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Priyanka Chopra is going to sing an ad jingle. Unlike some other actresses it is said that Priyanka has real talent for singing. You may have seen her singing live at KBC with Shahrukh Khan.

Shobha De, talks about scandals, sex and Bollywood

Kareena has refused a film with Abhishek Bachchan. She said she wont feel comfortable working with him. How so unprofessional. But this similar not so professional attitude and flame war was actually initiated by Abhishek Bachchan who refused to work with Kareena in a Karan Johar production (many actors in the industry would do any thing to get one such movie). If I were Kareena I might have told Abhishek that he is a lousy actor and that who needs Abhishek when we have Karan in our pocket?

Film makers in Bollywood love to cast rivals together. In 1949, Director Mehboob presented Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor together in the movie Andaz. Both actors were the top heroes of the industry at that time and the movie created the ‘who is the best’ kind of hype. The film was recieved well by the audiences. But considering Mehboob’s casting options at that time I don’t think that this casting scenario was entirely designed to took advantage of the rivalry. In fact Mehboob didn’t have much choice. he needed a triangle and Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Nargis were the best actors to do the job.

In 1982 Amitabh was the acclaimed angry young man and he was then signed up to face Dilip Kumar in the movie Shakti. Even though Dilip Kumar was playing the role of his father but fans and media expected the movie like it is a contest between two giants. And it was, Shakti was a story of a broken relationship between a father and his son. There were intense dialogs, emotionally charged scenes, tears and lots of drama just to make sure that audience get what they wanted from the movie. Shakti wasn’t major blockbuster but Dilip Kumar won filmfare for his role in the movie. This was the last time Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan appeared together in a movie.

In 1991, Rajkumar Santoshi signed Aamir Khan and Salman Khan together for his movie Andaz Apna Apna. Santoshi made a right decission with a hillarious script and wonderful timing. At that time Aamir and Salman were the heartbeat of the youth and the movie created much pre-release press hype. Unfortunately, it took Santoshi three years to complete the movie. By that time the media and the fans lost interest in discussing who is best. Movie didn’t perform well at the box office. But it has its own cult following and is one of the best comedy movies ever (My own opinion).

Even the Shahrukh-Amitabh setting has been tried before. They have worked together in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein (2000) and Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Both movies did well at the box office. So it seems like Shahrukh Amitabh rivalry is profitable for film-makers.

Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan are once again going to appear together in the movie ‘Bhootnaath’. This came out when we have already consumed an over-dose of news about the growing tensions and rivalry between the two stars. The rivalry sparked by media is now going to help with the promotion of the new movie.

While looking at the Mohabbatein page on Wikipedia I found this interesting bit:

On January 9th 2007’s episode of The Colbert Report, during the “We the Mediator” segment. Stephen Colbert mentions the New Year’s feud between Khan and Bachchan. By botching the names of the other stars who arrived at Bachchan’s party, he decided to judge the winner by viewing clips from Mohabbatein (he pronounced as “Mohabah-tee-yahn”)and from Khan’s dancing to Bachachan’s angry look clips, the undisputed winner was Khan. Stephen Colbert described Khan as “Dilip Kumar” to Bachchan’s “Raj Kapoor.”

History repeats itself and Bollywood loves repetition.

We are using 103bees to track and understand visitors of this blog. 103bees has a feature called Questions. It shows us the questions people typed in search boxes to find out Desi Galaxy. Many of you, specially the smarter ones would think that typing questions in a search box sounds really weird when you can find the exact information by trying a few keywords. You are right, but surprisingly there are many people out there who type real questions to find the answers. Below are some questions people asked to find out Desi Galaxy:

Free MMS clip where to download?
Well this is the most common question, it is asked in different variations but the basic query is the same. How to download those popular MMS clips that every one is talking about. We have mentioned earlier that we do not have those explicit desi porn clips on our website.

