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Katrina Kaif has astonished Bollywood with her rapid rise to fame but sometimes it may all get a bit too much for her and she feels the need to fly away. "Becoming a film star in India has been a dream come true but you do always have to put on a performance, so sometimes it is good to get away,” she explains, “That's when I head back to London. I can walk down Finchley High Street and no one recognises me. I certainly can't do that in Mumbai or Delhi."Recently chosen as the model for India’s first official Barbie doll, Katrina says she is thrilled by the news. “To have your face on dolls that you’ve played with from childhood is quite flattering,” she says.Although she has been off the screens for a few months, Katrina has a number of big banner movies in the can that should see her reputation further enhanced as the year unfolds. Amongst them is Blue, the underwater epic with a star-studded cast including Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Kylie Minogue in a...

The Sizzling Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor postponed her shooting to celebrate her mother’s birthday.kareena-kapoor-postpones-shooting-to-celebrate-mothere28099s-birthdayThe couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor was to leave for New York for a Rensil D’Silva’s movie, but soon the plan was changed and Kareena stayed for a couple of days to celebrate her mother Babita’s birthday.Kareena said, ‘‘My mom is my world. I’d do anything for her. Postponing mine and Saif’s trip to New York was nothing.”Though Babita insisted that Kareena’s work should not suffer, Bebo decided to celebrate the special day and arranged a small family get-together.The party was arranged in Mumbai at Kareena’s swanky new place in Bandra.

Telugu cinema history’s biggest super hit Arundhati is all set to be made into Hindi now by its original makers.Recently news was out that the makers had approached Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi actress Anushka Sharma but the deal couldn’t get through since she was still tied up under her mentors Yash Raj three film contract. Now the makers, it is learnt have approached Deepika Padukone for the same role.Sources reveal, “After Anushka Sharma another name being considered was the name of the original heroine from the Telugu blockbuster hit whose name is also Anushka.But then considering the fact that she is still an unknown face in Bollywood they decided to opt for a more popular young actress in Bollywood who doesn’t have a set image and the Om Shanti Om girl’s name cropped up. The discussions are on but nothing has been finalized as of yet though.” But another industry insider reveals, “With Sonu Sood more or less finalized in the most powerful male character’s role in the film it seems less li...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be all of 35 and is losing out on endorsement deals and positions to the likes of Kareena Kapoor and plastic actress gone lucky, Katrina Kaif, but she still is going strong in more ways that one.Not just Ash, her contemporaries like Sushmita Sen, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta and Kajol too have been replaced by the likes of Kat, Bebo, Deepika Padukone, even Sonam Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza.But Ash is doing better than her contemporaries. She may not be the face of Coca-Cola and Nakshatra diamond jewellery in India, but she still has successful and long-standing international endorsements.She has completed nearly a decade of endorsing Swiss luxury watch brand Longines, international soap Lux and is the brand ambassador of global haircare brand L’Oreal since 2003. And unlike Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta who have moved on to businesses like IPL with rich boyfriends, Ash still has some good movies like Maniratnam’s “Raavan’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next with Hri...

As we put on our TV sets to watch the Indian Premiere League season 2’s matches of Shah Rukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders we can also see Khan’s two kids Aryan (11) and Suhana (8) cheering for their team in South Africa.But it is learnt that they have been given special exemption to attend these matches and bunk the special classes of their school - Dhirubhai Ambani School.Our source reveals, “Last IPL, the King Khan’s children, especially son Aryan was a regular feature in most of the KKR matches.But since the matches were held in India it was easily possible for their superstar dad to take them to the match venues. This year as the venue has shifted to South Africa, it seemed difficult that SRK would manage to take them along.Also since their school was holding special classes delaying their summer vacation. But Shah Rukh apparently applied for a special permission and the school gave his kids five days of holiday as a special case.”

Saif Ali Khan has reportedly parted ways with his personal trainer, Satyajit Chaurasia who’s been in the news lately for helping to make Rani Mukerji and Aamir Khan look fab. And all for monetary issues.The more interesting bit is that the payment issue was between Satyajit and Saif’s business partner, Dinesh Vijan. And Saif was not exactly fighting with his trainer.In fact, Saif and Satyajit had a long history together and it was he who recommended his trainer to Aamir Khan for “Ghajini’ who in turn asked Rani to consult him.Satayjit was helping Saif to develop a lean physique for his next movie “Agent Vinod’. In fact reportedly he was even risking offending Rani by paying more attention to Saif. But problems started when Dinesh, Saif’s co-producer for “Agent Vinod’, defaulted on Satyajit’s payment.There were too many unpaid bills and Satyajit had no choice but to leave.Satyajit of course confirmed whatever transpired but Dinesh said that he discontinued because he went out of town.Th...

It seems the relationship between Bollywood’s young heart throbs couple is going through tough times. But being the good actors that they are, they are not making it visible on their cute faces. We are talking about Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.A close pal of the couple reveals, “Last week Deepika was to join Ranbir for going to Dostana director Tarun Mansukhani’s birthday party at late night.Since she got stuck due to her work commitments (shooting of Excel Entertainment’s Kartik Calling Kartik), Ranbir told her he would go alone to the party. But despite telling her so, he didn’t go their.Instead he chose to attend another party that had his debut film Saawariya heroine Sonam Kapoor and her good friend Kunal Kapoor. He didn’t tell this to Deepika who was well under the impression for days that he was at Tarun’s party. The birthday party saw new love birds Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra making and entry and exit together publicly for the first time. John Abraham and Bipasha B...