Katrina n Arjun Love Making Scene in ‘Rajneeti’ was Essential

Bollywood upcoming movie “Raajneeti” has finally got a UA certificate but not without some vital scenes, including Arjun Rampal and Katrina Kaif’s “aesthetically shot love making scene” that director Prakash Jha says was “absolutely essential”, being edited out.

“It was a very aesthetically shot love making scene. Arjun and Katrina are two very beautiful people. And they made love to the camera. The Tribunal (Film Certification Appellate Tribunal) felt it was a bit too explicit for a ‘UA’ audience. I didn’t argue,” Jha told IANS.

Jha’s weeklong battle with the censor board ended Wednesday with the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal in New Delhi viewing “Raajneeti” and granting it a ‘UA’ certificate.

The director had challenged the censor board’s decision earlier last week to grant “Raajneeti” an ‘A’ certificate with cuts.

Jha sees the reduction of the Katrina-Ranbir love making scene as a blow.

“The love scene was absolutely essential. Unlike other directors I had not shot extra footage so that the censors could take away whatever portion they liked. I had shot the love making scene exactly the way it was meant to be. I’ve had to reduce it by half.

“It’s a disappointment to all of us. I’ve also had to beep out the F… word uttered by Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in two different places in the plot. Ex-justice Usha Mehra, who headed the Tribunal, requested me to do away with the F… word. But it didn’t make a difference,” he said.

Ajay Devgn, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar and Manoj Bajpai too will be seen “Raajneeti”. Releasing June 4, the political thriller will be the behind-the-scenes look at politics, strategies behind election campaigns, scandals and much more.

Apparently, the censor board had earlier objected to two sequences – one showing the rigging of elections by fitting ballot boxes with specially designed gadgets and the other showing a female politician offering sex in exchange for an election ticket.

“An ‘A’ certificate brings on a specific mindset on the audience. They think the film has sleazy content. So I preferred to let the film be referred to the Tribunal,” said Jha.

Also Arjun’s volatile character in “Raajneeti” shouts lurid and graphic expletives Hindi at a police officer. These remain intact while the ‘f’ word is gone.

Several recent Hindi films like “Omkara” and “Ishqiya” were plastered with expletives but got away at the censors with an A certificate.

Kareena Not Playing Truant for 'Milenge Milenge' Promos

New Delhi, The makers of "Milenge Milenge" have denied reports that actress Kareena Kapoor is playing truant with producer Boney Kapoor in doling out shooting dates for the promotional video and publicity shoot of the film.

"Milenge Milenge", which is believed to be a remake of "Serendipity", is being produced by Boney Kapoor and directed by Satish Kaushik, under the banner of S.K. Films.

S.K. Films insists that the stories floating around the film are baseless and untrue.

"Though the film has been in the making for some time now, the delay has been due to certain unforeseen factors and not because of any hesitation or reluctance from the actors to complete the film," said an official statement here Friday.

"Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor inspite of their busy schedules have completed the entire dubbing of the film in time for the release and have given appropriate time for the promotional campaign," it added.

"Shahid has completed his portion for the promotional music video and Kareena will be doing hers shortly as she was busy shooting in Goa."

"Milenge Milenge" is in making since 2004 and is now slated to release July 9. The first teasers of the film have already hit the television screens.

For Why Big B Congratulated SRK

Amitabh Bachchan, who joined Twitter some time ago, congratulated Shah Rukh Khan for having over 400,000 followers on the site.

"Congrats!! you crossed 400,000... meri gaadi thoda dheeli chal rahi hai (I'm at a slower pace at the moment)," the 67-year-old posted on his Twitter page.

Amitabh, who has become a regular on the site now, presently has 98,228 followers. While he writes on his Twitter page couple of times during the day, he also has a blog, a voice blog and a mobile blog.

As of now, he is following just five people on Twitter - Shah Rukh, son Abhishek, Sachin Tendulkar, Shammi Kapoor, and Suhel Seth.

