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Vivek - Priyanka's wedding & reception!

As BollyCurry informed before, Bollywood's 'Prince', Vivek Oberoi finally got married to Priyanka 
As BollyCurry informed before, Bollywood's 'Prince', Vivek Oberoi finally got married to Priyanka Alva, daughter of the late Karnataka political leader Jeevraj Alva, on Friday 29th October.

Priyanka, who is 28 years old, is a business management graduate from UK. Her mother, Nandini is a well known classical dancer while her father passed away in 2001. Both mother and daughter are heard to be immensely involved with social world and charitable organizations. On that account, Priyanka is very well matched with the newly-hubbified Vivek who has shown his own charitable streak in the recent past, especially where environmental concerns come to fore.

The wedding took place at the farm house of the Alvas in North Bangalore and was held in all grandeur with not one but two wedding styles being blend together - the state styles of Karnataka and Punjab. The reception party was then held on Sunday by the Oberois in Mumbai.

The pre-wedding ceremonies began as early as Thursday and rolled into hours of Friday evening when the baraat finally knocked at the Alva's residence.

The wedding ceremony comes a few days after the release of Vivek's latest flick, Rakht Charitra across India.

Here are a few shots of the happy couple in their lavish outfits from the reception.
The reception was held at ITC Grand Martha in Mumbai. Big names like Akshay Kumar, Shakti Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Anu Malik, Genelia D'Souza, Sajid Khan, Farah Khan were present at the event.

Roshan 'flies to Berlin for Don 2 cameo

Hrithik Roshan has reportedly flown to Berlin to shoot a special role in Don 2 - The Chase Continues.

According to Mid Day, producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani felt Roshan was ideal for the featured part in the project.


A source for the newspaper commented: "Roshan's character is a stylised one with interesting shades and they felt only he could do justice to it. But Farhan and Ritesh want to keep Hrithik's role hidden till the film's release as it's one of the highlights of Don 2."

Producers are also said to be excited about Roshan appearing opposite lead actor Shah Rukh Khan after they worked together in 2001.

"Hrithik and Shah Rukh will come together again in Don 2 after Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. They shared an amazing chemistry and are close friends even today," added the source.

The green-eyed actor has recently filmed with Farhan Akhtar in Spain for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara.

The Merchants of Bollywood tour at Nazareth

After touring around the world, The Merchants of Bollywood has embarked on its first North American tour. It drops in for a 7:30 p.m. Sunday performance at the Nazareth College Arts Center's Callahan Theatre, 4245 East Ave., Pittsford.


The show features a selection of music and dance numbers from some of India's most famous films and is loosely based on the Merchant family, which helped build up the Bollywood film industry. At heart, it's a story of how to hold on to tradition as the film and dance industries change.

Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra: The Impressive duo in Berlin conference for ‘Don 2’

Shahrukh Khan, the man who loves to bare and dare (literally!), is all charming and graceful while his stay in Berlin Germany for the shooting of the Don sequel ‘Don 2’, is in full progress!


It was reportedly a popular Palace in Berlin, where a press conference was held for the film’s ongoing shooting in the German capital, and where it was SRK,at his jovial best, taking every single question with as much gusto as would have any top actor in the world.SRK with Priyanka Chopra, were an impressive duo at the press conference, which made everyone present admire them in awe!He was at his best of moods, as he answered with a humorous twist to every question asked about the film. Priyanka Chopra, who was as usual at her full on 100 watt smile, had to do less of the answering, thanks to Shahrukh’s penchant for doing the needful.

However, the two got along simply amazingly, and all the media persons, seemed to enjoy themselves too. Indeed, SRK is not called the King of Bollywood for nothing! He once again proved his mettle at the Palace in Berlin! Well, as he seemingly plays a kinder Don in the sequel, maybe, the role was getting into him a bit too much, however, we all know what a cool dude SRK is, so now it’s only natural for SRK to charm everyone with his impish grin and great one-liners.

