IPL restrains Shilpa Shetty from voting

IPL restrains Shilpa Shetty from voting

Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan have flown to India from abroad to cast their votes in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. But Shilpa Shetty couldn’t do the same. She can’t took a flight back home dur to IPL. She is the co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals team.Shilpa stated, ‘I just regret the fact that I won’t be in India to cast my vote; I really wanted to this time. Elections have to be taken seriously if you are a responsible citizen. Unfortunately with the unexpected turn of events and the IPL being shifted to SA it’s become difficult. I would not miss voting for anything otherwise.’ This is what Shilpa Shetty posted on her blog shilpashettylive.com.Shilpa has some advice for us too. She wrote, ‘But to all those Indian citizens who want the best for our country, now is the time to make the decision, don’t waste your democratic right to choose. Vote!’Hope Shilpa would be able to vote for the next General Elections.

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Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh

After Amitabh Bachan, Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, Bollywood talented actor Akshay would be the 5th Bollywood star to be added to this prestigious wax museum. But Akshay refused the offer.The actor feels that he still has to go a long way in his carrer as the modest actor expressed, “I am not yet good enough for that (waxed at Madame Tussuads_. I have to achieve a lot more in life”.

Currently Akki is in Bangkok where he is shooting for the Indian version of famous reality show “Fear Factor - Khatron Ka Khiladi” with 13 females. Akshay was one of the first to set the trend for actors to initiate their own stunts in Hinidi film industry and now he will challenge the contestants on his reality show to perform daredevil acts.

Well, while Shahrukh Khan is still struggling with his show “Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?” we think Akshay will just walk away with the highest rating as this “Khiladi” knows well how to take challenges in the right spirit with out standing action.

Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh don’t have much reservations for dancing at wedding parties. It is reported that both were invited to dance at the wedding of builder Kanti Gowani’s nephew. When Akshay Kumar came to know that Shahrukh too is performing he opted out of the scene by quoting an exorbitant sum of money. This incident again fueled the rumor about ongoing Akshay Kumar and Shahrukhwer. The dance was supposed to be co-ordinated and scripted by Bunty Walia’s G S Entertainment.

Ramesh Govani, the groom’s father said, “Akshay could not work out his dates; we did not discuss the finances. We will now have Emraan Hashmi instead.”But an insider is telling an entirely different story. According to him, “Isn’t it a common happening in the industry that if you don’t want to do a particular project, you quote an unreasonably high price Hope the duo will be able to sort out their differences in the near future and work some magic together.

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Deepa Mehta's brother makes documentary on Indian

Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated film "Water", her brother Dilip Mehta has done a documentary on the lives of widows from across India and says unlike his sibling he didn't face any problem in making it.Entitled "The Forgotten Woman", the documentary moves from the dying derelict widows of Varanasi to the young widows of the soldiers who died in the 1999 Kargil war." 'Water' certainly galvanised me to make this feature length documentary. The inspiration came entirely from the widows themselves," Dilip, whose documentary was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival in December last year, told IANS.In 2000, when Deepa planned to shoot the plight of abandoned widows in Vrindavan and Varanasi, radical political activists drove her out of the country. Deepa finally made her film in 2003. She shot it in Sri Lanka with John Abraham, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas in the lead roles.

Making the documentary was a smooth ride for Dilip. "There were no obstacles whatsoever. The only obstacle was my own state of mind which was emotionally churned each and every time I focussed on the tragedy of the women - women who for no fault of theirs were marginalised by tradition, society and their own families," he said.Dilip says he had no problems in getting these abandoned women to talk.

"On the contrary every widow whom I filmed and who agreed to speak on camera was forthright. There was invariably an outpouring of their souls of emotions that were scarred, of feelings that were suppressed, of hopes and dreams that remained unfulfilled," said Dilip, who has just completed a comedy, to offset the mood of deep melancholy which "The Forgotten Woman" evoked within him."The documentary for me was mirror to my soul, to my fears and to my own ignorance of the enormous social injustice. The feature drama required delving into a different level of myself.

"Although 'What's Cooking Stella?' is a light comedy dealing with the disparity between the haves and have-nots and the inequality of the 'upstairs downstairs' syndrome, it still required inventiveness, sincerity and a lighter approach to life," he added.Dilip doesn't deny his sister's hand in his creativity."Deepa's guiding hand has been present in my entire life. For both my films, she made suggestions - some were taken and some were not. Since her guidance comes with deep sincerity and good intention, it never sticks in the throat. I consider myself fortunate," he said.

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Kangana

Anil Kapoor was convinced that I can do comedy: Kangana

After a string of films where she portrayed a troubled woman, Kangana Ranaut is all set to change audience perception about her with a comedy film "No Problem" and she thanks Anil Kapoor, who is producing the comedy, for giving her the opportunity.

"I had decided whenever I do my first comedy it would have to be either with Anees Bazmee or David Dhawan. Everyone thought I was wrong for the part in 'No Problem'. No one was convinced I could do comedy, not after playing all those traumatised roles. But Anilji convinced everyone that I could," Kangana told IANS.The film is being directed by Anees Bazmee and also stars Sushmita Sen.

"So far I've never had fun on the sets. All the characters I've played have been introverted and troubled. So I've been in my shell. During 'Fashion' Madhur Bhandarkar used to scold me for being in a shell all the time. But if I play insecure, paranoid characters, I can't be laughing and playing around. But it was the nature of the characters."For Anees Bazmi's film I'm changing completely. I'm going to organise parties on the sets, constantly crack Santa-Banta jokes and, most important of all, I will bond with Sushmita (Sen). Hopefully our bonding will last beyond one film," she said.

