Celina Jaitly sizzles on the cover of Stuff

Gorgeous eyes, luscious lips, breezy hair, finely sculpted nose, finely crafted eye brows that will make you forget paradise! Friends... we are not talking about different beauties with single quality. Instead, we are talking about one beauty with different qualities. And that beauty is none other than Bollywood's very own Celina Jaitly, who is all herself on the latest cover of 'Stuff' magazine, the mag that spells not just class, but is a class apart!

By now, you all will agree to the fact that we just do not mince words and call a spade a spade. So, you better trust us when we say that its not just Celina who looks a millions bucks on the cover and the inside pages, but also the lucky gadgets and the gizmos that get to rest itself in the arms of the Greek Goddess!

Now only if we had our say, then, we would have surely renamed the article as 'Angel and her tools'.

What I want this New Year…

The New Year resolutions of Bollywood celebrities and the gifts they want in the year ahead were rather different from previous times as many were impacted by the 26/11 terror strikes. Tolerance among communities, spending more time with the family and becoming better human beings topped their wish list.

Mugdha Godse (pictured right): My resolution is to voice my opinion and to vote to be a better citizen. And I want to entertain audiences in good films. A great gift for all of us this New Year would be a good leader who can make Mumbai a better city.

Celina Jaitley: My New Year resolution is to work on my shortcomings as a human being. And the one gift that I'd want from my countrymen is not to forget 26/11.

Raveena Tandon: My resolution is not to get complacent but to work towards making a difference to our lives. The gift I want is from everyone to work as one community.

Dia Mirza: I don't save resolutions for the New Year. I believe if there's a need to do something, it should be done immediately. My wish for the New Year is to be part of an informed and motivated government that will ensure our security, peace, health and progress.

Paresh Rawal: This New Year I want to start yoga and get the great Gujarati writer Madhu Rai to write an exciting play for me.

Boman Irani: I've never made New Year resolutions. Resolutions are surrounded by guilt. I don't need that for the New Year.

Nandana Sen: New Year resolution? To spend as much time as possible with my loved ones. And my gift? Tolerance among people, communities and countries.

Sonu Sood: My New Year resolution is to start a trust or organisation in my mother's memory to help poor children study as my mother was a professor. And I'd like to get an award for one of my performances in 2008 as my New Year gift.

Aftab Shivdasani: I don't want to make a New Year resolution and I don't expect any gifts.

Amrita Arora: My resolution is to be a better person, tolerant and patient. And my gift? Happiness in abundance for me and my loved ones.

Himesh Reshammiya: My New Year resolution is to deliver the biggest hit of 2009. And the gift I want from god is to be super-creative in whatever I do.

Payal Rohatgi: My resolution is to be more caring towards my family, as the whole "Bigg Boss" experience and 26/11 attacks made me value them and realise that one can only trust one's family. My one gift? A film with Shah Rukh Khan. Hope god is listening.

Mona Singh: No particular resolution. Just a list of things that I want to keep doing. As for gifts, unexpected gifts are the sweetest.

Rajeev Khandelwal: My resolution? To be a better citizen and to spread awareness among the youth to make our country the best.

Bollywood Stars speak about New Year resolutions & gifts

The B-towners talk about their New Year Resolutions and the gifts they expect for New Year.

Sonu Sood: "My New Year resolution is to start a trust or organization in my mother's memory to help poor children study as my mother was a professor. And I'd like an award for one of my performances in 2008 as my New Year gift."

Shamita Shetty: "My New Year resolution is to vote. As my New Year gift I'd like a balanced professional and personal life."

Neha Dhupia: "I've just started learning horse riding. So my New Year resolution is to become an expert at it…Someone should gift me a beautiful horse for the New Year."

Dino Morea: "I don't make New Year resolutions. I just strive to do better not every year but every day. The gift that I want this New Year? Some luck from anyone who cares enough."


Mugdha Godse: "My resolution is to voice my opinion and to vote to be a better citizen. And I want to entertain audiences in good films. A great gift for all of us this New Year would be a good leader who can make Mumbai a better city."

Boman Irani: "I've never made New Year resolutions. Resolutions are surrounded by guilt. I don't need that for the New Year."

Paresh Rawal: "This New Year I want to start yoga and get the great Gujarati writer Madhu Rai to write an exciting play for me."

Koena Mitra: "My New Year resolution for 2009 is to not make any resolutions. Each time I end up breaking it because I've never planned anything. The best gift I'd want to get is love. I've never been lucky in love till date. And of course I want to give gifts to my family friends and my seven angels (the dogs)."

Aftab Shivdasani: "I don't want to make a New Year resolution. And I don't expect any gifts."

Amrita Arora: "My New Year resolution is to be a better person, more tolerant and patient. And my gift? Happiness in abundance for me and loved ones."

Celina Jaitley: "My New Year resolution is to work on my shortcomings as a human being. And the one gift that that I'd want from my countrymen is to not forget 26/11."

