Exclusive News : Priyanka Sang at a Charity Function

July 22, 2007 - Actress Priyanka Chopra sang today at a Charity Function in Mumbai this evening along with her dad.

Priyanka Chopra has been found singing in many bollywood movies but that done with the help of playback singers. It was the first time when Priyanka sang before the entire audience and people simply loved with the lyrics of the song

" bar bar mujhe kyon .. satati tumhari yaad kyon ? "

To join Priyanka was her Dad, who song to some classical numbers which included the famous song " ab tumhare hawale watan sathiyo "

Watching Priyanka Chopra sing may inspire many music directors to turn this model turned actress to a singer some day and we gotta wait and watch till it happens.

Shilpa Shetty getting married?

Shilpa Shetty's mother, Sunanda, has made no secret of her desire for her daughter to find a suitable match - and now her prayers may just have been answered.

According to sources the 32-year-old Celebrity Big Brother bombshell has found love with one of Britain's Asian entrepreneurs - self-made millionaire Raj Kundra, 30. London-born Kundra, the son of a gold and diamond trader, has made a £6 million fortune in fashion, diamonds and film.

He is reportedly into film financing. He had put his money in a film called Mere Jeevan Saathi was much delayed and sank at the box-office.

The film It Could Be You, with Naseeruddin Shah and Kirron Kher, has the name of Kundra's wife Kavita as producer.

The Kundras recently had a baby girl but if sources are to be believed, Raj and Kavita are heading for an expensive divorce.

Raj was seen escorting Shilpa at the IIFA awards in Yorkshire some weeks ago and also the man behind Shilpa's new perfume, S2, and the couple began their fragrant affair last month while working on the scent.

Kareena Kapoor joins Ash's league

Kareena Kapoor will be part of three films to be made by production house Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision.

Just days after her beau Shahid Kapur signed a two-film deal with UTV, Bebo has clinched a three-film deal with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision for which she will reportedly be paid Rs 6 crore.

If the amount reported is correct then this deal puts Kareena in the league of top Bollywood heroines with an acting fee approximating Rs. 2 crore per film. Only Aishwarya Rai is the other Bollywood actress who gets as much amount.

As per the deal, Kareena will act in three films to be made under the banner of Shree Ashtavinayak over the period of two years.

The first of these films will be the sequel to comedy ‘Golmaal’. The sequel, appropriately titled ‘Golmaal Returns’, will feature Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade and Tusshar Kapoor.

The three-film deal does not include the movie with director Imtiaz Ali for which Kareena has been shooting lately with boyfriend Shahid. The deal suddenly puts Kareena in the thick of action after a long hiatus.

The shooting of ‘Golmaal Returns’ will begin in November in Dubai.

Priyanka: Ugly side of fashion

Before becoming Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000 Priyanka had walked the ramp as a model and that made her a great choice for Madhur Bhandarkar's next project that dwells on the darker side of a career in modeling.

The film titled, ‘Fashion Show: The Ugly Side of Beautiful People’, is being bankrolled by UTV with whom Priyanka recently signed a three-film contract worth Rs.4 to 5 crore. Also in the film is Kangana Ranaut, who has the looks and demeanor of a model and with whom UTV has a similar three film contract.

Under the UTV contract both Priyanka and Kangana enjoy artistic freedom and the two decided to sign up only because they felt the roles suited them well. Many supermodels are also expected to feature in the film though Priyanka Chopra will play the lead.

Madhur Bhandarkar, who has so far done low budget critically acclaimed films like ‘Chandni Bar’, ‘Page 3’, ‘Corporate’ and ‘Traffic Signal’ in the recent past, is venturing into the big league with Fashion which is budgeted at Rs 20 crore.

Madhur has yet to finish the first screen play and is understandably reluctant to talk about the cast or the roles. The film is expected to hit the floors on September 15 and lavish runways are being erected at Nitin Desai's Studios in Karjat.

Rohit Bal has been signed up as the fashion consultant for the film and will also make a special appearance in the film.

Bipasha & Saif's Racy Love scene!

Not in real life but for their forthcoming film ‘Race’, Bipasha Basu and Saif Ali Khan will be getting intimate for a lovemaking scene.

The Saif and Bipasha friendship has been making headlines of late. Bips has often been spotted with Saif at parties, social dos and restaurants. In fact, their growing proximity has fueled the speculation of a possible rift between Bipasha and her boyfriend John Abraham.

