Who is the French actor with Preity Zinta in ‘Ishq in Paris’?

Preity Zinta has been missing from the silver screen since a long time and she is all set to make a comeback with her maiden home production under her own production company, PZNZ Media. The film is titled ‘Ishq in Paris’ and is written and directed by Prem Soni. Though the director denies it, the rumors are rife that the film is based on a Hollywood love story Before Sunrise which was based on the romance between a young American man and French woman.

Preity will be romancing a renowned French actor in the film but she has made it very sure that his name is kept strictly under wraps. Even the crew hasn’t been informed about him. The film is expected to go on the floor in the first week of November and will be shot mostly in Paris featuring tourist spots like Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum. Preity has taken special permission from the French Government to shoot at various spots with very minimal charges.

Veena Malik refuses Mohammad Asif’s plea for reconciliation

Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif was declared guilty of match fixing by the British courts on October 28. Four days before the verdict, the depressed cricketer call up his ex-girlfriend Veena Malik asking her to be with him in London. It may be mentioned here that Veena Malik had a one and a half year long live-in relationship with the cricketer. They broke up eventually and Asif got married to Sanaa.

However, Veena has firmly turned down his request. She says, “It was a mutual friend from, London, Zahid Ali Saab, who called me on October 26 stating that Asif wanted to desperately see me, that he wanted a reconciliation.

I declined. How can I turn back the clock? Asif and I shared a beautiful if stormy relationship. We were together until 2008 when I came to know about his match-fixing activities; I left him.”

Veena added, “I can’t deny I still have feelings for him. Relationships don’t die, ” admits the actress, and adds, “I’ve no hard feelings about any of my former boyfriends. My time with Asif was special. But I’ve moved on.

Asif is a happily married man. I know his wife Sanaa. In fact, when they were getting married, she called me up to find out about my relationship with Asif. I told her to please go ahead with the marriage.”

So firm is Veena about not rekindling her relationship with Asif that she even cancelled her trip to England to avoid meeting him. She said, “I was supposed to be there this week for an event. It’s best not to create situations where things can go out of hand.”

Nargis Fakhri creates stirs with her topless photoshoot

Nargis Fakhri has created stirs much before her debut ‘Rockstar’ hits the screens. Though it is not the first time the girl has given a bold topless photo shoot, yet her hot new shoot has made her fans drooling for more. Glamour world is not new for Nargis. She was quite active in the fashion world in US and had appeared in America’s Next Top Model in 2004. She first went topless for 2009 Kingfisher Calendar.

Born in New York to a Pakistani father and Czech mother, Nargis is now being claimed as the next best thing in Bollywood. Her co-stars and director of her debut flick ‘Rockstar’, too, swear by her acting skills. While Ranbir Kapoor is all praises for Fakhri, Moufid Aziz, who plays her husband in the film, also seems to be smitten by her beauty and talents.

Being paired with Nargis was almost like a blessing, says Moufid, adding, “I’ve done modelling for a few years in places like Germany, Spain, Portugal etc. I’ve also walked the ramp for Sao Paulo, Barcelona and India Mens Fashion week too. Nargis also was a model like me before she joined movies. She may not be very big right now, but she is a really nice person. We had a lot to talk about - our roots, international exposure, modelling at so many places, etc. We also have a lot of common friends from a few countries, people we’ve worked together with. So, it was easy to work with her.”

Meanwhile, do check out Nargis Fakhri at her hottest best in these stills.

Sunny Leone arrives in Mumbai to make a Big Boss entry

This is a well known fact that the entry of Pamela Anderson in the previous season of Big Boss had shot up its TRP ratings. Following the same pattern, the makers of Big Boss have signed up celebrated porn star Sunny Leone, whose real name is Karen Malhotra, to make an entry in the house.

