Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Provide Shyam Benegal The Jiggle: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has finally given the nod to veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal. The film to be shotnext year would be an out-and-out female-oriented subject to be shot atone stretch. Says Aishwarya, “I’ve been working so hardthis year thatI haven’t had achance to look at scripts. Butyes, the one that Shyam Benegal hasgiven meisveryvery special. We’ve beenmeaning to work with one another for years.”

Aishwarya wasearlieroffered Benegal’s Chamki,his screenadaptation of Georges Bizet’s classic French operaCarmen. Laughs Aishwarya, “I don’t know how many times that has come to me. He needed to catch the moodduring winter in Rajasthan. And somehow I never had that window inmy schedule.”The new Aishwarya-Benegal project takes the actor intoa different time zone.

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Priyanka Chopra In Short Skirt: Looking Soo Sexy: Try taking Priyanka Chopra away from her denim skirt. Just try. Yet again for Levis' 'Change the World' campaign Miss Chopra strutted in wearing them faded denims. She paired it with a snug black and white tee.The flirty curls and the grey gladiators made the look seem easy and unofficial. The oomph you ask? Well! That might just have something to do with her attitude.

Kangana Ranaut In Sanjay Dutt Iftaar Party With Her Sister: October 5, 2006, is the day her life changed forever. Or else Bollywood might have got another heroine in Kangana Ranaut’s sister. Instead Rangoli Ranaut was piecing her life together after her face was disfigured by an acid splash from a perverted youth.

Cut to this Monday, where Rangoli made a public appearance to attend actor Sanjay and wife Manyata Dutt’s iftaar party. Though she held Kangana’s hands for strength, she faced the world with a face completely uncovered. A bold step indeed.

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Deepika Padukone Believe In Dream: Actor Deepika Padukone, who plays a freedom fighter in Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’, says playing the spirited character of ‘Kalpana’ was a dream come true. Deepika stars alongside Abhishek Bachchan in Gowariker’s period thriller based on the Chittagong uprising during the freedom struggle. The actress, who started her Bollywood journey with Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Om Shanti Om’, will be seen in a new look in the film.

“It is something so new and unique for me. I am very grateful to Ashutosh who thought I was capable to carry off such a powerful role. It is a dream come true and a very important film of my career,” Deepika, who was in the city to launch a designer footwear store, said.

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Bipasha Basu Modeling For Magzine Of Vogue: It is fall, and magazine covers are getting hot and hip. It was sheer delight to watch this one with the sexiest of all Bipasha Basu adorning the cover of the fashionable issue of Vogue September 2010. Bipasha released this cover on Twitter and wrote “September fashion issue of vogue! Fun shoot!”

For the actress the shoot may have been fun, but for us it is one of the stunning covers seen in recent times. What catches our fancy is Bipasha’s magical dress in lace by Zuhair Murad. The little flower embellishment on the waist looks no less than a magical ball with some kind of spell. With the look of the cover dark and leafy, does it symbolize jungle fantasy? Whatever, the cover grips you. The magazine does not introduce Bips just as a style diva but also as a woman to be taken seriously. ‘Bipasha Means Business’ says loud the mag cover. It also carries the story of the making of the brand name Bipasha.

Aishwarya Rai Dance With Rajinikanth Her New Movie: Age is just a number! When it comes to dedication towards work, Rajnikanth who is sixty can even try to learn a new dance form. For Endhiran, the superstar did the funk style dance called ‘popping’ with Aishwarya Rai.

What is popping? It is a kind of street dance which is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer’s body. Sounds tough, doesn’t it! But Ash and Rajini were game for it. Yes, apart from Rajini, choreographer Remo D'Souza taught the dance to Ash as well. Like Rajini, the actress too is trying out popping for the first time. But they were quick to grasp the steps and the end result amazed all.

