Bollywood News

Sonali Bendre is out of her prime now. Even in her prime, she was never the top Bollywood actress. However, she was very beautiful and not a bad actress. In fact, she thousands of fans. I often feel that she did not get enough opportunities to show her acting talent. Anyway, she is now very busy in her home. At this moment, she is not a actress but a homemaker, wife and mother. Wow, she has to play 3 roles in real life and real time. It seems that she is enjoying her new roles.

The Hindu wrote:

Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre Behl is enjoying her conjugal bliss so much that she has taken a sabbatical from films.

“I am a homemaker, wife and mother these days. I have a son, Ranvir, who needs all my attention. I acted for two and a half years after marriage, but I did not want to become a working mother. I am not going to act in films for a long time,” says Sonali.

But the talented actress still derives creative satisfaction by doing theatre. She has acted in “Aap Ki Soniya” that has been staged in various cities to generate funds for charitable causes. It is a sequel to “Tumhari Amrita”.

I am a big fan of Sonali and I wish her all the success in her new roles.

As Aishwarya-Abhishek would be marriage ceremony has already got much media attention, it is like that even small news of Bachchan family is getting much media coverage. Yes, it is true that the marriage not only in India but also in abroad has created a huge public attention. This would-be couple has already got invitation for honeymoon trip in abroad. There is a media report that the marriage is going to taken place on April 20, 2007. However, the reality is that there is no body who can give the exact date of the marriage. Magalorean reported:

“It (the date) must be true because the news was probably released from the Bachchans’ office. Its apparently a three-day-long celebration,” said a source.

Television and radio channels are adding to the cacophony. One TV channel has even gone to the extent of preparing a feature on the wedding with details of where Abhishek’s father Amitabh and mother Jaya will stand to bless the couple.

But no one really knows the answer to the big question – are Abhiash – as the couple has been fashionably dubbed of late – actually getting married on April 20?

“All this news is coming from Delhi and everybody is relying on a report published in one newspaper. The Bachchans are closely guarding the wedding details, but I guess very soon they will make the announcement just the way they announced the engagement. But the reports are a little confusing because, if you see, every newspaper has a different version of the story,” said the source.

There is news like Abhishek Bachchan will wear a golden sherwani in the marriage ceremony. The sherwani will cost about Rs. 500,000. Now, all the television channels and newspapers are busy with this all star marriage ceremony.

Hrithik Roshan is doing great and he is very happy. Why he should not be happy. These are his days. Shahrukh Khan is getting old and Hrithik Roshan can now think of taking his place. Yes, Hrithik Roshan is not only taking Shah Rukh’s place in the movie but also in the commercial world too. He is now the brand ambassador of Sony Ericsson.

Esato.com reported:

Sony Ericsson India General Manager Sudhin Mathur made the announcement in Mumbai. Hrithik will be endorsing all Sony Ericsson products and will be part of the company’s marketing initiatives.

The company aims to strengthen its commitment to the Indian market. Sony Ericsson has leveraged the platform of ‘Entertainment’ via several initiatives focused on Bollywood and sports. With this announcement, Sony Ericsson takes forward its association with Bollywood and entertainment in India.

Commenting on this special association with Hrithik Roshan, Sony Ericsson India General Manager Sudhin Mathur said, “India is a very exciting and high-growth market for Sony Ericsson. The company has witnessed this growth through launch of the most innovative products backed by a strong customer focus and exciting marketing campaigns that revolve around entertainment. With movies being the face of our society, Bollywood is one of the most effective routes to connect with the Indian audience, as it offers instant entertainment, instant identification, instant star power and strongly influences popular culture.”

Cool achievement for Hrithik Roshan. He will become richer with this deal. He will also become more familiar too.

It is interesting news. There is a press release in PRWeb. Here is the press release:

A new Bollywood movie featuring a selection of private car registrations from leading personalised number plates supplier Regtransfers.co.uk has just reached the cinemas. Regtransfers was asked to assist in finding suitable personal registrations for some of the movie’s main characters.