After signing a film together, Sushmita has taken the lovely Kangana under her wings. Always known to be warm towards her co-stars, Sushmita has taken a special fancy to Kangana because of her facial resemblance to Sushmita's daughter Renee.

"On the first day that we met, we struck a special chord in each other's hearts. I was standing at a premiere and she came up to me. She held my face in her hands and said I've hair exactly like her daughter. And that whenever she saw me she was reminded of her daughter."From that moment onwards we bonded. Luckily, I play Sushmita's sister in the film that we're doing together. I love calling her didi," said the actress who won best supporting actress Filmfare award for her performance in "Fashion".Kangana, who starred in films like "Woh Lamhe" and "Gangster - A Love Story", is pleased to be finally doing comedy."I was really hurt when people said I was destined only to play tragic roles. I wanted to do comedy for the longest time. And that I've Sushmita playing my sister in the film is an added bonus. We'll have a ball playing sisters," she said.

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Rani Mukerji

My dad is now improving, says Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji's father, who had two major cardiac arrests in the past, recently collapsed and the actress says luckily it wasn't his heart and thankfully her father is improving.

"Luckily, it wasn't his heart. It was his kidney. And that was bad enough. Because of his earlier heart condition the kidney couldn't take the strain. So yes, I've been through a rough time," Rani told."But all is well now. Dad is well on the road to recovery. And we can't thank the industry and all my friends and his friends enough," she added.

When detected with a kidney condition, Rani's father, Ram Mukherjee who directed Dilip Kumar starrer "Leader" in 1964, was immediately taken to Jaslok Hospital where to add to the family's distress wrong medication was administered."But that was no one's fault. Fortunately, they detected the error before there was any damage. After that he has been getting better by the day," said the actress who just wrapped up the last day of her shooting for Yash Raj Films' project with Shahid Kapur.But for a while it was touch-and-go for Rani.

"Yeah, you could say that again. I barely had the time to touch dad's forehead in the ICU and I had to go for shooting. But you know me. I don't let my work suffer for anything. That's the way my father has brought me up," said the actress last seen in "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic".More than her friends in the film industry, who Rani says stood by her in her hour of distress, it was her father's associates whose support overwhelmed her.

"My father's colleagues and workers from his workplace have stood by us like pillars of strength. At a time like this you realise how important it is to have sown enough love to reap its harvest during crisis. You say I'm popular? You should've seen my dad's popularity. I feel so proud of him," she said."Friends like Karan Johar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have been wonderfully supportive. Sanjay called and asked, 'How's the rock star doing?' I said the rock star is rocking. I wonder if he meant me or my father, ha ha," she added.Rani's father will be in hospital for a while.

"I don't want to bring him home until we're sure he's fully recovered. At Jaslok, he's being taken care of fully. Though now he's well enough to take care of himself, there're nurses to look after him round the clock. We at home cannot provide the same clinical care."Now that shooting is over for now, Rani intends to spend all her time with her father."When he fell ill, it was like deja vu. When his heart attack had happened I was shooting and attending to him. Being a working girl has its advantages and disadvantages. While I can provide him with the best possible medical facilities, I can't give my father the amount of time I want to."

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Rani hopes to set screen on fire in 'Hadippa

Rani hopes to set screen on fire in 'Hadippa' (Film Snippets)

Rani Mukerji hit the gym with a vengeance for a toned look for "Hadippa" with Shahid Kapur. The actress is quite happy with the outcome and feels that, like Aamir Khan, she will also set the screen on fire with her new avatar.

"She is not believing that it is her body. She even jokes and calls herself the female version of Aamir (Khan) in 'Ghajini' now. She was even telling me that like his body set the screen on fire, her looks in 'Hadippa' will leave no stone unturned," celebrity trainer Satyadev 'Satya' Chaurasia told IANS."Hadippa" is the 31-year-old star's only release this year and she is trying to keep her new look cloaked from the paparazzi before the movie promotions.

"Rani is very committed towards her body and her dedication has resulted in mind-blowing results. I felt so happy and proud after seeing the first rushes of 'Hadippa'. She is looking outstanding and I can undoubtedly say she has the best body in Bollywood now, said Satyadev."Hadippa" is slated to release in July.Hurman troubled by fake Facebook accountBollywood actor Hurman S. Baweja is in a dilemma after an unknown person created a fake account in his name on a networking website and sent random requests to several girls.

"Hurman was on Facebook a long time back, but it's been ages since he closed his account. Someone else is posing as Hurman and sending requests to people," a source close to the actor said.

"In fact, Hurman is away shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker's 'What's Your Rashee?' He is also shooting for Anees Bazmee's 'It's My Life!' He hardly gets time for anything, let alone logging on to Facebook.Mallika Sherawat riding high on international honours

After becoming the first Bollywood celebrity to have a milkshake named after her, actress Mallika Sherawat has received an Arts Award in New Jersey.The event, held Friday, was organised by the mayor of New Jersey, Jerramiah Healy, to honour the Indian community and its contributions to the US.

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Shiney Ahuja

Shiney Ahuja to star in a Hollywood film alongside Val Kilmer

Shiney Ahuja's last film Hijack may have bombed at the B.O. but instead of sitting and brooding over it, Shiney has moved on big time. In fact Shiney is all excited these days and the reason behind it is that he has just signed his first Hollywood film.The film in question is Silver Cord, a romantic sci-fi thriller that has Shiney playing the lead role along side Hollywood superstar Val Kilmer. What is however most interesting is the fact that unlike other Bollywood actors who have played mostly Asian characters in Hollywood films, Shiney will be seen playing an all-American character in Silver Cord thus becoming the first Indian actor to do so.

