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Bollywood is like magic dust, says Talaash actress Gulfam Khan

Dec 162012

Mumbai: Actress Gulfam Khan, seen in Reema Kagti”s movie “Talaash”, feels an actor’s life is easier when compared to the life of the crew members on the set.

She says at least the actors’ work brings them glamour and fame.

“I feel an actor’s life is easy. Plus there is a glamour quotient attached to it and you get fame. I feel the film Industry is like magic dust and if it works for you, it can make you a star,” she told IANS.

“Actors are the laziest and they get maximum coverage. I, as an actor, don’t have the right to say that I have a stressful job,” she added.

Neil Nitin Mukesh knocked out of Tamil version of ‘David’

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Dec 162012

Mumbai, Dec 16: Filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar’s bilingual film “David” was to feature Neil Nitin Mukesh in both Hindi and Tamil versions, but the actor would now be seen only in Hindi.

“There are three stories in ‘David’, one set in London in 1975 in black-and-white featuring Neil as a gangster. The second story features the ‘Speedy Singhs’ actor Vinay Virmani in Hindi and Jeeva in Tamil as the respective protagonist of a plot set in Mumbai in 1999,” said a source.

“And the third is a story set in Goa in 2010, featuring Tamil superstar Vikram with Tabu in both Hindi and Tamil. Neil’s part was supposed to be common to both Hindi and Tamil. But now Neil’s section has been scrapped from the Tamil version,” the source added.

Nambiar doesn’t deny these developments.

“It is true a decision has been taken to scrap Neil’s story from the Tamil version of ‘David’. Now, the Tamil version of the film is shorter than the Hindi version. While the Hindi version would finally be approximately two hours and 30 minutes long the Tamil version is only two hours and 10 minutes long,” the filmmaker said.

Explaining the “creative decision” to keep Neil out, Nambiar said, “Neil was really looking forward to his Tamil debut and he had worked hard on it. He has been a pillar of strength throughout the making of the film. But it can’t be helped.”

“There are certain practical considerations. Now only the stories featuring Vikram and Jeeva are part of the Tamil version. Rather than think that Neil has been kept out of the Tamil version, I’d think Neil is exclusive to the Hindi version,” he added.

However, Neil is completely fine with the decision.

” ‘David’ is a sync-sound film. We had two options. Either I dub later in Tamil and thereby kill some of the impact of the original dialogues, or we edit my story out of the Tamil version,” he said.

“It was a creative decision taken by my producers, my director and me to edit out my story from the Tamil. So while the Tamil version would have two stories featuring Vikram and Jeeva, the Hindi version will have Vikram, Vinay Virmani and me in three stories. I am so looking forward to ‘David’. Bejoy Nambiar is a bloody incredible director. I consider him the Quentin Tarantino of our cinema,” he added.

Ekta Kapoor accused of insulting senior citizen

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Dec 152012

In a fast moving city like Mumbai, gone are the days when people used to hurl abuses/ accusing each other face to face, as they have now found a trendy platform for doing this: twitter. And since the last 24 hours the news that’s’ trending’ is that of Ekta Kapoor and her alleged altercation with a 68-year-old man.

It so happened that Ekta Kapoor found herself in the middle of a controversy, post an alleged altercation at a bank in Mumbai, with a 68-year-old man. That’s when the man’s daughter (unnamed though, using the handle @ghaatidancer) accused Ekta of not just abusing her father, but also showing him the finger, apparently when he asked her to move out of his way. The girl tweeted, “A woman at the bank just called my father an ‘old fool’ and told him to ‘fuck off’, because he was in her way. This was Ekta Kapoor. She was blocking his way and he said, “excuse me”. She turned around and said he was an old idiot who couldn’t see, flipped him off and left. Ekta’s bodyguards tried to defuse the situation by leading her father away.” She also added that “Her bodyguards tried to escort my father away, saying ‘bahut gussewaali hai.'” She tweeted that her father was “completely shaken and on the verge of tears.”

The man’s daughter, tweeted, “at first an apology is all that my father is looking for. I don’t want newspaper coverage, or any publicity. My tweets may be public, but that’s not what I’m looking for. I just want her to apologize”. She also added that she was now contemplating legal action and that they would be trying to procure CCTV footage of the incident from the bank.

