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All stars attending the Cannes International Film Festival are busy putting their wardrobes in order. Indian cinema celebrates 100 years at the festival this year.

For this red carpet event, special care is being taken by Indian stars. And special preparations are being made by Ameesha Patel for the event as this is going to be her maiden event. This 37 year old actress has made a decision to sport an entirely desi look during her visit to the Cannes festival, as per reports. Ameesha Patel has acted in Shortcut Romeo a film directed by Sushi Ganesh in which Puja Gupta and Neil Nitin Mukesh have also featured. The film will be premieredon the 22nd May, and will be attended by Ameesha Patel.

Ameesha consulted Manish Malhotra, designer and good friend, who also feels that the decision to dress in 'desi style' is the perfect way to represent India on a global platform. She says that the big deal is that she is going there especially for the movie she has worked in and not as a brand ambassador. To represent Indian cinema at the Cannes festival is a huge honor for her, she states. There will be two outfits for Ameesha, one in the morning for the red carpet and one at night for the premier. She feels there couldn’t be anything better than the lehenga or the sari on an Indian woman. She has acted in hit films like Gadar – ek prem katha and Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.

One of the best known designers is Manish Malhotra who designs some of the best possible ensembles to compliment the look of any person. Ameesha Patel has been given a red carpetish yet Indian outfit keeping in mind her personality and complexion, he says. Classic colors, white and black have been incorporated in the outfits she is going to wear. Chikankari and Kashmiri work feature high on her outfits. International summer trends have also been kept in mind while designing her outfits for the Cannes festival.

Vivek Oberoi Reveals His Childhood Crush On Bollywood Actress, Juhi Chawla

At many of the events and shows, many of the actors reveal their childhood crushes and so has Bollywod actor, Vivek Oberoi. He has declared who his childhood crush was. In ‘India’s Best Dramebaaz’, talent hunt show he divulged the name of his crush during childhood. Vivek reveals that after watching the film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he had a big crush on Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla. Vivek expressed his admiration for Juhi when she came for promoting her upcoming movie at a show. Vivek was not able to hold on to his emotions and right before her, he opened out his heart. He told her that after watching Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, and watching her shake a leg to the famous song – Gazab Kah Hai Din from the film he had started having a crush on her. The film has now completed 25 years.

On hearing about the crush Juhi Chawla laughed aloud and said that, it meant that Vivek had a crush on her when he was just about ten years old. Vivek recollects that having watched the film as a kid Juhi became the ultimate woman for him. He says that most boys of his childhood fell in love with her enduing cute smile and vivacious ways. He said this at a reality show where he has become a judge. Juhi was also at the show for the ‘Hum Hai Rahi Car Ke’ upcoming film promotion.

Imran Khan Gets Pricey For His Next Film Ouatima

Imran Khan, the chocolate boy is the latest Khan who is signing films for crores. He too has joined the bandwagon like the rest of the Khans who also sign films for crores. For just one single film Quatima, he has demanded a whopping 11 crores. So far many of the Khans and Kumars, like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan have demanded crores for their films, but the latest grapevine is that even Imran Khan has demanded 11 crores for ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai 2’.

These days, Divya Dutta is quite busy signing a mixed bag of Hollywood and Bollywood films. Just recently she has signed two very big Indian films and has also signed Hollywood flick too, however she is not able to talk about them so soon, she says. This year in August, she will start shooting for her Hollywood film. While half of the shooting will take place in India, the rest of it will take place abroad.

One of the Indian films is a production venture by Karan Johar called Gipi where she plays to a protagonist’s mother. In the near future, the other two films to be released in which she has played roles are Lootera and Bhaag Mikha Bhaag. She say that the film Gippi is quite an interesting one and so is Lootera as well as Bhaag Mikha Bhaag. Right now she is enjoying all this and is also doing a play.

Aamir Khan, Christina Aguilera And Daniel Day-Lewis Party Together

Aamir Khan Bollywood actor was in New York recently to attend the Time celebratory dinner. Along with him at the party was Daniel Day-Lewis, the Oscar winning actor. At the dinner venue, at the Lincoln Centre, Christina Aguilera was also present where she gave a stunning performance. Aamir Khan’s picture features on the cover of a special Time magazine.

Huma Qureshi Says Vidya Balan Has Changed Things For Women
Much praise has been garnered by HumaQureshi, Bollywood actress, for her fine role in the film ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. She says that things have changed for women due to Vidya Balan’s role in many of her films. Considering the roles Vidya has played in her films, actresses no longer need to be considered as just glamour dolls only. The common thinking that Bollywood actresses are generally glamour dolls is changing quite fast, seeing what Vidya has done in her films.

