Amir Khan is promoting upcoming movie Peepli Live by poking fun at himself

Aamir Khan is a busy man these days. The actor is occupied with promotions for his upcoming flick Peepli Live. Aamir Khan has always been very innovative, be it in his movies, acting or even in his productions. Aamir Khan carries this distinctness even in his movie promotions. As expected, the actor has been using new unique techniques to promote his movie. This time he is seen poking fun at none other than his own self!

Aamir Khan’s promotional strategies for Peepli Live have been awe inspiring before as well. His shaven head for promotion of the movie Ghajini is still fresh in audiences’ minds. This time the actor has come up with a different concept. The promo will not have any mention of the movie! The promo was launched at promo at Intercontinental, The Lalit in Mumbai. However there are a series of 10 to 12 promos coming up and each of them

I Hate Luv Storys Review

Story: Jay Dhingra (Imran Khan) is an aaj ka chokra. He turns up his nose at anything that remotely resembles soppy sentimentality, even though he works as an assistant to a film maker (Samir Soni) who peddles the most improbable mush on screen.

Enter, the new art director, Simran Sharma (Sonam Kapoor) who eats, sleeps and is drunk heady on ishq-vishq and all that goes with it. A diehard romantic, she even has a perfect boyfriend called Raj (Samir Dattani) who gifts her a white chrysanthemum, each time he meets her. But will the pristine white flowers score over Jay's crazy red roses, and crazier ways? Keep guessing....

Movie Review: First things first. Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor make an interesting pair. After the Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif coupling, this seems to be the most refreshing jodi that's jaunting and jiving on screen. Nice chemistry. Nice tu-tu-main-main (sparring). Nice physical compatibility. And a well-balanced emotional quotient. Kudos to the two of them to carry forth a film which once again doesn't really have anything to boast about in the `storys' department.

Thematically, I Hate Luv Storys, is extremely simplistic, uni-layered and terribly predictable. Imran and Sonam do begin on the we-hate-each-other note, with Imran squirming at any and everything that's filmy while Sonam swears by it all: pink teddys, bunches of blooms, candle-light dinners, Karan Johar films, cuddly Cupid's bows, shooting stars, soppy dialogues and all that made-for-each-other mush. But we all know the way the wind blows, from the word go. Mush shall rule, and how! For all the digs that producer Karan Johar allows on himself (filmmaker Samir Soni is actually a spoof on KJo), we know the film's going to end up reiterating KJo -- and all he translates into onscreen -- as king.

So, Jay Dhingra, who likes girls, but hates girly stuff, is gonna end up crying like a girl very soon. Of course, first he must ridicule Simran for all her `stoopid' misconceptions about lurrrv, including her boyfriend Raj who besides being a frumpish bore, wears `fugly' shirts too. But it doesn't take long for the tables to be turned, twice over. On the one hand, Simran discovers her penchant for Mr Wrong (quirky, irreverent Imran), rather than Mr Right (politically correct Samir). And on the other hand, sceptic Imran succumbs to the love bug, red roses, rain-drenched songs, airport encounters, et all. Only, their turn-overs are mistimed. So that, when Simran says `haan', jokey Jay says `nah!' and when Jay wanna say `yes, yes, yes!', it's a punctilious let's-be-just-friends from the sobered Simran.

Kya khali-peeli confusion, all this babalog blah. But hey, blah can be timepass too. Specially when it has loads of icing on it. Debutant director Punit Malhotra layers his first film with oodles of sugar coating: great locales, mast music (Vishal-Shekhar), a yummy 'n yuppy lead pair, some laugh-out-loud moments and a lot of laugh-on-ourself sequences that ridicule the romcoms that roll out of the Bollywood factory (there are jibes on almost all of Karan Johar films), only to finally reiterate them as pills the public wants. On the performance front, watch out for Imran's endless emoticons (eyebrow lifts, smirks, smileys) and his pronounced pout. And for Sonam's svelte form and pleasant screen presence.
Candy floss floats. Popcorn rules. Go, chew on it.

A word about:
Performances: Cool. Nothing to boast about, but quite watchable, both Sonam and Imran. Together, they share a lively chemistry that keeps the fun rolling. Samir Soni's spoof on Karan Johar-Sanjay Leela Bhansali is cute. Samir Dattani is suitably stiff. He's supposed to be a bore, no.