Sanju Declared The Best Comic Actor at IIFA

Colombo, June 6 (IANS) Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood's affable Munnabhai, walked away with the Best Comic Actor trophy for his rib-tickling performance in "All The Best", while Boman Irani received the Best Actor in Negative Role honour for his brilliant portrayal of an eccentric professor in "3 Idiots" at the International Indian Film Academy Awards here.

Sharman Joshi, who played Aamir Khan's friend in "3 Idiots", won the Best Supporting Actor Award, while Divya Dutta received Best Supporting Actress honour for her performance in "Delhi 6".

In the special award category, well-known Hindi filmmaker J. Omprakash and Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather, who made films like "Aap Ki Kasam" (1974) , "Aasha" (1980) and "Aas Paas" (1981), was honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema.

Versatile actor Anil Kapoor, who made his mark in the international arena with British filmmaker Danny Boyle's multiple award winning rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire", was honoured for outstanding achievement by an Indian in international cinema.

Bollywood heart throb Slaman Khan was given the Habitat for Humanity Award.

Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Story Award for penning the interesting tale of "3 Idiots".

Shahrukh Always Misses Working with Juhi Chawla

Bollywood superstar Sharuk Khan misses working with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza with whom he teamed up in the initial days of his career.

Shah Rukh gave hits like “Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman” (1992), “Yes Boss” (1997) and “Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani” (2000) with Juhi and Mirza.

“Last night (I) was thinking wot (what) beautiful times I had making ‘Yes Boss’…’Raju Ban Gaya (Gentleman)’…’Phir Bhi Dil Hai(Hindustani)’… missing Aziz (Mirza) and Juhi (Chawla),” Shah Rukh wrote on his twitter page.

The 44-year-old was last seen with Juhi in Amitabh Bachchan starer “Bhootnath”, a comedy directed by Vivek Sharma.

Shah Rukh also started a production house called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi and Mirza as partners and produced films like “Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani” and “Chalte Chalte” under the banner.

Shah Rukh is the most popular Bollywood celebrity on Twitter with more than 400,000 followers.

‘Kites’ Not to Release in Karnataka

Bangalore, The much-awaited movie “Kites”, starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori, slated to be released all over the world Friday, is not to be screened in Karnataka, the state’s film association has said.

In a special executive meeting, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) Thursday night decided that “Kites” will not be screened in any theatre in Karnataka.

Basanth Kumar Patil, president of KFCC, told IANS that the executive meeting decided against allowing the film’s screening because its makers have “violated the regulatory principles of the chamber”.

“The film’s release will be detrimental to the interest of Kannada cinema if it is allowed to be screened all over,” Patil said.

All single screen and multiplexes are members of KFCC.

No representative of Reliance was present at the meeting Thursday evening. Big Pictures owned by Reliance Group is releasing the film.

Kannada film producers and film distributors of all languages who are members of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce have protested against the film as it was slated to release in more than 90 theatres, exceeding the limit of 24 theatres stipulated in the state.

Patil had earlier said that many big Hindi films starring Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan like “3 Idiots” and “My Name is Khan” have been released in fewer than 24 theatres and the distributors of these major films complied with the KFCC orders.

Latin Pop Singer Shakira Entered in Bollywood

Bollywood seems to be attracting musicians from abroad.

Samantha Fox did it in Rock Dancer in 1995. Kylie Minogue did it in Blue. Akon will be seen soon in Ra.One and now you can add one more name to the list of Western artists making appearances in Bollywood. The latest is the Waka Waka sexy singer Shakira who is all ready to shake her famous hips in B-Town.

Shakira is no stranger to India. She had performed live in Mumbai and other cities back in 2007. She also has repeatedly expressed her desire to be a part of Bollywood.

Bollywood famous musician Salim & Sulaiman who are currently enjoying fame and adulation for their composition for the World Cup opening ceremony will be composing the track for Shakira. And if the buzz is correct we will see Shakira shake those adored hips for a cabaret song.

According to the song will be shot on South African Playboy queen & model Candice Boucher for the film featuring the IPL owner and entrepreneur Sachin Joshi. The film is expected to be recorded in the next couple of months.The lyrics would be in English with a smattering of simple Hindi.

