INDIA'S GOLDEN GIRL AT CANNES

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan finally got to walk down the red carpet at Cannes this year, after missing her first two appearances there thanks to a flight delay.

She looked every bit the stunner in shimmering gold, as she worked the cameras like a pro, smouldering away in a tightly corseted off-the-shoulder golden fish-tail Roberto Cavalli gown. No doubt her slim look gave the press in India something different to talk about after those troubled-marriage whispers.

And perhaps those"fat"jokes will now slow down somewhat ("Aish is starring in the remake of Haathi Mere Saathi, playing the role of " No, no, how dare you?!)

Aish walked the red carpet for the premiere ofthe film Deux Jours, Une Nuit by Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne. She was thereto represent global cosmetics brand L'Oreal Paris at the event, sporting looks inspired by their L'Or Lumiere theme.

Deepi k a Padukone to atte nd Cha m pions League final

We know she is the sporty kind, coming from a badminton family, so the latest about Deepu does not really surprise us. Bollywood's reigning queen Deepika Padukone will add a dash of glamour to the UEFA Champions League to be held in Lisbon, Spain on Saturday, 24 May.

The final match will be played between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

"lam honoured to be UEFA's guest for the Champions League final in Lisbon. Looking forward to a competitive game of football with two of Europe's best teams," Deepika said.

Wonder if Ranveer will be joining her there?

Aish bonds with fe llow ambassadors at Ca n nes

It seems that Aishwarya Rai has taken the opportunity of attending the 67th Cannes International Film Festiva l to make some new friends.

The Bollywood actress connected with fellow Indian beauty Frei da Pinto as wel l as Natasha Poly, on their first meeting.

Slumdog Millionaire's Freida Pinto is based in Hollywood and Natasha Poly is a Russian model.

Both L'Oreal Paris ambassadors, Aishwarya and Freida met at a special shoot for their mutua I brand at Cannes and both were very excited.

"I met Freida for the first time in person," Aish said later. "I also met Natasha for the first time and she is a new mother, so we connected that way. All of us L'O real Paris spokespeople are so different, but each one of us is worth it".

So L'Oreal.

Did Aish connect with Sonam too while over there? And Mal aika Sherawat? Probably not "worth it''.

Aish to do her own stunts inJazbaa

With daughter Aaradhya now in preschool, superstar mum Aishwarya Rai is making her grand comeback with director Sanjay Gupta's Jazbaa. This is the actress' first full-fledged action film.

Also produced by Gupta, Jazbaa will mark Aishwarya's first return to the silver screen after her daughter's birth in November 2011. The film will start rolling early next year.

'We start Jazbaa in January 2015 and will be showcasing it at the Cannes film festival in 2015;' confirmed Gupta.

The filmmaker also clarified that it is not a women-oriented drama.

"Just because Aishwarya is in Jazbaa we should not label the film fema le-centric. To me, she's the hero of the fi lm;' he said.

Aish had done some action scenes in Dhoom 2, however not on the same level as co-star Hrithik Roshan.

In Gupta's film, she will do all the stunts without the help of a body-double and has already started training for the role.

" There is no gender-specificity in what she does in the narrative. I've cast her in a role like any of the heroes in my films. She could be John Abraham in Shootout At Wada/a or Sanjay Dutt in Zinda. It's that kind of a role where her gender plays no role in the proceedings;• emphasised Gupta.

Two sure-to-be prominent male actors are yet to be cast alongside Aishwarya.

Gupta is also working with Aishwarya's husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan in Khottey Sikkay, which he will make immediately after Jazbaa.

ThoughJazbaa will star Aishwarya, it wil l not use her ultra-glamorous personality to light up the frames.

"She will glow from within," Gupta ensured.

Umm, okay, we believe you.

Entertainment goes to the dogs

Actor Sonu Sood, who we mainly know from action films, will soon be seen in the comedy It's Entertainment

No, it's not the Vidya Ba Ian-Silk Smitha kind of"entertainment, entertainment, entertainment''. It's about a dog called, er, Entertai nment.

Sonu found the whole thing quite challenging.

"I have not delved into this genre much;' he said recently.

