 ~Shahrukh, Juhi, Shiamak join Sourav Ganguly in a glittering finale~
 Teaching his daughter three-year-old Violet to swear in German made Ben Affleck’s face go red. The actor had taken his daughter to a Mexican restaurant where the tot decided to spill both their meals on her dad’s lap, prompting him to swear in German. Ben thought he’d avoided teaching her a bad word by cursing in a foreign language - only to watch Violet recite the phrase loudly to the horror of other diners.
Affleck tells contactmusic.com, "All the food is coming, spilling towards me. And I go, ‘Shhhhh… and I turn it around and say ’sheisse’.
"Why I came up with that word, I don’t know, I have not even been to Germany, but I guess that’s a German swear word in my subconscious…
"I thought, ‘I’ve averted disaster.’ I look over at her and she says, ‘What’s sheisse? Why did you say sheisse?’
"I said, ‘It’s just a bad word, and we don’t say that.’ As soon as I told her it was a bad word, I was like, ‘You idiot.’
"So she just goes, sheisse, sheisse, sheisse, sheisse, over and over again. It turned into a total nightmare for me. My daughter’s swearing in German." - SAMPURN
 By Jiya Pandit
 After being dragged for more than six months, Nemam Pushparaj’s Banaras is now all set to hit the theatres on the 7th of April. Vineeth and Kavya Madhavan are in the lead. This is for the first time in her career that Kavya is portraying the role of a classical dancer while Hari is playing the role of a research student on folk dances. The flick is being produced by M.R.Nair under the banner of Kashi films. M. Jayachandran has composed the music for the lyrics jotted down by Giresh Puthencherry. M. Sukumar has captured the movie in his camera while Cheriyaan Kalpakavaady has penned down the flick. The other cast members include Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu, Devan, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Harisree Asokan and Suraj Vejaramoodu. - SAMPURN
 By Joginder Tuteja
 A dubbed version of Tamil movie Junior Senior, titled as Senior will be one of the releases for superstar Mammootty, this year around. The flick is been directed by J Suresh while Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for the movi,e Its been produced by by Dharani films and the film will be brought to theatres by J R international and Winner films. Former Miss Malaysia Lena would be seen as an actress opposite Mammootty. Mommootty will don the character of Sathyanarayanan, a business magnet who made it big from his humble beginnings. The flick is been entirely shot in Malaysia. - SAMPURN
 Well that’s what it looked like on Sunday morning when a host of television artists dropped in at Jiten Lalwani and his wife Deepika Lalwani’s newly launched store in a mall in Santacruz. The tv actor and his wife inaugurated the second branch of their store ‘Katha’ amidst friends from the industry. with the festive season around the corner, this occasion didn’t seem less festive by itself having being decorated by flowers and lights.
 AALIYA SHAH tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that though her parents have encouraged her to take up acting as her career, they are not happy with her decision.
 Mohanbabu, Sarvanand, Ramyakrishna, Survin Chawla and Tashu Kaushik are playing the lead in ‘Raju Maharaju’ directed by Bhanushankar and produced by Kumaraswamy Pathikonda. Producer says, ‘We have already completed the talkie part shooting and are presently canning a song on Sarwanand and Survin Chawla at Kulu. The schedule was planned from March 25 to 29. After the return of the unit from there, another song would be choreographed on Mohanbabu with which we will wrap up the shooting. We will launch the audio as soon as possible.’ Director says, ‘In order to prove the very presence of a person, he needs a nice family. We prepared a story with a family as our subject.’ Music is by Chakri. - SAMPURN
 Tulip surprised Captain Vinod Nair on his birthday with a home made cake and treated him to a romantic beach side dinner at ‘Aurus’ a suburban pub.
 Hussain who is now also famous as Sumit of Kumkum have become jobless. The actor is not having any project for the moment. Apart from Kumkum, he was anchoring Indian Idol but even that has been over now.
CINEMA HALL SPECIAL
GADAR - EK PREM KATHA
Friday, May 1st 2008, 8:00 PM
Directed by: Anil Sharma
Starring: Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Amrish Puri
Genre: Action
Crooner Akriti kakar celebrated Children’s Day with the cute little kids ailing from cancer. The Cancer Patient Aid Association invited Akriti Kakar, Shiney Ahuja and Dia Mirza to spread some cheer among the kids on this special day. Akriti sang some of her recent hits and encouraged the kids to shake a leg as well. She interacted with the kids and brought with her few boxes of sweets to be dispersed among the kids.