Pooja Bedi: "My resolution is a commitment to health, body, rejuvenation and physical fitness. And I'd like to be presented a show of my own by the Star TV network."

Himesh Reshammiya: "My New Year gift is to give the biggest hit of 2009. And the gift I want from God is to be super-creative in whatever I do."

Tusshar Kapoor: "My New Year resolution? To work harder on my body. And I want something special from someone very special in my life."

Raveena Tandon: "My resolution is to not get complacent and to make a difference and to work towards making a difference to our lives. The gift I want is from everyone to work as one world community."

Nandana Sen: "New Year resolution? To spend as much time as possible with my loved ones. And my gift? Tolerance among people communities and countries

Payal Rohatgi: "My New Year resolution is to be more caring towards my family, as the whole Bigg Boss experience and 26/11 attacks made me value them and realize that one can only trust one's family. My one gift? A film with Shah Rukh Khan Sir. Hope God is listening."

Tanushree Datta: "My New Year resolution is to work out more and get into fitness in a big way. And my gift: I want the latest I Pod from my parents."

Riya Sen: "My New Year resolution is all work and no play. Gifts? A new house and a new car for myself from myself."

Rajeev Khandelwal: "My New Year resolution? To be a better citizen and to spread awareness among the youth to make our country the best. My New Year gift...a pledge from the youngsters to make our country go ahead."

Dia Mirza: "I don't save resolutions for the New Year. I believe if there's a need to do something it should be done immediately. My wish for the New Year is to be part of an informed and motivated government that will ensure our security, peace, health and progress."

Sammir Dattani: "My New Year resolution is to not make any resolutions. Who lives by these annual rules? Especially now, when you never know what the Gods and the terrorists have planned for you. Gift? Since January is also my birthday I've a large and very posh list. Is Santa available in the New Year?"

Riya Sen talks about friend Ashish Chowdhury's loss

Riya Sen and Aashish Chaudhary have been buddies ever since they starred together in Harry Baweja's Qayamat in 2003. It was his first film and Riya, his first co-star. Their friendship has been special. Though they may not talk to each other everyday, they connect each time they meet.

The terror attacks in Mumbai that claimed the lives of Aashish's sister Monica and her husband Ajit Chhabria has left Riya numb.

"It is not right for me to say anything at this juncture. What can I say? I can well imagine what Aashish and his family are going through," says Sen about her pal.

It is learnt that Monica and Ajit Chhabria were residents of Basant Apartments, Cuffe Parade. Both were in their late 30s. The couple was at the Trident dining at the Kitchen restaurant that fateful night.

Riya has cancelled all her appointments and has been sitting glued to the television set since Wednesday night.

"I got to know about Aashish's sister through a common friend. I tried calling him and even sent him a couple of messages. I have never met his sister. But the news comes as a big shock. His wife Samita is pregnant. I can well imagine what they are all going through."

The actress adds, "It is shocking to know what has happened and the way the administration has handled the situation. They should have been prepared for such things. Mumbai is India's financial capital. The intelligence agencies should have known," says the actress exasperatedly.

They haven't won
Says Celina Jaitly, another close friend of Aashish, "I was constantly in touch with Aashish and last spoke to him on Friday. He said, 'I really want to find my sister.' I had been praying for him and his family. When I got to know the horrid news, I couldn't believe it. His family's grief must be unbearable. I can only say what happened to us; to our country? These terrorists think they have won, but God has no place for cowards who destroy His own creation."

Golmaal Returns - Movie Review

Two years ago, Rohit Shetty came up with a breezy entertainer GOLMAAL, which, most people agree, is the capable director's finest work to date. The comic scenes hit the right notes and buttons. Perhaps, that must've prompted its producers [Shree Ashtavinayak] and Rohit to continue with the GOLMAAL series.

But GOLMAAL RETURNS treats the viewer like a nitwit, with zero brains. No-brainer laughathons have worked in the past and people have catapulted these films to 'must watch again and again' category. But GOLMAAL RETURNS is simply unbearable!

35 years ago, the Kiran Kumar - Radha Saluja comedy AAJ KI TAZAA KHABAR [1973] is the inspiration for GOLMAAL RETURNS. No issues with that, it's an interesting concept. But screenplay writer Yunus Sajawal makes a mincemeat of the material, so much so that your head starts aching after a point and you want to tear your hair in disgust.

Seriously, what was the writer thinking when he came up with a pathetic screenplay? And how did a talented director like Rohit Shetty agree to ride on it? And how could an accomplished actor like Ajay Devgan green signal this enterprise? Questions, questions, questions...

GOLMAAL RETURNS was never meant to be a thinking man's film, but the attitude is, no-brainer comedies have worked and this one will work too. To give the credit where it's due, a few jokes/sequences involving Tusshar and Shreyas do bring a smile on your face, but in the absence of a tight screenplay, the film falls like a pack of cards.

