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It has already been told that veteran actress Sarika and South superstar Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara Haasan is all set to make her Bollywood debut. But, despite being a great actress of her time, Sarika has no intension of sharing tips with her daughter as she believes she should find her own way."Every generation has its own working style. We can share with them what we like about cinema because I don't know anything else. I only know cinema, so I can share that. But I must let my daughter find her own way because it will be different," said Sarika."I am not nervous. I am very excited. I am very glad and thankful and it's a good time. Both my girls are okay and somewhere I feel like now things are fine. They will have their own share of success and failure, but that doesn't matter," she added.For those unaware, Akshara will mark her debut with director R Balakrishnan, popularly called R Balki. She is star opposite Raanjhanaa star Dhanush. The yesteryears’ actress also revealed that her kids discuss their work with her."We discuss everything about each other's career. It's very exciting for us to do that," said Sarika, whose elder daughter Shruti is also a known name in Bollywood and South film industry. Besides, she is also praised for her singing skills.We hope Akshara makes memorable debut!

Bollywood actor Uday Chopra is already 41, still he is in no hurry to get married and even there is no pressure from his family as well. As of now, he is busy establishing Yash Raj Films (YRF) Entertainment abroad. Speaking to the sources recently, he said that getting marriage is not the only option today.Currently, he lives in Los Angeles, from where he manages his home banner's Hollywood wing> but nowadays he is in Mumbai for the promotions of his upcoming film Dhoom: 3, where he plays the character of Ali.Even though he has belief in marriage as an institution, still he feels that it depends on what works. "If you find a girl who doesn't want to get married, then you don't get married. It's very individualistic thinking. I don't believe that marriage as an institution is dead, but I also don't think that that's the only option you have today," he said. In fact, his mom Pamela Chopra, widow of late filmmaker Yash Chopra, is also fine with the fact that her son is still a bachelor. "She feels I will do it whenever I feel like. Now that I have started out this production work, I want to see it being productive. I want to see going forward. Once that happens, I will settle down," he said. On his relationship status with actress Nargis Fakhri, he said, "I don't want to answer it. I don't like to talk about my personal life. We are friends. I will put it that way."We get your point!

TV actor Jay Soni is keen to participate in celebrity couple dance reality show Nach Baliye and even approached for the current season with her fiancé Pooja Shah, however, they did not take it up owing to certain reasons.Jay, who admits that makers of NB offered him participation, shares the reason why he couldn’t take the show. “Yes, as soon as we got engaged, we were offered Nach Baliye. But as you all are aware, my fiancée is not from the industry, and mine is an arranged relationship. So she will require her own time to get into the groove of things. Also, dancing will be something new for her and I will want her to take enough time to give her acceptance to doing the show,” he expressed.Jay, who won million hearts as the innocent and simple Ishaan in Sasural Genda Phool, also adds that not only he but Pooja also follows Nach Baliye diligently. He says Pooja is now getting the facts right about the competition. “The contest is sinking into her mind right now. So hopefully we will be participating in the dance reality show next year,” averred Jay.He also says that with Sanskaar 2 going on, he could not accept Nach Baliye this time around. “One more reason for us not taking up Nach Baliye is because I am presently busy with Sanskaar –Dharohar Apnon Ki Season 2. I love my work, and I am presently enjoying the twists and turns in the show.”Talking about the daily soap, Jay said, “Well, with Dipika (Pooja Kanwal) entering, there is a love triangle in the show. And viewers are really concerned about the girl that Kishan will choose for himself.”Jay, we hope to see you with your Baliye in the next season of Nach Baliye.

Earlier we heard that top-line actors choose their directors with whom they want to work, but this is quite surprising that nowadays actors have also shown their interest in picking out producers of their films. Beauty queen and Bollywood’s one the most sought out actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has recently indicated to her director that she will choose the producer for the project. As per the sources, a producer of Aishwarya’s forthcoming film, which might be directed by Prahlad Kakar, issued a statement that she had given green-light for his film. On the announcement, Ash, who was in Kolkata on that day, was reportedly unhappy with the news leak.  She is happy to do a film with her husband Abhishek Bachchan and has also indicated that she may do a film directed by Prahlad Kakar. But if gossipmongers have to be believed then she has asked her film director that she will choose the producer for the project. According to the director's side, it had come out that there will be final narration given to the diva around October 15 or so and also that the project may take off in the beginning of 2014. Let’s see who bags the golden chance to produce Ash’s comeback film? As a die-hard fan of the blue-eyed girl, we only want to see her back on the silver screen, no matter who will produce the flick and who will direct.

