Rouhan and Akanksha win 'Chhote Ustaad' Title

India's Akanksha Sharma and Pakistan's Rouhan Abbas have won the 'Chhote Ustaad' singing reality show, which brought together young talent from both the countries under the religion of music.

The winners of the competition, declared on Sunday night, received a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs each. The runners up Rishab (India) and Moon (Pakistan) got Rs 5 lakh each. The 'Golmaal 3' team led by director Rohit Shetty and actors Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Tushar Kapoor along with Asha Bhosale witnessed the glittering function. Renowned singers Sonu Niigaam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan were the judges on the Star Plus show, which went on air in July. Sharing his experience at the musical show, Sonu Nigam, said, "It has been a truly enriching one.. mentoring and judging these talented kids from India and Pakistan. The winners thoroughly deserved the title while they did have a great competition. The kids are truly amazing and I am extremely happy that their talent has been acknowledged and applauded by the entire nation."

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Priyanka Chopra at the top, demolishing Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai

The number game in Bollywood is no new news where all heroes and heroines of the tinsel town grasp to grab the top position. But it’s our ‘desi girl’ Priyanka Chopra who is currently leading the show according to the latest reports. Beating off fellow heroines such as Aishawariya Rai and Katrina Kaif in the race, Priyanka Chopra bags the title of the most kissable Bollywood star.

The 28 year old beauty definitely made her way to all male hearts with her new hot and sizzling look. A gold bikini clad Priyanka in ‘Dostana’ helped to turn the table in her favor according to the survey conducted by a men’s magazine.

The magazine that conducted the survey stated later that though there was close competition among the Bollywood heroines, it was Priyanka Chopra with her bee stung lips that made her top the list. The second choice for the title however goes to Aishwarya who is presently basking in the success of Robot with Rajnikanth.

The list continues with Kareena Kapoor grabbing the third title where as the Bengali beauty in the tinsel town, Bipasha Basu, holds forth and Katrina came round in the fifth position. Most interestingly, the chart trailed along with ‘Aisha’ star Sonam Kapoor grabbing the sixth position and Mallika Sherawat, the reputed kissing queen of Bollywood, as seventh.

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Ajay Devgn breaks container on Rohit Shetty's head

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn has pulled off many stunts in his career, but this was unique. He went ahead and broke a glass bottle on his director friend Rohit Shetty's head on the sets of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. The duo, along with Kareena Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Shreyas Talpade and Tusshar Kapoor, made a special appearance on the show for the music release of their upcoming film Golmaal 3. Ajay did the stunt in good fun, after music director duo Sajid-Wajid coaxed the usually reticent actor to sing a song for the audience. The actor gave in to their request and sang Mere naina sawan bhadon.

After fulfilling their demand, Ajay asked the composers to do a stunt that he chose to demonstrate - he broke a bottle on Shetty's head and the latter started bleeding. When Ajay asked Sajid-Wajid to be ready for the same, they chickened out, said a source from the sets. But guess who was sporting enough? It was the show's new host, actor Manish Paul, who ended up getting the bottle cracked on his derriere. The episode will be telecast on Sunday.

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Vidya Balan might have acquiesced to take on the Southern siren 'Silk' Smitha in Ekta Kapoor's ‘Dirty Picture

Vidya is said to have asked for a meeting with Ekta and director Milan Luthria so she could specify and discuss what she would and wouldn’t do in the movie. Apparently, Vidya is alright with backless shots but she has refused to any shots that involve too much cleavage exposure. And she doesn’t want any close-ups focussing on her cleavage either. She is also believed to have asked that the outfits she wears in the movie not be too revealing. Plus she doesn’t want any song steps choreographed on her to be vulgar.

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Bigg Boss: Sakshi Pradhan MMS scandal

Sakshi Pradhan may be locked up in the Bigg Boss house but out in the real world, she seems to be locked in controversy. According to a report in Mumbai's tabloid, Mid-Day, Sakshi has a new MMS scandal credited to her name. She is seen flirting and kissing a man in the 14-second clip. 'The MMS apparently shows Sakshi auditioning for a role and is heavily searched for on the web,' the report states.

Though the MMS is quite an old one, it has re-surfaced on the Internet at the time Sakshi has entered Bigg Boss. Last year, Sakshi had posted on her Facebook account that the MMS clip was not true. She claimed that she was shocked that people believed it to be her. Looks like we have to wait for the MTV Splitsvilla winner to get out of Bigg Boss to know the truth.

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Akshay Kumar concocts a royal treat

As part of his forthcoming show MasterChef India, Akshay Kumar and his team of chefs recently took the challenge of cooking for the King at Udaipur, Sriji Arvind Mewar. The King hosted this royal challenge at his palace in Udaipur the City Palace of Mewar. He got his own shahi kitchen open for the contestants to choose their ingredients for this shahi treat.

Akshay met the King and was greeted with a warm welcome and stayed at the palatial hotels of Mewar. For this royal edition of the show, Akshay has sported a kurta-sherwani worth Rs 17 lakh. Studded with diamonds and pearls, the outfit has been designed by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. MasterChef India starts airing on Star Plus from October 16.

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