Shilpa Shetty spoke to Desi Hits about her next moves!

o when are you going West next, Shilpa? "Well, I may be in the West for the India Day Parade in New York to be the Grand Marshall. It's an opportunity to celebrate being Indian and I'm looking forward to it because it's been going on for 29 years." We hear singer Jay Sean will be a guest at the parade with you, have you met him before? "I have met Jay. He's extremely talented. I hear they're expecting 60,000 people to show up and that's exciting."

Tell us about your experience on Big Brother UK? Was that your platform into the western world? "Totally. I have to give credit to Big Brother for rediscovering me. It was a good thing at the end of the day. I'm happy to have brought awareness to the issue of racism. I'm happy that people recognize me as someone who is not only Indian, but has made a name for herself in the global audience as well."

What did you think of the UK while you were there? "It must be really difficult to be discriminated against when living in a foreign country. When I got out of the Big Brother house, people received me with a lot of love and perceived me as someone with a great deal of patience and dignity, that's a compliment."

You had some controversy with Jade Goody at the Big Brother house with her racist remarks. Did you get to see her before she passed away? "Unfortunately, God bless her soul, she slipped into a coma the day I landed in London. I'm glad the air was cleared before she passed away and there were no ill feelings."


How was your return to India? "I've been working for the last 17 years now. I think the glamour always preceded the talent. It changed after Big Brother and I was internationally recognized, but I'm still the same person that I was, I haven't changed."

Do you keep in touch with Richard Gere after the controversy created when he kissed you on the cheek at an aids awareness event? "I was in Canada recently to present him with an award. I have a great deal of respect for him. I think that's one of the reasons I'm more well known in the West. Not a very good thing to be known for, but I've always believed you meet people for a reason, and through our work against AIDS discrimination and creating awareness, we were able to achieve what we set out to achieve."

Miss Pooja's 'Romantic Jatt'

Is Miss Pooja's next album, "Romantic Jatt", indicative of the kind of man she's looking for?  Well the Bhangra songstress hasn't spoken about how she picked the title of her album just yet, but she has left fans wondering if that's what she is searching for in a partner.  Aside from the title there is quite a bit of buzz around the album in general being that this is her next major project.  With all the hype around the Punjabi beauty, Bhangra listeners have high expectations from her.  Hopefully this album will showcase her talent.  
"Romantic Jatt", is set to be released on August 21st and Miss Pooja has teamed up with some of Urban Desi's and Bhangra's best to work on this project.  Rishi Rich, Tigerstyle, Kam Frantic, Aman Hayer, Punjabi Lab, Sunil Kalyan, & Tarli Digital have contributed to this production.   The album maintains the traditional Bhangra vibe through Miss Pooja's rich Punjabi vocals and at the same time does a great job of fusing in other genres of music.  An example of this is the song, "Romantic Jatt," which is a Bhangra track with a dancehall flavor.
Produced by Tigerstyle "Romantic Jatt" is the title track and features dancehall artist Roach Killa.  The song has been playlisted by the BBC Asian Network and has been receiving heavy rotation.

 Along with the new album there have been talks about a new look for Miss Pooja. The Bhangra star may have added more of a western flair to her style as seen in the photo above.  Well, change is always hard especially when your fans love you for the way you are, but people do change and hopefully Miss Pooja's fans will continue to grow with her.  Stay tuned for news about her upcoming album, and if you haven't heard the title track on the album yet, check it out below.

Abhishek Bachchan's Next film with Ash

Oh my, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and his beautiful wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are set to light up the silver screen once again in director of "Delhi Belly" Abhinay Deo's next movie.  Abhishek seems the most enthused to work on this project with the director.  He says, "Yes, I'm doing Abhinay Deo's film. I've always been impressed by his ads. And when I heard he was making feature films I was keen to work with him," says Abhishek who starred in the 2009 box office hit "Dehli-6".
But despite all the success, Abhishek Bachchan insists what matters the most to him is to enjoy working on a movie. "My first release last year was "Sarkar Raj." I went on to "Drona." I ended last year with "Dostana." Then came "Delhi 6." I had a wonderful time making all of them. I'm happy with the work I've done regardless of whether the film has been successful or not. The important thing is to enjoy the journey of making the film. Because that's all you finally take home. I look back on the year with fond memories."
Abhishek is also looking forward to working with his wife, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, on a film inspired by "Abhimaan," a 70s musical drama in which both his parents starred. The movie will be directed by his friend Rajiv Menon.