Final word? Golmaal hai bhai script golmaal hai!

Gopal [Ajay Devgan], who lives with his wife Ekta [Kareena Kapoor], sister Esha [Amrita Arora] and brother-in-law Lucky [Tusshar Kapoor], gets stuck in a yacht after saving an attractive woman Meera [Celina Jaitly] from some goons. Both end up spending the night on the yacht and when he comes home the next day, his painfully suspicious wife, who is also a hardcore fan of the saas-bahu serials, smell fish.

Gopal knows it's going to be hard to quell her suspicion, so he concocts a cock-and-bull story about having stayed the night with a fictitious friend called Anthony Gonsalves. Ekta refuses to buy his yarn and writes to Anthony [on a fictitious address given to her by Gopal], asking him to visit her.

Gopal convinces his junior at work, Laxman [Shreyas Talpade], to pretend to be Anthony. Everything goes according to plan till the real Anthony turns up.

If that isn't complication enough for Gopal, a dead body is discovered at the location where he had saved Meera. The Investigating Officer, Madhav [Arshad Warsi], who is Esha's boyfriend and also who cannot stand the sight of Gopal, learns that the latter had been missing from home that eventful night and begins checking on him.

A sequel carries the baggage of humungous expectations. And you definitely expect GOLMAAL RETURNS to be a step forward. The makers had thundered, "GOLMAAL RETURNS is bigger, it's better" and that raises the bar. But the film is such a put off.

Writer Yunus Sajawal takes an interesting premise, but instead of upgrading it, only downgrades it with lacklustre situations. The writing is so weak, so lifeless that after a point you sit motionless, looking at the goings-on mechanically, instead of being a participant.

A few sequences do entertain you, but they're few and far between. Not enough to camouflage the defects. In view of the fact that the writing is so weak, there's not much that director Rohit Shetty can do to save the ship from sinking. However, the dialogues are howlarious. Music is not as inspiring. 'Tha Karke' is the best track, while 'Tu Saala' [well promoted] isn't there in the film and 'Meow' comes during the end credits. And you're exasperated by then!

GOLMAAL RETURNS belongs to Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade. Tusshar is terrific yet again, the real scene stealer, while Shreyas displays his comic side very well. Both, in fact, provide respite to the viewer. Ajay Devgan is likable. Kareena does the suspicious wife act well. Celina stays on your mind even after the show is over.

Arshad Warsi is relegated to the backseat. Amrita Arora is strictly okay. Anjana Sukhani gets no scope. Vrajesh Hirjee is alright. Sharat Saxena, Rakhi Vijan, Sanjay Mishra, Murli Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari and Ashwini Kalsekar fill in the blanks.

On the whole, there's tremendous curiosity to watch GOLMAAL RETURNS and the terrific promotion has only enhanced the excitement. But the film is a major letdown in terms of content. Barring a few jokes and gags, this GOLMAAL pales when compared to its first part. At the box-office, expect a terrific start for the film, but GOLMAAL RETURNS lacks the power to stand on its feet after the initial euphoria settles down.

Celina, Amrita and Anjana sidelined

It is yet another case of people being unhappy over a movie’s promotional campaign.

In the publicity of “Golmaal Returns”, only Kareena Kapoor is being given importance while the other three heroines – Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora and Anjana Sukhani – have been completely sidelined.

Apparently, the three leading ladies are very unhappy that the producers of the film, Shree Ashtvinayak Cinevisions, have not given them their share of publicity.

But they refuse to speak up in the open and voice their anger as they are all aware that Kareena is the boss, and she sells too!

Celina’s brother had an accident

Celina Jaitly’s brother Vikrant met with a freak accident last week. Vikrant, who is in the army, was posted in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. He was returning home from work when a speeding vehicle hit him from behind.

Vikrant was thrown across the road due to the impact and suffered head injuries. He was rushed to the Mhow Army hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. It soon became clear that the hospital was not equipped to handle his case and he was transferred to the Lucknow Army hospital.

Says a friend of the actress, “When the news reached Celina, she rushed from Mumbai along with her parents. Vikrant lost a lot of blood. Celina was disturbed after hearing the news.

Adds the friend, “She’s very close to her brother and looks forward to his visits as he keeps travelling around the country due to his postings.”

Celina, who is in Madhya Pradesh, confirmed the incident and said, “He is out of the ICU and much better now. It has been a difficult time for my family and God has been kind.”

Govinda & Celina give their version of The Mall Trouble

Govinda seems to be followed by trouble wherever he goes. And when you have Celina Jaitley who's lately been having her own share of run-ins with celebrity-harassment then you're in for trouble. On Friday while shooting at the City Mall in Oshiwara for Aditya Dutta's romantic musical, Garam Chai Govinda's bodyguards allegedly got into a scuffle with a shopkeeper.

