viveka babajee house

Artist’s reconstruction of what Viveka Babajee’s apartment looked like when cops got in. Based on these evidences police are trying to unravel the mystery of her death (source: MUMBAIMIRROR, Mumbai's best tabloid)

Posted On Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 03:03:40 AM

1. Some gold jewellery was found strewn on a long rectangular table in her bedroom . Police say it seemed Viveka was first planning to go out and was preparing for it but changed her mind.



2. On a small table on the left side was some diamond jewellery.

3. More jewellery was found inside the drawers of the table on the right.

4. On the floor of the living room several strips of sleeping pills and other tablets were found scattered. Police say it seems Viveka tried to overdose on these pills but hanged herself before they could fully take effect.


5. Police found Viveka hanging by this ceiling fan with a wooden stool nearby, which she is believed to have stood on to hang herself. She was found wearing a green night dress and had fashioned the noose out of a negligee.

6. By the side of the stool lay two broken photoframes that had pictures of Viveka as a child. Police suspect she took her time to decide about the suicide and pondered over every aspect of her life before taking the step.

7. On a table placed in the corner of the living room lay a lighter, a few cigarrette butts in an ashtray and her personal diary opened to the last page. Across three lines she had scribbled: “You killed me Gautam Vora”. Because of the way the diary was placed, police suspect Viveka wrote the lines just before she hanged herself.

8. The kitchen was found to be in a mess with utensils and spices strewn across the counter. A couple of glasses with traces of alcohol were also found. The gas stove was found open even as all the windows of the house were shut. Police suspect Viveka first wanted to burn the house down, but decided against it

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Models and Their Suicidal Tendencies

The suicides of models, Viveka Babajee( June 25, 2010), Kuljeet Randhawa( February 8, 2006) and Nafisa Joseph (29 July 2004) in recent times have shown that models lead a solitary existence. Success hits you like an opium, lucrative modeling contracts fly at your direction, dozens of men are waiting to take you for a spin, the shutterbugs constantly click while you sashay and strut your stuff down the ramp-everything feels so good; but are people around you genuinely happy that you are doing well for yourself?

Models do not have true friends; and some of them who do, can count their blessings. There is an unmistakable odor of manipulation and back-stabbing that reek through almost every relationship that embraces the modeling world. Men flip over these damsels and treat them like queens, but when the novelty wears off, they look for another female specimen. Since a model has a limited shelf-life, she reaches out to her man as she ages. She looks for commitment and stability in her life; she knows that most of her contemporaries would love to see her fail. So she turns to someone who she thinks is not judgmental and will support her endeavors. But the man is never there, he has moved on to befriend and sweet talk another female to bed. Why do I unabashedly use the phrase ‘sweet talk another female to bed?’ Well, it is apparent that he is not befriending her to help him out with gardening.

Modeling is not easy, you have to be constantly on your toes, deal with tantrums, change makeup, hair and clothes throughout the day. One ends up doing even up to 6 shows per day. Sleep is a distant dream and many of them are lucky to catch their 40 winks at the airport. Sex turns out to be an instant gratifier to soothe the frayed nerves but a woman is not fully powered by testosterone to dismiss the Passion play as an aimless frolic on the bed. As confused waves of emotions play on her mind, she sinks deeper into the engulfing sea of booze, drugs and nicotine. Not surprisingly some of these drugs are given to them by their so-called model friends. ‘Try it out’, they say and silently enjoy watching you crumble under the intoxicated high of Crack Cocaine. Many of the models when confronted with their conscience feel that they are not a part of this world of fake smiles. You are being judged all the time, not just during the ramp. There are 50 others to romp around to walk down the ramp.

The career of modeling is such that if you are out of sight, you are out of mind. However, good you may be, your clock keeps ticking and once the physical changes catch up with you, you know you cannot be the sweet dish of top fashion brands anymore. No one really knows where a model is after her career is over, some try their hand at event management, some turn to choreography, some to designing and some to prostitution. Frankly no one is bothered until you are on the streets like Gitanajli Nagpal or passed away like the three beautiful models, mentioned in the first paragraph.

Having said, that modeling is not the only field where people kill themselves; it happens in all levels of society and all types of vocations. But one of the biggest reasons for suicide is failure in personal and/or professional life. Modeling is sadly, one field where the rate of failure in both personal and professional lives is high.

You are lucky if you have a strong support system or else you need to be grounded and not get carried away. You should be able to look through the short-term propositions, you should be able to stay away from temptations and you should know where to draw the line. You should also not lose your head over a failed relationship. If a man is not willing to commit, dump him; there are other fishes in the sea. Easier said than done, but can be done, nevertheless. By killing yourself, you are not being true to the very essence of the modeling profession that has taught you to be practical all your life.

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Viveka Babjee Interview of Her Future Plans

Here is one of the rare interviews of the late super-model Viveka Babajee who committed suicide on Friday. The interview was done four years back.

How much did the Kamasutra ad contribute to your popularity?

I can't deny that the ad was the reason of my being in India. People noticed me for the commercial. But it had its share of difficulties too.

People thought that I would happily sport a bikini from then on. It took me nearly one to one-and-a-half years to assert myself.

Today of course people know me as Viveka Babajee who had once done the Kamasutra ad.

You are born and brought up in Mauritius. Did that help in your modelling career in any way?

Mauritius is inhabited by down-to-earth people. Modelling, on the other hand, is a world of glamour and glitz. One tends to lose oneself here. But thanks to my roots and upbringing, I always remembered who I was and where I came from.

What made you settle down in Mumbai?

For the simple reason that Mumbai is in many ways similar to Mauritus. It is important for a person to find emotional balance in a place. Also, the city is the modelling hub and all work happens here.

Is it necessary to participate in a contest to be a successful model?

Contests help you go further in your career. You get to meet people you might never otherwise meet. Also, it is a huge exposure in terms of opening up avenues.

Previously, models used to freelance. They took their bio-datas to the different production houses or companies. But now, there are agencies to take care of your business. Once you take part in such contests, the agencies can spot you and approach you.

But what is keeping the Indian models from making it big in the international market?

I guess we are soft on the selection of models. I don't mean to be nasty or anything, but I guess care needs to be taken in this arena.

For catwalk, you need a specific height, looks and personality. International ramp demands a model to be 5'11. Then again, you have models who have the basic requirements but they are not yet ready to go international.

Sometimes they are pushed much before they are ready. Grooming is very important in modelling. Often political involvements act as a deterrant. You will see that after a time, the same persons who had once egged you on, are eager to pull you back.

Do you see anyone making it internationally in future?

We have a shortage of good models. Just having a beautiful face and body are not enough. You need proper grooming. When I had entered the industry, there was no trainer.

I learnt from observing others and then cultivating a style of my own. I think Deepika Padukone and Jesse Randhawa ave what it takes to go international.


Why do you think India took so long to enter the international fashion market ?

That is because we lacked a platform. With the fashion week happening for the seventh year in a row, the designers are getting a proper platform to showcase their creations.

Also, the designers benefit from the international buyers. Another reason is that the craze for Indian things have suddenly increased over the last couple of years.

You had signed a couple of films. But they never happened. Why?

I did act in Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat. Unfortunately, the movie did not run because the actors probably did not do wonders for the film.