There are rumours going on that legendary Telugu actor N.T. Rama Rao’s super hit Bobbili Puli (1982), scripted and directed by veteran Narayana Rao Dasari, is to be remade by his grandson Junior NTR, again under the direction of Narayana Rao Dasari. It is learnt that Junior NTR expressed joy when Dasari Narayana Rao proposed the project. The film is expected to hit the floors in the month of March. Recently Junior NTR met Dasari Narayana Rao at his residence to congratulate him on winning the NTR award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu cinema. Dasari Narayana Rao has been in the industry for more than four decades. - SAMPURN
 Deepika Padukone: Deepika Padukone is the latest in the line of super models trying their luck in Bollywood and is being touted along with Katrina Kaif as the next big thing to hit Hindi cinema. There is no doubt that like Katrina, she is one of the most gorgeous woman in Hindi filmdom today. She still has to prove herself as an actress though, as it is more a case of her being cast correctly in films rather than her acting talent making the roles work.
 I looked at her and the first thing that came on my mind was my school days memory when I used to wear black colored shorts and dirty them up by the end of school. The thoughts came flashing back when I saw this female who came in a purple shirt and striped black shorts.
 Jaya Bachchan, the senior leader of the Samajwadi Party took a break and started shooting for her new film tentatively titled, Phir Tum Mil Gaye in Mumbai. The shooting will now take place ahead for a month in Mumbai in Suchak Bungalow at Madh Island and other places in the city.
 From the Pakistani land of Sufi singers, we have yet another talented singer knocking at the doors of Indian film industry. With his album Laut Aao, Ahmed Jehanzeb is making his entry into the Indian music world. Dreaming of creating better music, this young singer is all set to kiss success through his seer hard work and dedication. Sabir Rahman has shared some melodious moment with this talented singer and composer.
 By Anil Merani
 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s relationship have had many a problem of late and the latest is that Pitt made things worse by meeting up with ex wife Jennifer Aniston.
With ‘MP3′ behind him and Satish Kaushik’s ‘Tere Sang’ coming up, the young actor thinks he doesn’t need to be thrift anymore! Here the budding actor shares few fashionable moments with Sabir Rahman.
Q: What is fashion according to you?
A. Fashion for me is just being oneself. If you can’t carry something, don’t go for it.
Q: Where do you mostly shop from?
A.I mostly shop in Dubai and in London from a shop called River Island.
Q: Any brands that you prefer?
A. River Island is my favourite brand. Apart from that, I wear Armani Exchange’s t-shirts and I like Zara, too.
Q: While at home, you mostly wear…
A. I wear Track pants and a t-shirt
Q: Your gym wear is like…
A. Most of the time I come back from dance classes and the gym, so I’m mostly in track pants and a t-shirt.
Q: Do you go for the formal look at times?
A. Very rarely. Till date I don’t have a suit. And I haven’t stitched one till now. Formal for me it would be jeans, shirts and a jacket.
Q: What’s your casual look like?
A. Casual would be jeans, shades and a t-shirt.
Q: What do you prefer for evening wear?
A. I like wearing jeans, t-shirt and a jacket.
Q: What about night wear?
A. At night while sleeping I wear pajamas and a t-shirt.
Q: what about accessories?
A. Not really, I just wear a watch and I’ve a ring which I bought from River Island.
Q: Which brand do you favour for footwear?
A. I prefer Nike and Shock. Most of the time, I’m wearing those shoes.
Q: Must-haves in your shaving kit…
A. It’s the razor I guess.
Q: Which is the latest perfume that you bought?
A. David of Cool Waters which I use during the day and Isimiaki during the night.
Q: Which colours do you think are a must in a wardrobe?
A. Black.
Sabir Rahman - SAMPURN
Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 2007 Locarno International Film Festival and Winner of Silver Leopard Best Actor (Michele Venitucci), at the 2007 Locarno International Film Festival, ‘Of Bounds’ gives you the brutal facts about the big bad world of illegal fight clubs.
The mesmerizing voice behind the very popular song Ya Ali, from Gangster - A Love Story, is of Zubeen Garg, the contemporary Bollywood playback singer who specializes in ‘Sufi’ songs. Here is the talented star sharing his life struggle in his quest to stardom.
Q. When did you explore yourself as a musician?
A. I can’t say when I explored myself as a musician because I am exploring myself since the age of three and half. Since then, I am aiming to be a musician and singer.
