BIKNI SHOOT OF SHAURYA CHAUHAN

Russell and Katy split was inevitable

Russell Brand and Katy Perry split up ahead of the worst week of the year for marriages.

The 'Arthur' star and the 'Firework' singer - who announced their plans to divorce on Friday - are among the first of what is expected to be a huge number of couples who will call time on their marriages this week, according to extra-marital dating site IllicitEncounters.com.
Illicit Encounters spokesperson Rosie Freeman-Jones said: "Russell Brand and Katy Perry are the archetypal example of the January blues break-up.
"Marriages are often stretched to breaking point over the festive period and thousands of unhappily married people look for a new partner or a way out. The first weeks of January offers them a chance to escape from the trappings of a familial Christmas and the claustrophobia that accompanies it.
"The first week of the New Year is when unhappily married couples finally escape from their cooped-up family homes. As a result, there is a record amount of internet activity at this time from married people looking for a way out. It usually peaks on the 4th of January, which is typically one of the first days back to work."
Speaking after he filed divorce papers in Los Angeles citing "irreconcilable differences", Russell said: "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I'll always adore her and I know we'll remain friends."

Team PLAYERS play it large!

 Players play it large -Never seen before promotions!
As Viacom 18 & Burmawala Brothers’s Players ,the official Bollywood remake of the Hollywood crime thriller The Italian Job closes in on its release
 , the film is receiving an unprecedented response as
Players -Abhishek Bachchan,Sonam Kapoor,Neil Nitin Mukesh ,Bipasha Basu,Bobby Deol,Sikander Kher and Omi Vaidya take the nation by storm. 
The team of the Abbas-Mustan thriller went out on a limb and took time out of their busy schedules to promote the film on a pan – India level. As per official Foresight Analytics reports Players moved up from 29 to 32 on FTI. Interestingly, the improvement in FTI numbers of the film comes from Spontaneous Awareness (SA). The jump in SA is about 10.0 per cent points in just one week. With an increase in SA and FTI, Players already expect to open brilliantly with numbers coming from men and women in the 25+ age group. 
The Players kick started their tour here in Mumbai with a never-seen-before music launch via an action-packed event with the stars performing stunts in front of a live audience. Followed by Abhishek Bachchan’s trip to Nagpur and Jaipur where he was joined by Abbas-Mustan .Talking about their fast-paced action thriller says Abbas-Mustan “People love the commotion in such films. The way the actors escape through tunnels and drainage pipes makes the film interesting. The double crossing and the scheming and plotting are something which keeps them glued to the screen. This is what we have retained in our film as well”.While in Jaipur ,Abhishek didn’t forget to make a pit-stop at Ajmer Sharif,while Sonam Kapoor and Bobby Deol set temperatures soaring in Chandigarh as they spoke about their characters in the film. 
The next day was nothing short of hectic as the Players split to travel to different cities.While Abhishek Bachchan and Neil Nitin Mukesh traveled to Lucknow, Sonam visited Pune and Bipasha took off to Kolkotta. While in the city Bipasha Basu said “Players reflects the present age, and the change in look and feel is apparent and important. I am here in my favorite city at this time of the year and happy to soak in the Christmas-New Year celebrations in Kolkata”.Sonam Kapoor was the cynouse of all eyes at Cinemax,Inorbit Mall,Pune as she waved cheerfully to the crowds.Medical students were sure in for a treat as they were visited by Abhishek Bachchan

