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Almost after a decade of numerous roles in Bollywood, the actor Abhishek Bachchan says that he is not at all reluctant to do the Hollywood flicks.

He feels that the there has been loads of exchange when talked about talent, techniques or acting, among British, European, American and Indian cinema.

In an interview, Abhishek even that he hardly sees any big deal working in Hollywood. “I would rather ask when are they going to come and act in our films and dance around trees with fifty people? That would be far more interesting”, said the actor.

Abhishek was recently in London for the Tongues on Fire Film Festival. Talking about his involvement with the festival, he told that initially he felt he was under-qualified to be represented like this. “After a while I said it’s nice that the younger generation of the world’s largest film industry is a generation that a lot of people are showing interest in

Bollywood struggling actor Harman Baweja and sizzling actress Kareena Kapoor received the worst actress title at the second Golden Kela awards, an offshoot on Hollywood`s Razzies on Friday night.

Baweja was adjudged the Worst Actor award for his performance in `what’s Your Raashee?’ whereas Kareena was considered Worst Actress for her role in `Kambakkht Ishq`.

Bollywood funnyman Cyrus Broacha was the chief guest of the evening who was given the Cyrus Broacha Memorial Award.

The famous filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also won the “Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award” requesting him to stop making films now. The Hollywood stars, Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards were also awarded with the “Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke” (Have you gone mad) Award for contribution in flop “Kambakkht Ishq” with Bebo and Aki.

The award for worst supporting actor was won by Ranvir Shorey and Deepika Padukone respectively for their performance in “Chandni Chowk to China”. However, the worst film has gone to “Kambakkht Ishq” and Ashutosh Gowariker was announced as worst director for “What’s Your Raashee?”

The renowned vocalist of popular band Indian Ocean, Rahul Ram gave a tremendous humorous performance on the song “Nani teri morni…” and “Raat ke musafir”.

Shruti Haasan and Jackky Bhagnani were the winners of the worst newcomer actors’ title for their roles in “Luck” and “Kal Kissne Dekha” respectively.

Rani Mukerji’s “Dil Bole Hadippa!” was awarded with the Most Original Story title for completely being copied from Hollywood`s “She`s The Man” and also her pairing with Shahid Kapoor was declared as the Worst Pair.

The list of these awards is endless but interesting thing to mention is that none of the stars declared for the awards were seen at the event that was launched by Random magazine as a spin-off on Hollywood`s Golden Raspberry Awards renowned as the Razzies that identifies the worst in the cinema.

On Thursday, the government smacked a 10-day ban on the Fashion Television (FTV) for showing the visuals of topless ladies.

The ban will begin from Friday evening and will continue till March 21.

The I&B ministry’s has raged on the channel due to the showcase of topless women in a presentation of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s collection in Barcelona held in 2001. The show had been on air on September 4, 2009. Explaining that the show degraded women and the visuals were not acceptable for kids and unrestricted public exhibition, the ministry ordered the ban for violating the Cable Television Network (Regulations) Act.

This is the second time when FTV has been forbidden. The ministry had earlier seized the transmission of the channel for a couple of months between May-June 2007 on basis of telecasting the programs like ‘Midnight Hot’ that showed skimpily-clad models.

Bollywood superstar Rani Mukerji claimed that there is no politics indulged in her visit to Oz that is only to endorse the Indian cinema among the Australians and their community which has witnessed a number of brutal attacks.

The Indian Film Festival event will be screened in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and New Zealand in the next weeks that lash out the backdrop of the stained relations between India and Australia.

Rani said, “We are coming here to promote our movies culturally. We are here for the larger number of Australians who love our cinema. We are (here) for the Indians and the Asian communities who watch our movies, so we are here for a greater cause.

Holding the similar views, the festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange said that this festival had created a serious attempt to fill the cultural gap between the two countries.

The director of `3 Idiots`, Rajkumar Hirani said, “You can’t generalize and say that a country is against us. The incidents are sad but one wouldn`t like to say that every person, every Australian, walking down the street is against Indians. These types of incidents happen in India
also.”

The puppies were the superstars on the sets of Shahid’s upcoming film, “Paathshaala”. The complete crew of the movie had to dance on the puppies’ fingers for a single shot. It took the director, Milind Ukey a complete day to shoot a minute scene.

The puppies either used to doze off when the shot was all ready or would run away in all the directions.

Recollecting the incident, Ukey said: “It was a really funny situation we faced that day. We`d never imagined that such a small thing would require so much struggle. But in the end, everyone, especially the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was all worth It.”

meantime, Shahid and all the child actors fed the dogs and enjoyed playing with them to get them into action. The shoot crooked into a picnic for the complete cast and crew of the film.

