Shreyas Talpade learns why women take time to dress up
Wednesday May 13 2:45 PM
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) 'Iqbal' fame actor Shreyas Talpade says he couldn't understand why women take hours to get ready until he had to dress like one himself for his role in Paritosh Painter's 'Paying Guest'.
The actor says it wasn't an easy task.
'Getting into a girl's get up is not easy at all. Those who believe that girls take unnecessary time to get ready and most of the time they are just being fussy, let me tell them that they don't make a fuss about it at all, it really does take that long,' Shreyas said in a press release.
According to a unit source, it used to take Shreyas two and a half hours to wear make-up and get his hair set for the role.
He had once even surprised his wife Deepti with his new avatar.
'When Deepti first saw me in a girl's get up, she was surprised. She couldn't believe that I was her husband. She was so impressed that she jokingly commented that if she would have been a boy, she would have proposed to me,' he said.
Produced by Subhash Ghai, 'Paying Guest' is a comedy and also features Ashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Vatsal Seth, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen and Sayali Bhagat.
Know how Namitha celebrated her b’day!
Namitha, after a gap of four years, celebrated her birthday with her family in Mumbai. The actress said that she had been busy all these years but her grandpa insisted that she celebrate her birthday this year with the family. Namitha cut a huge cake amidst her family members on May 10th (her birthday) at her family home.
Meanwhile, elaborate arrangements were made by her fans’ association in Tamil Nadu for her birthday. Namitha Fans’ Association president Selvam and PRO John made all the necessary preparations.
In Chennai, sweets and lunch were served to the orphans at the Kakkum Karangal Orphanage in Kodambakkam. InPuducherry seven tuition centers were instituted on behalf of the Namitha fans' association wherein teachers conduct tuition classes for the poor students. In yet another tuition center established in Coimbatore, where 76 students are presently studying, three computers were donated on behalf of the fans’ association.
Namitha thanked all her well wishers and fans for making her birthday celebrations a grand success as well as for their wishes. Behindwoods wishes Namitha a very happy birthday. May her good work continue!
KITES is BIG's tent pole movie at this years festivals
If it's Reliance ADAG, it has to be 'BIG'! Following BIG Pictures' successful launch at the Cannes Film Festival last year, the company is going back to Cannes this year with a wide range of new films. In fact BIG Pictures would be marketing the largest number of new films by an Indian film company, during the festival starting May 13th, 2009.
KITES is BIG Pictures' tent pole international movie at the festival this year. KITES stars Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangna Ranuat, Nick Brown and Kabir Bedi in pivotal roles. The film is produced by Rakesh Roshan's Filmkraft, India's leading production house and directed by Anurag Basu.
BIG Pictures is also marketing various films in world cinema and popular cinema categories, directed by world renowned, international award winning and acclaimed Indian film makers. These include films in various Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada amongst many others, all with universally appealing stories.
BIG Pictures' World Cinema slate
Famous Malayalam director Shaji N. Karun's latest film KUTTY SRANK starring Mammootty, Padmapriya, Kamalini and Meena Kumari. In 1989, Karun's film PIRAVI won awards at Cannes Film Festival and Locarno Film Festival.
Bengali film director Baddhadeb Dasgupta's JANALA starring Tapas Paul, Swastika Mukherjee, Indranil SenGupta. In 2000, Dasgupta's UTTARA won the Best Director award at Venice Film Festival and in 1993 his film CHARACHAR won the Golden Bear award at Berlin Film Festival.
Rituparno Ghosh's two films, ABHOMAAN and SHOB CHARITRAO KALPONIK. ABHOMAAN stars Dipankar De, Mamta Shankar, Jisshu Sengupta. SHOB CHARITRAO KALPONIK stars Bipasha Basu and Prosenjit Chatterjee. In 2000, his BARIWALI won the NETPAC award at Berlin Film Festival.