Is kareena kapoor virginity safe?
Yes some one asked this question. Just imagine how difficult it is to answer this question. And why would any one put this information on the web until Kareena herself reveals this information.

Is Shahrukh khan gay?
We have also been asked about Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar’s sexual orientation. Shahrukh is happily married to a wonderful woman and has kids. Saif Ali Khan married and divorced Amrita Singh and they have kids too. Why would any one want to expeculate that these guys might be gay? You people are so evil. What about Karan Johar? We will ask Karan when ever he agrees to have Koffee with Sabeen.

Who is Priety Zinta’s boyfriend?
Ness Wadia.

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan Married?
Not yet but they will get married in April.

For more questions checkout our funny queries page.

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Rani Mukherjee is celeberating her 29th birthday today. On this occassion, I came across two articles (one on now running, the other on Zee news)about the actress. Both question how this so ordinary girl has become the queen of Bollywood. The articles tell you that she is talented. But let me tell you a little more, she is not only talented on screen, she is also very talented in public relations. She has very close friendships with Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Sanjay leela Bhansali, Shahrukh Khan, Yash Chopra and his sons. She is even dating Aditya Chopra these days. I just love her, she is chrasmatic and she knows how to act. Anyone who thinks that her husky voice is annoying is wrong, actually her voice is very sexy.

What I like most about her is that she is sincere to her work. She doesn’t do over exposing like some other actresses. I don’t remember she kissed any one on screen other than Kamal Hasan for Hey Ram. I don’t know if she avoids kissing scenes or what but its strange specially when every actress including Aishwarya Rai is ready to do such scenes to grab audience attention. She has a taste for fashion and she has Manish Malhotra, the popular designer on her list of close friends. Manish’s creations make her appear as an ordinary girl who is living her fantasies. She is just like Babli. Happy Birthday Babli.

I love this movie. I can watch and enjoy it anytime. Like many other bollywood movies, it is a love story but this one is so beautifully filmed that you totally forget the fact that you have seen movies with similar stories. You forget that it takes many elements from other movies, like it has a song ‘Its the time to disco’ that looks and sounds a lot like ‘Koi Kehay’ from ‘Dil Chahta Hai‘. A person bringing happiness to a shattered family (like in Bawarchi and countless other movies). A love triangle (A universal romantic movie formula). You forget all this and you just sit down and relax to enjoy the magic this movie creates.Nikhil Advani stepped in as a director for the first time with the release of Kal Ho Na Ho in 2003. Previously Nikhil assisted Karan Johar in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. The producer Karan Johar who also wrote the screenplay for this movie is to be equally credited for this movie. The Karan Johar style is very obvious in the movies in various scenes. Repeatition of theme song during the sad moments in the story and adding guest appearances by Rani Mukherji and Kajol is typically Karan Johar.

StoryThis is the story of Naina (Priety Zinta), an Indian girl who lives with her family in New York City. The story is narrated by Naina. Naina’s life is troubled. Her father committed suicide when she was young. This incident left a huge impact on her life. She is doing MBA in an evening college and works at her mother’s resturant in the morning. Naina’s mother Jennifer (Jaya Bhaduri) is a christian and her paternal grand mother Lajjo Kapur (Sushma Seth) who also lives with them in the same house is a devoted Hindu. The relationship between Jeniffer and Lajjo is that of a typical Indian Saas Baho. They can not stop arguing, the grand mother lives in a culturally isolated world and Jennifer wants her children to grow up naturally in the culture they are living in. The culture of the Indian families living in United States not that of Indian families dreaming India while living in United States. Naina has a younger brother who is unable to walk due to disability and a younger sister. Naina’s younger sister is not from Jeniffer, she was the result of her father’s discreet relationship with a white woman who left Naina’s father and abandoned the baby. Jeniffer took up the responsibility to take care of this little girl as her own daughter.

It was not just the cold war at home. Naina who is very close to her mother knows very well that their restaurant business is not doing so well and they are unable to return the money they loaned from the bank. The only little happiness Naina had in her life was her best friend Rohit (Saif Ali Khan).

