SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

There’s a lack of interesting news stories today…so finally dudes and dudettes, I present Preity Zinta, the new ambassador for National Geographic India.

Preity, a Tsunami survivor known for her pluck in real life, appears in a National Geographic promotional for their new series Trapped. Presented by Godfrey Philips, the TV series will chronicle the most remarkable rescue and survival stories of people who choose life over death and will air every Monday at 10 PM starting March 3.

Apologies for the boring posts today, might update more if I find anything interesting, but for now. Namaste and Allah Hafiz, have a great weekend everyone.

Yesterday, Ritesh Deshmukh’s older brother Amit got married and to celebrate the loss of a sibling, Ritesh really tore up the floor. Well, he did the usual wedding Bhangra, which is cute anyways. The nice part? He was doing it on the street, no care to who looked or whatever. A nice change from the self-conscious Bollywood crowd.

Hehe, that sounds like something I'd learn in kindergarten. The cat sat on the mat. The cat wears a hat. Ash is fat. Before you start raging that I'm a mean skankoid who hates people richer than me (seriously, I get told that on the blog), let's get the whole story first, shall we? Robot director Shankar has demanded that Aishwarya Rai lose 6kg's before she leads in his film. So Ash is all set to battle bulge...though I wouldn't say she's fat at the moment. Don't get me started on my bollywood=bulimics rant. But this story throws a whole bunch of other stories out the window. Ash can't be pregnant, because then there's no way she'd lose weight before having a child and she isn't taking a sabbatical from Bollywood either, since her new movie is in the works. So that's that...Ash is still around, whoo-freakin-hoo.

Hmmm, being previously famous can't be fun. It hurts when you eventually come out of the limelight and people forget you. So instead of "Miss Tandon, welcome to our humble hotel.", it's now "Aunty, apni ghari hatoa, you can't park here!" So maybe it's understandable that Raveena Tandon got majorly annoyed when a guard refused to let her park in some housing society complex. The story is a dark and tawdry tale of how low one can slide after being not-that-near the top.

A complaint has been lodged with the police station by the office bearers of the Skylark Apartments on behalf of the watchman Ramji Yadav. In the complaint, they have alleged that when the watchman refused to bow down before Raveena’s fancies, she threatened to file a molestation case against Yadav. The report said that the incident occurred on February 22 when Raveena had gone to drop her daughter at a coaching class in the building. It was then that acting according to the society’s rules, the watchman debarred the actor from parking her vehicle inside the building compound. Not ready to take things easily, Raveena argued with the watchman saying that since her daughter was attending coaching classes in the building she should be allowed to park her vehicle inside the compound. When the guard refused to oblige, Raveena allegedly pushed him, the police said. The police further said that the complaint also alleges that Raveena was just about to hit the watchman, but the latter was saved owing to the timely intervention of two flat owners of the society.

You know what I do when I can't get what I want? I flash a winning smile, flip my hair...and get sued for sexual harassment. Like any of you could do it better!

After the huge fuss he created with his shock wedding, alienating family members allround, Sanjay Dutt has decided that he doesn't actually want to get married to Manyata and is asking for their marriage to be declared null and void. And here's the bunch of legal jargon that's supposed to explain what's going on,

South Goa's Salcette Sub Registrar's office said that both have filed a joint declaration stating that they do not desire to solemnise their marriage under the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867. The duo in their affidavit has said that they have been informed that marriage in Goa is governed by the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867. Both have declared that they intended to get married as per the Special Marriage Act, 1954. "We are now informed that this Act is not extended to the state of Goa," the declaration reads. With a desire to revoke and withdraw their declaration of marriage, the duo has said the documents annexed therewith be treated as withdrawn and cancelled from all legal effect.

Any clue? Yeah, me neither. But let's just say that their shaadi is going to be annulled. See what happens when you marry old women with weird names? Now you know.

