Amitabh Bachchan to meet Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor in Hospital

Amitabh Bachchan to meet Shammi Kapoor And Shashi Kapoor in Hospital: 'Big B' Amitabh Bachchan paid a visit to Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor who were hospitalized with sickness. Shammi Kapoor is once again being treated in Breach Candy clinic while Shashi Kapoor is once again being treated in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani healing center.
Amitabh Bachchan visited both the heartthrobs of the yesteryears at the respective healing centers. The Big B had all the earmarks of being in a state of anguish post visiting his senior coconspirators.

He posted his comments regarding his visit to the veteran actors on his twitter page, "Went to visit Shashi kapoor in Hospital and pained to see him in such condition..prayers for him please..he needs it." He further added, "Just visited Shammi Kapoor ji in hospital..Despite his condition full of life he is full of joy and fun..A true star..Get well soon!" and "Many wondering if I have made a typo error about Shammi ji and Shashi ji..no I have not..they are both in Hospital."

Sonakshi Sinha and Salman Khan in 'jinx' together

Sonakshi Sinha  and Salman Khan in 'jinx' together: Svelte Sonakshi Sinha looks to have irrevocably broken Bollywood's ' Salman Khan jinx'.

While no other performing artist who appeared inverse Salman Khan had supervised to become famous Hindi pictures, Shotgun's quite loved one has not just been overwhelmed with offers forasmuch as Dabangg ended up a blockbuster, but she is moreover rumoured to be charging something greater than ` 1 crore for every picture.

To begin with, Sonakshi starts shooting for Shirish Kunder's 3D extravaganza Joker with Akshay Kumar in January.

This will be followed by the multi- starrer Race 2 , for which directors Abbas- Mustan have preferred her to Kareena Kapoor, despite the film's hero Saif Ali Khan reportedly insisting that his girlfriend be cast in the film.

Up next will be Kick, an action- comedy costarring Salman, and Prabhu Deva's upcoming Akshay Kumar- starrer.

Rumours are also doing the rounds that Sonakshi could be one of the heroines in Sajid Khan's Housefull 2. Kunal Kohli wants to cast her in his next film starring Shahid Kapoor. Anurag Basu is also considering Sonakshi for his upcoming film, Barfee , starring Ranbir Kapoor.

It's not every day in Bollywood that an actress who is just one- film- old is flooded with so many offers from top banners. " Her confidence sets her apart. Everyone has noted the fact that although Dabangg was her first film and she was paired with a superstar of Salman Khan's stature, she showed no signs of nervousness. She has no camera fright," said Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap.

" Being a star's daughter definitely gave her a headstart compared to other newcomers. It means she was considered for high- profile projects and got more leeway. It remains to be seen how she cashes in on the advantage.

However, if producers are willing to shell out over a crore for the onefilm- old Sonakshi, that says a lot," an industry insider said. Salman is known to promote new talent. However, every newcomer who has made her debut opposite the superstar has somehow never managed to survive in Bollywood.

Turn back the clock, and you realise that Bhagyashree, despite her blockbuster debut in Maine Pyar Kiya , never quite succeeded in chalking out a career in Bollywood. After the Sooraj Barjatya superhit and her now- defunct marriage to flop actor Himalaya, Bhagyashree tried several comebacks in films as well as on TV but none have had any impact.

Similarly, Naghma, Salman's debutant co- star in Baaghi failed to make an impact in Bollywood. Subsequently, she did small roles in films such as Yalgaar and King Uncle before becoming a superstar in Tamil cinema. Industry experts feel the pattern is a result of the fact that Salman's films hardly ever leave any scope for his actresses, especially newcomers.

That's likely what happened to Chandni as well. In 1991, Salman starred opposite debutant Chandni in Sanam Bewafa . The Saawan Kumar- directed film, despite being a superhit, didn't help Chandni's career and she slipped into oblivion.

" In his ( Salman's) films, girls mostly don't get strong roles. They only have to dance and look pretty," said filmmaker Jag Mundhra. Sonakshi seems to have broken the jinx that the likes of Bhagyashree, Naghma and Chandni couldn't.

'Veena Malik' criticizing Pakistani celebrity

'Veena Malik criticizing Pakistani celebrity: Pakistani actress Meera is not happy with the way her fellow actress Veena Malik conducted herself on Colors' reality show Bigg Boss 4 and accuses her of portraying Pakistani women in poor light.

'Veena Malik is acting very cheap. The way she presented herself in front of Indian audiences is not right. She is denigrating the image of Pakistani women. This is not how women in Pakistan are,' said Meera, who is in India to shoot for diector Faizal Khan's Hindi movie Om Allah.

Her liplocking courted controversy after people in Pakistan raised objections and she was apparently fined for this. But right now she feels Veena has crossed all limits.

'If you come over to Pakistan, you will see how sensible and how cultured Pakistani women are. They respect their family values and are not how Veena has portrayed herself,' said the actress who herself became controversial after her kissing scene with Ashmit Patel in her Bollywood debut Nazar.

Veena came into limelight after her name popped up in match-fixing allegations against Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif. She was the cricketer's girlfriend. She then entered the 'Bigg Boss' house and her intimacy with Bollywood actor Ashmit Patel caused quite a stir, sending the TRPs soaring. Meera alleges Veena's behaviour is a lousy way to garner publicity.

'She's doing all this because she is hungry for fame. She has no self-respect and is ready to do anything to become famous,' Meera said. 'She's like that even in Pakistan. She tries to copy everyone. She can never be her own self. This is not the right thing to do as there are many other nice ways to become famous. Why stoop down to cheap tactics,' she asked.

Meera claims she was also approached to be a part of Bigg Boss twice, but she refused it. 'I was approached to be the part of the show before and even for this season but when I came to know that Veena will also be a part of it, I refused,' she said.

Apart from Veena, the fourth season of Bigg Boss featured well-known Pakistani cross-dresser Begum Nawazish Ali. After Nazar, Meera featured in another Bollywood moive Kasak with Lucky Ali. After doing Kasak in 2005, this is Meera's first Bollywood movie in five years.

