Ajay Devgn to co-host Emotional Atyachar

Actor Ajay Devgn will kick-start the third season of the youth based reality show 'Emotional Atyachar' on UTV Bindass. The actor will personally review the stories and will interact with the leads to help them solve the issues.

This season will go ahead to investigate trust and honesty in a love relationship. Ajay will be co-hosting the first two episodes along with host Pravesh Rana. Unlike last time, Ajay will now be seen more involved in the story and will give a true view at the end of the episode.

Confirming this news, Ajay Devgn told TOI, "I was a guest in 'Emotional Atyachar' last season's opening episode. This time around I will be co-hosting two episodes for the season 3. It was important for me to be on a show which I associated with."

The episode will be aired on June 10th (Friday) at 7 PM on UTV Bindaas. Don't miss!

Mallika beats Britney, Lindsay!

If there's any shortcut to fame in Hollywood then it's by becoming the paparazzi's darling. And Mallika Sherawat knows that.

The actress' 'close friend' Sheeraz Hasan, is the owner of the largest paparazzi site (Hollywood.TV) in the West. Mallika is heavily promoted in the video section on this site. There are 20 videos of the actress, everything from walking around the street and chatting with the video guy to exchanging messages with Barack Obama at a press event.

A source close to her reveals that she's getting so much coverage due to her proximity with Sheeraz. In fact the website's YouTube channel promotes Mallika above the likes of Britney and Lindsay Lohan. Recently during her Cannes visit, the site featured random videos of the actress deciding what to wear for the red carpet and interacting with foreign filmmakers at dinner parties.

Spilling details about how they met, the source says, "Mallika and Sheeraz hit it off when she moved to LA. He helped her get featured in the local media and also got her tickets to major premiers and media events. Ever since then, they have kept in touch." Mallika doesn't need to hire any professional paparazzi to help her be visible in Hollywood as with Sheeraz's website backing her, she gets ample coverage in the West."

And there will be more Mallika videos coming up in the next few weeks with Hasan instructing his team to feature her more than any other celebs on the site, adds the source.

Salman wants a housewife!

Candid, unassuming and forthright, Salman Khan looks every bit the hunk, dressed in a green 'Being Human' T-shirt and denim jeans!

Whether it is his character in Maine Pyaar Kiya or Hum Aapke Hai Kaun or the guy who loses the girl in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam but still manages to win hearts, Salman admits he believes in family values.

"In today's times when family values have become trivial and human bonding is breaking down, everyone must remember that a man is a success only if he has good family values. I would rate family values as something more important than success. I will be a finished man tomorrow if I do not respect what my family wants. Family is the biggest support system you have." For someone whose family relocated from Indore with the actor's father Salim Khan having only 60 rupees in his pocket, Salman considers simple living to be something that he would never be afraid to go back to.

For someone who has often commented that if it were possible he would have gotten married at the age of 17, we ask him the obvious question of his dream woman and he says. "I want someone who is very efficient with good qualities of a homemaker."

Salman Khan's life in danger?

King of controversy Salman Khan once again created a buzz. An alleged threat to Salman’s life was reported as the actor mingled with the media recently. Believe it or not, an unidentified man with a revolver was spotted outside a private engineering college in Dongangaon, Nagpur, when the ‘Dabangg’ was interacting with the local media there on May 19.

A cameraman covering the event is said to have got a shot of the mysterious revolver trotting chap.

Salman, however insists that “there is no threat to my life” and pleads with the media not to “spread rumours.”

After the incident, Salman left for the airport immediately and only learnt about the man with the revolver later while en route to Mumbai. “I didn’t see him. It could have been a policeman and not some crazed fan. This is all bakwas! (nonsense)” he exclaimed, trying to play down the incident.

But, the incident didn’t stop the security of Salman to be strengthened. More than a dozen bodyguards were present at the 3rd Rock event held at suburban hotel in Mumbai where Sallu and his co-star Asin’s performance is scheduled to take place on 2 July.

Any clue of the uninvited revolver man still remains a mystery.

Did not insult Ash

Saif Ali Khan clears the air, says his motive was to praise the ‘international face’ of India and not poke fun

Once upon a time, the Cannes red carpet, for us Indians, used to be a ‘Ash only’ zone. However, thanks to many consumer brands, this doesn’t hold true any longer.

This year, at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, we saw the likes of Mallika Sherawat (who had been to Cannes last year as well to unveil her film Hisss), Sonam Kapoor (who was supposed to be there a year back was then later left out), Minissha Lamba (to wear 40 lakh worth jewellery), Playboy model Candice Boucher (to promote her Indian debut film) and even Saif Ali Khan (thanks to a brand he endorses).


Now with so many actors at the same address, sparks were meant to fly. While Candice and Mallika vied for paparazzi attention by showcasing their underwear on the red carpet, another controversy was brewing off it.

Saif Ali Khan on being questioned about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s presence at the festival every year, with or without a film to promote, said, “Maybe because she is a pretty face.” Needless to say, this remark sparked a controversy.

News websites picked up Saif’s remark, saying how the actor feels that Ash is just a ‘pretty face’. A website even went ahead to say that an actor, however big or small would definitely feel angry on being referred as pretty but not talented.

The controversies were further fuelled by the fact that once upon a time in Bollywood, the junior Bachchan bahu and Saif’s girlfriend Kareena Kapoor refused to even look at each other. Starting in the days when Abhishek unceremoniously dropped Bebo’s elder sister Karisma, the cold war continues even today.