As for me, I had learnt whatever I had to about the film industry. I never wanted to fall into a particular category. And nothing has been offered to me so far. For me age is not a problem, though here that is the best reason to push you

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Bollywood's Worst Films Ever, Worst Bollywood Movies

Let us look at the worst Bollywood movies in the past 10 years. Even though some of them may be hits, they are not even entertaining and are lucky to have contributing factors that ensured that they would become successful. Here are the worst Bollywood films ever (we are not counting the B-grade ones and low budget movies that went away with a whisper). We are talking about movies that screamed the loudest and were as devoid in content as empty, rusty vessels. Here are the worst Bollywood movies in descending order

1. Raavan (2010). Raavan has got to win the worst Bollywood movie of 2010. Flop factors: Zero content and bad performances

2. Housefull(2010): Not such a big hit as Sajid Khan claims, this silly film is an embarrassment. A sad attempt at slapstick comedy, Housefull has  racist overtones, cheap humor and a climax that makes us cry.

3. Kambakkht Ishq(2009): An expensive piece of crap, one must say.  Jarring music, horrible screenplay, zero script and dialogues that are potent enough to make you a mental patient. Also the not-so proud winner of the 2009-Golden Kela Award

4. Tashan:(2008): This movie has some of the all the time best, WORST. Worst film of the Yash Raj banner, worst performance of Anil Kapoor, worst chemistry between lead actors, Saif and Kareena in the first part of the film and yes, the worst film of 2008. Headache guaranteed.

5. Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag(2007): Ram Gopal Varma confirms what we all believe: It is a benchmark for Bollywood flops.  RGV Ki Aag is number 12 in the all time worst movies of the world, according to IMDB. The only big thing in the entire movie: Urmila Matondkar's cleavage (see picture)

6. Umrao Jaan(2006): Umrao Jaan was monumental torture.  No more words to say
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7.  Neal n Nikki (2005): Premarital sex and big boobs were some of the words that adorned this movie. The oldies were shocked and youngsters dint know which way to look. Moral of the story: Sensationalism doesn't always sell.

8. Naach(2004):  Abhishek Bachchan knows to bore, Akshay Kumar knows to torture and Ram Gopal Varma knows to do both. Abhishek Bachchan starred in this stressful exercise called Naach.

9. The Hero(Lovestory of a Spy) (2003): Anil Sharma tortured us big time in Hero: Lovestory of a Spy. He did an encore in Veer

10. Jaani Dushman (2002): A serious film that can make you roll on the floor, a direct opposite to Housefull, a comedy film that can make you cry. Watch Sonu Nigam for his all-time best hamming scenes.

12. Yaadein(2001); Subash Ghai showed us that he is going to lose his touch in time to come, with Yaadein. A film that threatened to put all stops to Hrithik Roshan's career, this big bore was best forgotten.

13. Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge(2000): Try seeing a few scenes on DVD and we challenge you that you'd use the remote to 'turn off' and get back to  better things.

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Raajneeti and My Name is Khan Biggest Hits of 2010

Raajneeti and My Name is Khan are the biggest Bollywood hits of 2010 so far, if we take the performance of films from January to June.

* Raajneeti has grossed over Rs 83,50,00,000, making it the fourth highest-grossing film at the Indian box office.

* My Name is Khan is the eighth highest-grossing film at the Indian box office and is also the highest grossing Bollywood film in the overseas market with Rs. 73,50,00,000 from US, Canada, U.K. and Australian markets.

* Housefull is the tenth highest-grossing film at the Indian box office.

* Raajneeti collected Rs 53,81,00,000 on its opening week, making it the third highest first week nett grosser in India, behind 3 Idiots and Ghajini.



Raavan and Kites are the biggest flops of 2010

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Raavan or Kites, Bigger Flop is?

What do you think is a worse film, Kites or Raavan?  Both Kites and Raavan, two of the most awaited films have been given a cold reception and have been termed as the worst films of 2010. While Kites was criticized for its mistakes, Raavan was a big bore. Both  Kites and Raavan are called Rakesh Roshan ki Aag and Mani Rathnam ki Aag, keeping in line with the benchmark for flops set by the mother of all flops, Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag.

One thing to note that both Kites and Raavan have the best visual appeal in films seen in the last two years, but have nothing to offer in terms of script.  While Kites looked like a B-grade Hollywood movie,  Raavan looked like a poor version of RGV's Jungle. So let us know what you hated in Kites and Raavan and which one is a bigger flop?

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Bollywood movies mistakes, Bollywood bloopers, Bollywood goofs

Bollywood mistakes and Bollywood bloopers..ah, there are so many of them. Bollywood Trends readers can now comment and contribute to Bollywood movie mistakes and Bollywood movie bloopers. You have read about Bollywood plagiarism, now lets focus on Bollywood movie mistakes and bloopers. Here is a big list of Bollywood movie mistakes and Bollywood bloopers

1.. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam mistake:  What could be a monumental mistake than Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, where the country that Aishwarya Rai goes to, is mentioned as Italy, whereas the place is actually Hungary in reality. The scenes that are shown in the film are famous Szechenyi Chain Bridge above the Danube, which is Hungary and not Italy as stated in the film.
2. Raajneeti mistake: Many murders are happening in broad-daylight in the movie, there are clear suspects, in spite of that people are moving freely, there is no inquiry and no fear. On the day when election results are announced, Ranbir and gang lay a trap for Ajay Devgan, they are firing at him if they are trained criminals from birth. First of all, no one indulges in such type of killing, when the election season is going on and the media and the machinery is on high alert.
3. Heyy Babyy goof-up: The movie itself wouldn’t have been made, if a simple DNA test confirmed who was the father of the baby
4. 3 Idiots mistake, During the childbirth scene, Pia (Kareena Kapoor) shows a YouTube video during the video chat. That scene is supposed to have happened 6 years ago, when there was no YouTube.
5. Kites movie mistake: J pulls the Green card scam by asking each woman for 1000 USD. 1000 USD? For a Green Card? Do the film writers know how coveted the GC is? And how many illegal immigrants in US would kill to get it? And its available for 1000 USD? Which anyone can earn working illegaly in the US for 15 days?
6. Dhoom 2 movie mistake: Our extra fingered Greek god  Hrithik Roshan has to steal the diamonds in a highly secured and guarded museum. We see that he is painting himself white. Alright. Now tell me how does he occupy the place next to some of those white-clay (PoP) mannequines with his device? There is more to it. He operates a tiny robot, creates a visual illusion of the diamond and steals the diamond. The very next shot he is shown as an old rag-picker (or garbage collector) outside the building. Only God could have come out of the assumed clay mannequin position without being noticed by the dozens of the guards. I know you started laughing. But the fun doesnt end here. To escape from Abhishek, he jumps into a man-hole and in less than 3 seconds, a young, muscular guy comes out of nowhere with a great looking dress (black?) on a sexy bike. Again, only God could have changed the makeup, started a bike and jump out of nowhere at high speed.
7. Don-The Chase Begins mistake: Shahrukh tells Kareena that there is no bullet in his gun, but this is something that the police does not know. When the police arrives, SRK gags Kareena and threatens to kill her (there is no bullet in the gun). In the next scene, we see Kareena Kapoor shot dead by SRK. How?
8 Slumdog Millionaire goofup. In Slumdog Millionaire, KBC is live. In which country is KBC or Who wants to be Millionaire shown live?
9. Khalnayak movie mistake: Khalnayak: Anupam Kher is shown tracking the escaped convict Sanjay Dutt from his computer using an MS WORD document.Now that is an undocumented feature of Microsoft !!