On behalf of Ekta Kapoor, a statement was issued which stated, “This is to confirm that all sorts of allegations made against our client Ms. Ekta Kapoor are utterly ridiculous. To bring clarity to the matter, Ekta Kapoor was on her phone on a street in 7 Bungalows when an elderly gentleman came and pushed her. Having questioned him on why he did such a thing, the gentleman immediately retorted in a rude and abusive manner. Post this his daughter has gone on an overdrive with her tweets regarding this episode, all of which hold no truth. Such behavior is uncalled for, Ekta has maintained her silence given that he is a senior citizen, but such uncouth behavior and desperate plea for publicity are unappreciated.”

Santosh Shukla evicted from Bigg Boss 6

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Dec 152012

Mumbai, Dec 15: After his month-long stay in the Bigg Boss house, TV actor Santosh Shukla became the latest contestant to be eliminated from the reality show on Friday.

Santosh, 36, is the second inmate to be out of the show following the surprise eviction of Bhojpuri film actor Dinesh Lal Yadav aka Nirahua earlier this week.

“I am happy that I am out of the show now because there were few people who were getting on my nerves. I was about to burst but Bigg Boss thankfully called me. I am a very short tempered person but I somehow controlled myself. I depicted my real self in the show,” Santosh told PTI.

The Chandrakanta star was known in the house for entertaining the inmates with his soulful Bollywood numbers and during his stay he had started liking co-contestant Aashka Goradia.

But soon, he got upset with her and was also seen discussing about Aashka’s “changing behaviour” towards him with others.

Rajeev Khandelwal’s intensity floors Tena Desae

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Dec 152012

Mumbai,Dec 15: Actress Tena Desae, who will soon be seen opposite Rajeev Khandelwal in Table No. 21, is all praise for her co-star’s intensity, which she says, reflected in her performance as well.

“He is so brilliantly and effortlessly intense that it kind of helped me. So anytime I had any problem, I could go up and ask how he would do it so I could get some solution,” the 25-year-old said here Thursday while promoting the film at a media institute.

“Just by him being amazing my job was easier because then I could play off reactions,” she added.

Tena made her debut with Yeh Faasle in 2011 and has featured in Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bandhe and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. She was also seen in a small role in Cocktail.

Directed by Aditya Datt, Table No. 21 also stars Paresh Rawal and hits theatres on January 4, 2013.

Sonakshi excited about dancing with Shahid Kapoor in Namak

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Dec 152012

Mumbai, Dec 15:Actress Sonakshi Sinha says viewers should look forward to a lot of dance in Namak, given Prabhudheva and Shahid Kapoor’s association with it.”We are starting Namak in February. (I’m) looking forward to it and of course since we have Prabhudheva and Shahid in the film, there is going to be a lot of dance in the film,” said Sonakshi.

“I am completely happy because I love dancing and it will be completely a masala film. I don’t think you can expect anything less from Prabhudheva,” she added.

Sonakshi has had a brush with Prabhudheva’s style of working in Rowdy Rathore, which did well at the box office. Sonakshi also did an item number with the actor-choreographer-filmmaker in OMG: Oh My God!.

Ask if she is learning any new dance form for Namak, she said: “Not new kind of dance, but once we start shooting I am sure Prabhu will make up something new and make us do that.”

Kailash kher launches 2 night in Soul valley music

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Dec 152012

Saturday, December 15th, 2012 12:24 pm

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Kailash Kher at the launch of 2 night in Soul valley music in Mumbai on 14th Dec 2012.

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Priyanka Chopra at Blenders Pride’s In My City event

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Dec 152012

Saturday, December 15th, 2012 12:12 pm

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Priyanka Chopra at Blenders Pride’s In My City event in Taj Land’s End, Mumbai on 14th Dec 2012.

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Former Miss India Nicole Faria at Veet event

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Dec 152012

Saturday, December 15th, 2012 12:06 pm

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Former Miss India Nicole Faria at Veet event in Taj President, Mumbai on 14th Dec 2012.

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Akshay inaugurates Upper Crust show

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Dec 152012

Saturday, December 15th, 2012 11:59 am

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Akshay Kumar inaugurates Upper Crust show in Mumbai on 14th Dec 2012.

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