Now comes Bipashas turn to go vocal in favour of Anna

Dusky diva Bipasha Basu has become the latest Bollywood figure to have jumped on the Anna Hazare bandwagon.
At a time when the entire country is rallying behind Hazare, supporting the 74-year-old Gandhian's fight for a strong Lokpal Bill, the femme fatale, not to be left behind to relish the patriotic fervour, has also lent her support to the anti-corruption crusader.

As Hazare's fast entered the eighth day, the leggy lass told mediapersons that she fully supports his fight for a strong anti-corruption ombudsman legislation.

"Our country should be free from the shackles of corruption, so I lend my support to the cause Anna Hazare is fighting for," said the bewitching beauty on the margins of a function here.

"Jan Lokpal Bill will surely make the difference in our society.

If it is introduced, we can curb corruption in a better manner.

"He (Anna) is one of the leaders whom we all can trust and follow.

He is a mass leader. We should all support him and the anti-corruption movements," said she.

So far, film personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, A R Rahman, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Kapur, Sushmita Sen, Celina Jaitly, Shreyas Talpade and Shahid Kapoor have thrown their weight behind Hazare's movement against corruption.

Some celebrities took to social networking sites to express their support, while others like Anupam Kher and Farah Khan flew down to the capital to participate in the protest.

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Get a peek-a-boo into Imran-Kareena Kapoor starrer

Filmmaker Karan Johar chose to unveil the first look of his next production -- Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor-starrer "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu" -- through social networking media like Facebook and Twitter.
The promotional image has the two actors walking on a busy street wearing quirky, oversized shades, and eating cotton candy.

The colourful and youthful look of the movie was uploaded Tuesday, and the Facebook page of the movie also stated that the release would be "coming Valentine".

The film, being directed by Shakun Batra, was earlier titled "Short Term Shaadi". It was rumoured that the plot is an adaptation of Hollywood film "What Happens in Vegas", which starred Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.

However, Johar had denied it.

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Karisma to join Twitter soon

Karisma Kapoor is the latest to be bitten by the Twitter bug. She is set to join the micro-blogging site soon, says filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is directing her next movie "Dangerous Ishq".

With the gorgeous Karisma Kapoor... she is getting on twitter soon and wants to convey to her fans that she is really excited to be back!!!" Bhatt posted on Twitter.

Karisma will be back on the big screen after a gap of five years. She will star opposite model-turned-actor Rajneish Duggal in "Dangerous Ishq' and will be playing five different roles in five different lifetimes.

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Preity goes drool drool over Hrithik

Dimpled beauty Preity Zinta went gaga over her "Koi Mil Gaya" co-star Hrithik Roshan upon seeing his look in Karan Johar's "Agneepath" remake.
She posted a message to Johar on Twitter, saying: "KJO! Saw Hrithik's look in Agnipath & what can I say except its rocking & Drool Drool! All the best 4 this 1 :-) Ting!"

The first look of the movie saw Hrithik wearing a red vest, jeans and a bandana, which reads 'Govinda Mahautsav'.

He is seen covered in red colour from what seems like a Dahi Handi sequence and is running, with his rippling muscles there for all to see. No wonder Preity's heart went "hmmmm...".

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Hrithik Roshan to join whosay.com

After Twitter, actor Hrithik Roshan is set to extend his digital presence by becoming a part of international social media website whosay.com.
After Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar, Hrithik is the latest Indian celebrity to be invited to join the platform following his immense fan following around the world.

"The company was formed to give celebrities and other influential people a set of tools to allow them to manage and control their presence in the digital world and also give them ownership of their content," Steve Ellis founder of whosay.com said in a statement.

Hrithik's Whosay id will be the same his Twitter id "ihrithik" and will go online soon.

Other international celebrities who are actively using Whosay are Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Cristiano Ronaldo, Enrique Iglesias, Steve Martin, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack and Keith Urban.

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Minissha Lamba getting threat calls

Actress Minissha Lamba is "flummoxed" after getting threatening calls from unknown numbers, but says she would like to get to the bottom of the matter.
It started on Saturday when I received the first spate of calls from an international number and an Indian number, which turned out to be from somewhere in or around Haryana. At first I answered the phone. The callers from both numbers say the same thing - 'Don't attend the event in New York.'," she said.

She was expected to attend an Indo-American cultural event in New York Aug 25.

"I don't scare easily. And I am certainly not scared. But I am curious and suspicious. Why would I be threatened against going to a cultural event in New York? I've to get to the bottom of this," she said.

Minissha is in her own words, flummoxed.

"If it was a political event or maybe a cultural event in a hostile country I'd understand. But why shouldn't I attend an innocuous dinner event in New York meant to bring together NRIs and Indian personalities? It makes no sense," she said.

Minissha has passed on the two threatening numbers to her business managers. While the international one is impossible to call back on, the national one is far easier to locate.

"The voice on it is distinctly Haryanvi and very menacing. 'Tu agle hafte American jaane ka soch rahi hai? Tu nahin jayegi,' it says. Arrey baba kyon nahin jaaongi??? No answer."

The matter is not being reported to the cops.

The Indian number has been traced to the public phone booth in Haryana.

"Would you believe it, they're absolutely blase about it. When my business managers threatened to report the matter to the senior cops in Haryana they said, 'Do what you like' and hung up.

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Kareena to honour real-life bodyguards

Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor, who is gearing up for the release of her new film "Bodygaurd" with Salman Khan, will felicitate the real-life minders of Bollywood stars.
Kareena is planning to meet the bodyguards of Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Imran Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar and felicitate them for their work, commitment and dedication towards the protection of the stars.
"Bodyguard" is romantic action film directed by Siddique and is a remake of the director's 2010 Malayalam movie of the same name. Salman had asked Shera, his bodyguard for 15 years, to launch the promo of the film.

The film is being produced by Atul Agnihotri and is slated to release on Eid.

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