The film will be shot in Germany, Prague, Morocco and China. Percept Pictures are looking to release the film in the summer of 2011.

Salim has confirmed the news. 'It would be a very sensuous, cabaret kind of a song,' the website reported him as saying.

Lara Attends IIFA with Mahesh

Lara and Mahesh at the Filmfare awards

After attending the Filmfare awards together, actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi gave another hint of their relationship by together attending the fashion extravaganza at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend in Colombo.

The couple looked very much in love while walking the green carpet on June 4. While Lara looked ravishing in a black and white short dress, Mahesh was dressed in blue jeans and white shirt with a dark blue blazer.

The couple earlier denied reports of their affair, but their recent appearances together have cleared the air regarding their relationship.

Lara, riding high on the success of her recently released film ‘Housefull’, will be comparing at the IIFA Awards main night along with Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani. The event is being organised by Wizcraft.

Shahrukh & Aishwarya not Reuniting

Well, who doesn't want to see the two highly regarded luminaries world over - Shahrukh Khan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan coming together for a film. But mere speculating and floating baseless rumours wouldn't do any good!

Recently a few reputed publications reported that Bollywood's premier production house Yash Raj Films is planning to reunite the duo for a movie. Not only this, it further stated that Aditya Chopra even had telephonic conversations with both Shah Rukh and Aishwarya trying to coax them to do a project under their prestigious banner. Whenever this jodi came together, they did wonders at box-office. Be it JOSH, MOHABBATEIN or DEVDAS - all have been huge blockbusters. Infact MOHABBATEIN was produced under YRF banner and directed by Aditya Chopra.

However, YRF have denied all such reports. A spokesperson from the production house clarified, "The latest news which appeared in a publication about YRF trying to convince actors Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to reunite for a movie is baseless. No such project is being planned which has the two of them paired together. Also, our next set of scripts are still under finalization and as and when the cast for each of them is locked, we will be more than happy to make the announcements."

Wish it had been true! Meanwhile, we wouldn't complain if other filmmakers are considering to pair-up the duo.

Katrina Kaif Beats Sharukh Khan and Aishwarya

Katrina Kaif is the most searched celebrity on mobile phones and has beaten the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Aishwarya Rai, as per recent research by a company.

The research was conducted by mBit Infotech, a Value Added Service(VAS) provider.

Among Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities, Katrina is on the number one spot followed by Angelina Jolie, Kareena, Shah Rukh, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Aishwarya, Monica Bellucci and Aamir Khan.

Commenting on the results, Raghavendra Agarwala, CEO of mBit Infotech, said: "It is amazing to see that Katrina Kaif is ruling the charts with a major slice of the pie, presumably implying that her popularity is mounting for both national and international audiences."

The research is based on the searches performed by over 120,000 users of mBit in the first quarter of 2010 (Jan to April).

Lara Dutta to co-host IIFA awards

New Delhi, Bollywood actress Lara Dutta will co-host this year's International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards at Colombo June 3-5 along with Boman Irani and Riteish Deshkmukh.

"I am not performing this year but will be hosting the show along with Boman Irani and Riteish Deshkmukh," Lara told reporters here Friday.

The actress was in the capital for the launch of international clothing brand Zara's store at Select Citywalk, Saket.

The actress looked stunning as she posed for shutterbugs in a short blue dress paired with pink sandals and a pink clutch. She has also given up her long locks for a shorter hairdo.

Also, Lara's face lit up at the mention of "Don-2" but she refused to divulge any details about her role in the film.

"Right now I can only confirm that yes, I am a part of 'Don-2' and I am really looking forward to working with Farhan Akhtar and Shah Rukh Khan. As for my role you have to wait and watch," Lara added.

Aamir Khan Upset With Sharuk Khan?

Mumbai, May 29 -- At long last, the weekend is here and I'm so glad I can get away from the shor-sharaba of the shaher for the next couple of days. What are your plans, my sweetums? Before you wonder if I'm going to go on and on about my chuutti with Madhu my Mottu Maid and Rapchik Rajni, let me share with you some of the garma-garam gup that everyone in tinsel town is shupping about.

