Amitabh Bachchan stole food from Shah Rukh Khan’s vanity van

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has proven he is no less than his “Paa” character Auro in real life. The sexagenarian was at his impish best at a recent awards ceremony when he went and “stole” food from superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s vanity van.

“I came in early and went straight to the back into the vanity van, to get ready and be made up for the presentation of the ‘Teen Patti’ promotion skit we were doing,” Amitabh posted on his blog Sunday night.

“Hunger pangs almost ripped my stomach apart and I stepped out and into Shah Rukh’s vanity (van) opposite mine and stole some of his salad that he was gorging into - he having missed his lunch as well,” added the 67-year-old.

Big B, as he is fondly called, bagged the best actor award for his performance in “Paa” at the 16th Annual STAR Screen Awards that was held Jan 9 in Mumbai.

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Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao support to the cause of child welfare

Coiffed and coutured celebs looking beyond their powdered noses remain a refreshing departure to witness. Two youthful luminaries, Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao , extended their support to the marathon through NGOs Swayamsidh and Childline.

At a recent Press meet the duo expressed their solidarity to the cause of child welfare, amply displaying their empathy. "1098, the number of Childline, helps solve the problem of exploited and abused children. They receive about two million calls yearly, but this year they have received close to 17 million calls. Any underprivileged or exploited child should be made to avail of this facility, so that we can save them from future abuse."

Swayamsidh, based in Aurangabad, caters to the cause of challenged children and Kapoor bared his pride in combining forces with their mission. "Swayamsidh was started by ten women in Aurangabad and now they are that it makes me feel proud taking care of more than 70 children. They plan to grow further and I’m proud to associate with them.We want to make these challenged children as indepedent as possible."

The recent spate of child suicides have struck a heartfelt note in Rao’s psyche."More than money, what a child really needs is love. In addition to parental and peer pressure, it is the school teachers also can also put a lot of pressure on children. They have to show a great deal of understanding when they are tackling young minds. The family comes first and if the child feels disconnected with its parents, it can lead to a whole lot of problems later."

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Malaika Arora Khan have been associated with Streax Hair Colour

In its aim to ferret out the best talent in the industry, Hygienic Research Institute, the parent organisation of Streax Hair Colour has propogated a hair fashion competition asking participants to interpret the latest trends in hair cut and color and give it their own personal style.

"I have been associated with Streax for close to three years and it’s been great working with the brand," says Malaika Arora Khan , who endorses the product commercially.

The competition finalists will showcase their talent with Khan and an esteemed panel of judges grading their efforts. Guess, it’s simply hair splitting.

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Here’s a peek at the winners’ list of 5th Apsara Awards

The 5th Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards that unfolded yesterday, was of a grand affair - with the presence of glittering hi-profiled celebrities of the screen town. Bachchans, Khans, Kapoors and many other big names had descended the arena to sparkle the event. It was quite refreshing to see Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal together, who acted as the hosts for the event.

The evening was lighted up with some fabulous performances by few Bollywood hotties like Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Arshad Warsi and Vivek Oberoi. Most importantly, the event honoured the industry’s noted personalities for their remarkable contribution to cinema. Among the jury were Ravi Chopra, Ketan Desai and Sajid Nadiadwala who had chosen the winners. Here’s a peek at the winners’ list:

Amitabh Bachchan - Lifetime Achievement award

Shah Rukh Khan - Best Actor (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Priyanka Chopra - Best Actress (Kaminey)

Rishi Kapoor - Best Actor in Supporting Role (Love Aaj Kal)

Kirron Kher - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kurbaan)

A.R. Murugadoss - Best Director and Best Screenplay (Ghajini)

Ayan Mukherjee - Outstanding Debutant Director (Wake up Sid)

Shreya Ghoshal - Best Singer Female (Tujh mein rab dikhta hai - Rab Ne Bana...)

Mohit Chauhan - Best Male Singer (Yeh dooriyan - Love Aaj Kal)

Imtiaz Ali - Best Story (Love Aaj Kal)

Pritam Chakraborty - Best Music (Love Aaj Kal)

Jaideep Sahni - Best Lyrics (Rab Ne Bana Di…)

Anurag Kashyap - Best Dialogue (Dev.D)

Ajay Devgn - Best Performance in Comic Role (All The Best)

Amol Gupte - Best Actor in Negative Role (Kaminey)

Ghajini - Best Film

Shiamak Davar - Best Choreography (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Tassaduq Hussain - Best Cinematography (Kaminey)

Sabu Cyril - Best Art Director (Aladin)

Besides these, the Chevrolet Heartbeat of the Nation Award was bagged by Shahid Kapoor for ‘Kaminey’ and Deepika Padukone for Love Aaj Kal.

