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U, Me aur Humdrum!
2008-04-12 07:55:00
Ajay Devgan denied that his film is inspired from the book "The Notebook". We took 'his' word for it. Kajol vouched for the fact that Ajay is the best director she's ever worked with. We took 'her' word for it. Both were confident that their film U Me Aur Hum will work on the sheer power of their on-screen chemistry in a sweet romance. We took 'their' word for it. 'Alas, that's not the case.' Ajay (Ajay Devgan) & Piya (Kajol) fall in love on a cruise liner & get married soon after. A sudden realisation however shakes the foundations of their smooth marriage & both have to come to terms with its terrible consequences. We wish we could have been happier about Ajay- Kajol coming back on screen after so long. We wish the journey of seeing these two otherwise talented actors in Ajay's first directorial venture was more engaging & finally, we wish Ajay had just stuck to making a faithful adaptation of The Notebook, rather than giving it his own spin! U...

Tashan : Akshay Kumar Back In Action With Bollywoods Biggest Road Trip Movi
2008-04-12 07:54:00
Bollywood braveheart, Akshay Kumar , kicks into action with his first blockbuster release of the year, and certainly well worth the wait it has been, as our favourite action hero will have audiences on the edge of their seats when ‘Tashan’ unleashes in cinemas across the UK and internationally on 25th April 2008. After riding on a thundering wave of box office success throughout 2007, Bollywood superstar, Akshay, now takes control of the gearstick as the driving force of Bollywood’s most ambitious road trip movie to date. Playing desi wannabe gangster, ‘Bachchan Pandey’, in his own, inimitable ‘tashan’ (style), Akshay Kumar heads a stellar cast in a diesel-fuelled road trip across India, taking in the vast expanse of Rajasthan, screeching to a halt at Haridwar, among other pit stops along the way. Bollywood bad boy, Akshay, will have audiences clutching to their seats as he takes them on a fast paced journey that heralds a whole new era in ...
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Gill to Shah Rukh: Do a Chak de in real life
2008-04-12 07:52:00
Sports Minister MS Gill wants to link Bollywood with sports, which he feels will improve India’s performance at the international arena. He has urged stars to sponsor outstanding sportsperson so that financial resources are not a constraint in their performance. Speaking to media, Gill asked Shah Rukh Khan to sponsor a team or a player and inspire Indian sports as he did in his film Chak De India. “He can begin with sponsoring four women athletes of the Indian relay team. Only Rs 5-10 lakh would be required. I think he can spare that much money for Indian sports.” The minister said Shah Rukh bought a cricket team at the IPL — the Kolkata Knightriders for a staggering $75.09 million — and though it’s a commercial venture, the star can give something back to the country by sponsoring needy sportsperson. Gill has specific players for Shah Rukh; for other stars, like Hrithik Roshan, he said they could pick any player to sponsor. “Except cricket ...
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Bollywood comedy Krazzy 4′ hits theatres
2008-04-12 07:50:00
  Bollywood movie ‘Krazzy 4 ′, a feel good comedy, with an interesting ensemble cast is released in theatres across the country on Friday. Arshad Warsi, Irfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav, Suresh Menon, Juhi Chawla and Dia Mirza have played the lead roles in this laugh riot. The plot of the movie revolves around the life of four crazy men. The first one is a bad tempered person prone to reacting violently at the slightest provocation. The second one is extremely fussy about order and cleanliness, while, the third habitually lives in the past and the fourth one is plain crazy.
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Tragedy strikes Kajol and Ajay
2008-04-12 07:46:00
Shomu Chaterjee, the very renowned director, writer and producer and father of Kajol and Tanisha breathed his last today morning. The maker of some memorable movies like 'Sangdil Sanam', 'Pathar Ke Insaan', 'Ek Baar Muskura Do', 'Fifty Fifty' and 'Lover Boy' leaves behind his wife, Tanuja and two daughters. The biggest irony is that his death happened just one day prior to the release of his son-in-law, Ajay Devgan's dream project 'U Me Aur Hum'. It will be an understatement if we say that Kajol and Ajay Devgan have been striving really hard for the past few months to promote Ajay's debut film as a director, and now the whole family is left in despair just one day before the grand release of the film is a very sad part. The mother-daughter pair of Tanuja and Kajol along with Ajay Devgan have been judging the reality show in Zee, Rock N Roll Family recently. We hope the family comes out of this tragedy very soon!!