In fact, the two Bollywood leading ladies refused to acknowledge each other’s presence at an award ceremony held in early March, this year.

However, Saif is shocked to hear about the misinterpretation of what he had to say about Ash. “I was asked about the relevance of Ash going to Cannes and I said she is the international face of india.

I said we should be proud about her beautiful face. One website quoted me verbatim, complimenting Ash, which is what I meant in the first place. But others have misquoted me. I would never say something like that about her.” Of course, the girlfriend’s feelings are not transferred to the Chhote Nawab!

Bollywood angry with Ranbir

Ranbir Kapoor now has half of Bollywood turning against him. They are angry with him for not having agreed to do his movies, amongst others, one such person was Sanjay Leela Bhansali because the actor felt that the filmmaker was not capable of giving a hit. Ranbir had earlier refused to work with Ram Gopal Varma in ‘Sarkar 3’ as well as he did not like Ramu as a filmmaker. The Kapoor scion had also refused to work in a Kunal Kohli film as he did not like the script at all. Ranbir even refused to work with Deepika Padukone in Ayaan Mukherji’s next film after ‘Wake Up Sid’. One more film he rejected was with Shah Rukh Khan because he felt that the producer Karan Johar who was offering the film would not do enough justice to him when it came to being pitted with SRK in the same movie.

Now if one understands that Ranbir Kapoor does not have dates and he cannot do everyone’s films, it is still a plausible explanation. But the way the actor has also gone on with his lover boy activities, he has not only cut himself off from certain heroines, but a certain Salman Khan too has ordered a fatwa against Ranbir telling his friends not to work with him. We wonder what will be Ranbir’s next step in this scenario. Will he start accepting all offers that come his way in the future? Or will he keep on the same agenda and hope that the makers who want him will still come to him?

Salman and Kat back together in love!

Bollywood’s uber glam actress Katrina may have moved on in her relationship with Salman a couple of years ago, but in reality the actress is still very fond of the ‘Dabangg’ actor.

Salman and Katrina still shower their love for each other and make no bones about showing it.

However, it was quite obvious recently when Salman himself revealed that Katrina was the one who has recommended his name to director Kabir Khan for Yash Raj’s home production ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.

“Kabir Khan, who will be directing ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, had signed Katrina for the female lead and was looking for a male lead. Katrina recommended my name and that's how everything fell into place,” stated Salman, in a recent interview.

The two stars, who are making a comeback as a pair in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, have certainly become best buddies now, as they have been waxing lyrical about each other in public.

It was Salman who helped Katrina in her initial stages of career and now is it pay-back time or Katrina still feels for Salman?

Malaika's near-miss dress disaster

Dressed in a shimmering golden corset and shiny black skinny pants, Bollywood's stylish item girl Malaika Arora Khan, narrowly escaped a dress disaster. Malaika was the showstopper of the fashion show organised at the launch of the Audi A7 Sportback in Mumbai on Saturday (May 21). Her discomfiture was evident as she was forced to adjust her trousers (at times hold on to them) throughout the event.

Shah Rukh turns an item boy!

Shah Rukh Khan shows us dance moves as grooves to the remixed version of the song Antenna in Always Kabhi Kabhi. SRK has also produced this upcoming youth flick.

Always Kabhi Kabhi, as Shahrukh Khan describes it is a tale of four friends in the last year of their school. Directed by theatre artist-actor-host Roshan Abbas, the movie is inspired from his popular 1999 play Graffiti.

Shah Rukh Khan has made a guest appearance in the film, grooving to the remixed version of Antenna. The song has been sung by KK, Anupam Amod and Apeksha Dandekar.

Starring Giselle Monteiro (the Punjabi kudi of Love Aaj Kal), newcomer Zoa Morani, the handsome Ali Fazal (who played the suicidal Jay Lobo in 3 Idiots) and Satyajeet Dube, the Nana Saheb of the popular serial Jhansi Ki Rani, Always Kabhi Kabhi promises to take you back to the golden period of your school life.

The supporting roles in the film are played by Satish Shah, Vijay Raaz, Lilette Dubey and Manoj Joshi. The film also has a special appearance by Shahrukh Khan.

Vidya to enhance her hips!

Vidya Balan goes the Shahid Kapoor way, will use butt-pads to get the 'well rounded' look in Ekta Kapoor’s Dirty Picture

If Vidya Balan playing Silk Smitha in Dirty Picture wasn't outrageous enough, now the actress will be using cosmetic stuffing to increase the girth of her hips for the role.

Vidya, who was initially supposed to gain and then lose weight for her role as the yesteryear item girl, had later backtracked saying she can't gain weight and then lose the extra kilos fast enough.

While, the buzz was that the actress would have to use prosthetics to increase her bust line for part of the film (the very part for which she had to gain a few extra kilos), now the news is that some bulk would be required for the hips as well.

Drawing inspiration from her one time 'good friend' Shahid Kapoor who is rumoured to have taken cosmetic help to make himself look 'well rounded', Vidya too will now be using the very add-on.

The producer Ekta Kapoor in fact has given the charge of making Vidya look voluptuous to AD Shahana and make up person Vikram dada.

While Vidya after shedding her kilos and the 'plump' tag is probably in no mood to gain extra adipose, since the shoot starts May 30, the filmmaker had to resort to desperate measures.

However, it will sure be interesting to see Vidya carry it off. And of course, she can always call Shahid for some tips.