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Katrina Kaif Twist Over Romantic: Generally guys are averse to Rakhi as they fear of girls tying Rakhis to their wrists. Likewise no guy likes the charming diva of Bollywood, Katrina Kaif to tie Rakhi to his wrist. Yet Katrina found a God-brother of her own and tied the Raksha Bandhan. He is none other than producer Sajid Nadiadwala. He is well known as the friend of Salman Khan. This emotional episode occured during the shooting of the film 'Tees Maar Khan' directed by Farah Khan. Even Farah followed Katrina and tied Rakhi to Sajid who found no chance to escape.

Deepika Padukone Ex BoyFriend Nihar Pandya In A Film: Himesh Reshammiya's estranged friend, Prashant Chadha, is directing Rome The Real Dope On Romeo starring Deepika Padukone's ex-boyfriend, Nihar Pandya. The interesting bit about the flick is that certain scenes have been inspired from Nihar's real-life break-up.

Says a source connected to the film, "The hero's first scene starts with a monologue in front of the mirror where he talks about worshipping his girlfriend for four years and then, being dumped unceremoniously in favour of a more successful man. He then starts his search for a famous lover, Romeo."

Prashant says, "The film is about the journey of a rich young man who gets dumped by his girlfriend. He then starts his journey from Rome through Italy in search of Romeo who is a successful lover, while he couldn't be. I will be casting a known actress from B-Town and a foreign actress."

Prashant admits that Rome has been inspired from Nihar's real life. "Nihar's first scene depicts his state after he is jilted. Though people have tagged Nihar as a Casanova, it's not true.

Rome will show the truth of what happened. My ideal cast for Nihar's character's ex-girlfriend in Rome would be Deepika herself, though I am yet to approach her. Nihar knows what the story and screenplay are and he's comfortable playing a large portion of his real life on screen."Prashant is also directing an untitled film with Sachin Joshi and Candice Boucher.

Vidya Balan Working With Pradeep Sarkar: Five years after Parineeta, Vidya Balan and her mentor, Pradeep Sarkar, recently got back together to shoot a hair oil ad. The actress admits she was really nervous and insisted on a rehearsal before the first take. “It’s been a long time since I worked with Dada and I was wondering if the connect we had shared was still as strong, if I could understand what he wanted as easily as before, without words being spoken,” she points out.

To her relief, nothing had changed. “It was like cycling, a skill you don’t forget once you’ve learnt it,” she laughs. “And with Natti (cinematographer N Nataraja Subramaniam) behind the camera, it was almost like we were back to the Parineeta days.”The modern-day Lolita would love to do a film with Dada next. Sarkar himself is keen. Says Sarkar, “Vidya has grown as an actress since her debut in 2005. She was ‘bindaas’ (uninhibited) in Ishqiya  and awesome in Paa. In fact, Paa should have been called Maa. Whatever she does, Vidya does with pure intensity and is a true Indian beauty. You can’t take the Indianess out of her.”

Script not ready
It is learnt that he wants to make a costume drama with her. Balan doesn’t think he’s ready with a script yet, but would like to do a film revolving around relationships with him. “May be a love story, but I couldn’t say if it would be another period film or a historical,” she says.

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Mallika Sherawat And Hollywood Star Sharon Ston Working Togather: Mallika Sherawat, who has made US her home with her living there and working in Hollywood films, has been seen rubbing her shoulders with the Who's Who of Beverly Hills. However, the person she has recently bonded heavily with is definitely little more special as she is none other than the Basic Instinct star, Sharon Stone. The two were spotted attending a charity event and rooting for the international children's rights organisation Operation Smile that provides life-changing surgery solutions to children globally.

An eyewitness reveals that the two bonded like a house on fire from the moment they got introduced. "Sharon had heard about Mallika and from the time they arrived at the function, the two were inseparable. They sat together and right till the moment the event started, kept chatting about the work they are doing respectively for films and philanthropy. Post the event too they bonded again," says the source. When contacted, Mallika confirmed the news to us.

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