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Kajol And Ajay Family Baby Boy Birth

Ajay, Kajol on the birth of their son

Kajol and Ajay Devgn welcomed a baby boy this morning at 9:20 am in Lilavati Hospital
, Mumbai. Kajol who is still enjoying the success of her film We Are Family has lots to be happy about.

She has given birth to a baby boy after her first child Nysa who is seven years old. All congratulations of the little girl Nysa who has a baby brother to share her life with.

Good wishes have been flowing in from all over for this latest family member in Devgn’s family.

Shahrukh Khan, who is a close friend of Kajol, expressed his happiness in a micro blogging site saying, "Bringing life on earth is the most beautiful gift of God. Allah bless Ajay & Kajol with happiness & health.son of a devgn wow masha allah."

Actress Priyanka Chopra congratulated the couple saying, “It's amazing when a new life comes into the world.. Congrats Ajay and kajol on the birth of ur baby boy..”

Actor Ritesh Deshmukh also expressed his regards to the newly parents “Congratulations AJAY & KAJOL - a Baby boy arrives.”

The daddy to the newly born kids Ajay conveyed his thanks to everyone, "Thanks everyone for ur blessings and good wishes. I have conveyd d same to my family."

Ajay and Kajol got married in the year 1999.

Genelia D'Souza Wallpapers, Bollywood Gossip & Biography, Photos

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Genelia D'Souza born on August 5, 1987 is an Indian film actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu and Hindi language films, as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. D'Souza first hit the limelight in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. She made her acting debut in the Hindi movie Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003, which failed to propel her career in Bollywood, but soon achieved recognition in the Tamil film Boys the same year. She subsequently acted in many Telugu movies during the period from 2003 to 2005, which earned her recognition in the Telugu film industry. D'Souza received her first Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2006 for her performance in the romantic film, Bommarillu, which earned her critical acclaim. She made her Kannada debut in 2007 in Satya In Love. She made a comeback to Bollywood in 2008, and was appreciated for her performance in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. In addition to movie acting, D'Souza hosts the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, FasTrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light, Margo soap and Perk in India. She Is Very Success In Film Industry. She Is Work with Bollywood Movie, Tollwood movie , Kannada Movie.

Genelia D'Souza - Star - Filmography
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na ....... Aditi
Jul 4 2008
Masti ....... Bindiya
Apr 9 2004
Tujhe Meri Kasam ....... Anju (as Genelia)
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Bebo is SRK's leading lady

Looks like the sultry Kareena Kapoor has beaten Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Aishwarya Rai in their race to SRK's home production. Not that I doubted her ever anyway.

Shah Rukh Khan's next home production Ra 1 has been the talk of the town for ever now. Last I heard the four lovely ladies Kat, Priyanka, Ash and Bebo were all being considered for the role. But a little birdie tells me that eventually Kareena has been selected for the female lead in the Rs 25 crore plus mega project.

Trust Juicy Mausi to find out these little details. Apparently Red Chillies Entertainment have already approached Kareena for this role.

The film which is supposed to be a sci-fi extravaganza is apparently full of high voltage stunts and a lot of adventure. Shah Rukh will himself be playing the lead character of a superhero. And to match him who could be better than the original size zero Kareena right?

My competition is with Ash & Priyanka: Rakhi

Controversy queen Rakhi Sawant always believes Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Rani Mukerji as her competitors and says people like Sambhavna Seth and Kashmera Shah are just that, item girls.

Bring this to their notice and without any provocation the two “item girls” spew acid on Rakhi Sawant.

Sambhavna Seth snaps, “I am a very real person; I can’t be a fake like her. Rakhi Sawant is too old for me to be even considered a competitor.

But I do know that after my ‘Bigg Boss’ stint, Rakhi somehow became quite insecure of me and started speaking negatively (about me).”

Another hottie Kashmera Shah has equally colourful words for Rakhi, “Rakhi is way too below my standards. She knows it and so she says that she can’t be compared with me.

She is frustrated and if she wants to take out her frustration by talking ill about me then it only shows she fears my existence. I have almost 25 films in my kitty, how on earth can she even compare herself with me!”

But come what may, Rakhi has emerged as a powerful figure in the entertainment industry with even a big reality show like ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’ on her name. “Although she is a fake, she is entertained by the media because people love to watch her drama, something which only she can pull off.