Silver Cord is directed by James Ordonez and produced by Mark Canton (of 300 fame), Michael Shane and Anthony Romano (producers of Catch Me If You Can). Apparently, director James Ordonez first came across Shiney when he watched Gangster and was mighty impressed with his acting. "He bowled me over. I saw two more of his films -Life… In A Metro and Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi. Intrigued by his work, I started watching several Bollywood films, and came back a full circle when I realized that Shiney was the pivotal character for Silver Cord", says James Ordonez.Meanwhile producer Michael Shane who has worked with Hollywood heavyweights such as Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Hanks is also pretty impressed with Shiney. "Shiney has international good looks and a powerful screen presence. His understated style of keeping his characters real reminds me of Paul Newman.", says Michael.While Shiney must be beaming with joy with all the praises coming his way, one will have to wait and watch if Silver Cord manages to strike a chord with audiences world over.

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क्या है बिग बी के हाथों में

क्या है बिग बी के हाथों में

सदी के महानायक बॉलीवुड के शंहशाह अमिताभ बच्‍चन जब भी, जहां भी नजर आते हैं एक खास अंदाज और एक खास रूप में नजर आते हैं। मंगलवार को मुंबई में बिग बी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय भारतीय फिल्म अकादमी (आईआईएफए) द्वारा आयोजित पत्रकार वार्ता में इस लाल रंग के मुखौटे के साथ नजर आए। यह मुखौटा बिग बी को मकाउ के एक प्रतिनिधी ने भेंट की थी। गौरतलब है कि इस बार आईफआ पुरस्कार मकाउ में आयोजित होगा।

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बच्चों के बीच विद्या बालन

बच्चों के बीच विद्या बालन

फिल्‍म ‘हे बेबी’ और ‘किस्‍मत कनेक्‍शन’ में नजर आने वाली बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री विद्या बालन मंगलवार रात ‘कराडी टेल्‍स एट क्रॉसवर्ल्‍ड’ की बच्‍चों के लिए एक नई कहानियां सुनने वाली किताब ‘वि यू रिड विथ मी’ के विमोचन पर पहुंची। बच्‍चे इस पुस्तक के जरिए कहानियां सुन सकते हैं। विद्या जल्‍द ही निर्देशक निखिल आडवाणी की फिल्‍म ‘चांद भाई’ और संजय लीला भंसाली की फिल्‍म ‘चेनाब गांधी’ में अमिताभ बच्‍चन और हरमन बावेजा के साथ दिखेंगी।

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आईपीएल- कोलकाता को बेच रहे हैं शाहरूख

आईपीएल- कोलकाता को बेच रहे हैं शाहरूख

मुंबई। दक्षिण अफ्रीका में खेले जा इंडियन प्रीमियर लीग (आईपीएल) के दूसरे संस्करण में कोलकाता की खराब प्रदर्शन से परेशान टीम के मालिक शाहरूख खान टीम को बेचने की कोशिश में हैं। 'बिजनेस स्टैंडर्ड' अखबार में प्रकाशित एक खबर के अनुसार शाहरूख टीम के हालिया प्रदर्शन से खासे परेशान हैं। अखबार के मुताबिक कोलकाता नाइट राइडर्स से 'कोलकाता' शब्द निकालने के बाद टीम के मालिक शाहरूख खान नोकिया, सहारा और अनिल अंबानी समूह की कंपनी और अन्य कंपनियों से अपनी टीम को बेचने की बातचीत कर रहे हैं। गौरतलब है कि शाहरूख ने कोलकाता टीम को 300 करोड़ रुपए में खरीदा था और अब बेचकर इससे छुटकारा पाना चाहते हैं।

आईपीएल के दूसरे संस्करण में कोलकाता टीम ने अबतक सबसे खराब प्रदर्शन किया है। टूर्नामेंट में खेले गए अबतक अपने छह मैचों में कोलकाता को चार मैचों में हार मिली है और एक मैच जीता है। जबकि एक मैच बारिश की वजह से रद्द हो गया है। सौरव गांगुली को कोलकाता टीम की कप्तानी से निकाल कर ब्रैंडन मैक्कुलम को कप्तान बनाए जाने से टीम का अंदरुनी माहौल बिगड़ गया है। टीम दो धड़ों में बंट गई है। शाहरूख द्वारा कोच जान बुकानन को फैसले लेने के सारे अधिकार दिए जाने के बाद उन्होंने ने टीम में अपने दोनों बेटों के अलावा अपने नजदीकी लोगों को महत्वपूर्ण जिम्मेदारी सौंप दी है जिससे की टीम का बंटाधार हो गया है। इसलिए कोलकाता की पूरी टीम एकदम से बिखर गई है। अपनी टीम कोलकाता के प्रदर्शन से निराश शाहरूख खान बुधवार को स्वदेश लौट आए। इसके साथ ही वह तब तक दक्षिण अफ्रीका नहीं लौटेंगे जब तक कि उनकी टीम बाकी के मैचों में जीतना शुरू नहीं कर देती।

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Ajay Devgan’s

Ajay Devgan’s production ‘All The Best’ in the theatres

All the best’s production is starting from March 27. This film is produced by Ajay Devgan and is directed by Rohit Shetty. In this film Ajay Devgan himself is playing a role with his co-stars Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu and Fardeen Khan. The first part of the film will be shots in Mumbai itself and rest will be in Goa. Khalyanak Sanju Baba, who is also the part of the film will be shooting in Goa. The sources said that the the film has been delayed for some time because of Sanjay Dutt as he is busy in the politics. Even Sanjay wants to back out of this film but Ajay Devgan is happy to make adjustments.

