Priyanka Chopra wants love making scenes in Madamji toned down?

Well, well, bold and beautiful Priyanka Chopra is not that bold any more. The actress who started her Bollywood innings with bold roles in Andaaz and Aitraaz, is now shy of such acts.

The actress has apparently asked director Madhur Bhandarkar to tone down the sexual content in the film she is co-producing with him.
Reports suggest that, PeeCee wants the sex scenes of Madamji be cut down substantially. Madamji is the story of an item girl who becomes a politician.

Most of the scenes that Priyanka want cut out, are intense love making scenes. Madhur is reportedly re-reading the script to see if the changes are possible.

Priyanka in Fashion too, reportedly, got the climax changed which was to initially show her character getting pregnant. Fashion was coincidentally directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

We wonder why the Aitraaz girl changed her Andaaz and turned prude

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Kareena: Centre not withdrawing Saif's Padma Shri honour

Reacting to a controversy surrounding her actor husband Saif Ali Khan over his Padma Shri honour, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan today claimed that the Centre has no plans to take it back.

"They (government) are not taking Saif's Padma Shri back.

The government has already issued a letter saying they are not taking his Padma Shri back. It (letter) is out and I think the media should have received the letter by now... though the verdict of this case is not yet out," Kareena told reporters here at a promotional event of her upcoming film 'Singham Returns'.

The controversy erupted after RTI activist S C Agrawal had filed a complaint with the Union Home Ministry on March 14 this year, demanding stripping the actor of the award conferred in 2010 as the Mumbai court had framed charges against him for alleged scuffle in a restaurant there.

In response to a subsequent RTI application filed to know the status of his complaint, the Home Ministry has replied to Agrawal that "the matter is under examination".

In 2010, Saif was conferred with the Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of art. In 2012, it is alleged that Saif had punched on the nose of a South-Africa based businessman and his father-in-law at a Colaba hotel.

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Matthew Rhys joins Bradley Cooper's chef movie

Los Angeles: `The Americans` star Matthew Rhys has joined the cast of Bradley Cooper`s culinary movie.
The 39-year-old actor will play a rival chef who gets in Cooper`s way when he sets out to obtain a Michelin three-star rating, reportedly.

The film was recently given its third title - Untitled John Wells Project - until another name can be decided upon.
Cooper and co-star Sienna Miller have been photographed filming in London in recent weeks, including scenes at the Burger King restaurant in Leicester Square.

The Weinstein Co-produced project will also star Daniel Bruhl, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Lily James, Jamie Dornan, Riccardo Scamarcio and Sarah Greene.

John Wells is on board as director, while Stacy Sher, Michael Shamberg and Erwin Stoff are producing.

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Nargis Fakhri's 'oops' moment on the ramp

Actress Nargis Fakhri had an unexpected moment - the slit of her bold dress split further apart as she was going to take a final bow as the showstopper of jewellery brand Azva at the BMW India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) here Saturday.

The actress put up a confident stance despite the slit, which opened up further after a model accidentally stepped on her dress.

However, that didn`t deter the confident actress from flashing a million dollar smile.

She wore a black dress with a neckline plunging enough to give a clear view of a 22 carat gold choker in an antique finish.

The "Rockstar" actress had already done her catwalk before the `oops` moment happened.

After the show, Nargis told reporters she just laughed off the incident.

"Nothing happened. Someone just stepped on my dress and I started laughing. I laugh a lot when I am nervous," she said.

During the show, models sauntered the ramp wearing elaborate ornaments in gold as part of the brand`s wedding collection. The jewels were accentuated with glitzy red carpet ready outfits in white, bold red, lavender and pink.

Nargis apart, the show saw Priya Sachdev and Rohit Bal take to the ramp as showstoppers.

What added to the ambience was singer-model Rachael Verghese, who enthralled the audience with some enticing numbers including Adele`s "Skyfall".

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Dream to be paired opposite Priyanka in 'Mary Kom': Darshan

Mumbai: Newcomer Darshan Kumar who is making Bollywood debut opposite actress Priyanka Chopra in `Mary Kom`, says it is a dream come true moment for him.

In the biopic on Olympic bronze medalist and five-time World Champion Mary Kom, Priyanka is playing the title role, while Darshan will essay the role of her husband K Onler Kom.

"To be part of a huge film like `Mary Kom`, it is a dream come true moment for me. Getting launched by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a big thing. This is my first film release as a lead and I bagged the role after lot of auditions," Darshan told reporters.

He is also working with actress Anushka Sharma in her home production film `NH10`.

"To be working with actresses like Priyanka and Anushka in the beginning of the career is a dream. Both are talented and I learnt a lot from them," he said.

The actor said his roles in both the films are different. "In `Mary Kom`, I play Priyanka`s husband who is encouraging and is the pillar of strength in Mary`s life, while in `NH10` my character has a bit of grey shade," he said.

He described the two leading ladies of Bollywood as `hardworking` and `inspiring`.

