EVERY INDIAN WOMAN IS BEAUTIFUL: DIPANNITA SHARMA

ormer Miss India contestant Dipannita Sharma is appalled by Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb’s comment on Diana Hayden’s “beauty”. She says every Indian woman is beautiful.

“It’s quite appalling that such a statement has been made by a respected leader of our country. Every Indian woman is beautiful and anyone who has won the title of Miss World or Miss Universe from India has represented our country in the truest sense,” said Dipannita.

“Each one of them deserved the title which is why they won it in the rst place,” added the Ladies vs Ricky Bahl actor, who had participated in the Miss India contest in 1998.

Deb had said earlier this week that he didn’t understand why Hayden had been crowned Miss World. “We see women as goddess Laxmi, Saraswati. Aishwarya Rai represents the Indian women. She became the Miss World and that’s all right. But I do not understand the beauty of Diana Hayden,” the politico had said. His statement was condemned by Diana, who said she was proud of her brown skin colour.

Say ‘Badshah’ and what comes to mind is offbeat dance numbers that any party is incomplete without. But the rapper, who’s known for groovy tracks like Abhi toh party shuru hui hai, Mercy and Proper patola, says his next song will make people cry.

“My next song is going to be out next month. It features Aastha Gill and the video has been directed by Gurickk G. Maan. We don’t know what’s it called but it’s so beautiful, you will cry. God bless us all,” Badshah, whose real name is Aditya Singh, tweeted on Saturday.

This is not his rst collaboration with Aastha. The two had previously joined hands for songs like DJ waley babu, Kareja kareja and Dhup chik.

Although we can’t say we will like a sad song from Badshah, it’s good to see that he’s branching out!

I’LL NOT RETALIATE WITH VIOLENT THREATS: TWINKLE TO TROLLER

There’s no dearth of trolls on the Internet, but if anyone’s equipped to deal with them, it’s Twinkle Khanna.

The producer-author and entrepreneur believes in taking legal action instead of retaliating with “violent threat” online.

“As a society do we really think it’s all right to threaten a woman with bodily harm for trying to raise funds for a charity by auctioning a uniform used in a movie, a piece of lm memorabilia.

“I will not retaliate with violent threats but by taking legal action,” Twinkle replied, responding to a troll’s reaction. Twinkle commented on Twitter after being trolled for auctioning NationalAward winning actor Akshay Kumar’s naval uniform from the lm Rustom. The period thriller is based on the real life incident of Naval of cer KM Nanavati and businessman Prem Ahuja.

The troll said: “You touch our honour and we will give you a bloody nose.”

The proceedings of the bid will support the cause of animal welfare and rescue.

I’M PROUD OF MY EXOTIC BROWN COLOUR: DIANA HAYDEN

A day after Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb questioned the beauty of Diana Hayden, the former Miss World has slammed the thought that ‘light skin is better’, and said she is proud of her exotic brown skin colour.

Deb reportedly said that he doesn’t understand the beauty of Diana and why she was ever crowned Miss World, to which Diana responded, “That’s some strong disapproval of me winning the Miss World title.”

“With regards to me winning the Miss World, it’s a pity and shame, that when you win the biggest and most respected beauty pageant in the world, you get criticised and put down as opposed to being appreciated and respected for bringing more accolades back home and further appreciation of our Indian brown exotic beauty.

“It’s also hurtful,” she added.

Pointing out at the bigger issue, Diana said: “Being brown skinned, I’ve had to ght the ‘light skin is better’ issue we have in India. I felt so strongly about it that I turned down a fairness cream ad because it went against my belief. We are Indians and predominantly our skin colour is brown and we should be really proud of it and learn to appreciate it like it’s appreciated around the world.

“It’s obvious that our skin colour difference is on his mind as he is comparing me to Ash (Aishwarya) and not Priyanka (Priyanka Chopra) or Manushi (Manushi Chhillar) who currently holds the Miss World title, and very deservedly so.

“Shame on him as our beautiful, exotic brown colouring is to be proud of. I sure am!”

Celebrities from the lm industry took a dig at Deb’s comment.

“Is Lara Dutta (Miss Universe 2000) an Indian beauty? (Just trying to confuse him),” tweeted lm editor-director Shirish Kunder.

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted: “I condemn the irresponsible statements issued by Biplab Deb, the CM of Tripura on Diana Hayden. He should realise that it takes lots of hard work to be Miss World. He has not insulted Diana Hayden, but the entire woman fraternity.”

RICHA HATES THE UNSPOKEN HIERARCHY ON A FILM’S SET

We love that Richa Chadha always speaks her mind! The actor recently spoke about an unspoken hierarchy on the sets of a mainstream lm that she doesn’t appreciate.

Having worked in both mainstream cinema and projects with theatre artistes, Richa pointed at the basic difference between the two.

“Working in mainstream is somewhat stressful, but not in exact sense. It’s a very different experience... There is an unspoken hierarchy in a mainstream lm, that I am not fond of,” Richa said, after she wrapped up the shoot of Abhi