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!

Sonakshi Sinha, who often said that she is happy with her traditional image and doesn’t need a makeover, is likely to go Vidya Balan’s The Dirty Picture way. Yes, she is in news to have a raunchy song in Prabhu Deva’s forthcoming project R…Rajkumar opposite Shahid Kapoor. It seems, after Ramaiya Vastavaiya’s flop show at box-office, Prabhu Deva is leaving no stone unturned to make his upcoming project a full-pack of entertainment. Earlier, it was reported that he has signed model-turned-item girl Scarlett Wilson for an item number that will feature her opposite film’s villain Sonu Sood. Now, latest report says that he also assigned its lead actress Sonakshi Sinha to flaunt her curves in a special song.Recently, Sonakshi, who was highly impressed by Vidya Balan performance in the Ekta Kapoor's The Dirty Picture, went on to shower praises on her performance in the movie. Does it mean she is also ready to go her way? Because report says Sonakshi has drawn inspiration from Vidya Balan for R...Rajkumar’s new song Gandi baat. She is likely to be seen flaunting her curves in the song choreographed by the dance king Prabhudheva.The song will showcase Shahid in his wildest avatar while Sonakshi would be seen in her sexiest appearance till date and as far as dancing is concerned in the song; it would be completely wild. Interestingly, Sonakshi is used to Prabhu's jigging as she has matched steps with the ace choreographer in Rowdy Rathore and OMG: Oh My God, while for Shahid it's his first ever experience. Let’s see how Sonakshi will shed off her traditional image taking this new challenge for R…Rajkumar!

Undoubtedly, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is one of the most sorted out actresses in filmdom. Thanks to the long list of achievements that pushes her at the top place in the global entertainment industry. The multi-talented actress and singer has turned 31 years now and when quizzed about her plans to get married, she reveals a long list of benchmarks that she has set for her prospective life partner. The Barfi girl says that her man should be a male version of herself. “I have a very long list and very high standards. He has to be a gentleman, he has to be intelligent, someone I respect and funny, not stupid funny but witty funny, charming. Basically, a male version of me,” Priyanka said, who was last seen in the remake of Zanjeer. The 31-year-old actor also divulged that it is not important whether he is an actor or not. “He needs to be an achiever, it doesn't matter if he is an actor or not an actor. I would never respect a guy who is not an achiever,” she said.Priyanka’s next Yash Raj Films’ Gunday has launched its first teaser featuring her opposite two male actors- Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. Priyanka, who is missing from the teaser of Gunday, says it's obviously a promotional strategy for the movie. “Obviously it's a promotional strategy. The film is Gunday and the boys play Gunday which is why the introduction for them was important. This is a teaser and in the theatrical, rest of the characters - me, Irrfan Khan and the boys will be there, and you will get to know about the film,” averred Priyanka.The film is releasing on February 14.

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.

Every actress craves to work with action-hit Prabhu Deva, however, for actress Bipasha Basu friendship comes first. The actress was recently approached to play third girl, along with Sonakshi Sinha and Yaami Gautam, in Prabhudheva's Action Jackson.However, she rather chose to work with Sajid Khan, who is shooting Humshakals. In the film she has been paired opposite Riteish Deshmukh. Bips is great friends with both Riteish and Sajid. Hence the role, which was Bipasha offered in Action Jackson, which stars Ajay Devgn as male lead, will be played by supermodel Manasvi Mamgai.Even Humshakals stars three leading ladies. While Bips is paired opposite Riteish, the other two Tamannaah Bhatia and Esha Gupta, are opposite Saif Ali Khan. The shooting of the film is currently taking place in UK, where Sajid has finalised locations, such as London, Portsmouth and Gosport."In London for Humshakals, new film. Looking forward to an enjoyable month here. Lovely weather today," Basu posted on Twitter. Deshmukh and co-stars Saif Ali Khan and Ram Kapoor each play a triple role in the film.As of now, the star-cast is working on a dance sequence and a comic torture scene on location in London. Humshakals is scheduled for a summer 2014 release.