"She (Priyanka) is a very talented actress and a singer. She helped me a lot with my scenes and used to rehearse with me. Anushka is spontaneous and a down to earth person," Darshan said.

A Jat from New Delhi, Darshan moved to Mumbai when he was 24-year-old. He joined Neena Gupta`s theatre group and later moved to Motley Productions where he learnt a lot about acting from the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah.

Darshan said his experience in theatre helped him for preparing for his role in `Mary Kom`.

"I did not get a chance to meet Mary`s husband. It was Priyanka and our director who helped me prepare for my role by giving information about K Onler Kom. I built my character based on the information we had," he said.

Directed by debutante Omung Kumar, `Mary Kom` will hit theatres on September 5.

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Can you Handle it? Parineeti loses oodles of weight..

We spotted Parineeti Chopra on the sets of a a reality show.
Look at her waist size!
She seems to have lost oodles of weight.

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Action after romance 'taxing' for Sidharth

Young and handsome actor Sidharth Malhotra, who played a loverboy in his last two releases - "Student of the Year" and "Hasee Toh Phasee", says he found it taxing and challenging to feature in an intense role in "Ek Villain".

He reasons that he had no reference to the character in romantic thriller "Ek Villain", in which his role is that of a man with grey shades.

"To do an action-oriented and intense film right after doing romance is far more taxing because real life references are not there.

"Neither am I such a kind of person in real life nor do I know somebody with such personality. So, in that case, you have to work much harder, do homework as an actor, have to work on your look and this is what I have tried to do in the film," the actor told reporters here Tuesday at Lawman Pg3 store.

He hopes to do a range of films and characters post "Ek Villain".
"Hopefully after 'Ek Villain' I will get more films where I can do both positive and negative characters," added the 29-year-old, who turned to acting after being a successful model and working as an assistant director.

Directed by Mohit Suri, "Ek Villain" also features Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor. It will hit the theatres Friday.

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Oh Oh! It's Splitsville for Ranbir and Katrina..

They would have been one of the most sought after love birds of Bollywood, but the latest buzz suggests that all is not well between Kat and Ranbir. If recent reports are to be believed then this real life couple which is these days busy shooting at SA for "Jagga Jasoos" are no longer together in personal life.

And the reason which has reportedly surfaced as the root cause of this disaster is the insecure attitude of Katrina. If chirps of a "Khabru birdie" from tinsel town are to be believed then after a recent spat on the sets of "Jagga Jasoos" over Hrithik, now the couple's relationship has once again landed in troubled water, where they have decided to call it off forever.
But this time the reasons for the same are altogether different, where Kat's suspicious attitude has taken it's toll on the duo's relationship. Reports pertaining to this unholy separation suggest that Kat's secretly spying on Ranbir out of insecurity has not gone down well with her free spirited beau Ranbir, who has now decided to move out of this romantic loop.

Reports even suggest that the alleged insecurity of Kat has grown due to the advent of rumors pertaining to Ranbir's increasing proximity with Deepika.

It is pertinent to mention here that this is not for the first time that, Ranbir has decided to move out any relationship due to some attitude problem of his ladylove. Even in the past this young Casanova of Bollywood dumped his previous girl Deepika after being fed up of latter's habit of spying upon him. Reportedly leggy lass often dropped by on the sets of "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" just to keep an eye on her then boyfriend, which thoroughly annoyed "Rockstar" Ranbir.

Well after seeing sizzling on and off screen chemistry of Kat and Ranbir all we can recommend to Ms Kaif is that,"trust your man if you really don't want to loose him".

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Actress Karena Kapoor says in the past she has done a lot of films for the sake of friendship, but now only a film with a "good story" will lure her.

"I have done a lot of films for friends. Now I want to do films for story. I don't regret it (having done any films for friends) and for me, it's never a mistake. I am like that - I always think from the heart, so it's fine," Kareena said here.

The actress, who has been part of some commercial films like "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham....", "3 Idiots", "Bodyguard" and "RA.One", has also done offbeat roles in films like "Chameli" and "Talaash".

What was her reason behind choosing those?

"I did 'Chameli' and 'Dev' becaue I needed to balance myself. I come from a family where I needed to prove myself. I was 21 when I played a prostitute in 'Chameli' and I played it again in 'Talaash'...both have been great films of my career," she added.

Now that Kareena will soon be seen in a commercial film like "Singham Returns", is she open to the idea of taking up an offbeat movie at this point of time in her career?
"I will do that but I won't do it just for the sake of it because I did 'Dev', 'Chameli' and 'Omkara' when I was the most (successful) commercial actress. At this stage, I will not do a film just like that or heck of it, because I have done that and I am happy doing commercial films."

"I don't have to prove anything (now). Most importantly, the script has to be good."

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Taapsee learns accent from parents

Taapsee Pannu might be a Sardarni by birth, but she had to actually learn the body language and the accent from her parents for her upcoming film Runningshaadi.com.

As the actress essays the character of a Sardani in the film, she sheepishly approached her parents for training and they had a good laugh about it first.

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