Asin entered Bollywood with one of the biggest blockbusters Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan but after that she did only one film (London Dreams) and seems to have gotten lost in oblivion. If you too are wondering what Asin is up to, you’re in for a surprise. For the first time, Asin will shed h er inhibitions and be seen sporting swimwear in Sajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull 2.

A source told Mumbai Mirror, “The whole idea was to make her undergo the same transformation that Aishwarya Rai underwent for Dhoom 2.”

Buzz is that Aki Narula, who designed for Ash in Dhoom 2, will design for Asin. She will, reportedly, be seen in sizzling swimwear and sexy sarongs.

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala confirmed the news and told the tabloid, “Yes it is. The film will be shot at places like Italy and Greece and such costumes are necessary for this script.”

Even Sajid Khan was all praise for the south superstar, “I am very excited about working with Asin; not only is she a very good actor and dancer but also a superstar in the south. Our script demanded her in a new look, which will surprise the audience completely.” Source

Tennis-star Mahesh Bhupati and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta exchanged wedding vows in Victorian style at the sunset point of the erstwhile Portuguese fort of Aguada near here on Saturday.

“We had a memorable time at the wedding. Looking forward to the rest of our lives together,” the celebrity couple said in their message after the wedding.

Bhupati, 36, and Lara, 32, had a specially decorated shamiana set up for them on the premises of a five-star hotel near the Candolim beach on the 16th century fort.

The wedding was out of bounds for the media, but sources said it was a grand affair.

Lara, a former Miss Universe, wore a white gown while Mahesh was in a black suit, the sources said. More

Sonakshi Sinha has just started her film career as Rajo, Chulbul Pandey’s love interest. Starring opposite Salman Khan, she has made a dream debut in Bollywood. This stunning lass, poses a stiff competition to the other actresses of B-Town. Ruling the hearts of her numerous admirers, she has got a sexy curvy body to be envious of. Salman Khan who is adept in the art of discovering beautiful new faces, approached Shatrughan Sinha, to ask permission for casting Sonakshi in Dabangg.

But things were not this smooth for Sonakshi as it appears, when she was a student of fashion designing and weighed 90 kilos. Her family and she herself could never think that she would be a heroine in the days to come. But she left no stones unturned to lose her extra 30 kilos to get back into shape. Mentor Salman Khan made sure she was on a strict diet and spent couple of hours working out regularly at the gym. She was given a high protein-low carbohydrate diet and cardio, weight training, spinning, squats, running was included in her fitness regime.

Sonakshi’s transformation from a plump girl next door to a toned up gorgeous Hollywood diva, reveals nobody is perfect. But perfection is achievable, if one is tenacious and hard working. Source

Many Bollywood stars, including Akshay Kumar and Bipasha Basu, cheered for the Indian cricket team in the World Cup 2011. “Big day today! India will win for sure! Wishing Mahi n his team to do the magic:) We want the Cup!!! Let’s cheer for them (sic),” Bipasha posted on her Twitter page.

An excited Akshay Kumar posted: “Da Greatest Festival of evry Indian has finaly arrived” da Cricket World Cup” All da Best 2all da teams, especialy INDIA. Ps: Husbands do not neglect ur wives”.

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle was quite upbeat about catching the match on TV. “I don’t know about you but I’ll be glued to the idiot box this afternoon for 1st match of The World Cup. JAI HIND!” she posted.

Some actors like Dia Mirza and Jackky Bhagnani, who are busy with work, have asked their fans to keep them in the loop for the updates on the match. “Too much happening with our shoot on right now. Going to miss watching all the world cup action! Keep me posted! INDIA! let’s go for GLORY,” said Diya. More

Learning it the hard way is bollywood’s newbie Jacqueline Fernandez who is only a few films old. The babe is taking lessons in bikini oomph from none other than the sizzling sensation Mallika Sherawat.

According to reliable sources, Jacqueline is watching Mallika’s act in MURDER quite closely and observing the passionate nuances that made Mallika the queen of sizzle. Adds the source, “Jacqueline is in a tough situation. Though her sexiness cannot be disputed, but the actress is anxious how to look her best on screen in her upcoming film MURDER 2 which will inevitably draw comparisons between her and
Mallika.”

So, to make the best of this act, Jacqueline is working hard on upping her sex-quotient. With Emraan Hashmi to give her cozy company, let’s hope it’s not a tough act for the imported babe to sizzle like Mallika. Source

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s hectic shooting schedule in Bhopal for “Aarakshan” is proving to be quite a learning experience.

“Saif (Ali Khan) introduces me to a cool application on iPad – ‘Rehearsal’. Particularly useful for us (artists) in reading scripts, making comment,” Amitabh wrote on microblogging site Twitter.

The film based on the sensitive issue of reservations is being directed by Prakash Jha and stars Deepika Padukone apart from Saif. Source

Vishal Bhardwaj’s film ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’, which has garnered rave reviews after its release this week has left the lead actress Priyanka Chopra high and dry. The actress, who is the face of the Ruskin Bond adaptation, was keen to join her mentor and ace filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj to Berlin for the film’s screening, but Bhardwaj wanted her to take care of the promotional events in Mumbai during the release of ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’.

