his limited “sau gram zindagi” pleasurable for himself an those around him,” writes Jha, who has given the rare five-star rating to the movie.

The dazzling chemistry of Hrithik-Ash has transformed into something “deep and satisfying” according to Jha. Says he, “Barring Amitabh Bachchan in Black there has never been a better performance in a Bhansali film than Hrithik’s in Guzaarish. He grabs Ethan’s role and makes the dying character come alive in delightful waves of provocative histrionics. And if we’re talking chemistry between Hrithik and Aishwarya, then let’s get one thing clear – this ain’t Dhoom. It’s something far deeper and satisfying.”

Movie critic Taran Adarsh, who has given four-star rating to the film feels that the movie is “special in more ways than one”.

He writes, “Bhansali has worked himself to the grind and his presence is felt in every frame of Guzaarish. There is an inimitable intellect that Bhansali brings to his movies. Bhansali is also known to extract the best performances from his actors.”

Also Sanjay Leela Bhansali successfully tells a complex story in a convincing way. “Only a sensitive raconteur can do absolute justice to a challenging subject like the one in Guzaarish and Bhansali seems the right candidate for an extremely tricky theme like mercy killing/Euthanasia. The story is complex and can only be narrated by a storyteller who has the art of telling stories most convincingly”, says Adarsh.

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Imran-Deepika on promotion of Break Ke Baad

Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan launched an apparel line as part of a promotion for their upcoming movie Break Ke Baad in Mumbai. Padukone wore a floral dress with a pair of gladiator sandals, while Khan wore a blue and white checked casual shirt with trousers.

Padukone said that the movie has clothes that people would love to wear. "Here, the look is completely different. It's something that I think every girl can easily pick up and wear, very wearable. A lot of times, what you see in the films are not wearable," said Padukone.

Khan said, "Style is very big thing and in India, we like to copy our heroes. After people saw Dabangg, everyone started wearing sunglasses on the back like Salman Khan. Even I did that, for a short while. But we hope that people start copying our style as well."

Directed by debutant Danish Aslam, the movie revolves around a boy called Abhay Gulati and a girl called Aaliya Khan, who are friends since childhood. Their friendship turns into love, but Aaliya soon realises her passion to become an actress and they part ways.

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Deepika bumps into ex-flame Ranbir

Everybody knows that Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor are no longer an item, but people still look with suspicion every time they meet. Recently, they bumped into each other, and it hit the headlines.

It happened on the sets of Kofee With Karan. The Ranbir Kapoor-Imran Khan episode and the Sonam Kapoor-Deepika Padukone episode were shot on the same day. So, it was inevitable for the ex-flames to meet.

Surprisingly, the duo was seen chatting cordially like the way old friends do. They looked comfortable in each other’s company and showed no sign of bitterness.

Well, both Ranbir and Deepika seemed to have moved on after the break up!

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'I have no heartfelt desire to work with SRK’: Ranbir Kapoor

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor maintains he never said he was desperate to share screen space with Shah Rukh Khan, but admitted he would love to work with the superstar if a good project came his way.

“I had no such dil ki tamanna (heartfelt desire) to work with Shah Rukh sir. But I
respect him a lot. I am a big fan of him,” Ranbir told reporters on the margins of the HT Leadership Summit here Friday.

The 28-year-old, who was here with his father, evergreen star Rishi Kapoor, says a superstar’s presence in a project isn’t reason enough for him to accept it.

“It’s not that if a superstar will be there in a film, I’ll agree to do it. But if I like a film, I like its script, I would be more than glad to do it,” he added.

Nevertheless, Ranbir enjoys the attention he gets from the youth.

“If a generation follows me, they follow my movies and they want to emulate me…it feels good. But I really don’t take that seriously. I do not feel responsible for others (youth). I feel responsible to my work. Whatever I am doing is for myself, and because this is what I want to achieve, these are the goals that I have set…,” he said.

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Ashmit’s next target… Pamela???

The “Baywatch” babe Pamela Anderson is finally adding some spice to Indian reality show “Bigg Boss 4″. After grooving to Bollywood number ‘Dhak dhak karne lagaa’, she went ahead and sunbathed and mind you… She wasn’t alone. Actor Ashmit Patel joined her.

Anderson, who entered the show Tuesday night, wore a short blue spaghetti top teamed with skin tight shorts as she sunbathed in the garden of the “Bigg Boss” house in Lonavala, said a source.

Ashmit, her biggest fan in the house, joined her. He chose to remain bare bodied, and wore a blue and fluorescent orange trunks.