Speaking on the incident for the first time Govinda said, "I didn't know Garam Chai would turn out so garam. It seems I am not fated to have any peace. We had got the required permission to shoot. But it seems the mall's builder and some shop owners had a long-standing dispute. Of course, we had the relevant permission. Without it, I don't shoot at public places. Our arrangement was with the builder. So while we were shooting one of the shop-owners came and stood in front of camera." The situation got uglier. "He started to abuse the entire film industry using the choicest maa-bahen expletives. I tried to reason with him. But no one could talk to him. But the man seemed fearless. He was scared neither of the law nor of anything else. He had a few of his colleagues with him. And they all seemed to pride themselves for not being scared of anyone. He even raised his hand on a cop, armed with a machine-gun, mind you. I found the whole situation very weird. But I'm only the actor in the unit. I was told to stay aloof."

Govinda is all praise for his co-star Celina. "She behaved very graciously. We're doing a lovely film together. I hadn't done a romantic film for ages. And the songs were lovely. Chai Garam has very sensuous, very Bengali feel to it." After a pause Govinda says, "It's not easy to remain quiet and famous in this city. They keep talking about my late coming. But no one speaks about how I've completed Money Hai To Honey in three months flat. Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is also complete. I'll have four releases this year. I'm just happy I'm able to do my work. And if being a busy actor means you get the wrong kind of notice then I'll just take it in my stride."

In Ravi Chopra'a film, Govinda plays a lawyer again after Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahin Bolta. "In the earlier film I felt we went wrong because what I was fighting for wasn't highlighted in the plot. In Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai I fight for a very topical cause. A group of youngsters in Mumbai, get into trouble for no fault of theirs. Nowadays we always hear of youngsters getting into trouble, so much so that they're afraid to step out of their homes to have fun. Why only youngsters? Even we of an older generation aren't spared."

Adds Celina Jaitly, "Quite a beginning for Chai Garam it was Me and Chi Chi (Govinda). We were giving a shot when right in the middle of it this guy came in abusing and shouting. We were shocked speechless. Chi Chi and I just kept staring at him. Somewhere a scuffle started."

Subash K. Jha

Govinda's chai with Celina

After Money Hai To Honey Hai, Govinda will once again do a film with his BFF of late, Celina Jaitly. The dosti between the two blossomed on the sets of MHTHH and with Chai Garam, their second flick together, the friendship is only bound to get stronger.

Ask Govinda why he hasn’t changed the title for this film as he is wont to do, he laughs, “I quite like the title and have no problems with this movie title.”

Celina has around five comedies going on the floors. She says, “After No Entry and Apna Sapna Money Money, I received a lot of compliments for my roles. I get a different high doing comedies.”

Another reason that has the actress excited is that she’s paired opposite Govinda and the fact that she’s working with Rajpal Yadav, Jaaved Jaffery and Sunil Shetty.

Says director Aditya Datt, “Chai Garam isn’t a slapstick comedy. It’s more of a romcom. The characters are very real and every character depicts humour in its own way.”

The multi starrer goes on floors on April 24 and also stars Anupam Kher and Ravi Kissen.

Says Aditya Datt, “Tea is something that is always with you. When you are stressed you have tea, when you are happy you have tea. At corporate meetings, you have tea, for a date you have tea. Tea forms a very important aspect of every emotion and thus really liked it as my title.”

Sonal Chawla

Celina wants Pooja to apologise publicly

Celina Jaitly felt she needed to take retaliatory action against Pooja Bedi for calling her delusional. Celina says she’s ready to withdraw her legal suit against Pooja provided she apologises publicly.

You’re upset with Pooja’s comment.
I don’t know her except when we met for her chat show. I can’t see why she spoke about me like that.

Pooja thought you might be delusional.
Why should she decide my behaviour? Is she a qualified psychologist? I understand what it is to live in a democratic country. It doesn’t mean you call someone mentally ill or delusional without proof. Yes, things have happened to me over the last four years. All kinds of calamities can strike an individual. Some people are more prone to crises than others. I happen to be one of those unfortunate people with whom untoward incidents have taken place. That doesn’t mean I’m delusional. Would Pooja like me to prove that those things have really happened to me or not? Cops caught that German guy who misbehaved with me at a hotel in Mumbai. His visa was cancelled. Did I imagine all that?

You’ve now a sent a legal notice to Pooja?
Yes, I thought of letting it go but my lawyers advised me to send her the notice. Once she called me delusional, everyone in the media started picking on that. Believe me, I have nothing against Pooja personally. I’m shocked why she should make defamatory statements about me when she doesn’t know the background to the whole thing.

Would you be willing to compromise with Pooja?
If she apologises to me in all the newspapers, I won’t take this further. Calling someone delusional is not a small matter.

