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 The word Choreographer was coined in the later years of cinema. Initially, the director would direct the songs along with the script and then dance master came into the picture. Choreography soon got its due recognition as a well-defined career. Choreography and direction maintain a hand in glove relationship. Perhaps, thats why out tinsel town choreographers have been turning directors. Prabhu Deva is the latest entrant in the list who has been a league apart choreographer, and is often referred to have a rubber body. Prabhu has directed many films down south, but with his upcoming film Wanted he had stepped into Bollywood. The film stars Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia Azmi and is slated to release this Friday. With Prabhu becoming the latest example of choreographer turning directors let peep into the past and check out the choreographers who have already reinvented the career in direction.
 A terrific choreographer who has churned out some brilliant films down south is all set with his first ever Bollywood directorial venture. Yes, he is none other than Prabhu Deva. Wanted, action-thriller marks his debut project in B-Town and he is highly excited about this Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia Azmi film. The film is slated to release on this Friday.
 Salman Khan, who is cornered by Jyothi Venkatesh tells him that he is confident that Wanted will turn out to be a hit at the box-office.
 Discovery of India’s first reality show, Yuvika Chaudhary is all set to play a kid sister to Tabu onscreen. She gets candid in an interview and talks about her forthcoming film ‘Do Baat Pakki’ and also throws light on her career.
 After planning Chintuji’s political career, Kulraj Randhawa is once again set to do comedy. She is doing a film ‘Mastang Mama’ opposite young and charming actor Ruslaan Mumtaz who impregnated a teenager in Teree Sang- A kidult love story.
 For years together, Amitabh Bachchan has been the biggest force in Bollywood and Aishwarya Rai (now his bahu), the face of Bollywood, to the Westerners. But when Shilpa Shetty went on to win the reality show Big Brother in UK all that quickly changed.
 As predicted earlier, Baabarr has proved itself to be a figure among ciphers, considering the fate of other films that released on Friday. Although Baabarr has not got a great opening in multiplexes; but it is doing pretty well on the single screens, especially in North India. Due to strong word of mouth and good reviews this film will fetch its viewers.
 Our Television celebs deliver the impression of a typical character that is assigned to them; then be it anything- from a happy-go-lucky character to a very negative role. But do these stars resemble their on-screen persona? While having chitchat with some Tele stars, we got a bombshell talkback from them, as they showed their true colors. These guys who appear on the idiot box are really contradictory to their onscreen personality!
 Ekta Kapoor the “Soap queen of Indian television industry”, seems to be very much influenced by Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion, for she is now coming up with a new show called Fashion, which, incidentally, is based on the fashion industry and controversies related to the glamour world. The creative director of the proposed show is Vikas Gupta, and the show might be aired on television next month.
 Mast boy Aftab Shivdasani has come a long way in the industry. He is through with the roller coaster ride of ten years in the meanest industry. He gets candid in an interview and talks about his journey so far, and shares his future plans.
 Mona Singh, the host of Entertainment Ke Liye Aur Bhi Kuch Karega shares her blissful mantra of success, her plans to get married and many more
There has been a deluge of films released in the last weeks, but none could prove their mettle and emerge as a winner. Quick Gun Murugan, Chintuji and Daddy Cool stood out, because of no alternative options. With so many films chocking the multiplex this week, yet again it will be a quality-less wholesale filmy Friday. Let’s have a look over these films and see whether things have a potential to improve.
 By Joginder Tuteja
‘I would be happy to work with Rituparno again’
She is yet to come out of the hangover of her first Bengali film Sob Charitro Kalponik but there’s more coming from Bipasha Basu. Her next film Pankh is yet another unconventional film. The actress speaks to Ritesh Sharma on her film and future projects.
 How did acting happen to you?
 Videshi music artists have been hot-favorites among the Indian youth. Gone are the days when girls would die to get a glimpse of their favorite late Michael Jackson on the stage. Pop icon Madonna too was amazed to see the popularity of western musicians in India. With the cinema going global, filmmakers today at the snap of their finger and obviously with the right money can bring in any of the international stars on-board. With Kylie Minogue as the latest entrant, the thirst for international stars among Indian audience has been quenched. It was heard that Madonna and the popular RnB singer Rihanna were the first choice of the filmmakers.
 Multi-starrer material Aftab Shivdasani goes down the memory lane and shares his experience of doing a film based on memory loss. He gets candid in an interview and talks about the details of his film Acid Factory.
