Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Beleaguered singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan telephoned Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik from India Sunday and "thanked him for providing help during the legal troubles over the past week", state-run PTV said.Rahat and his 16-member troupe was detained at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport Feb 13 for carrying $142,000 in cash and cheques when they were going to catch a flight to Dubai for their onward journey to Karachi.After undergoing thorough investigation for almost a week, the singer and his manager were fined Rs.1.5 million ($33,000) each by Indian authorities to have their passports and other documents returned."It has been a tough week for me but I want to thank you for standing by me during this time," he reportedly told Malik over the phone.He also lauded the efforts of Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik during his detention."I'll return to Pakistan anytime tomorrow (Monday)," he informed the minister.The singer is expected to reaching Pakistan at 2 a.m. via Dubai.In another development, Pakistani actress Atiqa Odho addressed a press conference in Karachi Sunday and called for "making a proper mechanism between India and Pakistan for facilitating the payments of artists working on both sides of the border"."I have been writing to the government for the last three years but there has been no response," she said, adding: "The governments in India and Pakistan always wait for a disaster to happen before starting damage control." 
"Rahat has committed a mistake and has also been a victim of the system," she said while calling for "support for the singer at this crucial stage"."We must ensure that such a talented voice is not lost anywhere," she argued.Several Pakistani artists have been appearing in Indian cinema and television programmes while the singers from the country have particularly been a rage in India.Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan have given Indian cinema several hit songs over the last few years.Rahat was awarded the best singer award at the recent Filmfare awards function held in India for his song "Dil to bacha hai jee". With the cultural and showbusiness activities in Pakistan shrinking because of terrorist activities, the country's artists have found a bigger platform in India to showcase their talent.
Madhuri Dixit To Cook For Shah Rukh Khan Madhuri Dixit, the heartbeat of millions has become the ambassador for Sanjeev Kapoor’s upcoming food channel, interestingly named, ‘Food Food’. Madhuri will get to enhance the face value of the channel and one can expect her to be seen in its promotion over other channels now, apart from being a part of the ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ judging team! 
Madhuri was asked if she would cook for any of the three Bollywood Khans, and if yes, what! She candidly replied that she would like to cook something for Shah Rukh Khan as not only is he sweet as a candy, but also knows how to call a badly cooked dish to be great! Hmmm, guess men who want to woo Madhuri, or any other woman, can learn this quick tip fromMadhuri! Madhuri also shared that one prime factor which made her say a yes to Dr Sriram Nenewas his deft cooking talent. So, men out there can note a second tip too here! By the by, her own favourite is Kanda Poha.The channel has been spoken of for a number of years now, and as it launches one can expect something delicious and interesting on food lines, right in India. Names like Nitin Tandon, Anurag Bali and Rakesh Sethi will be seen on the channel.Want to see the ageless queen of Bollywood? Tune in to the channel from January 24!
Aamir Khan Charges Rs 30 Crore for a Film
Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan, is busy these days giving the rest of the Bollywoodactors a run for their money. He is one of the highest paid Indian actors. In recent past, he has signed a contract with Aditya Chopra, the amount of which is much higher than what other actors get paid. Preparing himself for his anti hero role in Dhoom 3, he is also lending his voice for the theme song of Dhoom 3. Aamir assumes that this sequel to Dhoom 2 will at least garner 100 crore, implying that huge profits will be made by him.Raja Hindustani, is a peerless actor. He is multi talented. He does not set his mind at rest, unless he achieves perfection.He started his journey to the land of Bollywood, as a child artist in the film “Yaadon Ki Baraat” and blossomed as one of the finest actors India has ever produced in the 1988 film “Qayamat se Qayamat tak”. A bright star of Bollywood, Aamir has proved his dexterity not only as an actor but also as a director and producer.!
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Beleaguered singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan telephoned Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik from India Sunday and "thanked him for providing help during the legal troubles over the past week", state-run PTV said.Rahat and his 16-member troupe was detained at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport Feb 13 for carrying $142,000 in cash and cheques when they were going to catch a flight to Dubai for their onward journey to Karachi.After undergoing thorough investigation for almost a week, the singer and his manager were fined Rs.1.5 million ($33,000) each by Indian authorities to have their passports and other documents returned."It has been a tough week for me but I want to thank you for standing by me during this time," he reportedly told Malik over the phone.He also lauded the efforts of Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik during his detention."I'll return to Pakistan anytime tomorrow (Monday)," he informed the minister.The singer is expected to reaching Pakistan at 2 a.m. via Dubai.In another development, Pakistani actress Atiqa Odho addressed a press conference in Karachi Sunday and called for "making a proper mechanism between India and Pakistan for facilitating the payments of artists working on both sides of the border"."I have been writing to the government for the last three years but there has been no response," she said, adding: "The governments in India and Pakistan always wait for a disaster to happen before starting damage control."
"Rahat has committed a mistake and has also been a victim of the system," she said while calling for "support for the singer at this crucial stage"."We must ensure that such a talented voice is not lost anywhere," she argued.Several Pakistani artists have been appearing in Indian cinema and television programmes while the singers from the country have particularly been a rage in India.Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan have given Indian cinema several hit songs over the last few years.Rahat was awarded the best singer award at the recent Filmfare awards function held in India for his song "Dil to bacha hai jee".
