Lara Dutta launches yoga CDs (Movie Snippets)

NEW DELHI - Following in the footsteps of Shilpa Shetty and Bipasha Basu, actress Lara Dutta has launched her own video CDs on yoga.

“Launching today, H.E.A.L with Lara, Yoga - Recovery and Rejuvenation! DVDs and VCDs out now in stores! I hope you enjoy it! It’s just 4 u,” Lara posted on her Twitter page.

Earlier Shilpa had launched her yoga DVD, while Bipasha demonstrated fitness techniques in her CD called “Love Yourself”.

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Veena Malik hottest on ‘Bigg Boss’: Pritish Nandy

So what if former “Baywatch” babe Pamela Anderson is coming on Indian reality show “Bigg Boss 4″? Filmmaker Pritish Nandy still feels Pakistani actress Veena Malik remains the hottest among all housemates.

“Well, I still think Veena Malik is the hottest inmate of Bigg Boss’s house. Too much tamasha (hullabaloo) over a jaded, boring, over-the-hill Pamela,” Nandy posted on Twitter.

Anderson, 43, entered the “Bigg Boss 4″ house in Lonavala Tuesday night. The episode will be telecast Wednesday, and her entry is expected to give a major boost to the show’s ratings, even though Malik’s antics have been inviting a lot of attention already.

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Yana Gupta busy taking Hindi lessons

When “Babuji” girl Yana Gupta should be brushing up her dancing skills for “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 4″, she is busy taking Hindi lessons.

“Just finished my Hindi lesson… two hours of sweat and screaming out Hindi nouns, trying to get the right pronunciation of ‘ke liye’. Thought my teacher would strangle me but got out alive,” the Czech model-turned-actress posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Yana will soon be seen as one of the contenders on “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 4″, to be telecast on Sony Entertainment Television. Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit is expected to be one of the judges on the upcoming season.