Daisy Shah goes under the knife, Salman Khan foots Rs 1.5 lakh bill

Known for his generous presents, Santa Salman now has apparently gifted a cosmetic surgery package to co-star Daisy Shah

From gifting free flats to his romantic interests and special friends to showering money on the needy, we have all heard of Salman Khan's benevolent ways. But this one seems to take the cake when it comes to the star's generosity. Salman has apparently paid a whopping amount for a surgery to trim off excess flab for his co-star Daisy Shah.

The newbie actress is starring opposite the actor in Sohail Khan's upcoming production. Apparently last week, Daisy checked into a hospital in Shivaji Park. She remained at the medical facility for two days after going under the knife. 

A hospital insider says, `She ran up a bill of around Rs 1.5 lakh and Salman paid for it.` 

Salman and Daisy's friendship also grabbed headlines when the two were spotted bicycling around the hills of Lavasa during the shoot of their film. Daisy remained unavailable for comment.
In the meanwhile...

With Salman's dates for Sajid Nadiadwala's upcoming film going haywire, it looks like brother Sohail has come out smiling from the situation. 

Sajid's crew had been patiently awaiting Salman's arrival in UK, but owing to his visa woes, the star was unable to leave the Indian shores. Sources say the entire crew has now flown back from Glasgow to India.
Interestingly, instead of trying to sort out the issue within, Salman has apparently gone ahead and allotted his dates for Sajid's next for Sohail's film. 

A source says, Sohail was initially supposed to wait for Salman to wrap up Sajid's London schedule. But with Sajid now gearing up for a recce for his next location, Sohail will have two months to take his film forward.

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No Forgiveness: Salman, Shah Rukh ditch Sridevi's Party

While most of Sridevi's leading men from Vinod Khanna to Anil Kapoor showed up at the celebratory party thrown at the lounge Alibi in Colaba (Mumbai) by politician Amar Singh and Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan who were supposed to most certainly be there did a no-show.

And the reason was not their mutual hostility (yes, the Iftar hug notwithstanding they still don't talk). Their reason for not turning up for Sridevi's golden hour was quite different. 

According to a very reliable source, Salman and Shah Rukh were both aware of each other's invitation at the party. They didn't mind coming face to face. They didn't show up for entirely different reasons. Salman was all dressed and ready to leave for the party when he heard that the party had been organized by his one-time friend Bunty Walia. He immediately changed his mind. 

For those who came in late, Salman and Bunty used to be the thickest of friends. But then they had a massive fall-out. As everyone knows Salman's former friends are never forgiven. Any sign of the 'B' (for Bunty) word and Salman baulks. 

Shah Rukh was apparently all dressed and ready to arrive at the venue at 12 midnight. For reasons best known to him he changed his mind. 
These Khan superstars' no-show apart Sridevi's party was a grand success. All her female colleagues like Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Sushmita Sen, Shilpa Shetty and her co-stars Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor to Vinod Khanna to Anil Kapoor (with wife Sunita) had turned up. Tennis champ Mahesh Bhupati with wife Lara Dutta rubbed shoulders with media baron Subhash Chandra. The political brigade was represented by such heavyeights as Praful Patel and Salman Khurshid. 

It was gratifying for the guests to see Boney Kapoor's daughter Anshula from his first marriage present at the party. 
Says a prominent guest, Boney's son Arjun was also supposed to be at the part. But Arjun's shooting in Chennai for 2 States got delayed because of rains and he couldn't make it. Boney's sister (whose son is being launched by Akshay Kumar) couldn't make it at the last minute because of a medical emergency in the family. However Sanjay Kapoor and his wife Mahip were present. 

The party was a resounding success. 

Says a VIP invitee, It went on until 3. 30 am. I'd say the highlight was the 7-minute show-reel on Sridevi that Amar Singh had gotten made. It traced Sridevi's career from a child artiste to the most recent cover-shoot for Vogue magazine.

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Salman hit-and-run: Hearing on Sept 5

A Mumbai court on Monday set Sept 5 for hearing the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan.

Khan was not present in the court on Monday. He has been exempted from personal appearance.

The court on July 24 framed new charges against Khan in case.

According to reports, Khan will now be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Khan has pleaded not guilty to the charges. However, if proven guilty, the actor might be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Khan was earlier facing the trial for rash and negligent driving, which awards the convict with a maximum sentence of two years.

However, the court handling his case, in January, accepted that the police have provided evidence that merits trying the actor for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which awards the convict a punishment upto ten years in prison.

The case was then transferred to the sessions court as the magistrates' court did not have the jurisdiction to hear the same.

In February, Khan challenged the order and filed a revision petition, pleading that the stringent charges against him be dropped.

In 2002, the actor driving a SUV had run into a bakery in suburban Bandra, and the accident took the life of one pavement dweller while injuring four persons sleeping on the pavement outside.

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Big films to watch out for in 2013

While 2012 saw a spate of Bollywood films at the box office crossing the magic mark of Rs 100 crore, here's hoping the new year too will bring its fair share of moolah-rakers

Some of the big banner names that will battle it out at the BO in 2013 are...

Dhoom 3: The third installment of the Dhoom franchise will see Aamir Khan in a negative light for the first time in his career. Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, who was the writer of the first two installments, the film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra and Katrina Kaif.
Krrish 3: This is the third installment in Hrithik Roshan's Koi...Mil Gaya series, which was followed by Krrish that portrayed India's first very own superhero. The film has Vivek Oberoi and Kangna Ranaut as the baddies.
Chennai Express: This will be Shah Rukh Khan's first with Rohit Shetty, who is great buddies with his bete noire Ajay Devgn.
Radhe: This Salman-starrer will be directed by his brother Sohail Khan, who is making a comeback after nearly eight years. The film is slotted for an Eid release that is considered to be a lucky date for Sallu.
Ram Leela: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film was initially said to star Ranveer Singh and Kareena Kapoor. Bebo however was later replaced by Deepika Padukone.
Yeh Jaawani Hai Deewani: Post their break-up this film will be Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika's first film together. Helmed by RK's friend Ayan Mukerji, the film's been in the making for quite a while now. 

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Anees Bazmee still longing for Salman

Director Anees Bazmee, who is keen on starting his next film 'No Entry Mein Entry', is still waiting for actor Salman Khan's dates

'No Entry Mein Entry' is a sequel to 2005 film 'No Entry', which featured Salman, Anil Kapoor and Fardeen Khan in lead roles. 'I am waiting for Salman Khan's dates. He is packed with his prior commitments. By the first week of January 2013 we will be meeting Salman and confirm the dates,' Bazmee told in an interview.

While Salman, Fardeen and Anil will reprise their roles, the leading ladies are yet to be finalised. 'Nothing has been finalised yet. Things will fall in place only once I get Salman's dates. So I will finalise the leading ladies after that,' he added.
The director hopes his film will go on floors in the middle of 2013. 'It is too early to comment on that right now. I believe the film should go on floors by the mid of 2013,' he added.

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