Story: Punit Malhotra's story is ekdum simple and predictable. But then, when was romance supposed to be rocket science!

Dialogues: Very ordinary. Sometimes corny.

Cinematography: Ayananka Bose creates a visually pretty film.

Music: Vishal-Shekhar create a peppy score that goes well with the pop tenor of the film. Watch out for the title track, Bin Tere and Bahara.

Styling: Manish Malhotra's costumes are the high point: uber cool and urban chic. Lot's of `fugly' shirts juxtaposed against fundoo Tees, with crazy graffiti.

Inspiration: All of Karan Johar films!

All is well between Salman and Katrina

For those who think Katrina Kaif has severed all relations with Salman Khan and his family, there is news. Recently she arranged a show of her latest hit "Raajneeti" for Salim Khan who is proud of the actress.

Talking about arranging the show for Salman's family after they've apparently split, Katrina said: "I wish all these speculations on my personal life would end. Salman's family is the only family I've known in Mumbai. That can't change.

"Of course, I wanted Salim saab to see 'Raajneeti' for very special reason. He has seen my struggle in Bollywood from the start. He's very proud of me."

"Raajneeti" director Prakash Jha said: "Salim saab was full of praise for 'Raajneeti'. He specially praised the dialogues which, coming from him, was a great compliment. Earlier, Salim saab had said what he and Javed Akhtar saab wrote as a cops story in 'Zanjeer' was nowhere near the authenticity of my cops story in 'Gangaa Jal'. He's a generous man."

Salim Khan's generosity was also evident in the call he made to Katrina praising her mature and restrained performance in "Raajneeti".

After tweeting to the entire world that he would definitely like to see "Raajneeti" and raising Katrina's hopes that he'd finally watch one of her films, Salman stayed away from the special screening of "Raajneeti". Salman has not seen a single film of Katrina.

What's brewing KJo, Vidya?

Vidya Balan and Karan Johar have often been meeting up either at work or home

Recently, Vidya was seen at Karan’s office in Khar, which is incidentally diagonally opposite to her new house. She was living in Chembur earlier. A couple of days ago, she even went to Karan’s house at Union Park for dinner and was there for four hours. If all goes well, Vidya may soon find herself in one of Karan Johar’s forthcoming productions.

A friend of Vidya’s says, “Vidya’s fine performances in Paa and Ishqiya, which were very different from each other, has made Karan sit up and take notice. Apparently, they are talking about working together.”

The friend confirmed that Karan had invited Vidya to many of his parties even earlier and that Vidya has always loved Karan’s films.

At Karan’s house the two of them spoke about everything under the sun. Karan confirmed that Vidya came to his house for dinner. He said, “A couple of other friends were there too. Vidya is a tremendously talented actress. My company, Dharma Productions, is very keen on working with her. But there is no film as yet. Right now, there’s only I Hate Luv Storys (which releases this Friday) in my mind.

What’s brewing between Karan Johar and Vidya Balan? The latest is that the two have struck a new friendship after meeting and interacting at a recent function. Vidya was spotted sitting next to Karan there.

I am running around all over the place. Then I’ll be working on Dostana 2, which I am producing. I have become more of a producer now. As for a script, which I was supposed to pen in London for my next directorial venture, I wasn’t able to structure it much. In fact, I ended up having five different ideas.”

Recounting her meeting with Karan, Vidya too was gushing praises for the filmmaker, “Karan Johar is one of the wittiest people I have met. He had me in splits. No wonder, he writes beautifully.”

Larry King to stop his show

I have a style,'' Larry King told me in 1998. "If you don't like that style, I can't do anything about that.''

There were plenty who did not like King's style, but I did. And I'm going to miss this Average Joe with above-average curiosity, this virtuoso of the vernacular. His announcement that he is surrendering his perch at CNN after 25 years means the departure of a genuine TV character, one as idiosyncratic and memorable in his way as, say, John Locke on "Lost'' or Gregory House on "House.''

The difference, of course, was that Larry King was not a scriptwriter's creation, but real. With his suspenders, his oversized glasses, his bulbous noggin, and a gravelly voice with which he questioned guests or greeted call-ins from viewers ("Cedar Falls, hello!), he seemed to belong to another time.