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Khuda Kay Liye (In The Name Of God)- A Fantasic Film From Across The Border
2008-04-11 17:54:00
Khuda Ke Liye better known as ‘ In the name of God ‘internationally has been highly acclaimed at several film festivals and has bagged several prestigious awards. The film has been directed by Pakistan’s most renowned TV producer Shoaib Mansoor who has been the mastermind behind the success of the comedy play ‘Fifty Fifty’. This time around Shoaib gets into a more serious note exploring certain fundamentalists false beliefs circling Islam and the state of Muslims in today’s contemporary modern society. The film also dwells into the state of Muslims living abroad post the 9/11 attacks.The film that had a fatwa issued against it by some radical maulvi's  and  had the director of the movie  fleeing Pakistan as soon as the movie was released fearing his life finally releases in India courtesy Percept Picture Company. The movie revolves around two musician brothers – Mansoor(Shaan) and Sarmad (Fahwad Khan) who have their own popul...
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Madhuri Dixit: Bollywood misses its dancing queens!
2008-04-11 07:40:00
In fact, Bollywood dance is now recognised as another dance form. Thanks to former leading ladies like Vyajayantimala, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Madhuri Dixit . But something seems to have changed. Bollywood’s dancing queens have disappeared. And the guys are making the most of it. Be it Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor or Neil Nitin Mukesh, these men have proved their dancing prowess. Earlier a director would add a dance number to make sure that the audience got its fix. Remember Sridevi seducing Mr India in Kaate Nahin Kat Te or her dance numbers in Chandni and Lamhe? And who can forget Madhuri in Ek, Do, Teen and Dhak Dhak. The actresses who followed from Aishwarya to Preity and Rani to Bipasha, do not exactly have two-left feet, but they never get as many whistles from the front seats. Filmgoers feel that no actress today is an accomplished dancer. But choreographers differ. Veteran Saroj Khan says, "If you show the audie...
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I am a born director: Ajay Devgan
2008-04-11 07:38:00
Devgan says for him it was not a major shift from acting to direction as he believes that he is a born director and has that fire within him.   "I started my career directing small budget films, so it was not a major change. In my early days, apart from acting in movies, I tried my hand in production, direction, music composing and all," Devgan says.   "I assisted my father in his directorial ventures several times and both of us knew that I have the flame in me to develop an idea and give it a shape. But then, I became an actor and didn't get the time to direct." Devgan is very positive about the success of his first directorial attempt. He believes he has done justice with the script and has come out with a entertaining story.   "I will continue with direction as it is my favourite hobby or you can say a passion. I will not make a movie only for the sake of it, but will do it only when a right script will come my way," says the actor, ...
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Mard Ko Bhi Dard Hota Hai: Hrithik Roshan
2008-04-11 07:36:00
How did you decide on doing the Cinthol ad? Cinthol has always been about the energy.Its philosophy -- don't stop regardless of the barriers -- is very close to my heart. As long as there's movement there's progress. That's what the ad was about. And I went with that flow. Cinthol is being relaunched with my ad. The ad film is bigger than Dhoom 2. In what way? There was more action in the Cinthol ad than in Dhoom 2. It was so much fun. I did kayaking, free-running, bungee jumping, mountain climbing, mountain biking, diving into the ocean from the mountain and rugby …. all crammed into one ad. All this with a bad knee? Well they say adversity is the mother of inventions. So I've found a way. Adversity could also be the mother of further adversities. Ha. It gave me a chance to heal myself by my own formula. I'm doing all it takes. After being ultra-choosy for so long you've decided to work extensively? "So far this year I've said yes only to Anurag Basu's Kites ...