With the cultural and showbusiness activities in Pakistan shrinking because of terrorist activities, the country's artists have found a bigger platform in India to showcase their talent.
Madhuri Dixit To Cook For Shah Rukh Khan
Madhuri Dixit, the heartbeat of millions has become the ambassador for Sanjeev Kapoor’s upcoming food channel, interestingly named, ‘Food Food’. Madhuri will get to enhance the face value of the channel and one can expect her to be seen in its promotion over other channels now, apart from being a part of the ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ judging team!
Madhuri was asked if she would cook for any of the three Bollywood Khans, and if yes, what! She candidly replied that she would like to cook something for Shah Rukh Khan as not only is he sweet as a candy, but also knows how to call a badly cooked dish to be great!
Hmmm, guess men who want to woo Madhuri, or any other woman, can learn this quick tip fromMadhuri! Madhuri also shared that one prime factor which made her say a yes to Dr Sriram Nenewas his deft cooking talent. So, men out there can note a second tip too here! By the by, her own favourite is Kanda Poha.
The channel has been spoken of for a number of years now, and as it launches one can expect something delicious and interesting on food lines, right in India. Names like Nitin Tandon, Anurag Bali and Rakesh Sethi will be seen on the channel.
Want to see the ageless queen of Bollywood? Tune in to the channel from January 24!
Aamir Khan Charges Rs 30 Crore for a Film
Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan, is busy these days giving the rest of the Bollywoodactors a run for their money. He is one of the highest paid Indian actors. In recent past, he has signed a contract with Aditya Chopra, the amount of which is much higher than what other actors get paid. Preparing himself for his anti hero role in Dhoom 3, he is also lending his voice for the theme song of Dhoom 3. Aamir assumes that this sequel to Dhoom 2 will at least garner 100 crore, implying that huge profits will be made by him.Raja Hindustani, is a peerless actor. He is multi talented. He does not set his mind at rest, unless he achieves perfection.
He started his journey to the land of Bollywood, as a child artist in the film “Yaadon Ki Baraat” and blossomed as one of the finest actors India has ever produced in the 1988 film “Qayamat se Qayamat tak”. A bright star of Bollywood, Aamir has proved his dexterity not only as an actor but also as a director and producer.!
Salman Ahmed to launch a song for Pakistan Flood Relief
Salman Ahmed, the founder of Pakistani rock band‘Junoon’ has composed and recorded a special song‘Open your Eyes’ for Pakistan Flood relief in collaboration with British Rock band ‘Genesis’.
The founder of ‘Genesis’ Peter Gabriel has also previously collaborated with Qawwali mogul, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Another artist to join hand in this humanitarian effort is American singer, Alison Sudol, who was also nominated for a Granny award for best upcoming artist.
‘Open your Eyes’ will launch on November 2 and you can download it from digital music sites globally. Each dollar for download will go to Pakistan flood reliefthrough the charity organization ‘Salman and Samina Global Wellness initiative’ of Salman and his wife Dr.Samina. Besides, Samina has also provided special background vocals for ‘Open Your Eyes’.
No More Begum Nawazish in Big Boss 4
Pakistani contestant, Begum Nawazish Ali, who became the leader of the house for the first two weeks, was evicted from Big Boss’ house on Friday.Begum was nominated for eviction along with Pakistani model, Veena Malik and Indian TV actress,Shweta Tiwari. He received the lowest votes.Begum seemed very opinionated and blunt about every incident on the show. However, he also amused the inmates with his vibrant personality once in a while.
However, Begum is quite happy about his return to Pakistan and eviction from Big Boss’ house, according to him ‘Izzat say’.
Shahrukh Khan the King of Bollywood has certainly been in the news these days due to the fact that two of his biggest films are due to release this coming year, one being Faran Akhtar’s Don 2 and the other being his home production RA.ONE.However there is something else that SRK is being spoken about quite appreciatively. Now what could that be? Well the fact that Shahrukh Khan had recently gone on to publicly acknowledge the fact that his animosity between the two top names in the industry- Salman Khan and Farah Khan could well be due to his own fault.
Now, this bit of amazing revelation coming out right from the King of B town’s mouth was quite surprising to one and all. Shahrukh Khan has always maintained silence while there has been a crack in his relationship between Salman Khan due to some ruckus on Katrina Kaif’s birthday bash a couple of years ago and him and even with Farah Khan as reports are that he was quite upset that Farah had not taken him in her latest venture Tees Maar Khan. SRK has never ever come out with what the trouble between him and Salman Khan was or with Farah Khan is. But now it seems that SRK is trying to clear away all the sad memories and the misunderstandings with his foes and is trying to turn them into friends. Well let’s hope that the New Year sees a lot of change in the relationship status of these three and Shahrukh makes up with both Salman and Farah-then perhaps we can see a Karan Arjun type movie with SRK and Salman as on screen brothers!