'After Kasak, I went back to Pakistan. Later my parents did not allow me to act here as I was too young and they thought I might just fall for someone here (India) and get settled permanently,' she said.

'Moreover, the tension between India and Pakistan also kept me away. But now I am back and hope to sign more Bollywood projects,' she said. Back home, Meera has been actively involved in charity work and has been working with former cricketer Imran Khan to raise funds for Pakistan's flood-affected victims.

'We would like to rope in Rani Mukerji for helping us to raise funds for the flood-affected victims in Pakistan. I plan to meet her during my trip here,' she said. She has also expressed a desire to do charity work with Salman Khan and his Being Human organisation.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Elle magazine cover 'skin-whitening' scandal

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Elle magazine cover 'skin-whitening' scandal: Fans of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were alternate staggered final week following the performer's skin seemed to have been digitally lightened on the blanket of a brand new issue of Elle magazine.

Now the 37 year old Bollywood star, who is broadly accepted to be the globe's by and large wonderful lady, is stated to be regarding suing the Indian variant of the title over what has been considered 'racist artificially glamorizing'. The character herself has not remarked on the scenario, but associates of the Bride and Prejudice star have stated she is 'incensed'.

'Aishwarya's first reaction was disbelief,' said one. 'She believed that these things don't happen anymore. Not in this day and age when women are recognised for their merit, and not for the colour of their skin. 'She is currently verifying this skin-whitening allegation. If there is any proof of this, she might even take action.'

Another adder: 'She is clearly the global face of the contemporary Indian woman. The last thing she'd want is to have a global image coloured by a racial suggestion.'

Neither Elle magazine or Mrs Bachan were available for comment today. The actress, a former Miss World who is married to fellow actor Abhishek Bachchan, is thought to be too preoccupied by her father, who is ill, to look into the matter further.

Fans of Mrs Bachchan were the first to notice that her skin was several shades lighter than usual, and were quick to view concerns on social networking sites such as Twitter. One wrote: ‘It’s ­annoying because it seems like lighter skin is always in fashion as if darker skin is ­something to be frowned upon.’

This is not the first time Elle magazine has come under fire over such airbrushing, and this latest storm echoes one sparked by a cover of the U.S. edition earlier this year. In September, black actress Gabourey Sidibe appeared on the cover of the title with a noticeably paler complexion.

On that occasion Elle claimed it had not altered the Precious star’s skin any more than that of the other models ­photographed alongside her.

Editor-in-chief Robbie Myers dismissed the suggestion of racism, explaining: 'At a photo shoot, in a studio, that is a fashion shoot, that's glamorous, the lighting is different. The photography is different than a red carpet shot from a paparazzi.'

Skin lightening is a controversial issue in India and those with a lighter complexion are often perceived to be more successful and wealthy. Skin-lightening products aimed at young men and women now form a multi-million-pound industry.

Shahrukh Khan back to twitter

Shahrukh Khan back to twitter: Shah Rukh Khan, who's been off twitter for 56 days, made a comeback! He tweeted, ''To new beginnings. have a healthy happy & fulfilling new chapter. may all your troubles be as shortlived as your new year resolutions. Love.'Can your New Year resolution be to tweet more, please? 

Rani Mukherjee & Vidya Balan in 'Jhalak Dikhlaja-4' together

Rani Mukherjee & Vidya Balan in 'Jhalak Dikhlaja-4' together: Jhalak Dikhlaja 4 is already having a great time with the TRPs and also now that the show has Madhuri it tends to pull people towards it.
The craze of Madhuri has only increased over the years, and one of the self-confessed fans among thousands would be Rani Mukherjee, the Bengali bombshell. Rani Mukherjee along with Vidya Balan was a guest at the show for the promotion of No one Killed Jessica.

The frame was described as historic one by Shekhar Suman, one of the contestants who gave scintillating performance on Bihari folk. The frame had Remo, Madhuri, Munni Malaika, Rani and Vidya in it.Rani Mukherjee was all pumped meeting her idol at the show and bowed down to her in a full namaskar posture lying flat on the ground to Madhuri, and Madhuri humbly embraced her saying her place was in the heart.

The performances on the Indian folk numbers were fantastic and as many as 3 couples pulled out a perfect 10 for the first time on the show. Rani did not leave the chance to express how much she loved Madhuri and how big a fan she was.

Katrina Kaif's latest nude motion picture, not yet released

Katrina Kaif's latest nude motion picture, not yet released: In an X-clusive scoop for your Bollywood correspondent, the lovely Katrina Kaif's latest nude video, not yet released, has somehow 'landed on his desk'! Known throughout film city for his rave reviews might he have been able to have called in a favour or two, who knows? Or, could it have been his extensive contacts in Cannes sending him a Christmas present?

However it got there, his good fortune could soon be yours - read the text carefully looking for the hidden answerthen see the competition questions at the end of this report to win this exclusive recording of what will be the 'film of the decade'!.

Boomtime for Katrina

When Katrina Kaif first set foot in India she had no idea that within seven years she would have eighteen films under her sari and have become one of the most sought after stars ever. This is even more extraordinary since she is of British Nationality; her mother is English and her father Kashmiri. Furthermore, when she arrived in India she spoke no Hindi at all.

Her first film 'Boom' was panned by the critics who called it 'all hype and little substance'. Even with the'eye-catching' cast ensemble that included such beauties as - Padma, Madhu Sapre along with Katrina, Amitabh Bachchan, and the Hollywood stunner Bo Derek, the movie failed to hold the viewer interest.

Modesty Ablaze

It is true that her films have shown her seemingly getting raunchier and raunchier, going from showing an inch of midriff to a full-blown bikini showing more and more skin. Indeed 'Katrina Kaif + Bikini' is one of the most googled combinations yielding nearly a million hits. In her last film Tees Maarkhan she performed a belly dance in which she thrust her hips as she held the onlookers mesmerised by her seduction.