10. Phoonk 2 movie mistake: In Phoonk 2, Sudeep's character is badly bruised, bleeding from chest, but in the next scene, the tshirt looks all fine.
11 London Dreams goof-up In London Dreams, Ajay Devgan sings at London’s Trafalgar’s square and two strangers Zohaib(Ranvijay) on the keyboard and Wasim (Aditya Kapoor with an acoustic guitar) join him. How come they know the song? Anyway by the end the band is formed and since Ajay sang first, he is the leader of the band. Next comes the audition process, a rank newbie Asin says, “What should I do?’ Ranvijay says, “Just go with the flow” Asin dances and grooves along with the groove and they manages to impress the judges.
12. Karthik Calling Karthik mistake: In Karthik Calling Karthik, Deepika Padukone’s character is not well defined. Though she is aware of her boyfriend's psychological problem, how does she yell at him for calling her slut and prostitute?. She definitely could have hazarded a guess that it is not her Karthik.
13. Rann mistake: Mohnish Bhel’s character is that of conniving person. Why does he tell all the inside stuff of how a conspiracy was carried out to an amateur rookie of a reporter Ritesh Deshmukh
14. Kurbaan mistake: How come the FBI officer who is so near to the bomber does not die when he explodes right in front of him? He just look brazen faced, cover with black smoke like we see in comic slapstick Hindi films
15 Lagaan movie mistake:  each over is having 6 balls. 6 balls an over was only introduced somewhere in 1982-3 and not in 1892.
16.  Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam goofup: In Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai have been robbed of all their belongings. They don't have money to even buy train tickets. Yet they manage to get seats at the opera.
17.Pyaar Toh Honi Tha mistake: In Pyaar Toh Honi Tha: Kajol gets off the train to use a public toilet at the railway station and the train chugs off leaving her stranded. But then every train has four toilets inside, don’t they?
18. Kites movie mistake:  In Kites, HR is injured and he is sent by Barbara in train to some location. He gets healed there. Looking at his beard it looks healing took about 2 months. But After he gets his cellphone back, message which was sent 2 months back is received to him and also in 2 months cellphone does not have any problem due to heat or dust
19. Rann mistake: Why does Vijay Malik (Big B) in the film, release the most important information related to Khanna an bomb-blasts without confirming with his team of reporters?
21. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gum goofup: Several factual errors as the movie's flashback period was set in 1990-1994

1)Amitabh Bachchan is showing using LCD Plasma TV which was unheard of, at that time.

2)CNBC Channel is shown with Anchor Senthi Chngalvaraynn covering the Stockmarket . The channel never existed at that time.

3)Cell phone -Amitabh Bachchan is shown using a Nokia 9000 Communicator in 1991, whereas Nokia launched the same commercially in 1996.


22. Raajneeti goofup: Prakash Jha shoots in MP and the movie is also based in MP but, actors use the word 'hum' to refer to themselves...a typical Bihari (and Eastern UP) dialect feature.
23. Raajneeti mistake: Madhepura (the coveted constituency) is in Bihar.
24. Blue error: Lara Dutta says, “Stop it, stop it, everything can be resolved by talking “ when there is cross-fire happening from all sides in the room.?
25. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi mistake: Why doesn’t Anushka Sharma realize that Raj is Surinder; after all there is not much change in the voice.
26. Kismet Konnection mistake Almost everyone in the movie can speak in Hindi, the place is Canada by the way
27. Goal movie mistake:Towards the end of the game, John Abraham is shown to be hit on the nose, bleeding profusely. Yet he continues with the game when there are orders to take him off the field. This is practically not possible, injured players are not allowed to play.
28. Baazigar movie mistake In Baazizgar, SRK throws Shilpa from the terrace of the hotel , when she falls down she breaks the glass. When SRK is walking away from the hotel, the glass is there perfectly again !!!!!! can somebody explain how?????!!!
29. Tere Mere Sapne movie mistake: Priya Gill is doing her BA. But at the bus stop, she is carrying an electrical technology thesis by B L Theraja. What electrifying interest!
30. Raja(1995) movie error: Dalip Tahil empties a can of petrol over Madhuri Dixit Minutes later, Sanjay Kapoor takes the same can and pours it over Dalip Tahil
31. Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic movie error: In Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Rani Mukherjee, the angel girl where the same dress for the entire film.. The dress itself is stupid and to top that she wears it throughout. Come on, when you are on Earth, you need to change your clothes as well.
32. Raajneeti mistake: Every woman who has sex in Raajneeti becomes pregnant. May not be a mistake but then too much of a coincidence.
33. Jaaneman movie mistake In Jaaneman, Akshay narrates the entire story of his life to his Blonde Russian Girlfriend Preity Zarnikova in Hindi,although he speaks with her in English (when their sequences are shown and she asks why he fell in love with her). Did she learn Hindi somehow.....in between?
34. Don The Chase Begins: In Jaaneman, Akshay narrates the entire story of his life to his Blonde Russian Girlfriend Preity Zarnikova in Hindi,although he speaks with her in English (when their sequences are shown and she asks why he fell in love with her). Did she learn Hindi somehow.....in between?
35.  Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam mistake: Aishwarya Rai is shot in the neck by a foreigner. Yet, at the hospital she's seen with a bandage around her arm. There's no trace of any wound on her neck.
36.  Housefull movie mistake: In RaaneetiHousefull: In the Movie House Full in the last scene wherein Akshay Kumar visits Buckingham Palace,London,a Tempo Traveler comes for refilling the AC GAs.The temp bears a Karnataka reg No KA-51!!!!!
37. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Mistake: When Kajol missed her train during the trip,all her stuff including passport,clothes etc went with the train.So how come during to way to Zurich with SRK,she changes her clothes a lot of time whereas SRK is wearing the the same clothes throughtout to Zurich....amazing
38. Don-The Chase Begins mistake; Only noticed one blooper, how did he kill Kamini (Kareena Kapoor) when the gun was empty and he was not armed??? Super film....
39. Chance pe Dance Goofup: Shahid is a struggler who lives on vada pav in Chance Pe Dance, but he could compete for the best abs in the city
40. Baghban mistake: Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini] are separated right after Holi They are said stay that way for six months (from March to September). Within the six-month period, they celebrate Valentine's Day, which falls on February 14, and karva chauth, which is typically observed in October. How can both the occasions come between March and September.
41. Awwal Number: Dev Anand is an omnipotent genius -- former cricketer, captain, army chief, commissioner, you name it. And Aamir Khan [ Images ] carries a huge transistor in his pocket while batting!