Increasingly, that became a problem, and, at 76, with his ratings plummeting and his show often seeming unfocused, he's right to hang it up now. With its hiring of disgraced-but-feisty former New York governor Eliot Spitzer to cohost a "Crossfire''-style show in the 8 p.m. hour, CNN is clearly trying to play catch up with Fox News and MSNBC by providing a home for partisan combat.

That's not what King was about. A radio guy originally, he brought that medium's appetite for sustained conversation to his work on television. He liked to talk to people and -- get this! -- he actually listened to what they said, unlike so many other cable blowhards in love with the sound of their own voice. In contrast with their bullying demeanor, King brought an old-school, gentlemanly quality even to his interviews of people with whom he disagreed.

He was a quirky original, and in any history that is written of television, Larry King will loom large.

Karan all set to kick start AGNEEPATH

Ever since Karan Johar announced the remake of this Amitabh Bachchan starrer cult modern day classic, audience has waited with bated breath to know more about its progress. Even though Karan hadn't announced any timelines for the shooting of the film and the subsequent release, there has been widespread excitement about AGNEEPATH for close to one year now.

"Well, the current status around AGNEEPATH is that the film's screenplay has been finalized. I am mighty excited about the work that has gone in because it is beyond anything that I have done in the past", says Karan who is currently deep neck involved in the promotional activities of his upcoming release I HATE LUV STORYS.

There have been speculations galore about the AGNEEPATH remake which would be directed by first timer Karan Malhotra. While names like Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan have been thrown around, there is no announcement that has come from Karan Johar.

"I have maintained this earlier and I am stating this again, no one has been finalized yet for AGNEEPATH. When an announcement has to happen, it will be official", is all that Karan is willing to state around the casting.

However, he is happy to talk about the emotional process of making the film. "My father was quite attached to the film and he was truly disheartened when the film didn't work at the box office. It is such an irony that though it didn't connect with the audience then, today it is being hailed as a cult classic", he says with regret written all over his face.

The fact that AGNEEPATH is doing extremely well on home video and satellite circuits is heartening for Karan. However, that is not really enough for Johar junior who wishes to bring the story again in an all new avtar.

"It is my ambition and dream to fulfill my father's dream to ensure that the story reaches out to the widest possible audience through theaters", he says, "Keeping today's sensibilities in mind, we are tweaking it appropriately as well. Karan Malhotra is looking at the film differently and hence we wanted to invest a good amount of time in getting the screenplay perfect."

ANJAANA ANJAANI to bring on 'Khuda Jaane' magic?

Ever since Vishal-Shekhar created 'Khuda Jaane' for BACHNA AE HASEENO, there have been speculations galore if the composer duo would be able to recreate the same magic all over again. Yes, they have delivered good music in subsequent films like DOSTANA and I HATE LUV STORYS as well. However, the magic of 'Khuda Jaane' is something which is waiting to enthrall audience all over again.

The melodious track picturised on Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone was a rage and now that director Siddharth Anand, Ranbir Kapoor and the composer duo Vishal-Shekhar are coming together all over again for ANJAANA ANJAANI, one looks forward to something spectacular.

"Of course the song went on to be truly phenomenal but then at the end of the day, it was meant for BACHNA AE HASEENO", smiles Shekhar, "We never compare our previous soundtracks, even though people keep coming back to us about JHANKAAR BEATS as well. For us ANJAANI ANJAANI is a new album and let's say that it may well bring in something huger than 'Khuda Jaane'."
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With Sajid Nadiadwala, producer of ANJAANA ANJAANI, touting the film as his first true blue romantic musical entertainer, there are huge hopes nevertheless from the soundtrack here. No wonder, he can't be expected to have settled for anything lesser.

"The fact is that every composer has asked us how 'Khuda Jaane' was made. This is why, while making music of ANJAANA ANJAANI, we had to put ourselves in a challenging position to surpass our earlier effort", adds Vishal, "Whether we have managed to do that or not is something in the hands of audience and God. All we can say is that the title track of ANJAANA ANJAANI is totally new. The tune goes into many different places and emotions and comes to a very strong core of melody. Hopefully people will like it."

Well, we hope too!