Despite this on-screen persona, off screen, she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in her personal life. The one thing she hates most is make-up (but don't tell the cosmetic companies she models for).

Boom to Zooooom!

There's no doubt that the trend in Katrina's films has been one of increasing amounts of skin. So it should come as no surprise that Katrina's latest but top secret film sees the culmination of this trend finally showing her completely naked but in the most tasteful way.

The film is made but it has yet to go on release and the producer and director are, for obvious reasons, not yet revealed. It is, however, thought to go under the working title of "Naked Desire". However, because they wish to attract a family audience this name will probably change.

The anonymous writer wrote to the Central Board of Film Control lobbying for a positive outcome of their deliberations on this film. The Board replied in the affirmative on the condition that the film should go straight to video and be silent since naked flesh alone is titillating enough but once combined with words, music and dancing it could be considered lewd. Any musical accompaniment should be played only on piano on the simple soundtrack and should be restricted to the old silent movie style although they could use music from a later period such as the 'Warsaw Concerto' and 'The Sound of Music'.

Your favourite entertainment correspondent has had exclusive access to the video (that could be yours: see above) and has the privilege of revealing it to you in all it's beauty. Please understad that this is a narration of our interpretation what essentially is a silent movie.

In 'Desire' Katrina plays Pushpah, a young village girl who is one day driving goats through the street when a handsome Prince comes through with his cortege of luxury cars. Pushed to one side she looks up and immediately falls in love with the beau in his finery who looks briefly at her straight in the eyes but ignores her, looking back at his girl on the seat beside him.

When they have driven off Pushpah, compforting her frightened goats, looks longingly into the sky at birds flying and the tear on her cheek tells all to well of her longing to be free and away from the goats and to be swept up by her handsome Prince.

We see her next dancing and singing around her overcrowded little house about her love for the Prince, joined by her many siblings and cousins. The joy is short-lived because when Pushpah's father arrives and scolds her for not working - his staring eyes and gigantic twitching moustache are enough to show his extreme anger.

When a cousin explains to him that Pushpah is dancing because she is in love with a Prince he sends Pushpah, now in tears, to bed telling her not to be so stupid. What would a Prince want with a goat girl? The sad and tearful Pushpah cries herself to sleep.

In a dream she is visited by her dead grandmother who, by movements of her very expressive bushy eyebrows and face tells her that if she wants the Prince to desire her and her father to approve she must bathe in the waters of a sacred lake where once bathed the God Ganesh. The location is known only to the local good-time girl Geeta Maneeta. Geeta having a squint has only been able to make a living by regularly bathing in the lake once a year to adjust her wayward eyes.

Imploring the older and more worldly Geeta to take her to the lake, Pushpah sings of her love for the Prince and a tearful Geeta who has never known real love takes pity upon her.

The film continues with the adventures of Pushpah and Geeta during their perigrinations through forests of Assam and mountains of Tibet in search of the sacred lake. This includes a dance interlude with a Yak and a run-in with an evil itinerant vegetable seller, a distant relative. He threatens to tell Pushpah's father. However, after dancing in the street with the local peasants and singing 'Oh no you won't' in seven different dialects (all subtitled), Pushpah finally persuades him of the error of his ways.

The nude scene comes when Pushpah and Geeta mount the brow of a wooded hill and look down into a green and flowering valley where they see the sky blue lake stretched before them. The camera stays on the hill as the two girls descend towards the water, casting off items of clothing as they go and chanting praise to Ganesh. They reach the shore of the lake where they are finally completely naked and distant on the shore making an offering to the God. The camera zooms in toward their curvaceous beauty and we gradually see the contours of their silhouetted breasts as they face each other embracing in soft focus. The camera comes closer and closer and finally when all their nude beauty is visible to the naked eye the two are already in the lake but not before the lens reveals a fleeting view of a breast and the shadowy delight of two lissom youg females frolicking together with joy in the water.

As the two girls, radiant and glowing are dressing, the prince (played by relative newcomer Gunjee Wunjee) and his Major Domo (another newbie Kishore Purbhoo) turn up in a large chrome-plated 4x4 out on a Tiger hunt. Immediately taken by the beauty of Pushpah, the sacred waters having done the trick for her and Geeta, the Prince sweeps her up and his Major Domo is immediately smitten by Geeta.

They drive to the Prince's hunting camp and filled with joy dance together around a large Banyan tree before being joined, as if from nowhere, by all their families who dance with them. Even the vegetable seller sitting in a corner with Pushpah's miraculously materialised Grandmother is laughing over old times and obviously very happy for the young Pushpah.

The film ends with the four happy newly-weds in a large golden coach pulled by white horses driving off into the distance and to a happy and prosperous future.

Although not on general release yet, the film was entered for the Cannes Zoom* Award for tasteful photography and cinematography. It won first prize for its silence and the skill and taste with which the cameraman depicted the naked bodies of the two beautiful actresses. The musical score too received special mention for originality particularly the Bhangra Concert something very difficult to pull-off on a piano.

Hema Malini: I had a wonderful time regulating Dharamji

Hema Malini: I had a wonderful time regulating Dharamji: Directing your husband and daughter could have its tricky moments and so it was for Hema Malini too. But it was enormously enjoyable and everything eventually fell into place, says the Bollywood diva and director whose forthcoming ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’ stars husband Dharmendra and daughter Esha Deol.

‘Directing Dharamji was superb. In the beginning, however, he did not listen to me. He used to ask me ‘What is this, what is that’. Then I used to tell him that I want it like this, so just do it. So he realised I knew the job and then left it entirely to me. He didn’t interfere at all after that,’ Hema, who has wielded the megaphone after 18 years for the movie, told IANS in an interview.

The crackling chemistry between the couple was in evidence in blockbusters like ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’, ‘Sholay’, ‘Razia Sultan’ and ‘Pratigya’. Hema, 62, who earlier directed the Shah Rukh Khan-Divya Bharti-starrer ‘Dil Aashna Hai’ in 1992, is making ‘Tell Me Oh Khuda’ for her daughter Esha.

