Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor together on 'Indian Idol 6'

Mumbai: Cousins Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor will share the platform on singing reality show 'Indian Idol 6' to promote their respective films. Kareena will be spreading a word about her much awaited film 'Heroine', while cousin Ranbir will promote his movie 'Barfi'.

"Kareena and Ranbir both will be coming for the grand finale of 'Indian Idol 6' on August 31," sources told PTI. Kareena plays the part of a superstar Mahi, in Bhandarkar's 'Heroine' and goes through the various phases of an actress's life - from a glamorous high profile innings to a tragic downfall. The film releases on September 21.

'Barfi' is a romantic comedy directed by Anurag Basu, revolving around Murphy (Ranbir) whom everyone calls Barfi. Always ready with a prank, he is quite a charmer even though he can neither speak nor listen. Priyanka Chopra plays an

autistic character, Jhilmil, in the film. Set to release on September 14, the film also features Tollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz.

There is also a buzz in B-town that Kareena and Ranbir would be seen together for the first time on silver screen in Zoya Akhtar's project. The real life cousins would play reel life siblings in the film.

Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra are my seniors: Katrina Kaif

Mumbai: Katrina Kaif today is no longer just a pretty face. She has proved her acting calibre in Rajneeti and now, Ek Tha Tiger. With ETT crossing the 100 crore mark at the Box Office, Kat is now one of the most bankable stars in the industry. But, when compared with her contemporaries like Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, Katrina feels that they are way too ahead of her.

Katrina Kaif has so far acted in male oriented movies, where the heroine's role comes second after the male lead. But, her contemporaries like Kareena, Priyanka and Vidya Balan, have already made a stable position in the industry by choosing women oriented scripts. Talking to a leading website about the same, Katrina said, "Kareena and Priyanka are senior to me. They are way ahead of me."

She further said that if a script excites her, she agrees to the deal. Talking about the 100 crore craze in the recent times, Katrina said, " I am happy to see the business of cinema flourishing, films minting money. Yes, hits are important but somewhere your work has to be liked also."

Halkat Jawani Kareena Kapoor Hot Stills From Bollywood Movie Heroine 2012

Halkat Jawani Kareena Kapoor Hot Stills From Bollywood Movie Heroine 2012

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Watch Halkat Jawani: Kareena sizzles in Heroine item song

The makers of Heroine have released the much-awaited item song from the film on Twitter.

Directed by Madhur Bhandarakar, the film starring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal is creating buzz ever since the project was announced last year at Cannes festival.

The raunchy number was released last evening on Twitter, just a few hours after UTV Motion Pictures, the producers, tweeted exclusive stills of Kareena Kapoor from the film.

The song, choreographed by Ganesh Acharya, has been sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and composed by brothers Salim-Sulaiman.

The movie will release on September 21, which is also Kareena's birthday, and co-stars Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda and Divya Dutta.

In the song, Kareena Kapoor is showing off her curves in a colourful ghagra choli and a Manish Malhotra sari.

Heroine, the story of the rise and fall of an actress, is expected to be huge for Kareena's career and might just be what Dirty Picture was for Vidya Balan.

Watch Kareena in Halkat Jawaani song from Heroine: 

Kareena Kapoor's Halkat jawaani mirrors Katrina Kaif's Chikni Chameli moves?

The full version of Kareena Kapoor's much-hyped item dance, 'Halkat jawaani', from Heroine has been launched on television and the Internet, and the number has become quite the rage online.

Kareena Kapoor in a scene from the item song 'Halkat Jawaani'

The song was launched on August 16 and has been touted as the high point of Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine.

The reactions - though largely positive - have been mixed overall. While Kareena fans have raved about her toned sexy look and energetic dance in the improvised lavani number, others feel the actress is merely trying to ape Katrina Kaif's 'Chikni Chameli' from Agneepath.

Incidentally, 'Halkat jawaani' is choreographed by Ganesh Acharya, the same man who made Katrina dance in 'Chikni Chameli'. "Kareena has given the best shot ever in this item dance," Ganesh said. Madhur, reportedly had doubts about how ready Kareena would be to pull off the desi number.

