Juhi Chawla in a new blonde look

Juhi Chawla is one actress who is known for her versatility and bubbly nature and this time again, she is there to shock everyone with a completely different blonde look for her role in Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Luck By Chance’. In fact, it was the look of the character which impressed Juhi more than the length of the role in the film. Her blonde look has been designed by B Blunt’s Avan Contractor.

Juhi plays the character of Minty Rolly, the producer’s (Rishi Kapoor) wife.
“When Zoya offered me the role I was extremely thrilled, even though I was told it was not a big role, I dint mind, it was different from all the other characters I have played before, and that was the most exciting part. Playing Minty was so much fun! And moreover I got to color my hair blonde, which also was something I had never done before.” says Juhi.

Luck By Chance is produced by Excel Entertainment in association with Big Pictures and marks the directorial debut of Zoya Akhtar and stars Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Isha Sharvani, Sanjay Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia and Hrithik Roshan. It is slated to release on the 30th of January 2009.

Payal Rohatgi at the launch of her website

Payal Rohatgi shot into limelight from the oblivion with ‘Big Boss 2’, though we need not mention here the cat-fight she had with Sambhavna Seth and the way Sambhavna gave her the hell of a time on the exit interview with Pooja Bedi on Bigg Boss 2 . Sambhavna had written down the names of her notorious movies and was defending her “down market” remarks made by Payal during the show.

None the less Payal swore that its all in the past and now has buried the past by launching her official website. This was just the right time to launch her website when ‘Big Boss 2’ made her noticed and her role as a ‘full of life’ yoga instructor in the movie ‘Dil Kabaddi’ got her critical acclaim.

Check out the pics of an all green Payal Rohatgi at the launch of her website..

Govinda to launch his daughter Narmada

Govinda’s career graph is on a downhill now and since her daughter Narmada is now ready to face the camera and the anxious father has decided to produce her debut film himself.

‘Narmada will launch her film career anytime in 2009. I feel today she is emotionally ready to face the camera,’ said Govinda adding, “After weighing all the pros and cons, I decided I’m the best person to produce my daughter’s debut film. I don’t want anyone else, no matter how well-meaning, to take the credit for launching my daughter.”

Govinda is considering Nikhil Advani and Shaad Ali for directing the film. “Ideally, I’d have liked Narmada to be launched by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He is among our best. But since that is not possible, we’re looking at some other names. My daughter has to be directed by someone who has a vision and an aesthetic sense and also respects the work that I do,” said the actor.

As for himself, Govinda wants to slow down his pace and has stopped signing new films or taking up rputine roles. He has decided to work only with directors who are as organised and disciplined as Mani Ratnam.

 

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009

January 18 was the day when the stars of Bollywood decided to give glamour a backseat for their favorite causes. They took to the streets and created awareness about social issues in their own way at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009. John Abraham, Arjun Rampal, Vidya Balan, Soha Ali Khan, Rahul Bose, Om Puri, Tina Ambani, Gulshan Grover, Sharmila Tagore- all were seen on the streets under the catchline: Mumbai runs to secure its future.

Arjun Rampal was there to support the participants of the Nina Foundation for spinal cord injury. Vidya Balan was there to cheer the runners from the NGO Nanhi Kali. Former India test team skipper Anil Kumble also decided to take part in the Mumbai Marathon in support of a cause taken up by actor Rahul Bose’s NGO, The Foundation. Besides all these causes, it was terror which topped the marathon agenda.

Milind Soman, a familiar face in the pack, set off for the entire 42-km distance, while others preferred to let their voice do the talking rather than their feet. Actor John Abraham, who participated in the marathon said that it was an excellent display of Mumbai’s spirit and he was proud to be a part of it.

A dream come true for Tusshar Kapoor

Having one’s own house in the dream city of Mumbai is perhaps the dream of everyone in this tinsel town and our Tusshar Kapoor is no exception to it, but this new year brought a pleasant surprise for Tusshar when his parents, Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor, surprised him by gifting him a penthouse at Juhu in Mumbai. The duo bought the house a few years ago and recently began furnishing it for their son.

Jeetu and Shobha had the house custom designed prior to gifting it to son Tusshar. They handed over the keys to their son on the 31st; Tusshar was so thrilled with his gift that he immediately arranged a small party for close friends at his new bachelor pad.

