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some media reports learnt later that the couple was seen rushing off to an unknown destination for their reception. Konkona and Ranvir have always been very low profile people and they are not likely to ever change.

Actually, they might have had to change; at receptions, you’re expected to wear different clothes you see!

Preity Zinta: Busy little bird

She’s always been a chirpy personality. And even though this dimple-faced Simla beauty hasn’t done much work lately, she continues to tweet-tweet away like the typical busybody. Poor Preity Zinta. See, she doesn’t have much else to do, except twitter regularly. Here are some of her posts:

After a meeting with tennis ace

Serena Williams: “At Dinner with Serena Williams! She is absolutely wonderful and full of life. Love her style :-) Must confess, I am a huge fan! It takes a lot to be No.1”.

After the opening bell of NASDAQ in New York City: “At Nasdaq (I’m) trying to get myself listed :-)))) I hope the markets do well today! I cannot stop smiling :-)”

After meeting Trinidad & Tobago PM

Kamla Prasad Bessesar: “She’s a great orator and truly dynamic”.

There was also a tweet about her meeting with legendary singer Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine and his wife Halima at New York during the India Day Parade at NY’s Times Square.

And of course, there were photos with each tweet, but the Serena Williams one was discreetly removed after fans wrote in to say she “looked like Dracula” thanks to a weird choice of lipstick colour.

And what did the celebrities tweet after meeting Preity?

Serena: Some hyperactive Indian fan accosted me at lunch today – claimed to be a Bollywood star. Wouldn’t leave till I agreed to a photo…

Bessesar: A 40-year-old trying to act like a 21-year-old broke the security ring to come shake my hand. She said she was a Bollywood star… but I’m not so naïve, ha! She had a crazy accent, American mixed with British…

Jermaine Jackson: This woman needs a dose of Ritalin…

(Note to Preity Zinta fans: please do not send us hate letters, this is meant to be a joke).

Preity better find some real work soon, or she’ll end up boring us just like Mallika Sherawat and Rakhi Sawant.

become overconfident’

Probably for the first time in the life of Oscar and Grammy Award winner composer and singer AR Rahman, he is being criticized.

Rahman’s CWG song has been trashed by all and sundry. But, what exactly went wrong with the genius, who has given the world some real superlative compositions? One couldn’t believe the standing ovations that had started coming his way in the past year… but is it true that the Mozart of Madras has become overconfident and couldn’t do justice to the Rs 5.5 crore composition of the official CWG song?

Sukhwinder Singh, the Chaiyya chaiyya and Jai Ho singer who has closely worked with the maverick composer, is “quite upset with the flak coming Rahman’s way,” but he candidly adds: “Sometime back, I read Rahman’s interview where he said that ‘the CWG theme song would be better than Shakira’s Waka Waka!’ I had wondered then if this is really the Rahman I’ve known, who was very humble and would never praise his own creations so blatantly. At that time I felt that Rahman’s become overconfident - because a genius never speaks, only his work does the talking!”

Sukhwinder also doesn’t seem to be happy about the lyrics used in the songs and he thinks that Rahman should have taken help from esteemed lyricist Gulzar. Those, who have heard the song, are going hammer and tongs against the absurd lyrics of the song. Words like Yaaro India bula liya...khelo jeeyo e-yo, they claim, sound rather juvenile and don’t even represent an iota of Indian culture, colours and grandeur. How could an Oscar-winning composer present such a shallow song to showcase his country to the world? Sukhwinder says: “Whenever Rahman won a major award, there was a team that supported his endeavour. There was poetic excellence and singers’ contribution, which added life to his music. Usse Gulzar saab ki yaad kyun nahin aayi? After all, Jai Ho was his poetic contribution!”

If the words of the theme song are being run down with a vengeance, the singing quality of Rahman’s voice has also not gone too well with the masses as well as classes. Sukhi defends his friend, saying that may be everybody has high expectations from the singer and he is facing a professional setback in his life.

Shaadi ke side effects for Manisha Koirala

She’s had a perfect honeymoon and plans to be in Mumbai to attend a few of her film screenings. But Manisha Koirala says her priorities in life have changed after marriage and she’d like to focus on making her marriage a success.

“My husband Samrat (Dahal) and I travelled through Finland. Then we went to Stuttgart (Germany) where I was on the jury of the Stuttgart Film Festival for the Bollywood And Beyond section,” Manisha said about her honeymoon.

Then came the best part of the trip - Paris!

“It’s my dream city. But going there with my husband was a dream beyond a dream. It was a different experience altogether.”

Manisha now intends to buy a home for Samrat and herself in Paris.

Manisha tied the knot with the Nepali businessman in a traditional ceremony in Kathmandu in June.

“My life and priorities have changed. I can’t think beyond the life that I’ve now got with Sam. Though my own family is very precious to me, the time I spend with Sam’s family is very important right now. His mother is a lovely person, and so are his father and brother,” she said.

Manisha, the star of hits such as Bombay and Dil Se, is candid enough to admit that being in a marriage is not easy for a freespirited woman like her.

Manisha returns to Mumbai later this month without her husband. “I have to attend the screening of Onirban’s I Am In New York and then Deepti Naval’s Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish. Both feature me in good roles. And I am committed to attending both the events. I also have a bit of work to complete on the Malayalam film I’m doing. That’s it. After that I’m back in Kathmandu to be with my husband.”

No, SRK will never be a friend again: Salman

Now this rumour can get the Best Rumour of the Year award! A few days ago, there was a buzz that Bollywood’s arch rivals, actors Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan have patched up again. Then came the news that the two are going to do a film together… Clearing these rumours during an interview recently, Bollywood’s lone bad-boy actor Salman Khan confirmed that it is still warafter that infamous public spat two years ago - and that the two can never be friends again.

“Shahrukh and I don’t talk anymore. We had a misunderstanding and hence parted ways... There is no chance of Shah Rukh and Salman coming together in future,” said Salman resolutely.

“Shahrukh meri girlfriend nahi thi... apni purani girlfreind ko miss nahi karta, Shahrukh ko kya karunga (Shah Rukh was not my girlfriend... I don’t miss my ex-girlfriends for that matter, why will I miss him?).”

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