‘I’m very excited about my film. It’s a very interesting story of a girl’s passionate quest to know her origins. The film might get delayed a little bit because of the whole process of change in directors. But I’m trying to release it latest by March,’ said the actress, looking graceful as ever in a green silk sari.

She has roped in Arjan Bajwa, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor for the film. It was earlier being directed by Mayur Puri but Hema decided to take the reins in her own hands. The film is in the post-production stage and work is expected to get over by Jan 10.

How was it directing Esha? ‘We have a different relationship on the sets, but still we are mother and daughter and so that does come across. After every scene she used to ask me if it was okay or not. It was really a pleasure directing her and the whole process was very sweet,’ said Hema.That’s not all what is keeping the multi-faceted actress occupied. She is also producing a TV show for Colors called ‘Maati Ki Banno’, which hit the small screens Monday.

This is her first television show in eight years. In the past, she has produced shows like ‘Nupur’, ‘Women of India’ and ‘Aap Ki Saheli’ as well as the Marathi shows ‘Songti’ and ‘Umberta’.Discussing her long absence from the small screen, the actress, who was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, said: ‘Nothing great came across. Also, I got busy with parliament. I had to spend time there. My term got over last September and next month this happened.’

The show follows the journey of an orphan girl from Mauritius married into a family in Bihar and details her struggles with her new life overshadowed by secrets that haunt her husband’s family. So is it difficult to manage direction, production, dance shows and the family?

The multi-tasker says she manages it all. ‘You need to take out time for everything. If you want to, you can manage things and that’s what I do. I’m very happy with whatever I have done in the past and whatever I am doing now. But, yes, there are times when I feel like going away to some place for some time, doing just nothing.

‘However, that’s just a momentary thing because we are creative people and we can’t sit without doing anything for long,’ added Hema, whose younger daughter Ahana has evinced interest in becoming a director.

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Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachan participate in occasion organised by Bunt group

Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachan participate in occasion organised by Bunt group: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her husband Abhishek Bachchan participated in Bunt community event here at the weekend.Bollywood director Rohit Shetty was also present at the event. Aishwarya said she was overwhelmed by the love given by her community for her work across the globe.
"The community has come from all over the world, and I think, it's wonderful that we have functions such as these throughout the year of course and I knew it as well. We, as members of the community, have absolute pride and pleasure in participating albeit, in this brief manner but, definitely the community know that we are here," said Aishwarya Rai.

"We love belonging. We are all family and it's a pleasure being supportive and sharing such special moments. So, thank you so much for making it as memorable for us, for all your love and blessings," she added.Bunt or Tulunad Kshatriya is a Hindu community that belongs to the region of Tulu Nadu in the southwestern part of the country, which comprises the districts including Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka. The community speaks the Tulu language Aishwarya also interacted with the audience in Tulu.

Rani Mukherji new style namaskar to Madhuri Dixit

Rani Mukherji new style namaskar to Madhuri Dixit: Rani Mukherji bowed down to Madhuri Dixit doing a full namaskar, laying level on the deck in front of her. This week's Jhalak Dikhla Jaa appears to be everything about lady capacity. Several perfect Bollywood actresses Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan will join the magnificent judges Madhuri Dixit and Malaika Arora Khan in this week's scene. As a single unit they shape an imposing female faction for a captivating show.
While both Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan were absolutely elated to meet the original Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit, the senior actress went a step further. A self-confessed Madhuri Dixit fan, Rani Mukherji went ahead to the extent of bowing down to her original inspiration doing a full namaskar, laying flat on the floor in front of her. In complete awe of the actress, Rani Mukherji says, "Madhuri Dixit has been my all time favourite actress. I loved the way she acted and danced". The duo also performed together on the 'Dola Re Dola' song from Devdas.

Interestingly this week three promising contestants along with their respective choreographers will set the stage of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa ablaze by delivering far-fetched and implausible performances. Not one but three participants will turn out to be the show-stealers and achieve a perfect score of 30 on 30 this time on Jhalak. This will be for the very first time in the history of Jhalak that three performances will pull off perfect scores at the same time in one episode.

Tees Maar Khan takes part in Bollywood unsurpassed best openers list

Tees Maar Khan takes part in Bollywood unsurpassed best openers list: B-town de-stresser of 2010 has delivered what is promised at the B.O. on its opening day. ‘Tees Maar Khan’ has registered an 18 crore gross (14 crore) net collections from India on its opening day (as per the figures by UTV). The movie starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead has registered itself amongst the Bollywood top openers list of all times.

Co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Three’s Company and Hari Om Entertainment, the film which was released in over 2300 screens worldwide, has also performed well at the key overseas markets, which include US, UK and Gulf, the movie has grossed more than Rs. 5 crores even before its Friday opening, just on paid previews and pre sales of territories.

Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, Motion Pictures, UTV, shares, “Interesting marketing campaigns, a phenomenal distribution strategy, coupled with superbly entertaining content have helped us clock such excellent numbers on the first day itself. Going by the audience reactions both in India and overseas, we expect these figures to grow steadily in the coming weeks.”

Ajay Devgn & Katrina Kaif high paid actors in bollywood film industries

Ajay Devgn & Katrina Kaif high paid actors in bollywood film industries: India's first Bollywood channel ETC is all set to unveil ETC BOLLYWOOD BUSINESS AWARDS 2010 on 28th December, 2010. The first of its kind awards ceremony in this country; ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 will judge Bollywood on the basis of business the industry has generated in year 2010.
The Indian Film Industry has grown multifold over the years. 2010 has seen more than 100 film releases. ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 celebrates this augmentation in the industry but with a difference. Till date, awards were given to the merchants of dream on the basis of their performance but ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 is a path breaking initiative that evaluates the industry players on the basis of BO performance.