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Deepika-Bebo SRK's new item
2008-04-11 07:34:00
SRK's Billoo Barber is going to be one hot affair. We hear that King Khan is planning to rope in both Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone to do an item song together. The movie, directed by Priyadarshan, has SRK playing a filmstar and Irrfan Khan playing a barber from village. The story is apparently inspired from the legend of Krishna-Sudama friendship. Says a source, “Though Kareena and Shah Rukh haven’t done any films together; after Asoka and Don, their chemistry has been sizzling. So when Shah Rukh, who plays a superstar in Billoo Barber, asked her to perform to a song with him, she agreed. Kareena is keeping dates aside and will soon be shooting for the song by next week. ‘Billoo Barber’ also had Amisha Patel playing Irrfan Khan’s wife, but the actress recently bowed out of the project because she presumably did not find her role substantial.
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Size doesn't matter: Dia Mirza
2008-04-11 07:33:00
Dia Mirza has not been able to cast her own 'Magic Dia' on the viewers' mind even after being in the tinsel town for many years now!!! But the confidence level of this gorgeous actress has not dropped a bit, and she is still striving hard to prove her credentials as an actress. The glowing beauty will now been seen in Rakesh Roshan's 'Krazzy 4' where she portrays the role of a TV reporter. Ask her whether this role was already taken up by her in the movie, 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', and the girl will say, "I don't care about length of the role or if I have done a role of reporter before or not. I found this role very interesting, in fact I would say that my role is the most prominent and if I wouldn't be there in the film, the film would have been incomplete". Way to go Dia!!!
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" I Have Had 50 Drinks In One Go"- Ajay Devgan
2008-04-10 14:34:00
  Hi Ajay, It’s your first film as director. What’s running on your mind? Honestly, I’m not nervous at all. I’m just happy that the film is over and everything is ready. The advance response in Delhi and Punjab has been very good. Tell me about how you arrived at the subject of this film? It’s basically an idea I had. It has been with me been over the past 2-3 years. The whole positivity in the story telling is what excited me. How does it feel acting and directing at the same time? It’s not all difficult. It just requires a lot of hard work. How did the thought of direction come in after so many years? I always wanted to be a director. I started off my career as an assistant director to Shekar Kapur before entering as an actor. I was so kicked about direction that I used to even edit at the age of 17. So what would you like to put across with this film? Basically there isn’t anything in particular. At the end of the movie if a couple s...
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Bollywood's power couples
2008-04-10 08:20:00
They are beautiful, gooey-eyed and forever in love. The picture perfect, real-life Bollywood couples are emerging as the most coveted brand ambassadors and seem set to test the adage that real-life couples do not sizzle on the silver screen. Among these star couples, the Ajay-Kajol jodi is undoubtedly the most visible one. They are the ones who set the trend of endorsing products together. They make a neat Rs.80 million to Rs.90 million per ad. Looking at them, it becomes clear that being in love and flaunting it was never so lucrative. According to film critic Indu Mirani: "For advertisers, married real-life Bollywood couples are a picture of happy matrimony which is highly sellable." Advertisers already swear by the pull factor of casting such couples and are willing to shell out unheard of amounts to rope them in. The box-office performance of upcoming releases like U Me Aur Hum, Ajay's directorial debut in which he stars with wife Kajol, and Tashan, which has Saif Ali...
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Bollywood's future attractions
2008-04-10 08:19:00
Young Bollywood is short on talent. But some of the new talents to watch out for are director Farhan Akhtar in his new avatar as actor, TV actress Prachi Desai and newcomer Harman Baweja. People are also raving about Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, who are busy with their next projects post Saawariya. Here are some Bollywood names that are expected to do well in the future:
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SAIF - KAREENA MARRIAGE AFTER 'TASHAN' RELEASE?
