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Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have their Valentine’s Day planned. Bebo will first fly to Paris to shoot a commercial, and then she will proceed to an European destination to be joined by the Junior Nawab of Pataudi. You guessed right.
These two will spend their Valentine’s Day far from the madding crowds of Mumbai, and then fly back in time to do some serious work. Bebo has tied up her projects for the year, but Saif is still refusing scripts. In fact, he is said to have shot down portions of the Agent Vinod script again, and there’s some serious reworking happening on his spy saga. Hopefully, it’ll go on the floors this summer.

Celebs who have seen My Name is Khan are all praises for Shah Rukh, Kajol and Karan Johar… The film releases worldwide this week, on Feb 12, 2010. Heres what the celebs had to say about My Name is Khan.
Farhan Akhtar
MNIK is an amazing film. Full power to Karan, Shahrukh, Kajol, Ravi K Chandran (DOP), Deepa Bhatia (editor) and the rest! Outstanding! Shahrukh’s best performance till date. Karan’s best film. What else can you ask for? I came back from Philippines yesterday… went straight for MNIK, it couldn’t have been planned better! Kajol is very good as always, reached in and plucked my heart out in some moments…. but SRK blows you away. MUST WATCH!
Preity Zinta
Jut saw My Name Is Khan and it is MINDBLOWING! Everyone who has a heart should watch it again and again and again! Am so proud of SRK! Karan Johar has shown his superiority as a director! I am so proud of him! My name is Zinta and I have loved the film! Kajol is also amazing in the film. Its SRK’s role that is really tough though and he deserves a standing ovation.

Looking ravishing and svelte in her new chiselled figure, Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu launched her workout DVD for women here Friday evening, and said even her macho beau John Abraham could’nt resist trying out the fitness regime.

The 31-year-old launched her DVD, “Bipasha Basu love yourself…fit & fabulous you”, targeted towards women at an event here.

“Even though I have targeted this DVD towards women, if guys want they can try too… John once tried the exercise and he was blown away,” said Bipasha.

Bipasha, who is known to be a fitness enthusiast has created a unique work out programme lasting 25 minutes. The DVD has been launched under Shemaroo. It is based on the core idea and motive of being strong, healthy and loving yourself.

“Be strong and healthy, love yourself. Make time for your own self. Looking good is an extra bonus. If your health is good, every aspect of your life is fantastic. Your focus in life is better; you achieve your goals faster. Exercising and eating right is a big challenge. But we have to accept this challenge, if we love ourselves,” added Bipasha.

After congress party favored Shahrukh Khan and assured him of a peaceful release of the movie, but now even Bollywood is coming out in favor of B-town badshah Shahrukh Khan.

And the man leading the support cause is none other than superstar Salman Khan who openly cited that Shahrukh Khan had not done any crime by stating so and being an owner of one the IPL teams he had the rights to comment.

Moreover, Salman added that he feels Shahrukh doesn’t owe an apology to Shiv Sena.

Earlier, Shahrukh had said that Salman is a great actor and now Salman Khan is openly supporting Shahrukh Khan during such crises.
This clearly indicates that both actors are in a mood to salvage the bitterness of past. So, can their fans now see them together on screen? Watch out this space for further development.

Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann finds a reflection of Shakespeare’s plays in Bollywood films and was so impressed with Indian stars and Hindi movies that he used the song “Chamma, Chamma” in his musical “Moulin Rouge”. Now the Oscar-nominated director is keen to work on a film in India and collaborate with music maestro A.R. Rahman.

“There are a number of classic stars here and there are a few new Indian actors as well who are doing things differently. The idea of working with Indian actors has always excited me and if it works out I definitely will. I am keeping my fingers crossed,” Luhrmann told IANS in an interview.

This is Luhrmann’s fourth trip to India. So did he gather from the trip any fodder for his next project? “I wouldn’t say fodder, but every time I come here it has had a direct effect on my life and my work. There are many things I am working on. I have many pieces that could be played in India,” he said.

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Yash Raj Films is launching newcomer Ranveer Singh opposite “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” actress Anushka Sharma in their next project.
The film will be directed by Maneesh Sharma, who worked as an assistant director on Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”. The untitled venture will be produced by Aditya Chopra.

The shooting has started and it is scheduled for a release later this year.

The story revolves around Shruti (Anushka Sharma) and Bittoo (Ranveer Singh) who start a business after passing out from Delhi University. Their friendship and business enters lavish world of Delhi’s baaraats and weddings.

Shah Rukh Khan’s lifelike wax figure was reportedly unveiled at the renowned Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Hollywood on Friday.

The 44-year-old is the first Bollywood star to be inducted into this museum, which boasts of wax figures of celebrities like Audrey Hepburn,Clark Gable, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Johnny Depp, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Beyonce and David Beckham.

The museum calls Shah Rukh’s induction as ‘historic addition’ and adds that it ’symbolises a coming together of the world’s two great film centres, Hollywood and Bollywood’.

Shah Rukh was named by Newsweek magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

Abhishek Bachchan was left in awe of his father, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s performance as a media baron in Ram Gopal Varma’s “Rann”, so much so that he says India doesn’t deserve a talent like him.

“We don’t deserve a talent like Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Don’t think we can make movies to fit his talent,” Abhishek posted on his Twitter page.

Abhishek, who was in the capital Thursday for the premiere of “Rann”, is also all praise for his friend Ritieish Deshmukh’s performance in “Rann”.

“Well done Riteish. His finest performance till date. Proved his versatility beautifully. Recognise people! Stop slotting him,” he added.

Sports star Sania Mirza has broken her year-old engagement with friend Mohd Sohrab. Only Sohrab and Sania know the truth, but speculations run rife. Let’s hope whatever has happened will bring Sania’s game back on track.

HE COUNTRY’S  leading woman tennis player and the heartthrob of millions of sports lover, Sania Mirza has called off her engagement with her old friend Mohd Sohrab. Imran Mirza, Sania’s father too confirmed the news.

The engagement was solemnized last year in July amid huge fanfare, with celebrities from the world of sports and cinema gracing the occasion.

Grapevine is abuzz with diverse theories of why abrupt break-up happened; however exact reasons would be known within a due course of time, once the storm calms down. On being grilled on the issue Sania gave a diplomatic reply, "We were friends for half a decade, but found ourselves incompatible during our engagement period. I wish Sohrab the best of luck for life,” she said and refused to share more on the issue.

Only Sohrab and Sania know the truth behind their break up, but speculations cannot be stopped. Let’s hope whatever has happened will bring Sania’s game on track that of late has seen more downs than ups.

For Abhishek Bachchan, constant comparisons with dad Amitabh are an "honour" and not a problem. But as he gears up for his television debut with game show National Bingo Night, he says he is not competing in any way with Bachchan senior, who hosted the popular Kaun Banega Crorepati TV show in 2000.

"If you are not going to compare me to him (Amitabh), whom are you going to compare me to? I have never had a problem being compared to him and, like I said, who doesn’t want to be compared to Amitabh Bachchan? He is the best we have and the best that we ever will have. It’s a matter of great honour for me," said Abhishek.

The 33-year-old has faced comparisons with his father ever since his Bollywood debut with Refugee a decade ago. Now he says he doesn’t want to be weighed on the same scale.

"He (Amitabh) has been on TV and he created history on the medium. Do I hope to be able to outdo that? No, because that’s not possible. Nobody is going to be a better actor than him, nobody is going to be able to make a bigger mark than him on Indian cinema and on world cinema and the same goes for TV. Do I have aspirations of outdoing him? No, I don’t compete with my father," he said.