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Katrina Kaif also follows the trends of tattoos on her body

Katrina Kaif also follows the trends of tattoos on her body

Bollywood doll Katrina Kaif is also fixed tattoos on her body. As we all know that there is not anything new in this news because this is the old trend in the bollywood. Like other actors Katrina also inked two tattoos on her soft skin, one on her arms and another on her chest. But these tattoos are different from others because it can be erased when she want. Katrina has not fixed a tattoo because of her interest rather there is a reason behind it. She need a tattoo for a photoshoot for a magazine which will be posted by her on Sunday. Although she had a option of removing that tattoos after that photo shoot but she liked it very much so took a decision that she will not remove it for some days.

One more surprise from Katrina Kaif is that she looks in a different hairstyle at the party of film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani which is directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. In this party, the whole cast and crew was present. They all surprised to look at this Barbie doll. At the party, Katrina was in a happy mood and she was laughing with the guests of that party especially with her co-star Ranbir Kapoor. The party was held at producer Ramesh Taurani’s home.Katrina is enjoying the golden time of her life after getting the honor of Barbie doll.In film Rajniti, she will appear in a very simple look which also helps to create one more image of her in the mind of audience.

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Bollywood stars shines at Lakme Fashion Week

Bollywood stars shines at Lakme Fashion Week

In The Lakme Fashion Week, Bollywood stars walked ramp at Mumbai in different clothes wearing different stylish clothes designed by popular designers.Some of the bollywood stars who were in Lakme Fashion Week were Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Vidya Balan and Ritesh Deshmukh and many others.In this Lakme Fashion Week Katrina Kaif was the star celebrity who dressed up as a Barbie doll. This dress was designed by Neeta Lulla’s daughter Nishka.When media asked about the show from Katrina, then she said, “It is a great honor for me to be the part of the show and I enjoyed a lot in this show.”Besides Katrina, Mannisha Lamba also walked on the ramp for the designer Archana Kocchar and Tushar Kapoor and Genelia Dsouza for the designer Manish Malhotra.Every star was looking different in dress designed by his/ her designer.About the show, Anushka said, “The show was good but as always Manish was the best in all. His design was really unique.”

Sonam also talk about this show and for her Sabya is the one of the marvelous designer. So with star attraction at the Lakme Fashion Week, this show become excited for the audience. First day of the show was appreciated by the audience,now the same expectation for the rest of the days also.

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Kareena Kapoor to wear dress worth Rs. 800,000 in Kambakht Ishq

Saif’s babe and our bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor will be look marvelous in the dress of Rs. 800,000. Before making any confusion, it should be clear that she is wearing that dress not for her marriage, but for a song in film Kambakht Ishq. The producer of the film ‘ Kambakht Ishq ‘ Sajid Nandiawala has ordered this dress for Kareena from Paris for the song.The sources said after looking at the dress, “The dress was really beautiful and when Kareena performed in this dress then she was also looking gorgeous. The dress was so beautiful that no one can close his/her eyes from the dress and of course beautiful Kareena for a second.” The dress cost worth Rs 800,000 and Kareena was looking so beautiful in this dress that the film maker gifted that dress to Bebo.About Producer Sajid, he is very kind at heart and he wants his cast and crew happy at work. When he gifted Kareena such a costly and unique dress to her then she had no words with her to thank him. But we can say that she is very happy after receiving this beautiful gift.In this film, Kareena is going to play the role of a supermodel and Akshay Kumar is lead actor in the film. Besides them, Hollywood stars Brandon Routh, Denise Richards and Sylvester Stallone.

Just imagine Kareena Kapoor in the dress of Rs. 800, 000.

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Shah Rukh Khan

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is going to make a sequel of his TV show Fauji which gives direction to his acting career. This serial plays a very important role in his success. This serial will not be remake rather it is a sequel to that previous serial Fauji. The person, who took interest in the sequel of that serial is Shahrukh himself. He wants to recall his past that’s why he thinks to made that serial.

As we all know that Shahrukh has his own production house and he made many films with this production house. But recently he also took interest in small screen. He had already produced one chat show The First Ladies, One reality Show named Knights and Angels and another one Ghar Ki Baat Hai. It must be clear to everyone that Shahrukh only wants to go back in past with the sequel of Fauji but this does not mean that he stops working on other serials. One of the reason of making the serial is that with this way he will remain in touch with his past which gives great contribution to his success. These create excitement in people when they come to know about the sequel of Fauji.

According to the sources, we come to know that in serial Fauji, Bollywood top star Shahrukh Khan is not acting as a lead role because of his busy schedule in movies. So this has yet to be decided that who will play as a lead actor in this serial? Everything about the serial is not yet finalized; it is just a starting stage or the planning stage of the serial.Samar Khan, who is the important person of Red Chillies Idiot Box talked with media and said that we are planning for many projects but this is not the right time to talk about it but when media asked that is it true that this production house is planning for a sequel of Fauji? Then he can’t say no. from this we are confirmed that very soon we will see the sequel of Fauji.

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Aamir Khan

After an initial period sometime in 2008, when most Bollywood stars had tried to understand and appreciate the problems, which the producers and distributors faced during the economic slowdown, it seems the situation is back to square one. Last week, there were first alleged reports of problems between the director of Ghajini AR Murugadoss, who is said to have had some problems with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision over the fee that he wanted to charge to direct a film and then there were reports that the South Indian actor Siddharth of the Rang De Basanti fame refused to be a part of Delhi Belly because of the same reason.Now, reports say that the name of Aamir Khan has got added to this list as he refused a film being produced by Farhan Akhtar because, the latter was not willing to pay what Aamir had asked for to be a part of the movie.