“Paathshaala” is presented by Eros International and produced by Paperdoll Entertainment and will hit the screens on April 16.

The struggling actress, Minissha Lamba accepts the fact that admits her ultra-sensational look in `Kidnap` has unlocked a complete new series of opportunities for her. Now the young actress will be seen in Shyam Benegal`s upcoming film, `Well Done Abba’ where she feels that at the end of it is the talent which plays an essential role.

Minissha began her carrier as an actor from the critically acclaimed film, `Yahaan` opposite Jimmy Shergill in 2005 followed by films like `Corporate`, `Shaurya`, and Yash Raj Films` `Bachna Ae Haseeno`.

Minissha said,” My looks in `Kidnap` helped open a whole new and different range of opportunities for me. It is something I cherish. Being good looking is important, but not always. You need talent as well. If you have talent, people accept you regardless of the way you look.”

She even feels that being short is not at all a drawback in the film industry to which she explains, “If you are a model, having height is imperative, but cinema is a medium where it doesn’t matter. You are on a platform where being tall or short loses relevance.”

`Well Done Abba` is a political spoof that tells the story of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani) who is a driver in Mumbai. He begins his search for a husband for his young teenaged daughter staying in a small village near Hyderabad. But he returns to his job after three months rather than a month. His employer is then persuaded to listen to his reason that got him delayed.

The movie is produced by Reliance Big Pictures and is inspired by the two short stories – `Narsaiyyan Ki Bavdi` by Jeelani Bano and `Phulwa Ka Pul` by Sanjeev.

the movie also stars Samir Dattani, Ila Arun, Ravi Kisshan, Sonali Kulkarni and Yashpal Sharma and is all set to release on March 26.

Akshay Kumar had recently undergone a hydro-therapy for his back pain in Germany. Hey, it has nothing to do with his post Blue pattern. However, Aki who is already well known for excessive energy levels has been over charged with this therapeutic break.

He was back into the action as soon as he landed on his home ground.

He rushed for shooting of Vipul Shah’s Action Replay from the airport only and from there he zipped across for a shoot of a song for Housefull. This is not it. Then he ran to the sets of Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan. Uff…..this was rather a back-breaking schedule. We wonder Aki, are you a Superstar or a Superman?

Preity Zinta is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab who claims that her team has power and spark to win this edition of the T-20 tournament which starts today. Preity recently participated in the health event which was organized by UNAIDS.

Preity said,” We have a very talented side and we have strong will to go and win the tournament. Last time we had seven injured players which no one could help. I believe an IPL team is judged by the strength of strong domestic players and not the international players. We have three-four new domestic players and I hope they will strengthen the base”.

Yuvraj Singh had led Preity’s team in the earlier IPL editions but this time the team would be lead by Sri Lankan all-rounder Kumar Sangakkara. Enquiring about this variation in captaincy, she said: “Many IPL teams are re-shuffling in batting, bowling and other departments. Sangakkara is a talented man (to lead the team). But Yuvraj is our most valuable player. In our team, I want to say, there is no place for ‘I’. It’s ‘we’. We as a team will win or lose.”

We wish you a very good luck Preity and hope your lucky charm; Yuvi brings a win this time.

Sonam Kapoor captivated her fans with her song Massakali in the film Delhi-6. During the shoot of the melodious song, she also created some kind of bond with the pigeon in it.

When it came in her knowledge that a number of birds get wounded and killed because of the glass coated thread called manjha used in kite flying, she wrote a letter to the Home Minister RR Patil appealing him to forbid the use of manjha in the state.

Sonam’s letter says, “As a way to help protect both human and animal lives, I humbly request your support for the recent ban on manjha in Mumbai as well as your immediate action to extend the ban throughout Maharashtra.”

Sonam was also shocked about a number of deaths and human casualties in the festivals like Makar Sankranti. She was saddened to know that a boy in Mumbai almost lost his life because of glass-coated manjha.

She also added,” A youth was nearly decapitated by a manjha string while riding his bicycle. Such needless loss of life has moved me to take action for the sake of humans and birds alike. The use of manjha may be a source of entertainment for some, but for many families – human and bird – which lose their loved ones, it is a tragedy.”

Nobody better than Aamir khan knows to plan a filmy career.

Most of the Bollywood actors would do anything to have at least a single venture in their hands and even sign any ordinary project in desperation. But Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan has an extraordinary way to plan his career.

After taking pleasure with one of his biggest successes in Indian cinema, Aamir has thought to pull brakes on his ongoing career. Right now, he is just focusing on his wife’s directorial debut, Dhobhi Ghat, as well as his next production Peepli Live. Not only this but he be will be eyeing on his nephew, Imran’s Delhi Belly.

So people, you might strive for AK in a full-fledged role till 2012.