Jiah Khan Raves About Shahid

Fresh from the triumph of Aamir Khan’s 200-crores Ghajini, British actress Jiah Khan is now working hard on Yahoo with Shahid Kapur and – no mean dancer herself – has been raving about his dancing. In the movie, Shahid is seen practicing a form of urban dance called krumping. Justin Timberlake’s choreographer, Marty Kudelka, had been roped in to teach him the steps. “I remember the first day of rehearsals with Justin’s choreographer Marty,” says Shahid, “Suddenly I started getting sweaty hands and became nervous. I was feeling that it’s very nice to see the videos of people and say that we too can dance like them. But when you actually get down to doing it, it does make you feel a little nervous.”

Jiah is a committed member of PETA and has been campaigning against the use of glass-coated manja used in the strings of traditional kites in India. When the manja falls on trees and poles, birds get tangled up in it and it is said that thousands suffer from cut wings every year. The campaign coincides with the festival of Makar Sankranthi when kite-flyers fill the streets. “Glass-coated manja is a public health hazard and causes excruciating death for birds who get tangled up in it”, explains Jiah, “We’re asking participants in the Makar Sankranthi contests and all kite-flying competitors to immediately stop using glass-coated manja and to conduct their sport in a way that isn’t deadly to humans and wildlife.”

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Aamir Khan Goes Back to School

Aamir Khan visited the prestigious IIM-A business school and lectured around 80 post-graduate students on the corporatisation of Bollywood. He spoke for over ninety minutes amidst tight security on campus. “Aamir spoke about the general mechanism of how Bollywood works,” said Anita Kishor, a student, “The first part of the 90 minute session was his lecture, followed by a question-answer session.”

Aamir has the ability to present even the most difficult and remote subjects in a thought-provoking yet entertaining way as his long list of remarkable hits attests. Currently, he is promoting the making of a film about the plight facing the farmers of Bhopal. Raghubir Yadav will star in the film. The film will be directed by Anusha Rizvi. “The plot of the movie deals with a reporter’s journey to fight for the plight of farmers in the region. It deals with the issues of farmers’ suicide,” says a source.

After the huge success of Ghajini, Aamir has decided to take a year off from acting following his current movie 3 Idiots. He wants to spend more time with his family. “It is true that Aamir is finally taking a year off after Raj Kumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots is complete,” says a source, “He is currently in Bangalore shooting for the film. Actually, he was planning to take a sabbatical last year after Taare Zameen Par, where the double responsibility of directing and acting sapped him. But then he was coaxed into doing Ghajini and then began his physical reorientation, the muscle-building and body-toning that really exhausted the method actor.”

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Shahid Kapoor keen to work with Kareena

Who said that break-ups have to be ugly? Shahid Kapoor certainly begs to differ. The actor who had a much publicised relationship with superstar Kareena Kapoor has been pretty quiet since the break-up and at last voices some opinion about it. When asked if the producer signed him opposite Kareena in a romantic role, would he do it? He very professionally replied that as an actor he would do whatever is required of him setting aside any personal issues that may exist.

Well Shahid, we definitely have to commend you on your maturity and professionalism. Now all that we need to do is find out if Kareena feels the same way!

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Kareena, Priyanka and Deepika charge no fee from Shah Rukh…

King Khan’s production house Red Chilles Entertainment, ‘Billu Barber’ is widely in news. And this has also enticed the Bollywood babes. Well, the three sexy damsels of Hindi cinema – Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have charged no fee from Shah Rukh, as they are of the view that he is their best friend and to work with him is an honour. All of these hot curvaceous gals have been roped in to shake the legs on item numbers with Shah Rukh Khan to add masala to the flick, as on today’s Bollywood scenario item numbers with the popular celebs drag the audience’s interest.

The item numbers are very peppy and have been shot very stylishly. And the shootings of these songs have been done at Film City. The Bollywood babes enjoyed every moment on the set with Shah Rukh.

Shah Rukh Khan tried to give them the cheques but they simply refused to collect.

Well done Mr. Khan…you know how to save money…hmmm..!

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