42. Sarkar Raj goofup In Sarkar Raj, She creates buckets of tears when she sees Abhishek’s character dead in the hospital. This is the Shankar Nagre, whom she had met for just some days. However when she hears about her father’s death(Sarkar had killed him) in the last few reels of the film, Aishwarya Rai has a brief shocked look and then continues listening to Amitabh Bachchan lecture on political plots, as if nothing happened!
43. Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi: mistake Akshay Kumar noards a Jet Airways flight to America. Jet Airways at that time did not have interenational flights
44. SHOLAY mistake: The movie has the famous water tank scene where Dharmendra does some antics with a liquor bottle in his hand. This village had no electricity (as you can see Jaya holding a lantern in her hand. Ever wondered how the tank was filled with water without an electrical motor?
45.Krrish mistake:  In the movie, Rohit says that he has worked continuosly for the Professor for 2 yrs and was going to return home after the Computer's inaugration, if Rohit was 2 yrs away frm home then how did his wife get pregnant? Jadoo!!
47. In Raajneeti, There's a coalition govt which is toppled to ensue a reelection but the Opposition's conveniently absent throughout the movie (bet they got bored and left!)
48. In Ajnabi - Bobby deol cracks the password of Akshay kumar's Swiss bank account and types the same in front of him with all charecters visible .. .Strange no on in the entire Abbas Mastan team knew password field  appears as '*' or ".", not even Bobby Deol who is known to be a computer freak in real life?
49. In 3 Idiots, Mona Singh whose name is Poonam becomes Mona in the later part of the film. After sqaubbling with Viru Sahasrbuddhe, Rancho suddenly starts calling 'Mona Push' then everybody including her father starts calling her the same
50. In Don-The Chase Begins, how come the ‘don’ SRK who is confined to the hospital swap himself with the good SRK who is lying on the hospital bed near him, amidst tight security and security camera? Dint they find it out?
51. In Kites, Barbara mori is shown committing suicide in mexico...somewhere close to her home...in the last part of the movie, Hri thik is shot by Kangana Ranaut in las vegas but is shown committing suicide at same place where barbara committs suicide in mexico...even if he would have driven the car at 700 km/hr he would not have reached the same place in mexico without being fatally injured .
52. In 3 Idiots Aamir and Madhavan use an Airtel Internet Datacard when Sharman Joshi is in the hospital and also in the climax for the delivery. The movie is supposedly in Flashback--10 Years Ago. How come Airtel invented Wireless internet 10 Years ago and did not launch in the market.
53. Border Movie Mistakes: At the Start of the movie when Jackie Shroff returns from an air exercise and opens the cockpit glass cover you can see the cameraman in that glass when it goes up(cameraman). 2.While akshay khanaa is hit and sunny carries him back to the safe place in the bunkers, we can see that at some moments he is carrying a dummy instead of akshay ,that was funny. 2.At the same scene we can see that when the pak fighter attacks one of the crew member luaghs when he runs. 3. The envelope of the letters that soldiers get in the Sandese Aate Hain song look new compared to how they used to be in the 60s.

We think that two movies Satya and Taare Zameen Par are the most flawless films without any goofup. Readers can commment on the goofups, mistakes or errors in Bollywood films they come across.

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Should Twitter Ban Sherlyn Chopra?

Sherlyn Chopra is the first Bollywood celebrity to be banned from uploading pictures on Twitter. Apparenly some NGO did not like her uploading her hot pictures, couple of them without clothes but aesthetic.  Here is Sherlyn Chopra's twitter messages over the past three days:

Cheers to the Indian Cricket Team!!! Msg 4 Twitter-Dear Twitter,kindly lift the ban on me.I don't need moral policing.I have a conscience.

Some NGO has sent a complain mail to Twitter against me.Since when have I become a social issue???

G'nite tweethearts.Twitter has banned me from uploading pics.Thought 4 the nite-Think BIG!You are going to be thinking anyway,so think BIG!

What do you think guys? Her picture isn't that vulgar, a woman showing her cleavage looks more vulgar than this picture. What do you say guys?

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Aamir Khan's Open Letter to SSC Students Awaiting Results

Aamir Khan wrote a very touching and inspiring letter to SSC students and their parents through MID-DAY NEWSPAPER. A student who gets 32 percent can be much sharper and brilliant than someone who gets 91 percent, in the GREAT EXAM OF LIFE according to Starwin, the publisher of Bollywood Trends. So do not be bogged down by SSC results, give your best and take a chill-pill

Meanwhile, here is Aamir Khan's amazing letter:



The SSC results are about to be announced and this takes me back to my school days. I remember being petrified of exams, even more petrified of the results. The red lines on my report card were demeaning, disheartening, and most discouraging. How could I face my friends and family? Shame! Broken self-esteem.

I remember I used to have nightmares. In fact, after having put in a distance of more than 20 years between myself and my last exam, I still haven't managed to escape the cold fear of exams and results. I still wake up with the shivers after a nightmare about going blank in front of a question paper with time running out.
I am sure there are many children out there who go through similar emotions and are currently in a state of panic about the impending SSC results. Kids, don't be afraid. Just chill. All izzz well!

Don't look upon the SSC Boards as a milestone in your life, it's just another stone with many miles on it! You have a long way to go and many more important exams to face. Not the school or college exams, but the exams of life. And those are the ones to be prepared for. The marksheets to look out for are not the ones printed on some paper, but the ones on the faces of the people you love. Those are the marksheets that matter. Bring a smile on the face of your mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, friend, and you have done well in the exam of life.

I remember that the one person who always gave me strong support and encouragement even after bad results was my father. My mom would complain and tell him that I had failed in Marathi or History or something and he would laugh it off and say "What? You failed in only 2 subjects? I always failed in at least 4!" "Don't worry about exams," he always said, "just have a good time in school and be honest." Honesty was always a big one for him. It genuinely never bothered him that I had done badly. And when I look back now I realise that it was probably because of his utter and absolute belief in me, and his strong support, that I grew up with confidence in myself. Had he lost faith in me I would NEVER have been able to reach where I have in life, and achieve what I have.

Parents, there is a strong lesson here for all of us. Tomorrow the SSC results will be out. I want each of you to remember that we need to accept our children as they are. Your child might fail, or get average marks, or might miss by half a per cent the result that you may desire, either way, I want you to accept him/her as he/she is. Is the marksheet more important or is your child more important?

Do not be disappointed with one exam. Life has so much to offer. Each one of us is special. And for each one of us to do well in life we need the encouragement and support of the people who love us, especially our parents. Remember the marksheet of life. And this marksheet has only 3 subjects -- love, caring and happiness.
Fame, success and money are calculated on some other marksheet, and they cannot compete with the value of love, caring and happiness. Let us, as parents, not fail in the exam of life. Remember our face is also a marksheet, as is the face of our beloved child. Let us see really high scores on each and every face this time!

This exam, no matter what the marks of the child, I want every parent to hug his/her child when they come home with their results. Try it, and see the power of love. See what it did to me when I came home to my father.

This exam I would like teachers and principals to click photos NOT WITH THE TOPPERS but with the students who have not done as well. Reach out not to the toppers but to the ones at the other end. Give them your encouragement and support, they need it much more.

Kids, any problems with your parents, show them TZP and 3i. You have the power to change the world no matter how much you have scored in your exams. The whole wide world is ahead of you to enjoy and contribute to in small and big ways.

By the way, did any of you know what Gandhiji scored in his Matriculation Exams (which is equivalent to our SSC boards today)? 40%.

Now do you believe me?

