“Agent Vinod” Saif Ali Khan’s biggest opening

Celebrations on the cards for Saif Ali Khan ,as his recent home production Illuminati’s Agent Vinod took a spectacular opening at the box office, the star’s biggest opening so far. 
The action spy thriller that collected10 crores at the box office on its opening day ,is fast becoming one of the biggest films of the year courtesy its hi-octane action, peppy music and production values on par international standards giving Saif Ali Khan aka Agent Vinod his career’s biggest solo opening.
Says acclaimed trade analyst and critic Taran Adarsh " Saif Ali Khan has grown as an actor and also grown as a box-office power.The number of screens first decide the craze for the film and the first day business is an indicator of its strength at the box office.The massive figures only go to show that Saif has a rare combination of talent and box office pull". 
Says Jogindar Tuteja “Saif has shown a remarkable growth over last 20 years. Starting as a dancing hero in numerous 'masala' films, sustaining himself in that mode for a decade when the world was gunning for him, taking a calculated risk to do strong roles in 'Big Three' Khan driven films like 'Kal Ho Na Ho' (Shahrukh), 'Dil Chahta Hai' (Aamir) and 'Hum Saath Saath Hai' (Salman) when it was time to reinvent, coming on his own with the likes of 'Hum Tum', 'Omkara', 'Race' and 'Love Aaj Kal' and now living his dream with his biggest film 'Agent Vinod', Saif has promised.....and delivered.”. 
With the trade touting it as Bollywood’s very first action-franchise ,having in shot in over 12 countries across the world including Morocco, Russia and Latvia,the highly anticipated action-adventure took an impressive opening ,an encouraging testament that Indian audiences are opening up to slick-past paced cinema . 
Says Saif Ali Khan “The concept should appeal to people ..its got an exciting plot.. The style, the narrative - the strength of the story and its Tin Tin qualities is the USP of Agent Vinod. Times have changed and so have our movies. This is the right time for Agent Vinod.”  
The film also marks Saif Ali Khan’s entrant as the newest action hero – Says Saif Ali Khan “I have challenged myself physically in roles before. One such role was of Langda Tyagi in Omkara. In Agent Vinod, I had to be fit, very fit. I had to train hard. It was a grueling schedule to do action. It is very demanding. I have a lot of respect for action heroes because I've got to know what it takes to be one.” 
The Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer Agent Vinod released worldwide March 23rd ,2012.

Agent Vinod takes the box office by storm

After opening to an approximate collection of 10 crores at the box office,Illuminati's Agent Vinod shows a steady graph and went on to gross 10.25 cr on its second day.
Agent Vinod had the cash-registers ringing on Saturday especially in multiplexes in prime metros across the country,in spite of the ongoing exams,with evening shows running to full houses. Surprisingly,the film is also doing encouragingly well at single centres and is looking at an early estimate weekend of over 30 cr.
Internationally too ,Agent Vinod is quite a subject of heated discussion ,with the film doing good business in Dubai and UK.
Said a source post watching the film at Doha cinema "Watched "Agent Vinod" at Doha Cinemas n' felt like Amchi Mumbai after a long time....Housefull!!! Very sleek movie & very rare for a Bollywud movie to get housefull overseas!!!"
While the action spy-thriller gave lead star Saif Ali Khan aka Agent Vinod his career's biggest opening ,the trade are confident that there's more to come from the actor.
Says acclaimed trade analyst and critic Taran Adarsh " Saif Ali Khan has grown as an actor and also grown as a box-office power. The number of screens first decides the craze for the film and the first day business is an indicator of its strength at the box office. The massive figures only go to show that Saif has a rare combination of talent and box office pull".
Adds Joginder Tuteja "With his biggest film 'Agent Vinod', Saif has promised.....and delivered.”
The Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer Agent Vinod,directed by Sriram Raghavan released worldwide March 23rd,2012.

CELINA JAITLY DELIVERS TWINS

On Saturday actor Celina Jaitly and husband Peter Haag became proud parents of two healthy boys. The names of the twins are Winston and Viraaj. The actor and her husband cant wait to get home to spend some quality time with the twins. Celina's husband Peter confirmed the news saying, "Yes our angels from heaven are here and we are very happy. Celina and the boys are doing very well healthwise too. We just want everyone to bless our handsome boys." Peter and Celina who are based in Dubai will visit Mumbai very soon.