Even before Leone makes it into the house, Twitter is abuzz with status updates which prove that the makers have taken just the right decision. Here are some of them:

“Sunny Leone, come and make Bigg Boss 5 exciting. I am sick of these hyterical women and twerps pretending to be men.(sic)”

“Now expect Shiv Sena to greet Sunny Leone at the airport or breaking the studio/set of ColorsTV/Bigg Boss 5(sic)”

“Just found out they brought ‘Sunny Leone’ to Bigg Boss. Guess what my new favourite show is!(sic)”

“Girls will leave the industry claiming that they found God. Well, the fact is, God has always been with them the entire time ~ Sunny Leone(sic)”

Sunny Leone has already arrived in Mumbai to be a part of Big Boss. Check out Sunny as she steps in Mumbai….

Mahesh Bhatt to revive his ‘Blue Film’ with Sunny Leone

Porn star Sunny Leone has just stepped into our country as a Big Boss 5 house entrant and Bollywood filmmakers are all too eager to cast her in their projects. The first one to take Leone as the lead in his film is none other than Mahesh Bhatt who has decided to revive his shelved project ‘Blue Film’ with his son Rahul Bhatt.

Years ago Mahesh Bhatt had planned to launched his son Rahul Bhatt with this movie and had even offered the film to Sunny Leone back then, but things just did not work out. Now, the Bhatts are reviving the project with a few changes in the script.

The film will be in line with their ‘Murder’ series and Sunny will definitely be playing a porn star in the film. So, we suppose this leaves no doubts regarding the hotness quotient of the film.

Veena Malik performs her own stunts in her 3D horror flick

Her romance with Ashmit Patel in the last season of Big Boss kick started Pakistani actress Veena Malik’s career in Bollywood. At present, she has a 3D horror flick in her kitty for which she is currently shooting in a jungle in southern India.

Talking about the flick, Veena said: ‘It’s a 3D horror film with Telugu filmmaker Hemant Madhukar, and it’s really hard to shoot.’

‘For one, we are shooting in the wilderness. There are no luxury hotels, no daily comforts. Then it’s a 3D film, not like the other 3D films in Hindi where the 2D format is converted into 3D. We are shooting in 3D which means every shot takes hours sometimes. It’s really time consuming because I am playing both the ‘thriller’ and ‘horror’ element of the film,’ she added.

Veena detailed that she has done all the stunts in the film on her own. ‘(There’s) lots of wirework and flips and somersaults and bruises and cuts. I am roughing it out here in the jungles and enjoying every bit of it!’ she revealed.

For those who are still unaware, the actress will appear in the reality show ‘Swayamvar’ as the next star after Rakhi Sawant, Rahul Mahajan and Ratan Rajput.

Bachchan family upset with the morphed pictures of Ash with her baby

‘To be my daughter in her mother’s arms. Full points for creativity to the people who made them. Spent the morning with the girls and showing them some rather entertaining photos morphed by some very talented people of who is supposed…’ tweeted father Abhishek Bachchan.

The Broadcast Editor’s Association (BEA) had warned the news channels against excessive coverage on TV of her childbirth and Big B thanked the media for their concern. He tweeted,

‘And once again a word of kindness to the electronic media for their non interference and dignified distance… thank you!!

‘A word of appreciation too, to the print media for highlighting a few salient points… our joy in welcoming the girl child… and emphasising the commendable desire of Aishwarya in having a normal delivery without any epidural or pain killers. The often coined phrase ‘too posh to push’ was put to rest in her case… she was determined to do it the way she felt was correct!’ he added.

Take a look at one of the morphed pictures doing round on the internet……

Veena Malik scorches the ramp as the showstopper

Pakistani actress Veena Malik may have garnered negative publicity and criticism for her outrageous behaviour and alleged closeness with Ashmit Patel during her stay in Big Boss 4, but the show definitely kick started her career in Bollywood. She has already a couple of projects in her hand and she is scorching the ramp with her moves as well.

