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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Subscribe to our feed Categories Awards Bollywood News Box Office Celeb News Entertainment Gallery Gossips Hollywood Hot News Kollywood Movie Reviews Music Pictures & Profile Shopping Trade Guide Uncategorized September 2010 M T W T F S S « Aug 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 King Khan speaks in favor of Commonwealth Games 2010

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan is one of the celebrities who spoke in favor of the attempts taken by Commonwealth Games Committee on Twitter.

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He posted a message on Twitter stating “I hope we Indians realize how difficult it is to build stadiums & respect & so easy to break monuments & disrespect each others beliefs.”

He is not the only celebrity to come forward to express his opinion on the CWG, but none were charitable like him.

Other Bollywood celebrities who lashed out at the government for its poor organization on Twitter include Kunal Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Mandira Bedi and Arjun Rampal.

Shilpa Shetty recently tweeted “News that things are falling apart a week before the games begin and how! Athletes are pulling out due to health and safety concerns…just makes me cringe.”

She said further, “This could have been a great opportunity to make our country proud. Unfortunately CWG hasn’t brought us the pride and honour we thought it would.”

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Mandira Bedi gets sporty on ‘The Man’ cover

Mandira Bedi shot to fame with her noodle straps and sexy looks as the cricket presenter with noted cricket analyst Charu Sharma. She then went on for a cropped look and though her fans have liked this image of hers, she has now expressed her desire to grow her hair and to look like a girl.

‘I have experimented a lot with my looks. Now I want to grow my hair and want to look like a girl. Growing hair will surely take some time,’ Mandira while talking to reporters after walking the ramp as a showstopper at the sixth edition of the Seagram’s Blenders Pride Fashion Tour in Kolkata.

Mandira said whenever her husband introduces her to friends ‘he says meet my ‘chota bhai’ (younger brother)’.

‘That is the reason I want to grow my hair and look like a girl,’ added Mandira.

Check out Mandira Bedi on the cover of The MAN Magazine for the month of September 2010 where she gets into sporty look with Commonwealth Games round the corner.

Kareena Kapoor to spend her birthday with Saif sans her family though

Kareena Kapoor has special plans for her 30th birthday celebrations this year which happens to fall on September 21, Tuesday next week. She will be with her boyfriend Saif Ali Khan at Latvia in Eastern Europe busy shooting for his home production ‘Agent Vinod’ in Latvia. Kareena is there busy with hectic shooting schedule and grueling stunts and the birthday will give her a breather and some quality time with her beau. Plans have it that Kareena’s mother will fly off to join her for her special day.

Karisma cannot join them because of her baby. Before this, Kareena had missed her sister’s birthday as she was in London busy with the shoot of SRK’s ‘Ra 1’. Kareena expresses helplessness about her impossible schedules. “What can I do? I barely have time to breathe. I’ve just come to Mumbai for two days. I’ve been away for 25 days. Now I fly off to Latvia for over a month’s shooting,” said Kareena before leaving Mumbai.

Kareena has hopes pinned on the year to come. She says, “I’m now entering a new phase in my life and career. This year I hope to conquer many new peaks. By God’s grace Agent Vinod and Ra.One are shaping up very well.”

‘Dabangg’ team gets a headache with Munni’s Zandu Balm

Munni’s Zandu balm may have rocked the nation, but the song has not gone down well with Emami, Kolkata-based manufacturers of Zandu Balm. They seem to have been offended by the portion of the song’s lyrics which goes as, ‘Main Zandu Balm hui, darling tere liye’.

“We have issued a legal notice to the film production company for using our brand (Zandu) in the song. It is a case of copyright infringement,” said Mohan Goenka, director, Emami Limited.

The notice, dated September 17, served by the company’s counsel Ashok M. Saraogi to the film’s producers - Salman’s brother Arbaaz Khan, Arbaaz’s wife Malaika Arora Khan and Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Limited - and director Abhinav Kashyap, reads,
“In the song, the name Zandu balm has been used continuously at various places. By using the brand name in the song, you have not only violated the copyright of my clients, but you have also made an attempt to defame the reputation of my clients and the product manufactured by them.”

The notice demands the makers of Dabangg should remove the song from the film, or delete the name of their product from it.

Arbaaz denied receiving a notice from Emami. “I don’t want to comment until I get it. Also, my film was released long ago and the song has been playing for an equally long time. So, I think these people are looking for some sort of publicity,” he said.

Bollywood is surprised at the move of the company and is all out in support of the ‘Dabangg’ team. Said composer Shantanu Moitra, “Technically, the name of a popular brand can’t be used in a song without the company’s permission. But I don’t think the makers of Dabangg had an intention to malign the company’s name. What amazes me is that these things only happen when a song or a film goes on to become a big hit. It’s an era of sensationalism and such things can give great publicity in the short term.”