Her ‘faltugiri’ is time-pass for people,” retorts the Bhojpuri item girl, to which Kashmera adds, “The marriage thing was just to hoard publicity; she has been married ‘n’ number of times. The whole world knows how fake she is. I have nothing to do with her as talking about her is like spoiling the taste of my tongue.”

On Rakhi considering only A-list actresses as her competitors, Sambhavna laughs out, “Look everyone is aware what Rakhi actually is. Taking these names does not mean she can equal them at any level.

Rakhi is quite manipulative and she knows how to be in news.” Kashmera terms this as Rakhi’s desperation, “How I wish she realised her own standard.”

Since the two maidens have such ‘high’ regards for Rakhi, how about fixing a photo of her in their bathrooms and writing out bad words to vent out their anger?

“Why should I fix the pic of such a worthless bauble in my bathroom or anywhere else for that matter? She is not worth it,” shoots back Kash, even as Sambhavna laughs out saying she has better things to do in life than pasting Rakhi’s picture around.

“I am contented with my life. I do not have time to even think about her. I do not hate her at all. It is her way of living life, so she carries on in this way. I am not engaged in any cold war at all. Let her enjoy the fame for a few more years as her career is coming to an end very soon,” prophesies Sambhavna.

Madame Rakhi Sawant, your comments please?

Shocking: Bipasha Basu groped at Durga Puja by stranger

Bipasha Basu had a quite horrendous Durga Puja celebration this time for the actress was groped by a stranger at a Durga Puja pandal.
According to reports, the incident occurred when Bipasha, who is a staunch Bengali, decided to participate in the Durga Puja festivities at The North Bombay Sarvojonin Durga Puja in Santacruz with boyfriend John Abraham.

“Bipasha and John came together for the Durga Puja in the evening and Bipasha was very excited as has always been part of Durga Pujas in Mumbai over the years. Just after the darshan, she was near the stage when some pervert groped her breasts. Bipasha, of course, was taken aback and flew into a fit of rage. People around her tried to calm her down. John too was present there and he whisked her away to calm her down. She even wanted to lodge a police complaint. However, she had second thoughts. As for the sick man, he quietly and promptly ran away, taking advantage of the commotion”, said an eyewitness.

Bipasha had gone to the pandal (being managed by Rani Mukerji) on Rani’s invitation and the last thing she was expecting was to be left feeling sick at such a shameful incident.

Well, all that we can say is the fact that if such a thing can happen to a top-notch actress, then what about a common woman?

Abhi-Ash lose AR Rahman

Months after Dhoon was announced, we heard that AR Rahman would not be composing the music for it any more. Dhoon is cinematographer Rajiv Menon’s Hindi directorial debut vehicle.

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Toplining Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, the film, produced by Eros Entertainment, is a musical based on a couple whose professional lives affect their personal relationship.. and how they eventually sort out their differences.

According to an industry source, the work on the music was scheduled to start by now. Rahman had agreed to score the music for Menon’s film before Slumdog Millionnaire and his Oscar Awards.

“But after the Oscar nominations, Rahman had to commit to a couple of projects, which were priority over his films. But he hasn’t yet started composing for them,” our source informed.

The same source added, “After that, Mani Ratnam developed a heart problem and had to be hospitalised for a few days. Consequently, Ratnam’s Raavan with Abhishek and Aishwarya was delayed and Rahman had to reschedule a couple of his other assignments.”

In the interim, Menon was working on the final draft of his film and was scheduled to commence work on the music a little later. Now with Rahman’s dates being rescheduled, Menon is worried that the project will get delayed indefinitely.

So, he is considering other composers who will step into the Oscar winner’s shoes.

“Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Vishal-Shekhar are some of the names under consideration although Menon still hasn’t had a formal discussion with them,” our source added.

Menon refused to comment on his change of plans. All he said was, “It’s too early to say anything definite. Perhaps, in a month or so, I will be able to divulge some details.”

Kareena's confrontation with Kajol

Everyone knows Karan Johar is remaking Stepmom with Kajol and Kareena Kapoor playing the roles by Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts. What no one knows is that the original screenplay is being considerably refurbished to etch out the Julia Roberts part so that there would be many more confrontational sequences between ‘moms’ Kajol and ‘stepmom’ Kareena.

The fact that Kareena happens to be a self-confessed fan of both Kajol and Julia Roberts certainly helps the situation.

Kareena said, “When I recently got an award from Erin Brockovich, I enjoyed the moment doubly because Julia Roberts had played Erin. I love the spunky militant parts she plays. And Kajol is my favourite actress, and to be pitched against her is a dream come true, we didn’t have that many scenes together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. But here it’s the two of us all the way. Julia Roberts had rocked in my role in the Original . I want to make my role in the remake just as exciting.”