Maybe Pooja feels you over-reacted?
Does she know I have messages and recorded conversations of the man from Endemol? Believe me I’ve worked hard for whatever little I am today. Nobody has ever promoted me. I can’t allow my name to be sullied. Jealous actresses are doing their best to malign me. When I bought a house on prime property in Mumbai they bitched about whom I slept with to afford my house. People who come up the hard way, know the value of their reputation. I’ve kept quiet. But now, when someone slanders me by calling me mentally ill, I have to get up and assert myself. It isn’t as if I’ve gone on a suing spree. I don’t want Pooja’s money. But a printed apology is a must.

‘Celina needs to apologise to me... she should change her name to Sillyna’

POOJA BEDI REACTS: I don’t owe her an apology. In fact, she should be the one apologising to me for thinking of such a cheap way to earn Rs 5 crore! I have never called her delusional, it was a mere question that I had stated. If she chooses to associate that word with herself then it’s her prerogative.

Also I merely reacted to her statements where she found Anand Chavan from Endemol sending her a champagne bottle as a creepy gesture leading to stalking. Let me reiterate, that apart from me, many other celebrities too were sent those bottles. I don’t wish to drag this matter further, but it’s Celina who seems to want more attention here. In fact she should change her name from Celina to Sillyna!
(As told to Tushar Joshi)

Subash K. Jha

Femme fatales!

Bollywood, we would like to believe, is full of fearless femme fatales!

Action king Akshay Kumar is hosting the popular reality show Fear Factor with nine of the film industry’s hot actors participating in it.

Akki, who is reportedly being paid Rs 1.5 crore per episode, has for company in his daredevilry the likes of Celina Jaitly, Aarti Chabria, Sonali Kulkarni, Ayesha Takia and Anjana Sukhani among others.

They will have to match the Bollywood Khiladi who is known for his martial arts prowess and death-defying stunts. At present the actors are undergoing rigorous training for the show that will be shot in South Africa.

“They will have to perform different stunts like jumping from helicopters and high-rise buildings to eating scorpions live,” said a source.

TNN

Celina abused by Pakistani Cricketers

This certainly isn't cricket. On Sunday, when Celina Jaitley was invited to perform at the Indian Cricket League's match between Pakistan and India, she had what could be termed an encounter with abusive guests from across the border.

Celina had finished her performance and was taking what she calls a "glory round" with her security personnel around the stadium, when she heard loud abuses in Hindi coming out of the players' enclosure.

"At first I couldn't believe where it was coming from. I still want to give them the benefit of the doubt because it's so hard to believe they could behave this way," she says with a shudder, recalling how she wanted to rush back to her car and drive away from the nightmare. "But I couldn't because the security guys wouldn't let me pass. So I was stuck listening to myself being described in the most colourful language."

Celina refuses to lay the blame on anyone for the abusive incident. But she does admit that she recognizes the Pakistani players because she had participated in a TV interview with them for a sports channel.

"But what hurts and offends me more is the fact that people from our own country have chosen to speak on behalf of those who abused me. As they say, I am 'just another Bollywood actress'. Fine. Does that mean I don't command even the respect that other woman get?"

All in all it hasn't been a very pleasant Easter and Holi weekend for Celina. "I attended my producer Kumar Mangatji's Holi bash on Saturday and then having ensured that I wasn't required for shooting on Sunday, I left for Delhi for the ICL, tired and irritable. I had no clue what was waiting for me. And to top it all, I had observed Lent this Easter and was very weak and depleted. This wasn't what I expected."

Subash K. Jha

Celina's Holi-day

The actress skipped the shooting of Money Hai To Honey Hai after her Holi celebrations

An overdose of Holi revelry made Celina Jaitly pull a no-show at the shoot of Money Hain To Honey Hai much to the chagrin of producer Kumar Mangat. It is rumoured that the actress had one too many glasses of bhang and as a result was unable to face the camera.

The shoot for the film’s promos and the title track was fixed for Saturday evening at Filmistan Studios. Except for Govinda (who had already shot two days earlier as he was travelling) the rest of the cast members were present.

Says an onlooker, “Everyone was ready for the shoot and were waiting for Celina to arrive. But she did not turn up and instead, called up to say that she had to rush to New Delhi for some work. But the fact was that she was at home, sleeping.”

As a result, the shoot continued without her but the film’s makers were furious about her no-show. Adds a unitwala, “It was clear that Kumar Mangat was agitated about her not coming and it was decided that she would not be included in the promo shoot. The entire unit was buzzing why Celina had not turned up for the shoot.”

Directed by Ganesh Acharya, the film’s cast also includes Manoj Bajpai, Upen Patel, Aftab Shivdasani and Hansikaa.

Surprisingly, Mangat plays safe. He claims, “Celina did not turn up at the shoot as she was not required. We had already shot with her a few days earlier so there is no question of her being there.”

He further adds, “The unit folk who are talking about this need to learn to do their jobs first. I was present with Celina and several other actors at a Holi bash in Versova till 3 pm. After that I left for home and went to sleep. So I was completely unaware of what was happening at the shoot.”