Then one day a guy comes from India to live next door. Aman, (Shahrukh Khan) is a happy go lucky sort of guy. He is charming and handsome and every one loves him. Initially Aman’s friendly nature and his never ending attempts to bring happiness to other’s lives frustrates Naina. Later, Naina realizes that Aman has all the things missing in her own life, Aman knew the formula to happiness and she falls in love with Aman. However, Aman has some different plans to bring life back into Naina’s troubled life. He tries to set her up with Rohit.

The plot of movie is very simple and could be explained by the words used by Rohit in the movie “Rohit loves Naina, Naina loves Aman, and Aman… Aman has gone mad”.Cast:

• Jaya Bhaduri as Jennifer Kapur
• Shahrukh Khan as Aman Mathur
• Saif Ali Khan as Rohit Patel
• Preity Zinta as Naina Catherine Kapur
• Sushma Seth as Lajjo Kapur
• Reema Lagoo as Aman’s Mother
• Lillete Dubey as Jaswinder “Jazz” Kapoor
• Delnaaz Paul as Jasprit “Sweetu” Kapoor
• Shoma Anand as Lajjo Kapur’s Sister
• Kamini Khanna as Lajjo Kapur’s Sister
• Ketki Dave as Rohit’s Mother
• Sulabha Arya as Kanta Bhen
• Athit Naik as Shiv Kapur
• Jhanak Shukla as Gia Kapur
• Simone Singh as Camilla

Music of Kal Ho Na Ho

Music of Kal Ho Na Ho is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The music is just as melodious and romantic as the movie itself. The title song of the movie ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ sung by Sonu Nigham sets the basic background theme of the movie. The song has two versions, one in the normal tone and the other is the sad version. I just totally love this song, the lyrics beautifully explain the concept and moral of the story in the movie. Video of the song is even better, shot on different locations in Central Park New York City and Toronto.The film was first going to be shot in Toronto but later Karan Johar moved it to New York. However some parts of the song “Kuch To Hua Hai” in the movie are shot in Toronto.

‘Kuch to hova hai’ is a romantic duet sung by Alka Yagnik and Shaan.

The song ‘Pretty Woman’ is a tribute to Roy Orbison who composed the song for Julia Roberts starrer ‘Pretty Woman’. Kal Ho Na Ho’s pretty woman has Bhangra music and it is a simply fantastic dance number.

‘Mahi Ve’ is a typical bollywood wedding song. Wedding songs in movies are a hall mark of Yash Chopra school of thought. You would see such songs in all movies that are made in Yash Chopra style. The entire cast of the movie would dance and celebrate the occassion in the song. Kal Ho Na Ho ’s Mahi ve is not different from other songs of this genre.

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This was Nikhil Advani’s first movie as a director and it is hard to believe that this is his first attempt to entertain bollywood audience. Nikhil had a very strong support from the producer Karan Johar who also wrote the screenplay for the movie. Karan’s work, suggestions and his style is quite obvious in the movie. Kal Ho Na Ho is a typical bollywood family drama set in Manhattan New York. It shows the lives of Indians living in the United States and their problems in a light comic way. Before the release of the movie every one was expecting it to be a copy of 70’s classic Anand. There is a little similarity between the stories of two movies. However it is not a copy of Anand, it is an entirely different and original story.

Shahrukh Khan, Jaya Bahaduri, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan’s excellent performances create a magical impact on the audience. Dialogues are so refined, yet so simple and powerful. Manish Malhotra designed the costumes for the movies and it was not an easy job for Manish. This was not just a bollywood movie. This movie has a different location and it tells the story of people in cultural chaos. Manish had to come up with costumes that are trendy, casual and depict the culture of Indians based in NYC.

