Well, not many actors get a chance to play their real self on screen. But when lovely actress Parak Madan was asked to play a Kath kali dancer in JD Majethia’s new show- Burey Bhi Hum Bhaley Bhi Hum, the actress was super elated! Parakh is a trained classical dancer and has been learning the art from past seventeen years. The actress will be seen playing the lead and love interest of Jay (Ashustosh Kulkarni) in the show.

Tamil film Subrahmanyapuram in Telugu

The hit Tamil film ‘Subrahmanyapuram is now being dubbed into Telugu and it has been titled as ‘Ananthapuram 1980’. The Telugu version is being produced by M Ranganath on the Simhapuri Talkies banner. Colours Swathi is the heroine in the revenge drama. Sasi Kumar is the director. Ananthapurm 1980 is expected to hit the screens in April. - SAMPURN

Movie Review : Mere Khwabo Mein Jo Aaye (2009)

Mere Khwabo Mein Jo Aaye: Give it a slip

Surya making up for lost time

Zee TV Synopsis (16th Feb 2009 to 19th Feb 2009)

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Indian cinema is going to witness a new type of cinema through my films: Vivek Sharma

By Shruti Didwaniya

Why Naseeruddin Shah doesnt like Othello

The veteran actor on Thursday night launched the Vintage Shakespeare Collection at Crossword in Juhu on the occasion of the legendary writer’s 445th anniversary.

Irrfan Khan in the list of most bankable star from India in Hollywood.

Slumdog Millionaire may be the toast of the season with its bouquet of Oscar nominations, this has in turn helped Irrfan Khan to be listed most bankable star from India in Hollywood and has been ranked with the Khans of Bollywood in a new Forbes list. Irrfan is among half a dozen Bollywood actors on the list of “Hollywood’s Most Valuable Actors”, compiled by the American publication known for its rankings of the world’s richest persons. Other Indians on the list include Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.

I respect Aishwarya for what she is: Katrina Kaif

Katrina has climbed one step higher on the pedestal of success. Representing the Barbie doll in India and walking the ramp in the Barbie clothes has been an iconic moment for Katrina who has now made it to the top. Katrina has replaced Aishwarya Rai in most of the campaigns and since there was a buzz that Aishwarya Rai was going to the iconic figure for Barbie, Katrina being selected for the same came as a surprise.

Be comfortable Gul Panag

Gul Panag talks to Sabir Rahman on her choice about outfits and fashion…

Theatre festival to be held in Thrissur

Noted Indian director Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu, popularly known as M.S. Sathyu, will inaugurate a theatre festival in Thrissur, organized by Nataka Souhridam from April 3 to April 5 as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. The plays to be staged are Kurthippadam (Malayalam), Agni Mattu Male (Kannada) and Mahadevbhai (English). M.S. Sathyu, critic Sadanand Menon, dramatist G. Kumara Varma and academic M.V. Narayanan will take part in seminars to be held on April 4 and April 5. An exhibition of theatre-related photographs and posters, curated by Sadanand Menon, will also be held. - SAMPURN

Aadesh Adnan fight continues

Few days back, music director Aadesh Shrivastava lambasted Adnan Sami in front of everybody at singer Richa Sharma’s birthday party held at BJN Banquets, Mumbai. He insulted him calling him a non-singer and claiming he had no right to be in the Indian music industry. While we thought that matter was closed that night itself, the whole thing is now taking a very serious turn what with Aadesh hell bent on kicking Adnan Sami out of India.

First Look: Street Kings

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh laurie, Chris Evans, Jay Mohr, John Corbett, Cedric the Entertainer, Amaury Nolasco, Terry Crews, Naomie Harris, Martha Higareda.

Manish Goel: Proud Papa

Manish Goel has been missing from the small screen for a while now. The actor, who got his big break with Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms and went on to star in hit serials such as Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Ghar Ek Mandir, Bandhan after which he participated in reality show called “Zara Nach Ke dikha”

When Sonu got emotional.

