Bollywood Club

It looks like, there's another Khan on the list of the most desirable men. We are here talking about the hot chocolate- Imraan Khan, who made waves in Bollywood with the blockbuster Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na last year.

The buzz is that Kareena a.k.a. Bebo has expressed his wish to work with this cutie in her near future.We hope not as a romantic couple, as the lady with size zero might not be able to match up with his naive image. 

However, the news of their link up isn’t yet confirmed. Thus, we wish that our dear Circuit comes out clean out of this. After all, it’s hard to find the happily ever afters in Bollywood. 



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On the other hand, the lady is bit of a problem to hubby- Abhishek too. As we all know, Delhi 6 (starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor in the lead) is on the verge of release, and the actors are full fledgedly promoting the film. But, it seems that Sonam is getting lot of attention from the promoters and AB baby is put at the backseat.

So is the Bachchan- Kapoor rift repeating itself? Let the tie decide.

 


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Hi Everyone,         

We are happy to announce that it has been over six months since LJ announced its localisation plans for India. 

We have been making great progress and with help from all of you, we have successfully launched a number of India specific communities. Besides Bollywood Club, the other active and buzzing India centric communities on LiveJournal are India Politics, India Writing, India Movies, India Sport and  India Travels. 

We would also like you take this opportunity to introduce to you LJ India. LJ India is going to be an active hub, almost the ground zero for all Indian users of LiveJournal, as well as all LiveJournal users interested in India.

Suggest ideas & improvements, ask questions, post queries, garner insights from other LJ users or just find friends with similar interests – LJ India is the community that you should join.

Do join the LJ India community. We look forward to meeting you on LJ India.

If you have any thoughts on how the past six months have been, or thoughts on how to take it forward, do leave a word.

Cheers,

Date of Birth: October 24, 1981

Place of Birth: Rohtak, Haryana, India

Raised by conservative, old-fashioned parents, Mallika spent her childhood harbouring secret dreams of someday making it as a model and actress. Much to the opposition of her father who never made any secret of his disdain for his daughter’s lofty ambitions, Mallika left her small village as soon as she was able to and she made her way to Mumbai.

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Though facing failure in his initial days, Big B won his first national award with Saat Hindustani. The all time classic Aanand that is still remembered by the film lovers, gave Big B recognition amongst the masses. But, the emperor got his title of ‘angry young man’ in 1973, with Zanjeer. With his experimental nature, Amitabh carefully chose roles from all the genres, where Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Namak Haram, proved his capability as a comic actor too.

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When it’s a party the hosts really don’t want to publicise, then it deserves mention. Esther and Raju Daswani are among the more popular couples. Now I will not mention just names here unless they really are interesting. Like every year, they hosted a party at their Cuffe Parade residence on Friday night. The occasion? They were celebrating friends and life. The motive for sure was not publicity. They politely declined camera and coverage requests. Like I promised, not just names at the end of this one.

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The entire apartment has been redone by her. Incidentally, it was designed by Raja Dhody before. The businessman is no interior designer; style just comes to him naturally. Now he is all set to open up a restaurant in SOBO. Between his frequent quick trips abroad, he went for the Grand Prix in Singapore and then hopped onto Vijay Mallya’s jet and went to Goa instead of coming home. His legal matrimonial matters, hosting some of the best Blue Label and pink champagne parties (even Parmeshwar Godrej wouldn’t miss his birthday bash), and attending other high profile events and parties. I honestly marvel at his energy levels. How does he manage to take on so much? Now his Facebook posting says he is gearing up to take on the world! He doesn’t need to. From what I saw recently, he has enough PYTs wooing him. And he already seems to have the world at his feet. Talking of his feet, I ended up there too. Blame my new shoes or a wet floor, all I know is that in the midst of a serious conversation I was at his feet. The bruise on my knee is taking its own sweet time to fade; an embarrassing reminder of a public fall that I hope went unnoticed by most.

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Celebs from across India had a very eventful night at the Star Screen Awards with the war of ugly words between Ashutosh Gowariker and Sajid Khan.

What more can we say? you will just have to watch it to believe how Bollywood Drama is now becoming a reality off screen.

Critically acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is will be releasing his latest film Kaminey in March.

