we are bad loosers: says Abhishek

Actor Abhishek Bachchan has taken a dig at those who rue that awards are rigged, saying 'we are bad losers'.

'We in the film industry are very bad losers. If we don't win, we say it is not fair. If we win, we say the best man has won. It's as simple as that,' the 35-year-old actor said at the Filmfare Awards press conference.

Abhishek has been in the industry for over a decade now and has won quite a few awards. He says even a nomination excites him.

He has so far won three Filmfare Award for best supporting actor for 'Yuva', 'Sarkar' and 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'.

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Sameera die-hard Salman fan

Actress Sameera Reddy says she used to have a huge crush on Salman Khan as a child and even now adores him.

'It was 'Maine Pyar Kiya' and I think I was eight years old and I thought that the world begins and ends with Salman. I think, even now there is a little crush for him,' the 29-year-old said at the police function, Umang.

Though she has not been seen in too many Hindi films lately except for 'Aakrosh' in 2010, the actress has been busy with southern projects.
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Duggu's dance moves wows Sush

The unbelievable energy of Hrithik Roshan, fondly called Duggu, and his dance moves wows Sushmita Sen.

'I just love the way Hrithik dances because I think Hrithik has an unbelievable energy. I have known Hrithik to practice very hard and anything you practice very hard along with having a gift for it, a natural knack for it makes you amazing at it. Hrithik is a fabulous dancer,' the 36-year-old said at a dance show organised by choreographer Sandip Soparkar.
The former beauty queen debuted in Bollywood with 'Dastak' after winning the Miss Univere title in 1994. Sushmita has been away from the arclights for some time now and her last film was 'No Problem' in 2010.

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Delhi Belly is going to launch soon....

The movie Delhi Belly is another film from Aamir Khan after Dhobi Ghat. Delhi Belly is scripted by Akshat Verma and has a comic entertaining treatment from its director Abhinay Deo. Delhi Belly means traveler’s diarrhea and it shows the similarity with the film’s plot. Film is starred by Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Vir Das, Poorna Jagannathan and Shenaz Treasurywala. Previously Aamir Khan approached to Ranbir Kapoor and Chitrangada Singh but later they denied and Aamir signed Imran Khan for the lead role. Film is shot in Delhi in a long schedule.

DELHI BELLY Cast & Crew
Director:   Abhinay Deo
Producer:   Aamir Khan
Music Director:   Ram Sampat

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CBI arrests Kalmadi for role in CWG scam

New Delhi, Apr.25 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organizing Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with his role in the AM Films and TSR scams.

The arrest order was carried out after the CBI had questioned Kalmadi extensively on the two incidents, particularly on the documents relating to the two deals.

The CBI had asked Kalmadi to appear before it on Monday to clarify some new issues which surfaced during the visit of the agency's officials to London in connection with Queen's Baton Relay scam.

Kalmadi had earlier expressed his inability to appear before the CBI citing his foreign visit, saying he would return home only after April 19. But even after returning from his visit abroad, he did not turn up before the sleuths saying he was still not in Delhi, sources said.

Kalmadi has been accused of sanctioning payments to AM Films and AM Car at rates that were hugely inflated.

The AM Car and Van Hire company in London was engaged during Queen's Baton Relay in 2009 to provide services like taxis for the guests and OC members. The AM films was hired to provide display monitors during the event.

Earlier Kalmadi's aides had justified hiring AM Films and AM Car... by saying other bids were not competitive but now the CBI has found that the names of other bidders given by Kalmadi were all forged and fake. (ANI)

Film Review: Dum Maaro Dum

Director: Rohan Sippy
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Prateik, Bipasha Basu and others
Rating: **