SRK-Gauri get protective in Mannat

Talk to Shah Rukh Khan and if you happen to be a woman, there’s no way you will not end up going weak in the knees. The actor too obliges his female fans by flashing his dimpled smile at them, posing for pictures and signing autographs for them. Just like women shower special attention on Shah Rukh, the actor reciprocates by ensuring women, around him are never ill-treated either.

We recall, during one of the press conferences, Shah Rukh drove the photographers into absolute frenzy (the way it happens every time SRK steps out and attends an event). SRK’s bodyguards tried to control the paparazzi and even in this extreme chaos the actor warned his bodyguards not to hurt any female reporters who were also waiting for his bytes.
The actor is extremely protective of women and hates it when they are put though any form of abuse or discomfort. Shah Rukh and Gauri have thus introduced a norm in Mannat that ensures total comfort for the women workers in the house.
In a tv documentary made on him, the actor himself revealed, “Gauri and I want the female workers of the house to feel at ease when they are working. We thus make sure that on few floors the men workers of the house are not allowed as the women shouldn’t feel conscious when they get up in the morning and start working.”

We were charmed, awed and inspired by SRK all this while but this piece of news has made us realize how great a soul he indeed is other than being a great actor. Hats off to you Shah Rukh.

Salman won't watch Abhi-Ash together?

On Saturday evening after pack-up a part of Salman’s Ready crew in Sri Lanka took off to see Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. Salman was also asked to accompany the excited group of actors and technicians.

Says a source, “Initially Salman did show interest in the film. But then when it was time to accompany the rest of the Ready unit Salman opted out because of the controversial nature of the subject and also the fact that he has earned the wrath of the Tamilians by embracing endorsing and visiting Sri Lanka twice in a month.”

More importantly Raavan is worshipped by certain sections of the Sri Lankan people and the film did raise hackles when released in Sri Lanka. Understandably, Salman was advised against accompanying his friends for Raavan.

Mahesh Manjrekar who’s shooting with Salman in Sri Lanka confirms the fact that Salman did not accompany him and the others who saw Raavan on Saturday. “I went with my friends. But it went very peacefully. I had also heard that the Sri Lankans were offended by the way Raavan was depicted. But there were 500 people in the theatre and they watched in rapt attention.”

Since the movie theatres in Sri Lanka do not allow edibles Manjrekar and his friends had taken their own snacks. “We had a good time. Wish Salman accompanied us.”

Genelia crowned brand ambassador of the year

Actress Genelia D’Souza has been crowned as the Brand Ambassador of the Year by CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards. Last year Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan had won the title.

The actress currently endorses nine brands including Cadbury's Perk, Fanta, Spinz, Dabur Vatika, LG Cookie, Virgin, Margo, Garnier and Fasttrack.

"It is an honour that CNBC AWAAZ and the Indian consumers have chosen to bestow upon me and I couldn't be happier. Stalwarts like Shah Rukh and Akshay Kumar have been awarded this prestigious title in the past and I'm only glad that people think I'm worthy of the same," Genelia said in a press statement.

"This award symbolises a bridge between the consumer and the brand and I consider it a huge responsibility. I hope I continue to do even better in the future and I'm sure I will as I have a very strong team with me that helps me build, grow and sustain. My success is as much theirs as it is mine," she added.

The award was announced late Monday evening.

Danny Boyle Featuring Aamir Khan in Bombay Velvet

Danny has chosen Anurag Kashyap as the director of this movie. According to Anurag Shahrukh Khan was never in the picture.

In fact, the makers have always believed that only Aamir Khan had the passion and profundity to perform the character and so there were no double thoughts of thinking for any other name (read Shahrukh Khan).

Anurag Kashyap has sheltered the script and would be visiting Aamir for narration and even if Aamir discarded the script they would go for an actor who’ll suit the script not a name.

However, Anurag is positive that known “the perfectionist” nature of Aamir Khan, he would be excited to take up the assignment which is tailor made for him. Bombay Velvet is being produced by Danny Boyle with Studio 18 and written-directed by Anurag Kashyap.

Earlier it was rumored that Aamir and SRK would be acting together in the movie, but now it has been made clear that there is only Amir Khan in the flick.

The murmurs in the industry are such that Shah Rukh Khan’s dismissal from the movie might be a result of his rejection of Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

SRK was approached for Anil Kapoor’s role in the movie at first and since then Danny Boyle and SRK are not on best of terms, and so there was no question of Danny offering this flick to King Khan.

