The much awaited rom-com movie of the year, ironically titled ‘I hate Luv stories’ will finally manage to set the cash registers ringing with its simple yet interesting story line.  A out an out romantic film, ‘I hate Luv stories’ has the sexy Sonam Kapoor paired opposite Imran Khan. Rest of the cast includes names like actor Sameer Dattani, Sameer Soni, Ketki Dave, Anju Mahindru…. Special mention of model Bruna Abdullah, who just adds up the glam quotient..

Directed by newbie Puneet Malhotra, the film is the story of Jai (played by Imran) who works as an assistant director to a filmmaker (Sameer Soni) and Simran (played by Sonam) happens to be the art director at his work place. While Simran is a diehard fan of romantic movies and is fully romantic at heart, Jay is the total opposite, a person who loves girls but just hates love stories. Basically it’s a story of how opposites attract.

‘I hate Luv stories’ has got some terrific music to groove to. Music directors Vishal- Shekhar have done an excellent job. The music is fresh, trendy, energetic and quite peppy. Songs like ‘Bin Tere’ and ‘Bahara’ are just admirable. The most outstanding one has to be the title track of the film.

The director made an excellent choice by bringing a rather unique pair of Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan together. Imran and Sonam just sizzle on the screen with their intense chemistry. After the unusual pairing of Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif recently, the next big pair to hit the screens has to be Imran and Sonam.

Exotic locales, sets and some trendy outfits and smart tees from his uncle Manish Malhotra, just adds to the magic.. Imran Khan has done a superb job, quite refreshing and remarkable. Though people who love ‘love stories’ will definitely hate his character.

Sonam Kapoor does justice to her role. Surely she got to play much more than what she got to do in her earlier films. Must say she looks uber cool, amazing in her classy yet elegant chick look.

Actor Sameer Dattani who plays Sonam’s ‘Mr. Perfect’ in the film, is quite a bore. Who happens to be so simple and intense nowadays? Unfortunately his role in the movie gets sidelined in the later half. He could have got some more interesting and meatier character.

Being his first film, Puneet clearly has set a high benchmark however, the candyfloss movie which is hugely inspired from several other Bollywood romantic flicks, at times becomes too predictable and clichéd…

Overall, ‘I hate Luv Stories’ has an interesting pair which is quite successful in attracting the audience’s attention or rather say its (USP)unique selling point. A laugh riot teamed up with romance, resulting into a full on Bollywood masala movie. A young and vibrant story, ‘I hate Luv Stories’ has got a   tremendous youth appeal!!

After the highly acclaimed movie, ‘Rajneeti’ which was inspired from the Indian epic ‘Mahabharta’, Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ is yet another movie inspired by another great epic ‘Ramayan’….Featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Govinda, Nikhil Dwivedi and Ravi Kishan the film is a romantic-action story.

The film has Abhishek Bahchcan playing the local thief named Beera. While South star, Vikram plays a cop, Dev Pratap Sharma, Aishwarya plays his beloved wife, Ragini. Dev who wants to capture Beera, faces a tough time when Beera kidnaps his wife to avenge a personal grudge. The film is a modern version of Sita being abducted by Raavan. But it has got a twist to it.

The film is a typical Mani Ratnam movie. With picturesque shots of landscapes, mountains, the film leaves you mesmerized..Cinematographer Santosh Sivan once again has done an excellent job. The shot where Abhishek tries to kill Ash for the first time and Ash jumps of the cliff, is simply amazing. Even the shots in the dense forests just take your breath away.

Another aspect that will leave you asking for more has to be the music. The Oscar winning music composer A. R.Rahman has given an outstanding music for ‘Raavan’. Songs like ‘Beera Beera’ , Ranjha-Ranjha’ have tremendous recall value.

Overall, ‘Raavan’ is a great combination of art, cinematography and music. The story however is a bit stretched especially in the first half. Actor Abhishek has done a superb job with his first experimental role. Ash plays her role convincingly. In general, the film is another cop and thief story that tries to be different from others.

Watch out for ‘Raavan’ s great visual appeal….

