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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SRK's Special Rakhi Gift: Buy 2 Tickets of Chennai Express, Get 1 free

Buy two, get one free -- is the Rakhi offer that superstar Shah Rukh Khan is making for everyone across the country keen to see his latest entertainment extravaganza "Chennai Express" which is blazing records at the box-office.

So if you love him for making you laugh in Chennai Express, you will love Shah Rukh all the more for his latest gesture.

A source close to the superstar said this is SRK's brainchild. The offer is valid on Aug 20 across the country because the 47-year-old wants to celebrate with everyone.

The source added: We have celebrated Eid and Independence Day with the entire country and this is his way of celebrating Rakhi as well. This is his small way of giving back the huge amount of love and support he has got from the people.

Directed by Rohit Shetty, Chennai Express is a runaway hit at the box office. Released Aug 9, it minted Rs.181.93 crore by Aug 18.

If viewers enjoyed SRK's new avatar in the romantic comedy, they also found Deepika Padukone's Tamil girl act thoroughly entertaining. The film was liked so much that it created a record by recording the fastest Rs.100 crore earning at the box office. The Rs.75 crore project achieved that in the first weekend itself.

"It has been an amazing journey for 'Chennai Express' so far. The audience has loved and supported the film, helping it to achieve unprecedented success at the box office. We wanted to find a way to thank our audiences, especially families, for their love and support for the film. 

We thought the occasion of Raksha Bandhan would be an ideal opportunity to do so, said Gaurav Verma, Director - India Theatrical Distribution, Studios, Disney-UTV, in a statement.

We are inviting everyone to celebrate the festival with 'Chennai Express' and are pleased to offer a third ticket free on the purchase of every two tickets, as a token of our appreciation," added Verma.

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Celina Jaitly says No to Bigg Boss 7

Celina Jaitly was approached for 'Big Boss 7', but she turned down the offer 

Says Celina, "They approached my manager. Even though I love watching the show and I am a big fan of it, I am a very private person.

I am not comfortable to have my personal life on display 24 hours a day. Neither am I comfortable living with strangers in a house for months.

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PC's rash decision

Priyanka Chopra refuses to shoot in Manali for her upcoming Mary Kom biopic after bug bite on sets leads to skin rash

A birdie chirps to sat that while shooting in Manali for the biopic on Mary Kom, Priyanka Chopra apparently developed a rash on her skin. Sources state that the actress was bitten by a bug at the site

As a result, PC decided not to shoot at the location. Debutant director Omung Kumar apparently tried convincing her but she was adamant. 

The unit was then forced to move to Mumbai and shoot at Filmistan Studios. Hope there were no bugs in the vicinity.

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MTV Splitsvilla contestant molests teen

Officials of the Oshiwara police station arrested 19-year-old Ashwini Koul, one of the contestants in MTV Splitsvilla Season 6, on Saturday for allegedly molesting an 18-year-old student on August 13

Cops said that Koul befriended the victim on a social networking website and molested her upon meeting her in person.

In his defence, Koul accused the victim of framing him because he refused to accompany the girl to her residence.

Copspeak

Police said Koul, a resident of Apna Ghar housing society in Wadala, and the victim, a resident of Bandstand in Bandra (West), connected via Facebook on August 10. After a few chats, the two decided to meet at CCD at Lokhandwala in Andheri (W) at 2 pm on August 13.

When the two met, Koul grabbed the victim's hand, hugged her and proposed to her. The victim, who was taken aback by his behaviour, left the spot immediately. Since she was shocked by the incident, she approached us only on Saturday, said an official from the Oshiwara police station.

Koul was booked under Section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and he was arrested from his Wadala residence on Saturday night.

A holiday court granted him bail on Sunday morning. He has no past criminal records, said the official.

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