Veena Malik denies nude photo shoot for FHM

Veena Malik has stirred controversy in both Pakistan and India — and this time she is not even involved. An alleged photograph of the actress posing nude appeared on the Indian online edition of the international monthly men’s lifestyle magazine FHM on Friday, but her PR manager confirmed to The Express Tribunethat the photograph is fake.

When contacted by The Express Tribune, Veena Malik’s PR Manager Sohail Rashid said Malik has not done any such photo shoot.

He added that Malik was unaware about the shoot, since she was currently busy shooting for two movies in India.

Rashid said that she has instructed him to approach their lawyer, on December 3, to deliberate a legal course of action with regards to the matter.

“Veena knows her limits. I know we have done quite bold stuff/shoots, those which are available on our website, but she knows her parameters. Yes we need to be bold for international magazines, but she won’t cross her limits,” Rashid added.

The picture – which was posted on FHM India’s website, Facebook page and Twitter account simultaneously – was cited as the cover of the magazine’s December 2011 issue.

The actress was shown naked, brandishing an Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) tattoo on her arm, linked to text that says “hand in the end of the world too?”.

The magazine cover made waves online, with many speculating over the authenticity of the photograph.

A Times of India report quoted Malik while speaking during the photo shoot:

“It’s tough standing on one leg, while trying to cover up with one hand and running the other through my hair – you guys are going to pay for this.”

In a new Times of India report, Veena has been quoted denying she has posed nude for the magazine. She says the photographs have been morphed.

“I have never posed nude. I have never done anything like that ever. My manager and legal team is looking into the matter. We will take legal action against them.”

“The picture has been morphed. Its not me. Definitely not.”

FHM India Editor Kabeer Sharma denies her claim and says the magazine has proof of the photo shoot.

“The photo shoot was done in Mumbai on November 22. We have a video of the photo shoot.”

“I also have an email from Veena in which she says she has seen the photos and is happy with them, and that she’s looking forward to seeing the cover.”

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Beti B's pictures worth Rs 5 crores

Bachchans refuse to sell pics of their baby girl, demand zooms further 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan

All of the world wants to see pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan's little girl. Some people more than others. The buzz is that an international magazine has offered the Bachchans Rs 5 crores for pictures of the baby.

The family has, of course, been steadfast in their refusal to share pictures of the youngest Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan had tweeted most recently, “To those that clamour for baby’s picture, I have said it before, it will not be happening... do understand, it’s personal.”

Ever since Aishwarya's baby's birth on November 16, newspapers and magazines across the world have been competing to try and get pictures of newest addition to the Bachchan family. As Ash, Abhi and Big B left the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai on November 22 and returned home, photographers went into a tizzy trying to get pictures of the baby. All that they managed was a long shot of the little one wrapped in a pink blanket.

There were even morphed pics of Aishwarya and the baby floating around on the internet, which Big B's Twitter followers traced for him. The megastar posted the fake pics on his Twitter page as well.

So will the real pics of Beti B make it to the public domain? Will the Bachchans change their mind about sharing images of their little girl? Watch this space for updates!

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Salman Khan defends Pooja Bedi

Bigg Boss 5: Salman Khan defends Pooja Bedi.
After taking potshots at Salman Khan for favouring Mehek Chahal over Siddharth Bhardwaj, actor Pooja Bedi faces the ire of Salman Khan’s fans. Sallu requests his fans to chill
Remember how Salman Khan fumed when Siddharth Bhardwaj tried kicking Mahek Chahal in Bigg Boss house? Taking sides with Mahek, the Dabangg actor gave an earful to the young VJ, making him cry in full public view. Pooja Bedi, who was in the house when this episode happened, felt that Salman was biased in his judgment. But she broke her silence only when she got evicted from the house last week and expressed that Salman’s attitude towards Siddharth had been unfair. She said, “Salman calling the shots on Bigg Boss.” Pooja’s comments on Sallu did not go well down with the Bodyguard actor’s fans and Pooja was inundated with hate mail on twitter. She finally had to come out and clarify, saying, “@BeingSalmanKhan Has been my friend for over 20 years! I’ve known him since before Maine Pyaar Kiya. Chill! I’m equally concerned about him (sic).” The fans were also expecting a karara jawab from Sallu bhai, but Salman decided to remain calm, much to their dismay. He, in fact, defended Bedi in his tweet, “Don’t stress abt it , known pooja since 20yrs , she is sweet, let it go. Its all good (sic).” Now is this just a lull before the storm? Or will Salman speak his mind on the upcoming episode of Bigg Boss and clear his stand? Well, even though Sallu is known for taking many pangas with the men in the industry, he has always refrained from badmouthing the women. So looking at his previous track record, it seems highly unlikely that Khan will make any unsavoury remarks about good friend Pooja on a public platform. Anyway, we would just like to say that Ms Bedi has been really lucky to get away with such a sweeping statement about one of B-town’s biggest stars!