"Madhur didn't have as much faith as I had in myself, and thought I would require at least three to five days of rehearsals. I took only two hours to finish it in one take. 'Halkat Jawaani' is a great song, Niranjan has done a fabulous job with the lyrics and master (Ganesh Acharya) has done an absolutely great job with the moves," Kareena said.

Bhandarkar, too is satisfied with the song. "The steps are very desi. Ganeshji has choreographed the dance very well," he said.

It remains to be seen if yet another desi item clicks with the masses or simply fades away, the same way as Vidya Balan's 'Mala jau de' in Ferrari Ki Sawaari.

Kareena Kapoor's 'Halkat Jawani' saree to be auctioned

Mumbai: Ever since Kareena Kapoor featured in her bright pink saree and dark blue blouse in her item song 'Halkat Jawaani' in Madhur Bhandarkar’s upcoming film, her costume became the talk of town. And now buzz is that the same ensemble is being auctioned for a cause.

Our source says, "The money will be donated to a charitable organisation, which Kareena is associated to." There is also news that the Manish Malhotra-designed costume managed to create quite a buzz at the recently concluded Mumbai fashion week.

Same-same?
In the meanwhile, Urmila Matondkar has also worn a similar nine-yard saree and blouse in her first ever Marathi item number titled 'Yana Yana' in 'Hridaynath'. Considering that both the actresses are quite close to designer Manish Malhotra, it comes as no surprise that Urmi and Bebo should flaunt the almost-same ensembles.

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Aamir, Kareena, Rani not to be seen together in TALAASH

The special promotional music video which was shot recently for the much touted film TALAASH with Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji was actually Aamir's idea.

He came up with this music video idea for a very specific purpose. It turns out that the three stars in the entire length of the film TALAASH are not seen together in one frame at any point of time. The script of the film is such that the trio - Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor doesn't have the opportunity to share the screen space.

Aamir thought something should be done so that all the three actors can be seen together. Hence he came up with the idea of doing a music video where he along with Rani and Kareena would be shaking a leg together specially for the film.

Aamir thought the audiences would like to see all three of them together as this troika has never been seen together on the screen ever. TALAASH was the opportunity and a music video would be an entertaining way to make it possible.

TALAASH is the most awaited film of the year as it will see Aamir on screens after three years post 3 IDIOTS. Not only this but it also sees the comeback of the famous GHULAM pair, Aamir-Rani, which was a huge hit with the masses then. Similarly, Aamir-Kareena pairing in 3 IDIOTS sent waves of appreciation amongst masses.

Besides the pairing, TALAASH also marks the coming back of Aamir- Farhan- Ritesh trio of DIL CHAHTA HAI fame.

"Yes its true Aamir came up with the idea of shooting a music video with all three stars together and we all instantly agreed. It is a great idea of having them together. Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor dancing together in a music video is the recipe for total entertainment," a spokesperson from Excel Entertainment says.a

Amrita Singh ignores Kareena Kapoor

There's an unwritten rule in the industry. Uncomfortable situations involving personal or professional rivals are studiously avoided. However, Saturday evening turned out to be an exception; call it a goof up of sorts on the part of YRF Studios, which is otherwise quite well organised.

According to an eyewitness, Saif Ali Khan's ex-wife Amrita Singh walked into the studio and headed for her make up room on the ground floor. However, when she saw Saif's beau Kareena Kapoor's name on the door of the opposite makeup room, she left the area and went to a different location to avoid a sticky situation.

It is learnt that minutes later, a walkie-talkie message was conveyed to the team to have Amrita's makeup room shifted to another floor. Also, the plate on the door of her original makeup room, which read somewhat like: 'Amrita Singh look test for Aurangzeb' was removed.

Said an eyewitness, "Amrita went to the other floor and carried on with her work, and didn't give much importance to whatever happened."

When contacted, Amrita Singh confirmed her presence at YRF Studios on Saturday. However, she quipped, "I am not a newcomer to run away from such things. I have been here for 30 years and we are all professionals. I straight away went to the makeup room, which was assigned to me."