Vidya Balan has been successful in changing a lot of things for women, Huma says. Besides Vidya, other actresses including herself and Konkana Sen are also putting in effort to refine the glamour doll’s quintessential role. Huma says that many of the writers and directors these days are also coming up with some fantastic ideas and stories. Everyone has been impressed by this unconventional actress’s performance in the gritty coal mafia saga on celluloid.

It Is Difficult For Anyone To Match Up With The Grace Madhuri Dixit Has, Says Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff says that there is absolutely no one who could match up with the grace, Madhuri Dixit has. Madhubala the legendary actress has also been compared with Madhuri Dixit. Jackie who has paired with Madhuri in films like ‘100 days’ and ‘Khalnayak’, says that no other actress has had as much of grace, as Madhuri has.

People have always liked Madhubala the former actress and they also like Madhuri Dixit as much. Not only does she have a beautiful smile like Madhubala but she also dances very beautifully as well, he adds. Madhuri Dixit and Jackie Shroff have featured in a number of other films like Devdas, Ram Lakhan, Sangeet, Parinda and Tridev. Jackie recollects one of the scenes from Ram Lakhan where Madhuri Dixit plays the role of his bhabhi or sister in law, very beautifully.

Ranveer Singh Gives Real Emotion By Enduring Pain In ‘Lootera’

Everyone was shocked to see Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on the sets of Lootera. For one particular scene, he gave real emotions by actually hurting himself. He was supposed to show that he was in deep pain for a particular sequence. So he took a safety pin and started piercing himself repeatedly to give that particular shot, reported a source.

Members of the unit as well as the director himself were against this extreme step, however Ranveer kept arguing that the scene was really poignant and the pain caused by the piercing of the safety pin helped in boosting his performance. On the edit table, when his performance was seen by the team, they were convinced that the scene would surely touch the audience’s hearts. SonakshiSinha pairs up with Ranveer Singh in the romantic film Lootera directed by Vikramaditya Motwane.

Is Shahrukh Khan Getting Very Protective About Priyanka Chopra These Days!

Everyone is wondering whether the relations between Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh Khan have reached the next level! A news article had released the information that both of them were quite serious about their relationship and are even dating each other. As reported in the daily it seems that many of Shahrukh’s friends are not too happy about this friendship, and hence he has started maintaining a distance from those friends. Shahrukh is not ready to listen to any word spoken against Priyanka, and is so protective about her that he has made this clear to everyone.

The Trial Of Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt’s trial and judgments have been on for many years and the final judgment came up two weeks ago where he has to serve a five year imprisonment. Since he had served sixteen months earlier in the jail in the year 1995, his present term is reduced to three and half years. In 1993 Sanjay Dutt was arrested under the TADA for illegal possession of arms. He defended by saying he had to protect himself but things were not to sail smoothly. After many petitions and appeals the final decision came on March 21st that he complete the remaining years of his term in jail. Initially he was stated to have accepted to serve his term. A few days back he seems to have asked for more time and it is to finish off his projects like Policegiri, Zanjeer and Peekay.
Sanjay Dutt is doing two shifts to finish off his projects before his actual jail term. Film fraternity has rallied around this star and most of them rushed to his residence on hearing the news. Petitions from various quarters were sent but in vain. The arch rival khans Salman and Shahrukh are good friends of Sanjay Dutt and both have visited him. Shahrukh stayed around two hours sharing the grief of the family. The entire unit of Policegiri has stood by this actor who most say is one of the best human beings in the industry. The law has done justice in not giving any special treatment for celebrities- all are equal in the eyes of law and that Sanjay Dutt learnt it the hard way, is a lesson to be learnt for all the rich and the famous.

Dance Baby Dance

While this is not something to cheer for in the Bollywood circle there is something to be happy about and that is camaraderie that is seen these days. There were days when only select women like Helen, Bindu would show their shapely legs and entice men with sensuous dance numbers. The heroine were homely girls and the sexy women had a small role that a villainous touch. Then came the days, not so long back, when the heroines shed the homely look and were game to do the raunchy numbers for their films. A time when an item number by the heroine was mandatory and the audience were disappointed if they did not see one. This continues, but stars have gone a step ahead. Here  you have Aamir Khan, HritikRoshan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and the like shaking their booties for films where they do not play a role . What a guest appearance and all for friendship’s sake?

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