Om Shanti Om making money in lots of stores as well!

Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om did not only make good money at the box office, it made a lot of it in stores as well!

The film, which tied up with popular retail chain Shopper's Stop, made a whooping Rs 60 million on its clothing line in three months alone.

Speaking at an event, Fashioning Bollywood, with retail brands in Mumbai, B S Nagesh, Shopper's Stop managing director, said, "It's time fashion retailers and Bollywood joined hands and left behind any inhibition about the lack of professionalism that exists in the film industry."

In his statement he revealed that the total sale generated through the OSO line at Shopper's Stop was Rs 60 million.

"This clearly signifies the returns that can be generated through a successful association with the film industry," Nagesh stated.

During the film's release, Shah Rukh and the OSO cast strutted their outfits at a fashion show, amid much cheering.

Shopper's Stop then launched the 1970s style clothing like bell bottoms and jazzy jackets, similar to what SRK and his costar Deepika Padukone wore in the film.

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SRK wanted none other than the Prince of Kolkota, Sourav Ganguly, to lead his team

By now its common knowledge to one and all, that King Khan is all excited about bagging the ownership of the Kolkata team in the BCCI's Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. There were even talks of how SRK wanted none other than the Prince of Kolkota, Sourav Ganguly, to lead his team, but all that will be finalised only when he returns home this week from the long Australian tour.

Meanwhile, not one to waste any time, SRK is going all guns blazing to see that his team gets all the right support required to make an impact in the inaugural edition of the tournament. In fact, the buzz is that Khan has even spoken to music composers Vishal- Shekhar and given them the task of composing a rocking theme song for his team.

What's more with the owners of the teams, being given the task of determining the look of their teams, SRK it seems is leaving no stone unturned and is working in full swing on deciding the right gear for his Kolkata team. In fact, one of SRK's favorite designers, Anahita Shroff, is apparently in the lead to design the look for the team.

Well, at the rate at which he is going all out to support his team, you never know the Baadshah of Bollywood may soon end up being the Baadshah of even the cricketing worl

Tamil Movies - Asin & Nayan rocks!

India's leading weekly newsmagazine ' India Today' in its latest issue dated February 4, has named south Indian actresses Asin and Nayanthara as the two out of the five heroines to watch out for in 2008!
India Today had conducted an exclusive "Mood of the nation poll", conducted by AC Nielsen-ORG MARG in 19 states. According to the poll- "Who will be the No. 1 heroine this year? (2008)", Aishwarya Rai scored the highest with 20 percent, Kajol came second with 5 percent, and third position was tied between –Rani Mukherjee, Asin and Nayanthara with 4 percent each!

The poll does not mention other top Bollywood contenders like Deepika Padukone, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra and others. Anyway it is honour for these Malayalee girls to be featured among the top heroines in the country.

It is a short in the arm for south regional films as now one of the most reputed magazines in the country has given due recognition to their actresses. Hats off to Asin and Nayan- you have done us proud!

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It's my life & I'll smoke: SRK

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' appeal to movie stars not to smoke on screen as it encourages the youth to pick up the cancerous habit has been rejected by superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Ramadoss recently appealed to matinee idols Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan to stop smoking in movies. However, King Khan Sunday rejected the appeal, saying cinema was all about creative freedom and it should not be curbed by censorships.

'I think there is a huge amount of creative freedom and in the field of art and cinema we should be allowed that. One should not go around picking on little things - because that's just cinema, its make believe and we should not have huge censorship on that,' Shah Rukh was quoted as saying.

'I wish Ramadoss prays that I stop smoking in real life because that's worse. In movies, we just do it for make-believe,' Shah Rukh added.

But the health minister begs to differ. 'The movies are most responsible (for encouraging smoking).

When I said movies should not have smoking scenes, we have statistics to show that 52 percent of children have their first puff of a cigarette because of movie celebrities,' the minister told a private news channel.

He was also critical of Shah Rukh for smoking at a cricket match.

Sources close to the actor say he is an incorrigible smoker. The 'Chak De! India' star says those who want him to stop smoking will have to make smoking illegal so that he can be penalised.

'Tell me how many people you have sued in the last two years for smoking in public. I would like to know the number. I feel very bad that I am an icon for the youth and I have a bad habit,' Shah Rukh said.

'I would like to tell people not to do it, but having said that, it is my life, if you want me to change it then make it illegal. I don't do drugs; I don't drink, I don't run red lights; I don't do anything that is illegal,' the actor told a newspaper last year before his birthday.