Minutes later, a YRF spokesperson called and said Amrita and Kareena's makeup rooms were always supposed to be on different floors.

Aurangzeb, a YRF production directed by Atul Sabharwal, stars Arjun Kapoor in a double role. A source close to YRF told, "Amrita is playing an important role in Aurangzeb."

Sanjay Leela Bhansali selects Deepika over Priyanka

Finally director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has found her heroine for his movie ‘Ram Leela’.  Deepika Padukone is the chosen one. In a recent interview an aide close to Sanjay said he wanted an A-list heroine to do his movie. He wanted an actress who was fair and unmarried to play the role of “Juliet” in the movie.

He had approached actress Katrina Kaif for the role but she was too busy with her schedule. Bebo is busy about planning the event to tie the knot with long time beau Saif Ali Khan. Deepika was approached after Kareena decided to disassociate herself from the movie.  The marriage which was supposed to be on October 16th has been delayed there after. This is the second time Deepika has beaten Kareena to get a role, the last being ‘Chennai Express’. In this movie she is cast opposite Shahrukh Khan.

The next person on the list was Priyanka Chopra. But apparently Sanjay wasn’t too keen in casting her in his movie and he turned to Deepika Padukone. Deepika was the only one with dates available for his magnum opus. It is being rumored that piggy chops lost to dippy because of her complexion.

Deepika adjusted her dates. She was supposed to be part of a movie under the joint production of Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar. But the movie got delayed; hence she decided to do Bhansali’s film.

The story of ‘Ram Leela’ is said to be an adaption of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Its cast also includes Ranveer Singh and Supriya Pathak. The detail of the story has not been revealed yet.  Sanjay Leela Bhansali is also producing the movie. As always the sets for the movie are going to be elegant.  The movie is said to be shot in the interior locations of Gujarat.

The costumes for the movie will be designed to reflect the traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Sanjay has roped in Delhi based designer Anju Modi. Sabyasachi Mukherjee was first touted to be the costume designer. He was the costume designer for Bhansali’s film Black. But Sanjay this time tried to go for traditional ethnic wear. Anju Modi was perfect for that. She said that she was happy to be working with the iconic director and would be designing costumes for Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh. She was not aware at that time that Priyanka will not be a part of the movie. 

Picture Gallery: Saif Ali Khan with blonde hair and new tattoo

Bollywood Actors Saif Ali Khan was lately spotted with his lady love Kareena Kapoor in Mumbai. Here is a glimpse of his latest look.

Apparently, Saif Ali Khan has dyed his hair for his home production 'Go Goa Gone'. He plays a Russian mafia in the film 'Go Goa Gone', who is on a zombie hunt. During a recent interview he said, "I've dyed my hair a disgusting blonde while my beard is black. I look like an idiot."

Kareena Kapoor spotted in Mumbai. It seems 'Heroine' is taking a toll on her health, she looks really tired. 

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan were supposed to tie the knot on October 16, 2012. However, the actors have delayed the wedding again.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor were last seen together on screen in his home production 'Agent Vinod'.

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Kareena Takes a dig at rival Katrina Kaif in her movie ‘Heroine’

“Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Well this must be what, Bebo and Katrina is saying, each time they see the mirror. The quest and rivalry between the two, to be the number one actress in Bollywood is not hidden.

To add spice to that, Kareena is said to take a jibe at Katrina in her new venture ‘Heroine’. In a scene from the movie, while she is interacting with a journalist she says that some actress in the film industry make name and fame riding piggyback on their boyfriend. It is not hard to understand, who she was taking the dig at. She also goes on to say that passport of the actress should be checked for name, age and country of origin.

Not that we need to pin down Kareena for this, as the dialogues are being managed by filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who is the director of the movie. Both the girls though maintain a healthy relationship with Salman Khan, who is revered by all in Bollywood. 

‘Heroine’ is set to be released on September 12. Kareena plays the role of a Bollywood actress in the movie. She has been described in the trailer as a sankee, moody and impulsive person. The voice in the background of the trailer asks who will give chance to such an actress. The instant reply comes from Kareena, who says, “Hollywood ho ya Bollywood, har heroine mein yein teeno qualities hoti hai”.