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Aishwarya Rai Childhood Photos, Aishwarya Rai Teenage Photos

Check out Aishwarya Rai childhood pictures and Aishwarya Rai teenage picture. She definitely looks every bit cute and beautiful

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Murgadoss Next Movie with Akshay Kumar and Asin

A R Murugadoss had gone into a shell quitely preparing for his next, after the mega money spinner Ghajini. Ready with a full-bound script, he approached Akshay Kumar who is more than happy to act in the film. It is believed that Akshay Kumar's buddy and business partner cum movie producer, Vipul Shah will produce the film.

Vipul Shah is producing the Hindi version of Telugu movie 'Kakha Kakha' with John Abraham, and after that he will center all his attention on the ambitious project that may have action scenes that are worth Rs. 25 crores!

Akshay Kumar is hoping that there is big-time action in the film with the blood curdling violence of Ghajini toned down this time. The shy little master of a director says, “Yes, my screenplay for the film with Akshay is an original. Like Ghajini it is basically a love story with a strong action base.”

The movie's shooting will be in the first week of January 2011 and mostly Asin will play the lead actress. Says Murugadoss, “We haven’t really decided on Akshay’s co-star. But yes, Asin is a strong contender.”

Murgadoss also has another project with Shah Rukh Khan that he will concentrate on after King Khan wraps up Ra.One.

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Best Bolywood Godfather Copy is

Which is the best Bollywood Godfather adaptation? Mario Puzo's Godfather has been adapted by Prakash Jha in Raajneeti, Ram Gopal Varma in Sarkar and Feroz Khan for Dharmatma So which director has adapted Godfather in the best manner?

Wait, there is more. Anurag Kashyap is also making Godfather adaptation in a movie called Gangs Of Wasseypur basis on coal mafia nexus. The shooting starts next month and Manoj Bajpayee will play the role of a coalmine owner modelled on Marlon Brando's Don Corleone.er The film will also star Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Piyush Mishra,Shabana Azmi and a newbie, Raj Yadav. is being considered for a major role.
Produced by UTV, the film begins shooting in July.

Read about the list of Bollywood movies which are Hollywood copies and adaptations

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Amitabh Bachchan as Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 Host

The latter half of 2010 sees a lot of promise as there will be a deluge of game-shows and reality show on TV. There is Priyanka Chopra's Khatron Ke Khiladi, Big Boss Season 4 and yes, we also have Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 4 hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

The fourth season will have Amitabh Bachchan back as the host of Kaun Banega Crorepati 4. However instead of being hosted on the regular Starplus Channel, KBC would be hosted on Sony TV. This was the show that put Big B into reckoning, straightened his finances (he had a huge ABCL debt).Amitabh Bachchan has always worked as the host of game-shows, be it the two seasons of Kaun Banega Crorepati or Bigg Boss.

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Raajneeti Bollywood' Biggest Opening in 2010

Here is more good news for Raajneeti which has won good response from both the critics and people in general. Raajneeti has the best Bollywood opening of 2010 earning Rs.56 crore in the first week. The second big opener in 2010 is My Name is Khan that released in February 2010.

Raajneeti also has the third biggest opening ever, lagging behind 3 Idiots that made Rs. 80 crore in the first week and Ghajini, Rs. 64 crores in the first week.

Read Raajneeti Movie Review and Raajneeti goof-ups

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My Name is Khan Bollywood Biggest Overseas Hit

My Name is the biggest Bollywood hit overseas and the director Karan Johar is clearly elated. The movie released worldwide in Germany, France and USA have won rave reviews. Karan Johar says, ,” The film was reviewed very well in all New York papers. We opened in a very limited engagement at Angelica Film Centre where only prestigious art house cinema from across the globe is screened. It was a matter of pride for us to see people so much interested in our film.: He adds, The film has indeed transcended across boundaries. It has released in Germany as well as France now. In the weeks to come, we would also be releasing in Russia as well as many other territories. People at FOX are planning it all out. MNIK has truly emerged as the first global film to be coming out of India and doing well commercially as well."

Resting speculations about how people can come to watch the movie when the DVD are already out, Karan Johar states that the DVDs are only released in India and not outside. In India, My Name is Khan is a hit but not a blockbuster hit as it is overseas. Karan says, "Well, in India MNIK has been a huge hit. In overseas, it is the biggest ever hit. See, MNIK is a very different film. It is not your quintessential entertainer. It doesn't have comedy and popular music which is staple diet for Bollywood followers. Still, it netted 75 crores just in India. Even in overseas, it has been the number one grosser ever. If we talk about the cumulative business between Indian and overseas, it is amongst the Top 3 Bollywood films ever", Karan states some hard facts before signing off.

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MF Hussain says 3 Idiots is Average and Ghajini should be Banned

In perhaps what could be one of the most 'frank' with a capital F interview, M.F. Hussain the noted artist who is now a citizen of Qatar takes potshots at Bollywood movies, actors and actresses. He only spares Vidya Balan, his current favorite and Ranbir Kapoor. Read on


Amitabh is from such a decent family but he is full of contradictions. Can he ever live down the fact that he did that vulgar number Tere angne mein?

3 Idiots was not great but it was well made and touched on the issue of education I admired Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par but wondered if it was a fluke when I saw Ghajini. Horrible! Aamir should have been pulled up for all the violence, the film should have been banned.

Kites ke baare mein yahan bhi bahut charcha tha. But the next day, it nose-dived. It’s a third-rate movie. It should be banned. Kuch tuk hi nahin tha. What was Hrithik Roshan doing? But after seeing Kites, I thought I must start my third film soon. Why am I just painting when I could do so much with the medium? According to my terms and my vision. I'll revive my project -- a comedy -- in July next year. I've had the title registered -- Comedy.com. I wanted to cast Urmila Matondkar, but where is she? She seems to have vanished into thin air. What happened? Is she out of the scene?

A few days ago, I saw someone called Barbara Mori from Brazil or Mexico. I was horrified! Why cast her when so many of our girls are far more beautiful and talented? There was another girl in that movie… Kites… she looked ghostly. Who was she?


On Katrina Kaif: She’s zero in acting but she is beautiful, not bad!!

On Kangana Ranaut: Hanh, Kangna had so much white make-up, she looked as if she had applied chalk all over her face.


On Amrita Rao: I admired her but sorry, not anymore. I liked her very much in Vivaah. Just one more movie… phir woh bhi khatam ho gayee kya? Maybe she just didn’t find a manager who could guide her career properly.

On Priyanka Chopra: She’s all about imaging. If she gets a good role, she’s good. People liked her in Fashion and Kaminey but she’s not my type of heroine.

On Kareena Kapoor: And I wonder why people like Kareena Kapoor. Bilkul matchstick hai. She has come to destroy Saif Ali Khan and go away.

About Yash Chopra : The less said about him, the better. I was supposed to do a series of paintings on Indian cinema that would be put up in his studio. Then I realised it was no point. He didn't treat me like an artist who was doing something for him out of friendship, he treated me as if was one of his employees.
(Mellowing) Phir bhi, I'll always be grateful to Yash for making Gaja Gamini possible. Despite all sorts of problems created by Madhuri's secretary Rikoo, he ensured that she would do the film. It had become such a problem that at one point, Yash had said, "Forget about Madhuri, I'll get Kajol to do your film." But you know me, it had to be Madhuri or no one else. (Laughs) I nearly died while making the film. There were so many pressures. So when I'm alone now, I count my blessings. I'm alive at least.

