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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sonu Niigam had promised to sing with his favorite singer Kailash Kher

Entertainment News : Sonu Niigam had promised to sing with his favorite singer Kailash Kher when he had come last. This week we will see him keep his words as he and Kailash take the floor with élan. The two gave a mind blowing performance with Ya Rabba…. When Sonu is around how can fun and laughter be far behind? Amongst all the laughter, Sonu displayed his seriousness when it comes to his craft. He demonstrated his observation about all the singing greats down the ages from Mohhamad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor… There are few as talented as Sonu Nigam in the industry today and even lesser when it comes to sharing their knowledge with newcomers. But that is what makes Sonu Nigam so special and a cut above the rest. Do not miss the most entertaining musical delight, on Indian Idol 4, this Friday February 6, at 9.00 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television.

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Kinng Kumar’s golden streak has come to an end

Bollywood News : ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ sank without a trace and many felt that Kinng Kumar’s golden streak has come to an end.

It’s being said that his well wishers are asking him to not try comedy again.

A source has said “Akshay Kumar has become progressively active in the process of writing scripts and shooting films. He freely makes suggestions some of which, I’ve to admit, are good. But quite often he wants to take over the project. When I went to him with another project he offered to co-produce it and to get someone to re-write portions. It’s obvious a lot of scenes in Chandni Chowk were re-written. The result shows.”

The inside buzz is that ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ writer Sridhar Raghavan was persuaded to continuously change the scenes until the writer who has good screenplays to his credit in Raj Santoshi’s films was a helpless puppet propelling the plot to destinations-unknown.

But friends like producer Sajid Nadiadwala whose ‘Kambhakht Ishq’ he’s doing aren’t worried.

He says, “It’s an out-and-out rom-com with stunts of an international order. And why are we jumping the gun just because one of his films hasn’t lived up to expectations? There could be so many reasons for it. Why should Akshay be blamed for it? Why so much negative criticism about him? Is he the first superstar to fail at box office?”

He doesn’t care about the comic element being there or not.

He’s said, “The film is what it is. I don’t work with my actors based on how their last film did. ‘Kambhakht Ishq’ will have a lot to offer.”

One huge challenge though is that Akshay’s pairing with Kareena Kapoor hasn’t always done well with duds like Suneel Darshan’s ‘Talaash’, Dharmesh Darshan’s ‘Bewafaa’ and Yash Raj’s ‘Tashan’.

Vipul Shah’s film with Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai which is to be launched in March has no comic element either.

He says, “I don’t think the failure of ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ means that audiences have rejected him in the comic avatar. The backlash is totally uncalled-for. And it looks motivated by reasons other than the box-office. A lot of people have been waiting to pounce on Akshay. This is their opportunity.”

Only Priyadarshan’s ‘De Dana Dan’ is an out-and-out comedy but Govinda’s buffoonery would be more visible there.

Other than that, Akshay’s forthcoming projects will not have much of comedy.

Well things change for better or worse with time. Looks like the hit machine has learnt it well enough by now.

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Shah Rukh and Salman Khan had a big fight mid last year

Bollywood News : Shah Rukh and Salman Khan had a big fight mid last year at Katrina Kaif’s birthday party which turned really dirty.

After much mud slinging, they have made it a point to avoid events where they might bump into each other.

Now both the big Khans were invited to Preity Zinta’s home for her birthday party on Saturday night.

Shah Rukh reached the party early and when Sallu heard about this, he decided to not attend PZ’s party.

He excused himself by saying that he was shooting but he wanted to avoid any unpleasantness by coming face-to-face with Shah Rukh.

An eye witness says, “Preity had invited Salman since they are good friends but he told Preity that he was shooting in Panvel for Main Aur Mrs Khanna and that he wouldn’t be able to make it. At Milind Deora’s reception, where both SRK and Sallu were present, it was easy to avoid each other as it was a big affair but Preity’s bash was an intimate gathering of about 20 close friends and it would have been impossible to avoid eye contact. Salman didn’t want an awkward situation again and opted out.”

There were many other interesting guests at Preity’s party like Akshay and Twinkle, Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jessia, Amrita Arora and her fiancé Shakeel Ladhak, Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder, Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor, Chunky and Bhavna Pandey, Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh and Farhan Akhtar.

It was good that another big Khan fight and a huge tamasha was avoided right there.