RCOM sells tower business to GTL for Rs 50,000cr

The country's second-largest wireless carrier, Reliance Communications (RCOM), on Sunday hived off its tower business to GTL Infrastructure for Rs 50,000 crore ($11 billion) to create the world's largest telecom infrastructure company not controlled by a telecom operator.

The boards of the Anil Ambani-promoted RCOM and its subsidiary, Reliance Infratel (Rel Infratel), and GTL Infrastructure (GTL Infra), a company promoted by Manoj Tirodkar, have approved the transaction. The deal will be implemented through a demerger of Rel Infratel's tower assets into GTL Infra. Along with the substantial unlocking of value, the deal will help RCOM reduce the debt on its books and invest in network upgrades.

RCOM, the flagship company of the Reliance ADA group, has a net debt of Rs 33,000 crore. Selling off the tower assets has ensured that RCOM's net debt gets reduced by Rs 18,000 crore, leaving a debt of Rs 15,000 crore in its kitty.

The deal comes a month after the non-compete agreement between the two Ambani brothers - Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani - was scrapped. The last time RCOM wanted to buy out South Africa's MTN, the elder brother had derailed the deal by invoking the right of first refusal in RCOM.

As part of the GTL deal, over 2 million shareholders of RCOM and the minority shareholders of Rel Infratel are set to receive free listed shares of the merged entity. "The swap ratio is expected to be in the range of 2-3 shares of GTL Infra for every one share of RCOM, and will depend on the quantum of debt that is reduced in Rel Infratel," sources told TOI. A detailed picture would be available within the next three weeks, the sources added.

The RCOM-GTL deal does not include the optic fibre network of over 200,000 km and related assets owned by Rel Infratel, which is to remain under RCOMs ownership.

Though the exact financial details of the deal are not immediately available, it is learnt that the deal is not based on the exact number of towers that RCOM owns but the tenants on those towers. The current and future tenants of RCOM's towers are said to have enabled a deal size of Rs 48 lakh per tower.

With the 50,000 towers owned by RCOM, the deal pitches GTL Infra into the No. 2 slot in India with a combined total 80,000 towers, behind Indus Towers' 1 lakh telecom towers. As against GTL, which is an independent and neutral firm, Indus is a consortium owned by leading telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular. The owners of Indus have pooled their assets to form the firm. GTL, on the other hand, continues to remain independent and neutral.

Upon closing, the merged entity will have over 80,000 towers and over 1,25,000 tenancies from over 10 telecom operators. The interests of RCOM as the largest tenant of the merged entity have been adequately protected through appropriate contractual arrangements, sources said.

Sources said RCOM decided to ink the deal with GTL because of "the benefits of scale that would be immediately available, as well as enjoying the future benefits when more tenants get added onto the towers".

The fact that GTL is an independent tower company also helped swing the deal in its favour. Globally, Crown Castle and American Tower Corporation are among the few telecom firms that are not controlled by telecom operators. For mobile companies, using independent tower networks is a major thrust area.

"Though infrastructure sharing is the norm with most operators as of now, having a neutral, independent stand favours faster deployment and investment optimisation," an analyst with a brokerage house said.
It may be recalled that in January this year, GTL Infra bought 17,000 towers from Aircel, majority owned by Malaysia's Maxis, in a deal valued at Rs 8,400 crore. The company took on Aircel's debt of Rs 4,500 crore and paid cash for the remaining transaction.

By 2013, GTL plans to erect, engineer and manage 100,000 cell sites, the company told investors after its quarterly results in April this year.

Incidentally, telecom operators which are already tenants via this deal and have been brought on board are RCOM, Aircel, Etisalat DB Telecom, MTS, Uninor Telecom, Videocon Mobile, Tata Teleservices, Vodafone and S Tel.

In addition, the merged entity is to have a firm option on additional 75,000 tenancies from other leading players.

If one takes into account the future demand for telecom infrastructure across the country from 14 players in 2G, and winners in the recent auction for 3G (9 players) and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) (8 players), the merged entity is expected to derive substantially higher tenancy ratios, apart from scale benefits and operational synergies.

Neither of the company officials was available for comment.