Now, the latest dope on Bips and Saif is that they will be seen enacting a passionate lovemaking scene in director duo Abbas-Mastan’s next thriller ‘Race’. The scene will be part of a song in the film.

While sources at TIPS (film’s producers) say the scene is yet to be shot, there are some media reports that allege that the scene has already been shot in relative secrecy.

According to reports, the sequence was recently shot at a studio in Goregaon East. During this intimate scene between Saif and Bipasha, everybody in the unit, except a few technicians, was asked to leave the sets.

If this is true, then it is obviously understandable that the lovemaking scene was very steamy.

Tips Films, the producers of Race, intend to use the risqué scenes extensively as part of the promos for the film.

Ramesh Taurani from Tips Films says: "Yes it is true that we have very hot scenes featuring Saif and Bipasha, which are part of a song."

Race is a thriller set in South Africa which features Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif.

Top 10 Bollywood Actresses Who Give Jessica Alba a Run for Her Money

The name “Jessica Alba” is not alien to people who know even a little about Hollywood. This American actress has already created a sensation with her hot and bold performance in movies such as “Dark Angel”, “Sin City” and “Idle Hands”. She is considered as a Sex Kitten because of the parts she played in all her movies.

However, there are a few Bollywood stars who really give Jessica a run for her money. They are hot, bold and gorgeous. Within a short period, they have taken the Bollywood by storm. These hot babes are most sought-after in the Hindi Film Industry today. Not surprisingly, some of them already got the ticket to Hollywood. We have listed the 10 top Bollywood actresses who are equated at par with Jessica Alba, the Hollywood “sex bomb”.

1. Jiah Khan

She has just one movie, ‘Nishabd’ to her credit and the industry is already ga-ga over the oozing bubbling beauty of Jiah Khan who was born in the year 1987 in New York and brought up in London. She has been brought up single-handedly by her mother Rabia, who is originally from Lucknow. Nishabd saw Jiah’s sensuous and sexy side and there is no denying to the fact that the girl has ample oomph appeal which is going to sweep Bollywood off its feet in the years to com. However, the gal says that it is her sexy jewelry i.e. a long chain round her neck which makes her appear hot and sensational.

2. Mallika Sherawat

She knows how to stay in news. Mallika Sherawat, formerly Reema Lamba, shocked Bollywood with her first film itself, giving as many as seventeen lip locks in the film. Bold in her clothes as well as in her candid talks, the actress has a body which she loves to flaunt. Hailing from Haryana she has a no. of films to her credit ranging from ‘Khwahish’. ‘Murder’, ‘Kis Kis Ki Kismat’, ‘Pyar Ke Side Effects’, Hollywood’s ‘The Myth’ and many more. With the image of a sex siren, noticed and criticized by one and many, Mallika had no qualms about any comment that come her way. Mallika sherawat always takes them as a compliment.

3. Aishwarya Rai

Born into a traditional South Indian family Aishwarya Rai popularly called as ‘Ash’ is one of Bollywood’s pre-eminent leading ladies. Her fanfare stretches from India to abroad. The lady has the looks and a body which can make any man weak in his knees. Though she has given many performances like ‘Devdas’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Devdas’, etc. her hottest side was revealed with the flick ‘Dhoom 2’ where she looked stunningly beautiful and dead hot.

4. Sherlyn Chopra

What’s in a name said Shakespeare and how right he was. Does it matter whether it’s Mona, Maneka, or Sherlyn chopra as long as it is the same person and the person happens to be a sex bomb to rival Mallika. Talking about Sherlyn Chopra, the girl is the latest sex kitten of Bollywood giving an ample show of her skin in films like Dosti – Friends Forever, Timepass, and Naughty Boy with Rahul Roy. Though the films bombed at the box office the girl has not lost her confidence level and with the great body which she not at all keen to hide, she is no doubt a strong contender to any sexy babe of Bollywood.

5. Bipasha Basu

This light eyed, 5’8” high, dusky colored Bengali beauty started modeling at a very young age. She won the Ford Supermodel of the World contest at the age of seventeen; she was also named Tulips Miss Super Vivacious. She is consistently ranked as Asia’s sexiest women. The bong bombeshell appeared in the controversial film “Jism” where Bipasha together with John gave quite a hot and sizzling performance. The film marked the duo as sex symbols. Bipasha Basu following her image did quite a lot of hot and teasing roles in films like No Entry, Phir Hera Pheri, Omkara, Dhoom 2 etc.