The Bollywood Business Awards 2010 will identify and award on the base of how much money the contender has being able to earn and will take in to consideration the economic quotient as a cornerstone for mapping the success of a movie. This will be the first time in India where an initiative has sought to recognize marketers, distributors, production houses and exhibitors who are equally responsible for the success of a film, in addition to actors, actresses and directors.

'Bollywood is an industry. Every Friday its movies are released and the cine-goers pass verdict whether they buy it or not. And as is common to any other industry, Bollywood should also be judged accordingly. Presently, in India, all those who represent the industry, actors, musicians, directors, et al, have only been judged on creative parameters. No one had thought of evaluating them on how much business they had generated!

Having identified this opportunity in the evaluation system, we decided to explore it. Thus was born the concept of ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010. Such an evaluation will bring forward the workings of Bollywood as an industry. Behind the shine of glamour and creativity lies a lot of hard work, technical wizardry, marketing and strategic initiatives. Movie making is an art, getting audiences to pay to watch it and make it a hit is commerce. It is our belief that the viewers should appreciate both these facets of Bollywood.' said Anurag Bedi, Business Head, ETC.

With innovative categories such as Marketing (best marketed film of the year), Distribution (special award for film distribution) and Promotion (most successful banner/corporate house/production house of the year), this is one awards initiative that is sure to generate interest amongst the industry as well as the public.

An emotional Ajay Devgn, winner of The Most Profitable Actor (Male) Award said,' I normally never go to pick up an award but I am here to take this because this is first business award in Bollywood. Figures talk, you cannot manipulate it, you cannot play games with it. ETC has been very good with their figures; they have been very good with their stuff, so here I am taking this award.' The veteran actor has 5 releases under his belt this year and except AAKROSH, all his movies have set the BO registers ringing.

'This is a welcome initiative. The best thing about this initiative is that it is based on facts and figures. The basic parameter of ETC Bollywood Business Awards eliminates any scope of opinions and manipulations while deciding the winner. It is a fair assessment of the recipient's work and his popularity and mass appeal. I appreciate ETC for having come up with an award initiative along such parameters,' said an excited Arbaaz Khan, winner of the Most Successful Producer and Top Grossing Film awards, for his runaway hit DABANGG.

In appreciation to Hollywood's growing India connect; ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 will also recognize the most successful Hollywood film of the year, with INCEPTION, THE SOCIAL NETWORK and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA being the front runners.

Sonakshi Sinha's demand in bollywood film makers

Sonakshi Sinha's demand in bollywood film makers: Sonakshi Sinha is the flavour of the season. 2011 looks like a terrific year for this star kid. She starts to shoot Joker with Akshay Kumar early in the year.

She joins the unit of Race-2 in July with Saif Ali Khan and then goes into Kick with Salman Khan.

Rumours say that she is also kicked about the fact that she is being considered for Kunal Kohli's film with Shahid Kapoor, Prabhu Devaa's film with the Khiladi Kumar...and wait there is more.

We now hear that Sonakshi may be seen in Anurag Basu's film Silence (the title is being changed shortly) alongwith Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.

Yup, this is the same film that Katrina Kaif turned down because she felt that Piggy Chops had a better role than her. Neither Sonakshi nor her manager are willing to comment on her films with Shahid and Ranbir. But the industry is buzzing with the news already.

King Khan and Rohit Shetty to work together for comedy Sequel

King Khan and Rohit Shetty to work together for comedy Sequel: Rohit Shetty very well known for his comedy flicks of Golmaal series is a great friend and more than family to superstar Ajay Devgn.

Almost every film of his has Ajay in it be it his first film Zameen, Sunday, Golmaa-1, 2, 3 or All the Best. Reportedly Rohit these days has been approached by Shahrukh Khan who apparently loved his work in Golmaal-3.

He has been offered to direct endorsements ads for Red Chillies and also an offer to be a part of the board of directors. They have also been consistently meeting as Rohit reportedly has expressed a desire to do a comedy flick with him.

The search for a suitable script has not yet ended but they have tentatively zeroed on a `80's comedy flick.

Red Chillies and Rohit are still negotiating on the rights of the `80s comedy flick after the finalization of which they will work on the screenplay. The good news for now is that Ajay is perfectly fine that Rohit is working with another actor and Rohit will nevertheless be soon starting shoot for remake of a Tamil film Singam with Ajay.

Huit for Christmas





Arriving next week just in time for Chrissy...very excited about the festive red!!

self-evaluation!

The topic of my Oral presentation was my dogs. I explained his life with me, his breed and his likes and dislikes. My pronunciation in English it's so bad, I have very problems for pronunciation the difficuld words like "breed" or others. In my presentation, I was wrong many times, but I say "ai, perdo" and I continued, and I think that it's good because I don't stoped my presentation for the wrongs, I continued and finally I had a good presentation.
I don't like my presentation when I look my video, but it isn't so wrong, I have only some mistakes :P. It's my first oral presentation in "batxillerat", and I think I can improve of my mistakes for the next oral presentation! :)

The film VS. The book



The film was very strong, because it was hard when it expressed what Tracy felt, and impacted you more than I could have done it's The Diary of Adrian Mole. The book was hard too, but it was not expressing a book so much.

The chance that Tracy experimented it's very striking, before, she was a good girls, she studied and take care to her family, and after met Evie she completely change, she was a bad girl, she was under the influence of the drugs all the day.







At the book, we can have a look at the middle-aged Mole's life in England. His life was very sad, because his parents are divoriced and she don't have love about nobody.

The book, for me, was a little boring, but I loved, and the film for me, was very interesting and represented the real life about the teenagers girls.

Oral presentation

Hi everybody, my name is Cristina Malirach and today I will talk about my pets.

I have two dogs, they are called Llampec and Quisso. Llampec is nine years, on the 20th November he will be 10 years and Quisso is 9 years, on the 15th of May he will be 10 years.

The Llampec’s breed is Golden retriever, he is white and his eyes are brown. The Quisso’s breed is mongrel, Quisso has 3 colours in his skin: brown, black and white, and his eyes are brown too.
I don’t know where Llampec was born, because my aunt gave my family this dog, he was from a dog shelter in Figueras.