Namastey London, directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, tells the story of a young Indian girl living in England. Despite her enthusiasm for Britain and its way of life, and the fact that she already has a British boyfriend whom she intends to wed, Jazz (the girl) finds that her father has plans for her to marry a Punjabi boy.

The word “Namaste” or “namastey” in the movie title is a respectful greeting, often used by Hindu and Sikh people as a polite “hello”.

The families and characters depicted in Namastey London are rich and successful, and their status is reflected in the pedigree of the cars they drive. It was, therefore, quite natural for the production company to want a choice of high quality personalised registrations to display on those cars. Jazz’s British boyfriend, Charlie Brown (played by Clive Standen) drives a Bentley bearing the registration CB 9. Other registrations that Regtransfers lent to the production were: 1 CB (which has since been sold), B16 DAY, V1 CAB, and 630 FFS.

Regtransfers.co.uk specialises in providing private number plates for movie and television productions. Anyone requiring UK vehicle registrations for these or similar projects should contact the www.regtransfers.co.uk public relations department on 01582 470089, or email pr @ regtransfers.co.uk.

The next issue of Regtransfers.co.uk’s free magazine ‘Regtransfers.co.uk: The World of Personal Number Plates’, with its exclusive interview with Hollywood star Vinnie Jones, also features a movie theme. The magazine is available on request from the Regtransfers website.

Sounds very interesting!

Having heard a lot of speculation regarding the exact date of the marriage of two Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan, son of Bollywood legend Amitabh bachchan, and Aishwrya Rai, now it seems that April 20 is the probable date of this much talked marriage of Bachchan family. However, it has been also said that the marriage ceremony will only include the close friends of the Bachchan and Rai family.

Regarding this highly publicized marriage, media has gone for it for the last few months. Though it is the first marriage for both bride and groom, they had some affair story in their early life.

Aishwarya Rai was first involved with Bollywood actor Salman Khan and then she fall for Vivek Oberoi, another Bollywood actor. On the other hand, Bachchan Jr. also had a strong affair with fellow actress Karisma Kapoor, whom he had engagement with. However, Karisma Kapoor broke up the relationship later on. Then it is said that Abhishek Bachchan had a relation with Bengali actress Rani Mukherjee and both his parents expected that Rani was going to the real “Rani” (Queen) of their son. Unfortunately, this relation was also broken up later on.

So, it seems that their ex-love persons would not be invited for their marriage ceremony. However, I think the marriage has already made a huge boom in the media and using the huge attraction of this marriage some businessmen have already initiated to make some quick cash in. For instance, the bridal dress of both bride and groom will get instant hit in the Indian market.

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Kaun Banega Crorepati’s first season with its new host Shah Rukh Khan, a famous Bollywood actor, has recently been finished. The season was consisted of 52 episodes. This popular game show of India was first hosted by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan. With his presence, the program could create much hymn in India. However, Big B could not continue due to his illness. That is why, the program was stopped for a long time. Then the show again started with the host of King Khan, who also could hold the image of the show. NDTV Movies reported:

After 52 episodes SRK looks back at how doing the show has been a defining moment for him. Shahrukh says it has been quite an emotional ride for him.

“I’m feeling very bad. I’m going to miss coming to the sets, I’m going to miss the whole team,” said Khan.

He might be Bollywood’s biggest superstar but he proved that he could be humble as well, which is all credit for the success of the show. Khan says he goes to meet people behind the scenes.

There was a million dollar question in the last few months that between Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan who is better as the host of the show. However, till now, there is no exact answer of this questions.

One of the biggest awards giving ceremony of Indian cinema, the Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards is going to be held in Yorkshire, England in July 2007. It is expected that about 500 million people across the 110 countries will experience the ceremony in television. On the occasion of this grand ceremony 28,000 visitors will be gathered in one place. So, you can easily imagine that how big an occasion is going to be there in Yorkshire.

However, the Big B famed Amitabh Bachchan is now in the host city as he will launch this Bollywood award ceremony. BBC News reported:

Amitabh Bachchan arrived in the city as preparations got into full swing for the Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, due to take place in Yorkshire in June.