Rediff has a slideshow of Bollywood’s sexiest Heroines. Obviously it begins with the picture of Mallika Sherawat’s item number from Guru. It seems Mallika completes the day at the Rediff headquarters. Just look around and you will notice that there is Mallika even when there is nothing to talk about her kissing scenes or sexy dance numbers.

Late Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan’s nephew, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performed at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi on Saturday. Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka, mother Paola Maino, and son-in-law Robert Vadra were among the VVIPs who attended the concert. Times of India reached him and asked him about music, Cricket and Aishwarya Rai.

Priyanka recently gifted a T-shirt to her kid brother, this tshirt is really precious. It has signatures of the entire Indian cricket team. The story doesn’t tell that Priyanka used star power to get the shirt signed. I was thinking why she didn’t get the signatures of the cricket team when she was working with them in the movie ‘Mujh se shadi karo gi’.

Sandeep Hattangadi on Cybernoon asks, “Will TV give us another Shahrukh Khan?“. My answer is yes, there are many talented actors working on television and some of them need an average, balanced in masala items, and two-hit-songs-packed-inside movie to start their Bollywood Journey. It just doesn’t end here they need such films for sometime before they become able to get the movies they want.

Subhash K. Jha, reports that Karan Johar is planning to record a show with the Bachchans and Aishwarya. Karan is a very optimistic person and I agree with Subhash that the guest list is getting ambitious every day. Koffee mayn dam nahi bomb hai!

Tags: Koffee with Karan, Delhi, Sonia Gandhi.

Karan Johar is lecturing American students about Bollywood.

Sakshi Juneja writes about Karan’s Koffee and Bitchy Bollywood.

Well its no hidden fact that I am Bollywood crazy and I (like many others) accept it for everything that it offers; good films, bad films, trashy films, Bhatt films, pakao ones - inshort the whole lot. And you would have to be one daft-bum to not knowledge the reality that if there is one man who can coerce anyone to spill out their dark-side (including the ones who dislike his type of cinema) then that man has to be Karan Johar.

Jiah Khan speaks up about her role in the Nishabd

She stresses that the characters of Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Jia (Jiah Khan) share “pure love” in the film. When asked about the promos of the film that suggest the other way Jiah says its nothing `but the power of editing`.

Priyanka Chopra Files Police complaint against her former PA Popular Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has filed a complaint with Mumbai police alleging that her former assistant had threatened her in several phone calls, police said Thursday.

An archived discussion from bollywood blitz forum, discussion of how some celebrities, directors and producers believe in astrology and numerology and how it affects their work. An old story now, but I love this topic. It shows how uncertain people in the entertainment industry are about the success of their efforts. Also check out, Whats in a Name from one India, this article also talks about how celebrities change their names, spell it differently, name their films in the light of suggestions provided by the numerologists, astrologist and palmists.

I was wondering what Karan Johar is doing these days. Yes sure he is busy doing Koffee with Karan, whatelse? Khalid Mahmood asked him the same question for Hindustan Times.

I’m into the research mode for my next film, it’s the first time I’m into in-depth research.. Then I’ve shot 12 episodes for Koffee with Karan, I’ll be shooting 13 more, hopefully for everyone’s coffee fix. I’ve directed an ad film, I’ve just shot with Bebo (Kareena Kapoor) after a break of five to six years.

He said exactly the same thing for KANK (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna). Research wasn’t visible in the movie at all. If I were Khalid Mamood, I would have asked Karan to tell us more about his research work and how he does this research. I would also like to know which scenes in his movies are a result of intense research into human emotions. Definitely Karan comes up with nice dialogues and an emotional story, but a person needs to watch too many movies to do Karan kind of films. Is this what Karan does to research on his topics? In real life, a couple crying at a railway station and reassuring each other of emotions they share is weird not entertaining but in movies when mixed with dramatic dialogues, nice locations, costumes, music and handsome actors the same thing creates super hit movie. Go a head with your research Karan, but please consider releasing a DVD version with Director’s notes appearing at the bottom of the screen, telling us how you crafted this particular moment for cinema.