But there were some other spicy sightings. Dino Morea came minus girlfriend Lara Dutta and was seen chatting merrily with ex-girlfriend Nandita Mahtani. Looks like Dino has forgotten how Lara had walked out in a huff when Nandita had sat on Dino’s lap and flirted with him at a party sometime ago.

Akshay Kumar made a quick exit after wishing Preity to catch an early morning flight to Delhi. Shah Rukh and Akshay didn’t chat with each other. Kinng Kumar’s hit machine status might be in trouble after his latest film proved to be a big dud, but there still seems to be some tension with King Khan.

Must say B-Town events never fail to interest all and sundry.

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Sonu Niigam had promised to sing with his favorite singer Kailash Kher

Entertainment News : Sonu Niigam had promised to sing with his favorite singer Kailash Kher when he had come last. This week we will see him keep his words as he and Kailash take the floor with élan. The two gave a mind blowing performance with Ya Rabba…. When Sonu is around how can fun and laughter be far behind? Amongst all the laughter, Sonu displayed his seriousness when it comes to his craft. He demonstrated his observation about all the singing greats down the ages from Mohhamad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor… There are few as talented as Sonu Nigam in the industry today and even lesser when it comes to sharing their knowledge with newcomers. But that is what makes Sonu Nigam so special and a cut above the rest. Do not miss the most entertaining musical delight, on Indian Idol 4, this Friday February 6, at 9.00 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television.

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Aamir Khan is on sale

Entertainment news : Aamir Khan is on sale, after the swashbuckling success of Ghajini and now he is offering his beefed up Ghajini look to his fans.

An insider says, “It was producer Madhu Mantena’s idea to make the Aamir Khan-Ghajini look into a collector’s item.”

A source close to Aamir says, “Great pains have been taken to capture Aamir’s exact muscular texture and structure in Ghajini.”

So wanna buy Aamir?

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Glamor Girl Katrina Kaif Goes Simple bye-bye

Entertainment News : Katrina Kaif is normally always associated with glamor, but now she is all set to say bye-bye to the image as she gets into the character for Prakash Jha’s Rajini. And the change is not restricted to her looks alone, apparently Kats has to speak in a different way and she is undergoing therapy sessions for the same.

Katrina says, “My role in Rajniti has different shades - I start off as a particular way and end up as a completely changed persona. The character is immensely challenging and it is a huge responsibility to carry off such a character. I am very excited to work with Prakash Jha, who is known for his kind of cinema and believes in involving himself in every department of his films. In a couple of days, I will be shooting for the film in Bhopal where I have scenes with a crowd of around 500 and I am gearing up for it.”

“Prakash Jha is so involved in my characterisation that he is choosing the fabrics for the clothes for my character. He is so clued in that he knows exactly what he wants for an actor and that makes the transition of my character all the more challenging.”

“I can’t reveal anything about the transition of my character but yes I am also doing th

e voice modulation as I need to speak in a certain way toward the end of the film.”

Well lets see how Katrina looks in her de-glam avatar.

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Aishwarya said, “Thank-you, but not now” to French Hounor

Aishwarya said, “Thank-you, but not now,” to the French government when they conferred on her the second highest civilian award, which was also given to Shah Rukh Khan.

Aishwarya says, “I wanted my entire family — and that includes my parents, brother, sister-in-law, my husband and his parents, sister and brother-in-law — to be there. My father has been unwell and I wanted him to be there at this important moment.”

“It will be a glorious moment. But not without my father!”

But now her father is well and Ash has informed the French government to prepare for the ceremony.

She says, “My father will have to brave the long flight. There’s a long list of dos and don’ts for him. But worth it, don’t you think.”

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Freida Pinto made a dream debut with her international flick

Entertainment news : Freida Pinto made a dream debut with her international flick, and now she is a very well known face both globally and India, however before she tried her hand at acting, she wanted to be a TV presentator but her thin frame was rejected by many.

She could not make it big in TV arena as a presentator, because of her chest size.

The actress tells, “We have the voluptuous, full-figured woman thing. People say I need to get a boob job, but I’m just comfortable the way I am.”

Great Freida, you don’t need any add-ons.

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Omid - First Iranian-made satellite launched into orbit

Iran News : Iran launched into orbit its first domestically produced satellite Tuesday morning, the official news agency IRNA reported.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the launching of the satellite called Omid, or Hope, on a domestically produced Safir 2 rocket, IRNA said.

