Thursday, July 7, 2011

AJAY DEVGAN AND KAJAL AGARWAL IN "SINGHAM"


Titled "Singham", the Hindi version is directed by Rohit Shetty and stars B-town's talented actor Ajay Devgan, our very own Prakash Raj and beauty Kajal Agarwal. The film is bannered under Reliance Entertainment and has been entirely shot in Goa.

Singham's first look has been released along with Salman Khan-Asin starrer 'Ready' which releases today (June 3). Ajay said to have requested his good friend Salman to attach Singham's trailer with 'Ready'.

The trailer shows how Ajay as inspector Bhajirao Singham takes on the baddies with style and josh! Typical thumping Maharashtrian beats, dramatic action sequences – cars flying, hero dodging from weapons - punchy dialogues, pretty Kajal, villain Prakash Raj's imposing presence…. makes 'Singham' quite promising and something to watch out for.

The movie also looks quite different from our version of the Suriya-Anushka starrer. It's not so often that one can see such hard core action films in Hindi these days. While it was Salman Khan who revived the action theme with 'Dabangg', Ajay has added more spicy flavour to the genre with his 'Singham'.

Ajay's 'Singham' will be on the big screens from July 22, 2011. Did you watch the trailer of the movie? Then share your views here... What do you feel about it? Who is better - Ajay or Suriya?

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

MEGAN FOX - IN "THE FACE OF BEAUTY"


She's been filling the void left by her "Transformers" dismissal with numerous projects, and Megan Fox is nothing short of alluring in her latest effort for Giorgio Armani.

The 25-year-old brunette stunner shows off her good looks in a batch of portrait pictures as part of Armani's "The Face of Beauty" Summer 2011 ad campaign.

Also partaking in a behind-the-scenes interview with the luxury brand (see video above), Fox played down her undeniable appeal, saying,"Makeup artists are definitely better at doing my makeup, but I like to do it myself. I like my eyes the best and I like to emphasize them. I like to make them pop."

Still in disbelief over being selected as the face of such a top-end brand, Megan told, "I never anticipated or imagined that I would be working with someone like Mr. Armani. He's an icon and his brand is so iconic. He has a really amazing energy and I'm just really flattered and humbled to be a part of it."

HOT AND SEXY SULAGNA'S DEBUT IN MURDER2


The promos of MURDER 2 have hit high octane and it is being projected as another super hit film from the house of Bhatts and also another solo hit for Emraan Hashmi after a long-long time. Incidentally, the leading lady of the film Jacqueline Fernandez is also being touted as another Mallika Sherawat in the making. But what is being closed a trade secret to be unleashed to the audience along with the film is another lady Sulagna Panigrahi. She is another girl from the army background who is going to make her debut in the world of Hindi cinema.

Her name is not to be found anywhere in the publicity of MURDER-2, but she is being touted as a surprise package. Indeed, Hindi cinema has been fortunate enough to have leading ladies from the army background who have made their mark in their manner, and have been a trail blazer. Sulagna could also follow in the same league.

One of the most successful female leading ladies so far in the Hindi film industry is Preity Zinta who had an element of chutzpah in her performance and it is owing to this chutzpah that she could carve a niche for herself. Sulagna has the same potential as she has done some daring stunts in MURDER-2, which is a surprise package, and she could do it with consummate ease on account of the army background where being accustomed to such stunts is a part of the process of growing up.

When one is talking about ladies with army background how can one forget Priyanka Chopra or for that matter Gul Panag, who has become the icon of bullet safari in India. Sonu Walia was among the first actresses who descended on Hindi films terra firma belonging to army background.

One of the most successful film stars of the present times, and latest muse of M F Hussain, is Anushka Sharma who comes from an army background, and Celina Jaitley is another actress who traces her origin from the same background. Among other noted ladies having army background can be included Bhumika Chawla, Pooja Batra, Sushmita Sen and Poonam Dhillon.