For starters, I've just been informed that Aamir Khan is upset with Shah Rukh Khan. I had gone to see a special screening of Prince Of Persia

Katrina Says Thank You but not to Anees

The Kumar - Kaif duo has sizzled on the screen quite a few times in films like Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, Namaste London, Welcome, Singh Is King and De Dhana Dhan and are known to be one of the most enviable couples on screen. Their chemistry on screen is worth watching and has created hits every time. But recently Katrina had to turn down a film with Akshay.

The film Thank You was offered to Katrina by Anees Bazmee, but the lovely lass turned down the offer politely as she is already working with Akshay Kumar in Tees Maar Khan and could not manage two Akshay Kumar flicks together. Tees Maar Khan will be directed by Farah Khan and apparently the Akshay-Farah duo is the reason for the fall out between SRK and Farah.

The shoot for Thank You is ongoing in Canada and Anees is still hopeful of casting Katrina in his film. He sends a representative to meet Katrina almost every day in order to somehow work out the dates and at least make a guest appearance in the film.

Thank You will also star Sonam Kapoor opposite Bobby Deol. Anees has mentioned that casting Sonam was not for the sake of personal relationships with the Kapoors but keeping in mind her fresh face and her raw talent.

The search for a leading lady for Akshay still continues. Anees might just convince Katrina to do a cameo. Whether she will be seen with Akki in this flick is something to wait and watch!

Kareena cannot do Barbie Doll Roles Anymore

Kareena Kapoor a.k.a. Bebo has been one of the reigning actresses in Bollywood since the past few years. She has proved herself to be a versatile actress with a wide range of roles that she has performed in space of these few years.

The actress feels that she has now entered a much more mature stage of her career. The news of Mani Ratnam reviving his film Lajjo, which was earlier shelved have surfaced recently. The buzz is that Kareena and Aamir Khan will be playing the lead roles in this movie.

Apparently, Kareena will be one of the happiest persons around if Lajjo is made. She claims that she would rather do challenging roles than the ‘Barbie Doll’ ones. She has come to realise that she enjoys doing diverse roles as an actor now.

Bebo feels that she can no longer do the singing and dancing kind of girlie roles which she had essayed earlier. And she believes that these roles fail to bring out the actor in her. She has been able to win the hearts of many with her uniqueness in Kurbaan, Jab We Met, Omkara and others.

Currently, Kareena has quite a few promising roles in her kitty. Reportedly, she will be playing the role of a mother in Ra. One. She will be acting as a step mother in the Bollywood remake of Step Mom too. The role that was originally played by Julia Roberts.

Well, it looks like Bebo’s come a long way from ‘Pooh’ of K3G and has matured to ‘Dolly’ in Omkara.

Aamir Khan-Teaching should be the Highest Paying Job

Mumbai, Actor Aamir Khan, who has raised pertinent questions about the education system through his applauded films “Taare Zameen Par” and “3 Idiots”, believes that teaching should be made the highest paying job in India to encourage the best brains to join the profession.

“By and large, people go for teaching who don’t find jobs elsewhere. So if I don’t find a job elsewhere I will get into teaching. Therefore the cream of minds from every field end up going into business or something else to achieve success in their lives. The reason is that our teaching jobs don’t pay much.

“For me as a part of society, we give maximum value to the teachers, which mean the teaching jobs should be the highest paying. So after getting an education of higher level, a student should feel that his first choice should be to be a teacher because they will feel much more respected, will have a better pay scale, a better life,” said Aamir at the 1st anniversary of Forbes India magazine here Thursday.

Aamir maintains that students should be encouraged to enjoy education and eventually grow as good human beings.

“I think we need to teach them to think for themselves, to explore. We need to allow them to challenge. So if a child gives an answer, which sounds incorrect to us, we must not put that child down, we must encourage him to think for himself and question us and encourage him to discover, search, enjoy and grow as a good human being,” he said.

