May 2011 - Bollywood Images Actress

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Sonam Kapoor at Cannes

Bollywood is always excited when it comes to talking about their achievements at Cannes or walking the red carpet. But the real inside picture came forward this year when many of our Bollywood celebs went unrecognized by the foreign media. The only celeb who was recognized by the paparazzi was none other than Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Here we bring to you; some of the Bollywood celebs who tried their best to make their presence felt at Cannes but were unfortunately were unsuccessful.
Bollywood actress, Mallika Sherawat walked the red carpet at Cannes to promote her upcoming movie, ‘Politics of Love’. She has been very spirited about her so called stint in Hollywood. She was all very excited about her appearance at the red carpet and she surprised everybody with her see-through black dress that she wore on the first day. But what’s even more surprising is that nobody recognised her and the paparazzi ended up confusing her for Spanish actress, Stephanie Sigman.
Saif Ali Khan may be a big name in Bollywood but a large number of international media failed to recognize him. The ‘Chhote Nawab’ was at Cannes as the brand ambassador a reputed liquor brand. When he made his entry on the red carpet, his name was not even announced. Then he started walking in between two Hollywood heavyweights. In front of him were Antonio Banderas and his wife Melanie Griffith and behind Saif were Salma Hayek and her hubby Francois Pinault. No one seemed interested in clicking picture of Saif and half of them didn’t even notice him in between.
Bollywood actress, Sonam Kapoor was captioned as an unidentified guest by a leading news agency. Sonam who all decked up, arrived at the red carpet at Cannes for the screening of the movie, ‘The Artist’. But unfortunately the paparazzi failed to recognize her on the red carpet and tagged her as an unidentified guest.
Minissha Lamba was one actress who was given the worst cold-shoulder. When Minissha walked the red carpet she was captioned as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan by the international media. Thanks to the almost similar gowns that both Minissha and Aishwarya wore at the red carpet, the former was mistaken as Aishwarya.
As usual, Aishwarya was the only celeb who got recognized by the international media, thanks to her previous nine appearances at Cannes. Since nobody else was recognized there, guess what the others were doing there??

Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra Crosses 1 Million Mark on Twitter

Priyanka Chopra

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has garnered more than a million followers on micro-blogging site Twitter, joining the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Shashi Tharoor.

"Wow! A million. Thank you so much you guys. I feel very loved today. My twitter rockstars are the best. Big smile and loads of love," tweeted Priyanka on crossing the millionth mark.

The 28-year-old actress now has 1,006,134 followers and is the only Bollywood actress to have crossed the landmark.

The new score puts Priyanka in the third place in terms of popularity on Twitter, first being ace cricketer Tendulkar with 1,065,430 and former minister Tharoor taking the second place with 1,007,104 followers.

The National Award winning actress is even more popular on Facebook, with about two million followers on the social networking site.

"The social networking sites are a way for me to express myself and connect with my fans, and the response I have received is overwhelming," said Priyanka, who was in the national capital for a jewellery collection launch on Tuesday.

Hot actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Heroine

Bollywood actresses play all sorts of roles, from campus hotties to courtesans and from princesses to journalists. But it is when they play a heroine in a film-within-film that they generate the maximum buzz.

For instance, no sooner had Aishwarya Rai Bachchan been revealed as the heroine in Madhur Bhandarkar's latest film Heroine than the tongues started wagging. Will she pull it off? Isn't she the right choice?

Questions can wait for a while. In the meantime, check out the women, who've reflected on their professions in the recent past and whether they made the cut or simply failed.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Heroine
In the hands of Madhur Bhandarkar, who's known to extract solid performances out of his actresses (Tabu in Chandni Bar and Konkona Sen Sharma in Page 3), will Mrs Bachchan deliver a knock-out?

Word is that the film derives its story from the troubled life of Hollywood's legendary star Marilyn Monroe. However, Aishwarya's character Mahi is said to have been heavily Indianised and that Madhur has borrowed from some Indian actresses as well.

Actress Hansika is Flying High

Hansika is very happy by the way she was received by Tamil audience. Her recent release Engeyum Kadhal is doing well at box office despite mixed reviews. Her debut flick Maappillai too proved successful on ROI basis. She has two more films lined up for release in June and July in Tamil.

Hansika is also making her reentry into Tollywood with Ram movie Kandireega. This film is complete and is gearing up for July release. She is also roped in as one of the female leads in O My Friend starring Siddharth.

