Mumbai: Madhuri Dixit has expressed her keen desire to work with the Khans of Bollywood – especially Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. Madhuri has shared some great on-screen chemistry with SRK and Salman in the past.

Madhuri’s chemistry with both Salman and Shah Rukh has been hugely admired in number of films. She appeared with Salman Khan in ‘Saajan’ and the most memorable ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’, and with Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Anjaam’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’, ‘Koyla’ and ‘Devdas’.

Mumbai: The ‘Raja Hindustani’ girl is all set to make a comeback in Bollywood after a long sabbatical of five years!

Lolo has signed an erotic thriller film with filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. The film is named ‘Dangerous Ishq’ and is supposed to be a 3-D flick.

A source spoke to a daily, “Lolo never really announced her retirement even after her marriage to industrialist Sanjay Kapur in 2003. Despite being busy with her domestic life and subsequent motherhood (daughter Samaira was born in 2005, son Kiaan Raj in 2010), Karisma has always had film offers. She has remained in circulation by signing many endorsements but has now finally given the nod to Vikram`s film. His last film ‘Haunted’ 3-D did well at the Box Office. That was the clincher for her.”

Mumbai: ‘Dabangg’ hottie Sonakshi Sinha is all set to play Mandakini in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2’.

While the names of Katrina, Kareena and Deepika already doing rounds, it was revealed lately that Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi has bagged the plum project, starring opposite Akshay Kumar.

Talking to a daily, a source said, “Ekta Kapoor and Milan Luthria are taking their time to choose the leading lady for ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2’. They want the girl to be perfect. Initially, they wanted a leading lady to essay the role of Mandakini. But now, they are considering Sonakshi Sinha.”

Mumbai: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth is showing huge improvement in his health and the actor is expected to be discharged anytime on Tuesday.

Apparently, buzz has it that Rajini will be out of the hospital tomorrow morning but he won’t immediately return to India.

Talking to a daily, a source said, “Rajini has been advised to stay in Singapore for a while so that the doctors who have treated him can do periodical checkups for a few weeks. Superstar will be back to India in July.”

New Delhi: Ravishing Raveena Tandon, who grooved to songs like “Tu cheez badi hai mast mast” and “Kisi disco mein” in her heydays, will now be seen shaking a leg once again in `Bbuddah – Hoga Terra Baap`.

“Helllllooooo everybodyyy! Super super cool song I`m shooting for `Bbuddah… Hoga tera baap`! Chandigarh ki kudi-chandigarh ki star!! Super fun! (sic),” Raveena posted on her Twitter page.

However, the 36-year-old, who is now seen in few films only, clarifies that the song is not an item number.

Mumbai: Once lovers, Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor will star together in Ranbir’s best friend Ayan Mukerjee`s next film very soon. Speculations were on about the casting of the film. There were talks about Ranbir’s ex Deepika Padukone agreeing to do the film. Then Anushka Sharma’s name had cropped up. But finally the cast has been decided for the film and Katrina Kaif has agreed to star opposite her ex Ranbir.
 
According to sources in the industry, Ayan was going back and forth about who to cast in the film. As Ranbir`s relationship with Kat had soured post break up, there were doubts about Katrina agreeing to do a film with him. Ayan, who is on friendly terms with Katrina, was eager to cast her opposite his buddy Ranbir but couldn’t do much due the strained relation between the two.

London: Lady Gaga was spotted in an over-exposed bodysuit that covered only her nipple and a G-string to protect her modesty at the CFDA Fashion Awards after-party.

After accidentally exposing her nipples as she arrived at the fashion awards, Gaga had removed her conservatively custom-made Mugler gown for the revealing bodysuit at the bash at the Standard hotel in New York, reports the Daily Mail.

The `Poker Face` singer who was named ‘Fashion Icon’ at the CFDA Fashion Awards hours was clearly in high spirits as she danced away beside the DJ booth.

Mumbai: Shilpa Shetty, who was the first one from Bollywood to introduce the concept of Yoga DVDs in India and had once considered Baba Ramdev as her Guru, has changed her stand. The lady had sought Baba’s blessings before launching her yoga DVD and had gifted him with one of those as a token of love.
 
But now, Shilpa seems to have had differences with her yoga mentor. She is of the opinion that Baba is politically driven. She feels there is no need to agitate in the manner he held a campaign at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.

Comedian turned lead hero Sunil has finally okayed two movies. One of them is remake of Tanu Weds Manu , a Hindi blockbuster, and this film would go to the sets shortly. Mega Supergood Movies has bagged the remake rights from the Hindi producer although several other producers in Tollywood have tried to get the remake rights. Having delivered a blockbuster with Sunil as hero with a remake earlier in the form of Andala Ramudu , Mega Supergood films is excited about this remake of Tanu Weds Manu.

Allu Arjun’s big budgeted extravaganza, Badrinath , has finally been cleared by Censor Board. The movie is awarded with “A” certificate. Producer Allu Aravind officially announced the release date – June 10th.