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Deepika Padukone High Paid Than Aishwarya Rai

It may seem to be incredible, but the truth is that ‘one film wonder’ Deepika Padukone is proving to be costlier than former Miss World Aishwarya Rai to the film producers.

Before her entry into Bollywood, Deepika was talked about more because of her string of boyfriends, but today she is also in the news for demanding exorbitant rates for acting in films.

Soon after the resounding success of the Shah Rukh-Deepika starrer ‘Om Shani Om’, a producer from south India Shankar, who made the super hit film ‘Shivaji –The Boss’ with Rajnikanth, had approached the former model for the female lead role in his forthcoming film ‘Robot’, but Deepika is reported to have charged such a high fee which left the producer stunned as well as silent.

Next, Shankar approached Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan for the role, but there is no confirmation whether the actress has said yes.

Sources close to the former beauty queen revealed that though money is no factor with Aishwarya, she is basically running a tight schedule.

After having completed the magnum opus ‘Jodhaa-Akbar’, Aishwarya has just completed shooting for an international project ‘Pink Panther – 2’ and ‘Sarkar Raj’. Currently, the actress, her husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan and mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan are holidaying in the ‘pink city of Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Producer Shankar has once again signed up his favorite super hero Rajnikanth for ‘Robot’, where the actor will be seen in the role of a scientist who creates a robot for the benefit of mankind.

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Shah Rukh Khan joined the ranks of Hollywood stars

Shah Rukh Khan joined the ranks of Hollywood stars like George Clooney , Leonardo Di Caprio, Clint Eastwood, Mery Streep and Bruce Willis after he was conferred the French honour, Insignia of Officer in the Order of Arts & Letters.

In a glittering event on Sunday in Mumbai, the French award was conferred to Shah Rukh by the Ambassador of France in India, Jerome Bonnafont.

Kareena Kapoor thrown out!!!

If the rumors in the industry circles are to be believed, despite here resounding success during 2007, especially ‘Jab We Met’, and hiked performance price, Kareena Kapoor has been dropped from director Imtiaz Ali’s next film.

Rejecting Kareena for a role in his film, Imtiyaz Ali has chosen the currently hot Bollywood glamour girl Deepika Padukone for the film.

Worse still, in a recent interview, director Imtiyz Ali has told a magazine that he had taken Kareena Kapoor for ‘Jab We Met’ even without liking the actress’ acting qualities and he stressed that Kareena is not a good actress at all.

Incidentally, Imtiaz Ali, who was the director of ‘Jab We Met’, has even ignored the recommendations of Saif Ali Khan the hero of his next untitled film, and rejected his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor to opt for Deepika Padukone.

More interestingly, Saif Ali Khan is not only the hero of the film, but it is going to be Saif's first film production!

Sources said that Saif Ali Khan had recommended Kareena Kapoor for their new film, but the director rejected Saif’s pleas.

Going by the standards in Bollywood, this is something significant as normally the directors seldom have the guts to ignore the requests of the hero and more so when he is also the producer of the movie.

But many here would want to know if the director would have the same guts to reject a request either by Shah Rukh Khan or Aameer Khan!

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Smooching scene with Vishal? Nayanthara is perturbed!

Nayantara is vehement that she has not kissed Vishal in 'Sathyam.'



Two days back, there were rumours floating around that Nayantara had shot a smooching scene with Vishal for 'Sathyam' and this reached her ears.

Enraged at the false rumour, she refutes having done such a scene. She is at present in Bangkok with her friends to celebrate the New Year.

"People are talking only about my glamour part in 'Billa.' I have done a new type of role for the first time. No one seems to have noticed that. I have chosen a proper path only after this film and I want to make good use of it. At the same time, I have no objection to portraying glamour roles. I would do it if necessary for the story.
In 'Sathyam,' I play a TV compere. My interaction with 8 children is very jovial and entertaining. Only after reading the paper did I get to know that there's a smooching scene in Sathyam!" says Nayantara in irritation.

‘Ash, Hrithik wore 300 kg of gold in Jodhaa-Akbar’

Two hundred craftsmen worked for 600 days, moulded 400 kg of gold and precious and semi-precious stones to recreate jewelleries of Mughal era in Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance Jodhaa Akbar, releasing Feb 15.
Tanishq, the leading jewellery brand, unveiled the jewellery worn by Aishwarya Rai, who plays the Rajput princess Jodhabai, and Hrithik Roshan, who plays Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar, in the movie.

The exquisite pieces include sarpech (feather pin), archer's ring, arsi (mirror ring), bhor (head jewel like in Indian tika) and hansali (choker).