UK POP SENSATION ONE DIRECTION BECOME FIRST BRITISH GROUP IN HISTORY TO DEBUT AT #1 IN THE US WITH DEBUT ALBUM

One Direction made history todayas their debut album UP ALL NIGHT entered the US Billboard 200 chart at #1with over 176,000 copies sold. This makes chart history as the first Britishgroup ever to debut at #1 in the US with their debut album release. UP ALLNIGHT went straight to No.1 on the digital chart within minutes of itsofficial release last Tuesday March13th.
Around the world, One Direction fanshave used online platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook creating aglobal phenomenon and inspiring a generation of 1D-mania. Dedicated fans of LiamPayne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have takentheir music to the top of charts around the world. One Direction haveaccumulated over 204 million YouTube views, 12 million followers on Twitter andover 3.6 million followers on Facebook. The music video for “What Makes YouBeautiful” has already garnered over 72M views, check it out here: http://vevo.ly/1DWMYB . 
One Direction gained notoriety in2010 after appearing on The X Factor UK. Their global smash debut album, UpAll Night, entered the charts at #1 in 12 countries and has been certifiedtriple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the UK &Australia, and platinum in New Zealand. In six months they have sold morethan 4.2million records worldwide. Their BRIT Award winning debut single “WhatMakes You Beautiful” entered the charts at #1 in both the UK and Ireland. Inthe U.S., “What Makes You Beautiful” sold more than 131,000 copies in its firstweek, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart. Their #28 debut onthe Billboard Hot 100 marked the highest debut from a British Group sincethe Spice Girls in 1998.  
Harry Styles says: "Wesimply cannot believe that we are No.1 in America! It's beyond a dream cometrue for us. We want to thank each and every one of our fans in the US whobought our album and we would also like to thank the American public for beingso supportive of us." 
Niall Horan adds: "We justfound out that we are No.1 in America and as you can imagine, we are over themoon! When we got put together as a group, we couldn’t imagine ourselves comingto America, let alone releasing our album here, so for us to be sitting at thetop of the US album charts is unbelievable. We are so grateful to everyone whohas supported us in the US."  
The X Factor group, who were formed andmentored by Simon Cowell on the UK version of the hit TV show in 2010, weresigned to Cowell’s label Syco Music in 2011 in partnership with ColumbiaRecords in the US.   
Simon Cowell says: “Icouldn’t be happier for One Direction, it is an incredible achievement. Theydeserve it. They have the best fans in the world” 
Last week in New York, over 10,000 fansturned out for the band’s first live TV performance on NBC’s Today Show inRockefeller Plaza and record numbers of fans have turned out to see them atalbum signings in the US.  
Later this month One Direction willperform their hit single “What Makes You Beautiful” on the Nickelodeon KidsChoice Awards March 31st, and will appear in an episode of iCarly“iGo One Direction” set to premiere April 7th on Nickelodeon. Theband will also be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live April 7thwith guest host Sofia Vergara. 
Their 2013 UK/Ireland Arena Tour sold outimmediately with more dates needing to be added. An estimated 300,000 ticketswere sold in the first day. One Direction’s tour of Australia & NewZealand sold out in just three minutes. 
One Direction are Niall Horan,Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. All of the group hailfrom the U.K., save for Horan, who is from Ireland. All five of the boys (ages18-20) auditioned for the UK X Factor in 2010 as solo artists. However, at thesuggestion of Simon Cowell they joined forces as a group, quickly becoming oneof the competitions most popular acts of all time, finishing in the final threeand garnering a gigantic fan-base along the way.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan "the iconic woman of worth" awarded at the L'oreal Paris Femina Awards

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was today honored with The ICONIC Woman of  Worth  Award at the L'oreal Paris Femina Awards 2012 which took place at the ITC Grand Central, Parel. She was presented this award by Nathalie Gerschtein, Director, L'oreal Paris
In a rare moment Aishwaraya  Rai Bachan honored her mother on stage with a special She's worth it award, as her mother is  the one person who has inspired her through her life and the one person Aishwarya has always aspired to be.

Aishwarya further added, " She is the nucleus of my existence; who has gently moulded me, shaped me, picked me up when I've been down, has faith in me and taught me to be the very best version of me that i can be".

Aishwarya was there to present the winner of the L'oreal Paris Femina 'Who's worth it award' which was given to Nicola Esteves who was nominated for the award by her husband Anand Esteves.
Aishwarya looked resplendent in an Abu Jani- Sandeep Khosla ensemble which was from their new summer collection.