Such being the illustrious list one only hopes that Sulagna would carry the tradition forward and would be able to make a mark for herself in an impacted manner.

Monday, July 4, 2011

FLORENCE BRUNDENELL-BRUCE - PRINCE HARRY'S NEW GIRL FRIEND


He’s finally moving on from Chelsy Davy, and Prince Harry has chosen a super-hottie with whom to spend his time - Florence Brundenell-Bruce.

According to a report, the British Royal and the lovely lingerie model have been seeing each other for a few months, now, though they’ve kept their relationship under wraps.

However, when Harry finally declared that his on/off relationship with Chelsy was over for good, news began to break that Florence was his new leading lady.

An insider told press, “It’s very early days but Harry and Florence are an item. She is a lot of fun, blond and very good looking. Harry really likes her.”

Ms. Brudenell-Bruce comes from a wealthy family of wine merchants, and has her own $3 million home in Notting Hill, London.

JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ - LOOKING HOT AND SEXY



Let the truth be told. The 'Barbie doll look' that Jacqueline Fernandez had carried in her early outings wasn't due to any inhibitions that she herself carried. It was mainly due to her select friends and advisors who felt that she shouldn't be revealing beyond a certain limit.

Though the beauty queen was game for skin show due to her ramp and modeling experience, she was dissuaded from going the whole hog.

Says a close friend of Jacqueline, "Since she is an outsider, a lot of people were trying to teach her Bollywood. She would constantly hear 'don't do this', 'don't do that'. Some such guidelines included 'no bikini', 'no kissing' and 'no love making' on screen. Jackie listened to all of this but decided to follow her heart subsequently."

It made sense though. After all she pretty much risked gaining the tag of being an ice maiden after her rather cute-n-lovely show in ALADIN as well as JAANE KAHAN SE AAYI HAI. Resultantly, Jackie did some soul searching, laid low for a while before making an all important decision of following the Bollywood diktats. While one wonders who were these 'special friends' who tried to force their opinion over Jackie, the pretty woman says that she couldn't have been happier, now that she is making her own choices.

She says, "I was told not to be too bold or too sexy. Bikinis and kissing were a big no-no. At that time I too wanted to steer clear from any controversies so stayed away from it all. After all I had just started off my career in Bollywood and skin show isn't what I wanted to be known for. However when MURDER 2 came calling, I knew I had to go by my instincts. Of course even for this I was asked whether I was revealing a lot. I didn't worry much though as I knew what and why I was doing something. Yes, it's a risk but is worth taking."

Hope her 'friends' are fine with that as well.

KATIE HOLMES AND TOM CRUISE - IN A SWIMSUIT IN MIAMI



Showing off their beach bodies, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were seen swimming in Miami, Florida .

The “Mad Money” mommy looked fabulous in a skimpy black two-piece bikini as she waded into the water with her shirtless “Mission: Impossible” hubby as they celebrated Tom’s 49th birthday.

As previously reported by GossipCenter, Katie treated Tom to quite the birthday bash, organizing a fabulous fete at the SoHo Beach House Miami Hotel.

Cruise’s three children Suri, Isabella, and Connor were all in attendance, as were 40 other guests who were all served a gourmet Italian meal with chocolate cake.

GRAND OPENING FOR DELHI BELLY


Aamir Khan Productions and UTV's co production DELHI BELLY, which released last Friday, has become a huge success.

The sixth venture of Aamir Khan Productions is a mass grosser in India. It opened with 7.15 crore on Friday, 1st July. Saturday collections went up to 8.50 crore and increased to 10.75 crore on Sunday, giving a sum total of 26.4 crore business only over the weekend. With films opening to merely 10% to 40% maximum in the recent past, this seems like a new wave that has hit the Indian cinema.

The overall cost of the film is 24 crore which includes production, print and publicity as well. So, recovering is already done and the business in the coming days will also be something to watch out for given the terrific start of the film and also the revenue it is expected to generate from non-theatrical avenues. It opened across 1200 screens with major occupancy in multiplexes across the country.