SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat make an interesting couple, and while fans of the jodi are looking forward to Maan Gaya Mughal-e-Azam, they wonder if they can recapture the chemistry from Pyaar Ke Side Effects. Even if they can't, they'll have almost as many kisses as last time they were together, according to Rahul.

"I've four kissing scenes with Mallika this time. Every time my director Sanjay Chhel was frustrated by my lack of talent he asked me to kiss Mallika."

"It's not as though we volunteered to kiss. It was part of the story. Mallika isn't the only co-star I've kissed. I kissed Laila Rouass in Split Wide Open, Perizaad Zorabian in Mumbai Matinee.

And in Govind Nihalani's Takshak I kissed Nethra Raghuraman. Lately I've kissed Saba Azad in Dil Kabaddi. So my kisses spread far and wide. Did I kiss Rinki Khanna in Jhankar Beats? I can't remember."

Um, no he didn't. I like the comment about the lack of talent and kissing. Rahul also says that he's not a fan of on-screen kisses, despite the many that he does, and he doesn't want a reputation like Emraan Hashmi, who seems to kiss for the sake of kissing.

Oh well, at least Rahul is honest.

Do Bollywood actors get really bored on sets or do they get some kick out of playing random pranks on their co-stars? Now it's Emraan Hashmi who pulled out his '101 practical jokes book'. On the sets of Raaz 2, he played a prank on his spiritual co-star Kangana Ranaut. He set up an Ouija board and poor Kangana was convinced that spirits were present when the board moved.

Now she's completely freaked out and said in a recent interview,

"I believe in God but at the same time also believe that there are evil spirits around and am scared of them. I think I have become more God fearing now. I don't miss my prayers ever since I started shooting for Raaz 2 lest someone possess me. The very thought scares me to my wits."

"I belong to a family who believes and prays to God but the film has definitely made me more spiritual"

Raaz 2 deals with paranormal subjects and Emraan took further advantage of the spooky atmosphere by visiting Kangana in the middle of the night, knocking on her door and then running away. Now Kangana has taken to avoiding Emraan, which sounds hilarious. Imagine Kangana as a bag of nerves, jumping at the slightest sounds, looking at Emraan suspiciously all the time, running away when he tries to talk to her.

Mature really, but I'd probably be doing the same to freak out superstitious friends. It's like they ask for it.

Because he totally knew that Jannat was going to be a hit and because of that, he had already put in the order for a new BMW. Let's start from the beginning....Emraan Hashmi was born 24th March 1979 and 29 years later, he made Jannat with Sonal Chauhan and apparently, that's all Emraan needed to start asking for more money. The actor has increased his price from Rs 1.5 crore (15 million) to Rs 5 crore (50 million) a movie, but he thinks he deserves it.

"And why not? Equations change every Friday. The sun has started shining for me. I seem to have had a solo hit at a time when only Akshay Kumar and the Khans seem to be getting the audiences in," "Ya, my price has gone up.I won't say drastically. Right now I can quote a higher price with some justification." "I've cut about fifteen cakes in the last one week. And I've just bought a new car BMW. I was so confident about Jannat that I had it delivered to my home on the day of its release."

And the sweetheart that he is, he insists that the Bhatts (who are related to him and basically made his career) will also have to pay more for him, because professionalism comes first, then blood. Ah, the charming monkey. Hey, and is it just me or is their bad grammar on that poster? Shouldn't it be "In search of Heaven" and not "...for Heaven"?

Isn't it horrible when you hear or see a guy lifting his hand on a girl? It doesn't make it any better when it's a celebrity either, shown when Sonal Chauhan ran into an old boyfriend/friend at the airport and he slapped the Jannat actress. That totally wouldn't have happened if Emraan Hashmi was around... Read the full story here.

Do you know if you spin around enough on your computer chair, you eventually throw up? Yes, people, it's that time of the year again...exams! Which means that SoggyCornflakes will be up and running every day of the week, except weekends. Obviously, when I'm supposed to be studying, I would rather update the blog. I wonder if Esha Deol is kicking herself yet. Esha was apparently offered the role of Zoya in Jannat (Heaven) but turned it down. Now Jannat is doing great, Sonal Chauhan is kind of a star and Emraan Hashmi...well, he got back his reputation as the serial kisser. So all is right in the Bhatt camp. Esha might be a bit sad though, but no one cares about that. Sonal recently celebrated her birthday and is so happy with her new film,

"Jannat has opened to 100 percent," "It is the best birthday gift I have ever received. Jannat has released on my birthday and I've been told that it’s doing really well. Apparently, Jannat has fetched the biggest start after Raaz, for the Bhatts."

