Kareena Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan patch up... finally

It is learnt from reliable sources that Kareena Kapoor has finally patched up with the Bachchans now. Few days back it was wrongly reported in a Mumbai tabloid that the actress had ignored Amitabh Bachchan at an event completely.

Infact a very close friend of the actress told us that Kareena is one person who will never do so in public. “She knows how to balance her professional life and personal life. She has never shown any animosity towards them. She has been born and brought up in this industry and the question of showing disrespect for the elders will never arise.” the close friend said.

But now Mr. Bachchan has put all rumours to rest by writing in his blog that Kareena and family members as well as the Bachchan family have always given due respect to each other.

Another source reveals, “Mr. Bachchan feels that Kareena is a very warm and affectionate person. She has never disrespected her elders. Mr. Bachchan has seen Kareena grown up in front of him as there has always been a huge connection between the Kapoors and the Bachchans from the great grand father times.”

It is may be recalled that that the Bachchan family was not in touch with Kareena Kapoor after Abhishek Bachchan and Karishma Kapoor broke off their engagement. In fact Kareena and Abhishek had made their debut with J.P. Dutta’s film Refugee. The duo had also received good reveiews for their performance.

But after their split Kareena and Abhishek Bachchan have never done a film. Sources had revealed that Abhishek Bachchan had refused to do films with Kareena though she was ready to work with him. In return Kareena had also refused to do Dostana with Abhishek when she was offered the film from Karan Johar.

Wife slaps serial-kisser Emraan Hashmi for kissing others!

This is not just a sensational headline, written to grab the maximum eyeballs, nor are we resorting to yellow journalism. This is a plain fact, that has been accepted by none other than the very much in love couple Emraan Hashmi and wife Parveen Hashmi.

In an exclusive joint interview, given to a reputed International magazine, the couple comes out in the open about their beautiful relationship. They talked about almost everything, right from their courtship days, how Emraan, true to his intense on-screen lover image, stalked and wooed Parveen and kept persuading her till she finally said "yes", right down to their life after marriage!

Well, we all know that Parveen is quite a possessive wife and Emraan has said many times that he will stop kissing as he has a fight with his wife every time he is required to do a kissing scene.

But what came as a shock was the revelation that Parveen has slapped (!) Emraan quite a few times for kissing on-screen, during trial shows of the concerned movies. And this was revealed in a very light hearted manner by the couple.

Though on many previous occasions Emraan had given statements that he would stop kissing on-screen after marriage, but he could not stick to his promise, so strong was his image. In fact quite a few films in which Emraan did not kiss failed to set the cash registers ringing.

Of course, it is another matter that the films were too bad, but nonetheless the serial kisser is now riding high (despite a lovingly furious wife!) with back to back success via Jannat and Raaz-The Mystery Continues...

Sushmita-Randeep kiss creates a furore

Sushmita Sen is not at all happy these days. It is because of her new movie ‘Karma aur Holi’ in whichshe is playing the lead along with Randeep Hooda.

The issue is that Sushmita is not happy with a kissing scene with her one time boyfriend Randeep and is cribbing that the producers are using this footage to gain in more publicity.

As reported by a leading tabloid, Sushmita said, “My problem is that the makers of Karma aur Holi are promoting the film by sending out sleazy stories. This is not done. This is not the way to promote a film. These obnoxious strategies of promoting a film are simply unethical”.

We tried getting in touch with Sushmita but she remained unavailable for any comments. We did get in touch with Randeep Hooda who had once got the opportunity to date the beauty queen.

He stormed in saying, “I think one should just do their job. Everyone was doing their job. There are a lot of actors involved, a lot of technicians, production people, directors, producers involved in the film. By just going to the press and lashing out statements is a very unethical thing on Sushmita’s part”.

When asked about the fuss she is making to remove the much-hyped kissing scene between her and Randeep, he said, “I don’t know anything about it so I think it is logical for me not to even comment on it”.

Seems like Sushmita is having a hard way in this matter, with lashing out everything openly to the press, we wonder what she really wants. We just hope she gets justice to it.

Sonam... Oye ‘Masakali… Zara Matakali’

The duo behind the super hit song ‘Masakali’, girl next door Sonam Kapoor whose the face in the song and its ‘word master’ Prasoon Joshi spill the bean this week along with an electrifying performance by ‘sitar sensation’ Anoushka Shankar on a sizzling episode of Oye It’s Friday March 6th at 10pm only on NDTV Imagine.

This week Farhan meets up with one of the latest stars in the making…the pretty and lissome Sonam Kapoor, who shares her experience of working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, as an Assistant director in ‘Black’ and later as a debutant actress in ‘Sawaariya’. Sonam talks about her experience working with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on ‘Delhi 6’.

She can’t get over the appreciation from her fans for her role in Delhi 6. Sonam gets gaa-gaa about her dad, the veteran actor Anil Kapoor, how much she idolizes him …his latest Oscar winning film, also admits her obsession for the X-box and a lot more...

Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar, spellbinds the audience with her soulful Indian Classical Music giving a taste of it to the Gen Next.

Anoushka Shankar, daughter Legendary Sitar Virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar, she began training on the sitar with her father as a child, gave a public performance at the age of thirteen. Her ever-growing audience cannot help but acknowledge the familial roots and established her self as the young prodigy.

Farhan puts her in the spotlight to as Anoushka gets candid about her passion for music, her world tour and lots more.

This week, Farhan salutes acclaimed Ad guru, Prasoon Joshi who is no stranger to the world of lyric writing with chartbusting albums like ‘Maa’ from Taare Zameen Par, Prasoon has left his indelible mark on all these works of art.

This Friday, get geared up to enter the mind of this genius as he gets candid with Farhan and admits about being a trained classical musician, some of his most memorable advertising jingles, his unique punch lines and a lot more.

Catch Farhan dancing on the tunes of 'masakali' with Sonam Kapoor on Oye It’s Friday March 6th at 10pm only on NDTV Imagine.

Attack on Lankan pals angers Harman, slams Pak

Hurman Baweja was shooting in New Delhi for Boney Kapoor-Anees Bazmi’s It’s My Life on Tuesday morning when he heard about the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan.

Friends after having shot with them for Victory , Hurman couldn’t shoot until he heard from them.

Finally an sms arrived from test cricketer Farveez Mahroof saying, “We’re all well. Don’t worry. Thanks for asking. ”

Sighs Hurman, “That was when I breathed easily. When I heard what had happened in Pakistan my heart went straight to my mouth. These Sri Lankan guys are my friends. I had bonded bigtime with them for Victory.

We played ate and fooled around together. We even had a Sri Lankan premiere. Not only had I played cricket with them I had also done scenes with Ajantha Mendis and Kumar Sangakkara. In fact Sanga is a special friend. ”

Hurman has kept in touch with his Sri Lankan pals from the cricket world after the film. “All kinds of concflicting reports kept coming from Pakistan. When I heard some of them were injured I just couldn’t believe this was happening.” Mahroof’s message pacified Hurman.

“Thank God they’re well. But what I want to know is, what is happening in Pakistan? The country is isolating itself from the rest of the world. At this rate they’ll end being another Afghanistan. Shame on them for attacking sportspersons. ”

The minute I set my eyes on Shakeel I knew he was THE man I'll marry: Amrita Arora

It’s arguably the most important day of her life. And Amrita Arora is naturally excited as she prepares for her Christian wedding to beau Shakeel Ladak. The nikaah is two days later.

“We were supposed to have a church wedding today, ” Amrita chatters excitedly as the makeup lady does her most challenging job ever for the actress. “But there were some security hassles. So we quickly moved the venue to Olive. But no hassles because we always had a standby ready. ”

Amrita gives full credit to her sister Malaika for all the arrangements.

“I know nothing about the wedding arrangement. It was all done by my sister who put her own life on hold to look into my wedding details. I’m blessed to have such a supportive family.

I’ve my wedding today (Wednesday 4 March) and I’m talking to you while my folks are taking care of everything, ” the bride got emotional as her mother reminded her she needed to hurry up with the dressing up. But Amrita decided to get introspective.

“You know, the minute I set my eyes on Shakeel I knew he was the man I wanted to marry. It’s like a karmic connection. I just felt it. I had never felt this before. Shakeel is everything that I want my husband to be. And I’m determined to make our marriage work. I’ll do whatever it takes.”

Ask her about the honeymoon which will follow the sangeet on Thursday and the nikaah on Friday and Amrita shrugs, “ The problem is, both Shakeel and I are so widely traveled we’ve nowhere to go that we can claim as being our private honeymoon spot.

There doesn’t seem to be any place that neither of us has not visited. I guess we’ll just hold each other’s hand close our eyes and point to any part of the globe as our honeymoon spot. It doesn’t matter where we go as long as we’re together. ”

Ash: I'm the most bankable star abroad? Wow!!!

Forbes magazine has just voted Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan the most bankable star from Bollywood in Hollywood.

And this, just when the desi media has been carping about her abbreviated role in her latest Hollywood release Pink Panther 2.

Aishwarya has been voted among Forbes’ “Most Valuable Actors” ahead of Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Irrfan Khan.

And now there’re a number of hush-hush international projects on the anvil for Aishwarya including, apparently, one with actress and chat-show hostess Tyra Banks and a project with Will Smith who has been craving to cast Ash right from the time he offered her Hitch and the recent 7 Pounds. The long-pending project Chaos with Mery Streep is also likely to be revived shortly.

Reacting to this flurry of international activity in her choc-a-block schedule Aishwarya said from Kolkata, “Wow! Me the most bankable Bollywood star in Hollywood? Thank you! I must confess that any acknowledgement of hard work makes me feel content. In all humility I want to thank all those who feel I ‘m bankable.”