Bollywood has showcased Goa in different ways. A great place to unwind (Dil Chahta Hai), an ideal location for screwball comedies (Golmaal series) or even cute love stories (Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd). This one explores the beach town's prime export, drugs.
"Rape, tourist ki maut, prostitution, all crimes are linked to drugs," says a cocky politician. He skipped pollution and population? Anyway, he's requesting angry young ACP, Vishnu Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan), to consider the task of sweeping Goa off all illegal intoxicants. With little hesitation, Kamath accepts the job. But only under the condition that he gets to pick his team and that he is allowed to play by his own rules (unlike other action heroes who love being forced into teams and pushed around by rule books?).
Kamath teams up with Rane (a very animated Govind Namdeo) and Mercy (random Goan cop) to bust every rave party and shady hotel room in Goa. Mercilessly kick-slapping just about anyone, Kamath cracks skulls, shoots bulbs, breaks furniture and generally makes a lot of noise. And suddenly, to accelerate the film, we break into a montage and Kamath breaks into a rap. The lyrics go, "Thai! Thai!" and so do the visuals. Soon Kamath has slaughtered druggies, peddlers and if you go by numbers, most of Goa. If not by smashing their skulls, then by his horrendous rapping.

One of Kamath's arrests happens to be teen-footballer Lorry (Prateik Babbar), a first-time cocaine-carrier who wanted to jumpstart his career. And yes, this 'carrier and career' reference is used twice in the movie. Though a silly reference, this will hopefully educate those who pronounce the two in a similar way. Lorry's parallel story is too boring and inconsequential to the larger plot and can be safely avoided. Lorry's best friend, DJ Joki (Rana Daggubati) wants to save him and volunteers to help Kamath in his pursuits. He does so between dancing, singing and making love to girlfriend Zoe (Bipasha Basu). A certified airhostess, Zoe wants to fly for an international carrier but ends up becoming a carrier (of drugs) and her career is restricted to serving Goa's most illustrious drug lord, Lorsa Biscuta (Aditya Pancholi). Now, Kamath wants to bite into Biscuta and his cronies, so you do the rest of the connections.
The film's post-production is crisp as every smash is haunting and will get hearts pounding. So what if Deepika's item song is weary and didn't do the job! Although, this time we can't even blame Pritam for a failed item song, since it's just his take on the original cult classic. Abhishek is enthusiastic, his punches aren't. With a little less gnashing of teeth and better dialogue delivery, give it another 25 movies and Junior B will be the next big action hero. Prateik really needs to attend to his 'cranky-whiney-baby' voice that is disconnected from the rest of him. Rana is a promising find and is surely here to stay.

Oh, and yes, there's a Michael Barbossa who controls the entire drug scene and is rumoured to be the master of the universe. So will Kamath find out who is the great Barbossa? Will Biscuta crumble under pressure or gobble Kamath without chewing? Will Lorry be sorry at the end of this story? Will Joki ever realise that a DJ is supposed to be behind a console and not slinging a guitar and belching out love songs? These questions are best unanswered. So, I will leave you with the stimulating moral and parting line of the film, "If you die in Goa, you're stranded in Goa forever." What does this even mean? Go figure.

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Kochi Tuskers keen on Ganguly if Jayawardene leaves

Indian Premier League (IPL) debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala indicated Wednesday they could opt for former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who remained unsold in the players' auction, if their skipper Mahela Jayawardene has to return home to prepare for Sri Lanka's tour of England.

Kochi Tuskers director Mukesh Patel said that they are yet to make any request to the Indian cricket board for Jayawardene's replacement but if the situation arises, Ganguly could be one of their options.

'We haven't asked for Jayawardene's replacement because we don't know the status on the availability of Sri Lankan players. But if there is a need, we may opt for Ganguly,' Patel told IANS.

As for Ganguly, he dropped a hint Wednesday that he may after all play in the IPL's fourth season.

During an interview to a Bengali channel, when asked whether he will play in the league, Ganguly said: '...Dekhte paabe (you will see). I am keeping my fingers crossed.'

Ganguly has always been linked with Kochi Tuskers, who earlier wanted the southpaw from out of auction but their request was turned down by the Indian board.

Both the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Sri Lanka (SLC) have failed to find a solution on the availability of Sri Lankan cricketers for the rest of the IPL season.

Kochi Tuskers had also asked for Ganguly as a replacement for injured Australian recruit Steve Smith. But IPL rules did not permit this as Smith's base price of $200,000 was lower than that of Ganguly's $400,000.