The 4 1-year-old has been known for his action thrillers l ike Dabangg, Shootout at Wada/a and R .Rajkummar.

It's Entertainment is directed by duo Sajid-Farhad. Besides, Sonu Sood, it also features Akshay Kumar, Krushna Abhishek, Johnny Lever, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mithun Chakraborty and Prakash Raj.

It's Entertainment will be released on 8 August.

Bol lywood wins at the hustings

It's been a good time for Bollywoodwallahs who contested the general elections this time round For starters, Kirron Kher won a Lok Sabha seat as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Chandigarh She won with over 42

Kirron Kher

percent votes, defeating the Congress biggie and ex Railways Minister Pa wan Kumar Bansal and her B-town colleague Gui Panag of the AAP. Now Gui, if you remember, once dated Kirron's son Sikander But that did not stop the two glamour gal s from taking hotshots at each other during campaigning

Meanwhile, dreamgirl Hema Malini had her dreams come true a second time round as she was returned from the Mathura constituency, also on a BJPticket.

Moon Moon Sen who was elected from Bankura, impressed with her grace and dignity.

Vinod Khanna retained Punjab's Gurdaspur seat while Shatrughan Sinha was re-elected from Patna Sahib and Paresh Rawa l tasted victory on his maiden el ectoral fo ray, winning from Gujarat's Ahmedabad East.

Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, also a BJP candidate, won from Delhi North East constituency while Bollywood singer Babu! Supriyo won from West Bengal's Asanso l. Music director Bappi Lahiri, though, was not as lucky in Sreerampore where he ended up third.

Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir toughens up

It 's almost as if it i s mandatory for Bollywood boys to do that one role for which they have to beef up after months of training Strange, isn't it, given they all start their careers off playing the chocolate hero in romantic movies. Th is time round it's Ranbir Kapoor

He's been working out hard to show off t hose abs in Anurag Kashyap's upcomi ng Bombay Velvet. If a source is to be believed, a trai n er from Kenya had come down to train the talented actor

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Ran bi r tra ined for almost four months;' a source close to the film's production team revealed " He will be sporting a lean, muscul ar built in Bombay Velvet. He plays a character who i s into street fighting''.

The fi lm also stars Anushka Sh arma

Abhishek's into Kabaddi

And whi le his better half pouts for the international cameras, Abhishek Bachchan gets into kabaddi.

Junior Bachchan has revea led that his Jaipur franch ise of Pro Kabaddi, a professional kabaddi league, is called Jaipur Pink Panthers

The name comes from another one of

WJ-10 WORE IT BETTER?

Sonu Sood

your dear wife's international endeavours, no doubt, Abhis h ek?

No, he'll probably tell you, all affronted Pink is a colour associated closely with Jaipur, and kabaddi p layers are like panthers, right?

Oh well, whatever Nice to see this ancient sport being revived with so much enthusiasm. Even sport needs Bollywood, in India.

Jlo in Shane and Falguni at Billboard gala

Priyanka Chopra or Katy Perry in Jovani

Jlo

Indian designers Shane and Fa lguni Peacock are over the moon with their latest outing displayed on none other than si n ger-actress Jennifer Lopez JLo performed at the recent Bill board 2014 Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a sheer black net bo dy suit with elaborat e metal lic gold and crystal work The geometric and baroque detailing gave her an edgy punk-meets - classic o ld world appeal as she sang We Are One (Ole Ola) along with Cuban-American rapper Pitbul l and Brazilian pop singer Claudia Leitte

The designer duo, who have dressed the internationa l icon several times in the past, says that they love to work with the style icon

" We always love working with JLo and her team. Ever since we dressed her for the first time for American Idol, she has loved our creations and trusts us to create something that matches her desi gn sensibility. We un d erstand h er styl e and are always looking to create something fierce and sexy for her," Shane and Falguni said

The designer duo's outfits h ave also been worn by Lady Gaga, Madonna, Katy Perry, Fer g ie, Nicol e Scherzinger, Rihanna , Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Paris Hi lt on and British actress Emily Blunt.

