Its a girl for Lara

Lara and Mahesh

The Miss Universe 2000 was last seen at Parmeshwar Godrej’s party, which was attended by Oprah Winfrey. After the party, she tweeted, @Oprah and @iamsrk, two people I absolutely adore! Thank you for making my day! Now can go into labour happily! :-).

It looks like Mahesh’s wish has come true. He expressed his desire to have a girl when his wife’s baby shower was held last month.

In the final days before labour, Lara wrote on her Twitter page: “It’s fun having my parents here and getting the house baby ready! Anticipation and excitement in the air!:-) feels good 2 start 2012 like that.”

The proud parents have not released nor posted a picture of the baby yet.

Cuba date for Salman, Katrina

SALMAN Khan and Katrina Kaif will soon be in Cuba for a month to shoot their upcoming movie titled Ek Tha Tiger. The location was chosen as the warm climate would not give Salman much pain.

The actor is suffering from a nerve disorder which results in intense pain in his jaw which gets worse when the weather is cold. When shooting took place in Ireland a few months ago, Salman was said to have suffered severe pain due to the cold weather.

As the movie is a romantic thriller, Salman will be required to do some stunts. Katrina, who is Salman’s ex-girlfriend and still on good terms with him, is expected to keep an eye on him while in Cuba. Ek Tha Tiger  is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra. It is expected to be released in August.

Bollywood turns out to meet Oprah

MANY Bollywood stars, directors and producers had the opportunity to meet Oprah Winfrey on her maiden trip to India at a private function hosted by socialite Parmeshwar Godrej, spouse of Indian industrialist Adi Godrej.

Prior to the party, the talk show queen dropped by the Bachchan household to visit Aishwarya and Abhishek’s baby.

Oprah had both the Bollywood stars on her Oprah show once. There, Aishwarya presented a saree to Oprah.

The couple together with Amitabh, drove Oprah to the party. Oprah, who has started her show titled Next Chapter,  on her own network, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), had earlier posted on a social networking site that she’d be in India “to shoot Deepak Chopra there for Next Chapter.”

No rivalry here
LAST week, reports emerged in many online entertainment portals that Aishwarya Rajnikanth and her sister Soundarya were fighting to release their films at the same time.

This has irked Aishwarya, who is married to actor Dhanush. She lashed out against those reports, saying that both sisters were not in a tussle over their films, reports IndiaGlitz.com.  

“Soundarya is into animation and I’m into feature films. Why will there be any rivalry? Even Surya and Karthi are part of this industry, how come no one talks about rivalry between them? Why is it that only when Rajinikanth is involved you want to write controversies?” she asked.

“I don’t think you have ever seen Appa in Dhanush’s movie related functions. It’s hurting when people say or write such things,” she said.

Trisha to star in Samaran

KOLLYWOOD actress Trisha has found a friend in her Samaran co-star, Sunaina, reports IndiaGlitz.com.

“She is the new addition to my friends’ list. Sunaina is a nice girl,” said Trisha. “Sunaina plays a surprise role in Samaran. Her character in the film is a total opposite to the ones she has played so far.

Trisha will act alongside Vishal, who she refers to as a long time friend.

“Both of us have been wanting to share screen space for years. But it did not take place as we were busy with our commitments. We were to act together in Sathyam. So I could not say no when he approached me to be part of

Samaran. Also, the story and my character impressed me a lot,” she said. Samaran is an action adventure, directed by Thiru who gave cinemagoers Theeratha Vilayattu
Pillai.

Saif to play a spy

THE first look of Saif Ali Khan’s upcoming Agent Vinod is out. The poster shows Saif with his back and holding a gun, giving it a James Bond feel.

He plays a spy, Agent Vinod, in the movie. Kareena Kapoor, his real life girlfriend, plays his leading lady, Iram.

Both actors are expected to do stunts in the film slated for release on March 23. The film is a Saif Ali Khan production under the banner Illuminati Films, reports BollywoodHungama.com. It is directed by Sriram Raghavan.

According to the director, the film is full of action and suspense. Music is by Pritam.

Although there was a Hindi movie of the same title in 1977, the director has clarified that this film is not a remake of the earlier film.

Kamal wraps up shooting

LEGENDARY actor Kamalhaasan’s upcoming film Viswaroopam has just finished shooting some scenes in the US, reports SuperGoodMovies.com. According to the report, it was done under tight security to avoid leaks.

The next shooting schedule will be in Chennai. Word has it that he will take on more than one character in the film. Kamal is also directing and producing the film. His youngest daughter Akshara, who studied filmmaking, is said to be helping him behind the scenes.

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