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From dancing expert Isha Sharvani to star cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya to small screen 'bahus' Pratyusha Banerjee and Giaa Manek - rocked the dance floor Saturday along with eight other contestants at the opening of the season five of "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", which will see a child artist participating for the first time.

Singer Subha Mudgal is upset with FM stations for not announcing the name of the artists when they play their songs. "Appeal to music lovers. Please, lets ask FM stations in India to start announcing credits for music they play. They hardly ever do so," Mudgal tweeted. "Been hearing most stations.

TV actor Sachin Parikh, who is seen as wife-beater Jagan Mehta in "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge", says he enjoys playing negative characters as they are more challenging, and hopes to move to Bollywood soon. "I always like to do negative roles. Television has very less leverage for an actor to perform at times.

Director Anurag Kashyap seems wary of going to Wasseypur for the promotion of his film "Gangs of Wasseypur" and says that he will pay a visit to the Jharkhand town only after the film's release. "We will go to Wasseypur after the film's release, after it is screened at the Ray Theatre there.

Bihar-based Sushil Kumar, who created history by winning Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of "Kaun Banega Crorepati", is set to put his dancing skills on test as he has been roped in to participate in "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5". Kumar is the 13th contestant whose identity has been kept under wraps when the show went air Saturday.

Internationally acclaimed Indian actor Kabir Bedi has remembered his late son Siddharth on Father's Day. "On this day, I miss my brilliant and sensitive son, Siddharth, Carnegie Mellon University graduate, who left us in the prime of his youth," tweeted Bedi. The 66-year-old's son died in 1997. He was only 26.

Mukesh Bhatt, whose production house is known for giving break to newcomers in the showbiz, is set to launch his son Vishesh as a director with his production venture "Murder 3". " 'Murder 3' will be directed by Vishesh.

Actor Karanvir Bohra plays an over-possessive and abusive husband in "Saubhagyavati Bhava" and admits that doing an anti-hero role was a risk. Talking about the apprehension he had before accepting the part in the show, he told IANS: "It wasn't easy. Nobody wants to play an anti-hero.

She is fairly new to the industry but Richa Chadda, who was seen in "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye", takes objection to the word Bollywood and says she would like to be known as the Hindi film actress. "I don't like the word Bollywood. I don't want to be called a Bollywood actress.

Be it gangster Manya Surve's death in a gunfight, "bikini killer" Charles Sobhraj's audacious jailbreak or the bloody 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, real-life incidents are finding their way on to reel, spurring Indian cinema's gradual move towards more realistic cinema.

Writer Shridhar Raghavan, who has written scripts for films like "Khakee" and "Dum Maaro Dum", says he loved "Gangs of Wassepur" and is waiting for the second part. "I did not like, I loved it. Congrats and awaiting the second part eagerly. Totally blown by 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.

Priyanka Chopra says her father is her best friend, while Sonam Kapoor calls her dad her hero. On Father's Day Sunday, Bollywood celebrities took to micro-blogging site Twitter to express their feelings. Priyanka Chopra: Happy Father's Day dad. You have set such high standards that no one can ever match up.

Actors Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra recently travelled by a "local" train, and both said they boarded a suburban train after a long time and it was a fun ride. "I got on to a train after a long time. It was a bit chaotic because there was a lot of media and public.

London: Singer Elton John has agreed to take part in a charity concert to back a campaign for world peace. The 65-year-old agreed to take part in the show at Wembley Stadium in September to help create awareness of charity Peace One Day's Global Truce 2012 campaign, reports contactmusic.com.

London: Singer Gary Barlow has been named celebrity dad of the year. He was given the title at the Premier Inn Celebrity Dad of the Year contest, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Barlow is expecting his fourth child with wife Dawn. They have three children -- Daniel, 11, Emily, nine and Daisy, three.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, whose banner has given hits like the "Munna Bhai" series, "3 Idiots" & many more is back with "Ferrari Ki Sawaari" today. And he was seen being his politically incorrect best in an interview. Chopra, in an interview, has lashed out at his once-upon-a-time protégé, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, for producing a film like "Rowdy Rathore".

Vidya Balan, who is one of the most sought after actress in the industry after her recent successes like "The Dirty Picture" & "Kahaani", reveals her desires. She dreams of making a Bengali film on Kolkata. Although, the actress who was born in Mumbai & has been bred South Indian, has no Kolkata connect.

After penning several blockbusters in the 70s & 80s along with partner Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan retired from the industry 21 years back when Salman-Raveena starrer "Patthar Ke Phool" released. However, looks like the 21 year sabbatical is over & Salim Saab is eyeing a comeback. Yes, that's right!

No one could have really played Chhedi Singh of `Dabangg' or Rajkumar Sujamal of `Jhodhaa Akbar' better than him. His alluring good looks and perfectly chiselled body has always been a piece of admiration. So much so that even Salman Khan was tensed to remove his shirt on the sets of Dabangg having him around.

With the release of "Jism 2" about six weeks away, the makers ran into a new trouble. Sunny Leone, who plays the lead character in the film, is having troubles dubbing as she does not have adequate knowledge of the Hindi language. Also, the foreign accent that Leone speaks in is doing no good either.