Bollywood’s super-designer Manish Malhotra flew to New York two weeks ago when Kareena was shooting there, to discuss and finalize Kareena’s look for the desi Stepmom.

“I’m really excited about it,” Kareena said. “Manish was in NY. We’re working on a totally new look, clothes makeup and hair for our film with Karan. I can guarantee you this time we’ll do something very different from my celebrated Poo in K3G.”

Kareena will cut her hair for the first time in her career. “I’ve never done that for any role. But I want to get experimental with my looks this time.” When Kareena came down with a viral fever in New York, her folks were naturally worried. Concerned reports back home about Swine Flu in the US have Kareena pooh-poohing away our worries.

“Tell everyone to chill. There were no swine’s of the two-legged or four-legged kind in New York. We were all safe and sound. There was never any question of leaving the schedule half-finished. Who starts all these rumours? They’re freaking out our folks back home for nothing. I worked non-stop to complete the schedule so that Saif and me could head for our holiday. Jehaad (yup, that’s what she and Saif insist on calling the film) is a very challenging film for both of us. It’s dramatic but real. We have to raise our voices but make sure it’s not done in a filmy way.”

Kareena plays Saif’s wife and the mother of a child. She was earlier seen as a girl in love with a suspected terrorist in Govind Nihalani’s Dev. She had blown the screen part in the two scenes she had. “In Jehaad I’ve much more to do, plus Saif for company,” she chuckles.

Both Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and Rensil d Silva’s film have taken more of Kareena’s time and energy than she had bargained for. “I had to give a hundred days each to both. Now there’s Karan’s film with Kajol.”

Barbara Mori surprised by fuss over her kiss

Mexican babe Barbara Mori is surprised that her on-screen lip lock with Hrithik Roshan in the movie Kites has become a talk of the town. The actress is amused as to why so much of fuss is being made about a kiss in a romantic movie. The movie revolves around an Indian salsa dancer played by Hrithik who falls for a Mexican girl played by Barbara.

Barbara Mori has incidentally created a lot of buzz in Bollywood in the past couple of months over her alleged affair with Hrithik Roshan. Rumors had it that Hrithik's wife Susanne had left home after being upset with hubby's extra-marital affair with the Mexican babe. This was later turned down by the couple who claimed to be still together.


Barbara comes from a totally different culture where kissing is as common as handshakes and is finding it difficult to understand the Indian culture. The actress should have been informed that a decade or so ago even a lip to lip kiss was censored from public viewing. A generation of Bollywood lovers grew up watching two red roses meeting instead of two lips. Well Barbara if you want to work in Bollywood better get acclimatised to the Indian culture and mentality!

Koena Mitra to go for biking

Koena Mitra has just bought herself a Trek Madone 6.9 PRO road bike and plans to go biking with her friends at midnight. The actress says, "I wanted to buy a BMW bicycle but apparently they are not safe for road trips. My bike is red, white and blue with big wheels and a completely carbon frame body. It's foldable and built for sturdy terrain so I can take it with me when I am travelling. I love bikes. People were sceptical when I bought it but I've always been into swimming and bike riding."

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Koena says she has always had a passion for speed. "In Kolkata, I had two bikes till I had an accident and had to give them up. In Mumbai, I rode a Yamaha until a few years back. Today I have a collections of video games which include car racing and football simulations.

My collection includes all kinds of racing games from helicopters to cars, cycles and bikes. They all have to do with racing and I am good at it. I find more adventure playing video games and going biking than in games like badminton and tennis."

She adds, "All my male friends are into fitness and though I go gymming and swimming, I find yoga and spinning at the gym very boring. I would rather go out biking with my friends at midnight for coffee. There's less pollution then and I get to burn calories. Monday nights, I go to a hotel at Juhu as it's open till late but I never go out alone at night on my bike. I am a late-night person and always loved doing crazy things. Racing and biking at midnight or during the monsoon fits the bill."

Bollywood Extravaganza at IPL Finals

Akshay, Kareena, Rani, Bipasha to perform at closing ceremony Indian politics took a backseat to Bollywood in the biggest South African weekly, the Sunday Times, with photographs of film stars participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) gala finale hogging page three, while the Congress party win at the general elections got only two short columns on page 15.