"Gulshan Kumar lives on. We refuse to accept that he has left us and gone. And i our heearts and our work, he lvies on. That is the reason why despite the music market not doing well, Bhushan Kumar still churns out hits. He is blessed by Gulshanji who lives on in his son," said an emotional Sonu Nigam at the success party of his fahter Agam Kumar Nigam’s Woh

Shooting ends for Hindi Pokkiri

Producers seem to play safe and invest their money in the films which has already been liked by the audiences and this banking on remakes. Mahesh Babu starrer Pokkiri was appreciated highly and did a good business at the box office. Seeing its success, Prabhu Deva and Vijay instantly decided to cash on it and remade the Telugu version of the flick which was directed by Puri Jaganath. But this was not the end as Salman Khan and producer Boney Kapoor got highly impressed with the film and decided to remake it in Hindi. Ayesha Takia is the actress while Mahesh Manjrekar and Vinod Khanna would also be seen playing important. The shooting of the flick has gotten over and it would really be interesting to see whether the flick yet again proves to be lucky for the producer or not. - SAMPURN

Taarak Mehta ropes in the most costly idol by far.

Popular comedy show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah( Neela Telefilms) just doesn’t ceases to amaze its loyal fans. The show that is the most watched show on Sony SAB always delights its viewers with novel and innovative things. This one time, on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, the makers bought a real gold idol of Lord Mahavir, which happens to be the most costly and rarest property ever used in a daily serial.

Shaan to host the Mirch awards.

Shaan is definitely a "shaan" of live shows. No wonder organisers want the singer to be host at their event. "Shaan is going to host the Mirchi Awards to be held on 28th March at Taj Lands End. Mirchi Awards are the only awards for music similar to the Grammy Awards of the US," said a source. Shaan of course is happy that the organisers wanted him to host the event. "Shaan felt honoured. It also made feel proud about his reigning popularity as a host. He is happy to be associated with the music world." - SAMPURN

Every artist has a right to advancement- Nirahua.

Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua is the only Bhojpuri Artist who has established his credentials as a successful star in a short time span. He has given the maximum number of superhit Bhojpuri films, many of which are running beyond their Golden Jubilees. After doing solo films he has no qualms in working in multi starters too.

Mugdha against topless fashion

The news is doing the rounds that Mugdha Godse was offered a role in a film to be produced by a French production house but Mugdha turned it down because the role needed her to strip off her top and go topless.

Diamonds are forever, especially for Sherlyn Chopra

Most of the celebrities wear authentic and the best of the designer clothes when shooting or promoting their films or albums. But the Outrageous ‘Sherlyn Chopra’ is far different from others. Unlike others, she likes to wear diamonds, accompanied with sexy hot looking bikini top and golden color hot pants (both cladded with diamonds again)

Bigg Boss Synopsis 13th November ‘08

Its wake up time again and this time all the housemates are woken up to Airtel tune as the morning alarm.

Bigg Boss gives the housemates new song and costumes related to the weekly task. Today’s song is ‘I Am The Best…’ from the movie ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.

Today Bigg Boss assigns a ‘Photo Session’ task and gives the housemates a camera. The task requires the housemates to do a photo shoot featuring all of them. The photos should represent 12 months of the year plus four bonus pages, and should be based on given themes like Love, Unity of family, Hatred, Laziness, Hunger, Planning & Plotting, Nominations, etc. For this shoot, Bigg Boss has provided props and also tells them to use the stuff available in the house. All the housemates get ready for this shoot as these pictures will be utilized for making Bigg Boss Calendar. Later on the housemates carry out the photo shoot and complete the task.

Further in the episode, Monica and Rahul joke that they should answer any awkward questions from the outside world by pretending it was all "scripted"

Raja and Rahul are fighting over Kut. Meanwhile, Zulfi is called to the confession room and is told that it is time for Kut to leave. This really upsets Raja and Rahul.

In the evening, the task alarm is rung and all the housemates perform on the song.

The housemates count the hours to go and plan about how they will spend the time.