Veena Malik walked the ramp in the bridal couture of the designers Riyaz and Reshma Gangji. The show was held in Ludhiana and Veena Malik was the showstopper. Check out sexy Veena Malik on the ramp……

Katrina Kaif gyrates for ‘Chikni Chameli’

Katrina Kaif swept the nation off its feet with her item number ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’. Once again, the sexy lady is all set to shake her booty for yet another item number, this time for Karan Johar’s remake of ‘Agneepath’. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt.

Katrina’s song is titled ‘Chikni Chameli’ and Katrina will be performing Maharashtrian folk dance, Lavani, for the song. The song has a rustic setting and there will be a bunch of louts and ruffians supporting Katrina.

After wooing her fans as ‘Sheila’, Katrina will surely set the temperatures soaring as ‘Chameli’. Have a look at Katrina as ‘Chikni Chameli’….

Veena Malik poses nude for FHM cover?

When FHM magazine’s December issue hit the stands, it left everyone shocked as it features the Pakistani actress Veena Malik posing nude on the cover with just a fake ISI tattoo on her arms.

However, Veena denies posing for the photo shoot. You have seen me very closely… Do I look like the girl in those pictures? I have a very beautiful body if I decide to strip off and I’m not going to deny it,” she says.

“I have never posed nude for anything. I will be suing the magazine for this,” she added.

Her publicist claims that it’s true Veena has often done bold shoots for international magazines but she knows her limits. And she would never cross it. The actress was also rumoured to be in a porn film. “But no one showed it to me,” she laughs.

Well, true or fake, have a look at the cover of FHM December issue with Veena Malik wearing just an ISI tattoo!!

Celebs show up at Chivas Studio for Rohan Sippy

Rohan Sippy launched his musical ‘All That Jazz & Love’ at Chivas Studio and the event was attended by some of the hottest celebs of our tinsel town including the likes of Abhishek Bachchan, Kalki Koechlin, , Imtiaz Ali, Jaya Bachchan, Siddharth Mallya, Mandira Bedi, Aftab Shivdasani, Angela Johnson and several others.

One celebrity who made a statement with her unique style was Lara Dutta who was spotted wearing an animal print dress flaunting her baby bump. In the early days of her first trimester Lara chose to walk down the ramp and now, she flaunted her belly without inhibitions in a short animal printed satin dress.

Rohan Sippy also thanked the attendees tweeting: “Thanks a ton @juniorbachchan @duttalara & so many others for seeing the show- gave the whole team a huge kick to perform for a great crowd!”

Check out Lara Dutta at the Chivas Studio…..

Shilpa Shetty breaks her pregnancy news on Twitter

Our long legged beauty Shilpa Shetty is glowing these days and not without reason too!! Shilpa, who has been happily married to London based businessman Raj Kundra for quite sometime now is pregnant and recently broke the news on her social networking site tweeting,

“Tweetos, “YES” an addition 2 our family is our confirmation to all queries We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives.”

Shilpa clarified that because of her miscarriage last time, she chose not to break out the news very early this time. So, after Aishwarya Rai becoming a mommy and Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley on their way to becoming mommies, Shilpa Shetty has joined the bandwagon too!!

Tabu catches Tom Cruise’s attention

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise seemed to be pretty impressed with our talented actress Tabu and spent a lot of time with her at the party thrown in his honour. Tabu is working with Ang lee’s next project titled ‘Life of Pi’ and it was this fact that aroused Cruise’s interest in Tabu.

Tom is a huge Ang Lee fan and when he met Tabu he discussed a lot of things with Tabu including the facts about shooting in India and the actress’ experience with Ang Lee. Tom had heard a lot of Tabu’s work including the amount of appreciation she garnered with her work in ‘Namesake’.

So, while the Bollywood biggies were vying for Cruise’s attention at the party, Tabu obviously grabbed the stuff easily.

