Amitabh advices Mohanlal to join in Twitter

Amitabh Bachchan seems to going around and inspiring all his friends to join the micro-blogging site Twitter. And with much success.

Just a month after he persuaded the reticent Aamir Khan to join Twitter, Bachchan revealed that he has now successfully persuaded Malayalam star Mohanlal to join Twitter.

“On set of Kandahar and done with the Malayalam lines. Have persuaded Mohan Lal to join Twitter. He has agreed! Yippee success!” Bachchan wrote.

It was Amitabh Bachchan who had a long discussion with Aamir Khan about why he should be joining Twitter over dinner and Aamir has finally joined Twitter (his handle is Aamir_khan). Apart from Mohanlal, Neil Nithin Mukesh will also play a pivotal role in the film which is based on the Kandahar flight hijack. Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty is reportedly working on the sounds of the film.

“Amitabh Bachchan has landed in Ooty and will be wrapping up his shoot within a few days. We heard that he has not accepted any money for the film as he says that working with India’s finest actors like Mohanlal means is priceless,” says a source.

Big B had earlier revealed that even though the film will be made in Malayalam, he will play the role of a North Indian which means that he will be speaking in Hindi. The Big B will shoot for only three days in Ooty.

Kareena has own Website

When Bollywood stars are busy tweeting, actress Kareena Kapoor has launched her official website and promises to update her fans regularly.

"This is my own site, my own space. I like the idea of leaving Post-it notes for my fans. I have created a special fan book where fans can write to me directly," Kareena, 29, said in a statement.

One of the notes on her website www.kareenakapoor.me said: "Club Kareena is my official fan club. Check out Club Kareena on Facebook and Twitter."

Another recent development in Kareena’s professional life has been her association with FIFA 1 GOAL, an International campaign on Education for all. She has become the first Indian actress to be associated with FIFA 1 GOAL.

She has joined the likes of Matt Damon, Jessica Alba, Kevin Spacey, and Hillary Clinton and believes her website would help the campaign to reach people, who don’t know much about Indian cinema.

"1 GOAL campaign will reach a number of people who are not familiar with Indian cinema. This site will be a window to India and Indian cinema," she said.

Suchitra Sen in Sick

Suchitra Sen, the reclusive screen goddess of yesteryears, has been admitted to a private nursing home here following chest infection and breathlessness.
The 79-year-old, who dominated the Bengali film world from the 1950s to mid-1970s, was stable and responding to treatment at the Intensive Therapy Unit, the Bellevue Clinic said.
"Suchitra Sen was admitted with respiratory distress in the intensive therapy unit due to chest infection. She is responding to therapy. Her condition is stable now," the bulletin said.
Suchitra, known as the Greta Garbo of Indian cinema for her reclusiveness since retiring from the silver screen in 1978, was admitted to the nursing home a few days back under critical care specialist Subroto Moitra. She is on restricted diet.
Her daughter is actor Moon Moon Sen while she has two granddaughters - Riya and Raima Sen. Both are Bollywood actors.

Her pairing with Bengali matinee idol Uttam Kumar since the late 1950s produced one box office hit after another. Film buffs outside West Bengal remember her for her powerful performance in the 1975 Gulzar movie Aandhi besides her earlier films with Dev Anand.

A tight security has been arranged for the star

Salman Khan is currently in Colombo for the shooting of his upcoming film Ready. A tight security has been arranged for the star. Salman will soon start shooting for his film Ready and thus his safety is of prime importance for the producers. Till now, the star was shooting indoors at Taj Colombo and his safety wasn’t a big issue

Now Salman’s security has been tightened to Z-grade.

Ajay Kapoor of T-Series confirms the news to a tabloid and says,

“Yes we have upgraded his security. There was no point in taking chances… He’s like family, so there was no issue in getting him the proper security.”

Well, it was Salman’s own wish to shoot Ready in Sri Lanka; unperturbed by the protests back home, he even convinced director Anees Bazmee to shift the shooting location from Mauritius to Sri Lanka.

Ready is a Hindi remake of a Telugu hit with the same name.

