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Reviews are out and going by the way the trade pundits have spoken our Dusky beauty – Tanushree Dutta, has a sure shot winner on her hand. She has been cast in a very de-glam look, which has not only given her an edge but has also brought forth her immense acting talent.On asking her, she replied with great enthusiasm, "Even though my look in the film was completely different from any of my earlier movies, it has been a blessing as I have been able to show the audience my potential."As a role it was one of the toughest that I have done so far, but it definitely brought out a great performance from me. It's quite thrilling to be getting such great reviews for my work especially from the industry stalwarts."I thank everyone who has shown the confidence in me and I pray that I get this support forever."Surely Tanushree is on a new high and we wish her all the luck for her future endeavours as well as look forward to many more such outstanding performances. -Sampurn

Daler Mehndi with his newly hiked rate has become the highest paid singer in the Bollywood music industry presently. He has hiked his rate per song to a mind boggling Rs. 5 lakhs!Daler's in his justification of the same states, "I have a 90% hit ratio where film songs are concerned. Irrespective of the film becoming a hit or not most of my songs have become extremely popular with the masses as well as the classes."I have realized when a film becomes a huge musical hit, the singers, especially very popular singers like me are never passed on the benefit for the same. Plus I want to create a niche market for myself. I don't want to sing for any film that comes my way. I would love to work with only those big filmmakers who can afford my price. But looking at the kind of offers I am getting nowadays I don't think so my big price is being a hurdle at all!"But isn't such a high price only worth for veteran singers of a caliber like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bho

Alina Wadiwalla, who has been voted out of reality show "Bigg Boss" this week, is miffed with co-participant and item girl Sambhavna Seth for having allegedly betrayed her.Alina, the only non-celebrity inmate on the show, said, "I always shared her (Sambhavna's) sorrows and she back-stabbed me. I always used to console and pacify her, but she betrayed me by nominating me.""When she used to vomit, I used to bring her a bucket and clean up. When she was not well, I used to take her to the loo. After doing so much for her, I wasn't expecting this in return. I felt so bad," she said.The reality show required her to be locked in a specially designed house with celebrity inmates for three months under 24-hour camera surveillance, with no access to the outside world.A professional wedding photographer based in Britain, Alina is a tad disappointed on being eliminated from the show."I'm a little disappointed because I did have my own plans after wi

It seems to us that Amrita Rao forgot to be Indian at her own movie premier ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’. Don’t worry, by not being Indian we just meant that she forgot to wear Indian clothes which was the dress code that night.‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ is a movie based on the rural side of India, so all the casts were to wear Indian attire all the time. Maybe this motivated the director to have the theme of his movie premier also to be on the Indian side.Obeying all the orders given the entire cast, as well as the invitees, were in Indian attire. The list includes Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kissen, Celina Jeitley, Illa Arun, Shabana Azmi, Aushotosh Rana, Divya Dutt, Yashpal Sharma, Shayam Benegal, Rajshwari Sachdeva etc.The sole odd one out was the lead heroine of the movie, ‘Amrita Rao’. Dressed in entirely the opposite side of Indian, Amrita was seen in a white formal suit.So why did Amrita choose to go the other way? We do have a few options ready for you to guess.A. Because she wanted to look d

After Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra has been chosen as the third heroine to make a special appearance in Priyadarshan's "Billoo Barber" and shake a leg with Shah Rukh Khan.And Priyadarshan says it was a cakewalk for the superstar to get the leading ladies to do a cameo in his comedy."Since Shah Rukh plays a filmstar in the movie, I needed him to do some big glamorous song and dance numbers with some top heroines. I left the choice to Shah Rukh. I knew all he had to do was to pick up the phone and ask any of his leading ladies," Priyadarshan told.According to sources, it was a tie between Rani Mukerji and Priyanka for the third item song with Shah Rukh Khan in "Billoo Barber"."But after Rani appeared on Salman Khan's game show 'Dus Ka Dum' and knowing there's no love lost between Salman and Priyanka, the scales tilted automatically towards Priyanka," an industry source said.Though King Khan has done item

Bipasha Basu Talks To Wahabuddin khan On Being Sexy.You've were selected as Asia's sexiest woman.Yes and I'm proud of it. I read a journalist taunting me about how serious I tried to sound about being chosen the sexiest woman in Asia. I'd just like see how she'd react if she got the same title. I'm sure any man or woman would be flattered being called the sexiest. I don't see why I've to justify myself for being happy about being called sexy. I feel elated about it. You can't take it away.How do you define sexy?It's defined differently from person to person. Those who know me know I'm a very down-to-earth girl with no pretensions to being a diva. For me being sexy is an amalgamation of many factors. Definitely a good physique and a Perfect-10 for health. A good face helps. But confidence, poise and intelligence are musts. Just a body won't do.How do you fob off unwanted attention?I've no time or opportunity to think about unwanted att

When Minissha Lamba was told that she would have to wear a bikini for a key sequence in 'Kidnap', she didn't blink an eyelid. Instead, she pronto started making plans of how to develop the kind of body with which she could carry off her new look in a dare bare attire."When Sanjay Gadhvi (director of 'Kidnap') came to me with the film, he was clear about one thing - he wanted to completely change my look and make me go through a transition. He asked me whether I was game for it but honestly, I didn't have any reason not to be a part of it."Didn't she require any convincing whatsoever?"Not at all", replies Minissha promptly, "We all know what he has done to his ladies in 'Dhoom' and 'Dhoom 2'. All his actresses have looked fabulous on screen whenever they have gone through an image transformation. He is fantastic at that and for me, it was just a matter of putting myself into the grind and completely focus on the change