And obviously, the film and commercial offers are coming in. This is only helped by director Kunal Deshmukh's gushing praise of the actress,

"Clichéd as it may sound but the fact remains that she has put in a lot for her role in the film" "In spite of the fact that she had to work for 15-16 hours a day, she didn't complain. We pushed her and she came up trumps every time."

Come one, come all, see the amazing spectacle of a hard-working spectacle.

For Emraan fans who liked seeing his kisses, you probably didn't like Awarapan. But luckily for you, Emraan Hashmi is back with a brand new movie by uncle Mahesh and there will be kisses again. Yay! Jannat, the movie about love and match-fixing, will be coming out soon with Emraan's new co-star and spit donater Sonal Chauhan. Read more about it here!

Have you noticed, Emraan Hashmi likes being the center of attention? Well, over the years, he's shown a choice of movies where he shares the screen with only one other male lead...and usually, Emraan manages to steal attention on screen. Apparently, Emraan likes it this way and refuses to act in multi-starrer movies for the hell of it.

"I don't want to be a part of a multi starrer for the heck of it. I mean it shouldn't be the way that 'if Emraan Hashmi is in the film, it becomes bigger, so let's add him on.' There should be substance and a reason behind my inclusion", "Also, the film should be able to sell on my name too. I don't want to be a part of the situation where a film has a big name as it's selling factor with Emraan Hashmi as an added attraction. Sorry, I may rather have my film as an Emraan Hashmi, even if that means going solo." "There is no point in joining the fray just because so many other leads around me seem to be doing that. A package film is good as long as it has good share for everyone involved. The moment one has to struggle and fight for something like this, it ceases to be a worthwhile exercise."

So basically, the movie should be called "All About Emraan". Can't be a very interesting movie, since it'll show Emraan just kissing one chick after another, occasionally shooting any guy who appears on the screen, while screaming "It's my movie!!!"

Well, he doesn't really, since he's dead but his memory lives on...through Bollywood? A new movie is being produced entitled Jannat (Heaven) and will be starring Emraan Hashmi. It's a cricket themed movie but it explores the darker side of cricket, including corruption and match-fixing. So basically, it's a Paki-bashing movie. Like they would ever discuss India's own fun little history of match-fixing. A close family friend of Bob Woolmer (former Pakistan cricket coach) will be playing the role of Bob (no idea if he really looks like him, but let's just assume that Bollywood thinks that all Whites look like each other). It will focus on his mysterious death after the 2007 World Cup. Bob will even be shown dying in the movie...fun. Hey, I have a casting call. Himesh Reshammiya could play Inzimam...really.

Now, let's go over this little incident. Emraan Hashmi and the Bhatt's were on Voice of India as special guests, where Pritam Chakraborty was a judge. Everything was going fine on the kids singing reality show until one female member of the crowd ran up to Emraan and kissed him right on the lips. Does the guy use raspberry lip gloss or something? Why do girls feel a need to throw themselves onto his mouth? No comment on how Emraan felt about it, but Pritam was quite upset and walked off the set to show his displeasure.

"It was all so sudden…and disgusting. Voice Of India is a show about children, and encouraging children's talent. We can't have such cheesy behaviour on this show. Also, the Bhatts and Emraan Hashmi were my special guests. I had to make my displeasure very clear. So I did walk out."

Hmmm, is this really about inappropriate behaviour or is Pritam upset because no females want to kiss him? Could his disgust be aimed at himself as he's not desirable to random girls? Could...ah, forget it. He's just angry because some girls have absolutely no self-control and insist on acting like idiots on national TV. Even I have more self-control then that, despite what people might think. Like I would really throw myself on Shahid Kapoor...(mental note: Only throw myself on Shahid if no one's looking).

After Emraan Hashmi got married and with the release of Awarapan (best thing about the movie was that he died), a rare Emraan movie where he didn't kiss his co-star, everyone thought that Bollywood's serial kisser was maturing and didn't need to have lip-locks as a trademark anymore... Seems like Emraan is taking his trademark a bit far though, when he was seen canoodling with Pakistani girl Sanaa. I think she might be an actress but I'm not sure. Either way, it's really rocking his marriage with Parveen and has prompted phone calls from Sanaa's parents to Mahesh Bhatt (Emraan's uncle), hoping that he could explain the situation to Emraan (maybe from personal experience). Mahesh sat him down for a little talk, telling the boy to deal with the affair sanely or face the consequences but Emraan clearly thought the old guy was interfering in his business and told him to bugger off, later telling reporters exactly what he thought of the story.

"Don't [bleep] me man!"

Charming...and who says history doesn't repeat itself? Seems like the whole family is into Muslim mistresses.