Abhi-Aish in Commerical

“It feels like we’ve spent our entire lives together,” says Abhishek Bachchan in the latest issue of Vogue magazine. Abhi and his gorgeous wife Aishwarya Rai, not just pose for a saucy cover, but also let their passion peak in the inner spreads of the magazine.
The couple are seen wearing clothes and accessories from brands like Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and Christian Dior, among others.
Ash and Abhi are not exactly known for letting their intimacy out on magazine photoshoots, but this time they seem to have made an exception. Watch the stills and judge for yoursel

Priyanka Chopra is back home

Priyanka Chopra is back home. “After a gruelling schedule, she is very excited being back home in Mumbai. The actress has finished a long 65-day shooting of Vishal Bharadwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf travelling to different places right from Kashmir to Coorg. It was very hectic. and Priyanka was on her toes all the time,” said a source. On her return, the first thing Priyanka did was meet her parents. She also had some friends over. It was some kind of a mini celebration.

Priyanka’s role was a challenging one where she portrays a young girl in her 20s who gradually ages to 60 years. It would take Priyanka five to six hours to don the make up of an old woman. It sapped her completely and shooting in Coorg made Priyanka feel alienated from the rest of the world.

The hardworking girl is currently shooting for Anjaana Anjaani.

Sonam Kapoor speaks about her Hero

Sonam KapoorQ Whom do you like between Ranbir and Imran?
Both of them have stripped in my films. I like both of them.

Q Imran teases you a lot. Are you okay with it?
Imran is one of the gentlest people I have ever met. He is so modest and has no hang-ups. He is ethical to the point where he can drive you mad. He is the perfect cross connection for my craziness.
He did it like a ritual; he had this one rule - If I don’t harass Sonam today, my day will go bad. But I didn’t mind his teasing because it just showed how comfortable and relaxed he was with me, otherwise he just shuts up and sits.

Q Do you have a screen idol among heroines?
Sridevi - for all that she has achieved across every genre of cinema, If I become even 10 per cent of the actress she was, I will have achieved something! She is the only actress who has been able to get an opening for a film on her name.

Q During IHLS, you were linked with director Punit Malhotra. Comment.
Yeah because he’s a good-looking man and I’m a good-looking girl, so chalo jodi bana do. But nothing is true. When he came to me with the script, I thought ‘Yeh director hai? He should be an actor. I also thought he wouldn’t have written the script, but he had not only written the script but also the dialogue.

Q In IHLS and Aisha, you chose to work with new directors.
Thodi sanki hoon na, so I decided to go the other way. I got many offers from seasoned directors but when you work with them, there are a lot of expectations. Both my earlier films were big budget films. When you have less money and less time, you start thinking of different ways of being creative. I don’t think films flop, according to me, budgets fail. If Saawariya’s budget had been Rs 15 crore less, it would have been a hit.

Q How was it working in your own home production, Aisha?
It just felt like any other film. I was pulled up for doing anything wrong and my work on the film ended when we completed our last shot. I saw a song because Rhea asked me to come; even Abhay Deol saw it with me.

Q What are the pros and cons of being a star daughter?
There are only pros. I have my dad’s experience behind me and because I’m a girl and not a boy, there’s not much comparison. I don’t have to talk to people directly, they go to dad. I don’t have any awkward conversations about money as people have too much respect for him and he has a very good reputation. People just want to work with him and they think ‘the apple can’t fall too far from the tree, maybe she is good as well’. So I get work. I have no qualms about it.
The biggest stars in our country are Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra who are not from film families and you also have Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan … it is all about your destiny.

How have your parents reacted to your years in the industry?
In November, I will complete three years, and if you count the time I was assisting on Black, it has been five years. My parents tell me what’s working for me and what’s not. Mom told me not to even think about joining the rat race: ‘You can’t do it, manipulations have to be done and you will start crying. You will do well, if it is in your destiny.
Don’t fret over why so-and-so wrote this or who has signed which film, as all this starts affecting everything else you do’. I have blinkers around my eyes. If I’m offered a film which someone has rejected I don’t even want to know who rejected it. Since I’m keeping up with my mom’s advice, my dad is very happy.