There is a buzz in Bollywood that the noted producer Ritesh Sidhwani recently met Aamir Khan with a proposal to do a film to be produced by the banner jointly owned by Ritesh and Farhan.Since Aamir Khan is a good friend of both Ritesh and Farhan and is also said to have liked the basic storyline of the film, he agreed to be a part of it. But, when it came to finalizing the deal, Ritesh Sidhwani is said to have backed out saying, “Aamir had certain demands, which were not acceptable to me.”

Though, Ritesh did not take the pain to explain what exactly those demands were, but insiders point out that Ritesh wanted Aamir to reduce his fee but suffered a set back when Aamir refused to consider this option.Ritesh and Farhan are highly upset over this stubborn attitude of their good friend Aamir Khan. Though Ritesh has denied such reports but reports now suggest that talks are on with Shahrukh Khan for the same

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Rahul Bose’s Plea

Rahul Bose’s Plea

As far as Bollywood is concerned, the difference between any other election and the general elections of 2009 has been that many leading Bollywood celebrities have come forward to request people to vote. The campaigns first by Aamir Khan and then by Karan Johar’s film have become immensely popular with a lot been written about them already. Similarly, others like Shahrukh Khan and Kunal Kapoor were seen on camera requesting people to exercise their democratic right.

But, making such a request standing in front of the camera and doing the same by meeting people personally may be two different experiences altogether. And, probably most celebrities from Bollywood agree that the latter seems to be slightly more difficult.Still, one person who has taken this task upon himself is Rahul Boses. The actor has gone from house to house in South Mumbai asking people to vote in these general elections.Rahul Bose, who on previous many occasions has been associated with many social causes, said that he chose South Mumbai to run his campaign since in last few elections the voter turnout in this constituency has been as low as

Rahul said that he had met many people, who had responded positively to his request and told him that rectifying their earlier mistake, they will go out to vote this time around. It needs to be noted here that Rahul Bose’s campaign is no ordinary campaign where he just stands in front of people’s entrance for a few seconds. Rahul Bose is said to be spending quality time with each of the household he visits, trying to change their overall perception that voting is nothing but a waste of time and energy.Hopefully, Rahul’s hard work will pay rich dividends and we will see more people at polling booths in this posh area of South Mumbai.

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Emraan Hashmi duped

Emraan Hashmi duped

Serial Kisser, Emraan Hashmi recently lost around Rs 2 lakhs after some unknown persons misused his credit card.Emraan only came to know about the theft when HSBC staff called him to enquire about the 11 transactions he made through his credit card, which amounted to Rs 2 lakhs.

However a shocked Emraan, immediately informed the police about the theft and blocked his card.Emraan says, “I received a call from the bank informing me about the outgoings. I was completely stunned. Most of the 11 transactions had been for airline tickets, but I hadn’t made a single one of them. I immediately blocked my card. ““It’s scary when such things happen. People tend to visit restaurants and pubs and hand over their credit cards without any hesitation. But I guess they can easily be misused. I want to figure out who is behind the theft and I want him punished”

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Eesha Koppikar

Eesha Koppikar says love at first sight is bullshit

Eesha Koppikar who is currently madly in love with boyfriend Timmy Narang however she rubbishes the concept of lover at first sight.When she was quizzed whether her love for Timmy Narang was love at first sight, she says, “No not at all. Love at first sight is bullshit, love only happens when you get to know that person. Love at first sight always lasts in disaster because sight is physical. Timmy and I got to known each other pretty well in last two year’s conversation that we used to have.”“Well I know Timmy for the last two years. I met him in a gym. I met him through Leena Mogre and we kept in touch. Preity Zinta was instrumental in our love story as she told him about me but that time he already knew quite a lot about me.”So folks do you believe in love at first sight or are your views similar to Eesha

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Mallika goes

Mallika goes HISSSS

Check out the first look of Mallika Sherawat’s upcoming flick Hisss..directed by Jennifer Lynch. Does it scare you

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Feroz Khan’s

Feroz Khan’s funeral procession

Feroz Khan was quietly laid to rest at Johnson Memorial Graveyard by close family and friends. Close family who attended Feroz’s funeral included Hrithik Roshan, Suzanne Khan and Zayed Khan.

May his soul rest in peace.

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Priyanka

Priyanka rules out politics right

Sanjay Nirupam, Congress candidate who replaced Govinda opposite BJP’s Ram Nayak, wasn’t the first choice of Congress it was pretty lass Priyanka Chopra.A source says, “The Congress wanted a glamorous and younger Bollywood candidate after Govinda for the prestigious Mumbai North constituency.Someone who would connect with the young urban youth of the nation. Initially Priyanka didn’t say no. But then her bulk of film-related work got the better of her.Shooting day and night and then putting in months of gruelling election campaigning and devoting quality and quantity time to her constituency seemed a bit much for Priyanka. She finally had to say no, although Soniaji was very keen.”

However a friend of Priyanka says, “Priyanka doesn’t rule out politics in the future.But this time she is neither contesting nor campaigning for any candidate. Besides her schedules taking over Govinda’s constituency seemed a rather daunting task to Priyanka

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Vivek Oberoi is Paritala Ravi

Vivek Oberoi is Paritala Ravi

Not many know, that Paritala Ravi was the most feared politician from South India, who was assassinated in 2005. Ram Gopal Varman who is known for making politically hard hitting movie is making a movie on Paritala Ravi and his obvious choice is Vivek Oberoi.RGV says, “After thinking hard on every actor both known and unknown, I have finally zeroed in on Vivek Oberoi as the most ideal choice to play Paritala Ravi.He has remarkable intensity in his eyes which I noticed in the making of COMPANY, a voice which commands attention, an arrogance in his demeanour, an enormous power in his stance, and also a certain vulnerability which makes one instantly warm up to him, which is what is needed to fit in a role of Paritala Ravi’s profile.“After a rough look-test done and when I saw the approximation of how Vivek could look like in different phases of Ravi’s life, from being a rebel in the jungles to a political strong-arm man, I was absolutely convinced that my search ended.”

