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week ending January 19, 2014
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Celebrity parents reveal their new year resolutions AbRam, and he is trying to cut down on his smoking in order to be able to have a great body and also to be able to play football and hockey with his son Aryan and daughter Suhana. Meanwhile, the ‘Dhoom 3’ actor said that he is looking forward to welcoming his nephew Imran Khan's baby in their family. Bachchan said that even though he
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elebrity parents in Bollywood, including Shahrukh khan, Aamir Khan and Abhishek Bachchan, have shed light on their new year resolutions as parents. Shahrukh told Parents India Magazine that he has vowed to stay extra fit for his six-month-old baby
doesn't believe in making new year resolutions, but as a parent he wants to give his daughter Aradhya a good education and good upbringing. While hot new mum-of-one Lara Dutta said that she is looking forward to discovering more and more about her baby girl Saira, Malaika Arora Khan added that she wants to spend more time with her son Arhaan by taking more holidays together. (TOI)
Privacy is the price for stardom, says Malaika
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ctress-producer Malaika Arora Khan says actors don't have privacy as it is the price they have to pay for the fame they enjoy, and if they can't handle it, she suggests them to leave the field. "That goes with the territory and you are robbed of your privacy, but that's the price you pay. It's (media) pretty much like how it's in the west. The media was never in your face like they are now. It's part of your job. If you can't handle it, don't be here," Malaika told IANS. Her husband and actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan's take on media seems to be slightly different. Arbaaz, accompanied by family, was recently clicked by several photographers at the Mumbai airport, and he certainly didn't look excited as he told them to stop taking their pictures. (TOI)
Sushmita Sen gearing up for 2014 comeback
Raveena Tandon goes kayaking in Thailand
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aveena Tandon was recently in Krabi, Thailand, on a vacation with husband Anil Thadani and kids. While the family were exploring interesting adventure sports, they came across kayaking. Raveena was initially hesitant, but she eventually gave in and tried it for the first time. "When I saw that my son, who is six, was gung-ho about doing it, I didn't want to look scared in front of him. So, to look like a cool mom, we went kayaking. Eventually, we even paddled up to a little island and had our own little picnic. Since it was a small island where we were the only ones, I felt like Robinson Crusoe," she said. (TOI)
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ushmita Sen has lost weight and is gearing up for a comeback this year. The ‘Biwi No. 1’ actress said 2014 is
‘My dad is my hero’- Salman Khan
Amitabh Bachchan grateful to film fraternity
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e g a s t a r A m i t a b h Bachchan, who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at a recent awards event, says he does not have any words
to thank the film industry for the grace and honour given to him. The 71-year-old was given the honour by veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha and filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
going to be her year. "I have been preparing actually since 2013. I know every time an actor loses weight or starts looking fitter or thinner, it is always for a reason. But this is me getting ready for the most fantastic time of my life in all aspects. Professionally and personally 2014 is going to be my year," the 38-year-old said at an art exhibition. Sushmita is eagerly awaiting the announcement of two projects, one of which goes on floors in July. "Professionally you are going to see me back this year for sure. We have two very nice announcements, hopefully they should happen soon," Sushmita said. "The filming for one of them begins in July and the rest of them is more of combining the entrepreneur side of me and the actor and the mum side of me, all of it together," she added. Sushmita is known for hits like ‘Main Hoon Na’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, and has two adopted daughtersRenee and Alisah. (TOI)
"The grace and honour with which colleagues and friends, and all those behind the scene workers, commemorate the 45 years of my existence in this wonderful world of films, can never have sufficient words to fill that immortal cup of gratitude," Amitabh posted on his blog. He said it was an "awkward moment" for him to go on stage and say a few words after receiving the award. "Perhaps it is easier for those that express, it certainly is not the most easiest for him that has to sit in not too great a distance, to listen and wait for that call from the stage to come up and get it! Get the reward," Big B posted. (TOI)
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alman Khan has described his father as his real life
hero. The actor's father Salim Khan is a renowned Bollywood screenwriter, who is credited with writing the cult classic film ‘Sholay’ with Javed Akhtar. Speaking to The Times of India the ‘Jai Ho’ star said: "I am not that typical good guy. I want to drive my car, go to my party, have a good time and don't want to apologise for my position. "I don't want to spend s**tloads of money to create an aura that I am a humble man," he explained. "My dad is 80-yearsold, but even today he sits outside our house everyday and signs cheques to give away to the needy. He is a very straight man. He is very knowledgeable." Khan continued: "My
whole problem with my father while growing up was, why was he so right when I was so wrong. "I always wanted to prove him wrong even though I always knew he was right, till one day when I decided that I just would go by him. Even if he was wrong 49 times, I knew he would be right 51 times." Khan also credited the name change of his film from ‘Mental’ to ‘Jai Ho’ to his father. "My father had a problem with ‘Mental’ and rightly so, especially coming with me in just
the way I would be called out. In this day and age, if a guy is honest, noncorrupt and righteous, he is called mental, as being corrupt and getting corrupted has become a part of us. If a man is honest, we will say, 'don't go to him. He is mental'. "My dad then gave ‘Jai Ho’ which is a bigger and better title. So, the reason for changing it was that our father was not happy. Period. Full stop. He is our father. His experience is immense. Something he has written 40 years ago, Sholay, is still running and people are still going mad about it.” The actor portrays an ex-army veteran in the film, who challenges the might of a powerful politician on behalf of society's oppressed. Tabu, Daisy Shah and Om Puri also star in ‘Jai Ho’, which is scheduled for release on January 24. (Digital Spy)