Badrinath is releasing simultaneously in Telugu and Malayalam on June 10th. Directed by V V Vinayak and stars Tamannah as heroine.

Mumbai: Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor’s next project ‘Dirty Picture’, which stars actress Vidya Balan as the South sex symbol Silk Smita, recently started out on its shooting schedule. However, on its very first day, the film shooting was stalled by workers union.

Apparently, the shooting went on for a stretch of 14 hours, which exceeded the norm of 8 hours and according to the rules, anything beyond eight hours is considered overtime.

The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan and Tusshar Kapoor and the work on it began just four days ago.

Mumbai: The ‘Murder’ sequel from Bhatt camp is ready and its trailers are already the talk of the town ever since its teasers hit the idiot box. Yes, we are talking about the much hyped ‘Murder 2’.

Apparently, ‘Murder 2’ was supposed to be much hotter and wilder than its prequel. But there has been a sudden revelation amongst the producers and they feel that the scorching love scenes could be too much for the small screen.

As of now, Mukesh and Mahesh are trying to lukewarm the whole steamy love scenes of the film to make it television friendly and the duo has decided to re-shoot a song in ‘Murder 2’.

PORT OF SPAIN: Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 68 as India overcame a shaky start to notch up an easy four-wicket win over the West Indies in the first one-day international of the five-match series at the Queen’s Park Oval on Monday.

Chasing a modest 215-run target, Rohit anchored the Indian innings and together with captain Suresh Raina (43) raised 80 runs for the fifth wicket to guide India home in 44.5 overs after the visitors lost their first three wickets for just 61 runs.

Mumbai: Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are finally going to be seen together in a film. The duo who were last seen together in ‘Masti’ seven years back and had made their debut together in ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ back in 2003. Ever since then, rumours have been rife about their alleged romance. But the couple has always denied their link up.

Now the much hush-hush couple is all set to work together in a romantic comedy, to be produced by Kumar Taurani of Tips.

London: Oscar nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld is at the centre of a controversy after it was reported that she will be shooting a risque sex scene in her next, `Romeo and Juliet`.

The `True Grit` star will appear naked in the modern adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, which she signed up to earlier this year, reported a website.

A leaked copy of the film`s script, written by Julian Fellowes, has revealed the scene.

Fellowes has already defended his decision, saying he wanted to have an age-appropriate actor, just like the Shakespeare originals.

Showing off mid-riff in every song, wearing micro-skirts and knickers, sizzling in drenched clothes, Tamannah is looking so hot these days. Unlike in her past films, she is now indulging in heavy skin show. When asked about this, she defends the skin show.
 
“I think every woman is incomplete without her sensuous side. There are different ways of showing and portraying it-like Madhubala did it with her smile or Madhuri with her eyes. I would always do something within my comfort level and keeping in mind, my pluses,” Tammu said.

Rajinikanth’s post-illness film Rana, will now be projected in the same way as the Big B’s Coolie a film where the super-hero conquers death.

This has an uncanny resemblance to the Big B’s classic Coolie. On 26 July 1982, Bachchan had a near-fatal accident while shooting for the film. After two months in the hospital, he returned to the sets. And now, it’s the Tamil superstar’s turn. According to sources, the Coolie-Rana parallel will run deeper still.

After his recovery Bachchan’s character in Coolie had not died as per the script. In Rana too, all three characters to be played by Rajini will now live, although one of them was supposed to die.

PORT OF SPAIN: Batting legend Viv Richards has not seen Sir Donald Bradman but of all those he has seen, including compatriot Brian Lara, none has been better than iconic Indian Sachin Tendulkar.

“I didn’t see Don but to me, in all my years associated with the game, I haven’t seen a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar,” said Richards in a eulogy to the “little man”, who openly professes to have idolised him while growing up.

“If there is a better batsman than Sachin then he hasn’t arrived yet.”

London: ‘Gossip Girl’ star Blake Lively has denied that the pictures that had showed the actress posing naked in a series of self-portraits was her, calling it ‘100 per cent fake’.

Some observers had also noted that the photographs had shown an iPhone similar to the one the actress has been seen carrying around on the set of her hit TV show.

However, the 23-year-old has branded the nude photos as “100 per cent fake“ and insisted that she has ‘never’ taken any nude pictures of herself.

“It`s not me”: Lively said.

New Delhi: Mandira Bedi, who is expecting her first child, was Thursday appointed the official brand-ambassador of Cryo-Save, a stem cell bank. In her new role, she will be involved in various strategic communication initiatives as part of an extensive brand campaign for the company.

Mandira, who married filmmaker Raj Kaushal 12 years ago, said she recently learned about the benefits of stem cell therapy, and wants to promote it.

“Parents take various steps to ensure safe and secure future of their child. One small, but very significant step towards securing the health of your child is by storing the stem cells of your new-born,” Mandira said in a press statement.