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Despite having a weekly supplement called 'Extra' for South African Indian readers, which features Bollywood news as well, the Sunday Times prominently used pictures of Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherji and Akshay Kumar in an article highlighting the Bollywood extravaganza that will follow the final of the IPL at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesberg next Sunday (May 24).

Celebrated choreographer Shiamak Davar will coordinate the Bollywood extravaganza, in which 750 people will be involved.

"A closing ceremony should always leave a lump in one's throat," the weekly quoted Etienne de Villiers, the South African born advisor to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

"It's going to be an acknowledgement of the role that South Africa has played in the success of the IPL."

The IPL games, featuring eight teams, were played at several South African cities to packed stadiums. It was moved here because of security concerns during parliamentary elections in India.

The closing ceremony will also feature 2,000 floating lanterns released into the sky as fans rock to the music of reggae star Eddie Grant; Indian and South African drummers; and the latest South African Idols winners, Jason Hartman and Sasha-Lee Davids.

Following an SMS voting bungle, the two Idols winners are the first ever joint winners of an Idols contest that takes place in many countries across the globe to find a local singing star.

Davids was first announced the winner. But after it was discovered that almost 200,000 viewers' votes had not come through in time, Hartman was declared a joint winner.

Meanwhile, 48 young South African women are holding thumbs to see which 16 of them will go through to the finals of the Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa to be held at the Wanderers in Johannesberg next Sunday (May 24).

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been selecting one finalist at every game to eventually have six women representing each of the eight teams in the series that is being played out in South Africa.

Voting for the 48 finalists started at midnight on Saturday, with votes closing at 18:00 SA time on Monday evening. Fans can cast their votes on the website www.iplt20.com.

The 16 finalists will all feature in a contest before the final game at the Wanderers next Sunday (May 24) to vie for a prize of 50,000 rands in cash, a flight to India, and a guided tour through Bollywood that initially was also expected to include an audition for a Bollywood role, but that still appears to be uncertain.

The finalists include budding lawyers, accountants and auditors; businesswomen, students, models, actresses, teachers and a radiographer.

The final two contestants were announced on Saturday (May 16) during games in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.

One of them was 24-year-old Phylicia Ramdin of Glenanda, south of Johannesburg. She was picked from the crowd attending the clash between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Deccan Chargers held at the Wanderers.

Ramdin is currently an insurance analyst but is determined to become a successful businesswoman: "I'm enthusiastic, positive and goal driven. I believe we need to always have a positive outlook on life and go after what you want with determination."

"The IPL has been great, watching the cricketing talent, team strategies and the unity of the crowds that come to watch", added Ramdin.

Earlier on Saturday Rohini Jaga of Port Elizabeth was selected as a contestant in the Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa competition during the DLF IPL game held at St. George's Park.

Jaga, 20, who has a passion for figures and is currently a B.Com Accounting student at the University of Port Elizabeth, recently went on holiday to India: "My dad studied in India and took us on a journey through the subcontinent. It was vastly different to places I have visited before. I was very taken with the culture; it's truly a land of contrasts and beauty."

I will marry Dhoni: Laxmi Rai

Actress Laxmi Rai is waiting for cricketer boyfriend to propose
M.S. Dhoni’s personal and professional life is on a high. While his cricket team Chennai Super Kings is among those at the top in the ongoing IPL, his love life is in good form too.

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There have been reports linking him to South star Laxmi Rai, and now the confirmation has come from the lady herself.

Laxmi Rai is smitten by the Indian cricket captain. She has said she met Dhoni last year and since then their relationship has been growing.

They have been dating for quite some time now.

Laxmi said Dhoni is a gem of a person and is also very affectionate.

Laxmi has revealed one more secret. She said that if ever Dhoni proposes to her, she will readily agree to marry him.

Laxmi Rai is a model cum actress. She has also been Miss Karnataka.

After making her name in the film industry down south, Laxmi is now turning to Bollywood. Even though she rejected Himesh Reshammiya’s “Hey Gujju”, after watching his film “Karz”, she is hopeful she will get better offers.

This is not Dhoni’s first relationship with an actress. In the past, he was briefly linked with Deepika Padukone.

Ash not behind Sonam's broken Cannes Dream

There were rumours that actress and L'Oreal ambassador Aishwarya Rai may have held back Sonam Kapoor from walking the Cannes red carpet. But sources close to the former beauty queen say she didn't even know that Sonam was to visit the French film festival.