The film belongs to the action genre and stars heartthrob Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. However, in this film Shahid’s character is completely opposite his image -- hard-hitting and raw! Nothing like the boy-next-door image that he has developed for himself.

This is also the first time that Shahid and Priyanka are paired opposite each other. Somethiing to look forward to! But most interestingly Priyanka has agreed for a lip lock and a love making scene with Shahid.

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For the very first time an Indian actor might present an award at this year's prestigious Golden Globes.  Shah Rukh Khan has been invited by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

King Khan may become the first Indian superstar to give away an award at the event held January 11 at the Beverly Hilton.

It is evident that what works with Bollywood heroines is glamour. The so-called simple, girl-nextdoor image does not really work. We have Anushka Sharma and Asin pitted against each other. The comparisons are inevitable. So here is Asin with perfect pumped up lips and all the attributes of a Bollywood heroine. Cosmetic or natural we don’t know, but she has what it takes. But Anushka clearly hasn’t worked. Usually Aamir is the one who picks simple, understated girls who can’t steal the show. Like Gracy Singh who was part of an Oscar-nominated Lagaan but didn’t really make it. Even Rang De Basanti had a white chick but again she was no glam doll. Ditto with Soha Ali who was part of the film but again, she is no sex kitten. Taare Zameen Par had a girl who breezed in and out. I don’t even recall her name. Then Jaane Tu… where nephew Imran was launched with the same logic. The girl Genelia D’Souza was no sex siren. Of course, the perfectionist that Aamir is, he must have chosen the girls according to the requirement of the films. But his heroines from the recent past didn’t really make it, while he walked away with the accolades. However, with Ghajini, it’s different. Aamir who has sexed himself for this film has opted for a hot looking Asin. She may be a fresh face in Bollywood but in the south, Asin has 20 hits to her credit. In fact, she is one young heroine who has had no flops.

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We all know how media savvy Aamir Khan is. In fact, when I first heard that the mega Khans — Aamir and Shah Rukh have their films pitted against each other, I thought how much of the Khans will we read day after day, for weeks. Every channel would have them. We saw how cleverly Aamir used the media to promote his nephew Imran Khan’s Jaane Tu… Now it’s time for Aamir’s own film. He knows exactly what to say when and where. Even his smile and facial expressions are calculated. This is something I admire about him.

Over the years, he has mastered the art of being flawless. But I watched him on TV on Eid day. He accused the media of being overzealous about the terror attack coverage. He thought the media went overboard giving minute-by-minute coverage of the situation. He felt the media should have gone easy. This, coming from Aamir who came out of our ears and eyes when he went on a film promotion binge and put us through a blitzkrieg of publicity.

Seeking and seeking desperately one bright, enterprising tele scribe to go snooping in Bollywood. To find out if we have learnt or not? Are we asking questions or simply welcoming every gori chitti chick who wants to come and work here in Bollywood. Are questions being asked? Are papers for foreign Bollywood aspirants being filed? Am not too sure. In fact, I was shocked when a reliable source told me the other day that a couple of our most popular beauties at the moment are here without work permits. Yes, we are required to go to the foreigners’ registration office and let them know we are working here. Hey! But this rule probably holds good just for the corporates. I guess even when government officials watch these actors sing and dance on their screens the thought doesn’t strike them that this person is perhaps here on my TV without a work permit. Certain stars are famous for being their humdards and giving panah to so many non-Indian artists be they actors or hummers… Oops! I meant singers. All you need is a beautiful face and a tourist visa and then a Bollywood biggie who gets attracted to you. Wham! Mam! You are right here in Bollywood. No questions asked. So many of our stars have been romantically involved with non-Indian women and men for decades. I wonder how many of these artists who come here to sing or judge competitions have work visas. Tourist visa hai na… chalega! All you need is an influential buddy in filmdom who is promoting you. Wouldn’t it be ironical if we saw one such celebrity talking about the terror attack and condemning them? This, when they are blissfully breaking rules. Do you think one of our stars would be able to work and become famous in Hollywood without work papers? Isn’t it time we ask how much these Pakistanis here have paid us in taxes after using our industry to make millions? Can every filmmaker make sure they see work permits and not just sign on a pretty face or a sweet voice just like that? Lastly, shame on all those filmi bigwigs who tried using clout to get their movies released simultaneously in India and Pakistan when the country’s tears haven’t even stopped dripping.