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On its annual list of the world’s most desirable women voted on by 10
million people, a website, askmen.com, has Hollywood actress Eva Mendes
racing ahead of contemporaries Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Aishwarya
Rai, at number 27 in 2008, now sits at number 60 with 6461 votes, while
Katrina Kaif debuts in the top 50, at number 48 with 8929 votes.
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With Rama The Savior, Tanushree
Dutta joins the league
of action stars in Bollywood.
She did a crash course in taekwondo
to prepare for the
action thriller inspired by Lara
Croft Tomb Rider. “I had to get
my posture correct and the role
required me to lose weight.”
She recently got into a spat
with Nana Patekar on the sets
of Horn OK Please. “Men have
a way of controlling situations
by forcing themselves on others.
I do not like to be controlled.
I like keeping a distance.
I am not a nun or a puritan,
but nor am I promiscuous.”
She says that though Patekar
and Shona Urvashi (who
directed Saas Bahu Aur Sensex)
had bad-mouthed her, directors
like Priyadarshan and Subhash
Ghai respect her professionalism.
“I may not be the best
actresses in Bollywood today,
but I am a professional!”
“I “I am am h hhappy
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and and content
content”
content
“I don’t regret turning down Slumdog
Millionaire,” says Shah Rukh Khan. “I know
Danny felt bad about it. But he is such a
good human being. His love for India is
something very special. Anil has done a
fabulous job and deserves every bit of the
success. I also couldn’t do Lagaan, Munnabhai
MBBS and now 3 Idiots. But nobody could have
done a better job than Sanjay Dutt in
Munnabhai. I was keen to do Lagaan, but
Ashutosh and I couldn’t get a producer at
the time – I wasn’t into production then. And
I didn’t do 3 Idiots. Looks like Aamir was
destined to do both roles! God has given me
enough, I’d better be happy and content!”
Who Who is is at at fault?
fault?
Nearly 80 per cent of Indian ads have film
stars endorsing the products. Shah Rukh
Khan makes $50 million a year through endorsements.
A law in the making says the celebrity
is as responsible as the company which
owns the brand if a product fails to deliver.
The company could be liable for Rs. 5 million
($125,000) plus a jail term for cheating. An
additional clause will penalize the film star
endorsing the product for false declaration.
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actor
Akshay Kumar was to perform at the Star
Screen award function but the organizers
couldn’t pay him his fee of Rs. 25 million
($625,000). As A-list actors now only attend
to receive an award or to perform, the
organizers hinted at the Best Actor award.
However, his name was announced for the
Most Popular Actor, and not the Best Actor
as promised. Akki felt slighted, but did not
wish to cause a scene at the event. So he went
up, said Aamir Khan deserved the award for
Ghajini, and walked off without collecting the
trophy. Aamir wasn’t present at the function.
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