Wallpaper:Click Image To Enlarge Perfumes and designer labels have been launched after some of Bollywood’s biggest names, but this is probably the first time that a cake has been named after a star.
Confectioner Milanda Jagtiani has named one of her specially made cakes after Bobby Deol, so that whoever wants to order the tall, dark and handsome creation has only to say, "I want a Bobby Deol cake," and it will delivered within two days.
Says Milanda, who owns the Sante food store in Bandra, "It started three years ago, when a friend of Bobby’s ordered a special made-to-order cake for him. She said he loves cheesecake, chocolate mousse and brownie nuts, so could I make a cake with all his favorite ingredients?
Once I did it, and she gave it to him, not just Bobby, but many other people started ordering it, too. Each time we made it, I had to list out all the ingredients, so finally, we decided to name it the Bobby cake."
Says Bobby, "It’s very sweet of Milanda to name a cake after me; I feel very special. I guess I have ordered that cake so often that they finally decided to name it after me," he laughs.
"My sons and nephews all love gooey, chocolate cakes, not the white ones. We have many birthdays in our family, so we keep ordering this cake. I guess what makes it more special is that it’s made with a lot of love."
Milanda`s celebrity clients includes Karan Johar, Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan, Aditya and Payal Chopra, Arbaaz and Malaika Arora, Susanne Roshan, Hemant Trevedi, Nawaz Singhania, Leslie Lewis, Rahul Khanna, Amrita Singh,Katrina Kaif and Fardeen Khan.
If you thought Palika Bazaar and Nehru Place in New Delhi were the havens of pirated Bollywood CDs & DVDs, wait till you reach China.
On the roads of China, it is common to see Bollywood flicks being peddled for Rs 42 each.
This, after FICCI had reached the conclusion that the piracy issue was extremely serious in India with yearly losses amounting to close to Rs 1,700 crore!
"China does it in a very organised way. It sees piracy as a revenue stream which brings in tens of millions of dollars every year, and they have no scruples doing it," says filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.
In fact, China makes it possible for millions of Indians to get new Bollywood releases at dirt cheap rate," he adds.
"There is a phenomenal demand for Bollywood films in the entire of Africa and Central Asia."
"In fact, Aishwarya can contest against Hamid Karzai and win. In such a scenario, our own lack of stringent intellectual property and copyright laws plays in their favour."
With ever increasing demand for Bollywood flicks and new markets opening up every day piracy will increase.
The only way to counter this serious threat to film industry is to sensitise people."
Remember the notorious 'Anara' blue film scandal which rocked Jammu & Kashmir a couple of years back, another sex scandal-this time involving minor girls, politicians and high ranking J&K government officials, has rocked the state.
Police clashed with demonstrators in Srinagar on Friday as an angry mob razed the home of a woman - Sabeena - suspected of running a prostitution ring that offered teenage girls to government officials and politicians.
Sabeena's police remand has been extended till May 13. She and four others were arrested last week after videos and multimedia messages on mobile phones showing nude girls and amateur porn films began circulating in Srinagar.
Nearly 2,000 people demolished a house owned by the woman, at Habbakadal in downtown Srinagar. In Chinkral Mohalla, protesters razed a property she owns.
Several protesters and policemen were injured in street scuffles as hundreds of people marched through parts of Srinagar, alleging police inaction against the accused,police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse the mobs.
Earlier this week, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad asked the CBI to probe the matter, citing the alleged involvement of influential figures in the scandal.
Two minor girls, who were forcibly filmed for a CD, have alleged that two former ministers, bureaucrats, prominent businessmen and security officials are involved in the scandal.
The two claimed that at least 43 young girls were blackmailed and forced into prositution. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has taken up the case, taking suo moto cognizance of blackmail and coercion of teenaged girls into flesh trade.
The CBI team is to reach Srinagar on Saturday and take over the case.
Former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta- victim of the infamous blue fim scandal- and Bollywood film director Yogesh Bhardwaj are trying to bring Anara`s harrowing experiences during this scandal - on screen in a film named 'Miss Anara' which will hit the theaters soon. Read more-Anara:Blue film to Bollywood flick.
It was ten years ago that the whole nation grooved along with her gyrations in Rangeela .
Urmila Matondkar has moved on from those ‘Rangeela’ days.
But after crossing 30, Urmila feels that it’s not the end of the road for her in Bollywood.
Age is not a factor for actresses to get more film offers and real acting starts only after 30.
"Age is no bar ... Aishwarya Raiwho has crossed 30 is getting more films. In fact, film actresses become more popular after crossing the age of 30," Matondkar, who was here to inaugurate a garment showroom, told newspersons.
She said she was getting more films now and her next movie 'Speed' would be releasing shortly.
The 'Rangeela' girl said she was also acting in a film directed by eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal but the name of the venture has not been announced yet.
Asked whether she was also acting in any film by Ram Gopal Verma, who has directed her in many a hit movie, she said "please ask him about this."