Celina was spotted at a Holi bash at Dariya Mahal at Versova after which she attended Sanjay Gupta’s Holi event at his home. Says an onlooker, “Celina appeared totally sozzled, she could barely walk straight.”

Even before we could check with Celina for her version, a call from Mangat’s Big Screen Entertainment claimed that Celina is very upset with the report and it was untrue! All that we can tell her is bura na maano Holi hai!

Shaheen Parkar, Mid-Day

Workentine Day

It’s no-play for B-Town actors, at least, most of them as they get ready to face the cameras on a day for dilwaale

You see them sizzle the celluloid with their on-screen ardour.

Whether running around trees (old style) or singing of love and lust in a rain-drenched numbers, we think actors epitomize the perfect coo-some twosome.

Yet, on Valentine’s Day, most of them will do nothing more exciting than work. With shootings eating up their entire day, our Bollywood love bugs will be whispering sweet nothings, only to the camera though.

Aishwarya Rai
I’ll be attending the premiere of Jodhaa-Akbar in Delhi on Valentine’s Day. But Abhishek will be with me. So no complaints.

Bipasha Basu
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 different countries. I’m looking forward to this flash holiday.

Amrita Rao
I’m shooting all day and attending a birthday party in the evening. I wish all those people in love remain so forever. And those who don’t, may they please find love this Valentine’s Day.

Koena Mitra
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?

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.

Celina Jaitly
Though I’m working on Valentine’s Day, I have a special show for the day on MTV for the singles. I’ll watch it and have a good laugh

Riya Sen
Nothing exciting. I’ll be working. I’m in Delhi on the 14th for an appearance.

Malaika Arora
I want to spend the day with all my loved ones. I don’t anyone to be alone on Valentine’s Day.

Amrita Arora
Will be shooting on Valentine’s. I wish to have my loved ones with me forever.

Tanushree Dutta
I’m shooting on Valentine’s Day. So no Valentine plan. I wish I’d be in Paris for the next Valentine’s Day.

And the guys…

Zayed Khan
It was on 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 a 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.

Neil Mukesh
Will be going out with a secret Valentine to a secret place.

Kushal Punjabi
Besides shooting, I’ll be doing what all other lovers do on Valentine’s Day. Exchang-ing cards and listening to romantic songs. What did you think?

Dino Morea
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.

Aryan Vaid
My Valentine’s Day plans are open. I’m single so nothing’s 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.

Muzammil Ebrahim
It’s my mother’s birthday on Valentine’s Day, so there’ll definitely be lots of celebrations.

Manoj Bajpai
I don’t believe in Valentine’s Day. You don’t need one special day to show your partner how much you love her.

Farhan Akhtar
Since I’m shooting for Rock On, it’ll be a very routine Valentine’s Day for me. But the night gets exciting when I get to see an intensely romantic film, Jodhaa-Akbar.

Bollywood says NO to male nudity!

Daniel Craig, who had women all around the world gasping when he stepped out of the sea in Casino Royale wearing swimming trunks, is willing to set new standards for Ian Fleming’s secret agent James Bond.

In his next Bond film, Craig has promised to go totally nude. When asked why he intends to strip, Craig "who has one of the most finely chiselled bodies in Hollywood" said, "I’ve got nothing to hide. And, after all, we ask the girls to reveal almost all in films, so why not the men?" Why not, indeed! And better still is his willingness to bare it all.

Meanwhile, shifting the focus to Bollywood, our desi male stars with their new six pack abs are happy and confident about shedding their shirts and dropping towels to titillate female fans’ imaginations. Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham and Ranbir Kapoor don’t have bodies much different from Craig’s. But the question BT asked their female costars in Bollywood was would there be as much interest in seeing Messrs Khans, Roshan, Abraham and Kapoor in the nude as there is in gawking at a Daniel Craig? This is what they replied, laughing in embarrassment!

Priyanaka Chopra

I think I would cringe on seeing anyone in the Hindi film industry naked on screen. When you watch a movie with your family it gets difficult not to react. I think sensuality is more appealing than a full monty. It’s just too much in your face. And that is ugly.

Dia Mirza

Ha-ha-ha... I wouldn’t want to see anyone nude on screen in a Hindi film. I think the mystery of not seeing all is much more exciting than seeing it all. Mystery evokes a deep sense of fascination and intrigue.

Celina Jaitley

Hone-stly, I wouldn’t like to see any of our heroes in the nude, because nudity turns me off. But I certainly want to see a couple of them in uniform. The male clothed body is much more appealing.

Kangana Ranaut

While I can give you a list of female bodies that I would appreciate nude, the male body is not a pleasant sight. First of all they are so hairy, and then they wax their bodies! I think it’s a terrible sight to see even a nude male statue or a man in his briefs. Let it be in the imagination, making it real isn’t a pleasant thought.

