SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

As One Two Three hits the theatres, not only is it in direct competition with Race, a few stories are emerging about the female stars in the movie. The stars, Tanissha Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Neetu Chandra and Sameera Reddy apparently had their claws drawn throughout shooting. This animosity has continued to the premiere where the girls continued to ignore each other and vie for attention from the camera's. Male co-star Tusshar Kapoor speaks of the rivalry,

"There was a cold war on. But no crying buckets, stamping of feet or fisticuffs as reported. The girls spoke to one another, but there were issues even if they weren't apparent. I guess, it's the intense competition."

Huh, that's weird, because this movie is the who's who of untalented skanks in Bollywood. Cool, it's true then, all girls have claws, even the ones who don't use them. -Halo pops over Tigger's head-

A nice easy post this one is...Happy Valentine's Day everyone...since I don't believe in the commercial holiday, which is nothing more than an excuse to make guy's feel guilty, girls feel stupid and everyone wastes money on tacky teddy bears and plastic roses. Love is not this but let's see how Bollywood will be spending it's day...

Aishwarya Rai: "I'll be attending the premiere of Jodha-Akbar in Delhi on Valentine's Day. But Abhishek will be with me. So no complaints. Every day is a simple day and every day is a celebration. What you make of every moment is what it’s all about. Bipasha Basu: Doing: "We're going for a short trip to Cape Town. For the last three years on Valentine's Day John and I have been in in different countries. Looking forward to this flash holiday. Desire: "None. I'm happy and contented." Zayed Khan: Doing: "See, it was Valentine's Day five years ago that I proposed to Malaika. So it's a doubly special day for me. I think I'm going to try my hand at being chef, and have a go at some fine wine that I've been saving up for us for a special day. We'll be at home since we don't want to leave our son Zidaan alone. Desire: "For many more such Valentine's Days" Pooja Bedi: Doing: "I've absolutely no plans. It's a day for LOVERS,not about being with loved ones, friends and relative. Unless you want to comfort yourself about the absence of that someone special in your life. Desire: Waiting for my Prince Charming to come. Priyanka Chopra: "I don't believe you need a reason or a particular day to say you love someone. When you're in love every day is special." Koena Mitra: Doing: "Since I don't have anyone special in my life I'd do the usual things, like watching a movie with my girlfriends, shopping till I drop and some harmless male-bashing with my girlie pals.And hmmmm, I may do some serious flirting. Is that allowed? Desire: "My Valentine desire would be to finally meet Mr Right. But if that's not possible this Valentine then fine. Just get me a man who's hot-looking and a great conversationalist. Then even a Mr Wrong will do. Celina Jaitley: Desire: My Valentine wish is to find true love. Doing: "Though I'm working on Valentine's Day I have a special show for the day on MTV for the single. I'll watch it and have a good laugh Imtiaz Ali: Doing: "There's a special screening of my Jab We Met for young Delhi romantics. So it's a day of good business for me. And this is as romantic as I can get. Desire: "I want to keep making films that girls will adore on Valentine's Day. Aryan Vaid: "My Valentine's Day plans are open. I'm single so nothing happening. I want to celebrate love. It's such an amazing time and with the Mumbai weather being so romantic, this Valentine's Day will be special even without a play- mate. Desire: Hopefully next year I'll have someone special to celebrate it with. Farhan Akhtar: Doing: "Since I'm shooting for Rock On it'll be a very routine Valetine's Day for me. But the night gets exciting when I get to see an intensely romantic film Jodha-Akbar. Desire: "Want to see Mumbayites back to the spirit of the city.. Esha Deol: Doing: "It's an unromantic Valentine for me. I'm shooting an ad with my mum and sis. Desire: "I want to give lots of love to all those who've given me love. Lots of love to all my ex-es too! Ha ha. May God keep me single for as long as possible because I love my freedom. Muzamil Ebrahim: Doing: "It's my mother's birthday on Valentine's Day so there'll definitely be lots of celebration. Desire: "Want good health and happiness for all those who love me.And I want to get together with the one I want to be with. Dino Morea: Doing: "Since I've no love life I'll be doing some good for society. Will be meeting cancer patients who are couples and helping one another through life. Then I'm off to Delhi for an event. Sammir Dattani: Doing : "Shooting a very romantic song in Bangalore with my co–star Jennifer Kotwal but thinking of someone very special in Mumbai. Desire: Wish I was back on Mumbai to be with that someone very special. Riya Sen: "Nothing exciting. I'll be working. I'm in Delhi on the 14th for an appearance. Amrita Arora: Doing: "Will be shooting on Valentine's Desire: "Wish to have my loved one with me forever Divya Dutta: "I'm celebrating Valentine's Day with my favourite people on the sets of Dilli 6 in Jaipur.. and that includes my childhood crush Rishi Kapoor. Kushal Punjabi: Doing: "Besides shooting I'll be doing what all other lovers do on Valentine's Day. Exchanging cards and listening to romantic songs. What did you think? Desire: "From all the girls in my life that one special person will emerge on this day. I promise I'll give up doing naughty like exchanging cards things after that. Neil Mathur: Doing: "Will be going out with a secret Valentine to a secret place." Desire: "One wish would be that I get the power to give back love to all those who love me." Tusshar Kapoor: Doing: "Nothing special. Just meeting up with friends after shooting" Desire: "If I had my way I'd make every day Valentine's Day." Amrita Rao: Doing: "I'm shooting all day and and attending a birthday party in the evening." Desire: "I wish all those people in love be so forever.And those who don't, may they please find love this Valentine's Day." Malaika Arora: Doing: "I want to spend the day with all my loved ones." Desire: "I don't anyone to be alone on Valentine's Day." Tanushree Dutta: Doing "I'm shooting on Valentine's Day.So no Valentine plan." Desire: "I wish I'd be in Paris for the next Valentine's Day."