There's a buzz that sultry Mona Chopra in her forthcoming film 'Red Swastika' has posed n..e.
The buzz also says, Mona will be seen indulging in frontal n....y in the film for the first time.
In Bollywood back n....y is not new, but frontal n....y is definitely and Mona Chopra is the first actress to strike pose n..e frontally.
Vinod Pandey, director of the film also confirms the buzz.
In a recent interview, he said, "Red Swastika' has scenes which are sensual and sexual but they are in integral part of the film and have been done very aesthetically."
However on asked whether Mona Chopra has truly posed n..e in the film, the 'Sins' director said, "My film is not a so-called sex flick, and I don't promote skin-show just to titillate audiences. Everything has come as per script's demand.
Well guys the buzz says that...Mona Chopra`s controversial MMS will look like a tame affair once 'Red Swastika' is released,so keep your eyes peeled for the flick.
Brett Lee’s love for everything that is Indian is well known.
The tearaway Australian fast bowler said that the one thing he loved above all about India was Bollywood.
Now He wants to act in a movie...that too in Indian movie in Bollywood and with none other than "Shahenshah" of Bollywood, superstar Amitabh Bachchan. "I don’t want to act in Hollywood, I want to act in Bollywood," he said.
And whom does he want to be his co-star?
"No doubt, the big B. I mean, he is a great icon and he loves his cricket," he said.
Well Brett U sure are a intelligent bowler and want to repeat your cricketing success in Bollywood films,what better launch pad a newcomer can ask other than a film with the living legend...Amitabh Bachchan.
All the best to Brett Lee and hope he live`s up to the expectations of the Bollywood fans world over.
Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan along with crew members and other co workers notably actress Tabu are denied entry into a posh shopping mall in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi for shooting of the film “Cheeni Kum” .
The shooting was to take place on April 28, which finally didn’t materialize, and Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu and other co-workers were waiting in the van with full make-up for the shooting.
Sunil Manchanda, (producer) diligently took prior permission for shooting from the builders — Malibu Towne Estate Ltd (MTEL) but the bone of contention is : who has the authority to give permission for the shooting, Residents Welfare Association (RWA) or MTEL .
But the director of the film,Balakrishan, did not hide his displeasure, "There was some ego issue between the MTEL and the RWA. Nothing else. Anyway, we didn’t waste time and shot the film at another location and wrapped up the Delhi schedule. We are in Mumbai now and will shoot here"
One of the most promising actresses today – and one with maximum hits under her belt is giving it all up – to walk down the aisle and never look back.
Amrita Rao has allegedly decided to tie the knot and give up acting! Shocked? So were we when we heard the news.
According to sources close to the petite actress (considered a lucky A-lister after ‘Ishq Vishq’, ‘Main Hoon Na’ and ‘Masti’) there was tremendous pressure on her from the conservative community (Konkan-Mangalorean) that she hails from to quit films.
A source who refused to be named said, "We are not used to all this nonsense controversies. Half the time she was reading quotes attributed to her that she hadn’t even said.
It’s better to quit and settle down happily with a man the family picks." Amrita refused to be drawn into the controversy and said an emphatic "No Comment!" to everything we asked.
But until the actress confirms or denies these rumours, we can only speculate.
Is it the work of an overactive grapevine or is there some truth in it? We’ll have to await that one.
How much money do the big Bollywood hits rake in at the box office? The question has ballooned into a huge spat in tinsel town.
Several producers, including Yash Chopra of Yashraj Films and Karan Johar of Dharma Productions, are considering legal action after ads put out by the Rang De Basanti producers claimed it was the second largest grosser of the decade after Zee’s Gadar -- Ek Prem Katha.
The producers of Rang De Basanti -- UTV Motion Pictures and Rakyesh Mehra -- had in the ads placed in two leading dailies claimed the Aamir Khanhit had made total net box office collections in the domestic circuit of over Rs 50 crore leaving behind other big titles including Koi Mil Gaya (Rakesh Roshan -- Rs 49 crore), Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Johar -- Rs 45 crore) and Bunty Aur Babli (Yash Chopra -- Rs 42 crore).
Both Johar and Chopra are believed to have taken exception at the public pulling down of their successful movie projects by the Rang De Basanti team without checking the veracity of the revenue figures published in the ads. Both are believed to have shot off legal notices as well.
UTV chairman Ronnie Screwvala said things had calmed down after he had apologised to Johar and Aditya Chopra. "I have personally apologised, and the dispute is over. We were excited about UTV’s first big success; we had no intention of showing other producers in poor light," Screwvala told HT.
"If he has issued an apology, I have not seen it," responded Johar. On whether he was contemplating legal action, Johar said, "I cannot comment on that right now."
Roshan, on the other hand said "Ronnie does not seem to be aware of the correct figures for my films. But I am not planning to take any legal action against UTV right now. I am too preoccupied with the post-production of Krrish." Chopra, away in Paris, was not available for comment.
Well...since its release Rang De Basantihas been involved in one controversy after another...and the saga is still continuing even after all these months.....HT
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