Dabangg Stills

Dabangg, the 2010 Hindi action film directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan, features Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha (daughter of Shatrughan Sinha) in lead roles. It is the debut film of Sonakshi Sinha as an actress, for Arbaaz Khan as a producer and for Abhinav Kashyap (brother of director Anurag Kashyap) as a director. The movie Dabangg also features Om Puri, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mahie Gill, Malaika Arora (item number) and Sonu Sood (main antagonist) in supporting roles.

Dabangg was released on 10 September 2010, and the film broke many records at the box office within the first week of its release. The film set the records of the highest opening day grosser and the highest weekend grosser of all time at the Indian box office, breaking records set earlier held by 3 Idiots. It is now the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2010.

Sonakshi Sinha went on a special diet and trained for two years in order to get into shape for her role of a village girl, reports said. The film was mostly shot in Maharashtra and a song and some other portions were shot in UAE.

The film Dabangg received mostly positive reviews from critics and was welcomed by audiences in packed cinema halls. Dabangg also received positive response in the overseas markets such as USA, UAE, UK, Australia, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, and some other territories of Europe, Asia and Africa.

The film was produced at a budget of Rupees 42 crore (US$ 9.11 million) and it could collect a gross revenue of Indian rupees 104 crore (US$ 22.57 million) as the initial 10-day collections. Producer Arbaaz Khan and elder brother Salman Khan are on cloud nine as the film did exceptionally well at the box office and they plan a sequel, Dabangg 2, about which Arbaaz Khan said, "Yes, there's a 110% possibility that we will start Dabangg 2, but when that will happen is yet undecided. See, Salman has several commitments to fulfill, so Dabangg 2 will take some time to start. But it's definitely on the cards."

The Great Bollywood Splitsville: Katrina-Salman

Reports say it's official: they have split! Who is the next Bollywood hottie on queue in Salman's life? I think you know it. The grapewine says that she is already in service of the HUNK! And what about Katrina? Let's see! I have stories to explode here, as a spybird from Mumbai just arrived, and I just have to stop and record the next biggest love/romance/marriage/split stories and come back! See ya after a couple of beers; no fears, come back after 3 hours for the GREAT BOLLYWOOD SPLIT MASALA ever for those American desis, who always demand more and are never satisfied, as Salman is!

Veer - the comeback film of Salman Khan?

Veer, originally uploaded by jaaneman.

The Bollywood film Veer, slated for release this month, directed by Anil Sharma of ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ fame, stars Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Zarine Khan, Lisa Lazarus, Neena Gupta and others. The screen play, written by Salman Khan, is an epic film set in 1820s. It is the love story of the warrior Veer of the Pindari clan of rulers who fight against the British forces. The trailer of Veer was released in November 2009 at the screening of Priyadarshan's De Dana Dan. The trailer was released worldwide and the first song promo ‘Salaam Aaya’ was released in December 2009. The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid and the lyrics written by Gulzar.

The year 2009 was not so good for Bollywood from the point of view of box office hits, excepting some films like the Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’ that has been declared a super success. Some of the major Bollywood productions like KITES, Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming flick ‘My Name Is Khan’ are awaiting release this year. But most critics feel that ‘3 Idiots’ that surpassed the success of ‘Ghajini’ only because of Aamir’s ‘super marketing strategies’, and Salman Khan is also following similar tactics to market Veer by organizing contests to select the ‘brave people from the real life’ from all over the country, and honouring them at a special function in Mumbai. Salman, who did not have any big hits recently and had to be contented with average releases, is surely looking for a come back to the BIG HITS trail with Veer.

WANTED: Ayesha Takia and Salman Khan

WANTED, originally uploaded by tarik.jilali.

Salman and Kareena in Main Aur Mrs Khanna

Main Aur Mrs Khanna, originally uploaded by tarik.jilali.

The upcoming Bollywood comedy ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’, starring Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, also has Govinda in a special appearance and Preity Zinta in an item number. The music, composed by Sajid-Wajid, is already launched. Sajid-Wajid, known for hits like ‘mujhse shaadi karogi’, ‘maine pyaar kyun kiya’ has been credited also with the music for the latest ‘Wanted’, also with Salman Khan. Main Aur Mrs Khanna is slated for release during the coming Diwali.

Salman Khan with Kat's sister Isabel Kaif

isabel_kaif, originally uploaded by rockyluv4000.

Barbie Doll Katrina Kaif celebrated her birthday in Italy

The Bollywood Barbie Doll Katrina Kaif must have thoroughly enjoyed her 25th birthday with her entire family in an undisclosed destination in Italy. Katrina perhaps wanted not to repeat the kind of birthday bash she had in 2008 in which her boyfriend Salman Khan got into a brawl with Shah Rukh Khan and spoiled the spirit of the celebration.

This year Katrina did not want to take another chance as she is away from Bollywood leaving Salman Khan to slog out in Mumbai for his film Wanted Dead and Alive.

According to reports Katrina was supposed to spend a long holiday with her family in London last year around Christmas, but had to cut short her trip due to pressures of work. She did not have a break in almost two years and hence she was looking forward to spending quality time with her family.

Katrina Kaif spent her childhood in many countries, including her growing up years in the United States and later in her mother’s home country UK, and the support of her family all along was a great blessing for her, she said. Her six sisters, about a year apart, similar in height and build, are strong, fearless, self-confident individuals and she is quite appreciative of them. About her elder brother who is a professional rock climber, she says, he is like their big caretaker.

The British-Indian actress Katrina was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and a British mother, Suzzane. Her parents separated when Kaif was very young.

Katrina Kaif started her modeling career at the age of fourteen for a jewelry campaign in London. Eventually she was spotted by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad who introduced her in his film Boom (2003). Boom was not a big success, it kick-started her career as an Indian actress, who has acted in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. Katrina's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham was a commercial success.

Kaif is the model for Mattel's Bollywood Barbie, which was all over the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai this year and Barbie doll celebrated its 50th Anniversary by sponsoring the event.

Mattel's first choice for Barbie was Aishwarya Rai, who reportedly said that she was the one who declined the toymaker Mattel's deal due to her busy schedule. The Bollywood Barbie modeled on Katrina Kaif is expected to go into production in September.

The YouTube video above shows Katrina dressed as Barbie walking the ramp during the Lakme Fashion Week.

Katrina Kaif with Salman Khan 669

Katrina Kaif, originally uploaded by rizwan_zakir0346.