Also on the anvil is the RCOM board proposal for the induction of strategic or private equity investors for a 26% shareholding in the company. "Those discussions are continuing," RCOM said in a statement.
Rel Infratel, meanwhile, is also proposing an initial public offering (IPO) and has filed a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Samsung launches its N230 netbook

KOREAN CONGLOMERATE Samsung has announced that its N230 netbook is available worldwide.

Although slightly smarter looking then previous netbooks in the range, the N230 has design specs that are similar to those of Samsung's N210 and N220 netbooks.

It is powered by an Intel 1.66GHz N450 or 1.83GHz N470 Atom processor, and has 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD and a 10.1-inch 1024x600 display. It has a glossy, matte patterned black surface, weighs less than 1kg and is 23.2mm thick.

Samsung is making a song and dance about the N230's battery life. As standard it will offer seven hours of battery life, but if you're on a plane or simply can't be bothered to charge the machine then this can be extended to 13.8 hours with a 66Wh battery,

This type of netbook is aimed at entry-level PC users looking for something that they can take with them on the go. This means that it is covered with now standard connectivity technology, such as Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11bgn wireless LAN and a 3G wireless modem as a factory option.

If you've got other Samsung devices it might be a little more worthwhile to look at, as it carries sharing technology, which among other things allows you to stream HD content from your notebook to your TV

Katy Perry goes topless

Pop sensation Katy Perry has gone topless for the cover of the latest issue of American magazine Esquire.

On the cover of the magazine’s August edition, Katy Perry is seen posing in high waist, old fashion undies and black stripper heels while covering her breasts with her hand and forearms.

The cover story of the magazine has the 25-year-old singer talking about her engagement to British funnyman Russell Brand.

Perry recently sparked speculation that she and her fiancé have secretly tied the knot.

The singer shocked audiences on the Graham Norton Show as she said, “Life's never dull with him - that's why I married him (Brand)!”.


However, Perry corrected herself by saying, “That's why I'm marrying him.”

Pop sensation Katy Perry has gone topless for the cover of the latest issue of American magazine Esquire.

On the cover of the magazine’s August edition, Katy Perry is seen posing in high waist, old fashion undies and black stripper heels while covering her breasts with her hand and forearms.

The cover story of the magazine has the 25-year-old singer talking about her engagement to British funnyman Russell Brand.

Perry recently sparked speculation that she and her fiancé have secretly tied the knot.

The singer shocked audiences on the Graham Norton Show as she said, “Life's never dull with him - that's why I married him (Brand)!”.


However, Perry corrected herself by saying, “That's why I'm marrying him.”

Sonam Kapoor turns down film with Deepika Padukone?

The man responsible for cold vibes between them has moved on with his life, but it seems the two ladies haven’t. Yes, Sonam Kapoor and Deepika Padukone still seem to harbour some kind of grouse against each other.

It’s no secret that during the days of Saawariya, Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam were believed to be an item. Later, when Ranbir moved onto Deepika, Sonam obviously felt jilted. That caused a rift between the two actresses. The funny thing is that now when Ranbir has even broken up with Deepika, the two ladies still haven’t made up.

The buzz in tinsel town is that Sonam was recently approached to act in Rohit Dhawan’s first directorial film Desi Boys, starring Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Deepika. But Sonam turned down the offer, despite the fact that she was to pair with Akki.

While the usual ‘lack of dates’ is the reason that’s being cited for Sonam’s refusal, grapevine suggests that the actress did not want to work in the same film that stars Deepika.

We say, make peace, ladies!

Abhi-Ash fights everyday

The power-couple of industry, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are known for being lovey-dovey in public. However, the truth seems to be far different from this.

Recently, during the Vogue India’s July issue, Abhi-Ash cleared the misconception and revealed about the fights that takes place between them. And when asked, how often they fight, the actor says, “Oh, every day.”

However, Aishwarya was quick to correct hubby Abhishek and said, “Not everyday baby. We didn’t fight yesterday. Or the day before. They’re more like disagreements, not fights. They’re not serious, they’re healthy. It’d be really boring otherwise,” says the actress.

Interestingly, when they do have any disagreements, it’s Abhishek who always makes up. “Women don’t make up! In three years, she’s made up like, four times. But we have a rule — we don’t sleep on a fight. And in defence of all men, I want to say, half the time why we give in and say sorry is because we’re just so sleepy and want to go to bed!”

is sherlyn chopra a virgin???