I like Sharman Joshi, I liked him before he got kinda famous, but I really don't see how this scenario makes sense. The actor has supposedly lost out on some prime roles because his asking price is too much. It's reported that Sharman asks for 1.5 crore rupees per movie...that's 15 million rupees. But he denies it, saying:

"I wish I had the guts to ask for that kind of money. And I wish somebody would actually offer me that much. No. What I charge is nowhere near that amount. So I don't know who's spreading these rumours and for what purpose." "I didn't do Dhamaal because I didn't like the role that was offered to me. As for Gol Mal Returns I'd have loved to do it. But my dates were clashing with another project. If money was an issue how am I doing another film to be directed by Neeraj Vora for the same banner (Asthvinayak)?" "The industry conveniently forgot that I started my career with a serious role as Shabana Azmi's son in Vinay Shukla's Godmother. They latched on to my comic roles in N Chandra's Style and Excuse Me. Not a problem. Because I enjoy comedy. My new release Dhol had me working with Priyadarshan for the first time. He's such a genius. I've learnt a lot about comic timing from him. My co-stars in Dhol were friends. So there was no attempt at one-upmanship. I can't work in a tense competitive atmosphere. Of course Tusshar, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav and I were competitive in Dhol when the camera was on. But we were happy in our individual space."

Um, long quote. Simple explanation for some media manipulation...and yeah.

And why wouldn't they distract a hot-blooded, heterosexual man? Obviously half-naked girls, even though they're sex workers, would totally put off someone from work. While shooting for his new movie Aggar (If only) in Bangkok, he was supposed to be acting in a sad song, where you wee supposed to see how pensive he was...but it's hard being pensive when you have prostitutes screaming and trying to get your attention...Hmmm, I wonder how a hooker would get someone's attention...they're basically already out there. Tusshar was so distracted by the ladies of the night (well, not anymore) that he considered calling shooting off for the day (how very professional) but somehow he got through it. Before inviting some of the hookers to distract him in private...just joking!

You know, some people think that being as thin as possible is great, and Bollywood and Hollywood both promote this idea. You know what I say? Screw them! Being healthy is more important than being thin...but I don't know how many actresses out there are really thin and how many have been sucked to thinness. Here's an interview with Neha Dhupia, quite interesting, I'm just quoting the bits I wanna make fun off, you're welcome to click the link and read the rest:

You were surrounded by many good-looking men in this film- Mr Bachchan, Sanjay, Suniel, Vivek, Abhishek, Arbaaz, Tusshar, Shabbir, Rohit... (Interrupts) Oh come on, I have never ogled at my co-actors.

