Television show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is back and how! Firstly, Amitabh Bachchan, who hosted the first two seasons of the show, is back as the host. Secondly, the prize money is whopping Rs 5 crore! Also, the number of questions has been reduced from 15 to 13.

The show will be launched on October 11, which also happens to be Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday. ‘Birthdays come and go. But to get an opportunity to release ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ on my birthday makes me feel really proud. I thank the channel for this and hope the audience find it exciting too,’ said Big B.

A few episodes of the show have already been recorded. It can be recalled that the third season of the show was hosted by Shahrukh Khan.

So, will we see something new this time in KBC? Amitabh said, ‘Even though the basic format remains unchanged, the show will be faster and crispier this time. There will be 12 questions for Rs one crore and the last one would be the jackpot of Rs 5 crore.’

The actor further added, ‘Apart from ‘Phone a friend’ and ‘Audience poll’ lifelines, two new lifelines- ‘Expert help’ and ‘Double Dip’ have bee added. The ’50-50′ lifeline has been removed.’  Source

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will not be performing at the Oct 3 opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), organisers said today.

“Shah Rukh is definitely not performing at the opening ceremony. However, I don`t know if he is planning to attend the event or if he has received any invite from the organising committee. But he is not performing,” Viraf Sarkari, director of Wizcraft International Entertainment, told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

The opening ceremony of the Oct 3-14 mega sports event will be a mélange of Indian dances and songs, said Sarkari. Wizcraft is behind the cultural evening at the event.

Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman will be performing a few songs, apart from the latest version of the CWG anthem. But the Bollywood quotient will take a back seat as India`s cultural heritage will rule the stage on D-day, added Sarkari.

The opening ceremony will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Source

It has been a while since one saw the ravishing and sexy Zeenat Aman on the big screen. She finally makes her comeback into mainstream cinema with Sunjay Sharma’s Dunno Y… Na Jaane Kyun.

Zeenat Aman plays the character of a lady in her late forties, Rebecca who still looks beautiful look and charming. She uses her charisma to woo men into her life who help her cater to the needs of her family. Her entire time and energy is spent on looking good and remaining fit without which she would not stand a chance in the lives of men she wishes to attract.

The role obviously demanded a glamorous persona and Zeenat gave it her all. She went through a strict fitness and diet regime to lose weight and look beautiful.

According to sources,” For the film, she worked on herself for three months before the shoot began. She stuck to yoga and workout regimen for the desired result. To give an example of her seriousness, on the day of her look test, the actress didn’t eat a morsel until she finished the day’s shoot post which she ate steamed idli.” More

Katrina Kaif reveals how important marriage is for her in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan.

In an interview, she states: “I belong to the mindset where having a husband and children are very important. I dream of being married and having kids and living happily ever after.

That’s me. ” But may we remind her that the first step towards realising her dream is admitting she is in a relationship. Source

All set to begin on Oct 3, reality TV’s most controversial show ‘Bigg Boss’ promises to spark fireworks once again. The show that has a reputation of being full of sleaze and betrayal has once again drawn an interesting mix of contestants. And if reports are to be believed then the show’s season 4 has the most conflicting personalities ever seen in a reality show. What’s more is that some participants are hand picked by host Salman Khan.

As per sources, Salman Khan went out of his way to convince yesteryear’s superstar Rajesh Khanna to participate in the show. It can be recalled that last year too, the show makers had approached Rajesh Khanna to be one of the 13 housemates on the show, but the star had snubbed aside the offer. Nevertheless with Sallu approaching the superstar, Rajesh Khanna is finally onboard.

And if you thought this was spicy enough, wait till you go through the rest of the list drawn for the show. As per sources, the line up includes tainted star Shiney Ahuja, one-time wonder Bhagyashree, Salman’s find Sneha Ullal, daily soap queen Shweta Tiwari, Chunky Pandey, Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari, TV actress Sara Khan, ‘Ballika Vadhu’ Avika Gor, singer Shaan, bar dancer Tarannum, ‘Bunty Chor’ Devender Singh and television beauty Simone Singh. Source

He’s inherited genius in his genes. Actor Ranbir Kapoor rings in his 28th birthday on September 28, 2010. The grandson of the late Raj Kapoor and the son of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, has kept the Kapoor tradition alive. And made a name for himself in moviedom within a short span of three years, following his debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’ in 2007.

Ranbir is definitely among the top rung of actors in Bollywood today and this is only the beginning. He has a long way to go and one is sure that he will only get better with time. The best thing about Ranbir is his willingness to try all kinds of roles and push himself.

His debut movie may have been a disaster at the box office, but fate was kind to him as he won the Filmfare for the ‘Best Male Debut’ of the year. He followed this film with his next, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ for the Yash Raj banner in 2008.

The following year saw him in three films, each as different from the other as chalk and cheese. Films like Ayan Mukherjee’s ‘Wake Up Sid’, Shimit Amin’s ‘Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year’ and Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’. If the first two films got him a lot of critical acclaim, the last was a huge commercial success. More

Bollywood’s hot couple Bipasha Basu and John Abraham are going great with their relationship since last nine years. They survived all their alleged relationship with their respective co-stars and after all the ups and downs they have remained a strong a hot couple of Bollywood.