Llampec was a Christmas present for my brother. On the King’s day my mother gave a present to my brother, and this present was a cuddly toy dog and my brother cried because he wanted a real dog. After, when we went to my aunt’s restaurant she gave my brother the real dog, Llampec.

When he arrived at my house he was only 3 months, and he was very afraid. At the nights he slept with my brother in his bedroom and he cried all the time. After 2 weeks he was happy at home, and he had confidence.

Quisso was born in la Bisbal, my grandmother’s friend had a dog, an the dog had 4 sons and 4 daughters, and she gave all the puppies away. I went at her house and I chose Quisso. When he arrived at home Llampec was very happy with him because he could play now.

The name Llampec was chosen by my brother because Llampec, when he was little, he was never quiet, and he ran all the time into the garden and my brother said “he’s as fast as lightening”. And this is the reason.
The name Quisso was chosen by me, and Quisso is a God’s name, and I like it.

In my house, Llampec and Quisso sleep in a room on the ground floor, but in this room we have all the things for swimming, like floats, deckchairs… Now, the room it’s no more the swimming pool room, now is the crazy room, because the dogs play with all the things!

This year, we had problems with Llampec because one day, when I was walking LLampec, I saw him walking wrongly, he was limping. My mother decided to wait 24 hours before taking him to the vet’s, because often he has a little pain in his legs because of his age, and she had reason. The after day Llampec walked right, and we didn’t have any more problems.

Llampec is very jealous, when I stroke Quisso, he is very jealousy and goes quickly to my hand and puts my hand in his head. He doesn’t love to go out, and watch other dogs in his house, because he doesn’t understand he doesn’t play with they, and he cries! Llampec loves to play, he plays all the time, and definitely if a burgler came to my house, he would play with him.

Quisso loves the hot water, when I shower him in the summer, I must use hot water, even though the temperature is 40C. He is afraid of my swimming pool, because one day he felts in the swimming pool. And the water is cold. Quisso doesn’t love to run, he is very lazy and he loves to eat and sleep in the sun, his life is a happy life!

Llampec is a dog, but sometimes he is like a cat because he catches mice! He love looking for mice, lizards, birds and catching them.

One day, Quisso, put his face in a cat flap in the door to look and he came out with regret because in this house fighting cats lived, and the cats fought his face. My little dog cried because he only wanted to play with them! The cats were cruel with him.

In conclusion, my pets have a happy life with me. I speak with them, I explain my life and they appear to understands me. When I’m sad, they make me happy, I love my dogs!


Thank-you for your attention!
Do you have any questions?

"Rumores y mentiras" the film


Olive is a young girl that was a normal, but boring, life in the institute to hide her boredom and to make people gossip about her, like her popular best friend Rhiannon.

She invented she had a crazy weekend. The story arrives to one of the most conservative students, the one who started the rumours about promiscuity of Olive. The social networks do the rest.

Olive is amused with this notoriety, but when the lie gets bigger and affects other people; in the end she loses control.

Reporter- Daily Mail

Ten-day-old baby dies after going through entire spin cycle in washing machine

A ten-day-old baby girl died after being placed in a washing machine as it went through an entire spin cycle.
The newborn's mother Lyndsey Fiddler
put her daughter into the washing machine along with a pile of laundry.
The tiny baby was inside the top loading washing machine for up to 40 minutes before being discovered.

Maggie-May Fiddler was inside the top loading washing machine for up to 40 minutes before being discovered

Police have charged Lyndsey Fiddler, pictured, with second degree manslaughter after initially arresting her on drug charges
A relative who called in to see Fiddler found her passed out and the baby, called Maggie May, missing.She also heard a strange sound from the washing machine and when she opened the door found the crumpled body of Maggie mixed in with the clothes.
In a frantic call to emergency dispatchers 26-year-old Fiddler is heard saying :'My baby is dead.'
She can then be heard arguing with her aunt Rhonda Coshatt who is heard on the call saying: 'No I did not kill your baby, you did.'

The gruesome death in Bartlesville, Oklahoma left many of the emergency crews and police who responded to the incident in tears.
A veteran police chief, who has witnessed multiple murders and gangland shootings, said it was
the most tragic crime scene he has ever investigated.






Summary:

This report talks about a mother called Lyndsey Fiddler, and her ten-day-old-baby called Maggie-May Fiddler. The mother put her daughter in the washing machine when she was under the effects of drugs. The baby was in the washing machine for 40 minutes, with a pile of laundry. The Lyndsey’s aunt came to the house, and found the mother on the floor unconscious and she didn’t found the baby.
After, she heard a strange sound from the washing machine and the baby was here. When Lyndsey called the police she said “my baby is dead”, and Rhonda said “No, you kill your baby”. The people who has saw the baby, said that is the most tragic crime scene.


My opinion:

This success it’s very sad, I’m shocked when I read this. When the mother was no longer under the influence of the drugs she was repented of her act, because for a drugs (a stupid thing for me) she killed her baby unintentionally. Now, she had a judice and she is at the prison.



If I was mayor of Castelló d'Empúries

Today I will explain my plans If I was mayor of Castelló. Before, I will explain something about my town.

Castelló d’Empúries is a little town
in l’Alt Empordà with 10.000 inhabitants approximately. The town is 12km from Figueres, the capital of l’Alt Empordà. Castelló, at the moment has many problems, we don’t have money. The lack of money is an important problem, because the council doesn’t organize festivals or activities for the young people. W go out on Sunday afternoon, and all the things are closed, we can’t do anything in the town.

In the Council, between themselves there are problems, they discuss all the time for who has power, many people want to b
e the mayor; but now, it’s my time to become mayor of Castelló.
If I was the mayor, firstly I must to make peace with all the politicians, because it’s very difficult to work with angry people. After that, I would unite all the political parties to talk about the lack money and find solutions for these problems. Later I would organised a meeting with the inhabitants to explain the situation, and the solutions.

