Amruta Patki to debut with Apoorva Lakhia’s supernatural thriller

Amruta Patki was the crowning beauty of Ponds Femina Miss India 2006 and now as a next stepping stone in the glamour world, the beautiful girl will make her debut on the silver screen with producer Apporva Lakhia’s next project which will supposedly be a supernatural thriller. Amruta got the role after being selected in the audition which included almost a dozen aspirants.

Lakhia is happy with his choice and says, “I want to prove beauty queens can act.”

The film which is titled ‘Hide and Seek’ will also launch Lakhia’s assistant Sean Arranha as the director and Lakhia is very supportive to his director. He says, “My director Sean is just a baby. We need to nurture new talent not intimidate them. ”

Lakhia divulges more about the film saying, “I won’t only produce Your browser may not support display of this image.the film but also co-write it with Suresh Nair. Hide N Seek is about four friends played by Purab Kohli, Arjan Bajwa, Ayaaz Khan (Genelia’s fiancé in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na) and Samir Kochhar whose terrible past catches up with them.”

Geetanjali stores inaugurated by Neetu Chandra

Last Monday Neetu Chandra inaugurated the Geetanjali stores at Bandra, Mumbai. She looked gorgeous in a yellow dress which she carried off quite well. The gal was recently caught in a controversy regarding some hot photoshoot for the men’s magazine ‘The Man’ with another female model. However, the magazine went ahead and used the photographs. Though Neetu debuted back in 2005 with ‘Garam Masala’, her career graph does not seem to be taking off well. Meanwhile, check out Neetu at the inauguration of the Gitanjali stores.

Sex-tapes of MTV Roadies’ contestant Tamanna doing rounds on the net

MTV Roadies, though a very popular show, is known for vulgarity and offending language and acts. Now, this is a latest addition to its image. Apparently, a 37-seconds long sex video featuring ‘Roadies 5’ participant Tamanna is doing on the internet and mobiles and websites like Rapidshare and Easyshare. . The girl in the video is seen wearing the same neck-piece around her neck that Tamanna wears.

Tamanna, a young participant from Chandigarh could not reach the finals but gained enough popularity due to her linkup with fellow participant Nauman, and also for her catfights with other contestant, Palak. Now, Tamanna is blaming Palak for this and says that the girl in the video is not she. She also goes on to say that another sex video featuring Palak and Bobby (another contestant) can be found on the net. To this, Palak replied, , “If you find my sex clip, publish it”. Palak has worked in some Punjabi videos and was also seen with Akshay Kumar in the song ‘Bhootnikey’ from ‘Singh Is Kinng’.

Shruti Hassan will strip only if daddy is absent from the sets

Shruti Hassan is already a known name even before her first film hits the screens given the varied talents in playback singing and rock shows. However, Shruti has no qualms in giving her best when it comes to making it big on the silver screen. She is set to make her debut with Imran Khan in ‘Luck’ and it is a well established fact that newcomers do have to assort to some amount of skin show in order to establish themselves. Shruti is also all game and sport when it comes to donning a bikini for the movie but she would do it only if her daddy dearest Kamal Hassan is not there on the sets.

Shruti had even confessed in a recent interview that she wouldn’t be able to act before the camera and had to request dad to stay away from the sets while shooting for ‘Luck’.

Music release of Abbas Mastaan’s ‘Runaway’

This Monday, Mumbai saw the music release of Abbas Mastaan’s romantic thriller ‘Runaway’. The film which is being produced by 171 Entertainment Private Limited stars Deepal Shaw, Tulip Joshi, Lucky Ali and debutant actor Amarjeet.

Tulip is playing the role of a bar dancer for the first time in the film and has shot a real sexy time number for the film. “In this film there is a lot of freshness and for me the character which I play which is that of a bar dancer I have never played in my life and have never been a part of a film like this. I did a lot of research and preparation for this role,” said Joshi.

Deepal Shaw revealed more about the film saying, “The Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of this film is that it looks very sleek as these days the packaging rules and it’s a well packaged film. The songs are good and I hope that 70 percent of our population which comes from B and C grade towns they will like the songs which will be an attraction of this film.”

Glamour and comedy promised at Lux Comedy Honors 2009

The entertainment industry grieves at the loss of Michael Jackson

The music and glamour world suffered a grave loss in the late afternoon hours of this Thursday on the 25th of June as it witnessed the death of 50 years old legendary star Michael Jackson. He breathed his last at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His death probably took place due to an overdose of drugs followed by a cardiac arrest.

There was large scale mourning on the death of this superstar with people gathering at Harlem, Apollo Theatre and Times Square in New York, his home town of Gary, Indiana and everywhere else in the country. Jackson was preparing for an epic 50-concert program in London, the first of which was on July 13th, but now the star will never be seen performing again.

Michael Jackson was born on Aug. 29, 1958 in Gray, Indiana. He started his musical career with his brothers, at the age of 11. His greatest creation which tasted the highest success was his album ‘Thriller’ in 1982. By touching a record sale of 65 million copies it has been the highest selling album of all time and is still going.