All these dudes are average looking or worse, what is wrong with you Neha?

You have lost lots of weight. Iska raaz kya hai? Iska raaz yeh hai that I have started doing yoga regularly and become serious about my workouts. There was a long time in betweem when I was not regular with my exercise regimen. I work out on an empty stomach, with Deane Pandey (who also trains Preity Zinta and Lara Dutta) at Joggers Park and the beach. And yes, I stay away from chocolates, pastries and aerated drinks. I don't take any carbohydrates after sunset. The two vices which increase weight are not my wish list anyway; I don't smoke and I don't drink. I wish I could still lose some more kilos.

Liposuction alert!

On April Fools Day, some people also decided to take advantage of the day and add a little humour into the grey, meaningless lives of people who are not famous. Actor Tusshar Kapoor and music Director Pritam Chakraborty faked a fight on air on popular radio station BIG 92.7FM. The fight involved Tusshar wanting to sing but Pritam finding him completely unsuaitable. I’ll see if I can find the MP3 of that for you guys, but until I do, here’s my version of what it sounded like: Tusshar: So Pritamji, listen, I think I have a great voice Pritam: Shut up! Tusshar: Huh? Pritam, please consider, I’m cute, I’m funny, why wouldn’t I have a good voi- Pritam: Shut up! Tusshar: But I can si- Pritam: Shut up! Tusshar: Wait, just listen to me… Pritam: Shut up! Tusshar: “Yeh, mera dil pyaar ka diwana…” Pritam: (thud) Tusshar: Pritam? Pritam! DJ: I think he’s dead Tusshar: I always knew my voice was a killer Ok, so maybe that doesn’t make a lot of sense and it wasn’t particularly funny either. But you know what’s funny? When you know someone loves you, on April Fools, tell them you love them, get all excited and make wedding plans. Then destroy them by telling them it was all a joke. Now that’s funny!

The point of gym is to get fit, lose wieght or build muscles, am I correct? Hmmm, so I guess Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh and Zayed Khan are doing it all wrong, because they all look the same to me...or maybe they're genetically fat and gym makes sure that they all stay scrawny? Anyways, Tusshar is still in Cape Town, South Africa and was desperately looking for a gym. The lucky guy managed to find a gym nearby his villa and inevitably meets up with Zayed and Ritesh there, who are filming for their movie Cash while Tusshar shoots Kya Love Story Hai. You know what's a really fun thing to do at gym? Run on the treadmill like crazy and when you're completely exhuasted, increase the work level. Maybe it hurts when you fall off, but it has great comedic value!

Tusshar Kapoor has hailed Kareena Kapoor for her dancing and lip-syncing for her song "Its Rocking Yaara Kabhie Ishk to Karo" (Its rocking darling, make love sometimes) and says that she's outdone Britney Spears as her video was much funkier and cooler than most of Britney's recent stuff. Well, I can't really comment about the video since I havn't watched it, but it seriously isn't harder to beat Britney Spears now a days. My singing in the shower would make a better video than Britney attempting to sing...Strangling a cat while singing in the shower is better...strangling a cat while singing in the shower and eating with my mouth full would be a bestseller compared to Britney...though I think I'm losing the point here. Sorry, basically, I'm saying Britney sucks.

Now here is an experience I can share with actors, being pulled over by the cops. The forthcoming movie Kya Love Story Hai (What a Love Story) was interrupted during its song shoot in Cape Town, South Africa. Now I’ve only been to Cape Town once, very pretty place, so it made a good backdrop for their song ”Gumsum Hai Dil Tera” (Your Heart is Confused or Lost…or something like that) which was shot on an open-air school-bus, with actors dressed in uniforms. The shooting would have gone well if the unit had asked permission to shoot on a bus first, but since they hadn’t, patrolling police caught them and threatened to arrest the crew, including Tusshar Kapoor of Kya Kool Hai Hum fame. Eventually, the misunderstanding was sorted out and as Tusshar proudly claims “We didn’t even need to bribe them!”…Yes Tusshar, South Africa is not India, for one thing, they have more Black people there…and the cops don’t always take bribes…just most of the time.