About Bollywood in general: .I never had genuine friends in Bollywood. So where's the question of any of them expressing concern for me? Not one. They have blanked me out.

MF Hussain however has good words to spare on Vidya Balan and latest Bollywood heart-throb

On Vidya Balan: I’m absolutely bowled over by Vidya Balan. She conveys pure Indianness, feminine, sensual, without making an effort. I was captivated by her in Ishqiya which I saw a dozen times just for her. The film was okay, it had a silly, meaningless title.

On Ranbir Kapoor: I would say that he’s the first real actor in the Kapoor khandaan. Raj, Shammi, Shashi had tremendous screen presence and charm… but Rishi Kapoor’s boy acts… really acts. He doesn’t make funny faces like the other young actors.

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Best Performance in Raajneeti: Whose performance is the best in Rajneeti?

Rajneeti has the best performances by almost all the actors on board. For a change, there were superstars acting like super-actors. Let us analyze each of them, including their best scenes; and you, Bollywood Trends readers, have to give your verdict about the actor who has given the best performance in Rajneeti (POLL IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOG):
1. Ajay Devgn: Ajay Devgan plays the role of a Dalit leader, called Sooraj. His role is similar to that of Karna in Mahabharata. He played the role with brooding intensity and suited the role to the hilt. Best scene: when Ajay speaks to his clan that they should have a leader elected from their group and not someone from the dynasty of leaders.


2. Manoj Bajpayee: Katrina Kaif has been awestruck by Manoj Bajpai's performance in Raajneeti so much that she touched her feet saying, "Aap Kamaal Actor ho". For the superb actor, this is a second embarassing compliment considering that Tabu also touched his feet after his fantastic portrayal of Bhiku Mhatre in Satya. Coming back to Raajneeti, Manoj Bajpai(or Bajpayee as he spells it now) plays the role of Veerendra Pratap, who is denied the power to govern the state by his father.

Manoj Bajpayee's performance in Raajneeti's is first rate; the emotions of frustation, anger, scheming and erratic behavior are portrayed well by the accomplisthed actor. Manoj's character has shades of Duryodhana in the film.

Best scene: The climax scene.


3. Ranbir Kapoor: Ranbir Kapoor's character is the best in the film, unpredictable and downright practical. The role needed someone to be straight-faced by steely and calculative. Ranbir did poetic justice to this superb role. Raajneeti is Ranbir Kapoor's career best role so fast, a role that has shades of Arjun from Mahabharat. This headstrong character of Samar, that Ranbir plays become strong and potent in the second half, just like Abhishek Bachchan's in Sarkar.
Best scene: Ranbir's confrontation with actor Vinay Apte, using him as a pawn.


4. Arjun Rampal: Arjun Rampal's career-best performance ever in Rajneeti, the role of Prithviraj Pratap is a treat. If you see the film, you can see two different set of reactions against a police inspector. While Ranbir decides to forget the insult and move on, Arjun's character nurses it and then gets his vengeance. A character sold to anger, erratic temper, sacrifice, Arjun, who has the shade of Bhima from Mahabharata, gets a lot of scope and does it with perfection.
Best scene: During the police station scene where he insults a police officer and gets a slap in return.

5. Katrina Kaif: Katrina Kaif's character develops gradually and in the last 10 minutes, she gets her due. The scenes of Katrina Kaif perfecting the body language of Sonia Gandhi is something that does not leave your memory even after the movie is done with.
Best scene: The penultimate speech scene.


6. Sarah Thompson: Sarah Thompson is quite effective as the English born girlfriend of Ranbir Kapoor.
Best scene: breaking down when she sees Shruti Seth being dragged by goons.


7. Shruti Seth: Shruti Seth may have had just 3 scenes but she makes quite an impact, she does go overboard in a making out scene with Arjun in the outrageous 'Sitapur ka Ticket' scene but she does make that scene stand-out.

8. Nana Patekar: Nana Patekar's has the role of Bhanupratap, uncle to Samar and Prithvi. Though the role didn't have depth, hsi role was beautifully understated and perhaps no one other than Nana could have done this one.
Best scene: During the prayer meeting of Ranbir and Prithvi's dad.

Also check out Raajneeti mistakes and goofups

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Arjun Rampal Nicole Kidman Ad for Schweppes

Check out the Arjun Rampal ad that features Nicole Kidman in the Schweppes ad

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Arjun Rampal's best performance in Rajneeti

Jabalpur born Arjun Rampal is too sexy for a politician but has not deterred him by giving a fantastic performance in Raajnetti. Arjun Rampal's career-best performance is in Raajneeti. This just speaks volumes about how he has gone from strength to strength as an actor. Initially labelled as a non-actor,this 37 year old actor made some obscure choices in the form of movies like Dil Hain Tumhaara, Dil Ka Rishta, Hum Ko Tumse Pyaar Hain. His production I see You that he made starring cousin Kim Sharma was a big flop.

Things finally turned around when Shah Rukh Khan gave him the role of the vilain in the 2007 superhit Om Shanti Om. That role was actually going to Shiney Ahuja who refused it. Arjun Rampal sunk his teeth in the role and gave it his best shot. He was appreciated and after that Rock On followed. Arjun Rampal had finally arrived with Rock On with him walking away with many of the accolades along with Farhan Akhtar. Arjun Rampal even won a National Award for his performance. Simulatenously, he got a lot to learn from Big B himself while shooting for the Last Lear.

2010 has been exceptionally a good year for Arjun, as Housefull and Raajneeti have become hits. Arjun Rampal plays the role of Prithvi, similar to the role Kay Kay Menon played in Sarkar, a man of raging temper. He is in full form, watch him performing briliantly in the scene where he abuses an inspector and gets slapped in return, and snarls at him like roaring tiger. Also in the bomb-blast scene, where he senses something amiss. Great going, Arjun. Wish you all the best for Love You Maa, Don 2 and Abhishek Kapoor's next.

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Arjun Rampal Trivia

Check out some Arjun Rampal Trivia::

1. Arjun Rampal is cousin to the Bollywood bombshell Kim Sharma.
2. Arjun's role in Om Shanti Om actually went to Shiney Ahuja. He refused Shah Rukh Khan saying that he didn't want to do a negative role. He eventually went to do a negative role in real!
3. Arjun Rampal has acted with Nicole Kidman in ad for Schweppes Drink, produced by Sir. Ridley Scott(Gladiator Director) and directed by Shekhar Kapoor.
4.The hunky actor opened up a hotel named LAP Lounge And Party in Delhi as joint venture with Restaurateur AD Singh. He plans to open another one in Mumbai.
5. He regards Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor as his closest friends.

Watch the Arjun Rampal Nicole Kidman commerical

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Bollywood' Crossover Films Lack Quality

Bollywood seems to have got it all wrong when it comes to the basics of 'crossover films' Kites obviously had a dismal fate in India but it suffered horrendously in the South Asian market in the US. To pander to the fancy of the English speaking audience and cater to the Western culture, we are dropping the 'Indian-ness' out of the movies.