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Desi Boyz Movie Final Review

Fun and boys bonding makes for great comedy in Rohit Dhawan's latest

'Desi Boyz' provides plenty of laughs

Cast: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Chitrangda Singh, Anupam Kher

Director: Rohit Dhawan


Boys bonding is a great subject for comedies. Tarun Mansukhani tried it in ‘Dostana’. Debutant director Rohit Dhawan gives a far more blithe and effervescent spin to that thing called friendship that makes us do all kinds of weird and wonderful things. Sometimes in tandem.

‘Desi Boyz’ is a very entertaining yarn about two guys in Britain taking on recession with a bit of naughty moonlighting as, ahem ahem, gigolos. Or, as brothel-chief Sanjay Dutt (who comes to the strains of ‘Nayak nahin khalnayak hoon main’, a la ‘Ra.One’) describes it, Jerry (Akshay Kumar) and Nick (John Abraham) are in the business of making women smile.

‘Desi Boyz’ goes beyond the fair sex. It makes everyone smile most of the while. The editing (Nitin Rokade) is seamless, bringing together the four principal actors' individual charms into a collective space without crowding the canvas. To their credit every principal actor, and that includes Anupam Kher (playing Deepika Padukone's zany dad) and Omi Vaidya (as her wimpy fiance) seems to get into the film's vivacious frothy mood without letting the dark underbelly of the film be squandered in frivolity.

Remarkably the film's light crisp upper-crust secretes a hard, somber bedrock of truth about how tough life can get in a super-competitive society where keeping up appearances can also mean looking your best after being told you've just lost your job.

Devastation is no reason for cosmetic bankruptcy.

Among this film's many virtues of being an engaging rom-com is its unmistakable glamour. The four main actors have seldom looked so fetching. Is it the camera (N. Natarajan Subramnaniam), the lighting and the choreography, all first-rate, or is it something more? The sheer pleasure that the actors derive in getting into the mood of an intelligently-written comedy is palpable, almost every step along the way. You can't miss the pride in playing a part in a parody that never plays dumb.

The narration moves effortlessly even while negotiating the highly filmy episodes. There is a heart-wrenching orphaned little boy (Virej Dasani, adorably cute) who needs a home with his bankrupt uncle (Akshay Kumar) badly. In movies of yore the heroines would perform mujras in kothas to preserve the sanctity of their family values. Here the boys strip and dance for their recession-hit lives.

Admirably Rohit Dhawan's screenplay turns the men into sex objects with comic candour and without a trace of self consciousness. Not that the women are any less attractive to the eye. Deepika Padukone has not much to do, and Chitrangda even less. The latter gets to play strip poker during exam revision with her 'student' Akshay Kumar.

It's a brilliantly written scene full of tantalising possibilities.

‘Desi Boyz’ has ample room for skin-show and cheesiness. It goes for the skin with élan and avoids the cheesy ramifications by simply turning away from double meanings (the director Rohit's father David Dhawan's forteBut the overall impression is that of a class comic act, a sumptuously-mounted sex comedy, no pun, but plenty fun, intended.

The songs (Pritam) and the choreography remain true to the film's entertainment-quotient. And the performances are a delight. Deepika has just a couple of scenes to sink her teeth into. She's a delight in the sequence where she tries to win John back from a Caucasian diversion in a pub. Chitrangda's sexy teacher act echoing Sushmita Sen in ‘Main Hoon Na’, shows her taking full charge of the commercial language. She smoulders.

John Abraham had hardly ever been seen having so much fun. Though his dancing is still lumbering, this ranks as his most watchable performance since ‘New York’. And Anupam Kher as his father-in-law-to-be brings a queer blend of a 17-going-on-70 boy-man to his patriarch's part. Great fun to play and to view.

But the film finally belongs to Akshay Kumar, make no mistake about that. While other A-list stars from his generation have begun to look faded at the edges Akshay gets better with each film. Here, in this film, his comic timing is matched by his ability to hold up dramatic moments without letting them sink into over-sentimentality. This is arguably Akshay's best performance in a comic role since Priyadarshan's ‘Hera Pheri’.

Put your hands together for ‘Desi Boyz’. Smart, sassy, sexy and sparkling with dark audacious humour, the film brings us a striking director in Rohit Dhawan.

