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Jodhaa Akbar

Starring Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan, Sonu Sood, Ila Arun, Niketan DheerDirected by Ashutosh GowarikerRating: *** ½There's Akbar, in full regalia, watching a traditional sufi qawalli when he suddenly goes into a spritual trance and joins the qawwalls for a dance to divinity.This historic moment that takes us beyond the distending dynasties of Mughal history, couldn't have been possible without Hrithik Roshan's amazing capacity to infiltrate the portals of divinity through dance movements. Very often as we, wonder-eyed and open-mouthed, traverse the sanguinary and simply-stunning spectacle of Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic, we end up looking at King Akbar as interpreted by Hrithik Roshan rather than as what the Mughal myth might have been.The body language of the sinewy sword-wielding poet-warrior takes us back to Mel Gibson in Braveheart and Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai rather than Prithviraj Kapoor who played King Akbar in K Asif's undying classic Mughal-

Is Deepika being maltreated?

Deepika Padukone is currently shooting for Chandni Chowk To China in Bangkok but certainly not happy.We hear that the pretty lass has been put up in the Grand Sukhumvit Hotel along with the rest of the cast and crew, while leading actor Akshay Kumar has been put up at the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel.Though the Grand Sukhumvit is a luxury hotel that boasts of great facilities there is nothing to beat the Four Seasons Hotel where the rates are almost double that of the Grand Sukhumvit. Reports say that even the director of the film Nikhil Advani is staying at Grand Sukhumvit, but it surely seems to be embarrassing that the leading lady is not in the same hotel as the leading man.It is believed that Deepika complained about this preferential treatment to a friend in the industry.But later Deepika denied reports that she is miffed saying, "I am not upset. As far as I know, I am in a five-star hotel and it's the same hotel that Nikhil, the producers and the rest of the crew is als

Katrina-SRK, Numero Uno pair

she is the perfect 'Diva', with elegant curves, gorgeous eyes, stunning color and silky hair! Yes, we are talking of the actress who has made it big in the tinsel town and also into the hearts of her fans – Katrina Kaif!A recent survey held by IMI mobile states that Katrina rules supreme as she is the Numero Uno Queen whose pictures get downloaded the most on net.Well, what's more, she has left the other Diva, Aishwarya Rai behind!! When it comes to men, hands down, it is the King Khan who gets downloaded most..Well, here's a big cheer for the Numero Uno pair!!

What Stars are doing this Holi

riya Sen: "I'm not sure I'll be playing Holi or not. It'd depend on my mood."Urmila Matondkar: "I'll be working on Holi day. So no Holi for me."Shabana Azmi: "It would be as usual an open house for friends and family for Holi at my parents' home in Janki Kutir. There will be a generous flow of non-toxic colours, gana-bajaana, and khana…a long- standing tradition in our house as part of India's ganga-jumna tehzeeb. Shefali Shah: "My husband Vipul and I will be a having a get-together at home. We'll have close friends over. Lots of food, bhang, ut-of-tune karaoke, dumb charade…and lots and lots of laughter.Nandana Sen: "On Holi day I'll be traveling back from Khajuraho to Mumbai. I'll be coming home just for a day. I'll be sad missing Holi, though. It's my absolute favourite among the Holidays in our calendar.Manoj Bajpai: "I don't celebrate Holi. I hate being dirty with colour and mud."Koena Mit

Shilpa Shetty to produce films

shilpa Shetty will soon begin a big budget action-comedy to be made by her production house S2 Global Productions with some top-of-the-line international technicians as part of her crew."It's going to be a two-heroine project. While Shilpa will be playing one part, she is in the process of signing on another big Bollywood heroine for it," confirms her publicist Dale Bhagwagar.After 'Phir Milenge', 'Dus', 'Apne' and 'Metro', the actress has become extremely choosy.While we witnessed a metamorphosis in Brand Shilpa from actress to diva since 'Big Brother' happened to her, she has been offered astronomical amounts for certain film projects abroad as well as in Bollywood. "Its only natural to be offered unheard of amounts after the kind of international fame she has received," says Bhagwagar and adds, "Shilpa is choosing only those films which will give her complete creative satisfaction."Two of Shilpa's forthcom

Has Katrina Kaif dumped Salman?

Katrina finally seems to be getting away from Salman's shadow. The year 2007 was indeed special for Katrina as she is the only actress to achieve four back-to-back successes in the year in Namastey London, Apne, Partner and Welcome.Today she has become the highest paid item girl in the industry paid a whopping 1.5 crore to shimmy in Shree Ashtavinayak’s next film Blue.The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta in lead roles.We hear, when the production house asked her to do an item number, Kaif initially refused, as she doesn’t want the label of an item girl.But when the makers agreed to pay her a 1.5 crore fee and offered a few more scenes, the actress accepted. However, Balaji people were not that lucky. When they approached Katrina to do an item number for their next, C Company, the actress flatly turned it down. Money, of course, was the bone of contention. Balaji was not willing to shell out that kind of money.But being an item with a fat pay cheque is not what sh