Abhishek Bachchan had won the Guinness World Record for the Most Public Appearances to Promote a Film. The actor had travelled to 7 cities in 12 hrs to promote ‘Delhi-6’.

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Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone will be next in-thing couple

Aye nah… not the way you think… Its all for professional reasons...

Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone will be next in-thing couple, for they are said to be paired up for a film!

After directing few impressive films, Kunal Kohli is turning to produce his first film this time. Titled ’Break Ke Baad’, the film will be directed by Danish Aslam and, like the title denotes, is said to be a modern love story of a couple who break up and want to come together. The film’s backdrop is set against the locales of Delhi and Australia.

Ahem, ‘Break Ke Baad’ truly seems to be a queer coincidence after our tall beauty’s break up with her beau Ranbir …..

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Abhishek Bachchan has now become a tree to promote Idea Cellular

Abhishek ’Sirji’ Bachchan has now become a tree to promote Idea Cellular’s new ’Green Planet’ campaign.

With global warming becoming a hot debate topic, Idea’s Sirji is advocating ’Use Mobile, Save Paper’ to ’save the planet’.

The new Idea TVC showcases how the mobile phone can be used as an efficient tool to read daily newspapers, generate e-bills, make payments and transactions, issue e-tickets and boarding passes; thereby saving tonnes of paper everyday.

Brand Ambassador Abhishek Bachchan, playing the role of an agonized ’tree’ this time, strikes the idea of using mobile phone to save paper, and therefore, the greenery around him. As more and more people switch to their mobile screens, from everyday usage of paper, the tree regains life and leaves the audience with a simple message - ’Use Mobile, Save Paper’.

Speaking about the campaign, Pradeep Shrivastava, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular said, ’’Environment’ as a subject touches all, but gets attention only at strategic forums. The common man gets to contribute little towards the cause, due to lack of direction and ideas. Hence, IDEA Cellular has taken up the responsibility of educating the 500 million mobile phone users in the country. If they start using the mobile phone more judiciously, together we can make a significant contribution of saving paper, and therefore, the green cover necessary for the health of the planet."

The new ’Environment’ AD campaign went on air Thursday. This is the sixth in the series of Idea’s campaigns with the popular tag line - What an Idea, Sirji!

The preceding campaigns were - ’Championing a world without caste’; ’Championing a world in which no one suffers from the disability to communicate’; ’Education for All’, ’Participative Governance’, and the last ’Walk When You Talk’ - addressed subjects such as Caste War, Disability to Communicate, Education, Democracy and Health, respectively.

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Amitabh Bachchan is dominating every moment counts in the promos of Rann

Rann is up for release and it is quite visible that Amitabh Bachchan is dominating every moment that counts in the promos of Rann. However, director Ram Gopal Varma is clear that this was always meant to be the case. As per him, the veteran actor was always meant to spearhead the show because of being the senior most member of the cast as well as the towering personality that he boasts off.

Despite the fact that one does catch a glimpse or two of other important characters played by cast which is principal/supporting or established/younger, ultimately it is Amitabh Bachchan who is clearly spearheading the entire show.

"Isn’t that obvious", questions back Ram Gopal Varma, "With the kind of personality and the stardom that he enjoys, it is but natural that Amitabh Bachchan would be spearheading the entire film."

If one goes by the film’s synopsis, there are so many other characters like Sudeep, Riteish Deshmukh , Mohnish Behl, Paresh Rawal, Rajat Kapoor etc. who have been described to be quite important. What sort of space and time has Ramu managed to create for these characters?

"Every other character is important; otherwise it wouldn’t have found a place in the film. There won’t be any character that would feel short changed or left out in the film," assures Ramu.

As expected from every Ram Gopal Varma film, whether big or small, this one too boasts of some enticing promos that have caught the nation’s attention. This was especially the need of the hour considering the fact that January is laden with close to half a dozen exciting films like Veer, Chance Pe Dance, Dulha Mil Gaya, Pyaar Impossible and Ishqiya.

Produced by Sheetal Vinod Talwar and Madhu Mantena, Rann is all set for January 29 release.

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