June, 2009

Mumbai, Deepika Padukone has everything going for her in Bollywood. She has worked with top stars and big banners. But she does have one regret – making her relationship with Ranbir Kapoor public.

Yash Raj Films’ “New York” that sees director Kabir Khan tackling an unconventional and serious subject has brought much-needed respite to the box office by grossing Rs.350 million worldwide over the three-day weekend.

The DNA test reports of rape-accused Shiney Ahuja have confirmed that the Bollywood actor had physical relationships with his teenaged maid who had alleged that the film star had raped her, a police official said here Monday.

Album: “Luck”
Music Directors: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant
Lyricists: Shabbir Ahmed and Anvita Dutt Guptan
Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja, Salim Merchant, Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat, Shruti Haasan, Clinton Cerejo, Anushka Manchanda and Robert Bob Omulo
Rating: ***

Composer siblings Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have once again churned out a potential hit album with “Luck”. The soundtrack of the film, which stars Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan, is powerful, hip, edgy and very impressive.

Akshay Kumar has worked with both Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in several films, but can’t decide who is better. The action king says both are “wonderful actresses” and have “sexy bodies”.

Like many other national and international celebrities, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is now on Twitter.  She is quite regular as she updates her account at least once a day.

Shruti Hassan is already a known name even before her first film hits the screens given the varied talents in playback singing and rock shows.

Former Bond girl Denise Richards has done some passionate scenes with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar in “Kambakkht Ishq” and says “he is a good kisser”.

Deepika Padukone – Vogue India (July 2009). Deepika Padukone graces the cover of Vogue India for the month of July 2009. She is in hotspot this month as her movie ‘Love Aaj Kal’ is all set to hit the theater and bollywood is expecting a hit from this movie particular after so many flops in this year. Deepika looks gorgeous in the gown which she wear for the cover, full of flowers on it. Do subscribe www.bollywood247.com, so that you won’t miss single bollywood babes updates. Check Deepika on the cover of Vogue.

Film: “New York”
Cast: John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Katrina Kaif, Irrfan Khan
Director: Kabir Khan
Rating: ****

When a hardcore commercial flick gets a standing ovation and a huge round of applause at the end of the show, you know that there is something definitely right that the director has done. In this regard, Kabir Khan can take a bow because he has done exceedingly well in making a film that is not frivolous, has a message and still carries enough commercial ingredients to reach out to masses as well as classes.