Hansika couldn’t hide her excitement with her success in Tamil cinema and being back in business in Tollywood again. She is hoping to reach the top in both the languages.

Director calls for ban on Ileana

The whole of tinseltown was abuzz with rumours that hot Tollywood actress Ileana will soon be banned from acting in Tamil and Telugu movies, following a complaint from Tamil film producer Mohan Nadarajan.
The producer, in a complaint to the Tamil Film Producers’ Council and South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, had alleged that Ileana had accepted an advance of Rs 36 lakh to act in his Tamil film titled Deiva Thirumagal opposite Vikram. She was also said to have given bulk dates for the movie.
However, at the last moment, Ileana allotted the same dates to Nanban, directed by Shankar. Mohan has said that he replaced Ileana with Anushka and the movie is complete now.
Mohan has contended that Ileana has not returned his signing amount, nor is she answering repeated phone calls. Now he has sought a ban on the Goan beauty. An associate of his has confirmed that Mohan lodged a complaint.
On condition of anonymity he divulged, “Initially, Ileana was evasive when we demanded the money. Of late, she hasn’t even been picking up our calls.”
It may be recalled that Ileana created a big controversy in Tollywood recently for staying away from the promotions of her film Shakthi with Jr NTR, on the grounds that she was not satisfied with the final outcome of the movie.

Taapsee’s Bollywood debut

Taapsee is yet to prove her acting capabilities but she has already made a mark with her glamour and excessive skin show. The second part in the above statement is doing wonders to her at the moment. Taapsee has been getting more and more offers in Tollywood and Kollywood alike.

Now, she has also caught the eye of Bollywood makers. Taapsee is soon going to make her Bollywood debut and the actress confirmed the same. Taapsee doesn’t mind to change places and take up various films in different languages. She says that she loves Indian cinema and will act in any language.

Working in various languages will not let Taapsee to conquer one particular area and the actress is aware of it. “I don’t mind to be considered as an universal heroine rather being regarded as top heroine in one language,” she says.

Sridevi to make her comeback

Yesteryears superstar heroine Sridevi is all set to make her comeback with a film titled English Vinglish. Gauri Shinde directs this women-centric film which has impressed Sridevi very much that she has decided to comeback to films after fourteen long years.

Work on the film English Vinglish will start on July 7. Gauri Shinde, ad man Balki’s wife will be the first woman director to direct Sridevi. “The credit goes to the script and my director. When I heard the script, I fell in love with it. I hope it turns out well,” Sridevi told when asked about what prompted her to do a film after fourteen years.

“It's been a while since I faced the camera. I'm nervous and excited. My children and husband are excited about the comeback,” Sridevi told.

Tollywood Actress Swastika Mukherjee Launches Web-Site

Calcutta, May 24, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Most stars nowadays like to get up, close and personal with their fans and interact with them and what better way than to launch a website and interact with them? A few stars like Dev, Jeet and Hiran have already jumped on to the bandwagon and launched their own sites, but Swastika is probably one of the very few artistes who will personally interact with her fans very soon.
Her website called www.swastikauntied.com which will contain all the information on her including her films, her likes and dislikes, her endorsements, her pictures, her upcoming films etc is basically ‘SWASTIKA UNPLUGGED’.
Swastika is already on Facebook and Twitter and to get further close to her fans so that they get to know the real ‘her’, she has launched this website. Also she receives a lot of calls from film makers from the south and other places who desire to work with her so through her website they can see her work and also reach out to her.
Swastika unveiled her own website at the Conclave in front of the media recently and by the look of it, it sure looked interesting.

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People Magazine names Katrina as India's most beautiful woman

The current buzz in B-town is about Bollywood’s top actress Katrina Kaif, who has been declared as India’s most beautiful woman by the People Magazine.

This was formally announced at the Crossword bookstore in Mumbai's Juhu suburban area, on May 26, when Katrina Kaif launched the latest issue of the Magazine that consisted of the annual list of India’s most beautiful women.

Reportedly, she has outdone actress Kareena Kapoor, who has been called as India’s second most beautiful woman, to claim the top position this year.

A source informed that after launching the magazine, she did not stay on for long and left the venue after meeting her fans.

Katrina looks ravishing at the launch
Katrina made heads turn at the event, as she graced the stage in a ravishing red dress, which made her look as beautiful and radiant as ever.

A source present at the occasion said, “Katrina's hair was worn down with a side parting. The fashionista picked a well above the knee red dress with thin straps, setting off a perfectly toned body.”