"Rajiv is a very dear friend. He directed Aishwarya earlier in the Tamil film "Kandukondain Kandukondain." He approached us with a subject that isn't exactly a remake of "Abhimaan." But it's very similar. We've both approved and attached ourselves to the subject," said Abhishek.

Abhishek Bachchan or Ash: Who Rocks the Watch Better?

Oh my, is there some healthy competition between bollywoosds royal couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya?  While we can't confirm that there is, it seems like the public won't stop pitting the two against each other.  Although it seems like people can't get enough of what many would call the picture perfect couple,   we can't help but notice how easy it is for fans to buzz about who is better at their game.  Abhishek and Ash just share too many similarities for the public not to compare!  Both of them are renowned in Bollywood, not necessarily for their acting abilities, but for specific factors.  Aishwarya is famous for her extraordinary beauty and Abhishek for being the son of the legendary actor, Amitabh Bachchan.  They both have starred in hit films and are known for being extremely family oriented. 
Although these similarities seem to bring them together, they unfortunately can't stop the public from buzzing about which actor does what better.  And now it looks like Ash has given fans more to talk about.  Yesterday the actress showed up to the Longines showroom in Mumbai to promote the watch brand.  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan elegantly smiled at the camera as paparazzi snapped away at the actress who was donning a Longines watch.   While Ash was being admired for her beauty, the crowd was comparing her to her hubby.  Why you might ask?  Well, Abhishek Bachchan is a well known OMEGA ambassador.    From billboard to print adds you see Abhishek all smiles as he sports an OMEGA watch.  So of course the question is; who is the better watch ambassador, Abhishek or Aishwarya?

Hottest Bollywood Couples

Whether they are happily married or just beginning their relationship, Bollywood celeb couples seem to always be the hottest buzz in B-town.  From their appearances together at industry events to their secret fights that sources always reveal, they are constantly being watched by the media.
So why can't the media just leave these poor couples alone? Let's face it, we love reading about them! That's why the paparazzi continue to track their steps and that's why celebs continue to walk hand in hand with their significant others at swanky A-list events. They owe it to the public who has made them who they are today.
With all the chatter around these relationships off screen, they are even more talked about when they appear on the silver screen together. We always wonder if their true chemistry will be seen while they play their characters and prance around during a hit Bollywood track. From Abhishek and Aishwariya to John and Bipasha we have seen many of these picture perfect couples act opposite together. So the question is who has been your favorite pair in a Bollywood film? Watch the videos below and decide which couple has the best chemistry on and off screen.

Bollywood royalty, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan graced the silver screen as Gurukant and Sujatha Desai in Mani Ratnam's film, "Guru." Crowds rushed to theaters on opening day to see if Abhishek and Aishwariya's love story could be seen through these characters. Although this movie was made before their marriage, rumors were flying about their relationship and plans to wed. The supportive wife that her character, Sujatha was to Gurkant Desai in the film is similar to the kind of wife she is described to be to Abhishek now. It's almost like the film was foreshadowing their real life marriage. Check them out below in the hit track, "Bin Tere Kya Jeena," from the film, "Guru."

BIOGRAPHY OF KAREENA KAPOOR

Kareena Kapoor was born on September 21, 1977 in Bombay India. Her father is Punjabi -speaking Randhi Kapoor and her mother is Sindhi-speaking Babita. Her older sister is Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor.
Kareena Kapoor was born into a family full of actors going all the way back to her paternal great grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor and her grandfather Raj Kapoor. Her paternal uncles Shammi, Shashi, Rishi, and Rajiv along with aunt's Neetu Singh and Jennifer Kenndall also were actors. On her mother's side her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana acted also.
As a young girl she studied in Jamnabai Narsee School in Bombay and went on to attend Welham Girls Boarding School. After finishing she attended Harvard for 3 months to take a course in Information Technology and Microcomputers.
She returned to India after and attended the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay and left after one year to pursue acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.
Her father was not pleased with her decision to pursue acting and wanted his daughters to live a regular life by settling down with a family. This led to differences with between Randhi and Babita who eventually divorced. The girls went to live with their mother.
Kareena Kapoor's film debut was in 2000 "Refugee" debuting together with Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishek. After "Refugee" she went on to star in 31 other Hindi films, and won four awards for her roles in "Refugee", "Chameli", "Dev", and "Omkara".
Kareena Kapoor is now one of the most popular actresses inBollywood. She has done endorsements for Pepsi, Citizen Drive Watch's and Head and Shoulders. She continues to expand her career accepting versatile roles and is among the A-list in Bollywood.