6. Tanushree Dutta

Born on 19th March 1985, the Bengali beauty Tanushree Dutta is the latest heartthrob of Indian Film fans and a hot Bollywood property. She gave a sizzling performance in her hit film Aashiq Banaya Aapne. The movie made her a sensation in Bollywood. Her hot and sizzling role established her as a sex bomb of Bollywood. However, these days Tanushree has started saying that she is not very comfortable in the revealing roles. Whatever be the truth, Tanushree has undoubtedly the x-factor which rightly puts her into the category of one of the sexiest babes of Bollywood.

7. Rakhi Sawant

Known as the item girl of Bollywood, Rakhi Sawant is controversy’s favorite child. The industry acknowledged this sex bomb with her rocking performance in ‘Pardesia’ video. The there was no looking back was Rakhi. She knows she is sexy, she knows she is sensuous and she has no inhibitions about being called a sex bomb. She has done roles in keeping with her image in movies like “Kurukshetra”, “Om”, “Main Hoon Na”, “Mumbai Express”, “Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena” and “Malamal Weekly”. Be it the obscenity charges for her gestures and skimpy costume at a stage show or her much publicized kiss with Mika she has always given ample masala for gossip columns.

8. Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman was truly the first sex bomb of Bollywood. Aman’s sultry persona was a contrast to many of the more conservative stars of the era. At a time when heroines were obedient wives and lovers on screen, Aman was drawn to more unique roles - she was cast as the opportunist who deserts her jobless lover for a millionaire (Roti Kapda Aur Makaan), the ambitious girl who considers aborting her baby to pursue a career (Ajnabee), the happy hooker (Manoranjan), the disenchanted hippie (Hare Rama Hare Krishna), the girl who falls in love with her mother’s one-time lover (Prem Shastra), and a woman married to a caustic cripple but involved in an extramarital relationship (Dhund). Jeenat Aman will always be remebered for her exposing roles in ‘Satyam Shivam Sundraram’ and ‘Qurbani’.

9. Helen

The unmatched and uninhibited elasticity of Helen’s dance numbers was one and the only one of itself. The vamp of Bollywood oozing sex appeal not only with her body but also with her eyes known for her performances in cabaret numbers. Born on October 21, 1939 in Burma, Helen has an uncountable number of movies to her credit, some of them being Shaan, Kachche Heere, Aansoo Bane Angaray, Ram Balram, Bulundi, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha, Shararat, Mohabbatein, Khamoshi: The Musical, Bombay 405 Miles, Pakhandi, Naya Bakra, Daulat Ke Dushman, Bhula Na Dena, Dostana, Abdullah, Aakhri Sanghursh.

10. Nigar Khan
Nigar Khan, Norwegian born sex bomb, keeps hopping back into limelight time and again. Starting with skimpy music video of chadati jawani, topless appearances and her deportation from India, she shot to fame with her scantily clad appearance in the ‘Chadti Jawani’ remix video and numbers in the movies Rudraksh and Shaadi Ka Laddoo. Negar took part in the film Double Cross, in which she plays a pole dancer. Negar Khan achieved controversy for having posed topless on the cover of leading Norwegian men’s magazine Vi Menn althoug she denied it, saying that the picture was morphed.

Tanushree Dutta ? Sizzling Hot and Back into shape

After being crowned Miss India in the year 2004 Tanushree Dutta's career dice started rolling non-stop! But with more and more films coming her way Tanushree started ignoring herself and concentrating just on her career. Result – She put on frightening kilos that spoilt her lithe figure and stopped taking care of her diet which started ruining her health. The industry saw a chubbier Tanushree in between but she is now back into shape and sizzling hot as ever....

Tanushree shares with us the story of how she got back into shape... "At one point, I had too many things in my platter. I committed myself to too many projects as a result of which I had to work two to three shifts a day sometimes. It was easy to get undisciplined. I became lazy. I stopped taking care of my diet. I had also put on some weight. This is when I realised I needed to put a stop to all this and get more disciplined in life. I have worked quite hard at it and am now very happy to be back into shape. I have also worked on my look, makeup and approach. I have changed my image completely.

After Raqeeb and Good Boy Bad Boy I felt I needed to give myself an image makeover. I am back in track now; I have learnt to balance my professional and personal life effectively," she says.

-Sanskriti Media