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Megastar Shah Rukh Khan was recently invited to the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), where he said that he is looking forward to take Bengali lessons from actress-politician Jaya Bachchan, as he wants to be a true Bengali."Thank you Kolkata for adopting me and giving me the opportunity to be here. I have been coming here for the last three years and I promise you next time I am here I will speak in Bengali so Jaya aunty feels I am truly, truly from Kolkata then. I will come to you and learn from you. So next time when you stand on stage I will be a true Bengali and welcome everyone," said the actor at the event. One may recall that during the inaugural ceremony Jaya Bachchan had said that her hubby Amitabh Bachchan, SRK, and Kamal Haasan are non-real Bengalis. For those unaware, SRK is also the brand ambassador of West Bengal, and he hoped that such festival assist in giving a boost to Indian films."Festivals like this one express collective happiness over life, I think. I hope creative interactions of this scale help Indian films reach the height that great filmmakers present tonight, and those who passed away, like the wonderful Rituparno, dreamt of for Indian film," Khan added.

Very few married men come up with this statement, and we guess singer-actor Justin Timberlake is true case of exception as he says that his partner Jessica Biel is the best wife in the world. Timberlake, who is remembered for his role in Friends With Benefits, where he starred opposite Mila Kunis, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where he revealed that his wife Biel has been a fantastic help at home. "I have the best wife in the world. She`s been great this week," he saidThe 32-year-old also revealed that he can get pretty cranky at times when he’s feeling sick, but he admitted as it does he gets a lot of sympathy. The couple walked down the aisle in October 2012. Earlier, speaking of his association with her, he had said, "It`s nice to marry your best friend. It suits me. Every once in a while I can catch a glimpse of her when she doesn`t see me looking, and I have this moment where I`m like, `If you never make a good decision... If you only make bad decisions for the rest of your life. You made one really good decision`." We hope the love remains eternal between you two!

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has portrayed many challenging characters on-screen in her seven-year-old film career. However, she claims that her toughest role will be in Revolver Rani. "My role in Revolver Rani is very difficult to portray. I think Revolver Rani is my toughest role so far," Kangana said.

Yesteryears actress Asha Parekh has been blessed to work with the superstars of her reining era, whether it be Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand or Rajesh Khanna. However, she still rues the fact that she didn’t get the opportunity to work with Dilip Kumar, and is still waiting to work with him.While speaking to the sources at an event recently, the Padma Shri winner said, "I really want to work with Yusuf saab (Dilip Kumar). It's still a wish and I am still waiting to work with him." For those unaware, Dilip Kumar calls it quits from acting in 1998, and the last movie the 90-year-old featured in was Qila. Despite that Asha Parekh is still eager to share screen-space with him. "If I get an opportunity, I would just run and do that project. This is one thing I am looking forward to," she said.There were rumours before that Dilip Kumar and Asha Parekh shared some animosity and this is the reason that they never worked together, but the latter quashed the rumours. She said, "There was no animosity. It was a mistake by the journalist who just cooked up the story. I was very angry with him for cooking up stories and spoiling our relationship. I have a very, very good relationship with Yusuf saab and Saira Banu. I was terribly hurt by that report." Well, we hope your dream do come true!

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is nowadays considered as king of comedy, after all we must admit that his comic timing is brilliant. He has showcased his funny side in rom-coms such as Cocktail, Love Aaj Kal, Kal Ho Na Ho, Hum Tum and his upcoming film Go Goa Gone is wholly from comedy genre. Also starring Pooja Gupta, Vir Das and Kunal Khemu, Go Goa Gone will hit the theaters on May 10.

Singer Taylor Swift has dated uncountable celebrities, and all her relationships ended on nasty notes, as she always came up with break-up songs after each of her affair failed to go the distance. However, it seems that it is not really something which bothers the songstress, who last dated One Direction band member Harry Styles, as currently she is very much enjoying being single."It`s a terrifying, liberating, magical adventure: the best things are you don`t have to answer to anyone, and you don`t have to add up time zones," said Swift, 23. In the past, she has dated the likes of John Mayer, Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, etc. "I don`t strategize. You can`t say, `I`m never gonna date a high-profile person in the arts!` But whoever I date, famous or not - whether I ever date again! - all chaos will break loose," she told during a chat with a magazine."With fabrication and frantic obsession and who likes who more and how it ended. But right now is easy because I`m single and happy, and it`s very relaxing," she added. However, despite being comfortable as single, she still feels jealous seeing others have great relationships."I feel jealousy, but I've been trying to channel it into mutual admiration and inspiration," she explains. "If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens. Now I have proof it can happen. Maybe that's out there for me someday. "We hope you find your true love soon, girl!

Speculations were rife of late that Kareena Kapoor Khan was set to get paired up with her Bodyguard co-star Salman Khan yet again for one of the most awaited films, to be directed by Sooraj Barjatya.With the movie, Salman is coming back with Sooraj Barjatya after the gap of 14 years, as they last worked together in Hum Saath Saath Hain. Earlier reports said that actresses from Diana Penty, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra to Ileana D’Cruz were approached for the role.And latest the sources claimed Salman has recommended his co-star of films like Mr. and Mrs. Khanna, Kyunki, and Bodyguard for the movie. It was also said that she has already been signed for the same, however, the further reports from sources has that the rumours are not true at all."There is no truth in it. We have not finalised anyone yet. Lot of speculation is happening over who the heroine will be but we are yet to finalise things. In a month's time, we would decide," sources said. The makers are yet to set the title of the film, which would go on the floors in June next year. The shooting might take place in Mumbai, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan recently attended annual lecture at the Penguin in New Delhi where he unveiled about the thoughts of his father Mr. Harivansh Ray Bachchan. He said he remains puzzled by his father's habit in his last days of watching Hindi films rather than turning to his greatest companion his beloved books.Bachchan said his father had called him his greatest poetry. “My biggest problem in my life I do not know whether I am a free verse or a couplet, a chaupai or a shloka. I don't know what he saw in the flickering darkness it had to be more than Hindi cinema's excessive poetic justice in three hours! Did he see a flame that burns itself up lighting up the fire of the written word within? We are our own monster an animal of many animal parts.”During the conversation, Big B also confessed that he would try and build a girls’ school. “True equality can only exist if the whole society embraces it,” he said. Bachchan referred to feature films as the great passion of India cutting across all other performing arts and the Indian film industry as absorbing all religions, languages and cultures in it.“The filmy ambrosia's nectar so intoxicating that it has achieved what that no Indian politician has ever done,” said Bachchan before posing the question "In our cinema bad guys always come to no good what about in India itself? “Indian cinema has no nuclear bomb never suffers a recession but people call it is degenerate, trebling, trashy, flashy hocus-focus,” said the actor.