The launch, also shown on Iranian state television, was made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Safir was twice test-fired last year and hailed by Tehran as major progress in Iran’s aerospace technology despite international financial sanctions over its nuclear programmes. (dpa)

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Sonia Gandhi will dedicate the 1,054-km Mundra-Delhi oil pipeline Today

India news : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will dedicate the 1,054-km Mundra-Delhi oil pipeline to the nation at Bagru town near Jaipur today.

It is project of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) and was built in just 36 months at a cost of 1,757 crore rupees. It is the country’’s longest oil pipeline.

The pipeline passes through eleven districts spread over Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana.

The project will have tap-off points at Palanpur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Rewari and Delhi (Bahadurgarh).

The 316-km Mundra-Palanpur section of the pipeline will have a capacity of transporting 5.8 million tons of liquid products like petrol, diesel, kerosene and jet fuel per annum.

The 336-km Palanpur-Ajmer section will have 5.7 million tons per annum (mmtpa) capacity, 120-km Ajmer-Jaipur sector will have a capacity of 5.2 mmtpa, 171-km Jaipur-Rewari will have 4.6 mmtpa capacity and 65-km Rewari-Delhi section will have 4.2 mmtpa capacity.

The pipeline will save transportation cost as compared to other modes. (ANI)

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SEBI allowed to interrogate Satyam’s Raju By Supreme Court

India News : The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed market regulator SEBI to begin interrogation of Satyam Computers founder Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju in connection with the over Rs 7,000 crore accounting fraud in the IT company.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) investigating officer was granted permission to commence the questioning from tomorrow.

SEBI had yesterday filed a plea through Solicitor General GE Vahanvati and counsel Pratap Venugopal to the bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan to interrogate the Raju brothers.

With Raju continuing to elude SEBI even after spending weeks behind bars, the market regulator had moved the SC after the Andhra Pradesh High Court last week deferred to February 9, hearing on its request to quiz the tainted ex-chairman and his brother Rama Raju.

SEBI had moved the High Court challenging a lower court order, which denied it permission to interrogate the Raju brothers, who were arrested by the state police on January 9 — the day a SEBI probe team had summoned them to appear before it in Hyderabad.

In its request to SC, SEBI had said that it was constrained to approach the apex court for urgent relief related to the most serious financial scam that had large-scale national and international ramifications.

The Raju brothers, along with Satyam’s former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, are now in judicial custody.

A probe team from SEBI had landed in Hyderabad on January 8, a day after Ramalinga Raju disclosed the massive accounting fraud in the IT company.

According to the market regulator, the High Court should have seen that the Raju brothers cannot use judicial custody as a shield to avoid probe by expert agencies.

SEBI further said that just as police apply for custody, any other agency can also apply for access or custody and the same can be granted and the refusal to permit SEBI even to record the statements of the accused while in the custody was “arbitrary, unreasonable and perverse”.

According to SEBI, merely because investigations by different agencies like CID, Enforcement Directorate, Serious Frauds Investigation Office, Registrar of Companies etc may overlap, it cannot be said that they cannot investigate simultaneously pursuant to the power conferred on them under their respective statutes.

Stating that the scam in the NYSE-listed Satyam Computers was the worst in the country’s history, the advocates said that the company’s market capitalisation has fallen from Rs 15,000 crores to Rs 2,000 crores.

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Shilpa Shetty join the Indian Premier League (IPL)

Cricket News : The latest Bollywood name to join the Indian Premier League (IPL) bandwagon was the sassy lass Shilpa Shetty. The actress bought an 11% stake in the Rajasthan Royals franchise.

She has become the third Bollywood name after Shah Rukh Khan and Priety Zinta to be a part in the stakeholders of the cash rich league. The Rajasthan Royals team is co-owned by her long term ‘friend’ Raj Kundra who addressed a press conference with the actress today.

Her 11% stake in the team is estimated to be USD 15.4 million.

Elated on her alliance with the franchise that won the inaugural IPL 20-20 tournament last year, she hoped that she would get an encore result from them this time around too.

She said, “It is an honour to be associated with Rajasthan Royals, I hope for a re-run from them this time too”, and added “I relate with them (Rajasthan Royals team), they were the underdogs and they scored.”

Wrapping up a brief but lively press conference, Shilpa Shetty waved goodbye saying “Hallabol, way to go Rajasthan Royals.”

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