Bhandarkar is known for the one-liners in his movie. At one place Kareena takes a dig at the media too, where she says, “Aap media waalon ko film scripts likhnee chahiye. Heroine ne gadi lee toh businessman ne gift kar di, diamond khareeda toh engagement ho gayi, hospital gayi checkup ke liye toh abortion ho gaya, LA gayi toh plastic surgery karva lee, or God forbid Dubai gayi toh uska rate card bann jata hai.”

The movie has other funny one-liners too. Divya Dutta, who plays Kareena’s rival in the movie says to her, “Yeh film industry hai, yahaan ya toh manipulate karlo, ya manipulate ho jao.”

The film also casts Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda, who play the role of actor and cricketer respectively. In also involves a raunchy intimate scene between Arjun and Kareena, which is already a hit on YouTube.

Kareena gets catty about Katrina in Heroine?

As rivals for the number one actress spot, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif have never been friends, despite both actresses' close relationship with Salman Khan. Now, rumour has it that Heroine has given Kareena a chance to take aim at Katrina, at least on screen.

This report in The Times Of India says that one scene in the film has Kareena's character remark to a film journalist that another actress has only made it big because of the backing of her superstar boyfriend (in real life, Salman).

Not convinced she means Katrina? There's more. Kareena's character also goes on to say that the journalist should check the other actress' passport for her real name and nationality. That's pretty much what Deepika Padukone infamously said about Katrina on Koffee With Karan some seasons ago.

Kareena was reportedly reluctant to do the scene initially but was convinced by director Madhur Bhandarkar who argued in favour of the sizeable contingent of actresses non-Indian or partly Indian origin who come to Bollywood to try their luck.

Will Katrina retaliate? And how will Salman, who Kareena starred in the superhit Bodyguard and is close friends with, respond?

Kareena is my Mom says Rohit Shetty

Kareena Kapoor has already become a mom. Hang on! Not to a baby! Rohit Shetty recently told a daily that Kareena Kapoor keeps a check on him and he has to run scripts past her. The director was asked by a leading Daily, about rumours of him signing Kareena Kapoor for Chennai Express, to which he replied: "Kareena is my mom. I've to tell her whatever I'm working on; I run my scripts past her, tell her about upcoming projects. She knows who I'm working with, where I'm shooting, what I'm doing. She keeps a check on me."

Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor is riding high after the first trailer launch of her upcoming film Heroine. The actress lives up to the expectations as she gets into the skin of her character Mahi in the recently released Heroine trailer. There's a glimpse of the much-awaited item song Halkat Jawani too.

The actress who's seen in various avatars, in the film (since she's an actress), manages to impress with her acting skills.

Bebo is seen getting steamy with co-star Arjun Rampal too. After Kurbaan, this is the first time Kareena has done some extremely intimate scenes. The actress can certainly expect some awards for her role.

Kareena Kapoor takes a dig at ‘foreigner’ Katrina Kaif!

New Delhi: Our little birdie who had been spying on the sets of ‘Heroine’ has dropped by to give us a very entertaining piece of information. Well, the news is that actress Kareena Kapoor has taken a very straightforward jibe at rival Katrina Kaif.

It all happened while shooting for the film that a scene required her to interact with a journalist, and bitch about another leading actress (Katrina) that how she has climbed up the success ladder only because her boyfriend is a top star (Salman Khan). She then goes on to add that her passport should be checked to identify her real name, age and country of origin. Even the actress who plays the role of this ‘foreign’ actress is said to have a resemblance to Kat!

Don’t you feel a sense of déjà vu after going through this statement? The fact is that Katrina’s passport issue was brought to light by Deepika Padukone on the TV show ‘Koffee with Karan’ which caused a lot of buzz in Bollywood circles.

It has also been said that initially Kareena was reluctant to perform this scene but was taken into confidence by director Madhur Bhandarkar who reasoned that these days there are many aspiring actresses who come to India to try their luck in films.