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IIFA nominations

IIFA nominations

IIFA are back with a bang, as Amitabha Batchan announced the destination of IIFA- Macau, the nominations were also annouced.

So who dou thikns should win?

Best Film
A Wednesday
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Rock On

Best Director
A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

best actor:- in a Leading Role - Male
Aamir Khan - Ghajini
Abhishek batchan- Dostana
Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar
Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday
saha rukha khan- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Female
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar
Asin - Ghajini
Bipasha Basu - Race
Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
Arjun Rampal - Rock On
Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan
Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar
Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female
Bipasha Basu- Bachna Ae Haseeno
Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar
Kiron Kher - Dostana
Shahana Goswami - Rock On
Kangana Ranaut - Fashion

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Anil Kapoor- Race
Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath
Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar
Shreyas Talpade - Welcome to Sajjanpur
Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Akshaye Khanna - Race
Imran Khan - Kidnap
Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini
Vishwas Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Story
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari - Fashion
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
Shiraz Ahmed - Race

Best Music
A.R.Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
A.R.Rahman- Ghajini
Pritam - Race
Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Rock On
Vishal Shekhar - Dostana

Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Gupta - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Javed Akhtar - Jashn-E-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar)
Javed Akhtar- Socha Hai (Rock On)
Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)

Best Playback Singer - Male
Atif Aslam - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)
Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On)
Javed Ali - Jashn-E-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar)
KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Best Playback Singer - Female
Bela Shinde - Man Mohana (Jodhaa Akbar)
Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)
Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)\
Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana)

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Karan,Kareena,Kajol

Karan,Kareena,Kajol gang up again

The K triumvirate last seen in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum, Kajol, Kareena and Karan are back together for a forthcoming flick. The flick will be directed by Siddharth Malhotra.A source reveals, “Kajol and Kareena have been finalized for Karan Johar’s forthcoming film, which will start once the actors are free from their on-going films.”

The flick is loosely based on Hollywood super hit flick, Stepmom, which starred Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts.A source commenting on the casting of Kajol and Kareena says, “Karan, who is directing Kajol in My Name Is Khan is very happy with her work. The same holds true for Kareena, who is working opposite Saif Ali Khan in a project directed by Rensil D’Silva.”When Kareena’s secretary was asked about the same, he said, “Kareena would never say no to Karan.”Well K for Karan, Kajol and Kareena, but sans SRK, do you think they can create K3G magic again

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SRK to dance at a wedding

SRK to dance at a wedding

With SRK’s IPL team Kolkatta Knight Riders on a losing spree, SRK is looking to buck up the losses by performing at a high profile wedding for a whooping Rs 3 crore.SRK will take a break from losing KKR to come to Mumbai and to perform at builder Kanti Govani’s nephew’s wedding.SRK will be performing with other Bollywood actors such asRani Mukherjee, Emraan Hashmi and Bipasa Basu. While the sangeet ceremony will have Neil Nitin Mukesh, Celina Jaitely and Neha Dhupia.With the whooping Rs 3 crore offer, SRK is the highest paid Item boy (the opposite of item girl) in Bollywood, aint’ he

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Poll of the Day

Poll of the Day

When did SRK’s wife Gauri Khan looked the best Before or after

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'kirtan' award at Grammys

Hindu scholars ask for 'kirtan' award at Grammys

Hindu scholars are calling on Grammy Awards bosses to add a new category for traditional Indian music at the annual awards ceremony.Officials at the Universal Society of Hinduism are urging Grammy bosses to include "Kirtan" as a field for future awards shows, beginning in 2010, reports contactmusic.com."In 2009, there were Grammys awarded in 110 music categories, covering 32 fields, including pop, rock, rap, country, new age, gospel, jazz, folk, world music, Hawaiian, Latin, reggae and blues, and we now think Indian music should be included," said Hindu scholar Rajan Zed."Kirtan is attracting large audiences in USA and Canada, and many other countries of the world, resulting in various new albums and creation of star kirtan artists....There should be Favorite Kirtan Artist of the Year award at the Grammys," he added.The "Kirtans" have a meditating effect, he said."The powerful healing and transformational energies of these ancient chants in help to calm and focus the mind... It's a sacred and spiritual experience that takes one to the state of deep meditation."

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Mumbai Vadapavs and Hyderabadi Biryanis clash in a match of Kirkit

Mumbai Vadapavs and Hyderabadi Biryanis clash in a match of cricket

Sports based films, especially those revolving around cricket, have always aroused a certain level of curiosity among audiences. After all, India is a cricket crazy nation where many Indians literally eat, sleep and breathe cricket. Now, with the cricket frenzy at its peak courtesy the on-going IPL, expect to see more such films based on cricket.

Probably the one film which is almost directly inspired by the IPL is a film called Kirkit. The film is directed by Shashi Preetam and despite the fact that it stars no big names, what caught our attention was the hilarious tagline of the film which asks "Can the Mumbai Vadapavs defeat the Hyderabadi Biryanis?" What's more the poster of the film actually bears the photos of these two prominent delicacies- Vadapav and Hyderabadi Biryani.