Sonam Kapoor

The Indian sensibility doesn’t accept this. I agree Ranvir in that towel-dropping scene looked like a Greek God in Sawariyaan, but let’s keep it there, I mean showing the back only. Further than that, well, I can’t see it. As I know most of the stars personally, it will be too embarrassing for me to see them it all their splendour on screen.

Riya Sen

In Holly-wood, it’s a brave fashion statement, and we don’t mind seeing male nudity in films made out there. But I don’t know how much our sensibilities will allow us to see our heroes like that. No, I won’t be able to.

Afsana Ahmed, TNN

Celina becomes a NRI

Celina Jaitley is finally going places and far, from her hometown as well. She has started shooting for her second film, to be shot in New York, and is travelling non- stop to her new work place. I’m completely jet-lagged.

I came to Mumbai in between, met my family and now I’m back in New York for my shoot. But I have no complains. I love every bit of it, she says. How about applying for a NRI status?

TNN

Celina's forthcoming fun genre movies

Celina Jaitley will do all it takes to enhance her 'package' as an actress. And she is doing that by taking jazz ballet lessons from Terence Lewis. For the past few months she has been a regular at his Bandra studio sweating it out to improve her skills as a dancer. Her trainer says that though she lacks in skill a little bit, she makes up for it with her enthu. It's her enthu that has so far got her so many comedy films - so that we could laugh at her? - from 'No Entry' to 'Jawani Diwani', from 'Tom Dick and Harry' to her latest 'Apna Sapna Money Money'? Even her forthcoming 'Red', 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' and 'Hello' are of the fun genre. But putting on her dancing shoes indicates that she's not finding her career position too funny.

Happy Birthday Celina

It’s bombshell Celina Jaitley’s birthday today. As per reports in a tabloid, she flew to Goa with her parents last week. Even her cousins from America will accompany her. Only her brother Captain Vikrant, who is posted in Jammu & Kashmir won’t be a part of the revelry since he couldn’t get a leave. Infact she was recently invited to the border in J& K to regale the jawans posted there. She was touched by their gestures and enjoyed the experience.

On the work front, she was recently seen in APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY and has an interesting line up of upcoming films including RED, SHAKALAKA BOOM BOOM and HELLO.

Apna Sapna Money Money - Movie Review

Lock your brains in the cupboard, throw your thinking caps out of the window, fasten your seat belts, hold your breath…

Sangeet Sivan, the man behind the thoroughly enjoyable madcap entertainer KYAA KOOL HAI HUM, is ready to unleash his new masaledaar entertainer on money and diamonds. His new outing, APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY, belongs to the same family as K2H2, but the difference is, there’re eleven characters this time around. Oh yes, there’s a dog too this time!

Years ago, Brij Sadanah made a rib-tickling comedy with Ashok Kumar and Pran called VICTORIA NO. 203. It was all about the precious diamonds being hidden in a horse carriage [Victoria]. APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY also charters a similar path. A gangster’s moll hides the booty in her sandal and the assorted eleven characters, not remotely connected to one another, come lusting for it [diamonds] in the end.


Sivan’s fundas are evident at the very outset. APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is not for those looking for path-breaking cinema. APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is not for the pseudo critics. APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is not for the hi-gentry that loves to pop champagne at Page 3 events.

It’s for the aam junta that looks for non-stop entertainment.

APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY rests on a waferthin plot, but is loaded with nonsensical [and juvenile] humor that makes you laugh at regular intervals. Sure, this comic caper has too many characters and Sivan and writer Pankaj Trivedi’s narrative goes on and on in the second hour. Also, the climax loses its sheen for this very reason [all eleven characters need to have a conclusion after all]. But you overlook the flaws since APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY was never in the race for the Oscars!

To sum up, APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is a decent time pass flick that delivers what it promises: Tadka [glamour], jhatka [skin show], masti [jokes], mazaak [laughter]… most importantly, the escapism form of entertainment that appeals to the hoi polloi.

APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY revolves around a bunch of madcap characters that eat, drink, sleep and worship money. The story revolves around a mechanic [Shreyas Talpande], a conman [Ritesh Deshmukh], a dancer [Koena Mitra], an upright cop [Suniel Shetty], an obsessed father [Anupam Kher] and his homely daughter [Riya Sen], a tabela owner [Rajpal Yadav], a ruthless gangster [Chunkey Pandey], a deadly don [Jackie Shroff] and his moll [Celina Jaitley] and an unpredictable dog [Casper].

If one runs after money, the other runs after love and the one who runs after love eventually runs after money. A dramatic turn evolves when all the characters start looking for hidden diamonds that are worth Rs. 50 crores.

APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY defies logic from start to end. Writer Pankaj Trivedi borrows characters and incidents from real and reel life to make a funny film. A few jokes are indeed amusing, but there are times when the gags fail to evoke mirth.