I will work till I am 90, says Kareena Kapoor

Reigning Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor does not intend to give up her position to anyone inthe industry and insists that she will continue to work till she turns 90.

In Madhur Bhandarkar's much awaited film, Heroine Kareena will be seen as a superstar. The film chronicles thevarious phases, she goes through as an actress -- from aglamorous high life to a tragic downfall.

When asked if she fears that she will have to  make placeof other actress, Kareena said, "I haven't thought of it asyet. And obviously I wish and hope that. I think I will belike Zohra Sehgal who would be working till 90...so toughluck. I am not going to give my place to anyone."
  
The story of the rise and fall of an actress – there seems to be some similarity between Kareena's yet-to-be-released Heroine and Vidya Balan's hit The Dirty Picture.

  On this, Kareena says, "I am not getting into anyone's shoes. I am very much comfortable in my shoes and nobody fitsinto my size. I am not going anywhere. Heroine is not a dirty film...its completely different from The Dirty Picture. It is unfair to compare the two films."



The Dirty Picture was based in 80s and this (Heroine)is a modern day story. TDP was about an item girl, Heroine is about superstar. I have taken on this film because of thescript and not to compete with anyone. I think one should stop making comparisons as it is useless," she said.
 
 Also, Kareena is all set to rock with her latest item song – Halkat Jawani  from Heroine and she asserts that the song is not an answer to Katrina's Sheila Ki Jawani.
  
 "No answer to anybody, don't compare it with anybody.It is mine," Kareena said.
  
 Meanwhile, Bhandarkar was all praise for Kareena. "Kareena has done fabulous job. And I am sure and I hope she gets a national award," he said.    

'Heroine is set to release on September 21, which happens to be Kareena’s birthday.

Will Heroine be Kareena Kapoor's The Dirty Picture?

The story of the rise and fall of a leading actress - this could well describe both Kareena Kapoor's still-in-the-making Heroine and Vidya Balan's sleeper hit The Dirty Picture.

Silk Smitha biopic The Dirty Picture fetched Vidya both critical and commercial glory in the form of a National Award and the typically Bollywood-esque tribute of being dubbed the "fourth Khan."

Will Heroine do the same for Kareena? And will she be able to follow Vidya into the no man's land of heroine oriented cinema?

Perhaps it's early days to make comparisons yet, but though Bebo puts her sultriest face forward on the first poster of Heroine, it seems lukewarm next to Vidya's searing appearance on the poster for The Dirty Picture which literally took everyone's breath away when it was released.

Kareena herself calls Heroine a landmark film in her career: "I feel that Heroine is going to be a milestone in my career. I aim to make it one my career-best performances."

Maybe her words prove as prophetic as Vidya's did when she said: "I think the boys are just going to love The Dirty Picture because it is dirty."

Then again, maybe not. Kareena, suddenly struck dumb when it comes to answering questions from the press, seems to be letting the film's first look do the talking. But Heroine's poster hasn't been worth a thousand words thus far.

Looks like it's advantage Balan at the moment, but this will still be an interesting battle of the beauties.

Kareena not to star opposite SRK in 'Chennai Express'

Director Rohit Shetty has quashed rumours of Kareena Kapoor being cast opposite Shahrukh Khan in his next project 'Chennai Express' and says that the leading lady will be zeroed in soon.

"I have not really (approached Kareena Kapoor), she knows what I am making. I might do something else with Kareena," Shetty told PTI, in an exclusive interview. Grapevine is abuzz that Deepika Padukone is likely to feature opposite King Khan in the film.

"Just wait for ten days and then everyone will come to know who it is. In ten days time, we will announce about our heroine," he said.

Interestingly for Shetty, 'Chennai Express' is the first film where he will be working without his close buddy Ajay Devgn. In all the eight films that Shetty has directed till date, Ajay has been a common factor but the director says that making an exception with CE, should not be taken otherwise.

"There is no fight, there is no negativity happening between us. We are working together for 'Singham 2'. I don't think people should question the bond we share," Shetty said.