In case you are still wondering what the film is all about, then well, Kirkit is a story of two groups of 5 boys each from Mumbai and Hyderabad who are on a special 'Holiday' to Goa. In Goa, the two groups run into each other and this eventually leads to a small fight. The two groups decide to resolve the matter over a tennis-ball cricket match

What is outrageously funny is the fact that the two teams call themselves Mumbai Vadapavs and Hyderabadi Biryanis. The match between them becomes the most talked-about event of Goa, and the small tussle turns into a strong rivalry as the players play passionately for the pride of their cities. Soon the match gets complicated as many whacky and dangerous outsiders get involved in it. One of them plans to take this mad fight of the boys to the next level and make it into a national sensation. And thus comes into being, the catch line of the film Cricket

With no new films being released at the multiplexes courtesy the on-going strike, many small time filmmakers are cashing in on this opportunity by releasing their films. Kirkit is one such film but will it make it to the big league of cricket based films such as Lagaan and Iqbal? Your guess is as good as ours!As for which team wins the match in the end, is it the Mumbai Vadapavs or the Hyderabadi Biryanis? To find that, you will have to watch Kirkit. We just hope the match ends in a tie...that way we'll get to see an exciting super over for the first time in a Bollywood film. What say

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Anil Kapoor felicitated by IFFLA

If you look back in history, you will recollect how precious 'that' first award was for you, for your achievement. The same thing, after a certain point, becomes a saturated virtue. But not if you are Anil Kapoor, because this legendary actor, after the success of the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, is too busy collecting one award after the other, the recent one being that from 'The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles' (IFFLA) and 'Screen Actors Guild' on Apr 23, 2009. Not just that, the actor also presented the world premiere of the English version of Gandhi, My Father at the opening gala night of the 2009's chapter of IFFLA, which was held at ArcLight Hollywood Cinemas. Anil's classic films including Lamhe and Viraasat were also screened at the event.

Other highlights of the event included the profiling of films made by women directors including the likes of Nandita Das' directorial debut, Firaaq, Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth, Sooni Taraporevala's Little Zizou and Nina Paley's animated Sita Sings The Blues. Besides all this, in lieu of IFFLA's ongoing commitment in supporting and showcasing the restored prints of Indian classic films, the festival also paid homage to B. R. Chopra by screening his classic, Naya Daur.

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Anil Kapoor felicitated by IFFLA

If you look back in history, you will recollect how precious 'that' first award was for you, for your achievement. The same thing, after a certain point, becomes a saturated virtue. But not if you are Anil Kapoor, because this legendary actor, after the success of the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, is too busy collecting one award after the other, the recent one being that from 'The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles' (IFFLA) and 'Screen Actors Guild' on Apr 23, 2009. Not just that, the actor also presented the world premiere of the English version of Gandhi, My Father at the opening gala night of the 2009's chapter of IFFLA, which was held at ArcLight Hollywood Cinemas. Anil's classic films including Lamhe and Viraasat were also screened at the event.

Other highlights of the event included the profiling of films made by women directors including the likes of Nandita Das' directorial debut, Firaaq, Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth, Sooni Taraporevala's Little Zizou and Nina Paley's animated Sita Sings The Blues. Besides all this, in lieu of IFFLA's ongoing commitment in supporting and showcasing the restored prints of Indian classic films, the festival also paid homage to B. R. Chopra by screening his classic, Naya Daur.

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Akshay backed out of 'Life Partner'

turned-director Rumi Jafry had finalised Akshay Kumar for his second film "Life Partner", but says the star, who is known to charge exorbitant fees, backed out of the project on monetary issues."Akshay had a huge role in 'Life Partner'. He had already said yes to the role and all dates were fixed. He was equally excited but due to price issues between him and the producers Abbas-Mustan he backed out of the project," Jafry told IANS over phone from Mumbai."I also discussed the matter with Abbas-bhai but he said 'to let him go' as they could not settle on a price. We then roped in Govinda and luckily the role has come out very well," the director added.The film marks director duo Abbas-Mustan's entry as producers for filmmakers other than themselves."Life Partner" is a comedy and Jafry, who as a writer has been associated with comedies throughout his career, says audiences expect him to deliver funny films as a director too.

"Taking my previous record into account, audiences expect comedies from me and I deliver that. But I always try to and will keep a Hrishi-da (Mukherjee) touch in my movies with a message infused with laughter in all of them," said Jafry, who has scripted hit romantic comedies like "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" (2004), "Hero No.1" (1997) and "Coolie No.1" (1995).

Set in Cape Town, South Africa, the film deals with the theme of "marriage" and stars usshar Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Fardeen Khan, Genelia D'Souza and Govinda in pivotal roles.Tusshar plays a Gujarati guy who believes in arranged marriage and Prachi plays his wife, while Fardeen's character believes in love marriage and is paired with Genelia.Govinda plays a divorce lawyer, who doesn't believe in the convention of marriage at all. The film also has a surprise element - the actress opposite Govinda.

"The film is about relationships and is an out-and-out comedy. Like all my films, even this one has a message - marriage is an essential part of life. As the world is progressing, relationships are crumbling and are not that deep any more. I'm sure it will leave the audiences thinking without compromising on their laughter," Jafry said.

What is interesting is that he zeroed in on the story after it was given a "sensible" nod by superstar Shah Rukh Khan."I came out with the idea for the movie while I was writing 'Chalte Chalte' (2003) in Greece. I was discussing it with Shah Rukh (Khan) and Rani (Mukerji) and Shah Rukh asked me to make a film on it. He gave such a positive reaction to it and considering his sensibility and understanding of scripts, I realised I should go for it," he said.