Soon after, Bigg Boss launches ‘Karo Zyada Ka Irada’ task wherein the housemates have to give a speech on why they are the most eligible contestants to win Bigg Boss and what they will do with the prize money.

Later, Rahul & Monica privately poke holes in Raja’s speech, and wonder aloud if the viewers would misinterpret his speech and think Raja arrogant as a result. Monica reiterates the possibility that the audience might perhaps think he doesn’t really need the money, and therefore maybe not vote him to victory.

In the night, Rahul asks Bigg Boss to switch off the lights. Monica compliments his volume, Rahul asks her to try. She does, and right then, the lights go off, prompting Rahul to tease her, saying Bigg Boss always fulfils the last wishes of those about to be evicted.
To catch the drama unfurl, tune in to COLORS everyday at 10:00 pm. - SAMPURN

Prabhu’s Kannada flick

Prabhu, son of Sivaji Ganesan and noted Tamil actor is acting in his first Kannada film Boss which features challenging star Darshan and Navya Nair in the lead roles. The actor is currently busy shooting for the film in Mysore. Making his debut with 1982 released flick Sangili, Prabhu has come a long way. He has delivered several hits during his long career, the major one being Chinna Thambi which broke all box office records in 1991. – Sampurn Media

Amole Gupte finding it tough to rope in a big star?

Despite the bouquets and awards he won for his debut film Taare Zameen Par, it is not exactly being a rosy path for creative director of the film, Amole Gupte. It is learnt from industry sources that he is now facing problems finding a big star for his next film Sapno Ko Ginte Ginte.

Music Mania : Nikhil Dwivedi

Q-What’s playing in your I-pod these days?

A-I am playing two extremes which are my favorites on my I-pod these days. One is rock music and the other is all the songs by R.D.Burman.

A character is always more important than the actor

The Indian film industry is maturing fast. And one can easily judge it from the number of crossover films being made today. And a number of them are doing well too. Interestingly enough the Indian audience has also matured in more ways than one. They are not content with the hero ad heroine lone, the viewer expects good performance from the characters as well. As a result these actors are getting their due share of fame as well. Cases in point are Rajat Kapoor and Vinay Pathak. Dibyendu Bhattacharya is a name in this list.

With films like Monsoon Wedding, The Rising, Ab Tak Chappan, Black Friday, Goal and Dev D under his belt, actor Dibyendu Bhattacharya has finally made his presence felt in Bollywood. “I have been in this industry for a long time – have been doing plays since 1988. It feels nice to see that character actors are finally being given their due,” says the actor whose film career started in 2000 with the role of Lottery Monsoon Wedding. “Mira Nair personally auditioned me for the movie. After that I acted in Siddharth Srinivasan’sDivyadrishti a film on same sex relationships. I played a gay cop in the movie. Unfortunately, due to Censor Board issues, it could not be released in India. However, director Anurag Kashyap watched the movie and offered me the role of Yeda Yakub in Black Friday,” says the actor whose portrayal of Chunilal in Dev D won him many fans.

Bhattacharya studied in the National School of Drama and had people like Jaya Sil and Rajpal Yadav as his classmates and Pankaj Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah as teachers. “One big lesson we learned there was that the character is more important than the actor. This is something that has helped me always while acting in films. In fact, this is the reason why people do not recognize me on the streets. Because they are so used to and convinced about my on-screen appearance, they tend to forget that there can be an offscreen Dibyendu Bhattacharya as well! ” says the actor who won a scholarship for his studies at NSD. In fact, after he completed his studies, he started acting in NSD’s theatre group The Repartee Company till 2000, when he came to Mumbai.

“I had to start from scratch in Mumbai and had no Godfathers to help me. I used to go for various auditions and finally I had my chance when I got selected for Monsoon Wedding.Mira Nair personally selected me after seeing my performance in the audition,” says Bhattacharya who went on to do Divya Drishti with director Siddharth Srinivasan after that. “The film was based on a gay cop and had a very bold theme considering the fact that it was made in 2001. I was playing the gap cop and the film had a few bold scenes and as a result never saw light of the day. Divya Drishti got canned,” says a sad Bhattacharya.

