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Tl-IE BIG FAT BOLLYWOOD WEDDING

Salman Khan's little sister, Arpita Khan's wedding took the internet b~ a storm with posts ofthe grand parties, Abu-Sandeep lehengas and kisses from Shah Rukh Khan. The wedding even got its own lnstagram account, with videos of the party preps!

The week-long celebrations began with a ha/di ceremony at the Khan residence, Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai, followed by mehendi and sangeet. All friends and family then headed for Arpita's Punjabi-style wedding to Delhibased businessman Aayush Sharma, at the Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad on 18 November.

The big ice-breaking moment came when arch rivals Shah Rukh and Salman Khan came together in the same frame to bless baby sister. SRK had said that he would definitely be a part of the celebrations and he sure kept his word by attending the mehendi, though he could not attend the wedding.

The event kicked off with the baraatis, Salman, the men of the Khan family, and many male guests wearing saafas.

Partying it up with the Khans were Katrina Kaif, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, Karan Johar, Mini Mathur, Priyanka Chopra, director Kabir Khan, celebrity trainers Deanne Pandey and Yasmin Karachiwala, and tennis player Sania Mirza, along with family members Alvira Khan and Amrita Arora, to name a few

Highlights of the event were Salman singing Jumma Chumma, and also stepmom Helen, sister-in-law Malaika Arora Khan performing to popular numbers. Mika and Yo Yo Honey Singh charged up the after-party.

The wedding feast was a scrumptious Hyderabadi spread with dishes like Haleem, Kachche Gos ht Ki Biryani and Double ka meetha. And a towering six-tier cake made by Le 1S Patisserie's Pooja Dhingra added to the splendour!

The young bride looked stunning in the red ghagra by Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla and a white Swarovski embellished lehenga at the after party.

Arpita also wrote an adorable speech for her family and wanted to go up on stage to read it out, but got so emotional that Priyanka Chopra had to read it out on her behalf.

Big B, who was wrapping up Piku in Kolkata, was unlikely to attend the wedding. It's not clear if any of the political bigwigs attended, though President Pranab Mukherjee was invited, as was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was, of course, here in Australia then

Star friends made sure to congratulate the couple on Twitter too, and big brother Sallu happily replied on their behalf.

DDLJ : 1,000 weeks

Now this tidbit from Bollywood is sure to make you feel old Come 12 Dec, evergreen hit Di/wale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) will have run nonstop in the cinemas for a full 1000 weeks.

A slew of activities is being planned for the day, but for now a special trailer has been launched by the film's producers YRF.

Shah Rukh Khan, who played Raj Malhotra in the film, said about the new trailer on Twitter, "My favourite line in a fi lm ever Nahin main nahi aaoonga DDLJ (ver 2.0 trailer reloaded) I am so happy".

The film, which is said to have redefined romance in Hindi cinema, marked filmmaker Yash Chopra's son Aditya Chopra's directorial debut and featured SRK, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jal al and Anupam Kher i n key roles. It released on Oct 20, 1995, and ever since has been playing in Mumbai's iconic Maratha Mandir cinema, making it the longest running film in the history of Indian cinema.

As part of the celebrations, SRK and Kajol, who were last seen together in My Name Is Khan, will appear on the television show Comedy Nights With Kapi/to celebrate the occasion.

The film won 10 Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director at the 1996 edition of the ceremony.

Priyanka supports another young cousin

Hollywood may have its Baldwins, and Bollywood has i ts Chopras.

The Chopra family is bursting with pretty young things following in the footsteps of big sis Priyanka.

Parineeti Chopra has gone on to create an identity for herself away from under the chhatrachhaya of Priyanka, and now it is the turn of another Chopra girl Mannara, whose film Zid is all set for release Priyanka Chopra is all praise for Mannara's debut Bol lywood performance, claiming she has l ived up to the "challenging" role.

"Mannara is not conscious of herself at all," 32-year-old Priyanka said at the music launch of the film "Her role has a lot of complications but I think, from the first film point of view, Mannara is fantastic."

The film generated much hype and curiosity when its first look was released recen tly. Mannara is said to have shot some extremely bold scenes.

Directed byVivek Agnihotri and produced by Anubhav Sinha, Zid also features Karanvir Sharma.

