Here's Aishwarya pimping for L'Oreal and looking lovely (though sounding a bit...faux...in the accent department). It's nice to see a touch of personality from her, even if it's in a packaged makeup promo!
And speaking of lovely, here's Abhay Deol on the cover of the June issue of Femina. Looking hot as always!
I will say I'm a bit sad to be promised some shirtless Kunal Kapoor in this issue and then not be able to find the pictures! So in the spirit of not depriving anyone of a bit of Kunal swooning, an oldie but a goodie:
Raajneeti is another film I can't wait to see, particularly because I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of Ranbir Kapoor. The addition of Arjun Rampal and Naseeruddin Shah don't hurt either!
It's especially nice that UTV has distributed this trailer with subtitles--not that I wouldn't have appreciated it either way, but the English is helpful. :)
Raajneeti (Politics), a film by Prakash Jha, starring Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Vivek Oberoi, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shan, and Manoj Bajpai.
Ok, I caved. I've gone Raavan crazy! I simply can't wait for this film--I'm not always in the Aishwarya camp but I'm always interested in what Abhishek's doing, and Raavan is looking like an incredible film for him. I'm excited to see Vikram as well; I've not seen any of his films yet, so Raavan will be my first (and of course I'll be watching the Tamil version of the film, which stars Aishwarya and Vikram as well, with Vikram in Abhishek's role).
I love love love this trailer, especially Abhishek's "dusssssssss sar vaale" at the end.
Rumor has it that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be appearing in American director Martin Scorsese's next film. Seems that Scorsese has had a yen for Aishwarya ever since seeing her in Devdas, and has made plans with her during their time together at the Cannes Film Festival. Can't wait for more details!
This is one of my all-time favorite songs, and the first Bollywood film I ever purchased! I had a roommate who lent me a copy of Devdas, and after seeing it I knew I needed more. So I went over to the Eros International website and sought out more Shah Rukh Khan. Main Hoon Na was the first one that came, and I loved it. A roommate and I rewound "Chale Jaise Hawaien" over and over, for two reasons: first, it's a damn catchy song; second, Zayed Khan is a fine looking boy. I still get a case of the weak knees when he takes his jacket off halfway through the song. Swoon. Too bad he's not much of an actor, but as a pretty face--oh yes please.
The film was choreographer Farah Khan's directorial debut, and I really love her style. The end of the film features a Grease-like sendoff, which I find adorable. The film itself is a bit fluff, with some exagerated action sequences and a fair amount of Shah Rukh's trademark "if I squeeze my face in on itself really hard, it might look like I'm actually crying," but overall it's incredibly entertaining. Amrita Rao is adorable, Zayed is man-candy, Shah Rukh gets a an action plotline and a romantic one (with the lovely Sushmita Sen) and my wonderful Boman Irani plays a hilarious schoolmaster.
Something fun to look out for: this entire sequence was shot as one continuous take, and Farah Khan said that anytime someone stopped, the entire shot had to be canned and started over again (which apparently led to a backup dancer fainting in the heat!). Watch Zayed, especially in the choreography that leads up to his first chorus: he's clearly making mistakes, but you know he's all "No. You're not stopping. You're DOING this." And he does.