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Veena Malik goes nude for FHM India Dec 2011

Veena Malik's nude picture in Indian magazine causes furore

Pakistani actress Veena Malik, best known for her participation in Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss', was at the centre of a fresh controversy today after being featured nude on the cover of 'FHM India' magazine, sporting a tattoo with the words ISI on her arm.
Though Veena, 33, has denied posing nude for the magazine, saying it is a "morphed picture",FHM India editor Kabeer Sharma said the magazine had a video of the photo shoot with her and an email from the actress that proves the authenticity of the photograph.

"I have never posed nude. I have never done anything like that ever. My manager and legal team is looking into the matter. We will take legal action against them," Veena told PTI in Mumbai.

"The picture has been morphed. Its not me. Definitely not," said Veena, who is in Mumbai for reality show 'Swyamavar'.

However, Sharma has a different story. "The photo shoot was done in Mumbai on November 22. We have a video of the photo shoot," Sharma told PTI.

"I also have an email from Veena in which she says she has seen the photos and is happy with them, and that she's looking forward to seeing the cover," Sharma said.

The cover of the magazine's December issue, posted on FHM India's website, features Malik along with the caption: 'Pakistani WMD Veena Malik on Asif, burqas and work visas'.

The cover has become the topic of discussions and debate in Pakistan, with numerous users of Twitter posting links to the webpage featuring Malik's photograph.

In an apparent reaction to the photo, Pakistani actress Meera, who had earlier called Malik a "cheap girl", posted on Twitter: "Completely mad woman."

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Sunny Leone says yes to 'Jism 2'

Mahesh Bhatt has convinced the adult film star to be a part of daughter Pooja's next movie

Sunny Leone and Mahesh Bhatt

When Mahesh Bhatt entered the 'Bigg Boss 5' house to meet adult film star Sunny Leone and discuss his daughter Pooja Bhatt’s 'Jism 2' with her, there was a lot of speculation about her reaction to the movie offer. Now, we hear that the meeting between Bhatt Senior and Sunny has gone well. She has agreed to be a part of 'Jism 2'. Things will now move to the next level, with Pooja's production house, Fish Eye Network and Sunny’s agent discussing the movie further.

This is the first time that a movie offer is being discussed inside the 'Bigg Boss' house, and Mahesh Bhatt was extremely cautious about discussing the details of the script in front of the cameras. He, instead, gave Sunny a brief about the role that she would be portraying on screen, which is of a woman who transcends from the ‘body’ to the ‘soul’.

Talking about his meeting with Sunny Leone, Mahesh Bhatt said, “Sunny has technically said yes to work in 'Jism 2'. The next steps will be taken by Pooja and her production house – Fish Eye Network - who will discuss the offer and its legalities with Sunny’s agent to make it final. When I first met Sunny, I did not see any flicker of recognition in her eyes and I was glad about that because it allowed me to see different shades of her character and personality. During my interaction with her, I have gotten a glimpse of her uninhibited self and I am very impressed by what I have seen.”

During the course of his visit to the Bigg Boss House, that lasted close to six hours, Mahesh Bhatt not only chatted with Sunny, but also with the other housemates. He spoke to the contestants about human behaviour and the tendencies which makes them react to situations in the way that they do.

Bhatt was apparently impressed with Sunny Leone and the way she conducts herself not only among fellow contestants (who continue to remain unaware about her profession), but also her personality on the whole.

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The Dirty Picture hits Dubai

Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor got chatting with Masala.com 

Vidya Balan

The temperature in Dubai just got a lot hotter courtesy the stars of 'The Dirty Picture'. The team was in Dubai on December 1 for a press meet and the red-carpet premiere of the movie, and that's where Masala.com caught up with Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor.

Looking as gorgeous as always, Vidya was her lively and bubbly self as she talked about the movie and role that's making waves across T'town. Emraan seemed like he was still in character and was rather sombre during our interview. Bright-eyed Tusshar was adorable and charming.

Different as they are, the trio make a fabulous team and they got in the spirit of their characters by performing to the movie's chartbuster ‘Ooh La La’. Here's more with the stars of 'The Dirty Picture'

VIDYA BALAN
Tell us more about your role in the movie.
My character Silk is a dancing star who is the kind of person who lives life to the fullest and uses her sexuality to move ahead in life. It’s not a juicy or a meaty role, it’s a ‘meat's got juice’ role.

Were you ever hesitant about playing such a bold role in 'The Dirty Picture’?
I did not hesitate because the role demanded it. I trusted the director completely because I knew he would make me look sexy and not sleazy.

Who was your role model for the movie?
I did not take inspiration from one particular character but rather did my research on the mannerisms of South Indian actresses and played my character accordingly.