And when, the town starts to be in harmony, not a conflicting group.
My first creation f
or the town, If I was mayor would be was to create a place, where we can meet, watch a film with friends, talk about everything, play with other teenagers…

In conclusion, I would to improve the life in this town.

Ignasi






Today I will talk about my little cousin Ignasi. He is 1 year and 2 months now. He was born on the 3rd of September in 2009, at the hospital Santa Creu in Figueres. I saw him when he was only two hours old, it was an amazing experience because he was very little, his fingers were thin and long, and he was very beautiful.
The doctor programmed his birth for 25 of August, one day after me, but he was very happy in the tummy of his mother!

Ignasi has a big brother, called Arnau, but he isn’t my cousin because his parents are divorced and, his father was with my Aunt Sara and have Ignasi. During the
week Ignasi lives in Barcelona, and at the weekend he lives in Roses. I spend the weekend with him because my mother is his good mother.





He is blonde and his eyes are brown. Now he has 4 teeth and he is starting to walk; it’s dangerous because he loves to explore everything.

When I’m with Ignasi, I became a baby too, because we speak like “bah, bu, ooooh” and things lik
e this.
He is very lovely with me, and he always kisses me and hugs me.

In conclusion, I love my little boy 











Some photos about Ignasi and I:
In his baptism


When he was 1 day


One Sunday at my house

Erasmus


Today I will talk about my dream to do Erasmus. In two years, I will start University in Barcelona to study law (I have explained this in the other my-self), and in the second or third year (I have not decided yet) I want to go to another country to study there.

The Erasmus can be from 1 month, 3 moths, 6 months… until one year. In the Erasmus you can go to any country in the EU. I hope to go to Italy or London, because I love these countries and Italian, I think it’s very interesting and romantic. I would love to learn this language. And in London, I could improve my English.

I hope my time will be 6 months, because with 3 months you can’t learn a lot of a new language and the country, and with 1 year it’s too long, I would miss my family and my friends too much. I hope I will go to Erasmus with Andrea.

Andrea hope to go to London, Italy or Paris, but I will convince her to come with me!
In the Erasmus, you can stay at the house of a family or in a flat. If I will go with Andrea I would prefere a flat for both of us, but If I go alone I prefer to stay with a family because I’m a little bit lazy and I don’t want to make the dinner, do the cleaning… hahaha

I hope I can do this travel because it could be an amazing experience in my life, and even better if it’s with my best friend Andrea!


The ugly princess

Once upon a time there was a princess called Yola and she was very very ugly. She was confined in a castle tower. She cried day and night because her love didn’t love her. He was a young prince called Yago that rode every day around the castle. She felt alone and sad because she was only visited by her witch, Diane. She was very old and unhappy and she had a very big wart that Yola hated.

One day Diane saw her sigh and she knew that Yola was in love, but she didn’t know who was her love. Yola told her the story of her love and she begged her a potion to be beautiful. Diane wasn’t agree but she finally accept.

Yola drunk the potion and fell asleep for five days. When she woke up she looked at her mirror and saw that she was beautiful.

Then she was beautiful but she stills in the castle tower because the witch banned go out. However she called the prince from the window of her prison.
Yago saw her beauty and he said:

-Oh my little princess. Why are you confined in this tower? Tell me your name and I will make you free.

-Oh my pretty prince. My name is Yola Berrocal, come and make me free, please.
When the witch saw Yola run away with her love, Yago, she became depressed and died the next day.

Yola was nearly to kiss Yago’s mouth when Diane’s enchantment was broken. She returned to her previous look. She was ugly again Yago was surprised but he also kissed her.

-I’m upset for tell you lies- lamented the princess.

-I don’t care about you look. I love your personality, not your face- said Yago taking her in his arms.

And they lived happily ever after.





Andrea López Nieto and Cristina Malirach Reitg.

Report- The Expess


EMMA WATSON is refusing to get upset over a series of pictures which purportedly show her posing naked - branding the latest fake nude snaps "tiresome".

Images which show the Harry Potter star's head digitally superimposed onto a naked girl's body have reportedly been circulated around the campus of Rhode Island's prestigious Brown University, where she is currently studying for a degree in English Literature.
Watson is said to be seeking out the original fake snap so she can stop it reaching any further, and a representative for the star reveals the actress is growing tired of dealing with so many digitally-doctored pictures.

Her spokesperson tells the Mail on Sunday, "There have been a number of nude fakes over the past two months. Emma has seen them and finds them tiresome. People should know better."

Watson has faced fake nude snaps several times - in May (10) her reps demanded the removal of rude photos from the internet, while a man as spared jail in August (10) after he created digitally-altered pictures of the actress and posted them on the internet.

The express



My opinion:
This report talks about the fake nude photos of Emma Watson, She called them “tiresome”, this means: she was bored of them. Emma denounced the photos and wants to find the original to eliminate it and stop this fake.
In August, a man was avoided jail. The persons who did this, created a digitally-altered pictures.

I think this act of illegally altering photos is a bad thing for famous people, because they invent an idea of their life that is wrong. If this happened to a normal person, this person would have two options: take it like a joke and laugh, or get angry and denounce the creator, because it’s illegal. I want to study law and this case would be very interesting to defend in fallowing years.



Report- The Expess


MILEY CYRUS has been criticised by the head of an international alcohol awareness group after she was allegedly spotted boozing in Spain.

The 17-year-old singer/actress was reportedly photographed drinking beer while partying in Madrid - the legal age to drink in the country is 18, but teenagers as young as 16 are allowed to consume "certain" alcoholic beverages without issue.

Hannah Montana star Cyrus didn't break any laws, according to TMZ.com, but she has been slammed by the boss of the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness.

James E. Copple tells the website Cyrus' actions will encourage other youngsters to engage in "risky behaviour associated with underage alcohol consumption," adding, "The young people that see her as a role model could mimic the same behaviour and as a consequence will go out and become intoxicated, putting their safety at risk."