Ever since Anderson entered the show, Ashmit and model Hrishant Goswami have been smitten by her, and trying to gain attention.

In the meantime, the 43-year-old international star, as been trying everything Indian – including the dress, food and the typical Bollywood dance.

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Deepika and Sonam find married men incredibly sexy

Both the sexy beauties, Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor find married men irresistible and incredibly sexy. This Sunday’s episode of Koffee with Karan, will have the two actresses confess who according to them makes the hottest married man in town.

While Sonam Kapoor named Farhan Aktar, Deepika Padukone opted for. Deepika also revealed that she had a huge crush on Arjun ever since she was in college.

Wonder what the biwis have to say about this….

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Imran’s toy lands him in trouble.

Imran khan ran into trouble with the custom authorities at the Mumbai airport recently, while on his way back from new York.

Reason: His toy helicopter which actually runs on wi-fi.

The customs confiscated the toy helicopter and demended Imran to get permission from the telecom department, as import of such toys has been restricted because they are operational on a certain bandwidth that interferes with the communication networks of security agencies.

The actor had to let go of the toy for the moment. But he’s going to apply for the permission soon.

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John to turn director soon…

Having worked in more than 30 films in seven years, John Abraham says audiences have become more accepting of his understated, realistic style of acting. He also wants to wield the megaphone soon and is sure of doing a good job as a director.

“I have good friends around me who are directors and related stories writers. They are all willing to sit with me, help me and formulate screenplays. I have ideas and I want to become a director very soon and when I become one, I will be damn good at it,” John told in an interview.

“Probably, five-eight years down the line, I’ll direct a film. I’m just seven years old in the industry. I want to first just settle down properly and singularly prove myself in a big way and then I will get into direction,” added the actor who will turn 38 next month.

John has worked in all genres – from Oscar nominated period drama Water to comedies Garam Masala and Dostana to issue-based New York.

Explaining his evolution as an actor, he said: “After all these years, I think I’ve become very comfortable with the medium, but more than myself I’ve seen a change in the perception of the audience towards me.

“I’ve always been an understated actor. I’m not into over-projection. When I joined the industry, there was a section of the audience that felt I was too understated. Today the same audiences have a different perception and somehow that same style of acting is working for them now.

“I really haven’t changed. I’m following my director’s brief and I’m doing exactly that. But people’s perception has changed. The sense of reality has prevailed in the mind of the audience and I think that’s the change I have seen.”

His nerdy look in Jhootha Hi Sahi failed to set the cash registers ringing, but the Bollywood hunk has not given up. He is all set to play boy-next-door in a new film.

“I’ll be starting the film in March, which will be directed by Kapil Sharma, a first time director. He is the best chief assistant director we have in the country,” said John.

“The film is about just a regular guy who gets busted by all the women in his life. It’s about a guy who learns life through the women he is with – his mother, sister, his boss, his neighbour, his girlfriend, his ex-girlfriend. It’s just about this journey. It’s amazing.”

The final title of the film is yet to be decided. “Right now it’s called The Re-education of Ishaan Sabharwal. That’s a working title,” he said.

Currently, he is busy with director Nishikant Kamat and producer Vipul Shah’s Hindi remake of Tamil blockbuster Kaakha Kaakha. The action movie also stars Genelia D’Souza.

“I have already shot 20 per cent of the film. We shot for 25 days, we have another 40-45 days left and we are done. So we finish in January end,” said John.

Is there any movie on the anvil with his actress girlfriend Bipasha Basu? Both debuted together with Jism in 2003 and were also seen as a couple in Aetbaar and Madhoshi.

The couple was last seen together in 2007 film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal.

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Aamir goes bald again…

If rumor mills are to be believed, Aamir Khan is back to his Ghajini hair-cut, and will grow his locks step by step to decide which hair-style looks best on him.

A source told, “Aamir has shaved his head, but not completely. It’s basically a look which resembles related stories the one he had in Ghajini.”


The actor shaved off his hair on November 8. “The shaving happened on November 8. It was done at his residence. Obviously, nobody else was present except a new hairdresser and Aamir’s family,” continues the source.

The actor will allow his hair to grow, and would then zero on the look that he wants for Reema Kagti’s suspense drama. “Now, Aamir will growing his hair all over again. And he shall settle on the crop which he feels would best suit him.”

Well Aamir, we hope this doesn’t play havoc with the director’s date diary.