Shilpa Shetty spoke to Desi Hits about her next moves!

o when are you going West next, shilpa?"Well, I may be in the West for the India Day Parade in New York to be the Grand Marshall.  It's an opportunity to celebrate being Indian and I'm looking forward to it because it's been going on for 29 years."  We hear singer Jay Sean will be a guest at the parade with you, have you met him before? "I have met Jay.  He's extremely talented. I hear they're expecting 60,000 people to show up and that's exciting."

Tell us about your experience on Big Brother UK?  Was that your platform into the western world?  "Totally.  I have to give credit to Big Brother for rediscovering me. It was a good thing at the end of the day. I'm happy to have brought awareness to the issue of racism. I'm happy that people recognize me as someone who is not only Indian, but has made a name for herself in the global audience as well."

What did you think of the UK while you were there?  "It must be really difficult to be discriminated against when living in a foreign country.  When I got out of the Big Brother house, people received me with a lot of love and perceived me as someone with a great deal of patience and dignity, that's a compliment."

You had some controversy with Jade Goody at the Big Brother house with her racist remarks.  Did you get to see her before she passed away?  "Unfortunately, God bless her soul, she slipped into a coma the day I landed in London. I'm glad the air was cleared before she passed away and there were no ill feelings."

How was your return to India?  "I've been working for the last 17 years now. I think the glamour always preceded the talent.  It changed after Big Brother and I was internationally recognized, but I'm still the same person that I was, I haven't changed."

Do you keep in touch with Richard Gere after the controversy created when he kissed you on the cheek at an aids awareness event?  "I was in Canada recently to present him with an award. I have a great deal of respect for him.  I think that's one of the reasons I'm more well known in the West. Not a very good thing to be known for, but I've always believed you meet people for a reason, and through our work against AIDS discrimination and creating awareness, we were able to achieve what we set out to achieve."

Bollywood Film 'Kaminey' Promotes Safe Sex

Bollywood does something completely new and uses its talent to increase AIDS awareness in India. Rumor has it that the film "Kaminey," set to release August 14, features a new track that promotes safe sex.The innovative song is being written and composed by the director himself, leading film maker, Vishal Bharadwaj and is being sung by none other than "Chaiyya Chaiyya" singer, Sukhwinder Singh. Heartthrob Shahid Kapoor will be lip-syncing the song in the film as his character, Guddu.The buzz is that the video for the song focuses on the usage of condoms and is being filmed in a backdrop with red lighting. Shahid Kapoor's character will have a red ribbon around his neck, perhaps symbolic of the red AIDS awareness ribbon. Quite controversial for a film industry that finds kisses to be taboo!!The lyrics to the song include, "Bhawra aaya aayaa re, gun gun karta aayaa re ... Yeh ishq nahih aasan, AIDS ka khatra hai ... pathwar pehen kar jaana- yeh aag ka dariya hai.

Rakhi Sawant to Look Like Aishwarya Rai

Rakhi Sawant is dreaming to have a wedding like Aishwarya Rai and wishesto become like Aishwarya Rai on her wedding day – the grand finale of Rakhi Ka Swyamwar.
Rakhi’s wedding attire is being designed by the same designer who designed Aishwarya’s wedding trousseau – Neeta Lulla and her jewelery designer is Zayed Khan’s famous jewellery designer sister Farah Khan.
Neeta says, “Rakhi told us she wants to look like a princess that day – something like she has never looked before. I have given her a very colourful ensemble – it’s a very conservative outfit.For her wedding day, Rakhi would be wearing a lehenga-choli in five different colours with ornate kundan work to give her an ethnic Rajasthani look.”
Farah says,”The choker that Rakhi will be wearing for her wedding day is very heavy. It looks very traditional and covers almost her entire neck.”

Rakhi Sawant to Dress Up As a Princess for Her...

