Friday, January 20, 2012

Bipasha Basu gets a song named after her


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MUMBAI: Bipasha Basu has joined a special group. The sultry actor now has a song named after herself in the upcoming film, Jodi Breakers, also starring R. Madhavan.
“Yes, I have a song now. But I think, as kids, we are more excited about having a song named after us,” says Bips with a laugh. The actor also insists she has always been wary of having her character or a song named Bipasha. “If we have a certain 
name in films or songs, they become very popular. So, I was known as Billo for the longest time. Over the years, a lot of filmmakers asked if they could name my character Bipasha or make a song with the name in it, but I have always been apprehensive about it,” she says.
Bipasha, incidentally, means ‘deep, dark desire’. “It’s a tough decision. As actors, we give away so much to the business,” she says, but adds that she loves the song. “Salim-Sulaiman first made the composition and presented it to me. I really love their works. And I made my manager, family members and friends listen to it, and everyone simply loved it,” she says.
Choreographed by Bosco-Ceaser, Bips also worked on her styling. She says, “My stylist Shyamalee and I worked on it because I work on my looks myself.”

Kareena Kapoor caught between the Khans


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MUMBAI: It’s not easy working with two Khans. And Kareena Kapoor will probably vouch for that at this point. The actor is currently juggling the on-going promotions for the Imran Khan-starrer Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and is working on the postproduction of Aamir Khan’s Talaash.
While the actor is apparently having a tough time shuffling dates, Aamir and Imran keep pulling her leg for paying more attention to the other’s film.
“She is going all out to manage Talaash’s post-production work as well as Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu promotions. She has to wrap up all the work soon because Talaash releases this June,” says a team member close to the actor, adding, “Aamir keeps telling her that she is giving Imran more time, and Imran constantly teases her about how she’s giving mamu (uncle) all her dates.”
Says Kareena, “They both are adorable as co-stars. It’s a pleasure working with them. I have already worked with Aamir in 3 Idiots (2009). I love both of them equally.”
Ask Imran about the teasing bit and he laughs before saying, “I love teasing her about how she has no time for me and is giving all her attention to mamu (uncle) and his film. It’s great fun.”
Interestingly, Kareena has also become a messenger of sorts for the uncle and nephew. Since both the Khans remain caught up with their respective films, they hardly get the time to meet each other. So both of them get updates about each other from Kareena.