Tusshar had long nurtured his dream of owning a house in Mumbai and even with this dream come true, the actor insists that he shall continue to stay with his parents and only use the house for get together with friends and family, and for time-offs.

Celina Jaitley as the cover girl of ‘Stuff’

There is no denying the fact that our Bollywood hotbod has been truly gifted by God as a perfect beauty. And when a gorgeous beauty comes alongside latest gadgets, the combination goes deadly. So, get ready for this deadly combo in the latest issue of ‘Stuff’ where Celina shows her stuff on the cover and inside pages and the way she displays her love for the latest gadgets gizmos like iPhone and ipod. Check out looking dazzling in a green dress with dangling red earrings on the covers of ‘Stuff’.

 

When John & Katrina were bounced back from the nightclub

Currently, Katrina Kaif and John Abraham are in US shooting for director Kabir Khan’s film ‘New York’. It so happened that during the shoot, one of the crew members threw a party at a nightclub and invited Katrina, John and the director to the party. However, when John and Katrina, along with Kabir Khan, got to the club, they were denied entry because they were reportedly not carrying proper identification proofs. They even told the bouncers that they were known stars from India, but the argument apparently cut no ice with the American bouncers.

So, while everyone else were partying hard inside, John and Katrina found themselves bounced out of the nightclub. They even drove back to their hotel and returned with ID proofs. But it was too late by then and the party had already died down.

 

Kingfisher airlines gone global with release of Calendar 2009

As Vijay Malaya name is synonymous to the life style and fashion in India, thus it would be routine exercise for Malaya to host glamour event like 2009 Kingfisher Calendar release party as attended by celebrity from the glamour world like Arjun Rampal, Ritu Kumar and Rahul Dev.

Like other year’s calendars this year models were also dressed in designer wears from Jean Paul Gaultier, Dean von Furstenberg, and Moschino.  Atul Kasbekar shot the calendar at exquisite locations of, Thailand. This year’s calendar featured models e Moni Kangana Dutta from India, Tamara Moss (Holland and India), Nargis Fakhri (Czech Republic and Pakistan), Suisa Jongsawat (Thailand), Katya Melnikova (Russia), and Mimi Blix (Norway and Uganda).

In the own words of Mallya, “As one of the most well known and respected consumer brands in the country, Kingfisher has become synonymous with a lifestyle that encompasses some of the finest things in life.  With our airline going global, this was the right time to present some of the finest models from around the globe. I am sure this year to the calendar will be a much coveted possession for one and all.”!

Just have a glimpse of some of the models from the fashion calendar.

 

siclub Swimsuit Calendar, a cheering welcome to 2009

New air arrival comes on fashion scene with glamorous calendar release showcasing models in either swimsuit or Bikini at least each model for a month to be hanged around on the wall of your drawing room. After the so talked about release of Kingfisher fashion calendar’s release. Next is the number of Desiclub Swimsuit Calendar designed by desiclub.com, a leading networking portal for Indians in the United States.

This year’s calendar has models of ethnic Indian origin. According to the words of Tania Mehra one of the models in this calendar, “Ask me about the Krebs cycle or various Biological processes and I’ll be sure to fill you in but ask me to figure out how to put those intricate swimsuits on and you’ll have me stumped”. She seems quite frank about her appearance on the calendar.

Anyway enjoy the hot pics form the calendar.

Adhyayan Suman celebrates his birthday

Adhyayan Suman celebrated his birthday in style. First, it was a surprise birthday gift from his parents, Shekhar and Alka Suman, a brand new car, which was gifted to him the night before his birthday. Then, it was a grand party at piano bar to celebrate the birthday as well as promote Adhyayan’s forthcoming film Raaz 2.

The impressive guest list included Imran Khan, Emraan Hashmi, Shekhar Suman, Mukesh Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt, Monica Bedi, Mohit Suri and others. And of course, there was Kangana Ranaut who was spotted standing very close to Adhyayan all the time.

A golden ‘Ghajini’ statue for Aamir Khan

‘Ghajini’ had everything new about it- be it a very unique storyline, be it Aamir’s new hairstyle, be it the innovative way of promoting it, be it the launch of Van Huesen ‘Ghajini’ line and the latest being the never before heard gesture of appreciation from producer Madhu Mantena to Aamir Khan.