Katrina Kaif is going to overtake Priyanka Chopra in sex appeal. Priyanka Chopra had donned a golden bikini in Dostana, n now Katrina Kaif is all set to don a two piece in Dostana 2 that would have much more sex appeal than Priyanka did. Her swimwear will be designed by ace designer Manish Malhotra.

Katrina was last seen in a bikini in her debut film, ‘Boom’ and after that she almost stopped shedding her inhibitions. Manish will design her two-piece keeping into account her comfort level.

A source says, “‘Dostana 2’ plans to take the fun quotient to another level and also have a lot of sex appeal. Katrina has one of the best bodies in the industry and having her sport beach wear will be a huge attraction for the film.

“She hasn`t sported the sexy look for a while. In ‘Dostana 2’, she will be seen in clothes that make her look more sexy than cute.” added the source.

Lets see whether Kat will be able to score upon Piggy Chops.

This news may surprise you but it is partly true that Shahrukh Khan is married again and that too to a 20 yr old girl! Tillana Desai is a die-hard fan of King Khan. King Khan married her during the promotional event of his latest film, ‘My Name Is Khan’.

Dressed in a bridal outfit, the girl walked down to Shahrukh and narrated a story of how crazy she is about him. Impressed with her story, Shahrukh fulfilled the wish of the girl, he proposed her and slipped a ring on her finger that she had brought with her. It all happened at a five-star hotel in Ahmedabad in the witness of media and many fans of Shahrukh.

Confirms the source, “At his film’s event, SRK had to meet people with unusual love stories. Among the crowd, was 20-year-old Tillana Desai, who had come dressed in full bridal finery. When SRK asked her about her love story, she said she had been in love with a guy since she was seven but couldn’t marry him as he was already married.”

“When SRK asked her who the guy was, he was surprised to know that he was the man in question! She also said that she only uses the products that he endorses and refuses to buy anything else. The girl insisted that SRK should marry her. SRK used his million-dollar charm to overcome the awkwardness. The girl had even brought a ring with her. He went down on his knees and slipped the ring on her finger, saying that this is their rehearsal for the wedding.”

Moved by Shahrukh’s kind gesture, the girl invited him for a dinner to her house but he was too busy for the dinner.

Well that’s the question everybody in tinsel town is asking. Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have been dating since 2007. Both actors developed strong feelings on the sets of Tashan. Recently, Kareena was seen sporting a diamond-studded ring on her ring finger. This is the first time such a ring has been spotted on Kareena’s finger.

The buzz hyped recently when Saif’s mother Sharmila Tagore had said that they would soon tie the knot. Sharmila who was attending a meeting of Censor Board of Film Certification in Jodhpur had said, “I don’t have any objection to their marriage and they will soon wed.” Well, let’s keep our fingers crossed till we hear it from the couple itself.

Kareena Kapoor unveiled the latest issue of Filmfare at an event that featured the undisputed Queen of Bollywood on its cover. Kareena was also found sporting a huge diamond solitaire on her left hand. When confronted Kareena neither confirmed nor denied her engagement. She said that it wasn’t the right time to comment on it and she would speak about it at an appropriate time.

This Diva of Bollywood is also the highest paid actress of B-town now. Apparently our sources reveal that Bebo has signed Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 3 for a whopping 7 crores. Saif and Bebo will be seen together next in Saif’s home production Agent Vinod.

With High profile endorsement brands, movies with top actors and directors of Bollywood and boy friend Saif by her side, Kareena is truly riding the high wave of Bollywood!

Actor Nana Patekar says he will direct his second Hindi film soon and he has already finalised Deepika Padukone for the lead role.

“Yes, I am directing a film.” Nana told reporters at the press meet of his first Kannada film, Yaksha, on Wednesday. “I have already written the script and have selected Deepika Padukone to play the lead role. I haven’t yet finalised other artistes and technicians for the film. I am going to my native village in Maharashtra in a few days to make preparations for the film. I have not finalised the launch date of the film. But it will be worked out very soon.” he added.

Nana wielded the megaphone for the first time for Prahaar that had Madhuri Dixit in the lead role. The actor, who will be seen in Prakash Jha’s political thriller Rajneeti, also said: “I have not signed any new film after Rajneeti.”

