Riteish to don 3-D glares in Housefull 2

All eyes were on RiteishDeshmukh as he flew down to Thailand, Krabi Island only to land on the sets ofSajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull 2 all drained out to shoot for a group song titled“Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai” alongside co-actors Akshay Kumar,John Abraham and Shreyas Talpade. 
Fatigued with the marriagearrangements in his family – Riteish turned up with dark circles and puffedeyes that couldn’t be camouflaged with make-up.Quick thinking on director SajidKhan’s part – Riteish was asked to wear glares in the song. 
Says a source “Riteish wasbusy in co-ordinations for his wedding as well as his brother Dheeraj’s – He stillmanaged to fit the song shoot in between his hectic schedule however turned upwith obvious dark circles given the lack of sleep .Sajid suggested he sportglares in the song and he readily agreed – it gives Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai aquirky twist” 
Confirms director Sajid Khan “Theglares Riteish is wearing in the song are cool 3-D glasses and since none ofthe other are wearing glasses in the song we all had a good laugh”
Directed by Sajid Khan ,starring an ensemble cast -Akshay Kumar, John Abraham ,Riteish Deshmukh, ,Shreyas Talpade , Asin ,Zarine Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez ,Shazahn Padamsee ,Rishi Kapoor ,Randhir Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty , Sajid Nadiadwala and ErosInternational’s Housefull 2 comesto a theatre near you April,2012.

Sujoy Ghosh all praise for Vidya Balan

As Viacom 18’sKahaani nears its release, director Sujoy Ghosh couldn’t be more excited andcredits a huge portion of the film to lead protagonist Vidya Balan, statingthat the film is more “her baby” than his own. 
Viacom 18’s suspense thriller Kahaani tellsthe tale of a seven month pregnant Vidya Bagchi in search of her missinghusband alone in a festive city, with nothing to rely on except fragments fromher memories about him and when it comes to casting a woman of substance, thedirector could look no further than Vidya Balan. 
Says Sujoy Ghosh" The story demanded a pregnant woman in the central role. We wanted awell known face since it is the demand of the film and we got it in Vidya. Sheis a delight of an actress because you just can't find any flaws in heracting." Not holding back on praise towards his lead actress he adds“Kahaani' is more of Vidya's baby than mine today. She had a certain belief inthe film and today she is proud of it. She was not just an actor on the film;she was much more than that. She knew everything about what was happening onthe production front. At times she even managed crowds when things became alittle unruly while shooting” 
Ifthat wasn’t all ,the film’s script-writer Advaita Kala too says she developed thecharacter keeping Vidya in mind and always knew that the actress would dojustice to the roll – Says Advaita “I thought of Vidya as the 'hero' of my filmeven before 'The Dirty Picture' was released. I believe in telling storiesabout strong women.” 
Ask director SujoyGhosh whether he is a bundle of nerves in the release week and he is quick toreply “There is no set formula that tells you whether a film will work or not.I wanted to work with Vidya and I have achieved that." 
Directed by SujoyGhosh,Viacom 18’s Kahaani comes to a theatre near you 9th March2012.

Unveiled: The Mystery Girl on the Poster of Hate Story

Stirring up tremendous buzz was the mystery girl whohas caught the nation’s eye balls in the brand new bold poster of VikramBhatt’s next ‘Hate Story’directed by Vivek Agnihotri.
The daring poster had created quite a swirl in theindustry with only her tattooed bare back and a gun, with the makers keepingmum on the identity of this unknown woman for a long time.
Well they have now decided to break their silence and unveilthe personality of the bare back...it belongs to a Bengali bombshell, Paoli Dam!!!
The actress is all set to take Bollywood by storm starring inVikram Bhatt’s next bold movie titled ‘Hate Story’ which has been pennedand produced by him solely. Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the movie is based ona woman’s vengeance and how she uses her sexuality as a lethal weapon. The filmalso stars Nikhil Dwivedi and Gulshan Devaiah

Paoli is an Indian Bengali Actress, whomade her debut with the Bengali film Agnipariksha in 2006. Shecame into limelight in 2009 when she won several accolades for her Bengali film- Kaalbela, directed by notableDirector Gautam Ghose and has also received an award for Shera Bangali New Face2009.
She has also shared screen space with Bipasha Basu in Shob Charitro Kalponik directed by Rituparno Ghosh. Paoli was recently in thenews for her nude scene in the movie titled “Chhatrak” which waspremiered at the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals. Thesultry actress raised a lot of eyebrows from several quarters forthis explicit scene containing full frontal nudity. In fact, she is the firstBengali actress to have done such a sensational scene in a Bengali movie!
Her B-town debut ‘Hate Story’ hits theatres on 20th April, 2012!
Watch this space for more updates onthis bombshell!