Madhu Mantena presented a solid-gold statue to Aamir designed specially to resemble Aamir’s Ghajini look at the party held to celebrate the film’s success earlier this week.

“8 abs included. We can see all 8 of them on the statue,” Mantena states proudly.

The statuette is pure gold and probably cost the producer close to Rs. 70-80 lakhs though he isn’t telling.

“It has certain amount of other metal to make it malleable. Solid gold wouldn’t allow the identical Ghajini shape to be done in gold. But the idea was to create an Oscar-sized statue exclusively for Ghajini. Aamir knew he was getting a trophy. But he didn’t know it would be golden and with his Ghajini’s look. He was overwhelmed,” says Mantena.

Director Murugadoss was also given a statue, though far less hefty and golden than Aamir’s, but of course including the 8-abs.

Its time for 26th birthday candle for chocolate-boy Imran Khan!

Latest Bollywood stud, Imran Khan wishes to celebrate his 26th birthday in recluse with his girlfriend Avantika Malik! Now that’s what we call- committed! TOUCHWOOD! As we don’t find such men anymoreL!

This star with two bollywood ventures in his cap; captivated all his fans with his excellent performance, exceptionally good looks and humble nature. Year 2008 has been a milestone for Imran and we wish him all the luck in the coming years! Wish you a very Happy Birthday ImranJ !

Fall of Enchantment by Kingfisher 2009 Calendar

Alas! With the status of presenting best eye-candies, 2009 Kingfisher Calendar disillusioned its fans this time! L Regrettably the calendar models lacked all the charm and attraction! Thus, all the zeal and zest melted down as the calendar landed on the desk!

Arjun Rampal, bollywood hunk, manifested the occasion of release and introduction of the calendar along with its masterminds and the oh-NOT-so-cute models! Although there seemed to be immense pleasure among the lineup; while posing and smiling for the promotion purposes; yet there was an evident below par rating of looks and underdressed appearance of models!

As the Chairman of Kingfisher briefed up the idea of simplicity and instinctive looks that he executed in his pictures; he stated,” I had briefed the photographer to work in a space that would create such images. The accent was on simplicity and working with natural elements.” Though, the pictures are truly fine-looking art pieces; but the matter of fact is few want to look at the women themselves (as per the idea behind the images).

So the conclusion of the story is our unfulfilled desire of seeing some smoking hot babes that are roped on Kingfisher Calendar must be taken good care of perhaps next year. Amen!
Meanwhile, you guys checkout a few pictures of the event and pour us comments, HOT or NOT HOT?

Brinda Parekh ready to hit Bollywood again

Brinda Parekh was seen in the Bollywood arena in ‘Corporate’ and the girl definitely caught the attention of the producers. Brinda is a known name in South India as she has blockbusters like ‘Pokkiri’ in Tamil and ‘Buddhivanta’ in Kannada to her credit. Now, the dusky curvaceous beauty is back in Bollywood as she plays the lead negative role in Vipul Shah’s ‘London Dreams’ starring Salman Khan and Asin.

Owing to her complexion, curves and looks, Brinda has always been compared to the dusky Bong beauty Bipasha Basu and she has no qualms about it. Instead she feels proud about it saying, “It feels nice because I think Bipasha is extremely talented and very good looking. I consider her as my mentor. It will take me a very long time to get to where she is!”

Priyanka Chopra launches Nokia 5800

Nokia’s much awaited touch screen XpressMusic phone, Nokia 5800 was officially launched in Mumbai, India. Though the phone was made available through Nokia Priority dealers on 3rd of Jan, it was launched by the hands of Nokia’s brand ambassador Priyanka Chopra. Nokia 5800 is the first XpressMusic touch screen phone from Nokia.

At the occasion, Nokia’s India head for Portfolio and categories said, ” With more than 300 million music enabled devices sold, and a online Nokia Music stores live in 12 markets globally, Nokia has been able to gain incredible amount of knowledge and insights on what people want in a music device and track important trends on how people consume music. We will continue to break new grounds in this space by offering innovative products & services to our consumers.”

On the launch, Priyanka Chopra was presented with a special edition Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.