Talking to a daily, a source close to the unit said, “Priyanka really wanted to be in Berlin. After all, ‘Saat Khoon Maaf is as much her film as Vishal`s. She`s the face of the film, which was being screened in the `panorama section` of the Festival. This was the film`s first screening at an international forum. Naturally, she wanted to be with Vishal at this momentous occasion.”

Bhardwaj attended the event along with his wife Rekha and actor Anu Kapoor, who sponsored his own trip. Piggy Chops tried all possible things to convince him to take her along with him to film fest but Bhardwaj was hell bent on his decision.

“Priyanka reasoned with Vishal. She offered to intensify the publicity and finish everything in two days prior to the release date, so she could be in Berlin for the festival,” the source said. More

As reported earlier that King Khan wanted to sign Abhinav Kashyap for his next project. And Salman wanted Kashyap to do ‘Dabangg 2’ with him.

The filmmaker, who is the brother of director Anurag Kashyap had little choice but to chose Salman, his godfather for his next venture.

While talking to a tabloid, a source close to the director revealed, “The shooting of ‘Dabangg 2’ starts in December 2011. As for SRK’s film, he has still not been able to lock the script. The SRK project is still far away.”

Just as when news of the two Khans reconciling for good were doing the rounds, news of their freshly sprung enmity seems to have taken a new dimension. Source

When John and Bipasha, the Bollywood stars, were not seen together for a long time, the media raised its eyebrows and let the Bollywood fans look into the gossip! It spread like wild fire across the country that their relationship spanning eight long years had finally collapsed. Through their close contacts, they were reported to have frequent quarrels and were planning to have the relationship brought to an end. It was also noticed that John was asking for other Bollywood actresses to act opposite him instead of Bipasha.

Seeing is believing and so the gossip. The underlying truth is that John wants to marry Bipasha and ‘settle down’ in life but Bipasha has ambition still up her sleeve and is currently declining from the proposal.

All is fair in love and war! Now the latest is that the couple is still very much in love with each other. They are frequently seen in public, holding hands and shopping together and were recently seen to be very intimate at a restaurant.

They were not together for long, due to unavoidable circumstances. Bipasha had to go for shooting for her films abroad. John was busy with his shooting assignment in India. Source

Bollywood archrivals Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn are once again pitted against each other, this time on the small screen. Buzz has it that both actors are top contenders to host the fourth season of ‘Fear Factor’.

Apparently, Akshay Kumar has no inkling that the broadcasters of ‘Fear Factor’ are in constant talks with Ajay Devgn for the show.

Talking to a daily, a source from the TV industry said, “Ajay has sent feelers to the broadcasters of ‘Fear Factor’ that he wants to do that show. The channel that airs ‘Fear Factor’ has approached him. Ajay would love to do a show like ‘Fear Factor’. He loves action-oriented stuff.” 

Well, it is not the first time and Akshay and Ajay are at loggerheads with each other. Akshay and Ajay’s professional relationship soured during the making of ‘Khakee’ (2004), where Ajay felt that Akshay had altered the length of his role. As a result, post ‘Khakee’, Ajay and Akshay never worked together again.

In 2010, Akshay convinced Vipul Shah to release ‘Action Replayy’ on the same day as ‘Golmaal 3’, though it is a different story that the former sank without a trace at the Box Office. More

King of romance, Shahrukh Khan has been maintaining supreme secrecy as far as his look is concerned in his upcoming film DON 2, the sequel to DON, however not anymore. An insider source has revealed SRK’s closely-guarded look in the film.

Bolywood baadshah, who’s making frequent trips to Malaysia, to shoot for the sequel, was recently spotted having dinner with Malacca Chief Minister in his new look.

Looks like, Shahrukh sheds his suave, oh-so sweet boy looks, which he carried in DON, for the sequel. Shahrukh’s newly acquired rugged and macho avatar adorned with a ponytail, tattoo et al gives that international appeal to his character in the film.

We give you the exclusive picture of Shahrukh Khan in DON 2. Source

The latest actor to jump on the small screen is Hrithik Roshan. The actor with greek god look is on a mission to find the ultimate dancing champion from across the globe, and he’s assisted by the queens of choreography, Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant.

At the recent launch of the reality show, a dapper looking Hrithik was flanked by the two taskmasters and he certainly had much to say about his ‘gurus’! Talking about Farah, he said, “Right from my very first film I have been guided and also abused lots of times. I’ve been through all those rigorous training sessions.”

And when asked about the ‘ainvayi ainvayi’ choreographer , he replied, “Vaibhavi had to love me a lot because I finally became so broken inside that she had to pamper me to get a smile on my face. I just couldn’t come up to the level that she wanted.”

For the perfectionist who grooved his way into people’s hearts, dancing is not about the style and technique. “For me, dancing is a form of expression. Whoever danced for the first time had an emotion inside him which he wanted to express through his body. So for me dancing is more than doing steps.”

Adds Hrithik significantly, “For me, Shammi Kapoor will always be the God of dance…because for him, dance was more than mere steps.” Source