Russian soldiers are Bipasha Basu fans

MUMBAI: Actor Bipasha Basu has quite a few fans, but she never expected this. The actor was shooting for a significant sequence for the Abbas-Mustan film Players in Moscow, Russia, a few months ago, when she received some surprising information. Apparently, a group of Russian soldiers were in the vicinity of the shooting location. And when they found out that a Bollywood movie was being filmed around the corner, they landed up and expressed their desire to meet the Bollywood actor. “We were all surprised that the soldiers were even aware of Bollywood films and our song-and-dance routines. They had also heard of Bipasha and some of her films. So, they wanted to meet her. And Bipasha was also game for it,” says a unit member, who...

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Newcomers in B-town for 2011

NEW DELHI: Khans, Kapoors and the rest of the Bollywood biggies, watch out 2011 marked the foray of over 100 newcomers in Bollywood, who came with aspirations to make it big in the industry. While most fizzled out with no trace, or are still surviving for redemption with another chance, a handful of the ton managed to stay on with their talent, fresh appeal, critical plaudits and initial success, irrespective of the box office earnings. HT City selected a jury comprising trade pundits Taran Adarsh, Amod Mehra and Joginder Tuteja to pick the top 10 debutants of the year. Nargis Fakhri Film: Rockstar She didn’t have much lines to compliment her foreign origin and gifted pout in the movie. However, she did left a mark on the audiences...

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Bipasha Basu fine with multi-starrers

MUMBAI: Bipasha Basu has no qualms about working in multi-starrer films and says the only trick to work comfortably with an ensemble cast is to keep one's ego aside. "You should be ready to make some sacrifices in the film. You can't have egos there," she said at the promotional event of her forthcoming film Players. The 32-year-old has been part of multi-starrers like Race, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Dum Maaro Dum. Her next Players is yet again a multi-starrer. Apart from Bipasha, Sonam Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Sikander Kher too feature in the cast. Players, a remake of Hollywood hit The Italian Job, releases on January 6. Bipasha says her co-stars were like her extended family. "When you are working,...

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