Shahid, Kareena patched up?

Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had hugged and patched up, even Kareena ended her cold war with Aishwarya - it all happened at Karan Johar’s birthday party last year. And Karan is now taking his gift of playing Bollywood peacemaker to the next level.

Last week he played the catalyst, making Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor not only acknowledge each other’s presence but actually strike up a conversation, and a pretty warm one at that.

The venue for this patch up was Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow, Mannat, where King Khan had hosted a celebration for My Name Is Khan.

Says a source, “Shahid and Kareena came face to face and everyone thought they would simply ignore each other like they have on so many occasions in the past. But this time, Karan happened to be present right there and instead of marching past each other, they slowed down for a bit. And the rest, as they say, is history.”

Even after the ice was broken, neither Shahid or Kareena seemed in a rush to get back to more comfortable company. They had a pretty warm exchange and a little later even Saif, who was present at the party, joined them.

“Shahid and Kareena have finally decided to leave their acrimonious past behind them. This was very evident in the manner all three of them - Shahid, Kareena and Saif - interacted with each other at Shah Rukh’s party,” adds our source.

While both Shahid and Kareena could not be reached for comment, Kareena’s official spokesperson said, “Kareena has no problem with anybody, including Shahid.” For the record, Shahid and Kareena, who were in a serious relationship for three years, parted ways in 2007, a few days before Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met hit the theatres.

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Big B, Kareena bag Stardust Awards

Various artists like Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kiaf set the stage on fire with their performances.

The winners in leading categories

The Stardust ‘Best Film and Director’ 2010 Award went to film “Chintuji” while Preity Zinta bagged ‘Best Actress’ for her film “Videsh”.

Amitabh Bachchan took the ‘Star of the Year’ award for his mind-blowing performance in “Paa” whereas Kareena Kapoor grabbed ‘Star of the Year Female’ for her films “Kurbaan” and “3 Idiots”.

The ‘Stardust Editor's Choice--Director’ award went to Rohit Shetty for his movie"All The Best".

Shahid Kapoor was awarded 'Stardust Editor's Choice-- Best Actor’ award while best editor's choice actress went to Kareena Kapoor for "Kurbaan".

Other categories

Ranbir Kapoor won the ‘Superstar of Tomorrow-Male’ award for his performance in “Wake Up Sid” & “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”.

Abhimanyu Singh bagged ‘Breakthrough Performance—Male’ award for “Gulaal”. ‘Breakthrough Performance— Female’ award went to Shahana Goswami for “Firaaq”.

“Love Aaj Kal” won the ‘Hottest Film of the Year’. Ayaan Mukherjee got ‘Hottest New Director’ for his film “Wake up Sid”.

The award for ‘Exciting New Face’ went to Jacqueline Fernandez of “Aladdin” fame.

Akshay Kumar won ‘Best Actor – Popular’ award for the movie “Blue” whereas ‘Best Actress – Popular’ female award went to Katrina Kaif for her performance in films “New York”, and “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”.

At the ceremony Rekha was honoured with ‘Stardust Editor's Choice Icon of the Industry’ award.

Kareena and Saif engaged?

The award rehearsals showed Kareena Kapoor wearing a ring on her left finger. Rumors sparked that the hottie is engaged to hearthrob Saif.

However, when confronted by the reporters actress neither denied nor confirmed anything.

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Kurbaan - First Look

One of the most awaited films of the year, Kurbaan has Saif Ali Khan playing an undercover terrorist who in fact behaves like a real and suave gentleman, dressed in very dapper clothes like a college professor. That’s why Saif’s character in the film is all the more frightening. Kareena Kapoor plays his wife. The movie also stars Vivek Oberoi as a moderate Muslim. Supporting roles are played by Dia Mirza, Sunil Shetty, Om Puri and Kiron Kher.

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Unabashed kissing scenes and shows ,but ‘Love Aaj Kal’ a family film: Director

Mumbai, Imtiaz Ali openly admits that his upcoming “Love Aaj Kal”, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, has unabashed kissing scenes and shows the lead actors mouthing expletives, but the director insists that it will still be a complete family entertainer.

The director says he has included the so-called objectionable scenes in the movie’s promos so that people are already used to it by the time they see the film.

“See, it’s the way you put it in the film and treat it. It’s up to the filmmaker not to make his film some fodder for perversion or lechery.” Ali told IANS.

Ali promises that “Love Aaj Kal”, which is Saif’s production debut, is a film that would be accepted by an entire family.

“Kisses included,” he winks. “Nobody will feel inhibited watching ‘Love Aaj Kal’. No one will hesitate walking into the film with his family. All that is potentially objectionable in the film in the strictest of sense has been taken care of in the first promo. If you have warmed up on it, rest assured you will love ‘Love Aaj Kal’,” the filmmaker said.

“Love Aaj Kal” is his third love story after “Socha Na Tha” and the blockbuster “Jab We Met”.

But there were people around Ali who weren’t too comfortable with the idea of showing Saif trying to hold Deepika’s butt, then share an unabashed kiss with her in the car and also mouth Hinglish expletives on a date right in the promo itself.

“They thought that people may get an impression that the film was only about these things but I had my own viewpoint,” explains Ali.

