Samir Soni and Neelam Kothari have gone public at last. They were together and even posed for shutterbugs at Amrita Arora's sangeet.
Stepping outSamir Soni and Neelam Kothari have gone public at last. They were together and even posed for shutterbugs at Amrita Arora's sangeet. As reported ('Neelam, Samir an item'; Hitlist, February 12) both were introduced to each other through common friends and seem to have hit it off well. We await the good news.
Meanwhile...
Lara Dutta and Dino Morea continue to arrive at events together but the photogs have to capture them while making a quick exit or entry. Although Dino seems quite relaxed and open by his lady's side, Lara looks like she has been caught stealing. Chill, girl!
Aa dekhen zara
Hrithik Roshan finally emerged out from his long spell out of the limelight.
After a no-show at two important award functions, and having his Best Actor trophy collected by Jodhaa Akbar director, Ashutosh Gowarikar, the emperor finally showed up at one of Amrita Arora's wedding functions.
Although maybe he regretted showing up at the event because going by his impression, he seems to be saying: what the hell am I doing here?u00a0
Adnan Shame-y
Adnan Sami ought to be ashamed of himself. After using his father's failing health as an excuse to garner sympathy votes in the fight with his wife several times in the last month, he is now using his son as well.
A day before his son Azaan arrived from Pakistan, Adnan was calling the media declaring, 'My son is arriving tomorrow to see his dying grandfather.
I have not told my father, so it will be a surprise." This was followed by a text message by his PR person, to all newspaper reporters and TV channels giving information of the flight details. Later, he also posed and made his father and son pose for pictures. What next?
Back to back
We like that more actresses are choosing elegant sarees for formal events over desi rip-offs of big designers' evening gowns. And to add that sexy factor, there's always the interesting blouses. Check out Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif flashing their backs in their desi designs. Which one do you prefer? Write to hitlist@midday.comTab aur ab...Although he played mentor to nearly a dozen stars, none of them turned up to wish veteran film-maker-cum-election candidate K C Bokadia who celebrated 25 years of filmmaking, which also marked the release of his 50 films.
The handful who did, included Dharmendra (Maidan-e-Jung), Jayaprada ( Aaj Ka Arjun), Manisha Koirala and Shakti Kapoor (Laal Baadshah) besides stand-up comic Raju Srivastava (also an election candidate), Sudesh Bhosle and Chunky Pandey (who has never worked with him.)
Bokadia also has the rare distinction of bringing Salman and Shah Rukh Khan together in Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam which also featured Aishwarya Rai! Bokadiau00a0 will soon release Don't Worry starring Priyanka Chopra and The Challenge starring Sunny Deol.
Says Bokadia, who is contesting elections from his home-town in Rajasthan says, " Frankly, politics is not my cup of tea. It's more of a scheming power-game.
For me, its 'seva-niti' and not rajniti. And I have full faith in my potential and I may not even require top stars to canvas for me,"
B-Town votesOver 1500 people from the Indian film industry voted for their favorites for the upcoming IIFA 2009 awards u2014 Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Neha Dhupia, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Prachi Desai and Rakesh Roshan amongst others, including technicians and the entire crew from Race and Jodhaa Akbar.
RAZA'S BOLLYWOODQ What would have been the lyrics of Gulzar's Jai Ho had Hema Malini penned the song?
Au00a0 Tumhari 'Jai' ho, mera 'Veeru' ho.
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