2008-04-10 08:17:00
One of the Bollywood's hottest couples - Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor - is anxiously awaiting for their first release 'Tashan ' post their affair. Incidentally, their love blossomed during the making of this movie and might result in their marriage after its release. Though Kareena is quite outspoken, her producer Aditya Chopra has warned her not to talk about the film. It seems Yash Raj believes in keeping things under wrap. Needless to say that the couple has turned out to be a unique selling proposition of the film and Yash Raj is using this hot couple for the promotion of their film. This is enough to create curiosity among Saif and Bebo's fans.  Though the couple has always denied their early marriage report; it seems the buzz will certainly help their first film 'Tashan'. However, the release of the movie depends on the decision either to include or do way with a particular scene of the bikini-clad Kareena Kapoor (who shed huge weight to look ultra-thin in the f...
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Bollywood's starry jibes
2008-04-10 08:15:00
Writer Russell Lynes once eloquently waxed, 'If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.' This holds especially true to Bollywood; high on fragile egos and inflated pride. Even the normally amicable Aamir Khan couldn't escape the temptation of making a mischievous albeit unexpected dig at rival Shah Rukh Khan during a press conference, not too long ago. How 'does it feel to be No 2 after Aamir?' is what the Taare Zameen Par filmmaker wanted to know. Luckily for him, SRK took it sportingly in his stride.

Exclusive: Bollywood's Sexy Dads!
2008-04-10 08:13:00
Gone are the days when 'yummy mummies' of Bollywood were talked about. Now it is time for their better halves. The cool dudes of Bollywood are giving the 'yummy mummies' a run for their money. No more eye - candy for the men, it’s now time for the female folk to revel in some unadulterated guy candy. SAIF ALI KHAN Think of the rugged, bare - vested, shades - donning Saif Ali Khan in the promos of his latest movie. D-r-o-o-o-l. And the same Khan can turn up for the Filmfare Awards looking suave and sexy in a black suit, playing the perfect gentleman to his leading lady. Touché.
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Bollywood's Bachchan hits back at disloyalty charge
2008-04-10 08:09:00
India's film superstar Amitabh Bachchan has hit back at critics who have accused him of being disloyal to the country's entertainment capital Mumbai. After protests by right-wing Hindu nationalists which saw bottles hurled at his mansion in Mumbai earlier this year, the star lashed out this week. "Let them chuck a thousand bottles," Bachchan declared in an interview with Mumbai's tabloid Mumbai Mirror earlier this week. "Let them burn my effigies and conduct morchas (marches) in front of my house. "I am not budging!" The comments came after local politicians said he had shown "little loyalty" to India's financial and movie-making city of 18 million people. Bachchan, who enjoys a huge following in India, was born and raised in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh but he has lived in western Maharashtra's capital Mumbai since 1968. He was dragged into controversy after Mumbai witnessed violent street clashes blamed on the Maharashtra Navnirman Se...
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Bollywood on Femina Miss India's 'to do' list
2008-04-09 07:39:00
It was the first time that the three winners of the annual Femina Miss India beauty pageant faced the press, but the girls sure had their lines well rehearsed. Miss India World, Parvathy Omanakuttan says, "The feeling is yet to sink in that we have won the crowns. But, we are not letting that go into our heads." Adds Miss India, Universe Simran Kaur Mundi, "The most important thing is that we have become known faces and the media is following us." And Miss India Earth, Harshita Saxena has the last word. "The moment we were crowned, that's when you feel 'oh! my gosh', we are so close to reality." While the immediate priority is to compete with other beauties across the globe for the international crown, there are no larger noble goals of world peace yet. For now it's Bollywood thats on top of the 'to do' list and as for the most wanted co-star, the wish list goes on.
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Gere cites "insane courage" in India kissing row
2008-04-09 07:36:00
Actor Richard Gere , who until recently faced India n obscenity charges for publicly kissing a Bollywood star, called his troubles on Tuesday "a badge of courage."   Gere made headlines when he kissed Shilpa Shetty, winner of the British reality television show "Celebrity Big Brother," several times on the cheek at an anti-AIDS show in New Delhi last year. "It's a badge of somewhat insane courage," he told Reuters during a visit to San Francisco on Tuesday, saying others had also been charged with similar offenses in the past. "It is a very complex society." In March, India's Supreme Court suspended the legal proceedings and granted Gere permission to again travel to and from India. Gere was visiting San Francisco to attend a pro-Tibet rally ahead of the running of the Olympic torch in the city on Wednesday.