Kannada Director M S Sathyu's IJJODU starring Meera Jasmine, Anirudh, Srivatsa, Nagkiran and Arundhati Jathakara. Marathi film actor and director Amol Palekar's SAMAANTAR starring Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore.
All of these films are ready and will not only be promoted to international buyers and distributors but also be showcased to various festival directors who are keen on inviting these films for their festivals later this year.
BIG Pictures' Popular Cinema slate
Popular cinema films such as SIKANDAR directed by Piyush Jha, comic capers DO KNOT DISTURB directed by David Dhawan, WELL DONE ABBA directed by Shyam Benegal and CHALOO MOVIE directed by Vinod Pande, Punjabi film CHAK JAWANA directed by Simerjit Singh and MIRCH directed by Vinay Shukla, which are in various stages of production and release will also be promoted at the festival this year.
BIG Pictures' catalogue also includes the biggest blockbuster of Indian cinema GHAJINI, the cult film ROCK ON!, 2009's acclaimed films LUCK BY CHANCE and 13 B and many more films.
Jordan's much-publicized night club pal is 'gay'
If reports are to be believed, Jordan's much-publicized night club pal, thought to be responsible for the wreckage of her marriage to Peter Andre, is gay.
Apparently, it was after Jordan was pictured canoodling with Spencer Wilton, 36, a one-time national dressage champion in a nightclub, that Peter called it quits.
However, Wilton's friend and ex-partner Carl Hester said there was "no chance" that he was having an affair with Jordan because he is gay.
"They are absolutely not having an affair of any sort. It's out of the realms of possibility - Spencer's gay," the Daily Express quoted Carl as saying.
Meanwhile, Jordan and estranged husband Peter, 36, have issued a joint statement confirming their split after almost four years of marriage.
Katie has said that the decision lies entirely with her husband. (ANI)
Megan Fox's language is not as attractive as her
American actress Megan Fox's language is apparently not as pretty as her, for the Transformers star reportedly uttered a series of foul words after she was told that she was too pretty for serious movie roles.
"It p***es me when people f***ing complain that I'm too beautiful to get a part," the Sun quoted the 22-year-old as saying.
"That's bulls***.
"And if I weren't attractive I wouldn't be working at all," she said.
Fox was also asked whether it was worth isolating herself in order to escape the madness of Hollywood.
"Yeah, it's worth it," she said.
"Because if it was - if I wasn't making that decision I wouldn't, I would be f***ing, not literally f***ing away my career, but I'd be s***ting away my career," she added. (ANI)
Megan Fox says she's bisexual and would only sleep with lesbians
Actress Megan Fox has admitted that she is attracted to women as well as men.
The Transformers beauty - who has an on/off relationship with former Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Brian Austin Green - has confessed that she is drawn to sexy women too.
However, she refuses to date another bisexual female because she wouldn't want a male's 'dirty' leftovers.
"I have no question in my mind about being bisexual," Contactmusic quoted her as telling Esquire magazine.
"But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man," she added.
Rachel Weisz 'to play '40s movie icon Hedy Lamarr in biopic'
British actress Rachel Weisz is loosely attached to play Hedy Lamarr, the 1940s screen siren who combined beauty with brains, in Amy Redford's indie tale 'Face Value'.
The biopic centers on Lamarr's eccentric life, particularly her less publicized second career as a scientist.
Discovered by Hollywood boss Louis B Mayer and signed with MGM studios, Lamarr was born in Vienna and began her career in European cinema. Her films include White Cargo, Ziegfeld Girl and her most famous role of all in Cecil B DeMille's Samson and Delilah, reports The Telegraph.
But she was also a typical example of "beauty with brains." The stunner helped to create a method of changing frequencies - known as frequency-hopping -that became a forerunner to modern wireless communications.
Lamarr made her last film in 1957 and died in 2000.
Weisz, 38, is in negotiations for the role in the film directed by Redford, daughter of Robert Redford.
Weisz was recently cast in "The Whistleblower," the story of a Midwestern police officer who travels to post-war Bosnia and exposes atrocities.