Told that the storyline sounds similar to the 1982 film "Shriman Shrimati", Jafry said: "I haven't even heard of any such movie. Now that you've said it, I'll have to watch it. There's no other inspiration behind "Life Partner" than the crumbling of relationships."The movie was completed very quickly. "It took me five years to complete my first project, so I made sure to wrap up the second in only five months," quipped Jafry."Life Partner" was slated to release May 1, but has been pushed forward due to the ongoing revenue-sharing tussle between producers and multiplexes

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Gulzar, Vidya Balan

Gulzar, Vidya Balan launch Karadi Tales' audio book series

Karadi Tales, an ACK Media company and a pioneer in the world of original Indian content in home video space for the pre-school audience, recently launched its new audio book (book and audio CD) series and campaign 'Will you read with meThe series and campaign was launched by Padma Bhushan and Oscar winning lyricist Gulzar and Bollywood actress Vidya Balan. Vidya Balan, who has lent her voice to the audio book, read a few stories along with a number of kids present.Speaking at the occasion, Gulzar said, "Books are precious and integral part of our life. As we give flowers and sweets as a gift, in the same manner we should also gift books to people."To start with, Karadi has released two books, Little Vinayak and The Lizard's Tail, both narrated by Vidya Balan and written by Shobha Viswanath, Creative Director, Karadi Tales. The books have been illustrated by Shilpa Ranade, animation head, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay and Christine Kastl, respectively.

Shobha Viswanath, added, "Each story has been carefully crafted to provoke the child's imagination and each illustration has been rendered with sensitivity to open the imagination and set it free. We, at Karadi Tales, will soon be launching many more such text and audio books."In the past, Karadi Tales has brought together some of India's finest artistes including Naseeruddin Shah, Gulzar, Girish Karnad, Usha Uthup, Nandita Das, Udit Narayan, SP Balasubramaniam, Shankar Mahadevan and many more.

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"Feroz bhai was gracious and loving till the end Akbar Khan

Akbar Khan

Feroz Khan's distraught youngest brother, Akbar Khan, says they had been preparing themselves for Feroz's death."For three months now, we've been watching him slowly sink. We prayed to either relieve him from pain, or life."The entire family was gathered in Bangalore for Feroz Khan's funeral which took place on Monday at 5 pm. The funeral procession left at around 2 pm from Feroz's farm house after the afternoon prayers.

"The entire family was here towards his end literally feeding him out of our hands," says the grief-stricken sibling. "And he enjoyed his glass of wine in the evenings with us till the end. He was a very loving friend and bhai."Said Akbar, "We buried him next to our mother. It's unfortunate that we couldn't bring him back to Mumbai for so many of his friends and well-wishers to see him for the last time. But his last wish was to lie eternally next to our mother in our home town near Bangalore. And we had to fulfill that wish."Restraining his grief, the youngest Khan sibling says, "He was much loved by all his friends and colleagues. Contrary to his flamboyant image, he was a very gentle sensitive soul. Even in his frail condition towards the end, he'd get up from his chair to greet each one of us in the family, no matter how old or young. He was a friend first, then a father-figure.""He was fearless even when faced with death," says Akbar. "He was the apple of our mother's eyes. All of us five brothers and two sisters looked up to him. We've lost a father-figure. He's relieved of his pain. But he was fearless till the end. He didn't even fear death. He'd always be with us."

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Amitabh Bachchan in Aladdin

Amitabh Bachchan in news for a wearing sensational out Its mainly a heroine’s prerogative. Though, he has always been talk of the town for whatever he does, Amitabh Bachchan is said to have sent shockwaves across Bollywood by his new sensational outfit, which the superstar has worn for a song sequence in the upcoming movie Aladdin.

Amitabh Bachchan, who is said to have got so excited after hearing the peppy number that was supposed to be filmed on him in the film, that he made a unique offer to Sujoy Ghosh, the director of the film, Aladdin. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan felt that in order to make this song attractive, he will need to try out a special outfit. So, Amitabh Bachchan went and suggest to Sujoy Ghosh that he wants to wear the most trendy outfits in the song for Aladdin and would himself go on the lookout for the suitable clothes to be worn by him in the song. It was then that Amitabh Bachchan selected a deep red velvet jacket that gave the much needed classy touch, which he was looking for.That’s very smart move Mr. Bachchan. Probably at this age, you know that you cannot afford to experiment with your body and physique, something which the younger stars like Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan are trying to do. Its great to see that you are thinking different and trying to compensate much of that by your outfits and clothing.Whether this experiment with clothing made by Amitabh Bachchan is successful or not, will only be known once the film Aladdin releases but what it proves is that even at this age, Amitabh Bachchan can give nightmares to stars, who are almost 20 years younger to him.

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Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan is taking a break from IPL matches and coming to India to cast his vote in the coming Lok Sabha elections.You and I may find it as just another ordinary exercise but probably Shahrukh Khan doesn’t, who will be taking a break from his IPL team and return to India, just to cast his vote in the general elections.Though the king Khan is not one who takes a keen interest in politics and therefore had refused to campaign for any political party even though all his friends and well-wishers had requested him to do so, but when it comes to casting his vote, as a citizen, he feels that it is both his right and his duty to cast his vote. Apart from his children, Shahrukh Khan’s wife Gauri will also accompany her husband in his trip back to India, as she also wants to use her democratic right and cast her vote.

And its not just the dirty politics in India, which big Bollywood stars like Shahrukh Khan are trying to avoid, but it seems that they want to totally stay away from this game at least. So, when all the three major Bollywood stars, including Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shlpa Shetty, were approached by the African National Congress to campaign for their candidates in South Africa, all three refused very politely saying they had no interest in politics.Since they are so keen to vote, Shahrukh Khan and his wife have no choice but to return to India and cast their vote, because as per the provisions of the Indian constitution only diplomats of various embassy’s have the luxury of casting their vote from outside India.Now, while taking excuse of casting his vote, whether Shahrukh Khan is taking break from IPL or from his Kolkata Knight Riders team, which is in bad shape, losing in the tournament and gripped by all the controversies in the world, is anyone’s guess.

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