FIRST LOOK - SRK & KATRINA ON YASH CHOPRA’S SETS INLONDON

Yash Chopra’s next directorial venturestarring the king of romance, Shahrukh Khan, along with Katrina Kaif andAnushka Sharma, started shooting in Londonon the 22nd of Feb 2012. Attached are the first look pictures of Shahrukh& Katrina on location. 
This untitled movie will mark the coming together yet again of the award winning duo of the music maestro A. R. Rahman and the poet & lyricist, Gulzar. 
The film is scheduled for a Diwali 2012 release,the festive time when Yash Chopra movies over the years have lit up homes worldwide.

"MelodyQueen Vijayaa Shankar Releases Maiden Pop Album ‘Teri Meri Raah’ In Mumbaiafter Rave Reviews And Fans Galore"

Her first namemeans victory and the second one is similar to some of the most globallyrenowned Indian personalities from the world of music and singing. Meet theversatile Melody Queen Vijayaa Shankar, whose maiden pop album ‘Teri Meri Raah’has won her critical acclaim as well as popular mass appeal.In 'Teri MeriRaah', vivacious Vijayaa Shankar has sung nine memorable songs while theinimitable Lesle Lewis of ‘Colonial Cousins’ fame has composed music andproduced the album, Lyrics are written by Rajesh Johri of ‘Sa Ni Dha Pa’ &‘Pari Hu Main’ fame. And Promising Lyricist Ravi Basnet. The uniqueness of thealbum is its sound completely acoustic giving importance to the vocalists’voice texture and melody. ‘Teri Meri Raah’ is a classical rock fusion thatappeals to high-energy youngsters dancing with abandon. ‘Do Anjane’ is aromantic melody that will have young couples going all mushy-mushy. ‘Tu najaane’ is sung in a unique Bosanova style. ‘Tere Bina’ is a soothing balladthat will remain etched in memory for a long long time. ‘Tu hi Tu hi’ based onEgyptian rhythm n style has a strange mystical influence that usually pervadestrance music in the discs. ‘Aona Aona’ is a peppy dance track getting you allgroovy. ‘Dekho main chal padi’ is all funk that is yuppie and peppy. ‘JahanMain’ is another peppy no. The ‘Teri Meri’ unplugged version is also quiteinteresting and will have you humming away to glory. 
In the video'Teri Meri Raah' is about a girl's journey in love and how two strangers getattracted to each other, but both take a while to express. It deals with theirmeeting and separation. Finally, the girl going ahead and expresses her lovefor the boy. 
The album isalready creating a rage in Bangalore.  The Title Track is fast catching up on the YouTube and Facebook andreceiving rave reviews as of now available in Reliance time out in SpecificCities soon to be available in all leading Music Stores. Also it is availablein I Tunes in Amazon and other Sites 
Several filmpersonalities and music directors including stars such Tharun Chandra anddirector Prashanth Raj, Indrajit Lankesh and Gurukiran have appreciated thealbum. Shankar Mahadevan had personally appreciated the Album.  The title track and 'Tu Na Jaane...' ismesmerising and is adored by the classes and masses. Vijayaa has sung severalpopular Kannada movie songs from Love Guru, Double Decker, Aaadu Aata Aadu andso on.
VijayaaShankar has sung over 500 jingles and songs in over 14 languages. She has sungfor leading composers such as Leslie Lewis, Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan,Iliyarajaa and Vidya Sagar amongst others. She has also sung jingles composedby Salim Suleiman, Vishal Shekhar, Sameeruddin, Vipin Mishra and Ram Sampat.She has also sung compositions of Pritam in various regional languages. She hassung the theme track of the recently staged Broadway musical by Shruti Merchantby the name Taj Express, which had music by Monty Sharma of Saawariya fame. Shehas done playback for over 10 to 12 movies of which 2 Hindi under production; 4Tamil songs under production. The film names include ‘Mazhai Vara PoguduSattensru Marudu Vanilai n Koppu'. She has also sung in Bangla with Shaan inmovies such as ‘Prothom Bhalobasha n IPS Choudhury. The Kannada film songsinclude ‘Love Guru’ - a duet with Benny Dayal of Pappu Can’t Dance Saala’ andGajini’ fame. She has sung a duet with Karthik of ‘Behka main behka’ of Gajinifame for ‘Double Decker’; a duet with Udit Narayan for the movie ‘Aadu AataAadu’; another duet with Kailash Kher for the movie ‘Dev’ under production. Thefilm ‘Love Guru’ got her the ‘Akka’ awards held in New Jersey for the bestpromising new artiste of the year 2009-2010. She had also been a part of ‘NaadaVaibhavam’ a mega event held by the Art of living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar inFebruary 2010. This presented her with an opportunity to sing songs with otherprominent vocalists. She has sung in the new version of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’,which features Sonu Nigam, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka amongst others. She alsoshared vocal space with Hariharan for the Nirma jingle. She has done duets withJaved Ali. She has also sung along with Kunal Ganjawala. She was a part of theclassical symphony orchestra held by Padmasri Sri Lalgudi Jayraman trust forthe music academy in Chennai. She has penned and composed corporate themes forBajaj and Amway; and songs for children’s animation series. She speaks over 8languages and even had also sunged songs in various languages like Sinhalese,Nepalese, etc...