Rakhi Sawant has expressed her desire to look like a princess and have a ragnd wedding like that of Aishwarya Rai on her wedding at the grand finale of Rakhi Ka Swyamwar.
Neeta Lulla is designing her wedding lehenga and choli which will have a traditional Rajasthani look in five different colors but Neeta has refused to disclose the cost of the dress.
Neeta says, “Rakhi told us she wants to look like a princess that day – something like she has never looked before. I have given her a very colourful ensemble – it’s a very conservative outfit.For her wedding day, Rakhi would be wearing a lehenga-choli in five different colours with ornate kundan work to give her an ethnic Rajasthani look.”
Her necklace for the wedding will be designed by Zayed Khan’s famous jewellery designer sister Farah Khan and will cost around Rs. 30 lakhs.
Farah says,”The choker that Rakhi will be wearing for her wedding day is very heavy. It looks very traditional and covers almost her entire neck.”
Rakhi is all set to marry the winner of this reality show in which the contestants hail from Delhi, Mumbai, Rishikesh, Jaipur, Kanpur and Toronto.

Katrina Kaif's Sari Shrinks in Half at 'De Dana Dan' Movie Shoot

Katrina Kaif who recently criticized Kareena Kapoor for using her body to sell movie tickets was caught in a risqué moment herself. Okay, so it wasn't exactly her fault, still it was funny to hear that the serious actress was caught being a little sexy herself.
Katrina Kaif was working on a dance sequence for the movie 'De Dana Dan' when her full-length sari shrank in half during a rain scene. The chiffon sari created a rather sensual experience for all of those looking on. The long sari shrank to knee-length, revealing that, yes, Katrina Kaif does in fact have legs!
The director however was quick to recover Katrina Kaif's dignity. He did close-ups and mid-length shots of the modest actress instead of full length shots. Somehow this turned out to be better than the full length shots that were supposed to have taken place in the film.
The designer clothes don't usually shrink, but Katrina Kaif kept her cool despite the mess up from the costume department.

Bio Deta of Depika

Deepika Padukone was born on January 5th 1986 in Copenhagen Denmark. Her father is former Badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and her mother tongue is Konkani. Although her birthplace is Denmark she was brought up mostly in Bangalore, India. She has one sister named Anisha.
Deepika Padukone attended Sapphire High School and was a fairly good student. However her interests in extracurricular activities such as sports, singing and dancing outweighed her interests in Academics. She explains herself as a prankster in high school constantly goofing on her friends. She also says she acted like a tomboy and constantly spoke at the top of her voice. She also maintained a close relationship with her sister and her grandparents.
After finishing high school where she says she was a bit of a class clown, Deepika Padukone attended Mount Carmel College in Bangalore. After a brief stint in college she decided to travel to Mumbai to pursue a career in professional modeling.
Deepika Padukone developed a hereditary interest in Badminton, but in the end was drawn to glamour. During her career in modeling she has made appearances in advertisements for Liril, Close Up Toothpaste and Limca. She also modeled for Maybelline eventually becoming their new international Cover-girl face.
Deepika Padukone won Model of the Year award at the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards. Shortly after she made and appearing in their 2006 swimsuit calendar. She also went on to win two more awards at the Idea Zee F Awards including Female Model of The Year and Fresh Face of The Year.

Although she has now reached supermodel status, Deepika Padukone has returned to school, studying to get her graduates degree in social science through correspondence.

latest obsession happens to be knocking off as many kilos as possible…

This is one meltdown that everyone in B-town is celebrating. Stars are sweating it out, sacrificing calories just to get the right measure. The weight loss posed a strange problem recently when a 10 kilos lighter Vidya Balan reported for the continuity shots of Ishqiya and all her costumes fell off the new lithe frame! But debutant director Abhishek Chaubey wasn’t complaining for he admitted that his heroine was indeed looking “gorgeous” after the load-shed. Vidya clarifies, “10 kilos is a misnomer but I am surely feeling healthier and fitter now.”Ditto Rani Mukerji who bought Rs 7 lakh-worth of fitness equipment to tone up for a solo song in her forthcoming YRF venture, Hadippa.Reportedly, the actor sacrificed sugar and mutton for her new form. A rigorous yoga regimen expedited her weight-loss further. Priyanka Chopra knocked off her curves for the supermodel role in Fashion while Kareena Kapoor shot to fame with her “size-zero” two-piece role in Tashan as she traded her favourite sandwiches and Chinese food for dietician Rujuta Diwekar’s “frequent mini-meals” formula.Sonam Kapoor shrugged off her 80-plus kilos girth for a svelte form in her debut venture Saawariya. Right now, without a doubt, thin surely is in!