SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

You know, isn't it messed up that Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan are brand ambassadors for cell phones and computers and Dharmendra is the brand ambassador for desi ghee (um, not sure how to translate that perfectly...it's like pure buttery oil, which by the way, kinda smells gross)?. Dharmendra was recently in New Delhi to promote the ghee and he didn't come in his own car. Not a smart move, because the people of New Delhi are a bit obsessive, and as soon as they caught a glimpse of the superstar, they mobbed him. Event organisers couldn't find a car for a quick getaway and so Dharmendra chose the next best thing, an auto-rickshaw. While Dharmendra didn't comment on his new ride (I wonder how long it's been since he's been in a rickshaw), he does want to tell you how healthy ghee is.

"Pure ghee is never bad for health but these days it is difficult to find something pure,"

Why have pure ghee when you can use the week-old oil that McDonalds uses to fry it's many fattening chips? That's really healthy.

Ah, one of those slow news days where I have to resort to cricket to eke out any Bollywood news. Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta, both big owners of their Indian Premier League teams are trying to garner support...Bollywood-style. Well, Shah Rukh is pulling Bipasha Basu and Rani Mukherji into his promo video and reports suggest that Preity was trying to get Sunny and Bobby Deol with dad Dharmendra. She denies this though (good choice, who'd want to support a team with the Deol's as spokespersons?) and insists that she'll let her cricketers speak for themselves.

"The playing field when the matches start in April will be filled with star-cricketers. That takes care of the glam-element. As for the music video we feel it should represent the earthy feel of Punjab and Chandigarh. We feel we can't capture the flamboyant and vigorous flavour of if we bring in film stars into the video."

Ouch SRK, she dissed you! And that's it for today...until tomorrow.

Crap...I wrote a whole article about this and I didn't save it properly and now I have to write it again! (WAAAAAH!) Ok, basically, if you buy a Nokia N95 or N81 in India, you'll have the movie of Sholay preloaded in your handset, among other things. And I mean the real Sholay, not the crap that Ram Gopal Verma made. So, Dharmendra and Amitabh in your pocket...could it get any better than that? So ya, pay up for the phones and you get the movie. But better yet, rip your own DVDs and stuff them in your current phones. What's the point of forking over all that cash for a movie...and the phones I guess. The dude from Nokia India says:

"It is one of the biggest blockbusters that Hindi film industry has churned out. There could have been no better option than this flick, which is liked by every age group equally," "The facility will be available in every N81 and N95 8GB handset across the country. However, there will be no option of sub-titles,"

Shame. For all you guys that get bored with the looks of your themes and stuff every few hours, like I do, visit Zedge.net. It's a great website that lets you get themes, wallpapers and ringtones for your phone. Enjoy...no, I'm not advertising for it. But it would be great if someone wanted to advertise on this site. Email me if you do!

You wouldn't think that a rich filmi family would be in such need of money, but they are! Sunny Deol and his dad Dharmendra have been told to appear in court on the 11th of October in connection with a cheque dishonour case. Sunny reportedly borrowed 10 lakh rupees (1 million) from some dude and said he would pay it back as soon as his movie Big Brother was released. the movie came out and no money was returned, despite repeated reminders. Sunny then gave the man 2 cheques of half a million each, but both could not be cashed because 'payment was withheld from drawer'. So now Sunny and his dad are being dragged to court to pay up. But I know they will...it's so sad. I miss the punishments from the good old days when you had your toenails extracted until you screamed out where you had hidden your money.

Katrina Kaif is really missing her family after working with family groups in her latest movies. The actress worked with the Deol's in Apne and with the Khan's in Partner and that totally screwed with her head as it reminds her of her own family and how much she misses them.

"The Deols in Apne and the Khans, Salman and Sohail (who've produced during the film) during Partner bonded so beautifully on the sets, I'd invariably miss my own family." "It was such a pleasure to just do a film with the Deols Dharamji, Sunny and Bobby. I'd look at them together on the sets and miss my sisters and mom so much…I come from a large family. But I'm in Mumbai alone. And when I saw how beautifully the Deols bonded I felt….sad and happy…they were having so much fun. Made me wish I had my sisters around. It's unfortunate that my work has taken me away from my family."

Yeah I get you Kat. It's hard being away from your family. When you just want that person there so much that it hurts and still you can't get them. It feels like someone's ripped out your heart and left it with them and all you got was the left ventrical, so it really hurts when anyone moves. Yeah, that didn't make much sense. Yeah, I live with my parents...but I totally get what you're going through Kat!