Zindagi Na Milege Dobara.....

Zindagi Na Milege Dobara's teaser has Hrithik, Abhay and Farhan flaunting their chiseled abs. Is B'wood's obsession with lean eternal?

Bollywood's lead heroes have always been voluntary shape-shifters. Every time one gains popularity for a certain waist size, others fall in line to chisel themselves into the same. But this wasn't the case back in the day. There was a time in Hindi cinema when one's physique didn't matter and Sanjeev Kumar was a lead hero and fat-burners were the least popular drug.

And if you thought, we're just quoting pre-historic examples, you thought wrong. Remember, Rishi Kapoor confidently twisting his wiggly-comfortably-round self in Chandni? Or perhaps even Govinda at the peak of his career, gyrating better than Munni or Sheila in his seriously overweight state in Sajan Chale Sasural. Neither of them shaped up or needed to ship out on account of their excess flab. It was a blissfully corpulent world.

It was only by the fag end of the 80s, when a new look evolved, one that the common man could easily identify with. It was the 'everyman' body type, skinny, yet not malnourished. Salman who pioneered this look in Maine Pyaar Kiya decided to change the rules of the game nine years later, when he beefed up for his shirtless jig in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya. While some found it provocative, others just gushed and blushed. And before we knew it the entire industry looked like something hanging in a mutton shop.

And considering how competitive Bollywood is, no one was spared from this anaerobic mania. Not even Bollywood's baadshah, Shah Rukh Khan who joined the herd in Om Shanti Om at the age of 42, adding another attribute to the concept of a perfect Bollywood body, the six-pack abs. And trends in Bollywood, though momentary would explode across the board, right from the highest paid actor to the struggler slumming it out at a Lokhandwala gym, everyone just had sport it.

The 'big is better' theory faded out by 2008, as a scrawny young thing called Imran Khan decided to redefine cool and lean became the new mean. Those who had beefed-up, chucked their dumbbells and signed up for Yoga classes. And since the supposed future of Bollywood (Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Imran Khan) began endorsing this slim sutra, even seasoned actors (like Aamir Khan in 3 Idiots) were forced to get into the game.

And while our Bollywood biggies are now happily prancing around in their slender size-zero bodies, we wonder if the toned look is here to stay. With Hrithik's meticulously sculpted body in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, we would place our money on the pumping steroids.

Lokpal Bill panel's civil society members declare assets

Noida, April 15 (IANS) Ahead of Saturday's first meeting of the joint committee to draft the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, civil society members on the panel Friday declared their assets, with lawyer Shanti Bhushan by far the richest among them.
Addressing a press conference here, lawyer Prashan Bhushan and Right to Information (RTI) activist Arvind Kejriwal circulated a statement of accounts of all the five civil society members.
Social activist Anna Hazare, who went on a 97-hour fast that led the government to set up the joint panel, submitted that he owns 2.53 hectares land, valued at Rs.68,688.36. Out of this, 0.07 hectares is family land being used by other family members, 2 hectares donated by the army was in turn donated for his village's use and 0.46 hectares, donated by villagers to Hazare, was also donated for common use. He has a balance of 67,188.36 in his bank account and Rs.1,500 cash in hand.

Shanti Bhushan submitted a statement of account at Rs.1,367,172, 287 for the last ten years. He revealed he owns three houses and two flats in Noida, a plot in Banglore, a house in Allahabad, agricultural land in Roorkee (Uttarakhand) and farmland in Noida measuring 10,000 square meters.

His son, Prashant Bhushan owns a house in Jangpura area of New Delhi, a flat in Supreme Cooperative Group Housing Society, 4,800 square metres agriculture land in Himanchal Pradesh, a share in a housing property in Allahabad and movable property valued at Rs.2 crore.

Justice Hegde, presently the Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) of Karnataka, declared he has cash amounting to Rs. 30,00,000 in three bank accounts in State Bank of India and Yes Bank.

Kejriwal declared his properties to be worth Rs.55 lakh.