“T-strap gold heels and red painted toenails completed the outfit, while her face was done up in warm eye shadows, pink rouge and lip color,” the insider disclosed.

Reports claimed that when the scribes present at the occasion started pouring questions regarding Salman Khan, she got upset and she told the media to leave aside any questions pertaining to the ‘Dabangg’ actor.

Penelope Cruz is Kat’s role model
India’s most beautiful woman told the People Magazine that she has always liked Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz for her natural beauty.

Insisting that Oscar-winning actress Cruz was her beauty role model, Kat said, “I’ve always loved her style. She doesn’t look overdone or over-processed. She looks so natural.”

Katrina has two upcoming films that include the Imran Khan-starrer ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and Salman Khan-starrer ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.

Ra.One song 'Wanna be my chammak challo' leaked online

When Shahrukh’s is busy promoting his forthcoming superhero flick ‘Ra.One’, reports are trickling in that the item song ‘Chammak Challo’ from the film has been unofficially released online.

Apparently, the song and dance sequence ‘Chammak Challo’ featuring the bold and beautiful Kareena Kapoor in a desi look, has been recently leaked online.Eminent western rapper Akon has crooned the song, whereas popular choreographer Ganesh Hegde has directed the dance moves for it. After being leaked on the internet, the item track has created a flutter among fans.

SRK fans eagerly awaiting release of ‘Ra.One’
Just like the Baadshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan, his fans too are eagerly looking forward to the release of the superhero flick ‘Ra.One’. It’s learnt that King Khan will be flying to Delhi on June 1, to promote his approaching home production. Articulating her joy, Shefali Sharma, a fan of Shahrukh said, "I am so waiting for this film. To see SRK in a super tight super hero costume is all I can think of."

'No photos did justice to Madhubala's beauty'

The name Madhubala conjures up so many images of the yesteryear actress in our minds. Her beauty, grace, comic timing -- everything about her has turned into a legend over the last 40 years.
Strangely, for a celebrity of her stature and repute there's hardly any documentation of the legendary actress' life and time.
That's what pushed Khatija Akbar to take up the task of writing a biography on Madhubala. In 'I Want To Live' The Story Of Madhubala the author has written about the lesser-known aspects of the actress' life.
Present here, are excerpts from the book:
Engraved on the collective consciousness of lovers of cinema the images remain fresh in every viewer's memory. She was perceived as the 'Venus of the Indian Screen' (Baburao Patel's appellation that stuck to her), but how was Madhubala viewed by those of her own generation in the film industry particularly the actress?
'She was ecstatically, exasperatingly beautiful', exclaimed Nadira in her characteristic style. 'She created a kind of reverence, she had such an aura about her.' Begum Para saw her sometimes in the mornings when she went out for a walk. 'You saw Madhubala's face and your day was made. She was a dream really '. Nirupa Roy recalled, 'She was perfect, right down to her toe-nails. There never was and never will be anyone with her looks'.
'Her complexion was so fair and translucent that when she ate a paan (betel leaf) you could almost see the red colour going down her throat', recollects Minu Mumtaz. Nimmi confessed to passing a sleepless night after her first meeting with Madhubala on the sets of their common starrer Amar. How would she fare in the film alongside 'this apparition, this angel in human shape?'

The feeling of being struck dumb was a normal first-time reaction to Madhubala whether the hapless one was Shammi Kapoor or a casual visitor on her sets. For his first picture with Madhubala, P N Arora's Rail Ka Dibba (1953), Shammi Kapoor, dialogue forgotten and his mind a blank, could only gaze tongue-tied and lost. His brother Shashi Kapoor regretted the fact that he never got to act with her:

'She had a porcelain beauty, like Dresden china, very fragile, very delicate with a gorgeous infectious smile and very expressive eyes. There was a mystery about her.' Producer-director Manmohan Desai remarked: 'She was the only true beauty to grace the Indian screen and she was beautiful in every film with no exceptions.' Well-known journalist B K Karanjia discovered on first meeting her that 'none of her published photographs did full justice to her quite extraordinary beauty.' Filmfare, the premier film magazine of the time, wrote:
Her complexion is moon-kissed and the smile an irresistible come-hither but stay-where-you-are smile. J H Thakker spoke from a photographer's viewpoint: 'You could photograph her from any angle without make-up and still come away with a masterpiece. She was a cameraman's delight.'