If you look at Kites, yes it looks like a Hollywood movie but it looks like a B-grade Hollywood movie that we see on AXN channels. Such types of Hollywood movies release in January and Februarya in the US when studios recoup their investments, because they know the industry biggies are more concerned about the Oscar frenzy.

Coming back to Brett Ratner's version of Kites, the English version did worse than Indian version. This calls for serious rethinking and our version of what we think are'crossover films'. The reason why the so-called NRI films Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hain and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam worked were because they had a lot of earthiness in them, despite the Manish Malhotra hot pants and short skirts. But then there was an overdose of movies on such themes and a wannabe costly diaspora film Yaadein(starring Hrithik Roshan once again) directed by Subash Ghai, flopped.

How many times have we seen that whenever we blindly try to ape the west and lose our sensibilities, we fail? There are examples like Neel n Nikki which tried to be ubercool and Western but ended up being lousy and perverted. Kites obviously a much superior film compared to Neel n Nikki, shed as much Bollywood as it could and looked like a B-grade Hollywood movie. Basically Indians felt 'Kites is not for us' while people in US thought that it was just a product that they would see when they want to take an afternoon nap.

Let us understand crossover cinema, the biggest Chinese movie hit in the US Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was all Chinese, rooted in the Chinese culture; it had nothing to do with US, except for the fact that Americans loved it.

Another Korean movie, 'Old Boy', which is a hit in the US is a fundamental Korean film in all aspects, in ethos, style and soul. That doesn't mean we should stop making 'cool and hep' movies like Dil Chahta Hai, just that we can be modern our way and not just be a clone of the West and use fake accent. Remember Hrithik Roshan faking it by saying 'Party over' in Kites? The US can smell a fake accent 100 miles away. BEWARE.

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IIFA Award Winners List

Best Film
Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan - Paa

Best Direction
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in a Comic Role
Sanjay Dutt - All The Best

Best Performance in a Negative Role
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female)
Divya Dutta - Delhi 6

Debut of the year (Male)
Omi Vaidya - Jackie Bhagnani

Debut of the year (Female)
Jacqueline Fernandez - Mahie Gill

Best Story
Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots

Best Lyrics
Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots

Playback Singer (Female)
Kavita Seth - Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid)

Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 Idiots)

Music Direction
Pritam - Love Aaj Kal

Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally
Anil Kapoor

IIFA Green Global Award
Vivek Oberoi

Technical Awards Winners

Best Screenplay
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots)

Best Cinematography
C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots)

Best Dialogue
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots)

Best Background Score
Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots)


Best Costume Designing
Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal)

Best Art Direction
Sabu Cyril (Aladin)

Best Special Effects (Visual)
Charles Darby - Eyecube Labs (Aladin)


Best Editing
Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)

Best Sound Recording
Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots)

Best Song Recording
Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots)

Best Sound Re-recording
Anup Dev (3 Idiots)

Best Choreography
Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal)

Best Action
Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey)

Best Make up Artist
Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa)

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Shah Rukh Khan, Suhana, Aryan and Gauri in Twilight Zone

Shah Rukh Khan uploaded a Twitter pic of his family including himself, Gauri, Aryan and Suhana. Suhana of course looks very cute like her dad while Aryan has shades of the lady killer SRK in him.

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Raajneeti Mistakes and Goof-ups

Though Raajneeti is a brilliant film, the director has taken some cinematic liberties to make the film dramatic with excessive violence and some rather frivolous scenes. Prakash Jha seems to have treated sex casually in the film; some scenes defy sexual logic. Here are some of the mistakes in Raajneeti:

1. Prakash Jha goes high on adrenalin with ministers not only scheming but hacking each others' accomplices to death. You do not see Chief ministers, police personnel and opposition party leaders killed to death in broad daylight, do you?

2. The climax scene where all media is normally on high alert; Ranbir Kapoor tricks opposition party leaders Manoj Bajpai and Ajay Devgn to come to a factory, and begins to rain gun shots on them in broad daylight. Highly an unrealistic scene on the day when election results are declared, where the media is ready to capture even the sneeze of politicians.

3. All the women in the film who have sex for the first time become pregnant.Bharti Rai (Nikhila Trikha) has sex with the leader of leftist party Bhaskar Sanyal (Naseeruddin Shah) on a rainy day and becomes pregnant. Katrina Kaif does it with her husband Arjun Rampal and becomes pregnant. Sarah Thompson comes from Londoo to India, meets and mates with Ranbir and gets pregnant. OH BABY!

4.What happened to the five minute long speech scene which Katrina Kaif was excited about? She said in an interview that she had memorized all the lines and had given the speech to a real audience of thousands, not just an exaggeration by camera technique. But the inspiring five minute speech was cut short to seconds, so the highpoint just dissolved into sweet nothing.

5. Shruti's Seth's make out scene also fondly known as 'Sitapur ka ticket makeout scene' can make you cringe in embarrassment. And yes, the scene is unrealistic as well. Shruti makes orgasmic expressions when he is not even doing foreplay, just holding her tight and kissing.. Tch Tch

6. If you want to know the meaning of the phrase ' fuck off', watch Naseeruddin Shah's smooch with Nikhila Trikha. One moment of intimacy and he is never seen again in the film.

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Ranbir Kapoor or Emraan Hashmi, who is a better actor?

Quite an uncanny combination here, but whom do you think is a better actor among the two: Ranbir Kapoor or Emraan Hashmi?
Here are some commonalities between the two actors:
Both the actors are not sinewy body builders who depend on their body to make a statement, they are known more for their performances.

Both Emraan Hashmi and Ranbir Kapoor can carry a movie on their shoulders and even overshadow other actors by their talent when put in the same screen

 Emraan Hashmi has proved to be a competent actor, overshadowing most of the actors when put in the same frame: be overshadowing Shiney Ahuja in Gangster(2006), Kunal Khemu in Kalyug(2005) and Ashmit Patel in his debut movie Murder(2004).

Emraan Hashmi's best performances have been in movies like Jaanat and Awaarapan . His performance in Jannat was awesome, showing that this is one actor who can carry his movies on his shoulders.

Ranbir Kapoor, continues to surprise with every film. He has done a variety of roles so early in his career be it that of a lover in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, a collegian in Wake Up Sid, a professional in Rocket Singh and a calculative person in Rajneeti.

The field is open for you, Bollywood Trends readers  put in your comments and vote on who is a better actor: Ranbir Kapoor or Emraan Hashmi.

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Bollywood actors who champion sports other than cricket

John Abraham and Dino Morea are both football fanatics. While Dino Morea is the face of the Goa football association, John Abraham is promoting the game through a sports channel. Dino Morea pushes the envelope more by saying that he would like to represent India for FIFA

Shahrukh Khan a true-blue sports lover has pledged his support for Indian hockey.

Sunil Shetty is the official ambassador for Indian hockey

Salman Khan is the official brand ambassador for AIFF, the governing body for Indian football.

Meanwhile Shah Rukh Khan fans would be delighted to know that he is quite fond of playing soccer with his children. He says his favourite football teams are from Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Spain and England.

But he rues the sport does not find much takers in India. "I am surprised that we were the only developing nation which did not take to football. Hope new generation takes it up now that we are leaders."