“My argument is that audiences are really smart. They pretty much see the intention of the filmmaker and make up their mind to watch the film accordingly. We better start taking them seriously rather than attempt at fooling them by considering ourselves over smart,” he says.

To substantiate his claim, Ali goes on to share an anecdote from his experience during the making of “Jab We Met”, which starred Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.

“Remember the sequence in the second half of the film when Kareena curses her ex-boyfriend on phone? She goes on to say ‘Teri Maa Ki’ and a lot more. Did the audience feel awkward? Not at all. In fact they laughed during the entire scene and not a single soul came and told me that he/she felt offended by the language,” Ali reasons.

The director, however, admits that for “Love Aaj Kal”, the prime target audience is the younger crowd.

“And that’s more by accident rather than planned,” he says. “The film caters to them mainly because it’s this age group that goes and sees films in theatres. Due to this, even when I am conceptualising a film and then putting it on celluloid, I feel safe from my target audience perspective,” he explains.

With music by Pritam and lyrics by Irshad Kamil, “Love Aaj Kal” is set for a July 31 release.

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Saif Ali Khan hospitalised in Lilavati Hospital

Saif Ali Khan was admitted to Bandra’s Lilavati Hospital today, Christmas Day evening following complaints of severe stomach ache.

He was brought in the hospital by his actress girlfriend Kareena Kapoor at around 5:30 pm.

Our sources inform, “There was a big Christmas eve bash at Saif’s place last evening. But today since morning Saif began feeling unwell and complaining of a bad tummy ache. He also kept on vomiting all through the day. It was perhaps because of something that he ate last night.

Finally his family members decided it would be a better idea to take him to the hospital for a better diagnosis and medication.”

Kareena’s sister, actress Karisma Kapoor who too had accompanied the couple to the hospital was present outside Lilavati. She stated, “Saif is now stable and there was nothing to worry about. He may be discharged any minute. Kareena is there inside with him.”

One can recollect that this is not the first time that Saif has been admitted to a hospital.

In February 2007, the Bollywood actor underwent an angiography after he was admitted into Lilavati following complains of severe chest pain. The actor had undergone an emergency appendectomy surgery after complaining of abdomen pain during a shoot in Kuala Lumpur in early 2006. (SAMPURN)

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Saif, Lara Dutta bag Rajiv Gandhi awards

The 11th Rajiv Gandhi annual award has been given to Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Lara Dutta.

The awards were given on Sunday by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. The distribution function was attended by many politicians and prominent personalities of the bollywood.

Saif, Lara Dutta was awarded with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Award for their contribution to the Indian cinema.

Expressing happiness, Saif said that he has achieved first such award, which is not completely related to film industry.

Lara Dutta also thanked the jury members for this honor. She said that she is an appreciative of vision and thinking of Rajiv Gandhi. She termed it as a great achievement of her career.

Salman rocks Rajiv Gandhi awards

Mr. Deshmukh also honoured Padma Bhushan Baba Kalyani, Chairman of Kalyani Group for his outstanding contribution to the field of business.


Journalist Vir Sanghvi was also honored for his contribution in the field of journalism.

Footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, Model turned actress Yukta Mookhey, Indian wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, Anna Hazare and Sameer Gehlaut were also honored at the function. Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Rakhee Sawant entertained the audience by their performance.

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Saif Ali Khan : New "Khan " to Premium club of Sharukh,Salman and Aaamir

Saif Ali Khan, the fourth Khan in the list has finally arrived!! The macho man and Style Icon Saif has made it big in Bollywood with 'Race' and this probably has put the icing on the cake when it comes to the actor's long list of projects where he has time and again proved his versatility and that he is second to none! Name it and the actor has done it!! Whether it is the intense character in Ek Haseena Thi, the funny and adorable guy in Dil Chahta Hai, the angry man in Omkara, the confused character in Being Cyrus, the insecure lover in Parineeta, Saif has excelled in all the roles and this indeed speaks volumes for the actor's talent! Noted trade analyst says, "The industry has always spoken of the three Khans when it spoke of star power — Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman. Then Hrithik Roshan made it to the premium list and also Akshay Kumar. These five actors called the shots, commanded the best fee, while their films fetched incredible prices. Post RACE, Saif Ali Khan has joined the club". Saif's talent has been accepted and acknowledged post his sparkling performances in earlier films, but Race has cemented his position as a star with tremendous following. According to him, "Saif is the perfect combination of a stylish star and a versatile actor and has worked with the most diverse set of directors like Sriram Raghvan, to Kunal Kohli to Farhan Akhtar, Pradeep Sarkar to Homi Adajania to Abbas- Mustan". Well, talking about the power-packed response that 'Race' has garnered, business reports have it that Race has captured a whopping Rs. 22 cr in just three days coming close to Om Shanti Om that had opened to that kind of massive collection. Further, Race is expected to garner 35-40 crore nett by this weekend. Saif Ali Khan is now geared up for more action as the actor has a series of big banner films awaiting him. The actor who has recently launched his production brand, Illumnati Films has been roped in by A-grade directors, Shriram Raghvan, Imtiaz Ali and Homi Adjania for their next ventures.. In fact Raghvan will soon embark on Agent Vinod that has Saif in the lead. Plus there's Karan Johar's untitled venture with Kareena. Well, there's surely no stopping for Saif, as he aims to go higher and higher..

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