VJ-turned-​actor Ayushmann takes beauty lessons for Vicky Donor

A lot is saidabout actors getting under the skin of their characters but VJ and Roadieswinner Ayushmann Khurrana did just that in quite the literal sense for hisforthcoming film John Abraham’s Vicky Donor.
The comedy that takes a light hearted look at the taboo attached to infertility andartificial insemination sees Ayushmann aka Vicky play a donor cum beautician,for which the actor had to train in local parlours for his role. 
Confirms a source“In the film Ayushmann plays the son of a ladywho owns a parlor and who doubles as a beautician when not on donor duty. Toget the hang of it Ayushmann trained under beauticians for the role, learning abasic beauty course –threading, manicure, pedicure et al.” 
Directed by Shoojit Sircar the film marks the acting debut of VJ turned actor Ayushmann Khurrana ,whoplays a Punjabi cricket player cum sperm donor in love with a Bengali girl,played by television actress Yami Gautam. 
Produced by John Abraham,  ErosInternational’s contemporary comedy Vicky Donor starring comes to a theatre near youApril 20th,2012.

Priyanka has been chosen to perform at IPL opening ceremony

IPL over the years has become a huge attraction. And on April 4 in Chennai, Priyanka Chopra is going flag off the opening ceremony by a special performance.
Sources close to IPL say "we were very keen to only have Priyanka Chopra as the performer. Further adds that amongst all performances across various awards its Priyanka's acts that have generated maximum trps and that has been very obvious in repeat runs too. One of the reasons why Priyanka is emerging as one of the favourite on stage performers because she puts in a lot on her rehearsals  and she has a natural flair for on stage performances. She is also a versatile performer and a great dancer which is what on stage performances require.
Priyanka Chopra this year has performed on Screen, Filmfare, Big Star and now Balaji. And her act has been garnering huge response.
Priyanka Chopra is going through the most hectic shooting time where she is juggling three big films. She has been working on Anurag Basu's Barfi, Hrithik Roshan's Krissh 3 and Kunal Kohli's next with Shahid Kapoor.

Farah Khan joins the esteemed panel of “Women Changing India”- Barnard College’s Fourth Annual Global Symposium

Adding another feather to her hat, choreographer /director Farah Khan joined the esteemed panel of “Women Changing India” - Barnard College of Columbia University’s Fourth Global Symposium, wherein preeminent women in the country and region-leaders in government, commerce, media and arts shared their success stories and unique perspectives on how they continue to shape and develop India. 
Farah Khan joined the likes of other honoraries like reformer and India’s first woman police officer Kiran Bedi ,Teach India founder Shaheen Mistri,Shahnaz Husain – Chairperson ,the Shahnaz Husain Group, Mirai Chatterjee–Director of Social Security at SEWA all who were part of the Barnard University’s “Women Changing India” Symposium. 
The program featured panels on social activism,entrepreneurship and arts .Farah Khan who joined the second panel titled “Voices of the Region” along with panel members Nandita Das (actress and activist),Brinda Somaya (architect and conservationist ) and Mallika Kapur (CNN's International Correspondent ) spoke at length about the essence of Indian culture in the media, how she aims to strike a balance between her individual perspective and thoughts that influence followers –
Says Farah Khan "It was a great honour to be asked by  Columbia University- Barnard College to be on their panel of "Women Changing India".Great women achievers were speaking on the panel,and it was a humbling experience to be amongst them..".

Percept Pictures presents Emraan Hashmi starrer Rush

Emraan Hashmi who’s proved time and again that he isn’t far from the big league of actors given his stupendous success at the box office ,is now up on his star rating quotient with the recent string of hits added to this track record. This time around with the trade vouching for him as one of the most saleable stars in the industry today, Emraan Hashmi aka Hitman Hashmi  is here to prove yet again that he is the “darling of the masses” with the crime thriller Rush.
Also starring Neha Dhupia and Sagarika Ghatge,the film revived by Percept Picture Company and creative director Priyanka Desai sees Hashmi play the charismatic and investigative journalist Sam who plunges into a vortex of violence in a deadly engineered game of cat and mouse .
Talking about the film says Emraan Hashmi “I was blown away by Shamin’s script.Its a film I’m very excited about and something I’ve never done before. I found a journalist's life tough. I play an investigative crime journo in a news channel”. 
The thorough professional that he is, Emraan Hashmi also went out of his way to accommodate the film without inconveniencing the team post the tragic loss of the director. 
Confirms producer Shailendra Singh ,Percept “Emraan has gone out of his way to accommodate the film, purely out of sentimental reasons. We all wanted Shamin Desai's dream to come true. Emraan was really shy about accepting the trophy. He felt he was not worthy of it. But we disagree."
Percept Pictures & Shamin Desai ‘s Rush is scheduled to release 2nd half of 2012 .

Balaji’s GIFTH 2011-2012 gets bigger and better than ever

Balaji hosted its second GIFTH2011-2012, a dream come true for millions of Colors’ viewers who can nowwitness their favorite film and television stars entertaining and beingfelicitated on the same platform. 
The night glittered at Filmcity as the stalwartsin film and television sashayed down the red carpet for one of the biggestnights of the year.
The 15th March 2012 saw BalajiTelefilms Ltd., India’sleading creator of content in films, television and new media, host its secondGlobal Indian Film & Television Honours (GIFTH)– the nation’s first joint filmand television awards event.
Apart from the biggest names from theBalaji camp also making their presence felt were Bollywood stars RanbirKapoor,Saif Ali Khan,Vidya Balan,veterans Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor,KanganaRanaut,Bipasha Basu,Priyanka Chopra and Zareen Khan. 
Anchored by effervescentdirector/producer Karan Johar , who had audiences in splits, the star studdednight saw stupendous performances by Priyanka Chopra who grooved to Usha Uthap’sbeats,Saif Ali Khan who performed to “Pyaar Ki Pungi” from his forthcomingrelease Agent Vinod,television’s favorite Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar,ShwetaTiwari and Muoni Roy and a special act by Akshay Kumar. 
The GIFTH 2011-1012 honored 6main categories namely Popular, Technical, Programming, Achievement, SpecialHonours and Voters’ Choice and 30 sub categories. The best of 2011 was decided entirelythrough a combination of jury and public voting. 
It was a huge night for the production‘sin house film The Dirty Picture which bagged a whopping 9 awards includingthose for Best Film (Jury),Best Director (Jury),Best Dialogues, Best PlaybackSinging, Best Choreography ,Best Costume while lead and National Award winnerVidya Balan  walked away with the awardfor Best Actress ( Popular category) and the special honor of “Box Office Iconof the Year”. 
Others to have graced the stageincluded Ranbir Kapoor who won the award for Best Actor (Popular Category),Hrithik Roshan Best Actor (Jury),Farhan Akhtar Best Supporting Actor ,BipashaBasu and Akshay Kumar who won the Gitanjali StyleIcon honors and Amitabh Bachchan for his Lifetime Achievement in films to namea few. 
GIFTH 2011-2012 will be televised onColors, India’sNo.1 GEC on 15th April, 2012 with a special curtain raiser telecaston the 1st April.