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I Owe my Success to Cabbies & Autowalahs: Himesh
Himesh Reshammiya has decided to go a step further to keep up his hero status with the people who made him famous as an actor andsinger - the cabbies and the auto rickshaw walas.
You may find autowalahs putting up posters of Himesh inside their autos and playing his music on their terrible music system all through your tragic journey.
Himesh Reshammiya’s next movie as a hero is releasing on October 17th and before that he plans to have a contest.
Says a source in T-Series, “Himesh has always had a huge fan following among the rickshaw and cab drivers. They love him, his songs and consider him to be their hero. For his debut film, Aap Kaa Surroor too, the singer-turned-actor had done his bit for his large fan 
following. He shot the climax scene with three rickshaw drivers. This time, Himesh has conceptualised an all-India event for the cabbie and auto drivers. The drivers will have to submit a Xerox of their ID with their entry forms.”
Himesh is also very excited about all this -
“I owe my success to all my cabbie and auto driver brothers all over
This way one day Himesh will end up like Mithun Chakraborty. Because if doesn’t stop singing in his own songs people will be too disgusted to see him in his films. And his fan following will be solely restricted to Auto rickshaw walas.
Do Something About That Himesh!
Amrita Rao Gets Into The Skin of Kamala!
Actresses only dream of working with a director like Shyam Benegal and Amrita has got lucky enough to bag a vital role in Benegal’s first comedy ever - Welcome To Sajjanpur.
I am super duper excited [laughs]. Being a part of a Shyam Benegal movie is a
Then, of course, I saw Zubeidaa when I was studying and it is one I still count among my favourite films. So when Shyamji called me for this role, I didn`t ask him any questions—I just said yes to the film. Because I so wanted to be on board under his direction.
“I play the character of Kamala in the film”, she explains. She is illiterate and cannot read or write. She plays a potter and it`s a very rustic, earthy, rural Indian character. Sajjanpur is her world, she cannot see beyond it because she has never ventured out,” says Amrita.
And Amrita has worked quite hard to get into the skin of her character. She dressed down as a simple village belle in ghagra cholis, her character had to look darker so she wore makeup that would make her look darker than she is, she also had to learn pottery because her character makes pottery for a living. And adding another feat to this long list is that Amrita along with other actors tried hard to learn the Bagelkhandi dialect of Hindi.
We hope this movie takes Amrita to new heights as an actress.
Minissha Goes Places With Currents!
Not only the positive currents of fame and appreciation are taking this petite babe to places also she literally went places with the ocean currents.
During the shooting of Kidnap in
The entire crew panicked as she wasn’t anywhere in the frame because with the underwater currents she was pushed about 2 kilometers away from the coastline and the water babe was blissfully unaware of the situation.
It took the crew of Kidnap a good ten minutes to finally spot the Minissha in the see before they finally sent speedboat to get her back her immediately!
Director Sanjay Gadhvi confirmed the news. “It was scary to say the least but all’s well that ends well!” he remarked.
Kidnap would be a grand Eid attraction as it is releasing on 1st Oct.
Is Lara Dutta Seeing Dino Morea?
Lara Dutta, who is currently single after recently splitting from her boyfriend of nine-years Kelly Dorjee, has her eyes set on Dino Morea. The couple have been spotted visiting an art gallery and a cinema together recently along with a few other places. But Lara still doesn’t want to admit whats brewing between the two.
Says Lara, “I hang out with Dino, I’m not denying that. He lives two streets away and we go out together. But until I have a huge rock on my finger, I’m not married. I’ve come out of a really long relationship with Kelly Dorje and I’m not willing or ready to make any sort of commitment. I was in a committed live-in relationship with Kelly. Right now, I’m not looking for more of that. At the moment, I’m having fun because I’m young. Dino and I have known each other forever. We used to hang around in a group that also included Bipasha. However if a 10-carat rock is offered to me, we’ll see.”
Riya Sen Gets Professional In Fever!
Riya Sen, who wasn’t otherwise quite professional with her work, has had a sudden fit of professionalism. Perhaps it has something to do with the big banners and directors she is working for.
She had been continuously shooting for Rituparno Ghosh’s Abohoman and a short film directed by students of Subhash Ghai’s film school. Hectic schedules took a toll over Riya’s health and she fell sick with 102 degree fever.
But she co-operated with the students because they had a limited budget and time constraints. She kept shooting despite her fever.
Now wouldn’t I call that a fit of professionalism. Of course I would!
Salman is the Handsomest says Sonal Chauhan!
Sonal Chauhan of Jannat fame is really crazy about the two Khans of the industry. Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.
And she has her own reasons as to why she likes them. She says,
“Salman Khan is the best looking man in the film industry. There’s something special about him. I love the rawness that he carries with himself.”
On the other hand she appreciates Aamir for the bundle of talent that he is,“Aamir Khan is the most talented actor in the film industry. Coupled with hardwork and luck, Aamir has reached great heights. He is someone aspiring actors can look upto. He is also handled his career with perfect acumen.”
Fair Enough Sonal… but that I don’t think is gonna fetch you a good role in any of the Khan’s film.
20th September 2008
Aishwarya Rai all set to sing
Aishwarya Rai is known as the world’s most beautiful woman, but going by this rumor she would soon be known as the world’s most beautiful singer too.
Ash is all set to play a classical singer in Mani Ratnam’s next flick, Raavan. The film is based on Ramayana.
A source says, Aishwarya will be learning classical singing for this role. Ideally, she’d like to sing all her songs in Raavan, herself. She’s a very good singer in real life. But not good enough to sing classical songs on screen with aplomb. So, like Shabana Azmi in Morning Raga Aishwarya intends to take lessons in how to look convincing as a singer. She’ll be regularly taking lessons in classical singing from a guru.”
Aishwarya Rai is planning to watch sasu-ma’s Abhimaan to take some hints from her, “She wants to make sure she doesn’t goof up in the scenes in which she’ll be singing on screen,” adds the source.
The source further adds, “Ash was in any case planning to see Abhimaan again because Rajiv Menon is remaking Abhimaan with her and Abhishek in the lead role.Now, she’ll be observing her mother-in-law even more closely to take tips on how to look convincing as a singer.”
What do you guys think? Will Aishwarya Rai do justice to the role of a singer.
Kareena plans to build school for handicapped kids
Kareena Kapoor doesn’t only have a yoga school in her pipeline, but she is also planning to start a school for handicapped and underprivileged kids, in collaboration with sister Karisma Kapoor.
When asked about the same, Kareena said, , “I am uncomfortable talking about such things. I feel it’s best to talk when the time is right and they happen. Lolo and I have plans some of building a school for underprivileged and handicapped children. We have such schools all over but we need to have specially equipped ones with people fully qualified to take care of the children and their special needs. It’s been a dream for both of us to have such a school but these are plans which will take shape much later — all in good time.”