The four-day star-studded event is expected to attract 28,000 visitors and will be broadcast to a global audience of nearly 500 million in 110 countries.

Mr Bachchan said the film community was looking forward to the awards in July.

He said: “It is an event that we all look forward to, it gives an opportunity for the entire film fraternity to collect in one place over a certain period of time.

“It’s something that we can’t do even in Bombay when we are all living together, so it is an opportunity to meet each other and of course spend time in a new location every year.”

On the other hand, the Yorkshire state government is well concerned to make the best use of such a huge gathering. They think that the award giving ceremony will make a boost in their tourism sectors as people from different countries will either physically attended at the function or watch the whole program on television screen. Even if just one percent of 500 million people can be attracted by the Yorkshire tourism, it would generate quick cash in for Yorkshire.

Shakira has caused sensation in India. Her live concert has attracted a huge audience. She is impressed with the love and money she got from her Indian tour. Now, she wants to become more popular and earn more money in India. May be, she will visit India very soon. She even is thinking of doing any movie in Bollywood.

DNA India reported:

The Latino diva may just get a chance to star in a film with King Khan… if any of her Bollywood offers materialise.

If there were any doubts about King Khan’s popularity overseas, this should silence his critics. Grammy-award winning singer Shakira told After Hours, “Shah Rukh Khan is cool; I love him and have seen one of his movies.”

On Sunday night, the columbian sensation put up a good show at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra. She delighted her fans with her trademark belly dance and popular numbers like Hips Don’t Lie, Whenever Wherever and La Tortura.

The only sad part is that Shah Rukh Khan is getting old. So, Shakira better hurry.

Raima Sen comes from an acting family. Munmun Sen is her mother and she was a well known Bollywood actress who was famous for her attractive figure. Raima’s grandmother was Suchitra Sen, the living legend of Bengali movie industry. So, now it is time for Raima Sen to show her talent. Is she the next big thing in Bollywood?

Subhash K. Jha writes in Nowrunning.com:

From Suchitra Sen to Sushmita Sen, Bengali actresses have ruled Hindi cinema for aeons. And maybe now it’s Raima Sen’s turn.

“Bengali is my mother tongue but now I need to build on my career in Mumbai,” said Raima who will be doing just a couple of films in Bengali.

The girl certainly has spunk. For the skydiving scene in Reema Kagti’s “Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd”, Raima refused to use a duplicate.

“A body double was ready to step in. But I had done skydiving before, so I decided to give it a shot. About being in a sari, yes it was scary on the first day. But I soon got a hang of it. It was great fun,” Raima told IANS.

Talking about her small role in “Eklavya”, she said: “You must have wondered why I did that small role. I can’t say no to some people. But I’m learning. In recent months I’ve said yes only to Aparna Sen’s film. Now I’m being cautious.

I have just one advice for Raima- don’t try to be a sex symbol and don’t try to show too much of your body. Yes, her mother Munmun Sen did this terrible mistake. She was ready to do everything to get some breaks in Bollywood. Yes, Munmun got some breaks all right but failed to become the top actress in Bollywood. Raima should not do the same mistake. Raima is beautiful and good actress too. She just needs to be patient and hardworking.

Subhash K. Jha has an interesting report in Indiafm about Bollywood movies without premieres.

He wrote:

Is Bollywood on the verge of doing away with the grand and glamorous premieres? Yashraj Films who lead the production parade have shown the way. No premieres for their films.

Last week another biggie Vipul Shah’s Namastey London opened without a premiere. And if The Namesake premiere on Wednesday was a starry affair it was only because father and son Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan came down especially from Karjat where they were shooting the ‘Mehbooba o Mehbooba’ song for Sholay, just for a few hours for the premiere, although both had seen The Namesake earlier.

The stars from the film namely Tabu and Irrfan Khan showed up. But Kal Penn who plays the title role couldn’t make the effort to be there.

Premiere has one side affect. Most of the Bollywood movies are trash and premieres give the critics to attack a movie in the media before the audience rushes in. So, many viewers may get influenced badly and decide not to go the cinema hall in the end.