 Anchal Sabharwal of Bhaskar Bharti fame on TV will now sizzle on silver screen. She is making her debut with Rupali Guha’s Aamras and speaks on the same in an interview.
 Evergreen Bad man Danny Denzongpa looked as young as ever even today. He gave all the young actors of his multi-starrer film Acid Factory, run for their money in his black suit. He touched upon several aspects of his life and went on to talk about his forthcoming film.
 Manoj Bajpai has commenced his second inning on a not-so-good note. His two films have already fallen flat on the box office, and now he is keeping his fingers crossed for the multi-starrer Acid Factory. He gets candid in an interview, and talks about his next release.
 Genelia D’Souza’s has always believed in the saying-slow but steady. And the results are definitely showing. Not only she is a success in Bollywood, she has made her mark felt down south as well. The actor chats up with IBNS correspondent Sreya Basu.
Avinash Sachdev aka Dev of Choti Bahu shares an exclusive talk with Telly café about his journey from a tough career, schooling, and marriage, to his future plans…
Marc Robinson doesn’t need any introduction, as he is well telecast in the reality show Iss Jungle… Along side his stint in jungle, we have discovered a new Marc so lets check out what he has to say in a heart-to-heart interview about his journey in the jungle and his family.
AMOL PALEKAR tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that even though he is getting a lot of offers to act in films now; he has been steadfastly turning them down because he does not want to be slotted just as the father of Salman Khan.
 Teachers’ Day is a great opportunity to express your respect to your teachers and extend your gratitude to them, for making you what you are. We respect teachers as we respect our parents.
 By Joginder Tuteja
 On the eve of the release of his latest film Chintuji, RISHI KAPOOR takes out time to tell JYOTHI VENKATESH, who he knows since he had made his debut with Bobby, that as an actor, he has always gone against the tide…
 As we all know that after a long period of festivities for almost 10 days, our lord Ganesh is immersed in water. But very few know the reason for this deed. The actual reason for immersing the idol is because long ago in time, when there was no environment on earth, except water all around, lord Brahma Vishnu and Mahesha, the creators of the world, chanted the holy word “OM” and they spotted a banyan leaf in the ocean on which a little child was floating. Then they did “aradhana” to the small kid to create this world, later the child came to be known as Shree Ganesh.
 By Joginder Tuteja
Studipto Chattopadhyaya has come a long way from Bengali to Hindi cinema. A winner of National Award for a Bengali film titled Monsoon Melody, this filmmaker has many Bengali films in his credit. He began his Bollywood career as a storywriter for a two stories in Dus Kahaniyaan and he is now all set with his debut directorial venture in Hindi Cinema. The film titled Pankh stars Bipasha Basu, Maradona Rebello, Amit Purohit and many more.
 Indian Idol discovery is paving his way to films. His Pritish Nandis youth based film The Seventeen is ready to release and as of now he is working with Yashrajs untitled Parmeet Sethi directed film. He gets candid in an interview and goes down the memory lane beginning from Indian Idol days.
Boxer-actor Sharad Saxena seemed to be giving 200 percent to the show 100 percent De Dhana Dhan. He gets candid in an interview and shares his experience of being a manager to 11 Indian Wrestlers in South Africa.
 Skin show has always been a selling element for B-town filmmakers. Indian culture may boast of sati-savitri Bhartiya nari, or crib about the adaptation of western culture in recent times, but the truth is- our film fraternity has been modern and contemporary in its thoughts and ways since the 60’s. Remember the sensuous Sharmila Tagore of An evening in Paris in the 60’s. An icing on the cake was when she donned a bikini on the cover page of a renowned magazine. The unmatchable oomph-factor of another diva Parveen Babi ruled the roost in 70’s, with her amazing style quotient in bikini. Then, came the voluptuous, yet sexy, Bikini-clad Zeenat Aman in her films such as Qurbani, Pukaar and Dostana.
By Joginder Tuteja
In Bollywood, it is a rare occasion to see more than 2-3 mainstream films releasing on the same weekend. Yes, there have been instances when multiple films have arrived on the same day, but such a situation is far and few and is generally avoided. This is why one could have allowed it all to be an exceptional case when DADDY COOL, TOSS, KISAAN, QUICK GUN MURUGAN, LOVE KHICHDI and YEH MERA INDIA released over the Friday gone by.
 Kashmera has come across many unreal people in her reality show career. She shares her valuable opinion about few of them with us.
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