Ask him if there is any scope where he can have Ajay Devgn doing a cameo in the film, the 39-year-old director says, "Not really as the script is almost ready. In two months we will start shooting."

'Chennai Express' will go on floors from the end of September and release would happen mid-next year.

Kareena Kapoor’s ‘Halkat Jawaani’ to be hotter than ‘Chikni Chameli’

New Delhi: Kareena Kapoor, who has been making waves for her hot avatar even before the release of her film ‘Heroine’, has been trying hard to set a new benchmark in the realm of Bollywood item numbers.

However, it seems that Bebo’s prime agenda is to beat none other than rival Katrina Kaif. The latter had besotted the entire nation with her charming dance act in the song ‘Chikni Chameli’ in the Hrithik Roshan starrer ‘Agneepath’ that released worldwide in January this year.

A little birdie has dropped in to inform us that Kareena Kapoor and her ‘Heroine’ director Madhur Bhandharkar have especially hired pro choreographer Ganesh Acharya to choreograph ‘Halkat Jawani’, which they want to be way better than Kat’s item number.

Well, going by the efforts that team ‘Heroine’ is putting in their film, it seems that a real treat is in store for the movie buffs out there!

First poster of Kareena Kapoor's Heroine out!

Madhur Bhandarkar today released the first poster of the much-awaited film Heroine on twitter showing actress Kareena Kapoor in a glam avatar.

The poster has Kareena dressed in a shimmery tank top and shorts lying down on a bed surrounded by magazines and photos of herself and an empty wine glass.

"Presenting the 1st poster of Heroine to all my well wishers. Hope you like it," Bhandarkar tweeted.

The film, charting the journey of a Bollywood actress, is set to hit theatres on September 14.

Kareena Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan and Sajid Khan attacked!

There is nothing new when celebrities' e-mail accounts get hacked! For almost each 30 days, superstars make statements when online hackers spy on their e-mail accounts, neglect it and flow their personal information. So when Sajid Khan hit statements when his accounts was affected, we were shocked! Originally, he just didn't pay much attention to it because he thought he was not enthusiastic about e-mail and Social Networking sites. But when his buddies started contacting him up, he noticed how serious the problem had become. The cyberpunk used his account to deliver emails to stars asking them for their high-res naked pictures!

This is not the first time that we already know of such an example. In previous times too superstars like Ekta Kapoor, Meghna Naidu, Ali Merchant, Arbaaz Khan have confronted identical issues. But what exactly is distressing is the spurt in the number of such incidents! For it reveals how incredibly easy it is to break into their e-mails and very challenging to get keep of causes.

Here’s a record of superstars who are having a bad time working with the nuisance of published individual details:

Meghna Naidu: She filed a police complaints saying that her e-mail id has been hacked. The cyberpunk was trying to malign her picture by composing indecent emails to her buddies. She said, “The cyberpunk used my googlemail account to chat with my buddies and even said that I am expecting and desired to go for an abortion. The scams had written all such obscene things about me.”

Ekta Kapoor: Her e-mail account too got hacked and the online hackers sent bogus information to her buddies through her email. An insider revealed that Ekta came to know that her e-mail was hacked when she began getting calling from her buddies. They said that they obtained e-mail from her where they have been requested to pay Rs 11,000 if they wanted to get try out for her reveals. On listening to this, she was stunned.


Arbaaz Khan: “My e-mail account has been hacked for the 2nd time in One week. I’m going to computer file a issue with the cyber cell as its a illegal act,” Arbaaz submited on the microblogging website Twitter. “Hackers do not look to recognise that such an felony can land them in lockup. The act has a 3 season lockup phrase. Shock if all this is value it,” he included.

Kareena Kapoor: On coming back from The other agents with love Saif Ali Khan, after finishing the schedule of “Agent Vinod”, Kareena Kapoor was stunned to discover how her individual e-mail id had been hacked into. “When she came back to India, the very first thing she desired to do was check her e-mails. But she couldn't log into her account despite several efforts. That is when she realised that her e-mail account had been hacked into. Kareena is really irritated because this happens to be one of her oldest e-mail accounts,” a resource said!