Sharman Joshi's grungy avatar in Allah Kay Banday
Bollywood heartthrob Imran Khan starrer Break Ke Baad has drawn more eyeballs than Sharman Joshi's grungy avatar in Allah Kay Banday, industry insiders said.
Break Ke Baad has grossed Rs16 crore during its first weekend in the domestic market, said the film’s publicist.
Industry insiders said that Break Ke Baad opened with an average occupancy of 40 per cent over the weekend, while Allah Kay Banday received poor response and swung between 15-20 per cent with almost negligible initial. Both the movies hit the screens together.
"Break Ke Baad has been good with close to 70 per cent weekend occupancy. Youngsters are liking it. It is a very contemporary movie and they are associating with it," RK Mehrotra, manager, Delite Diamond, RK Mohan, an executive from Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai, added: "Break Ke Baad is going well and the shows are going on in full swing. Allah Kay Banday, on the other hand is not doing that great."
Co-produced by Kunal Kohli Productions and Reliance Big Pictures for Rs18 crore, Break Ke Baad released across 750 screens in India and recovered its production and marketing costs much before its release by selling satellite rights.Break Ke Baad has grossed Rs16 crore during its first weekend in the domestic market, said the film’s publicist.
Industry insiders said that Break Ke Baad opened with an average occupancy of 40 per cent over the weekend, while Allah Kay Banday received poor response and swung between 15-20 per cent with almost negligible initial. Both the movies hit the screens together.
"Break Ke Baad has been good with close to 70 per cent weekend occupancy. Youngsters are liking it. It is a very contemporary movie and they are associating with it," RK Mehrotra, manager, Delite Diamond, RK Mohan, an executive from Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai, added: "Break Ke Baad is going well and the shows are going on in full swing. Allah Kay Banday, on the other hand is not doing that great."
Directed by debutant Danish Aslam, the romantic comedy talks about modern day relationships and features Deepika Padukone in the female lead.
Allah Kay Banday, on the other hand, is also made by first time director Faruk Kabir. Produced by Ravi Walia on a budget of Rs5.5 crore, it was distributed by PVR Pictures. It also stars Naseeruddin Shah and Kabir in the lead alongside Sharman.
"Break Ke Baad has been good, however, Allah Kay Banday has done average business. Both have been Ok on the whole," Kaushik Gachha, operations associate, INOX cinemas, City Center, Kolkata,
An executive from City Pulse multiplex, Ahmedabad, said: "Break Ke Baad is doing good and the footfall is really impressive here with about 40 per cent occupancy over the weekend. Allah Kay Banday on the other hand is going cold and not that great."
Alpana from Cinemax, Mumbai also said: "We have had an Okay Okay response for both the movies. If compared between the two, Break Ke Baad is being appreciated more than Allah Kay Banday."
"Deepika (who is 5' 9") is the tallest of the ladies.........!
Abhishek Bachchan says he is glad that he didn't have to look down at Deepika Padukone while shooting Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey', because she is the "tallest" actress to have appeared with him till date.
"Deepika (who is 5' 9") is the tallest of the ladies I have worked with. I could finally look at my co-actress in the eyes and didn't have to look down upon her. It was really nice and tall working with her," Abhishek, who is 6' 3", told reporters in Delhi.
Abhishek and Deepika, along with director Ashutosh Gowariker and other cast and crew members, were here Monday to promote "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey", a film based on the Chittagong Uprising of the 1930s. The film releases Friday.
Dressed in a grey jacket and a pair of jeans to beat the Delhi chill, Abhishek looked dapper with a pair of shades and humbly responded to flying kisses from young girls at a shopping mall.
Deepika too looked graceful in a simple churidaar-kurta paired with golden Kolhapuri slippers.
Responding to a query regarding rumours that she has turned down an offer to work with Shahid Kapoor due to height issues, Deepika said: "If that was the case, I won't be doing any movies at all!"
"If actors suit the character and the film, it doesn't matter if the girl is taller than the guy...So really, if directors start getting bothered by my height, I won't get any film at all."Abhishek Bachchan says he is glad that he didn't have to look down at Deepika Padukone while shooting Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey', because she is the "tallest" actress to have appeared with him till date.
"Deepika (who is 5' 9") is the tallest of the ladies I have worked with. I could finally look at my co-actress in the eyes and didn't have to look down upon her. It was really nice and tall working with her," Abhishek, who is 6' 3", told reporters in Delhi.
Abhishek and Deepika, along with director Ashutosh Gowariker and other cast and crew members, were here Monday to promote "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey", a film based on the Chittagong Uprising of the 1930s. The film releases Friday.
Dressed in a grey jacket and a pair of jeans to beat the Delhi chill, Abhishek looked dapper with a pair of shades and humbly responded to flying kisses from young girls at a shopping mall.
Deepika too looked graceful in a simple churidaar-kurta paired with golden Kolhapuri slippers.
Responding to a query regarding rumours that she has turned down an offer to work with Shahid Kapoor due to height issues, Deepika said: "If that was the case, I won't be doing any movies at all!"
"If actors suit the character and the film, it doesn't matter if the girl is taller than the guy...So really, if directors start getting bothered by my height, I won't get any film at all."
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