"She (Aishwarya) did not even know that Sonam was going to be at Cannes because she was there for just two days (May 13-14) where her days were packed with back-to-back interactions with the international media, fashion shoots for various European fashion magazines and other business meetings besides attending all the events at the festival," a source close to Aishwarya said.

Anyone can go to the Cannes Film Festival as a visitor and that is how many in the film fraternity and normal public go from across the world.

Confusion ensued when L'Oreal issued a list of those ambassadors that were to represent the brand at the French festival and Sonam's name was missing from it. This, despite a formal announcement made by the company officials on Sonam's presence at the Cannes at a press conference in Mumbai on May 10.

Sonam, who was earlier set to leave for Cannes on Monday and was excited to rub shoulders with Aishwarya and Hollywood A-listers like Elizabeth Banks and Eva Longoria, finally did not go for the film festival when company officials asked her to stay back.

According to media reports released thereafter, Aishwarya was not very upbeat about the fact that Sonam would share the same stage with her as the face of L'Oreal and asked company officials to deny her the opportunity of being there.

But clarifying their decision of holding back Sonam to go for Cannes, a spokesperson from L'Oreal said in a press release, "We do not want to take part in or encourage any controversy involving our spokespeople. There were adverse reports in certain sections of media after some comments by Sonam Kapoor, which were presented out of context.

"Following this, in order to avoid further escalation, we have advised Sonam not to go to Cannes as was planned earlier, bearing in mind that there would be more interesting opportunities for future appearances in Europe for her."


Yuvraj and Mandira cosy up in South Africa

According to sources from South Africa, Yuvraj Singh is believed to be more than just good friends with Mandira Bedi. Buzz is that the cricketer and the commentator have been bonding big time a couple of weeks after the Indian Premiere League took off.

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“They were very good friends earlier, but somewhere along the way they got too busy with their schedules and couldn’t really keep in touch,” says our source, adding that Yuvi and Mandy caught up in SA like more than just long-lost buddies. The cricketer and television hottie’s bonding hasn’t gone unnoticed. The two have even made it to the the famous ‘fakeiplplayer’ blog as the author writes, “Sometime during this tournament, the Prince and Sandy Baddy Babe have renewed their long friendship.

They have been seen together in clubs, hotel lobbies and corridors having long discussions on the finer nuances of the beautiful game.” Reportedly, Prince is the blogger’s name for Yuvraj Singh while Sandy Baddy Babe is Mandira Bedi. Now this is something that isn’t too hard to believe.. since the Kings XI Punjab captain is reported to be quite a ladies’ man, considering his partying ways in Mumbai, Delhi etc. That was after he had broken up with long-time girlfriend, actress Kim Sharma.

Yuvi and Kim were in a relationship for four years.. and were reportedly even considering marriage. But it is believed that his mother didn’t exactly approve of an actress bahu right from the time they committed to each other. Initially everything was hunky dory, but after a couple of years, his mother’s dominance began to show.

Yuvi, who’s known to be a maa ka laadla, reportedly gave in under pressure from her.. and gradually he and Kim drifted apart, sometime in the middle of 2007. It’s believed that Yuvi used to call and SMS her till last year, but wisened a year-and-a-half since their split, Kim didn’t revert to him.

Ash isn’t happy with hot Sonam

She has stolen many hearts even though she hasn’t made it big on Bollywood yet, but Ash isn’t impressed yet.

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Ever since Sonam made a remark about Mrs. Bachchan, saying that she belonged to another generation, Ash has seemed miffed. She went on to blame it on Sonam’s immaturity and juvenile mindset.

If this wasn’t enough, former Miss World wants the young gun to apologise for making the statement. We say, before Pa Big B can shoot out at Sonam dear about her remark, he should help Ash come to terms with her age! She isn’t young blood any more, after all!

Katrina Kaif continues to be 'Sexiest woman Alive'

It seems that none can match Katrina Kaif when it comes to sex appeal. For the second consecutive year, the angelic beauty is rumoured to have been voted the ‘sexiest woman alive’.

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If the latest buzz doing rounds in tinsel town is to be believed, the gorgeous head-turner has won a poll by FHM (India) magazine to emerge as the ‘sexiest woman alive’. The only competition she faced was from Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor .

Katrina, who last year played down her elevation to the pedestal of an oomphmati, has told a Mumbai tabloid that it would be lovely to win the poll again, though she said she hasn’t yet been officially informed about the poll results.