In th e Baldwi n family, the younger brothers never quite came up to the same mark as big brother Alec; so far at least, the Chopra sisters have

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proved there is talent flow ing down the chain. Will Mannara keep up the trend? Let's wait and see.

Sultry Surveen to do a dance number in Welcome Back

The Hate Story 2 actress Surveen Chawla has been roped in to do a dance number in Welcome Back, the sequel to Anees Bazmee's hit comedy Welcome.

The sequel also stars Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, John Abraham, Shruti Hassan, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal.

Accord i ng to sources, Huma Quereshi was initially approached for the dance number but things didn't work out. Were there some weighty issues?

Sonakshi to debut with tha/aiva

After jiggying with Action Jackson 's Ajay Devgan in the fun song keeda, Sonakshi Sinha, will now be seen with superstar Rajinikanth in the Tamil film, Lingao.

"I'm a newcomer here. Not many people know me. But I'm happy being introduced as Rajinikanth 's heroine," sai d Sonakshi, excited to be a part of this big film

Speaking at the fi lm's audio launch, she even crooned a few lines of Lungi dance, much to the joy of the superstar 's fans. The film is directed by K.S, Ravi Kumar and.has music by double Oscar-winning A.R. Rahman. And unlike her funky avatar in Action Jackson, Sona will play a village belle in Lingao. The actress sure is a versatile talent!

Happy New Year script lands at the Oscar 's

After the bumper success of t he Shah Rukh Khan star movie Happy New Year, filmmaker Farah Khan has one more achievement to celebrate. The movie's script has been included in the prestigious Oscar Library.

The Oscar Library will add the screenplay, which will be accessible to

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students, filmmakers, writers, actors and other s from the field of cinema, for the purpose of research.

The film, which released this Diwali, has minted over Rs.350 crore worldwide so far.

This is actually a hat-trick for King Khan since it's the third fi Im after Devdas and Chak De! India that 's been selected for the Oscar Library.

Ileana's Aussie boyfriend in Happy Ending

Actress Ileana D'Cruz, who is reportedly dating Australian photographer Andrew Kneebone, said she prefers not to talk about her personal life with everybody. "I have never said anything about my personal life. I am sing l e until I am married I like to keep my personal life

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very private As long as my family is aware about it, I am fine with that. I don't want everyone to know about my personal life!'

Wonder what happened to those love confessions on soci al media where the Aussie bloke tweeted, " Ladies love a man who can make a decent Latte, cook a meal and do single arm pushups." I leana replied, "Ha ha ha, i s it any wonder why I love you?"

What's interesti ng is that Andrew will also be sharing screen space with the actress in the upcoming Bollywood flick, Happy Ending.

Ileana, are you having second thoughts about your Aussie mate or shoul d we hope to see you walk down the aisle soon?!

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Anushka Sharma gains 35 kilos

The downright sexy Anushka Sharma dons a 35kg emerald and gold gown i n her upcoming film Bombay Velvet. So don't fret! The actress still has that bikini bod, but was weighed down by the elaborate gown which she dons for the role of a jazz si nger in the film

The jewelled green and go l d dress is designed by Niharika Bhasin Khan, for her opening song in the period drama And according to sources, Anushka needed plenty of help to carry off the heavy-duty number, literally

Anushka did you thank your lucky stars that you didn't have to do a maar daalaa like Madhuri d i d in that 10-kilo anarkali in Devdas?

You can't dupe Pritam

Renowned music composer Pritam, who will be seen judg i ng an d mentoring a digital reality show Fame Websinger, says technology can enhance the quality of the song, but not the voice of a singer

"In today's age with technology ther e are many ways to enhance the quality of the song, even fine tune the sing i ng but what the singer's voice brings to the song no t echnology can manage!" he said in a statement

So contestants gear up as Pritam da has certainly raised the bar for this compet i tion

Tiger to romance Saira Banu's 18-year- old grand niece

Hayden Panettiere or Priyanka Chopra in Herve Leger?

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Veteran actor, Saira Banu's beautiful grand-niece, Sayessha, who is set to debu t in the Ajay Devgan- directed Shivay, has already bagged her second role opposite nger Shroff.

Ekta Kapoor, who is known to promote new talent, has fina l ised Sayessha i n Remo D 'Souza's untitled superhero 3D film. Wi ll Sayessha win a million hearts like her grandmother? We'll have to wait and watch!

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