Oscar winner A R Rahman lose Golden Globe Award!: Indian music composer and twin Oscar winner A R Rahman could not win the coveted globe at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday night. Rahman was nominated in the Original Score category for his music in director Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours but lost to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers of the music in blockbuster The Social Network.
Hopes for Rahman were quite high because just a day earlier he had won the best original song trophy at the 16th Critics’ Choice Awards for his number ‘If I Rise’ from the same film.
Rahman had won his first and only Golden Globe award in 2009 for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Later that year, he won two Oscars (Best Original Score and Best Song) for his work in Slumdog.
Now, Rahman’s hopes are pinned on Oscars which will be held at the end of February. He’s nominated for his song ‘If I Rise’.
Mallika Sherawat to perform a raunchy item: Thanks to ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ and ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’, items songs are again all the rage in B-Town. Hopping on the bandwagon now is the empress of oomph Mallika Sherawat.
Yes, Mallika is shaking her booty for a raunchy item song in director Anees Bazmee’s next film Thank You. The item song is called ‘Razia Gundo Mein Phas Gayi’ (Razia stuck with the goons) and has been composed by Pritam. The track reportedly has a desi, folksy flavour to appeal to all.
The song will feature Mallika with all the male actors of the film: Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Sunil Shetty. Apparently, Mallika was game for the item when director Bazmee approached her. Not just that, we hear that Mallika is not charging any fee for the item because she shares a good rapport with Bazmee with whom she worked in Welcome.
Mallika has given five days to shoot the song. The shoot is going on currently.
Aamir Khan very excited to do lovemaking scene in 'Dhobi Ghat': The actor Aamir Khan was super-excited to shoot a lovemaking scene in wifey’s movie Dhobi Ghat, but before the star could realize that he is shooting a steamy scene, the sequence was over.
Earlier, Kiran Rao had said that she kept the intimate scene ‘tame’ and was happy with the result. Alas! It seems her husband wasn’t pleased with the direction of the scene. Recently Aamir was quoted as saying, “When I read the script of Dhobi Ghat, I spotted a sequence where I was to do a love making scene. So, I was pretty excited about the same. Finally, when we started filming the said sequence, the lovemaking was over before I could realise it.”
The movie buffs are eagerly waiting for the film which is releasing on January 21. In the film Aamir plays a painter who develops a liking for the woman whom he has seen in video tapes.
Bachchan's family boycott IIFA Awards 2011 at Toronto: It's the season of awards in B'town. And amongst all the winning and losing, celebrating and griping - it's absence and not presence that is gripping headlines, more so than whose walking away with the trophies.
If tweeting and twittering is to go by then the first family of Bollywood, Bachchan Junior and Senior with family won't be making an appearance at the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards a.k.a IIFA Awards to be held in Toronto this year.
The head of the B'clan, Amitabh Bachchan posted the following message to his legions of followers on twitter saying, "We are not coming to IIFA. IIFA said our services are not required!" The development does come as a bit of surprise as the Bachchans have had a long association with IIFA and are perceived by many to be Ambassadors of the awards.
Aishwarya Rai at Zee Cine Awards: i missed my family a lot : The tired eyes said it all. Actress Aishwarya Rai (that’s the way she signed the autographs) admitted that she’s been unwell and missed her family around her.
“Yes, I am not well at all. I am here to honour a commitment that I made. I always live up to my commitments. I am on antibiotics now,” says Rai-Bachchan moments after her performance at the Zee Cine Awards on Friday evening. Rai-Bachchan says that in stressful moments like these, the one thing that she misses around her is her family — specially her Pa (Amitabh Bachchan) and husband Abhishek.
“They are in two different locations. Pa is shooting at a location outside Mumbai and Abhishek is in Italy. It would have been great had they been around me. I am definitely missing them. I so wish that they were here to watch me win this award (the Jury’s Choice for the film Guzaarish). It’s a first and I so hoped that they would have been around. But I’m sure they must’ve got to know about it by now,” smiles Rai-Bachchan.
The actress does not mind the interruptions by fans who’ve been waiting for hours to get her autograph or a picture, and indulges them. “It’s the love and affection of fans in moments like these that make all the effort seem worthy. I’m aware thatthey wait to see me, and so small things (like being unwell) don’t matter in times like these,” she explains.
Her recent film Guzaarish, which failed to make an impact at the box-office, is faring well when it comes to winning awards. But Aishwarya is quick to point out that she does not mind thebox-office results of a film if she’s satisfied as an actress.
“My character in Guzaarish was multi-layered. Some people have appreciated it and I’ve been awarded for it. Besides, Sanjay (Leela Bhansali) has given me some of the biggest milestones of my career like Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. He is a director who’s never lost his faith in me. And I want to say that Guzaarish is one of the best gifts that he has given me. The rest of it doesn’t matter as I got to play someone who I’ve been waiting to play for a long time,” says the actress.
Kareena Kapoor as brand ambassador of 'Samsonite': Actress Kareena Kapoor, famous for her size zero status, has been chosen as the brand ambassador for the luggage giant Samsonite.
Kareena aka Bebo is the darling of Bollywood and is evidently the most sought after star in the industry. She has won a huge fan following among the movie buffs. Currenly she endorses various brands and the contract with Samsonite just adds another feather in her already impressive hat.
Her successful career and fortitude towards the given task has earned her a good reputation from the industry experts.
Consequently, the cited endorsement deals followed. She is indeed a deadly combination of beauty and brains.
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