Sherlyn chopra is known to be outspoken about many things: her anatomical assets, her nudity, her secret passions and fantasies. But recently when someone on Twitter asked her if she is a virgin, the bombshell ducked the question quite cleverly.

“Someone asked if I'm a virgin. The answer is - My soul is a virgin,” Sherlyn tweeted.

Yeah! Smart answer, Sherlyn!

Meanwhile, the hottie no longer faces the ban against posting her pics on twitter. The ban was put in place after a complaint by an NGO over her nude pics on her Twitter account. With the ban lifted, Sherlyn has again started posting her hot pics for what she calls her “desperate tweethearts”.

The new pics, however, have Sherlyn posing in clothes.

Akki wants Action Replayy to release on Diwali

After "Blue" last year, one would think Akshay Kumar would stay away from Diwali releases.

In fact that is what Vipul Shah had presumed and was in fact planning an Eid or a post-Diwali release for his directorial venture "Action Replayy", but a call from the star changed his plans.

Akshay, who is playing the male lead and also co-producing "Action Replayy", called Shah from London and asked him to opt for a Diwali release despite the fact that a big franchise film "Golmaal 3" was already scheduled for the same time.

"You'd be surprised to know that in spite of 'Blue' last Diwali, Akshay wants us to go ahead with 'Action Replayy' this Diwali. Let's not forget, Akshay's 'Garam Masala' had also released for Diwali and it was a big hit," said Shah.

Apparently Akshay wants a Diwali release because he feels a fun, frothy, and goofy film like "Action Replayy" has great festive value, and bad omen be damned.

"We're hoping for both 'Golmaal 3' and 'Action Replayy' to do well. If only one film can succeed, may the best one win. And may we be the best," said Shah.

Shah is also planning a collaboration with Tamil director Gautham Menon who directed the original Tamil version of Suriya-starrer "Kaakha Kaakha" that he is now remaking in Hindi with John Abraham in the lead. Nishikant Kamat will direct it.

Throughout the re-scripting of the original Tamil into Hindi, Shah kept Menon in the loop about the changes.

"We've made drastic changes in the script from the original. 'Kaakha Kaakha' is a seven-year-old film. The cop played by John will be completely different from Suriya in the original. The police force and the law and order situation have changed.

"We've altered the screenplay completely. While buying the remake rights, we had stipulated that the changes would be made. So legally or ethically we did not need to keep Gautham in the loop."

However, Shah felt it was only decent to inform the original about the changes. During these telephonic conversations between Shah and Menon, the former realised the Tamil director could bring a refreshing new idiom to commercial Hindi cinema.

"I'm definitely going to work with Gautham," said Shah.

Akshay shot a song at Ram Mandir

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and southern actress Trisha Krishnan recently shot a song at the famous Shri Ram Mandir in Phaltan, Satara district, Maharashtra for Priyadarshan's next project "Khatta Meetha".

Titled "Sajde Kiye", it is a romantic track. The cast and crew abided by all the rules of the temple, said a source from the sets. No footwear was allowed and the clothes worn for the song were decent. While Trisha was seen in a maroon-coloured, simple lehenga-choli, Akshay too wore an Indian ensemble.

The source also says Akshay had a lot of fun shooting for "Khataa Meetha" and that he even played a prank on co-star Rajpal Yadav.

"An assistant on the sets had a cool phone which had a unique feature of changing a male voice to a female one. Akshay being the prankster that he is, took this phone and started bombarding Rajpal Yadav with calls.

"He claimed to be a girl from Dubai and kept proposing to the actor. Inspite of poor Rajpal hanging up, Akshay kept at it for a good two-three hours before finally owning up to the prank," said the source.

Big B: I'll hit you so hard....

Amitabh Bachchan gave a funny dialogue of a South Indian film, "I will hit you so hard even Google will not be able to find you", out on a social networking site.

It became an instant hit amongst the net community, getting repeated, used as status messages and updates across the net. Of course, no one bothered to give credit to the person who set it all in motion. The funniest part is that five days after he started the joke, it is coming back to him and people are sending it to him as a brand new original joke, asking him for updates about it, not knowing that he himself started it. We speak about IPR rights in a country where even AB’s work is passed off by the general public as their own!