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Whats the good word for Bollywood?
2008-04-09 07:33:00
From aesthetic lyrics to the inane, Bollywood songs sure have come a long way in recent times. Sample this: ‘One Two Three, One Two Three’, ‘Race saason ki, Race dhadkan ki’, ‘Zara zara touch me’ or even a ‘Dil main mere hai dard- e-disco’. Sounds musical? Even if they don’t, chances are they will be chartbusting stuff anyway. Songs are no longer important to take a story forward, but act as an item quotient to add glamour or a filler. What has led to this poverty of words in songs? Says Javed Akhtar, "Earlier even the average filmmaker who churned out stunt films, would respect good dialogues and lyrics. Today, songs are functional. The finer points like grammar, metaphor and style are completely ignored. The average man’s vocabulary has also gone down."So does he feel that a ‘dard-e-disco’ is justified? "here has to be some fun element everywhere, which provides entertainment." Music dire...
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Bollywood biggies to play against Indian Premiere League
2008-04-09 07:26:00
 While Indian s will be spoilt for choice of entertainment in the coming days, both cricketers and filmmakers will have to keep their fingers crossed. Cricket and movies are both religion to our population of a billion and this time they are pitted against each other with the forthcoming Indian Premiere League (IPL). Moreover, this is the first time that the star quotient is at its peak in cricket. While until now it has been restricted to actors' appearances at matches to cheer the Indian team or new cola ad campaigns specially designed to break at the big ticket matches; this time round the IPL boasts of mighty associations with movie stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta and Akshay Kumar. These stars are going the whole hog to promote their respective teams by rolling out official music videos, special appearances at events et al.
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Hot Sherlyn to seduce Shahid
2008-04-09 07:20:00
She is known for her bindass talk and no hold barred skin show but who knew that would fecth her a role in a Yash Raj Films. Yes you heard it right... Sherlyn Chopra has bagged a film from India's most prized production house opposite Shahid Kapoor. The film is a love triangle involving Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapur and Sherlyn. Chopra will be seen at her seductive best and will have a lot of steamy scenes with Shahid. The insiders claims that the 'outrageous' girl has been in the good books of Yash Chopra, who also launched her debut album. He has been wanting to get in touch with her for some time but Sherlyn had her number changed so they finally got it from Vinod Pandey, who directed her in Red Swastika. Sherlyn is apparantly happy but not shouting from rooftop, "For me, this is just the beginning. Yes, I am a part of Anurag’s film but I still need to work much harder to get to the place where I really want to be right at the top. I have it in me to be a kick-ass Bol...

Priyanka: For Harman's Sake
2008-04-09 07:18:00
It's firmed in now. Harman Baweja's long-awaited debut film Love Story 2050 will be released on July 4. The shooting is almost done. The last two days when Harman's snazzy introduction was shot has just been completed. Says the film's producer Harry Baweja, "We've all worked very hard on this film. The shooting is complete. Now begins the real struggle.The FX are comparable with anything from Hollywood, as we could see from the theatrical trailers that were released with Race." But before the Big Release of the film on July 4 there's another red-letter day waiting for the big film. It's the music release of Love Story 2050. The date chosen for the event is May 10. Though Priyanka will be shooting in Miami for Tarun Mansukhani's Dostana she has already set that date aside for Mumbai. Taking time off from the tight schedule in Miami Priyanka will pay a flying visit to Mumbai to be there for Harman's big day. Seldom, if ever, has a co-star gone so much out of her wa...

A brush with Bollywood
2008-04-08 08:05:00
Bollywood has always had a taste for all things glitzy and glamorous, but off late many movie stars have been showing a bent towards art. The gorgeous Chitrangada Singh came to support an exhibiton by Udayan, she confessed being an art lover. "I guess we all in the creative field seem to support each other and I love art," said Chitrangda. Last month when queen of hearts Rani Mukherjee, came to the capital for close pal Paresh Maity's art show, many were surprised about the actresses art connections.