Deepika Padukone & Sidharth shoot out Names for Kingfisher’s Calendar 2011

Kingfisher swimsuit calendar comes out with limited edition every year and aspiring models find it the best place to start with their career. A number of models line up to participate in the contest with the dream of being part of that exclusive calendar.


This time also hundreds if model will line up to try their luck and ace photographer Atul Kasbekar will shoot the entire 2011 calendar again. However, the latest addition in this year’s project is Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who happens to be girlfriend of liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s son Sidhartha Mallya. Well, before you start guessing lets clarify one thing that Deepika is not wearing two pieces and not modeling for the calendar. The actress is playing the role of a judge along with her beau to select the 12 sexiest models. She was there to support her beau on choosing the models on Tuesday.

Several models participated in the competition to feature in the popular Kingfisher swimsuit calendar. Speaking about the criteria of her selection, Deepika said that the models should be intelligent part from being just good looking.Padukone added that she just doesn’t want a good looking face or a perfect body but a perfect blend of both beauty and brain. She thinks that if one really wants to be successful, she has to be the entire package of intelligence, smartness, good look and a perfect figure.

The actress added that she had been a part of the Kingfisher calendar earlier so she can identify with the aspiring models very easily. Deepika added that during her time, there was no model hunt and she feels lucky to get that opportunity. She said that Atul Kasbekar noticed her at that time as she already started modeling by that time and she did not even required to compete with anyone at that time.

Mallya stated that Kingfisher Calendar gives the biggest platforms to the aspiring models. He did not forget to compliment the models saying that they were bold and beautiful.

The calendar was launched in 2003, which was the first of its kind in India. We believe in association with an experienced model like Deepika, Sidhatha will choose some fresh and attractive faces, which will offer 12 fresh fragrances for 2011!

Golmaal 3, Action Replayy to release around Diwali

Two major Bollywood films - Golmaal 3 and Action Replayy - will be released around Diwali to cash in on the festive season.


Funny and entertaining Golmaal 3 and Action Replayy are in tune with the festive mood that surrounds their release this year. With an estimated budget of around Rs 40 crore each, both the films have Rs 80 crore riding on them, in a year which had some big productions sink without a trace. Producers, distributors and exhibitors are keeping their fingers crossed.

While Action Replayy is a romantic comedy featuring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai, which revisits the 70s through time travel, Golmaal 3 brings back the team including Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi and Tushar Kapoor for another mindless comedy.

Don 2 is the Bollywood version of Bond

Mumbai: Don 2 is the Bollywood version of Bond: Director Farhan Akhtar brings Bollywood to Berlin. The lead actors of the film Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra along with 70 co-stars have arrived at Berlin to shoot for “Don 2”“Don 2—The Chase Continues” is an action-packed sequel of 2006 blockbuster hit “Don: The Chase Begins Again”.

In the film King Khan makes a come back as “the smartest, smoothest gangster in the Asian drug world … criminal but good-hearted and a heart-breaker”
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King Khan, who was recently chosen by Newsweek magazine among the world’s 50 most important people and also voted Asian Hero by Time revealed that his character in “Don 2” was “very beautiful behind the dark exterior … He’s not a typical gangster.”

At a press conference held in Berlin on Friday, director Farhan Akhtar stated “When I was here, I was very taken by the architecture of the city. It is a city that represented to me a new world.”

He added that producing a film in Berlin was a “great way to showcase this city to an Indian audience”.

Cinema experience changes in UAE, but not love for Indian movies

has seen a sea change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - today some cinema companies operate more than 300 screens equipped with world-class technology and release hundreds of Indian films every year.

Phars Film, a pioneering film industry firm in the Middle East, which distributes Asian - Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam - and American independent titles, usually releases 250 Indian movies as well as popular English titles.


“There are more than 300 cinema screens and more are coming up all the time. We are releasing movies simultaneously here. Not only Indian movies, we even release English movies - sometimes even a day before the world premier opening,” Ahmad Golchin, founder and CEO of Phars Film, told IANS.

