bhojpuri star:Swati Verma

Popular Bhojpuri star Swati Verma, who will be seen in Hey Ram, is another actress who believes in the maxim - thin is beautiful.

Kareena Kapoor

The actress, who is set to sizzle the screen in Kambakkht Ishq, has reportedly done a passionate kiss with co-actor Akshay Kumar.

sizzling Kareena Kapoor

Kambakkht Ishq has Kareena Kapoor in one of her most glamorous appearances ever. The actress confesses that Kambhakht Ishq is a film in which she is out and out glamorous and stunning.
Barring a peck with Fardeen Khan in Dev, the only time Bebo has done a kissing scene was with ex-beau Shahid Kapur in Jab We Met.

Manoj will play the lead role of Abdul Hameed in the movie.

Sweety chhabra Following Iconic Kareena Kapoor

The craze for possessing a size zero figure has spread to regional film heroines as well and the latest aspirant is Bhojpuri actress Sweety Chabra.

Sweety has been spending several hours in gym to get a figure like Bollywood actress Kareena's.

Check out Bhojpuri cinema's hot new icon Shradha Sharma.

Shradha said, ''I would prefer to do one good film that is a hit, rather than do ten films which are risky propositions. I believe that quality is more important than quantity.''Shardha Sharma is reportedly dating Abhishek Awasthi who was earlier seeing Rakhi Sawant.
Shradha has reportedly signed one Bollywood film apart from her various regional projects.

katrina to perform at IPL 2

Katrina is going to perform along with Shilpa Shetty of Rajasthan Royals at the closing ceremony of IPL II.
This revelation has come as a surprise for the promoters and team members as well.

kareena kapoor the advertiser of yoga

Globally recognised yoga guru Bharat Thakur says while Madonna popularised yoga in the West, it was Kareena Kapoor who made it popular in the Hindi film
industry.

"Celebrities are role models for the rest of the nation. When Kareena transformed her figure, everyone sat up and realised that yoga can give amazing results, thus getting attracted towards this form," said Thakur in an e-mail interview from the US


"Similarly in the West when Madonna took up yoga everyone sat up and said 'What is she doing and why?' When they saw her body and face, they said, 'Oh, this yoga must be working,' " he added.

Thakur's first Bollywood client was Sridevi and later he trained many in tinsel town including big names like Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Neha Dhupia. He says currently quite a few personalities are into yoga, but it wasn't so popular in Hindi film industry five years ago.

"There was no concept of yoga in Bollywood five years back. Till that time everybody was just going to the gym. The interest in this form has increased majorly in the recent past.

"Celebrities are interested in yoga for a simple reason - it is the only form that can make you look younger with age. It works on your body, mind and stress levels - so it's a complete package. Going to the gym can be boring and can drain you out. Yoga adds energy to your system," said Thakur whose favourite student in Bollywood is singer Kailash Kher.

"Kailash is one of the most talented, warm and open persons I have come across. He is ready to learn anything. He is special," Thakur said.

Thakur's international clientele includes Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, singer Norah Jones, tennis player Boris Becker and cricketer Shane Warne. He feels international celebrities are more interested in the mystical aspects of yoga.

"I think in India fitness is more important than yoga right now. However, the West has already been through the fitness fad in the 1980's and 90's. They realised themselves that the mind is equally important as the body.

"So, international celebrities are more interested in meditation and mystical aspects of yoga than just getting a six pack which they can get with any trainer," said Thakur who is married to Indian actress Bhumika Chawla.

The yoga guru says word of mouth helped him create his base in the industry but now he rarely teaches yoga. "I rarely teach personally. I train my teachers for years before they can teach. Our studio charges Rs 3,000 a month. The rates differ from city to city," he said.

Thakur has also penned eight books on yoga, including Yoga For The Family, The Art Of The Mystics and Yoga For All and is even keen on going behind the camera one day to make a film on the subject.

"I want to make a film one day about the mystical aspects of yoga that are not known to people right now," he said.

Hrithik, Barbara unveil Kites at Cannes

Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan
along with his Mexican co-star Barbara Mori unveiled a teaser trailer and some key art posters of their much talked-about film Kites at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.



"Kites is a story of love that goes beyond barriers, boundaries and cultures. With an internationally renowned crew and crisp story telling, we have attempted to create a film which we feel has a scope to reach wider world audience and set new benchmarks," said Hrithik.

Also present at the event was Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan who has not only produced the film under his banner Filmkraft Productions but also written it.

"With each of our films we have tired to push the envelope with path breaking technique, storytelling and novel presentation. A film like Kites has never been attempted in India before. This is our attempt to tap the mainstream international audience and we are hopeful that with an able partner like BIG Pictures, we will be able to meet this objective," said Rakesh Roshan.

The film is directed by Anurag Basu who carved a niche for himself with films like Gangster - A Love Story and Life in a Metro.

"I'm glad Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik entrusted me with an opportunity to direct Kites. It has been an enriching experience to shoot the film with an international team across world cites. I'm happy that the film is getting such great exposure at Cannes Film Festival, the world's biggest film market," said Basu.

Kites, which is being marketed extensively by Reliance BIG Pictures, also has Kangana Ranaut, Nick Brown and Kabir Bedi in pivotal roles.

"We are extremely proud to be associated with Filmkraft for marketing and distributing Kites and have put together a diverse team with relevant international experience to take the film to the widest possible international audiences. Cannes 2009 is the beginning of this exciting journey," said Sunir Kheterpal, COO, BIG Pictures.

The film is scheduled for release in the last quarter of 2009.