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise seemed to be pretty impressed with our talented actress Tabu and spent a lot of time with her at the party thrown in his honour. Tabu is working with Ang lee’s next project titled ‘Life of Pi’ and it was this fact that aroused Cruise’s interest in Tabu.

Tom is a huge Ang Lee fan and when he met Tabu he discussed a lot of things with Tabu including the facts about shooting in India and the actress’ experience with Ang Lee. Tom had heard a lot of Tabu’s work including the amount of appreciation she garnered with her work in ‘Namesake’.

So, while the Bollywood biggies were vying for Cruise’s attention at the party, Tabu obviously grabbed the stuff easily.

Aishwarya to make a comeback with SRK?

Post her much publicized delivery of her baby girl, Aishwarya Rai’s fans are eagerly awaiting her comeback in films. Though ll the film makers want to cast her in their projects, it is Sanjay Leela Bhansali who has managed to finalize the deal with her for the lead role in his long pending project Bajirao Mastani. Bhansali reportedly had a meeting with Aishwarya at Jalsa and reportedly Ash seemed interested in the project.

However, since Aishwarya Rai gave birth to a daughter in November and motherhood would be her first calling for a few months, the film will probably go on floors only in the second half of 2012.

Bhansali plans to cast SRK opposite Aishwarya in this project and if everything goes as planned, this would be Aishwarya’s fourth film with Shah rukh after Josh, Devdaas and Mohabbatein.

BJP leaders feel the need for censoring Sunny Leone

Ever since our Government has expressed his thoughts of censoring social media sites like Facebook, BJP leaders have raised their brows wondering why Government wants to repress social media when it is not censoring the Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone who is now on family television and is hogging a lot of limelight.

Kapil Sibal states our society is ‘not as mature as in the West’ while Anurag Singh Thakur asks, “Why do they want to censor Facebook, when they don’t censor Sunny Leone?”

A day after Communications Minister Kapil Sibal advocated screening of inflammatory or offensive content on social networking sites, Thakur said at a conference on effective legislatures organised by PRS Legislative Research, “Thousands of children are searching for her on internet and getting connected to porn sites.”

Thakur added that social media was a platform for common expression and should be allowed to grow and become mature. “Social media should be given time to get mature.There are options like watermarking.”

FHM threatens Veena Malik with a counter lawsuit

Veena Malik’s nude pose on the covers of FHM has created stirs in the last few days. The actress claims that the images are fake and she has also sued the magazine claiming Rs. 10 crores for the damages.

However, there has been a role reversal it seems, as the magazine has now sent an 11-page reply to Veena’s notice, rubbishing all her claims and even threatening a lawsuit of Rs. 25 crore.

In their notice, the magazine stated, “Your client permitted our clients for her photo as well as video shoots which were carried out by our clients with the consent and authority of your client. It would be pertinent to mention herein that your client pursued FHM magazine via photographer Vishal Saxena in October 2011 for a shoot. Your client wanted to do a sexy, bold and in-your-face shoot and to express intent for the same she also sent through Saxena pictures of her in bikinis etc, to show that she was in good shape for a shoot for FHM.”

Threatening Veena Malik with a counter lawsuit, the notice said: “It is further stated that in the circumstances our clients are free to initiate legal proceedings including filing a criminal complaint against your client (Veena Malik) for offences under Indian Penal Code besides claiming general and special damages to the tune of Rs.25,00,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Crores Only) i.e. Rs.15,00,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Crore Only) to the client No. 1, Rs. 5,00,00,000/- (Rupees Five Crore Only) to client No. 2 and Rs. 5,00,00,000/- (Rupees Five Crore Only) to client No.3,) and will also take any other appropriate legal action entirely at your cost, risk and consequences.”

Meanwhile, the actress’ second cover, where she poses with a grenade in her hand and with ISI tattoo on her left hand, is out. ISI reference has already raised eyebrows in Pakistan. While they settle out who is cheating whom, you check out Veena’s yet another spicy photo shoot for FHM………..