"The wedding set, which Aishwarya wears in the film, is very heavy. It weighs around three-and-a-half kg. It was difficult for her to wear them. In fact, in the interviews she said the hardest part was to wear the jewellery,” said Alpana Parida, head marketing & merchandising at Tanishq. “But that was how women lived those days and it is authentic."

A blend of Mughal and Rajasthani designs, the handcrafted jewels on display in Delhi are breathtakingly beautiful and give an insight into India's glorious past.

"I think if everything is put together then the total weight will be about 300 kg and it's a huge investment on the part of the company,” said Parida. “We have made 13 ensembles for Aishwarya and eight for Hrithik. We have used gold and gems like emeralds, pearls, ruby, tourmaline and jade."

However, she refused divulge the budget.

This is Tanishq's second film venture. Earlier, they collaborated with Shah Rukh Khan for his home production Paheli.

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Relief to Fardeen Khan in cocaine case

In major relief for Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, a Mumbai court Thursday allowed his plea that he be charged for possessing only one gram of cocaine, for which the maximum jail term is six months. The court also ordered the police to frame charges against Khan for possessing the banned narcotic drug.

Fardeen was booked under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after he was arrested outside a bank ATM in Juhu on May 5, 2001, while allegedly attempting to purchase a gram of cocaine.



Fardeen had tried to buy the cocaine from drug trafficker Nasir Abdul Karim, who was nabbed with a larger quantity of drugs intended for sale.



In his application to the NDPS court a few months ago, Fardeen claimed that he had attempted to buy only one gram of cocaine. He had earlier pleaded to the Bombay High Court that the charges be framed only for possessing one gram of the drug.



Fardeen's lawyer Ayaz Khan told IANS Thursday: "NDPS judge P.N. Deshmukh allowed Fardeen's application by which he can be charged only for the possession of one gram cocaine."



Khan added that the maximum punishment for keeping less than two grams is five years, and for more than two grams it is ten years.



In his earlier application to the high court, Fardeen had admitted he used drugs on six to seven occasions to combat professional

Nayanthara’s hat-trick!

Nayanthara is almost confirmed to play Rajnikanth’s pair in P.Vasu directed Kuselan! The official announcement will be coming once the actress who is now in Hyderabad comes to Chennai and signs the contract.
Kuselan is going to be a hat-trick for Nayanthara who has been the superstar’s heroine in Chandramukhi and did a special song with him in Sivaji. The pair is very popular with the masses, as they have terrific on- screen chemistry.

P.Vasu the director of Kuselan is introducing the Nayanthara character as Rajnikanth’s pair, something which was not there in the Malayalam original Katha Parayumbol on which it is based. Vasu feels that Nayan is popular in Tamil and Telugu, and Kuselan is being made as a bilingual in both the languages.

But what is turning out to be a major headache for the makers of Kuselan, is who will do Meena’s role, the wife of Sreenivasan( in Tamil role done by Pasupathy) in the original? Simran the first choice has put forward a lot of conditions, which the makers rejected.

The latest we hear is Simran who is in Chennai doing a television reality show is back in reckoning and the producers are talking to her. At the same time Tabu and Sneha too are being considered, to do the crucial role.

Salman Khan's sardarji looks

Salman Khan may have almost finished two decades in the film industry but he still keeps bettter with age.
The handsome actor who has played a variety of characters in his films would now be doing something which he hasn't done before. He will be seen playing a sardar for the first time in his upcoming film Heroes directed by Sameer Karnik.

Apart from Salman, the film in question, stars Sohail Khan, Vatsal Seth, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta, Amrita Arora, Riya Sen and Mithun Chakraborty. Sallu plays a military official in this road-trip film which is apparently inspired by the cult classic The Motorcycle Diaries. In fact, to make the look more authentic, Sallu even grew his own beard for three weeks and has really worked hard on getting the look right.

One thing is for sure, when the film hits the box-office, die-hard Sallu fans will surely queue up to see their favorite hero in his brand new look.

Aishwarya confirms Robot- News By Moviebuzz

Aishwarya Rai has been confirmed to play Rajinikanth's heroine in Shankar directed Robot! The actress herself confirmed this to the Hindi news channel "Aaj Tak" and its sister channel in English "Headlines Today" that she is going to do Robot.
Meanwhile back home in Chennai it is an open secret that the director had met Aishwarya in Mumbai and gave her a one-line narration of her role in the film. But when contacted Shankar, did not want to comment on it till all the artists and technicians are signed up!

It is a typical Shankar reaction, as he would like to keep his moves on Robot a closely guarded secret till the release day of the film. And Rajinikanth also loves keeping everybody guessing till he asks the producers to officially announce it with a press statement

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