Who was the most entertaining person on the sets of 'The Dirty Picture'? 
Our cinematographer. He wouldn’t stop making jokes and having fun on the sets.

What was the funniest thing that happened on the sets?
There's a scene where Tusshar is blindfolded and sitting on a chair. I pushed him to the ground instead. During the entire scene, Tusshar did not remove his blindfold because he thought this was a spontaneous scene and wanted to give his real reaction.

Describe 'The Dirty Picture' producer Ekta Kapoor in 3 words
Market-savvy, a visionary, and creatively aggressive.

Whats the boldest thing you've done in your life?
The Dirty Picture

If you hadn’t accepted the role, who do you think would have been best suited for it?
That role was only mine and was for no one else.


EMRAAN HASHMI
Tell us more about your role in the movie
In the past I have played the role of the romancer. But in this film I have handed the responsibility over to Tusshar and Naseeruddin Shah. This character is extremely different from the ones I have played in the past because in my previous films I have always loved my leading lady and in this movie I hate her.

What was it like acting with a powerhouse like Naseeruddin Shah?
It was like going to acting school. It was mostly selfish on my part because I wanted to learn as much as I could from him.

Whats the boldest thing you've done in your life?
If you see my past films, you’ll figure it out


TUSSHAR KAPOOR
Tell us more about your role in the movie
I play the role of a lost and struggling actor who tries to make it big in life. While looking for a professional break he gets the chance to meet Silk and instead is offered a personal break.

Did you take any inspiration from your dad Jeetendra for your role?
No, I didn’t. In fact, after my look was decided, many people told me that I resemble my father but that was purely a coincidence.

Whats the boldest thing you've done in your life?
There was a scene in ‘Kya Kool Hai Hum’ where i have a cat in my lap and I am playing with it. The scene was shot in such a way that it doesn’t look very appropriate.

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Salman Khan's latest law trouble

Salman and his bodyguard have been booked for assaulting an activist

Salman Khan

Salman Khan, his bodyguard Shera and five other people have been booked for assaulting an activist while promoting the movie 'Bodyguard' in August 2011. The incident happened in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and a case was registered yesterday (November 30) at the Kakadev Police Station.

Police Inspector Bhupendra Singh Rathi told reporters, "The FIR (First Information Report) has been lodged on the directions of a local court. According to the complainant Bharat, an ex IITian, he was roughed up by Salman Khan's bodyguard Shera and other security personnel after he approached the star to present him with a cap."

The FIR has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace).

Salman hasn't responded to the complaint as yet.

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Meet 'Chikni Chameli' Katrina Kaif

Check out Katrina's sizzling look in KJo's 'Agneepath' remake

Katrina Kaif in her 'Chikni Chameli' avatar

Katrina Kaif looks set to claim the item number queen crown yet again - after 'Sheila Ki Jawani' from 'Tees Maar Khan', Kat is back with 'Chikni Chameli'. And we must admit, she looks hot!

Katrina's taken on the item number for Karan Johar's remake of 'Agneepath', which stars Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead.

It was Karan who announced the news of Katrina being 'Chikni Chameli', and he was the one who unveiled her first look as the character/item girl too. KJo posted on his Twitter page, "First look of Katrina Kaif in CHIKNI CHAMELI from AGNEEPATH."

Kat will perform the lavni dance in the number, which is being choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.

So, what do you think of Katrina Kaif as Chikni Chameli? Think it'll be an even bigger hit than 'Sheila Ki Jawani'? Let us know your thoughts in our comments box below!

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Aamir Khan is UNICEF India's new brand ambassador

Plus, Aamir reveals how one of his best known movies is connected to the cause 

Aamir Khan is the new brand ambassador for UNICEF India

The actor-activist Aamir Khan's adding the act to activist once again - the star had been appointed the new UNICEF India brand ambassador to support the organisation's work in promoting child rights and nutrition of children under two years of age.

Aamir said at the event in New Delhi where he took on his new role for UNICEF, "I realize there is a lot to be done and I hope that by lending my voice I can make a difference to the lives of children and thereby to the future of our country. This issue is close to my heart and I hope this initiative is successful."

The 'Dhoom 3' actor also talked about how his acclaimed home production 'Taare Zameen Par' had been made because of his deep connection with issues concerning kids.

"If a newborn child is not physically and mentally healthy, we start on a bad foot," Aamir added.

The 46-year-old star has been associated with the cause for the past year now. According to UNICEF, one out of every two children is malnourished in India leaving them vulnerable to poor health and diseases particularly those from the most remote and disadvantageous communities.

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