Akshay is passé, Kat is now lucky for Ranbir

Bollywood’s lucky mascot’ - that’s Katrina Kaif for you. And considering her track record of hits in last four years, the tag is justified. “Katrina Kaif has a commendable record of hit films to her name. She scored a hattrick with Akshay Kumar and now seems to be doing the same with Ranbir Kapoor, with whom she worked with in Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani and Raajneeti,” said a trade analyst. “The audience just seems to love the pair.”

Interestingly, Kat has never denied that she holds audience’s appreciation over acclaim. “I know critics have loved the film [Raajneeti] and that feels great. But I have always waited for the audience’s reaction more than the critics,” said the actress who is shooting in Spain currently.

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It is very easy to fall prey to depression: Vidya Balan

When everything from her love life to her fashion sensibilities were dissected, one thing that no one could point.

Their fingers at was Vidya Balan’s acting abilities. Considered by almost every film-maker as one of Bollywood’s finer actors.

Vidya has only let her work do the talking. The last two years of her acting career have been phenomenal as.

She has swept every award for her performances in films like Paa, in which she played Amitabh Bachchan’s mother and Ishqiya, where she was a conniving seductress.

“I feel humbled and thrilled at the same time. The last two years only validated my belief that good films always work.

And that I should only choose films with good scripts. I have got a good response in out-and-out commercial films as well as different cinema.

I’m not pigeon-holing myself into any typecast. I choose exciting work. I’m too greedy to just work in off-beat movies and let go of commercial films,” says Vidya.

Talking about if she experienced the same kind of alienation that the late model Viveka Babajee was reported to have faced.

She says, “It is hard to cope up with constant criticism. Those days whenever I used to open the papers it was like.Vidya Balan’s name had to be there either for her personal life or for her fashion sense. But no one could say anything bad about my acting. That is where I drew my courage from and concentrated to channelize my attention,” she says.

Vidya adds, “Like modeling, even in acting it is very easy to fall prey to depression. But I believe nothing is worth giving up life for. I’m a heavily optimistic person and I would tell one and all to believe that there are rays of light after darkness.”

The actor says she is more at peace with herself by accepting how she looks and dresses up. “I think I was trying to be someone else and trying to fit into a mould which people were not accepting. I’m grateful to those criticisms about my weight, dressing sense because I realized that I was trying to forcefully do something. I realized I just have to be myself,” she says. When asked if she has done something different as her recent photoshoots have her going glam, she adds, “It’s the same Vidya but in a happier and fearless space,” she ends.

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Ranbir's rugged look on Hi! Blitz cover

He is all of twenty seven and already touted as the next big thing. Some jealous lot credit it to his lineage while others accept that it is sheer hard work and performance skills that has made Ranbir Kapoor a star. In the July issue of Hi! Blitz magazine Ranbir stands confident in his demeanour looking absolutely breathtaking; someone who has every thing to make a girl swoon

Go through the issue, and in the lengthy interview that the star gave one would realise what Ranbir is really all about.

He is in fact an introvert and a shy guy. To quote him "I have had only three relationships in the 27 years of my life. I have never cheated or two-timed a woman. People have this image that I am a ladies man, but it's not true." The young Kapoor discloses his love for cinema, his take on relationships and more making this issue a spicy one for Ranbir fans.

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Hot And Glamorous Lara Dutta in PETA Go Vegetarian Advertisement

Bollywood actress Lara Dutta features in the latest PETA Go vegetarian advertisement where she is seen covered with vegetables and mushrooms. Lara said, “Even seemingly small choices can have a big impact on our health, our community and the world around us. Going vegetarian is one of the easiest ways to improve our health, help countless animals and protect the Earth.”

She will be supporting the cause of ‘Go Vegetarian’. Lara, for starters, has always been an animal lover. So much so, that her family even had the company of dogs, squirrels and baby monkey as pets Using her oomph to promote vegetarianism, Lara is seen wearing a dress made with lettuce leaves and other vegetables by Gavin Miguel. She is shot by ace lensman Jatin Kampani.

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Cold war between Hot Katrina Kaif and Lovely Kareena kapoor

Bollywood seems to be the right place for cold wars and rivalry and every day something happens i.e. hideous and taut. Between actors and sometimes between actresses, it always happens between and among our Bollywood stars.

This time one news is swelling that Kareena was having shoots at same location where Katrina was also shooting for her some of the movie.The bad thing is that they both did not interact to each other even after the shoots were being held in same area.

It is also said that both actress made a reasonable distance to ignore each other. It is true that in Bollywood cold war becomes hot war in seconds and this happened many time to many actors and actresses. We hope it shall not take place between Katrina and Kareena and rest future will reveal.

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Milenge Milenge review: Too staid for a comedy, too bland for a romance

Milenge Milenge is a prime `how-not-to’ example of turning an original film’s unique concept into a predictable Bollywood romance.

Milenge Milenge was made five years ago. The Indian film audience has since evolved and has developed a taste for more stimulating stories.

Of course, rom-coms are still the popular flavour, but even love stories are checking their syrupiness level and adding a dose of authenticity. In this film, the heroine describes her life’s goal as finding Mr Right, having two kids, and looking after the home and children while the husband is off to work.

Stepford Wives, anyone? For characterisation, you have the girl smiling at everyone, including unsuspecting security staff, buying flowers for no reason, and staring at wedding lehenga-cholis longingly at store windows.

Writer-director Satish Kaushik (Karzzz, Tere Naam, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai) has always had a problem portraying his female characters effectively. Stuck in a time warp, he believes that the leading lady ought to be a teddy-bear adoring, love-crazy girl without a mind or a spine.

So our protagonist Priya (Kareena Kapoor with the favourite screen name back then), is thrilled when a tarot card reader predicts that she will find her love within seven days, at 7 a.m., and the lover will be wearing seven colours.

She falls in love with Immy (Shahid Kapoor) who meets her ideal of being a teetotaller and a non-liar. But then we realise that Immy’s been manipulating her all along. And there’s where comes in Serendipity, the 2001Hollwood success from which the rest of the film’s plot is taken.

Priya decides to test destiny, and determine whether they’re meant for each other. Phone numbers are written on a book and a currency note. `If we’re meant to find each other, we’ll find each other’s numbers,’ they say and sign off. Now three years later.

They’re still in love with each other, but without any means to contact. That’s the ‘rom’ part. The ‘com’ part is the kind to make your toes curl. For it takes a special kind of endurance to sit through Shahid Kapoor and his college friends in drag, heaving their implants to a raunchy song.

Shahid plays the lover-boy with his usual stock of expressions that hasn’t changed over the years. His earnestness and sincerity shines through as always, though. Kareena’s character is super-boring, but her effervescence somewhat makes up for the wishy-washy character sketch.

In keeping with those times, we must endure Kareena Kapoor with blonde highlights and garish make-up (shocking pink nails, always shiny lips). And, yes, both lead characters have “best friends” employed solely for the reason of making the lead pair look good.

So forget about the film. Everyone knows it’s dated. The main draw is the onscreen, once off-screen, pairing of Kareena and Shahid. They’re cute together, but they don’t share the fun chemistry of Jab We Met. Too staid for a comedy, too bland for a romance, the film might draw those viewers keen on seeing Kareena-Shahid onscreen again.

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