Bollywood shines at Shreyas Talpade birthday bash

There was double reason for Shreyas Talpade to celebrate at Kino Cottage amidst the glamour and glitter of Bollywood fraternity and media. The occasion was his birthday as well as the pre-release party of his original debut film “The Hangman’. The party was thrown in by his better half Deepti Talpade along with producer of “The Hangman’ Bipin Patel.

Among the eminent Bollywood beauties attending the party were Amrita Rao in a tiny strapless black dress, gorgeous Mugdha Godse and Celina Jaitley in jeans and boots. The other attendees of the party were Suniel Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Sohail Khan, David Dhawan, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Javed Jaffrey, Rohit Shetty, Vatsal Sheth, Vikram Chopra and Piyu Sheth. The party went on till wee hours with the guests dancing the night away.

Abhi-Ash at Boman Irani’s 25 wedding anniversary bash

Boman Irani is one actor who has gathered praise and critical acclaim from all and sundry alike for his acting skills. So, when the very talented actor threw a bash to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary, all his well-wishers made it a point to turn up and brighten up the evening. Among all the guests, the couple who made its presence felt was the Junior Bachchan along with his pretty wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The Iranis served delicious Parsi food for the guests and the party was a big success.

Boman is currently busy with his next movie in which he is set to play a character not too different from Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. The comedy “Fruit and Nut” tells the story of Harry Holkar, an aging Maharaja of Mumbai who lives in a mansion with young, sexy ladies.

Check out the pics from the event.

Aamir Khan & A R Rahman chosen for Padma Bhushan

The most prestigious civilian awards, the Padma awards 2010, have been announced and Bollywood has indeed made its presence felt here too. Of the total 130 awardees, 6 are Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan, and 81 Padma Shri. The award winners include Ilayaraja, Aamir Khan and AR Rahman for Padma Bhushan, and Rekha, Arundhati Nag, Resul Pokutty and Saif Ali Khan for Padma Shri.

Aamir Khan, who at present is in the US for the Sundance Film Festival, said it was “wonderful” to be chosen for the honour and thanked his fans and well wishers for their support.

He expressed his joy saying, “The first thing that comes to my mind is my mother’s smiling face. This has been a good day for me. My film ‘Peepli Live’ gets superb response at the Sundance Film Festival and then I receive this wonderful news of getting Padma Bhushan. I wish I was back home right now.”

Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra bags the best actress national award for ‘Fashion’

The 56th National Film Awards on Saturday, handed over as many as 13 awards to Bollywood. However, the Bengali film ‘Antaheen’ stole the show by winning the best feature film award and three more awards.
Priyanka Chopra bagged in the best actress award and Kangana Ranaut got the best supporting actress honour, both for Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’. Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Rock On’ got the best Hindi film award and actor Arjun Rampal won the best supporting actor award for the same film.

The Indira Gandhi award for the Best debut film of a director went to Neeraj Pandey’s ‘A Wednesday’, Yash Raj Films’ ‘Roadside Romeo’ bagged award in the best animation film category. Dibakar Banerjee’s satirical ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ was awarded the best popular film award.

The award for best direction has gone to Bala for Tamil film Naan Kadauul, while the best actor is Upendra Limaye for Marathi film Jogva.

Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta for IPL auctions

IPL Season 3 will be held in India during the months of March, April and May. Though there is a lot of hullaboo over banning Pakistani players from playing IPL, Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta, the respective owners of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have successfully gone through the auctions in Mumabi.

Later, they also attended the press conference in Mumbai. IPL commissioner took the seat between Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty. During the event, Shilpa greets business tycoon and owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Vijay Mallya. Present on the occasion were also Tina Ambani for Mumbai Indians. Check out the pics from the event.

Neha Dhupia goes topless to save environment

Sexy Neha Dhupia may be missing from limelight for quite sometime now, but that in no way means that the lady is sitting back. She is very much active and involved. This time she has decided to go bold and topless for the environment.

She has appeared in different avatars of the elements of nature in a calendar which is a part of a Go Green Initiative launched by Franchise India Holdings Ltd. Ace photographer Jatin Kampani has successfully brought out the sensuality of Neha.

Neha is very happy that she has done her bit for the environment and says, “I grabbed this opportunity of making people aware of today’s need to protect the environment. This initiative is very close to my heart”

Deepika Padukone unveils Kingfisher Swimsuit 2010 Calendar

Deepika Padukone has created stirs when she was a part of the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar in 2006. Now, this Sunday, the actress unveiled the 2010 edition of Kingfisher’s swimsuit special calendar and she is very proud of it. She says, “In the beginning of my career, I was a part of the calendar and it’s becoming better every year. Girls in this calendar have done a fantastic job. It’s of international standards and it’s one of the best calendars in the world.”