The express



My opinion:

This report talks about the singer/actress Miley Cyrus, the old Hanna Montana, it states she drinking the last time she was in Spain, and she was 17 years old. The report says that in Spain it’s legal to drink certain alcohol from 16 years old. She was criticised by the head of Alcohol Awareness, because many young people take her as a role model, and here she is not a good influence.

I think the report is false, because the rules says you can’t drink alcohol until 18 years old, and the only said this because they don’t want Miley Cyrus to look bad. If the report was true, then she looked like a normal Spanish girl, but it’s not true! They published this so the young people don’t take her like a model and drink alcohol, when they are adolescents too.


Rowing



MY FAVOURITE SPORT

Today I will write about my favourite sport, this
sport is rowing. They are 2 options for rowing: fixed bench or mobile bench.

I’m in Club Xon’s rem Empuriabrava, and in this club rows with fixed bench.
In the Xon’s team we have the categories of cadets (less than 15 years old, for this year to enter they must have born in the year 1995); juniors (my team and me are in this cat
egory) and finally we have senior masculine and feminin too.

This year, we went to The Catalan championship and we won, and we were classified for the Spanish championship in May in Valencia. We went to Alacant on the 30th of Ma
y (this day was a Friday and we had to miss class).

We arrived at 18:00 and we went to our apartment, we had swimming pool and we used it straight away! After that we had to cooked the dinner, and we laughted so much, because 6 girls in the sam
e kitchen it was a big problem. Saturday morning we went to Vale
ncia’s port to watch the senior’s competitions and we had lunch there. In the afternoon we played at the swimming pool, and we had a very good time with my “Xone’s”! At night we had to rest reposed, because Sunday was the big day, and we went sleep early.

Sunday morning we went to Valencia’s port and competed with 20 others rowing team
s. The rowing competition was very hard, but we were classified in 4th position! We were very happy at this moment. This, was the best rowing weekend for me!

We have training 3 days for week, two hours each day, it’s very hard. Sunny days we go to sea with the boat, but the days it rains we stay at the club and practise ergometre, physical sport!
I started rowing since the May of last year, now I have been rowing for one and a half years, and I notice a change in my body.
I’m so happy to meet the Xon’s people because they are very nice, and the people from others teams in Catalonia. We meet very lovely people, we have rowing friends now.

I hope I can continue rowing for some years, because I love this sport, and obviously my team, the XONE’S (Andrea, Maria, Marta, Mireia, Lydia, Gemma and Núria. They are my rowing ladies.



Today I will talk about the changes we must accept this year.

This year, we started Batxillerat and this is a big change for all. In the class the teacher talks about something and you write the most importan things about that, the things you write will be your notes for study in the exam.

In ESO, the difference is the teacher says the things you must write in your notes f
or study, but now, they don't.

In Batxillerat we are more independent, because to do batxillerat isn't obligatory and it is your desicion, if you don't want to study more, you can go to work with the certificaded of ESO, or you can do professional studies (for example information, technology, nursing, etc.)

Another difference is when you are in ESO, at break time you must stay in the playground, you can't go out, and now in Batxillerat you can go out in the break time to buy your breakfast in the bar "El Punt de Trobada".

In the future, I want to study law in Barcelona.

I think we will enjoy this year, but I don't want more work!

Presentation

Hi teacher, I'm Cristina Malirach Reitg, I've been in your class in 2 ESO :)
This summer, I've been in many rowing competitions with my rowing team, Xon's Rem Empuriabrava, and we've been quarters of the championship in Catalunya. I'm very pround because the last year, we've been sixht. This summer, we went to pubs with friends, too, and we passed very funny moments.
This year, I hope many things how learning, but enjoy too, because we are very friends all the class, and I wish have a good time with the class and with you, obiously!
I create a new blog for this year, I pass you the link in this email.
See you Joan Carles! :)

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Dear teacher,
My name is Cristina Malirach Reitg, and I'm just writing to introduce myself. I'm 16 years old, and I live in Castelló d'Empúries (at the north-east of Catalonia). I'm interesting to comedy films and rowing, because I'm into rowing club in Empuriabrava with my friends. I love rowing, and I hope to continue rowing for many years.

My town is small, but in 10, 11 and 12 of September it's like a big city, because we celebrated the Medievals festival, and we have many people to other towns for look the shows. Every year, we do a Medieval dinner on Friday and I go every year. Saturday and Sunday, we have a market for all the town, but to pay you have to change Euros for "Diners", like gold coins and bronze coins. I like so much Medievals, because it's a party every time!

In this moment, I starting the Social Batxillerat in the high school. I'm studying French, Economy and Maths, and I want to do "law" at the university. So I still two years to decide my future, but now I'm pretty sure to study "law".

So I will go to take a shower, see you tomorrow teacher! Byee :)

My birthday

Hi guys!
Today I will talk about my birthday!
My birthday is the 26th of August, every year obviously! hahaha
This year, 26th of August is a Thursday, and we celebrated the birthday in Friday. Friday I went to Dolce Vita restaurant with my friends to celebred my birthday and Aleix's birthday. I didn't invite Guille because he was on holidays at Valencia, I missed him so much. My family gave me a Guess watch, some money and a necklace and my friends gave two T-shirts, one skirt, a belt and a sock for the mobile. After dinner we went to Síkim Empuriabrava to dance with my friends and had a good time. In the Sikim I met my rowing friend Gemma, and she was a crazy girl and when she saw me, she sreamed! After Sikim, we went to the Saloon (Juan Carlos family's pub). When we were here, I met another friend, Xevi. When the party ends, Andrea went to my house for sleep with me, the party was ends, but the night was very long! At the bed, we talked until 5 o'clock. When they woke up, in the kitchen had "xurros" with chocolate, that's my favourite breakfast. My mother cook 25 "xurros" and we ate all.
This weekend was a happy weekend with my friends, and I passed a really good time becuase finally I was my 16 years old. :)

Interview

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