and Neil Nitin Mukesh who spoke to them at length and then dropped into radio stations.Said Abhishek Bachchan “It was a wonderful experience working on Players. Abaas-Mustan wrote a brilliant script and have made a lovely movie. Players is a masaledaar entertainer”
The film’s exclusive party at Sheraton had Bangalore buzzing as the Players partied into the wee hours of the morning – The team then took off to Ahmedabad where they visited the Reliance Digital Store to pay tribute to business icon Dhirubhai Ambani on his birthday.
The next city on the cards was Delhi -The capital city was abuzz with the PLAYERS bowling game at PVR Ambience Mall's Blu-O bowling alley, where Players-
Abhishek Bachchan,Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and
Neil Nitin Mukesh went head-to-head to win an exclusive all-gold pin. No guesses here, Abhishek Bachchan who made an impressive 78 score, walked away with the coveted trophy as team mate Bipasha Basu cheered on.
The Delhi Metros was the place to be as audiences caught Players –Abhishek Bachchan,Sonam Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh in action ,as they unlocked a vault on the metros in the capital city.As part of the film’s promotions, the Players orchestrated a train heist much to their onlookers delight, in sync with the theme of the film.Post which they boarded the train followed by a friendly media interaction and thrilled their fans with some merchandise from the film.
 Confirms Vikram Malhotra of Viacom18 Motion Pictures, “Players has one of the most thrilling and elaborate train heist sequences ever seen in a Hindi film and we wanted to highlight this for the audience ahead of the film’s release. The stunts, the pace, the action of this sequence will blow peoples’ minds when they see it in Players on the big screen.”
The team is pulling out all stops to promote the film and recently also visited Indore ,where Players Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor visited the budding chartered accountants in the city to boost their morale. Leaving behind the cliché red carpet,the Players are also soon to walk the “gold carpet” on the 4th January ,at the special fan screening in Dubai.
Players  is the official remake of the Hollywood crime thriller The Italian Job filmed across India, New Zealand and Russia.Presented by Viacom 18 & Burmawala Brothers ,Abbas-Mustan’s
Players starring Abhishek Bachchan,Sonam Kapoor,Neil Nitin Mukesh ,Bipasha Basu,Bobby Deol,Sikander Kher and Omi Vaidya races to a theatre near you 6th January,2012.

Paiya, the pot of gold for Bollywood

Gajini, Ready, Bodyguard, Singham, Wanted… films that have been southremakes have created Bollywood history that can never be repeated as superhitsfor stars like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. Even currently, thetrend is in full flow with Kick that stars Salman Khan, and Maryada Ramanna isSon of Sardar that stars Ajay Devgan being talked about already. 
But  there is one film that seems to have been missed by Bollywoodstars. And that is Paiya, another potential pot of gold for Bollywood with lovefrom the South. The reason  the film seems to not be taken so far isbecause director Linguswamy was waiting for Surya to play the lead in the Hindiversion. However, since Surya is still neck-deep with his Tamil assignments(Singham, Gajini are but a few of his earlier film remakes),  Linguswamyhas moved on to do four Tamil films with UTV. 
So who will be the star who will grab Paiya the superhit that grossedover 50 crore business in Tamil with 20 crore overseas and over 20 crore forits Telugu version Awaara?

Is Sunny Leone scaring offBollywood actors and producers already?

After being evicted from Bigg Boss, pornstar Sunny Leonetargeted contestant Amar Upadhyay, alleging that he kissed her hand and pickedher up against her wishes, while carrying out fun tasks assigned to Housemateson the reality show. 
In an interview to a prominent newspaper, the pornstar from Canada mounteda scathing attack on the Indian actor and claimed, “It's the first time in myentire career that I've had to tell a man (Amar) more than once not to be acertain way. That's why I didn't exactly know how to handle the situation as itwas coming, other than talking to him as an adult. In my real life, no onecomes near me or no one even tries to get fresh or do anything – it just doesn'thappen.” 
Amar Upadhyay’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar clarified that theactor’s ‘acts’ of kissing Leone on her hand or picking her up during a raindance on the show, “were strictly part of the ‘entertainment tasks’ given tothe Housemates on Bigg Boss.” 
Replying to Sunny’s bizarre claims, he said, “Sunny Leone arespected pornstar! She should be careful before uttering such words against afamily man and an actor who has been admired and adored on Indian televisionfor his role of the righteous Mihir Virani in Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi,which even propelled him as a superstar on television with a huge fan following.” 
“Sunny is planning to enter Bollywood. Showing suchdisrespect for a family man and massacring the reputation of an Indian actoreven before she officially signs her first Bollywood movie, could reflect badlyon her and scare off most reputed Indian actors and producers,” the publicistpointed out. 
Indeed, Sunny seems to have committed professionalhara-kiri. Indiais a country of great morality and culture and this frivolous accusation couldmake her career in Bollywood an uphill task now. 
It can be noted here that Bigg Boss co-host Sanjay Dutt, whohad rightfully come to Amar’s support during one of the elimination rounds earlier,was said to be planning to work with Sunny. But the rumours have been denied. Quoting a source, a prominent newspaper clarified, “Sanju wouldn’t becomfortable working with Leone and has no interest in signing her onwhatsoever.” 
The other Bigg Boss co-host Salman Khan, who was said to beconsidering Sunny for a film, hasn’t announced anything; while Mahesh Bhatt isyet to officially sign her for Jism 2, a movie he discussed with her onentering the Bigg Boss House as a guest last month.