“I am very proud of 2010 edition of the Kingfisher swimsuit special,” said Vijay Mallya, UB group chairman, adding that the calendar has given an opportunity to many young models from India and the world, and he hoped to continue the trend.

This year, noted photographer Atul Kasbekar has taken the photographs for the calendar which will feature five stunning models and has been shot in the exotic locales of Soneva Fushi and Soneva Gili at Six Senses resort in Maldives. The calendar will be launched in January 2010 in Mumbai.

The 16th annual Nokia Star Screen Awards

The 16th annual Nokia Star Screen Awards was held with usual glamour and glitter. Amitabh Bachchan won the award for best actor for his latest film “Paa”, and Vidya Balan won the best actress award for ‘Paa’ again. Best director award was won by Rajkumar Hirani and the best screenplay award was won by Abhijit Joshi each for the film “3 Idiots” which won the best film award.

The best female singer award was won by Kavita Sethi for her song “Ek tara” from “Wake Up Sid”, and the best male singer award was won by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for “Aaj din chadeya” from movie “Love Aaj Kal”. Imitiaz Ali bagged the best story award for “Love Aaj Kal”. A.R. Rahman won the best music award for “Delhi 6?.

The award for the best performance in a comic role went to Omi Vaidya for “3 Idiots”, while the award for the best actor in a negative role went to Boman Irani for “3 idiots”.

‘3 Idiots’ was undoubtedly the star of the ceremony as it bagged the awards in most of the categories. Check out the stars as they dazzle in the Star Screen Awards 2010.

Sonam Kapoor at ‘Anant’ jewellery event

Sonam Kapoor graced the event on 2nd January 2010 when Rio Tinto announced the winners for their month long contest among 24 retail outlets of Anant in Bangalore and 197 retail outlets across India in December 2009 across 13 regions. C. Krishnaih Chetty & Sons was declared the All India Winner with Davanam Jewellers, Commercial Street & Reliance Jewels declared the regional winners for this contest.
Mr. Rajiv Jain, Vice-Chairman, GJEPC, said, “We are overwhelmed with the support and the participation that we have got from our retailers. I congratulate C.K.C. for their exemplary efforts and their belief in GJEPC’s efforts to boost the industry in India.”
Lovely Sonam Kapoor, who is the brand ambassador for the brand, said, “I love diamonds, and I think it’s a thing of beauty that every girl would look forward to. I am here to promote the whole event.”
Talking about her fascination for the city of Bangalore, Zarine said, “I think it’s a lovely place. I love the weather, something that makes this place really different from the others. I love the food too; people are equally great. But, I am just too new to the city to comment a lot about it. I haven’t come here a lot of times. But I look forward to coming here more. I love this city.”

Max Stardust Awards 2010

Hosted by Vivek Oberoi and very pretty Diya Mirza, the Max Stardust Awards show 2010 took place amidst much glamour and glitter witnessing the presence of who’s who of Bollywood. Adding to the attraction were dazzling performances from the likes of Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan among others. The list of the winners in various categories are:

Superstar Of Tomorrow - Male
Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Breakthrough Performance – Male
Abhimanyu Singh – Gulaal

Breakthrough Performance - Female
Shahana Goswami – Firaaq

Hottest Film Of The Year
Love Aaj Kal

Hottest New Director
Ayaan Mukherjee – Wake Up Sid

Exciting New Face
Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin

Best Actress
Preity Zinta – Videsh

Best Film
Chintuji

Best Director
Ranjit Kapoor – Chintuji

READERS CHOICE AWARDS

Dream Director
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal

Best Film Of The Year – Comedy
All The Best

Best Film Of The Year – Action / Thriller
Wanted

Best Film Of The Year – Drama
3 Idiots

Star Of The Year – Male
Amitabh Bachchan – Paa

Star Of The Year – Female
Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan & 3 Idiots

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Abhishek Bachchan – Paa

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Kirron Kher – Kurbaan

Best Actor In A Comedy Role
Ajay Devgn – All The Best

Best Actor – Popular
Akshay Kumar – Blue

Best Actress – Popular
Katrina Kaif – New York, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Bollywood stars at Louis Vuitton store launch

Freida Pinto, who was greeted warmly by Yves Carcelle, the brand’s chairman and CEO, was seen pretty in a knee length salmon dress from LV’s special customized archive collection. Kangana Ranaut and Genelia D’souza were seen sporting a fringe. Black was the choice not only for sexy Malaika Arora Khan’s short dress but also for for Lara Dutta, Dia Mirza, Preity Zinta, Deepika Padukone, Mehr Rampal and Neelam Kothari. Also present were sisters Shilpa and Shamita Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Dino Morea, Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Kapoor, Diandra Soares, Nina Manuel, Nethra Raghuraman, Carol Gracias, Binal Trivedi and Bhavna Sharma.