Ritesh and Anupam’s scenes are hilarious. So is the Rajpal Yadav track [he does a takeoff on Big B from SARKAR]. Chunkey’s portions also make you flex your facial muscles. But the love story [Shreyas-Riya] looks lifeless, the Ritesh-Koena prem kahani is equally listless, the don [Jackie] is reduced to a caricature and the climax, which should’ve been thoroughly enjoyable, falls flat.

What also goes against the film is that the narrative lacks the consistent wit-n-humor of KYAA KOOL HAI HUM. Sivan’s execution of the subject is perfect and the idea to make Ritesh change into various get-ups is indeed brilliant. In fact, Ritesh’s final get-up [of Shreyas’ aunt] is the best part of the enterprise. But how one wishes Sivan would’ve [i] Opted for fewer characters, [ii] Utilized the dog in some way or the other, [iii] Opted for a better climax.

Pritam’s music is strictly komsi-komsa. Barring the title track, the film lacks the hit tunes one associates with Mukta Arts’ productions. Ramji’s cinematography is eye-filling. Dialogues are enjoyable at times, but corny at places.

APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY has so many characters that it’s difficult to carry each one home after the show has concluded. But if there’s one actor who’s bound to make heads turn with a smash performance, it’s Ritesh Deshmukh. It’s a challenge for any actor to portray multiple roles in one film, but Ritesh gets to portray four here and he takes to each role with relish, enjoying every bit of it. He works the best as Shreyas’ aunt who flirts with Anupam Kher.

Anupam Kher is in terrific form yet again. In fact, Anupam is so good here, you actually wonder if anyone else would’ve been able to carry off the part with as much flourish. Chunkey Pandey is fantastic. After watching him in APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY, all you want to ask him is, Where were you hiding all this while? Rajpal Yadav delivers yet another knockout performance that’s sure to be talked about. Suniel Shetty is lovable as the honest cop.

Amongst ladies, Celina Jaitley is the best of the lot. She looks gorgeous and enacts her role with rare confidence. The girl is gradually evolving into a fine actor. Koena Mitra is alright. But the writer hasn’t done justice to her part. Even Riya Sen is relegated to the backseat.

Jackie Shroff doesn’t work. Shreyas Talpade’s role is oh-so-clean, which looks fake in a film of this genre. However, he enacts his part well. Sanjay Mishra is competent. Vrajesh Hirjee, Vijay Patkar, Bobby Darling and Avtar Gill lend decent support.

On the whole, APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is a time pass entertainer targeted at the aam junta. Don’t look for logic in the film and chances are you wouldn’t be disappointed. At the box-office, the patronage by its target audience [masses and youth] as also a favorable opening response should help this medium-budget film make decent profits in the final tally.

A chat with Celina Jaitly

Source: DNAIndia


What colour is Monday?
Red. After a holiday on Sunday, you need a bright colour to get over your Monday morning blues. Even as a kid I used to wear a red T-shirt and a hideous pair of red shorts which my parents eventually burnt.

What was your nickname in school?
Silly.

That naughtiest thing you’ve ever done?
My dad gifted me an air gun when I was in the tenth standard. I was a real tomboy, two boys were totally devoted to me. They did whatever I asked them to. With the air gun we fired shots and burst the street lights. To my luck my dad was passing by in his jeep when one of the street lights went bang! I was grounded at home for a month after that.

The best place to be?
My mother’s lap. I’ve sat on her lap and been comforted for years.

What are the four essential ingredients of love?
Honesty, trust, understanding. The fourth ingredient I’m clueless about but it must be the most important one because none of my relationships have worked out.

What’s the weirdest thing you have put in your mouth?
Water beetle. During the shooting of Zinda in Bangkok, Sanjay Dutt offered me a plate. I had it, thinking it was fried sea food.

Three things that attract you to a man?
Eyes, wit and self confidence.

Three things that attract men to you?
Eyes, hair and must be my body.

What’s the nastiest thing you have heard about yourself?
That I resembled Chucky the doll in Child’s Play.

What don’t you leave home without?
My cell phone and wallet.

What keeps you sailing in a crisis?
Faith in God.

One necessity in life?
Money.

Your one quality that may surprise people?
My ability to act in my forthcoming movies.

How would you describe yourself to someone who didn’t know you?
For the last four years people recognise me wherever I go. But if I had to I’d say, “I’m just a normal girl who has matured beyond her years.”

When do you feel utterly insignificant?
When I lack knowledge for a particular subject people are talking about.

What does marriage mean to you?
A live-in relationship blessed by the law.

If you were granted two wishes what would they be?
1) A film opposite Brad Pitt. 2) Another two wishes.

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I would not be punctual. In this country no one values punctuality.

What are you terrified of being remembered for?
As a person who has hurt people.