Asked what is that one idea that would change the world, he said: “For me education is the big idea. When I say education, I mean education for all. I also mean not just teaching one particular subject to the children but rather allowing them to bloom by recognizing the uniqueness of children. Reaching education to each child… know India is a vast country but that would be the big idea.”

Aamir also said that that teaching profession should be given more value in Indian society to increase the quality of education.

“It’s not just about giving education but giving quality education. And by quality I mean the quality of teaching we do, and I think for that it is up to us how much value as a society we give to teaching. If we give lot of value to teaching then the quality of teaching also improves,” he said.

The Best Comic Actor Declared at IIFA is Sanjoy Dutta

Colombo, June 6 (IANS) Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood's affable Munnabhai, walked away with the Best Comic Actor trophy for his rib-tickling performance in "All The Best", while Boman Irani received the Best Actor in Negative Role honour for his brilliant portrayal of an eccentric professor in "3 Idiots" at the International Indian Film Academy Awards here.

Sharman Joshi, who played Aamir Khan's friend in "3 Idiots", won the Best Supporting Actor Award, while Divya Dutta received Best Supporting Actress honour for her performance in "Delhi 6".

In the special award category, well-known Hindi filmmaker J. Omprakash and Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather, who made films like "Aap Ki Kasam" (1974) , "Aasha" (1980) and "Aas Paas" (1981), was honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema.

Versatile actor Anil Kapoor, who made his mark in the international arena with British filmmaker Danny Boyle's multiple award winning rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire", was honoured for outstanding achievement by an Indian in international cinema.

Bollywood heart throb Slaman Khan was given the Habitat for Humanity Award.

Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Story Award for penning the interesting tale of "3 Idiots".

Saif and Kat soon to come together in a romantic film

Saif Ali Khan has worked with most of the b’wood babes which includes Deepika, Kareena, Bipasha. Now according to the latest gossip in the industry Saif might team up with Katrina for a romantic movie.

Grapevine is that Priyanka is also a strong option for the role. But Kat has more chances of getting through.

Katrina Kaif Still Undecided About Home Production

Media reports hinted that Katrina Kaif will start work on her first production venture after the release of her political thriller “Raajneeti”, but her spokesperson says that the reports are not true.

“Katrina is just going over details and is in talks regarding her debut production but nothing has been finalized as of now,” says the actress’ spokesperson.

There were also reports that Katrina will play an army recruit in it.

“There is no truth to the news that Katrina will be playing an army recruit. It is too soon to talk about it as nothing as been finalised as of now,” said a source close to the actress.

“When the time comes an announcement will be made about her debut production project. As of now Katrina is just in talks and toying with ideas,” added the source.

Priyanka Playing the Games!!!

By Hindustan Times

Mumbai, June 7 -- Here comes Madhu my Mottu Maid, minus my icy Kiwi Mojito. Ask her about it and she's insisting that I hear this tiddy-bitty on Priyanka Chopra first. Since she won't let me breathe in peace, I give in to her demands.

I'm informed that apni Priyanka is hooked on to the games on her mobile, and whenever she gets any time off, she instantly starts playing the games downloaded in her handset. Can't blame her for indulging herself actually, reasons Mots.

Kyun? Kyunki she's shooting for Vishal Bhardwaj's Saat Khoon Maaf in Coorg, and the network around the location is really bad. And if that's not enough, she has to keep her mobile in silent mode on the sets. So akele akele aise hi baith ke kya karegi bechari, sighs Mottu. Hmm, if you insist, I shrug. Now go and get my Kiwi Mojito, pronto, I fire her.

Anushka Sharma’s Hottest Film Is Yet To Come

We all know that she was the simple and rather somber girl in ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, but Anushka Sharma’s compensating for it in full measure by turning on the heat with her revealing attire in ‘Badmaash Company.’

Close insiders, however, squeal that the Yash Raj Films flick is but a precursor to what follows next.

Reportedly, Anushka has flashed plenty of skin and has gone all out to revv up her sensuality quotient for Nikhil Advani’s ‘Patiala House.’

A close source insists that ‘Patiala House’ is her “hottest film”, as yet.
Coming soon to scorch at a cinema near you.