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Dino Morea wants to be the face of Indian football in FIFA

Bollywood is also geared for the FIFA World Cup Football seasons that kickstarts on June 11 in South Africa. Dino Morea is willing to go any lengths to promote football in India. He is keen to see India participate in the FIFA World Cup League. He has offered to be the brand ambassador for Indian football for free.


Dino says, "I want to give soccer that push to make it more popular. I am not looking at any compensation or endorsement for it. I want to offer my services to any organisation that has the potential to push football in our country. We can have a World Cup squad if the impetus is right. There are so many regions in the country where football has a huge following." He adds, "It is a sport I am familiar with as I play it. I have been the face of Goa football.There are several teams there like the Churchill Bros Sports Club, Salgaocar SC and Dempo SC. I attend their events and support their causes."


Dino Morea laments about the plight of football in India. He rues, "It's sad that India does not even qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Decades ago, in 1950, when India was invited by FIFA to participate in Brazil they could not take part as they had no shoes! They played barefoot."

Dino says that Indian football needs more funding and associations like Board of Control for Cricket in India should contribute. He points out, It is important that one cash-rich sport body help a needy one."

The actor is planning to fly to South Africa for the finals of the FIFA World Cup 2010 finale. "I am rooting for Italy, " he points out.

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Ajay Devgan's Best Performance is a Bollywood Film

Which is Ajay Devgan's best performance ever in a Bollywood movie? Right from Phool Aur Kaante(1991) to Raajneeti(2010), Ajay Devgan has been giving hits after hits consistently with brilliant performances. Be it a brooding role in Raajneeti or a hilarious one in Golmaal series, Ajay Devgan is bang on with his performance. However, it has been seen that the actor who believes in giving his best, and not making a loud noise about it, is always good when it comes to doing movies that have characters based on real life:


Here are Ajay Devgan's exceptionally good performances; you guys have to choose his career best one

1. Zakhm(2001): Ajay Devgan won a national award for this movie, that was a role of an illegitimate child, loosely inspired on the life of director Mahesh Bhatt.

2. The Legend of Bhagat Singh(2002):: Ajay Devgan won a National Award again for his role of the amazing revolutionary leader.

3. Khakee(2005): Ajay Devgan played the suave killer in this crime thriller directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi and walked away with the accolades.

4. Company(2002): The role of Malik, on the lines of the infamous underworld don Dawood, was reprised by the actor with aplomb. Ajay says he still gets fan mail for that role.

5. Raajneeti(2010): In the role of the Dalit leader, Ajay Devgan seems to have sleep walked through the role, you can make out that he has done it effortlessly and of course, wonderfully.

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Ajay devgan to have a great 2010

Ajay Devgan definitely is going to have a rollicking time in 2010. His first two releases, Athithi Tum Kab Jaogey and Raajneeti are among the big hits of 2010.

Four more films are on the anvil,

• Golmaal 3 by the ever dependable man for comedy Rohit Shetty, releasing on November 5
• Naam costarring Bhumika chawla and Sameera Reddy, directed by Anees Bazmee
• 3 D movie-Toonpur Ka Superhero costarring wife Kajol
• Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, directed by Milan Luthria where Ajay Devgan will be playing the role of a don 'Sultan' (based on the life of the don Haji Mastan)

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Raajneeti Gets Best Opening of 2010

Raajneeti which has got good reviews got the biggest opening of 2010, breaking records of recent films like Housefull and Kites . This despite the fact that the film opened in less screens and less shows as compared to both the films. The opening weekend net is around Rs 34 crore and the worldwide gross is said to be Rs 62 crore. This is phenomenal for a film made at a budget of Rs 45 crore.

For a political-thriller which isn’t really considered to be a great crowd-puller in foreign market, Raajneeti has done considerably well in the overseas market too. In lead markets like Britain, US and the Gulf region, the movie has done business worth $315,048, $916,446 and $500,000, respectively.

A star-studded cast including heart-throbs Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal along with master actors Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan and Manoj Bajpai, helped the film get a good initial. The good content will help sustain the film at the box-office.

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Katrina Kaif pays a price to be a perfectionist

Katrina Kaif is dead serious about being a perfectionist and getting her act right. She requested director Prakash Jha to redub her dialouge for Raajneeti in the post productin work because she was not happy with one word in her speech that is in the film..Katrina Kaif's friends apparently noticed the slight flaw on her part in the trailer of the film and pointed it out to her saying that the word “satta” sounded like “satya” due to Kat’s anglicized pronunciation.


Since she wanted to perfect her role in the movie, and she had worked so hard for it, she couldn’t let this minor hitch screw it up. So she requested Prakash Jha to do the needful. But dubbing at this stage during post postproduction can be a costly thing; so Jha refused. But perfectionist Katrina said that she would bear the expenses herself so that she gets the word 'Satta' right.

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Shaapit and Phoonk 2 Both Equally Popular

Shaapit and Phoonk 2 have turned to be equally popular as Horror films according to Bollywood Trends readers. Check out the results:

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Dont Frighten One Person, Scare the Whole Crowd

Bollywood Trend readers have said that the real test of horror is scaring the whole theater and not just one person  like Ram Gopal Varma did for Phoonk 2. Here are the results of the readers' choice. 

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Raajneeti Movie Review: Politics at Its Best

Raajneeti is a brutal, ruthless, unbridled take-on Indian politics. It is a hard hitting look at the dynasty regime that politicizes North India. Prakash Jha, the best manner for grassroot politics has given his most brilliant work till now. The film is realistic in most parts and most of them do not make for the typical bubblegum viewing. So if you are thinking of coming with your loved one to watch a love story, banish the thought. Raajneeti is stark and stimulating as black coffee. Rest assured by the time you get over the movie, you will be politically enlightened.

Story of Raajneeti: There is too much happening here, and it will take some time for you to figure our who’s who but slowly the puzzle unfolds and grips you. In simple words, the story is about two political families who are connected by matrimony, whose next generation have a fallout leading to a lot of bad blood being spilled while the media laps it all out. As Prakash Jha pointed out, there are strong shades of Mahabharata involved.
Technique-wise: With so many talents around, it is difficult to do poetic justice to all of them but Prakash Jha manages in doing it, barring Naseeruddin Shah. The screenplay moves fast, the dialogue is sharp and acidic as you saw in some of his earlier movies like Apharan and Gangajal.

Plus points of Raajneeti: The movie is gripping and everything in the movie smells politics, election rallies, security info, political parties: everything unfolded before you in the big screen. There is nothing designer and pretty here, everything is real, sweaty and earthy. Oh yes, there is sex but that is used as a tool to get even with the other party, love is a compromise, families are destroyed-ambitions rule supreme in the film.

Minus points of Rajneeti: The second half tends to grate a bit and some of the scenes stick out like a sore thumb because they seem to be filmy. The climax too looks a bit contrived for today’s times.

Performances in the film: Raajneeti is a performance powerhouse. Praising one in isolation is doing justice to the other. Ranbir Kapoor puts In a steely performance and is brilliant, Nana Patekar takes to the movie as a fish to water, Manoj Bajpal plays the scoundrel very well, Ajay Devgn is super impressive as a Dalit leader, Arjun Rampal rocks again, Shruti Seth gives a sharp edgy performance while Katrina Kaif’s character gets lots of shades which she performs with aplomb.

Final words: By the time the movie ends, you are thinking about the party….the political party

Rating:****(Good)

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