Dear Aun t yji

My husband works in advertising. Two weeks ago he found out that one of his staff members who reports directly to him, who was only working three days a week but now has gone full time, has had her salary prorated and consequently earns $20k more than him. My husband was shocked and upset. and is unsure about how to handle the situation. The company is not doing as well as it could, so he is doubly concerned about asking for any salary increases. What do you th ink he should do in th is situation Auntyji, bechara pareshan hai?

Au ntyji says

Oh my dear, this is not a great situation to be in. I too would be mighty irked if I were your husband, but then, what do you expect from working in advertising - nothing good can come from this Ever. So, here is what your husband must do. He must act swiftly; the longer this continues, the more it becomes an acceptable situation, until the point where your husband will think that it's not even worth worrying about But of course, if your husband is a chuha, then none of this applies, but if your husband wants to be a sher, then he needs to redress this situation So, your husband -the-fearless must go to HR or his manager and explain clearly that having a subordinate earning more than him does not make sense If your husband has more accountability and responsibil ity then he should be paid according ly. lfthe company is not doing so well, then he can stay on the same salary, but work four days a week for instance He could go and play golf and pick up the kids. When the company turns around, then the salary balancing can occur. Of course, your husband should state clearly that he is unhappy with the status quo and make this HR's problem to solve Now, you must also understand that your husband probably thinks that the company is not doing so well so he shouldn't even bother asking forth is The point your husband should ponder is that if the organisation is not doing so well, how is it managing to pay a person with fewer responsibilities $20k more The question is one of fairness. Further, your husband should not have to solve this issue. Let HR and your husband's boss sort this out. Further, you must also be prepared to acknowledge and accept that if your husband isn' t interested in going down this road, you can't use this as a stick to beat him with . But the fact that you are writing to me asking this question makes me think that perhaps this is exactly what you wi ll be doing. Stop and think about it. No one likes a shrill wife who emasculates her husband by belitt ling him and telling him what to do. Show him your support - even a chuha deserves support.

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Dea r Au nty ji

! have decided that I did not want to be with my girlfriend of two years because she was not as supportive as I would have liked, and I found that I was happier when I was by myself or with others than when 1was with her. So I broke up with her and dealt with my sadness and all that and have moved on. However, all my friends and family are expecting me to be a-sighing and a-sobbing and carrying on. I have had phone calls and posts on Facebook and texts from everyone want ing to know how I am. Why is everyone so interested in my feelings? What do I do to te ll everyone to stop worrying about my feelings? Can you please shed light on this, Auntyji?

Aun tyji says

Arre, my chikna, my sonu monu, what a funny li ttle jalebi you are So this is what happened. Your life was al l go/ mo/, going around swimming ly and everything was hunky dory. You and your girlfriend looked like the idea l couple and everyone was probab ly expecting the usual tamasha of engagement, shaadi, bachche etc. t hen you decided that shaadiwas barbadi and you put a full stop to this love story. Of course everyone was upset by this sudden end ing, by this anti-climax, by this film - mein-interm ission - cum - ending You should be h appy ki people are caring, but you're not! You should be khush ki log jaanna cha hate hai ki are you ok At least you have people worried about you You have two options when people ask you what you are feeling. You can give them a pained look, look away, put a hand on your heart, shake your head sadly while gazing at the ground for precise ly five seconds, then change the topic. Everyone wi ll get the meani n g w ithout your saying a word Your second opt ion is to look blankly at the person and say, what do you mean how am I - why, what happened to me? And if they say, well, you broke up with Shania, are you ok? And then you say Shania? Ye Shania kaun hai? Kaun Shania?Then change the topic. Or, you could start elaborating on why you broke up and make the story so dull and painful , that people will be begging you to stop after two minutes and they will never ask you how you are aga in See, you have many opt ions available to you. But at least be happy, nah, ki people care If you were related to me and you broke up with Shania, Tania or even Chameli, you wouldn't even get a s li ghtest bit of interest from me I would not even bother ask ing you how you are o n a normal day, let alone after you broke up with an unsupport ive girlfriend. But perha p s I might care if you write back and t ell me what you meant when you said she was unsupportive I hope you don't mean she was unsupport ive of your smoking or hanging out in the pub If this is what you meant, then you haraami, you budtameez, stop wasting my t ime.

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