Asian Voice - Saturday 13th February 2010
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SRK, Karan Johar join Abhishek Bachchan for ‘National Bingo Night’
Ajith a ‘cop’ in Asal Gautham Menon feels so lucky over cop stories laced with ‘thrill’ moments that even though his melodramas– Minnale, Vaaranam Aayiram have won him laurels, the filmmaker is adhering to tales on cops. Well it indeed is true that he has splendidly tasted success in this genre with Kaaka Kaaka and Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu turning out to be box-office hits. Now with Ajith Kumar’s Asal slated to hit screens this weekend, the actor is involved in script discussions with Gautham Menon’s next film that will start rolling shortly. Close sources of Gautham Menon have mentioned that it will be a taut thriller revolving around a cop (played by Ajith Kumar). In recent times, Ajith Kumar has been spotted with typical trimmed hair cut of a cop. A.R. Rahman will score music for this film
and Dayanidhi Azhagiri is producing the film under the banner of Cloud Nine Productions.
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Is dancing for an item song, a sin – Shriya Saran Your acting itself is a sin Shriya Charan. The actress hasn’t given an outstanding performance even once in her career and yet proclaims herself to be a great actress. The actress lost her prominence when she tripped her foot with comedy actor Vadivelu in ‘Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan’. Now with none of her big releases winning her laurels, the actress gets back to the same strategy of dancing for an item number. Yes, she’ll be seen shaking legs for an item song in SJ Suryah’s Telugu film ‘Puli’ starring Pawan Kalyan in lead role. Says Shriya: ‘Why do people perceive me dancing for an item song is much more than a sin? I am really privileged to work with a great team and the song has a musical score by A.R. Rahman. I will be dancing even for the Tamil version of this film that has SJ Suryah himself in lead role…’
COLORS, the Indian entertainment channel brings Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar to the game show ‘National Bingo Night’, joining host Abhishek Bachchan this Sunday at 1.00 pm. SRK and KJo will hit the Bingo trigger as well as promote their much anticipated film releasing this week - ‘My Name Is Khan’ on special episode of 'National Bingo Night'. With superstar Shahrukh present on the sets, both the host and the studio audience go into a fine frenzy of anticipatory excitement. In order to give Shah Rukh and Karan a warm welcome and to highlight their upcoming film ‘My Name is Khan’, ‘National Bingo Night’ presents the duo with a unique surprise - all members of the studio audience have the surname
Khan. So, barring the hosts and one of the guests, Karan, everyone's ‘name is Khan’! Shahrukh’s charm has an infectious and potent quality that women could fight tooth and nail for. However, on ‘National Bingo Night’ one person turns out to be luckier than others as Shahrukh lavishes his charms on none other than Bingo Bombshell, Rashmi, who turns out to be the object of Shahrukh's affections for the evening.
W h i l e Shahrukh is busy flirting, Karan is busy playing Bingo with Abhishek. And just as Vidya found her 'Lucky Auntie' last week, Karan finds a lucky charm this week - none other than the dishy host, Abhishek Bachchan, himself! Each time Karan hits the trigger he hides behind Ahishek before Rashmi can announce if his guess on the Bingo Ball is right or wrong...and low and behold...he gets lucky each time! COLORS - India’s premier entertainment channel, is available on Sky’s Digital Satellite platform on Channel No. 829. Also coming soon on the VIEWASIA package.
‘Kavi’ makes it to the Oscars There may be no Indian hopefuls in this year's Oscar race after AR Rahman's ouster, but India still figures in the competition with 'Kavi', a short film about a young Indian boy trapped in child labour, which has been nominated in the 'Short Film (Live Action)' category. The 19-minute-long fictional film in Hindi by American debutante director Greg Helvey is about a boy who wants to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to work as a modern-day slave. Helvey who shot the film on a shoe string budget in and around Wai, near Mumbai, said that the goal of the film was to "motivate action through awareness".
"What incredible support for Kavi. Thirty per cent of our DVD proceeds are going to anti-slavery organisations. Hope this gets eyes on human trafficking," wrote Helvey, a student of the University
of South California, on his Twitter account. "My goal is to reach at least 50,000 people with 'Kavi' in the first year. The purpose is to motivate action through awareness," he added in a statement. Last year's Oscars were dominated by the Mumbai-based-potboiler 'Slumdog Millionaire' which won eight Oscars, including two for musician Rahman and one for sound artiste Resul Pokutty. 'Smile Pinki' a documentary by American director Megan Mylan about a young Indian girl stigmatised due to her cleft lip had also won the Academy Award in the 'Best Documentary Short Subject' category.
Another split for Ameesha Patel Ameesha Patel has split with her NRI boyfriend Kanav Puri. The couple split after dating for three years over differences that have arisen between them. Kanav wanted to marry Ameesha while she wants to try her hand at acting one last time, which has led to their split. According to sources, Kanav and Ameesha's relationship has been troubled for about 8 months now. Kanav proposed marriage to her in June when he came to India for her birthday. She has been unsure of what to do since then and didn't give him a
proper answer. Kanav grew tired of waiting. Ameesha is not desperate to get married as she has recently buried the hatchet with her family and isn't very lonely anymore. Kanav had been her support when she was alone and had broken up with Vikram Bhatt. However, now that her family is back in her life, her relationship with Kanav is being sidelined. It's not as if Kanav gave up easily. He came to India once again in December to ask Ameesha about her decision regarding marriage and she told him that she would want to focus on her career. They aren't on speaking terms anymore and have taken time off each other.