Seriously! It seems like an unlikely headline though, but Shah Rukh Khan seems to have lost his head while talking and gave away a bit too much. Some guy from the Indian Olympic Association was quite upset with Shah Rukh's involvement in the IPL and says,

"I am very happy with Chak de India and the work you did for hockey. But I'm disappointed you went back to cricket. I want you to be made the ambassador of the Commonwealth Games and Olympic sports in India," "There are around 10 nations playing cricket at the moment and over 200 countries competing in Olympic sports. Cricket has many fathers and I would love to have you as the brand ambassador for the Commonwealth Games,"

And SRK replies,

"Please don't feel bad that I am backing only one sport. Sports should be part of our second nature and I am a sportsperson by heart." "I have played hockey and a bit of cricket. I have something to clarify to Kalmadi also... please don't feel bad that I am backing the cricket team. I need to make money from this sport and then move to other sports,"

Nah, he lies. I'm sure he's a patriotic philanthropist who just wants to look out for other people.

I don't see what the big deal is. Kareena Kapoor makes one hit movie, in which she plays her usual annoying self and now she's the queen of Bollywood. I'm pretty sure the world must be coming to an end soon...there's a reason weird stuff like this happens! Oh well, I have bad news and worse news. The bad news is that she'll be acting with Aamir Khan in a new movie soon, directed by Munna-Bhai director Raju Hirani. Which makes her the only "new" actress to have acted with the 3 Khan's. Surprising that they call her a new actress when she's been floating around for 10 years, not doing much. And the worse news is that she's now also making a name (and loads of cash) in endorsement deals. So from now on, I can't use Globus, Anne French, Emami, ICI Paints, Vivel of ITC soaps, Head & Shoulders, Boro plus cream, Citizen watches...it's a shame really.

As hot as Hrithik Roshan is, the hair is not looking good. Though seeing him in stubble again is good...remember his debut in Kaho Na Pyaar Hai? -Tigger melts into puddle on floor- The light streaks in his hair don't do much for him and as I've insisted many times before (ok, like once) that Indians shouldn't mess around with hair colours. Our natural hair colour rocks...though at least we can be glad of small mercies. At least the streaks aren't blonde. Otherwise, Jodha-Akbar is still climbing at the box-office and the controversy around the story has died down, somewhat. Do you think Hrithik will care if we make a petition asking him for his old hair back? Or would it work if I made the petition and signed it multiple times under different names? Mwuhahaha...yeah, I'm evil like that.

Or at least, his wife is. Sorry, this story might be a bit delayed but you have to look at the bright side, at least I gave it to you. If I stopped writing, where would you all be without your daily dose of Bollywood mania? Um, you'd go to another site, wouldn't you? Don't leave me!!! Please! It was Rakesh Roshan who admitted that his bahu was pregnant and said,

“Yes one more Roshan is arriving. We just got to hear the news and are thrilled. It doesn’t matter if we have a grandson or a granddaughter anything is welcome as long as the baby is healthy and fine.

So Suzanne Roshan will probably be due in about 8 months or so...in October this year, there'll be another Roshan baby...Hrithik hopes it's a girl. So I'm done for the day...but you'll be back tomorrow, right? You aren't leaving me, are you? Don't forget...tomorrow...same time. Please come back...Come Baaaaaack!

Now this is getting just ridiculous. One person makes a very public statement of love and pain by getting a tattoo (Saif) and now every one else is jumping on the bandwagon. The next idiot sheep follower of the trend is Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra's maybe boyfriend. He's not doing it for Priyanka though, saying that the tattoo is purely because of commercial reasons. And that's where I get confused. His publicist reports,

“Harman is having a big V on his back in the centre. It's a painted tattoo. It's just one of those elements in the film that heightens the character,”

So if it's painted, it's not a real tattoo? Then why are they making a fuss about it? And if it is a real tattoo, then Harman might be a moron. Why would you get a tattoo to play a certain character when you're an actor who has to do different roles? For the next act of "Bollywood star says" I wish someone would eat bugs...it can be the new health fad since ants and stuff are full of protein.