Bollywood Gupshup

Old remains gold – Dharmendra leads TRP race

“India’s Got Talent”, Bollywood veteran Dharmendra’s small screen debut, has garnered maximum television rating points (TRPs), scoring over Hrithik Roshan’s “Just Dance”, Preity Zinta’s “Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega” and even Akshay Kumar’s “Khatron Ke Khiladi 4″.

Dharmendra, 76, is one of the judges on the talent hunt show with actors Kirron Kher and Sonali Bendre. The launch episode of the show, aired on Colors July 29, received a rating of 3.9, according to data by media research agency TAM.

Star Plus’ “Just Dance”, which has Hrithik and choreographers Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant as judges, received an opening rating of 3.7, “Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega”, with Preity as its host, opened with a 3.3 rating, while Akshay’s daredevil show “Khatron Ke Khiladi 4″ got a rating of 3.

Zee TV’s popular singing reality show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs”, which has Alka Yagnik, Adnan Sami, Kailash Kher and Javed Ali as judges, had received an opening rating of 2.7.

It is quite a feat that even after completing 50 years in the film industry, Dharmendra, remembered for his role as Veeru in “Sholay”, still manages to draw in maximum viewers, as opposed to younger actors of tinsel town.

On the big screen, his last appearance was in “Yamla Pagla Deewana” along with his sons Sunny and Bobby.

John Abraham with five beauties in ‘I, Me Aur Main’

Bollywood hunk John Abraham will be seen with five actresses, including Chitrangada Singh and Prachi Desai, in a new movie “I, Me Aur Main”, to be directed by debutant Kapil Sharma, son of noted astronaut Rakesh Sharma.

Presented by Reliance Entertainment, the film is produced by Shrishti Behl Arya and Goldie Behl, the movie is a slice-of-life film about protagonist John and the women in his life.

“We’re happy to announce the title of the film ‘I, Me aur Main’ starring John Abraham directed by a very talented Kapil Sharma and presented by Reliance Entertainment. It’s a feel good film with something for everyone,” Arya said in a press statement.

Apart from Chitrangada and Prachi, actress Zareena Wahab will also be seen in the film, along with two other female leads, details of whom are currently under wraps.

“‘I Me Aur Main’ is an entertaining youthful film with a fresh and light touch. We are very pleased with the way the film is shaping and are confident it will deliver to the company’s vision of producing wholesome entertainers,” said Sanjeev Lamba, CEO of Reliance Entertainment.

The film will release early 2012.

Not Katrina or Karisma, it’s Kareena’s voiceover in ‘Bodyguard’!

Unlike most films where male actors with a baritone lend their voice for some special scenes, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has given the voiceover for a crucial emotional scene in “Bodyguard”. If the grapevine is to be believed, her elder sister Karisma Kapoor and actress Katrina Kaif were also in the running to do the voiceover.

According to a source from the sets, Kareena, the leading lady of the Salman Khan-starrer had suggested that Karisma’s voice should be used for the sequence. Someone else from the production team suggested that Katrina, who has already shot an item number for the film with Salman, should give the voiceover for the scene. However, it was eventually decided that Kareena would do the voiceover herself.

On the other hand, producer Atul Agnihotri says Kareena’s voice was always the first choice for the scene.

“I don’t know from where is the news doing the rounds. Kareena will always be my first choice to lend her voice for this crucial scene. After all ‘Bodyguard’ is her film and she is our leading lady in the movie,” said Agnihotri.

No plans to come back as an actor – Mahima Chaudhary

Actress Mahima Chaudhary, who had pulled out from acting after marriage in 2006, has no plans to make a comeback as an actor. She believes re-emerging of an actress on the silver screen should not be hyped as a comeback.

“No plans to come back. When a director is making a movie after four years, it’s not considered his comeback. It should be same with actors. You do a lot of movies then you let others do it when you go and perform another role in life. When you again return to acting it shouldn’t be taken as their comeback. They were always there,” Mahima told reporters at the ongoing India International Jewellery Week (IIJW).

The actress appeared as a showstopper for designer Anand Shah Wednesday.

Mahima, who had been the showstopper for Sawansukha Jewellers on an earlier day, prefers cashing on her stardom through endorsements and stage shows.

“More than films, endorsements and dance shows and attending functions or appearing in any shows brings more money,” said the 37-year-old model-turned-actrss, who appeared in films like “Om Jai Jagdish”, “Dhadkan” and “Dil Kya Kare”.

Dressed in a pink sari, Mahima exhibited a maze of gold bangles, with designs made of wood and oil paints electroplated on them.

“The beauty is in the crafting of these ornaments. Yesterday it was more of diamonds, here it’s more of crafts,” said Mahima.

Designer Anand Shah said: “It’s basically circles of life. In everyone’s life there is different circles. The connection of these circles is all about life. They are all oil painted 18k gold bangles that rotates in different directions.”

Shah was one among the four designers Adorn – India’s first luxury jewellery magazine – had presented. Designer Pallavi Foley, Ahalya S and Laksh Pahuja were the others.

Actress Perizaad Zorabian exhibited three dimensional ornaments on gold and pearls of designer Pallavi Foley at the same show.