Nana has completed a 13-day shooting schedule of Yaksha, which is his second South-Indian film after Bommalattam. He played a possessive film director in the thriller that didn’t score well at the box-office.” This Kannada film features me in a special role.” said Nana. Yaksha is being produced by Siddaraju and is directed by débutante director Ramesh Rao. Actor Yogeesh is playing the lead, while Ruby will be seen as his love interest. Chandrashekhar is the cameraman of the film while Manju Mandavya has written the dialogues.

Sequels to successful movies is the happening trend in Bollywood.

Priyanka Chopra, who was the female lead in Dostana has lost the lead role in Dostana 2 to Katrina Kaif. The buzz is that she will be seen in an important scene in the film. Though she walked off into the sunset with Bobby Deol, director Tarun Mansukhani is making room for her in the sequel. He is currently putting the finishing touches to the script and has penned an interesting scene featuring both the actresses.

Katrina Kaif has been finalized for the sequel to Dostana which had Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham as two heterosexual men playing gay men due to unavoidable circumstances.

Recently the news of Ranbir Kapoor or Imran Khan replacing John upset many Dostana fans, and it seems like Karan Johar has paid attention to the response as Abhishek and John’s Dostana is very much happening in Dostana 2.

However, the most exciting would be to see what kind of chemistry Abhishek cranks up with Katrina. The lady grooved in well with John in New York, but this is the first time she’ll be rubbing shoulders with Abhi…

Starring two of the greatest living acting legends of our times - czar of the Indian film industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Academy Award Winner Ben Kingsley will come together as a double treat for Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti. The cast and crew of the film attended a press meet to release the first look of the film. ‘Teen Patti’ also stars R. Madhavan, Raima Sen, Saira Mohan and newcomers Siddharth Kher, Dhruv Ganesh, Vaibhav Talwar and Shraddha Kapoor.

Leena Yadav is on cloud 9 because of her second directorial venture ‘Teen Patti’ . In Teen Patti she got a chance to work with legendary actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley. She calls them magicians and says the two don’t overshadow each other at any point in the movie.

Set in India and Britain, the film is about greed, deception and imagination. Oscar-winning actor Kingsley plays world’s greatest living mathematician Perci Trachtenberg, while Amitabh plays Venkat, a reclusive maths genius from India. The two meet at a high-rolling casino in London.

Releasing Feb 26, 2010 the film will have special appearances by Ajay Devgn, Jackie Shroff, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor and Tinnu Anand.

Bollywood Hottie Deepika Padukone has recently revealed her secret - that she loves shopping for lingerie! In an exclusive interview with a leading magazine of B- town Deepika was asked, “With all this attention, what do we still not know about you?”. Deepika Padukone gave a spontaneous reply, “Hey I thought I’m an open book! Okay, here it goes: I love to cook; I’m a very competitive sports player — I get all hot and sweaty playing sports; I am a chocoholic; I love buying lingerie; and I love playing pranks on my friends!”.

After Ranbir out of her life we wonder who she is now buying all her inner wear for??
Deepika is all set for her new release ‘Karthik calling Karthik‘ oppsoite Farah Akhtar. Deepika looks very hot in the movie with quite an uptown girl look. Karthik Calling Karthik is releasing on 26th February, 2010.

It’s an explosive combo! Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor are going to hit the silver screen together again. The latest buzz in B-town is that Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif will be showcasing their chemistry for Imtiaz Ali Khan’s ‘Rockstar’.

The male lead role was first offered to John Abraham who had also started learning to play the guitar and later to Saif Ali Khan who is already quite an adept with a guitar. But the final Rockstar is Ranbir Kapoor.

Also during the making of Love Aaj Kal, Rishi Kapoor was quite impressed with the director Imtiaz. He also expressed the desire that Ranbir and Imtiaz work together once.

Later, Ranbir and Imtiaz met several times and finalised the project. For ‘Rock Star’, Ranbir is said to be getting into the character in full gusto and would even be learning guitar as well. Good for him! At least he can play some music for Katrina now in the name of the movie!