Bad Luck Govind is a film by Varun Khanna. Varun has made many a Hollywood films and for the first time felt the urgent need to make a film on his country soil.
Rajesh Khanna: No rise or fall of a star has been as been quite as dramatic or spectacular as that of Rajesh Khanna. From 1969 to 1972, the Rajesh Khanna phenomenon swept Bollywood off its feet and the hysteria he generated was unlike anything seen before and after. As superhit followed superhit and women all over the country swooned over him, Rajesh Khanna admitted feeling ‘next to God.’ In fact, Rajesh Khanna could perhaps be called Hindi Cinema’s first superstar. And yet in one of life’s greatest ironies just 5 years later by 1977, his career was in shambles as film after film began failing at the box office. As he fell to the ‘angry young man’ onslaught of Amitabh Bachchan and found himself totally rejected by filmgoers it is said he went to his terrace in heavy rain asking God not to test his patience…
Telecast Date: 2nd Feb’09 Monday at 7:30pm
Shastri ji tells his wife that any married women who despite of being married, does not perform the duties of a wife is immoral and wicked in nature. Radhika overhear’s this and enters the Krishn Mandir in a trance which is forbidden to her.
 The countdown to the Indian Premiere League (IPL) has begun with the cricket fest all set to kick start on April 18 in South Africa. We asked few of the Telly stars which team they’re rooting for this year.
 By Anil Merani
 Kisse Pyaar Karoo: Give me my money back
 In the midst of central London, a successful Indian restaurant called ‘Gaylord’ is run by a Londoner of Indian origin called Pinu. A simple soul at heart, Pinu has many complexes – a special one being that he is a virgin and has experienced no intimacy with a woman. To top that, his biggest fear is to be laughed at by people… an ever-repeating phenomenon with him. Pinu is quite an introvert and has no real friends…the closest he has ever gotten to a friendship is with his foster brother rajat, who is quite a contrast to his own personality –A casual air about him, he is the lead singer of a rock band. Rajat is very fond of pinu, though is often a source of annoyance to him as he finds pinu really funny.
Gossip Girl
Season 2
Mon, 9PM
You’ve Got Yale
4th May
It’s that stressful time of year when the students of Constance Billard and St. Jude schools find out who is — and isn’t — worthy of early admission to Yale University. Serena bonds with her new Shakespeare teacher, Rachel, who is not the slightest bit aware of the wrath she is about to suffer after giving Blair the first B [[not a top mark]] of her prep school career. Chuck pairs up with an unlikely ally in his war with Jack over Bass Industries. Plus, Nate and Vanessa spend a romantic evening at the opera.
Carnal Knowledge
11th May
 Last Friday everyone including contestants got shocking news when Koena Mitra entered in Jhalak season 3 through wild-card entry and now in her first act only she scored perfect 30.
Shaan’s been a singing star for a while now
Recently the man celebrated his birthday and his wife made it extra special for him. She gifted him with …hold your breath, a brand new red Mercedes car.
The surprise came when he was shooting for Star Voice of India. His better half paid him a visit to wish him a ‘Happy Birthday’ and presented him the keys of ‘Red Mercedes’ car.
Obviously Shaan was pleased with this super expensive car so far.
And that’s not the only big gift. He has bought a new home in Bandra and he’s shifted to that house along with his family.
The singer sure is going places in his professional and personal life. Lots of reasons to celebrate, must say!
-Sampurn Media
The 54th Annual Filmfare awards were raining men and women. Everyone was waiting to feel the grip of the ‘black lady’. The ‘black lady’, the most prestigious and respected award in the Indian film fraternity was something on everyone’s mind and certainly when one walks to see the ‘black lady’ how can he/she not be in a black attire. We choose 10 most deserving and elegantly dressed people in ‘black’ and why wont they, in the end it was everything for the ‘black lady’.
 Channel [v] introduces a fresh new concept of talk show where they present you an out of the world anchor and a roller coaster ride of surprises and candid moments
Tony B is the latest product from the house of channel [v]’s ultra talented anchors. Following a legacy of icons like Uddham Singh, Simpoo, Juhi, and Lola Kutty. Tony B is undoubtedly the dumbest, ugliest, uninformed, untrained, unpresentable presenter you would have seen on TV. He is a Master of disaster; Prince of Faux pas …Tony B is constantly lost and makes his guests lose their temper - an anchor with no research and not an iota of knowledge of the guests’ achievements or field of expertise.
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