Former Miss Universe-turned-actress Lara Dutta is presently enjoying her sabbatical from work. She took break from work after giving birth to a baby girl Saira, whom she shares with hubby Mahesh Bhupathi. Currently, she is busy spending some quality time with her sisters, Sabrina and Cheryl.

Hollywood beauty Naomi Watts, who is bagging appreciations for her portrayal of Princess Diana in film Diana, shares a sense of humour similar as the late Princess of Wales, who tragically died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

This everyone knows that Deepika Padukone stars in Farah Khan’s directorial Happy New Year, however, you might be glad to know that the Bengaluru beauty plays a Maharashtrian in Happy New Year. Hence, while auditioning for the role, which took place at film’s star Shahrukh Khan’s residence Mannat, Deepika was apparently dressed in some bright, tacky clothes in perfect sync with her character. Deepika was so into the character that when SRK's daughter Suhana saw the test shots on Deepika's phone, she apparently asked the actress, "Where are you in this?" Later on, Deepika went on to sweetly explain the little girl that she was in those loud clothes. This in itself speaks that Deepika was so much into the character while auditioning that even SRK’s daughter was in fence on which one Deepika really was among the pictures.Meanwhile, buzz also has that Jaipur court has asked police to register a case against Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, actor Ranveer Singh, actress Deepika Padukone and others for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of people in their upcoming movie Ram Leela, a lawyer said.

Being a Gujarati, Bollywood actor Sharman Joshi has all the traits of the community, and as the Navratri festival is on full-swing, he is also keen on getting into dandiya mode. He wants to pick up the dandiya sticks and dance his way out."I love dandiya. Being a Gujarati, dandiya is in my blood. During my college days, I was a champion in dandiya and used to win the first prize in it," Sharman said.Sharing past memories of the festival, he said, "During this time, you are allowed to go out even at night and play dandiya, besides you have girls in your groups too. This makes it the best time." His film Gang of Ghosts is a remake of the 2012 Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat, of which he says, "Gang... is a great concept, very unique and exceptional. Though it has an ensemble cast, I chose to be part of it as I have seen the original and was very impressed. I play the character that Sabyasachi Chakrabarty did in the Bengali version, that of a struggling writer. And this is the only character that has been changed slightly in the Hindi version while the other characters remain the same."Next he will be seen in Faraz Haider’s war comedy War Chhod Na Yaar, which also stars Jaaved Jaffrey, Soha Ali Khan and Sanjay Mishra. It will release on October 11.

B-town actress Deepika Padukone welcomed fame early in her life, being the daughter of badminton champion Prakash Padukone. Also he got to travel places early in her life, as most importantly she was born in the foreign country, and also it happens to be the best place for her.Talking in depth about her favorite destinations and food, she says, “Since I was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, it is my favourite city. And when I get the time, I love to shop in London and Dubai, that satisfies my shoe fetish. My wardrobe keeps on changing according to the advice of my designers.”“However, I love street shopping. And wherever I go I take time out to shop to my heart’s content. I also love Bhopal. While shooting for Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan I loved the peace and serenity of Bhopal. In the evenings, when the day’s shoot was over, I would love to take a cup of coffee and sit by the window and enjoy the sunset,” she adds.On the food, she reveals, “I always carry homemade food while travelling. I am very fond of south Indian dishes made by mom. And she still worries about my food when I am travelling. In any country, I always look forward to eating at Indian restaurants.”“Recently I travelled by road from Chandigarh to Manali and due to delays, I left my food behind in Chandigarh. Luckily my mother’s advice to my staff saved the day. She had directed my staff to always carry packets of biscuits and these biscuits came as a blessing during the trip,” says Deepika.“I love to go on holidays after a film shoot is done. I also love to go to Bengaluru where my parents live especially because I relish my mom’s dishes. Now since I have my own flat in Mumbai, my parents can join me often,” she concludes.Keep enjoying, girl!