But, this October 15, the couple will go through an ‘acid test’! Well, there is nothing personal about it. Actually, on this particular day, both the actors are going to have their latest releases. Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgn starrer movie Aakrosh, which is based on honor killings in the state of Haryana, was set to hit the theaters on October 1.

But, the release date of the film by director Priyadarshan got delayed due to the Ayodhya verdict. Now, it will release on the same day with John starrer movie Jhoota Hi Sahi which is produced by Abbas Tyrewala and is a debut film for his wife Pakhi Tyrewala.

The couple will face sheer competition at the Box Office for the first time in their nine year long career in the industry. More

Sonakshi Sinha, the girl who did her debut with the super hit film Dabangg opposite Salman Khan will never forget Bangalore. Sonakshi was the show stopper for designer Gavin Miguel fashion show hosted in Bangalore.

The designer who is best known for his gown collections gave Shatrugan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi a golden gown which had intricate and delicate embroideries. But to everyone’s surprise the show stopper of the day instead of stopping the show gave it a kick start. The actress stumbled on the ramp as soon as she entered the stage. Alison Woddham who had Choreographed the show for Gavin revealed that after three steps she was supposed to pull up her gown to climb down the stairs, which she skipped and thus ended up tripped on her outfit. The actress was very upset when she left the stage and even screamed at one of the organisers for not reminding her about the stairs.

But! dear Sonakshi don’t you think rehearsing was what was missing from your act.

The actress was very embarrassed and so was the designer. This is the first time that a show-stopper fell on the ramp. But the Bangalore audience were very much forgiving and sporting. They started applauding and cheering for the actress to boost up her confidence. The actress was soon back on her feet. She then walked down the ramp adorning a smile mixed with little bit of nervousness. Source

Manish Malhotra has roped in the world beauty Aishwarya Bachchan as his showstopper at the HDIL India Couture Week next month. Manish’s show will mark the opening of the fashion extravaganza, at 8 pm on October 6 at the Grand Hyatt.

Reveals Manish in a micro blogging site, “Beautiful Aishwarya is going to be the show stopper at my couture week show.” He added that emerald and green is the main color of his collections in the Couture Fashion week.

Manish confirms that it will be 55 out-fit couture show with 55 models adorning one look each and Ash will be seen at the end of the show as a contemporary bride. He added that his collections will have traditional embroidery and fabrics, but the silhouettes will give the wears a modern outlook.

Last week Manish showcased his spectacular collection at the Lakhme Fashion Week. Bollywood actresses like Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Ameesha Patel and Urmila Matondkar were present in the fashion show to cheer for their dear friend Manish. Source

Dia Mirza is biting her nails for being supplied with contaminated water in her building and is keeping fingers crossed that the press might help in bringing appropriate action for the same.

“Media showed up at the building to do a story on water contamination. For once it was my neighbours facing the camera and not me… If this media attention results in action, I will be very happy! It is really scary the kind of water we are being supplied with (sic),” she tweeted. Source

Akshay Kumar, who is the brand ambassador of Special Olympics Bharat, is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that Salman and Shah Rukh come together and wholeheartedly support the project.
Apparently, Akshay is approaching all the A-list stars, including Salman and Shah Rukh to join hands and spread the concern about child disability.

Confirming to a news daily, a source said, “Akshay has been very close to Salman for a long time now and very recently he buried differences with Shah Rukh. Akki has walked for Salman for his Being Human initiative and it is unlikely that Salman won`t help his friend. Akki and SRK has been bonding big time recently and their wives are also very thick. SRK has also silently supported many causes and he is expected to give his nod to this too.”

“With them giving a confirmation to Akki, it would mean that for the first time after their quarrel and fall-out they would be involved in a project together. That itself is a big achievement for Akshay as it looks unlikely that SRK and Salman would ever share silver screen space again,” added the source. More

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been named global brand ambassador of Kingdom of Dreams, an entertainment arena in Gurgaon, which will showcase Bollywood Musicals and boasts of an elaborate arts and food boulevard. Playing now at the theater is Zangoora-The Gypsy Prince, a lavish musical set to the music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and with a story by Javed Akhtar. The actor was at the launch of this Nautanki Mahal and reminisces about the days he acted in plays in Delhi. He says he would love to go back on stage to perform in front of a live audience.

“I started my career from theatre and later went on to acting in television and then films. We used to perform plays at Kamani Auditorium, which was at that time considered to be one of the biggest theatres. If given a chance I would love to go back to the stage and perform in front of a live audience. I love to interact with people.”

He added: “I would just like to say that whatever we do in theatre, it should not be considered secondary or taken lightly. We need to give at least six to seven months and produce a quality product. In the West, films actors completely dedicate themselves to theatre whenever they get a chance to perform. We need to have the same dedication here also.”

Who knows, we might see King Khan back in his theatre avatar one day. Source