Slumdog kid, Azharuddin loses Home

Slumdog Millionaire star Azharuddin Ismail’s bamboo and plastic hutment at Kala Nagar in Bandra East, suburban Mumbai, was demolished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on the grounds of it being illegal. Take a look at how Azhar and his family dealt with the ordeal, as if they were used to it.

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His parents interact with the media and smile for photos.

Surrounded by his belongings, family members and the media, Azhar speaks to media persons.


At the end of it, he gets tired of the media circus and runs away from it all


He seems unperturbed by his house being demolished as he poses with his friends, shouting ‘Jai Ho!’


Like any other boy his age, he cycles likes a carefree soul. That is the spirit, boy!

Ash, Preity's booty shake at Mallya's Bash


India might have not had an official entry at the Cannes Film Festival this year, but that is not deterring the businessmen of the country from living it up there!

While the Hinduja brothers throw a bash every year for their friends abroad, this time beer baron Vijay Mallya is throwing his own bash on May 16 at his villa Le Grand Jardin on Sainte-Marguerite. While the Hinduja party is expected to be a sedate affair, Mallya's would be typically boisterous. The invites have already gone to around 300 guests, which include political dignitaries from the Indian and French government. The Indian ambassador in France, Ranjan Mathai is one of the chief guests along with Sushma Singh of the I&B Ministry.

The theme of the party is 'Bollywood' and all the Bollywood dignitaries in Cannes are expected to be present at this party.

According to sources, the DJ has been asked to play a range of film tracks - from Bollywood oldies to Slumdog Millionaire. AR Rahman is expected to attend the party too. Mallya is working closely with the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) and they have promised to get Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan or Preity Zinta to attend the party. Anil Kapoor is also expected to attend the party.

It is said that Aishwarya along with hubby Abhishek already flew to Cannes on Tuesday early morning. Ash and Preity are expected to be present at the Cannes festival to promote their respective beauty and jewellery brands.

Neetu Chandra's photo shoot called off for being too steamy

Neetu Chandra's shoot was stalled, and then called off, after a hotel guest objected and a huge crowd created a scene

Actress Neetu Chandra was recently embroiled in a controversy while doing a steamy photo shoot for a magazine at a hotel in Juhu. The Tasteful touching

A source reveals, "Last weekend, Neetu was meant to do a hot bikini shoot for a glamour magazine. The actress was doing this shoot with another top model and both girls were to do a very suggestive shoot. The vibe of the shoot had undertones of lesbianism with both girls touching each other and trying to undress each other. Obviously, it was all done in good taste."

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The source further adds, "The shoot started in the morning by the hotel's poolside. A guest basking in the morning sun when the shoot began, was aghast with the way the shoot was shaping up. She told the photographer to stop immediately and even went to the hotel's manager to voice her complaint. The crew was shocked on being asked to leave without even getting any good pictures."

Meanwhile, a crowd gathered and they recognised Neetu in a two-piece swimsuit and started saying nasty things about her. The actress was ushered into the changing room and left the hotel pronto.

However Neetu says, "The management didn't tell us to leave because of complaints from other guests but it was a mob of over 80 people that disrupted the shoot. I have done shoots like this before. It was a very classy shoot although some people might call it suggestive.

Coming back to the crowd, they were being a nuisance and that's why we halted the shoot for over three hours. Even after that, they refused to leave. Eventually after waiting for three hours, I left as I was flying out of town for a press conference."

Bipasha Basu takes up swimming lessons while Shooting in Goa

Apart from getting sun-tanned in Goa, Bipasha Basu has been catching up on her swimming lessons after pack-up, while shooting for Ajay Devgan's home production, All The Best, directed by Rohit Shetty.

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Ocean can wait

Says the actress, "I like to swim in the night but it's too dark and it's high tide mostly when I go to swim. So till now, I haven't swum in the ocean."

Bipasha is catching up on her swimming at Cancona beach where the cast has been put up.
As reported the actress was keen to learn belly dancing, swimming and driving.

"But after just a couple of lessons, I had to come to Goa. So now every night after pack- up and after working out at the gym, I practise in the hotel pool."

Bipasha is not afraid of swimming. She laughs, "The pool is so shallow that I can stand in it as I am tall. This is because of the universal law that states no hotel can have pools of more than five-and-a-half feet deep, that I can stand there."

Apart from swimming, Bips is also having fun catching up with her co-stars Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt. "There is loads of mazaak and masti on the sets."

She continues, "We have just shot a song and we will be in Goa for a month and a half."