The songs for the film would be composed by Imtiaz’s favourite and trusted Pritam. Seems like this on-screen Jodi is in demand more than Kat and Akkie!

Everyone has their own set of insecurities and fears. Bollywood bombshell Neetu Chandra, who hogged the limelight for a lesbian photoshoot, is once again in the news headlines for her fears regarding virginity. Yes, it is true. The ‘Traffic Signal‘ girl has reportedly said that she doesn’t want to die a virgin. According to a leading English daily, the sexy actress is often heard moaning, “I wish, I don’t die a virgin.” At present, Neetu is staying inside her house because her skin colour has turned blue cuz of some shady weight-shedding treatment. Well, Neetu, we hope your wish comes true. But from what we think maybe it already has!! (Ek toh tension, upar se weight reduction)

An old rumor dating back to June 2001, is raising its head again and is likely to bring unwanted attention to Bollywood hottie Lara Dutta who is already under media glare for her new relationship with tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi.

Since all the affairs of Tiger Woods are coming out one by one, the buzz is that Lara Dutta may also have dated the the golfer for a short while.

A US newspaper, in a story on Tiger, had the champion golfer denying he was dating “Miss Universe Lara Dutta of India — or trying to steal her from New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.” The Woods Foundation people, in fact, dismissed the story as being “nothing more than gossip, probably put out by Dutta’s camp.” And Lara came back to India and fame in Bollywood.

After all, he has turned out to be quite a champ off the greens, and has swung his club around in every direction!

These two are at loggerheads since Rakhi filed a police complaint against Mika for allegedly forcibly kissing her on the lips at his birthday bash. Mika though, claims that he has buried the hatchet with item girl Rakhi Sawant. Mika is also not very keen to work with Rakhi ever in the future. Asked if there is a good script involving Rakhi, Mika said: “How can a script or a concept be good if there is Rakhi in it?”. With Mitthi Mika is going to Debut as an actor early next year. Mika also claims that he was offered many roles earlier but he was waiting for the right script. Mika is also very enthusiastic about Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Ishquia”, where he has sung a song written by Gulzar. He says it was indeed very special for him and a great experience to work with Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar.

Aamir Khan starrer comedy-drama “3 Idiots” has created a record by grossing over Rs. 100 crores in its first four days. Reliance BIG Entertainment, distributor of the film, released about 2,000 prints across 40 countries.

Based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “Five Point Someone”, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

Released Friday, its box-office collection has beaten the initial earnings of another Aamir starrer “Ghajini”, considered Hindi cinema’s highest grosser till date, with 30 percent more earnings till Sunday night. The film, which reportedly cost Rs. 80-100 crores, also stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles.

When you get out of any relationship, you feel awkward to cross each others paths. Recently Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were caught in a similar situation when they got face-to-face with each other during the shooting of their respective films at Mehboob studios.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dropped int o the studio to shoot for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Guzzarish’ while Salman was there to shoot the promo for ‘Veer’. It so happened that Salman stepped out of his car and was talking on the phone and Ash had just wrapped her shooting and was getting out of the studio and approaching her van. They looked at each others eyes and immediately turned their faces.

A source says, “They did look into each others eyes for a moment and then immediately turned the other way!”

Ash left the spot while Salman looked a bit disturbed. “Post the incident, Salman wasn’t too keen to shoot, but did so anyway, and didn’t speak too much”, according to a source.

Ex Miss Universe and bollywood actress Sushmita Sen already has an adopted daughter Renee, and the latest buzz is that she has adopted a child, yet again. For Sush motherhood is very special and she wanted to become a mother all over again. She has named her second daughter Alisah, which in Greek means joyful. Sushmita has been shopping for clothes and toys for Alisah.

Alisah was made to sleep with Renee for the first two weeks but now she has a room of her own.
The earlier rule of High Court was that if you have adopted a girl as your first baby, you can’t adopt another girl child. And Sush wanted a girl. But three months ago, the High Court changed the ruling. Sushmita is now very happy talking about her child and latest release Dulha Mil Gaya. Hope Alisah brings her good fortune for Dulha Mil Gaya!