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Why Ranbir Dumped Sonam Kapoor
2008-04-08 08:01:00
Sonam Kapoor is one sad girl these days. Her Saawariya Ranbir Kapoor is not only giving her cold shoulder but also refuses to take her calls now. And the reason? You guesses it right... Deepika Padukone. We hear that the duo haven’t spoken to each other for the last three months after Ranbir got serious about Deepika. Though Sonam made some efforts to stay in touch with him, Ranbir didn't respond to her calls or even messages. According to sources Deepika is very protective and possessive about him and wants to make sure that her man doesn’t get too close to any other girl. Even though she doesn’t see any threat from Sonam, she doesn’t want Ranbir to be in touch with her.
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Bollywood desperate to get a hit
2008-04-08 07:58:00
With the Hindi film industry's proverbial showman, Subhash Ghai, failing to whip up a winner with his latest foray into serious cinema, Bollywood is pinning its hopes on the upcoming string of releases to end the dull phase. Ghai's Black & White, based on communalism, could not set the cash registers ringing but the continued run of Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodhaa Akbar brought solace to exhibitors and distributors even as it completed its fourth week at the turnstiles. Traditionally, the month of March is a lean period as it coincides with school and college examinations across the country. As movie watching is largely a family outing in India, filmmakers are weary of releasing films in this period.
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Amita was never my Girlfriend
2008-04-08 07:55:00
Stories about Kasturi's rebellious Robby,Karan Patel, turning tardy are filtering out of Balajee Telefilms. With surprising candour, Karan admits that there was indeed a problem at the Balajee. "Yes, I did come late for the shoot. But that's because I've taken on another show—I'm anchoring Kaho Na Yaar Hai—and initially there's some problem synchronizing the two schedules although they're both shows for the same channel. I'm sure it'll be sorted out very shortly. For now I regret the incovenience caused to the Kasturi team and to Ekta." Karan admits Ekta was upset about his latecoming. "We had a meeting and I explained my situation. And she's okay now. Yes the Kasturi cast did walk out en masse because I arrived late. But it's not something I could help. Or something that I'd do intentionally." Kasturi's Bad Boy turned Angel makes another strangely disarming confession. Amita Chandekar, who has a vamp's part in Kasturi, and who partnere...
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Saif-Bebo most Prized couple
2008-04-08 07:52:00
The picture perfect, real-life Bollywood couples are emerging as the most coveted brand ambassadors and seem set to test the adage that real-life couples do not sizzle on the silver screen. Among star couples, Ajay-Kajol is undoubtedly the most visible. They are also the ones who set the trend of endorsing products together.They make a neat Rs.80 million to Rs.90 million per ad. Clearly, being in love and flaunting it was never so lucrative. Says film critic Indu Mirani: 'For advertisers, married real-life Bollywood couples are a picture of happy matrimony which is highly sellable.' Advertisers already swear by the pull factor of casting such couples and are willing to shell out unheard of amounts to rope them in. Box-office performance of upcoming releases like 'U Me Aur Hum', Ajay's directorial debut in which he stars with wife Kajol, and 'Tashan', which has Saif Ali Khan and real-life girlfriend Kareena Kapoor in the lead, will determine whether filmmakers join the queues ...
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Deepika Buys Home Next To Ranbir
2008-04-07 17:40:00
  Love can make people really crazy for each other and that makes them sing running around the trees “Till death do us apart” and that is exactly what Deepika and Ranbir have been spotted doing with each other so much so that they are addicted to one another. It looks like Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor can’t stay away from each other. Deepika has been looking for a new house and what could be better than a house close to that of beau Ranbir Kapoor. Well, she has managed to get herself a plush apartment in the swanky lanes of Pali Hill. Deepika has reportedly moved into a flat in Cozy Home which is just a hop, skip and jump away from Krishna Raj - Ranbir’s home. Ever since the two began dating one another, Ranbir is said to have made it quite clear that he wanted Deepika to live close by. It is believed that Deepika has almost become a part Ranbir’s family. She has met his aunts, uncles and cousins. And Neetu has really bonded with her too. In ...