Director Anurag Kashyap watched this movie in a private screening and liked Bhattacharya’s performance. “We met each other and slowly became good friends since our passion for films was similar,” the actor fondly remembers his initial days with the director who gave him the famous role of Yeda Yakub in Black Friday. He went on to do a number of films after that, but Yeda Yakub gave him the fame and recognition he wanted. “I think anyone who has watched Black Friday will not be able to forget my role. Immediately after this I got the offer to play Chunilal in DevD. Being a Bngali, I had read Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Devdas many times. But when I did the role of Chunilal, I thought of it as Anurag’s Dev D and not the famous Bengali novel. I think that was the key to my success in the role,” says the actor who sported a ponytail for the film. “The entire characterisation of Chunilal, including looks, was conceived by Anurag and me jointly,” says Bhattacharya who is eagerly waiting for his next releases – Saloon (a comedy) and Soul of the Sand (already released in various film festivals). - SAMPURN

My favorite outfit is Jeans and T-shirt Kirti Gaikwad

Q. Your favorite car…
A. It’s Tata Safari.

Shah Rukh To Fly Down With His Team From South Africa To Vote

By Subhash K Jha

MUJHE CHUN LO RAKHI

~ Rakhi Sawant’s Swayamwar gathers momentum with 12,515 Calls received in just 20 days ~

Ranbir endorses Panasonic

Panasonic has signed on Ranbir Kapoor to endorse their Vierra range of flat screen TVs and Home theatre systems.

Feroz Khan no more

After battling with cancer for a year, veteran actor, producer and director Feroz Khan met with death on Monday night at 1.30 at his farm house located in his home town Bangalore. His family said that his funeral is due to take place in Bangalore later today. Making his debut with Didi in 1960, Feroz Khan has given some major hits like Qurbani, Yalgaar and Jaanbaaz. His performance in film Dharmatma was also highly appreciated. Some of his other hit films include Teesra Kaun and Dayavan. His last flick was 2007 released Welcome. The stylish actor has also been honoured with many prestigious award in his long successful career in Bollywood.

Sathyarajs debut in Mollywood

Tamil star Sathyaraj would be making his debut in Mollywood with Prasad Yadan’s directed flick Trigger. The film is said to be an action-crime-thriller which started rolling recently in Thiruvananthapurm. SujitVarghese is producing the movie under the banner of 4M. Manu Mohit and Manasa are also in the lead. The other star cast includes Rajeev Govind, Rajan P.Dev, Sreenath, Biju Kuttan, Kiran Raj, Padannayil, Roshna, Urmila and Unni. R. Deepak is capturing the film in his camera. Lyrics are been jotted down by Vayalar Sarat Chandra Varma and Rafeeq Ahmed while the music is composed by Rajesh Mohan. - SAMPURN

Poonam Yadav hits back

By Dhanashri Kulkarni

I am a genuine host- Rohit Roy

Rohit Roy has shown his sparkling direction in Dus Kahaniyaan’s Rice Plate and now he is all set to direct his own full fledged movie. We had a chat with the man himself about his new film and his television career.

When Bhushan toasted to Priyan’s comic caper!

Young music mogul Bhushan Kumar played the perfect host to the hilt at the music release of Mere Baap Pehle Aap. The musical event at PVR saw a bevy of Bollywood fraternity glitter at the theatre. There was besides Bhushan Kumar, stars Akshaye Khanna, Genelia DSouza, Archana Puran Singh, Shobhana, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, director Priyadarshan, a host of people including Aarzoo Gowitrikar, Ajay Kapoor, Mukesh Desai, Aadesh Shrivastav, Jagmohan Mundhra, Sameer, Udit Narayan, Yogesh Lakhani, Ajay Maroo, and a host of others.

Parakh Madan plays real in reel life