Lovemaking no big deal, kissing is tough: Bips

NEW DELHI: From cladding a bikini in Dhoom and Players to doing bold scenes in Jism and a raunchy item number in Omkara, sultry Bipasha Basu says she has inhibitions doing kissing scenes in films. She had showed her bold side in Jism (2003) with ex-beau John Abraham, especially in the song Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai. For Aditya Chopra's Dhoom 2, she wore a bikini and then sizzled the screen with an item song Beedi Jalaile Le in Omkara, which became a rage. "For me, love making is no big deal, it is like any other thing. But when it comes to kissing, I have not overcome it. It is tough. I feel it is too private a moment and also the way we are we brought up, the kind of cinema we are exposed to when I started acting, kissing...

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I'm a global actress, but Bollywood is my life: Mallika

MUMBAI: Actress Mallika Sherawat has moved to the United States, thanks to her international project, but says her heart resides in Bollywood and that people in the West are curious about the Hindi film industry. “I am more of a global actress now but Bollywood is my life. It is my bread and butter,” said Mallika here at a press conference to announce her performance at Hotel Tulip Star's New Year's Eve show. Mallika has made United States her second home and has been there for the past two years. The actress, who was last seen in Hollywood flick Politics Of Love, asserts that the West is curious to know more about Bollywood. “I have signed Lucky Unlucky. I am playing a Jat sprinter in it and I have signed another movie with Vivek...

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NEW YEAR'S: Big bucks for small stars

NEW DELHI: They may not have any success at the box office all year round, but on New Year’s Eve, Bollywood starlets and item girls are ready to rake in the big bucks! Most of them have already signed on to perform at New Year’s Eve parties across the country — where a performance of just 10-15 minutes will earn them lakh, if not crores. Actor Mallika Sherawat is allegedly charging Rs 2 crore to perform to Jalebi Bai and Kolaveri Di at a five star hotel in Mumbai. Actor Lisa Haydon, last seen in the box office flop Rascals, will perform at Aamby Valley in Lonavala. Still struggling to make a comeback in the A-league, actor Vivek Oberoi, who charges approximately Rs 40 lakh for a performance, will shake a leg at Country...

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I've let myself go: John Abraham

NEW DELHI: By his own admission, John Abraham is a changed man. He is talking more, dancing more and is certainly more visible than ever before. With a slate of films lined up in the New Year, Bollywood's quintessential handsome hunk hopes to find "inspired living". "I think I have let myself go. I have opened up and let my hair down gradually. So the change is evident, both in my personal as well as professional life," John told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai. The 38-year-old who split from his girlfriend of eight years, actress Bipasha Basu, earlier this year, was quite reticent earlier. But thanks to movie promotions, which required him to be in the limelight as well as meet and greet fans and media persons, John...

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Next Munnabhai to take off in 2012

NEW DELHI: If all goes well, Munnabhai will return from his 6-year exile, after his latest outing in Lage Raho Munnabhai, reports TOI. Rajkumar Hirani's superhit series will hit the floors in 2012, according to the daily. Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi will reprise their roles of Munna and Circuit respectively and the movie will be titled Munnabhai Ki Aatma Katha, says the paper. "Sanjay and Arshad are returning to play Munna and Circuit. We are developing the script right now, and the film should start in 2012," Vidhu Vinod Chopra confirmed to the daily. Rumour mills were earlier abuzz that Aamir Khan will replace Sanjay Dutt as Munnabhai. But the reports were dismissed. Munnabhai's first installment Munnabhai MBBS released in ...

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