SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

Shilpa Shetty has learned a new skill...kinda. On the sets of her new movie The Man, Shilpa plays an actress (a stunningly difficult role I'm sure) who knows how to play the violin. So Shilpa has decided that since she's such a professional actress, she would get into character by actually learning how the violin is played.

A source reports,

"Shilpa's character in The Man is of an actress. She is playing herself in the film. But her character also has an interesting side. She is a violin expert just like pop sensation Vanessa Mae. Her violin playing shots in the film have been styled like a Vanessa Mae video. The film shows her as a famous public figure with a massive fan following. Shilpa wanted to lend authenticity to her character and decided to learn to play the violin."

Shilpa loves playing the violin, though I wonder where her skill level is, since it's quite a difficult instrument to play, but either way, she's earned the respect of co-star Sunny Deol who's impressed with the work she's putting into the role.

Shilpa herself says,

"I have to play the violin in The Man. And to make it look real, I'm taking actual lessons. Trust me, it's a very difficult job to play the violin. I'm having a tough time. My instructor tells me that it's the most difficult instrument to play and he's quite right!"

-Insert cutting remark here- I've had a long and tiring day.

No, she didn't forget it. Or then it would mean she has the same problem as my dad who forgets birthdays all the time, especially mine.

So Shilpa Shetty celebrated her 33rd birthday on Saturday night, even though it was yesterday (Happy Belated Birthday Shilpa!), but the poor gal never even got to blow out the candles.

The day started badly when she flew in to Dubai (where the party was planned) and a crucial bag was lost from her luggage,

"This, let me tell you, is the story of my life,"

"No journey of mine is complete without losing a bag. It could be a hopping flight from Mumbai to Pune. But if I don't lose baggage the journey is incomplete."

The bag contained her party dress and she and sister Shamita started the long trek through Dubai boutiques to find another perfect dress, which she didn't even wear because before the afternoon was over, she had crawled into bed with a high fever. She had gotten it from shooting scenes in artificial rain for her new movie with Sunny Deol.

Shilpa doesn't really care that she had to miss the party however,

"Because I spent the evening with my family. To me there can be no better way to bring in my birthday."

Sweet.

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.

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!