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Hrithik, Aishwarya and SLB form the mutual admiration club

Bollywood queen and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has three promising releases this year, ‘Robot’, Action Replayy’ and ‘Guzaarish’. Among these Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Guzaarish’ has high expectation quotient with Ash pairing with Hrithik Roshan with whom she has delivered two megahits in ‘Dhoom’ and ‘Jodha Akbar’. It narrates the story of Ethan (Hrithik), who is suffering from limb paralysis and his relationship with his caretaker and married nurse, Sophie (Aishwarya).

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all praise for Aishwarya and Hrithik. He said, “I want to thank Aishwarya. She’s my jaan. I get terrible excited when I make a film with her. She’s very very special. And I have never enjoyed with any other actor as I have with Hrithik just for the talent he has and for the kind of person he is.”

The actors too are more than overwhelmed to be associated with the project. “GUZAARISH is more than a film to me. It’s a manifestation of one man’s vision and that is Sanja Leela Bhansali. It has changed my prospective on the world. It has affected my life. 30 or 40 years from now I will look back and smile because I had the opportunity to do this film. Some films are made for commercial reasons and some must be made for the world to see and that’s the kind of film GUZAARISH is,” said Hrithik.

Talking about her career graph rising even after marriage, Aishwarya said, I’m so blessed. It’s so wonderful that my faith has been kept in the professionals that I have worked with. Directors like Shankar, Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali came to me with scripts. They didn’t say ‘Now you are married. What should we do with your role?’ None of the directors thought that.”

Check out the wonderful looking stars at the press conference of ‘Guzaarish’

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Ayodhya verdict Affected to Bollywood

Last week was dull in Bollywood. There was not even a single release. Dabangg was released two week ago (September 10), so film buffs were looking forward to the release of Anjaana Anjaani featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. However, the pending Ayodhya verdict spoiled it all.

Anjaana Anjaani was supposed to be released on September 24 but was postponed to October 1, as the Ayodhya verdict was supposed to be announced on the same day. This threw Bollywood release dates into a haywire. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court deferred the Ayodhya verdict to October 28.

Now, Anjaani Anjaani will clash with Rajinikanth-Aishwarya Bachchan starrer The Robot, which has been simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu. Following this development, Aakrosh, which was scheduled for release on October 1, has been postponed to October 8.

Bollywood could suffer even more if the court defers the Ayodhya verdict further.

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Watch Mr Singh Mrs Mehta Movie Trailer

‘If the world was perfect they would never have met’ says the film’s punchline about its two main protagonists.

Set in London, Mr Singh Mrs Mehta is the story of Ashwin (Proshannt Narayanan) and Neera (Aruna Shields) who finds out about their spouses extra-marital affair. Drawn together by anger and shame, they begin to find comfort in their blooming friendship, even as they decide not to be like their unfaithful mates.



The movie is the directorial debut of Pravesh Bhardwaj and features music by the Grammy nominated artist Ustad Shujaat Hussain Khan.

Mr Singh Mrs Mehta is touted to be a bold movie, dealing with the subject of infidelity and extra-marital affairs. British actress Aruna Shields has even posed naked for a scene in it.

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Kannada actress Amulya Kiss Scandal

Director Ratnaja allegedly got actress Amulya to kiss him by promising her roles in his next two films liplock pic reportedly made public by blackmailers who couldn't extort Rs 1 crore from him.



Had director Ratnaja paid up Rs 1 crore ransom to blackmailers, 14 intimate pictures of him kissing Sandalwood sensation and second-year PUC student Amulya would not have been made public, sources in Gandhinagar say.

The sources say the blackmailers also possess a one-minute video of Ratnaja with Amulya, who starred in the director's latest film Premism that could create a bigger controversy.

The video of the two getting intimate is believed to have been shot in Belgaum.

"Ratnaja had pictures of intimate moments he shared with Amulya during the shooting of Premism in September last year saved on his mobile phone.

The phone was misplaced and it found its way to the blackmailers who began calling Ratnaja and demanding he pay them Rs 1 crore. When they did not get the money, they made the pictures public," said the source.

Vijaylakshmi, Amulya's mother, told MiD DAY that the pictures were morphed. "I'm completely shocked. The pictures have been put out by mischiefmongers jealous of Amulya's success. We will fight for justice."

The actress and the director have been snapped kissing each other and Kannada TV channel Kasturi has got their lip locking photograph.
Amulya speaks:

Amulya said the picture and the scandal they had created had shocked her. "I am not in a position to say anything. Following the promotional campaign for Premism, I have not been in touch with Ratnaja. My intentions are clear. I don't have need to resort to do such things for just two movies. I have turned down over 40 films after Cheluvina Chittara. I am not able to tell you if I was in Belgaum around the time you mention. Frankly, I don't remember."

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