“Arabs love Indian movies,” he said. “India makes about 1,000 films a year and among them we release about 250 movies.

“We release them every Thursday and give it a week to pick up. If the film is good we run it for five weeks and sometimes 10 weeks as well. ‘Dabangg’ ran for six weeks and it is still running in theatres,” he added.

Golchin, also founder and managing partner of Gulf Film which distributes Hollywood and Arab films, says he has been in the business for 46 years.

Remembering the old times, he said: “In the 1960s, they opened two cinema halls. In Doha, there used to be a garage and they used to turn it into a theatre at night. People used to sit on the sand and those who could shell out some extra money, they used to get to sit on Pepsi Cola boxes and watch the movies. In old times there was no TV. People used to enjoy going to movies.”

English movies entered the Gulf region in the 1970s.

“But at that time we used to have late releases. In the 1990s, we started releasing English movies simultaneously and Arabs loved it. For them English movies became number one. But Asians still like watching Indian movies.”

The UAE has the second highest Indian diaspora in the Gulf region after Saudi Arabia.

“There is a demand for Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. We buy the distribution rights for three to seven years. For Indian movies we get minimum five prints and maximum 45 prints. Usually we take five prints for non-commercial movies. We buy about two to five prints of Malayalam movies.”

Golchin says the Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai sci-fi thriller “Endhiran” has been the biggest Tamil release here. “We bought 10 prints for the Tamil version and 10 for the Hindi version of the film.”

Golchin’s company Phars Film distributes Hindi Bollywood films in the region with partner company, Al Nisr.

About the ongoing Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Golchin feels it provides an opportunity to watch class movies. “The films shown here are not always commercial films. Festivals are good for class movies,” he said.

Bilal Sabouni, the newly appointed Phars Film Group general manager, said the company is gearing up to make a mark on the world map by building the world’s single largest cinema complex.

He said the number of screens is significantly larger than any other complex anywhere in the world.

“We are looking to take our established industry strength and branch out into other entertainment-related industries such as gaming, production and even events management to name a few,” Sabouni told IANS.

“Crook”, a Bollywood film labelled as racist

The latest Bollywood movie “Crook: it’s Good to be Bad”, which contains various scenes which take their inspiration from the brutal attacks on Indian educates in Melbourne, has been labelled as a racist movie.

The movie portrays Melbourne as a place filled with violence between Indians and Australians. The locals of Melbourne are shown as people who are always drinking beer or doing women.

A writer in India Today wrote, “The movie has tried to capture every element of racism it possibly could. It’s really terrible and poorly directed. In the movie you see a blonde dancing on the pole with big breasts while her brother is seen attacking Indians”.


Adding further, he said, “It’s typically a racist film”. However, the director of the movie Mohit Suri claims to have his inspiration from a visit to a Sunshine store. He said, “I saw the news flashing before my eyes regarding more than 20 incidents of curry bashing taking place. I stood outside a convenience store and tried thinking of a story”. “I was really furious and thought that I, as a director should voice this”.

Bollywood's John Abraham meets fans in Dubai

Abraham, the star of successful films such as “Dhoom”, “Dostana” and “New York”, was last week sentenced to 15 days in prison by a Mumbai court after his motorbike collided with two cyclists. He will appeal the verdict.Expect gridlock around the Bur Dubai area on Wednesday.

Thrill-seeking fans Bollywood bad boy John Abraham will be in Dubai this week, to press the flesh with fans in the UAE ahead of the release of his new movie, “Jhootha Hi Sahi”.

The beefy actor, who is often pressed to take his shirt off at such events, will meet with ten fans at the BurJuman shopping mall on Wednesday, the shopping centre said in a statement.

Abbas Tyrewala’s film tells the story of a compulsive liar who mistakenly gets connected to a suicidal woman, giving her a reason to live with this misdirected "final" call. It goes on general release on Thursday.

The mall is currently running a radio promotion and 40 listeners who call in to Cool FM will win a photo op with Abraham, movie tickets or shopping vouchers.