Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been trying to stay out of the public eye and seems to have put all her professional commitments on the back burner, isn’t shying away from sporting her bump any more. The six-months pregnant actor was photographed during the shoot for a soap commercial (which we are told was a prior commitment) in Bangkok recently. We hear that Ash was glowing and was completely comfortable shooting with her swollen tummy. And after finishing off her commitments the yummy mummy in the making has taken off to London with hubby Abhishek to shop for the baby. We bet the infant is going to be the best dressed in town!

Ram Gopal Varma has lodged a complaint with the Versova Police on Tuesday afternoon against the BJP Yuva Morcha. On Tuesday, twenty members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) were detained by the Oshiwara police for protesting outside filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's office in Andheri west. The protest was triggered by Varma’s announcement about casting Maria Susairaj, who has been recently convicted in the Neeraj Grover murder case, in his upcoming film ‘Not a Love Story’. Following the protest, Varma lodged a complaint after he received a warning letter from the Bharatiya Janata Party threatening him against his decision to cast Susairaj.

When contacted, RGV said, “My intention behind whatever I said is that if someone has been convicted and has served a given sentence, she has a right to start her life afresh and be a part of civilized society. Maria is not my sister or my girlfriend and I don’t even know her. So, it is not about supporting her but it is about standing up for the constitutional rights.” He further argued that even after court gave its judgment, the least informed people are raising so much noise; it comes under contempt of court.  “Public opinion is fine but isn’t there a difference between opinion and an informed opinion? And who can be more informed than the judge? And if the people feel that the investigating team and the judge are wrong why are they only singling out Maria. For all I know Maria can be a killer or maybe even a serial killer but shouldn’t there be an accepted way by means of appropriate bodies like the judiciary to find that out in a civil society?,” he added.

Hindi film directors are known for quirky stunts to get their cast in sync with the story of the film and get under the skin of their characters. And while traditional workshops and exercises before the shoot begins are swiftly becoming passé, ‘Mausam’ director, Pankaj Kapoor made his lead pair, Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, go through a unique exercise to better understand their character in the film.

Pankaj Kapoor wanted Shahid and Sonam to stop using the phone, SMS or any similar short format for communication. Instead, he wanted them to write handwritten letters to communicate for two months before they started shooting with each other. Initially they hated it since it seemed tedious and time consuming. Today’s generation is mostly comfortable with SMS as a mode of communication, but that restricts one to just 140 characters but actually writing a note didn’t have any restriction but was cumbersome.

But both didn’t know how to write and protested against this exercise. But Pankaj Kapoor was adamant and actually said that he will not start shooting until this exercise was completed.


While the initial notes written by Shahid and Sonam to each other were pathetically brief and had director Pankaj Kapoor fuming and baffled, eventually the two began really putting their thoughts down on paper. Infact Shahid and Sonam got so used to this exercise that they continue to write letters to each other even today, after the film has been completed.

Talking about his theatrical style of filmmaking, Pankaj Kapoor says, “I belong to different school of acting. Everything that my actors do, has to be contextual. I made Shahid and Sonam go through this extensive exercise so that they could start feeling like the characters they play. It took some time, as first we need to break inhibitions, then develop new habits and then fall in love.”

Earlier this week, Kardashian announced that Vera Wang would be designing her dress, blogging:

"Vera has been a close family friend for a long time and we had talked about this moment for years. So when it came to picking my wedding dress designer, she was the first person I thought of. No one designs gowns the way she does!"

And no one exploits the ignorance of young fans or the concept of love like Kim does. It's a perfect match!

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom might have a child one of these days, but the former appears to enjoy talking about the possibility more than actually going through with it. Still, the outcome is in God's hands, not in her private parts.

"I would love all of my children to experience having children on their own," Kris says. "I think going through that process of being pregnant and giving birth, everybody should, if you can and you're blessed."

Seriously, kids. Mommy needs another set of newborn photos to sell to the tabloids.

Pakistan tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi got engaged yesterday (July 16) with long time friend Faha Akmal Makhdum, belonged to a well-known British Pakistani family. The engagement ceremony was a really exclusive and fans of Aisam-ul-Haq watched it on TV screens.

The couple emerged beaming on “the beautiful day of their lives”, while Faha told the media she was very happy and looking forward to wedding possibly in December this year.

Both families were very happy on this very special day of their beloved ones. There have been marathon preparations for the ceremony and many designers were called for the dress of Aisam’s fiancée; but according to reports the engagement dress of Faha Akmal was finally designed by Aisam’s sister Shiza.

Watch the video of the ceremony below:

Gear up for it folks, as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal says that he was instrumental in getting the parenthood wishes of the Junior Bachchans fulfilled!

Photos: Aishwarya is expecting

In a media report, CM Dhumal is reported to have said that he had asked Abhishek Bachchan to pray a the Lord Hanuman temple atShimla in November 2010 and ask for the fulfillment of a particular wish. And shortly after, the news of Aishwarya's pregnancy became public.

Read: Twins for Aishwarya?

As per insiders, Abhishek had come down to Shimla to unveil the 108 feet idol of Lord Hanuman at the historic Jhaku temple when the said conversation between Abhishek and Dhumal is reported to have taken place.

Also read: Angry Aishwarya wants to sue Madhur?

"I did tell Abhishek to pray at the Jhaku temple of Lord Hanuman and ask for a wish and isn't it a miracle that we are now hearing the good news from the Bachchan family?," CM Dhumal is quoted to have said.

Read: Abhishek's big moment

Incidentally, Dhumal also believes that as the story of Abhishek and Aishwarya's "wish fulfillment" gathers momentum, it will result in attracting a greater number of tourists to Himachal Pradesh.

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States a source close to the Bachchans, "Aishwarya has never done a waterfall drenched sequence in her career until now. Why would she agree to do one now? Besides, after the whole smoking controversy over Guzaarish, Aishwarya had made it very clear to Madhur that she won't be doing any smoking sequences inHeroine. Moreover, Aishwarya's grouse that the two 'item number songs' that Madhur mentions now, was never discussed with her when the script narration was done."

Read: Who will romance Aishwarya?

There is also tattle that Aishwarya is being dropped because she's pregnant and Madhur felt that she should have confided in him earlier. As per "reliable sources" the actress is considering taking legal action against Madhur and UTV on the grounds of "gender discrimination" and is reportedly "clueless about whether she's been dropped from Heroine or the film has been shelved altogether."

Read: Aishwarya ready for bold script

As per insiders, Aishwarya is more hurt since she had already commenced filming for Heroine.

Meanwhile, buzz abounds that Priyanka Chopra has envisaged interest in showcasing Heroine when she learnt that Aishwarya was reportedly ousted from the project.

Also read: Has Aishwarya betrayed Madhur?

Says an insider, "Priyanka shares a great equation with Madhur Bhandarkar after working with him in Fashion . She's sent him an SMS message showing her interest in accepting Heroine and has no qualms over the smoking, drinking and intimate scenes required for the film. She's strongly urged him not to scrap the film and Madhur will take a call on this issue in the next few days."