Actresses consumed by their internal politics make it very difficult for a director to feature more than one, says director Zoya Akhtar, but she is happy to have Kalki Koechlin with Katrina Kaif in her forthcoming film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which releases in the UAE on Thursday.


Akhtar said that You have to understand that in the Hindi film industry it's very difficult to star two actresses in a particular film. Like Katrina is in the movie and she is a superstar, then a lot of superstars you want to approach won't agree to do the kind of role Kalki did in the film. There is too much politics

However, she has high regard for Koechlin's acting capabilities and feels the Indian actress of French descent fitted the bill for the character she conceived.


Kalki is a very interesting actress. She is very edgy. Kalki had no such notion. She doesn't come from that school. She's a wonderful actress. I met her through Anurag. I saw her in Dev D and also the yet unreleased The Girl in Yellow Boots and she is superb in it.


Koechlin is married to Kashyap. She has got a very different role. She is not the heroine of the film. She has that sense of comedy and not over the top. I needed that balance in an actress who could pull that off. I needed someone with that sensibility and Kalki was perfect.

Bollywood Actress Superstar Bipasha Basu break up with her boyfriend of nine years, John Abraham, and her rumoured short  affair with Hollywood actor and her Singularity co-star Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu is all set to romance actor R Madhavan in director Ashiwni Chaudhary’s yet-to-be titled romcom. “Though they’ve known each other for years, although they’ve never worked together,” spilled our source, adding that the film is slated to begin filming in July. “Ashwini will finish the shoot of this film before he directs Ghayal Returns. And if things go as planned, it will release early next year." Considering Bipashas’ has a history of ‘linking up’ with her co-stars, with numerous reports of her flirting with Saif Ali Khan on the Raaz set, and her Bachna Ae Haseeno co-star, Ranbir Kapoor, even while she was romancing John, we wonder whether she’ll develop a similar soft-spot for the married actor Maddy now that she’s “Single and ready to mingle”. While Bipasha's earlier Bollywood romcoms, a bit role in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and second-lead in Bachna Ae Haseeno, were box-office disasters, Maddy has recently enjoyed success in his solo romcom flick Tanu Weds Manu.Industry insiders, however, claim there’s another bizarre love match brewing on the back-burner, with Bipasha spending an awful lot of time with playboy Ranbir, while her ex John bonds with Ranbir’s ex Deepika Padukone on the set of Desi Boyz. Weird, this thing called love!......

Bollywood Super Star Salman's Action Movie Dabangg was broke the dry spell at the box office by earning 480 million Rupees in the opening weekend,This year Salman khan's Comedy Film Ready has brouhgt much needed respite by grossing 400 million rupees in realease of it's first week.The Corporate head of india's weve Cinema Yogesh Raizada Said,"Ready has had a good opening. The occupancy has been 90-95 per cent. It is more of a family entertainer. One would not see the kind of action that was in Dabangg and Wanted,"He also added "Salman is perfect in the film, he has done full justice to his character. Asin is also good in the film,"

In contrast to the Rs180 million Dabangg, a small-town cop drama shot in Wai in Maharashtra and partly in the UAE, Ready, shot entirely in Thailand, is expensive and is said to have cost Rs500 million."People are enjoying the film a lot, specially Salman Khan, although the shows have not been back-to-back houseful like Dabangg and Wanted,"

Just like Khan's 2008 hit Wanted, his Ready is performing much better in single screen theatres,their shows are going houseful. "The response to Ready is terrific. Till now, shows are going houseful. Everyone is appreciating Salman's acting. It is too early to say whether the film will be as big as Dabangg because today, every day counts because of the number of shows being played today,Trade experts, however, admitted that Ready will not enjoy a long stay at the box office like Dabangg.

English actress & model and The "Harry Potter" superstar Emma Watson opened up about her decision to leave Brown University and her coming to terms with fame.After abruptly dropping out of the Ivy League university, rumors began to circulate that the "Harry Potter" star had fallen victim to bullying by fellow classmates. Reportedly, she couldn't handle the various Hermione Granger jokes hurled at her by other students."It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied," she said. "It made no sense at all. Brown has been the opposite.

"I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook," she says. "Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor.' I've been dealing with the media sine I was nine. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse."If she could take any cue from her on-screen character, we're glad the girl got thick skin. She's achieved more success and made more money in the past 10 years than many of those kids would in their lifetime, anyway.

"I was in denial," she explains. "I wanted to pretend I wasn't as famous as I was. I was trying to seek out normality, but I kind of have to accept who I am, the position I'm in and what happened."Emma Saying , "I'd say to my friends, 'Why hasn't X called me? Why doesn't anyone ever pursue me?' They're like, 'Probably because they're intimidated.' It must be the fame wall. It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating."Watson appeared at the MTV Movie Awards over the weekend, where she cheered on co-star Tom Felton as he accepted the award for "Best Villain" She also debuted a sneak peek at the upcoming (and final... sad!) installment of the "Harry Potter" franchise, due out mid July.....

Gigi Goyette sets the record straight with Extra's Jerry Penacoli about her alleged secret love affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stories and rumors have been swirling for years about Arnold's philandering ways and his affairs with many women, including Gigi. Jerry Penacoli about her alleged secret love affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stories and rumors have been swirling for years about Arnold's philandering ways and his affairs with many women, including Gigi.The pair first met on a Malibu beach in the late '70s before his marriage to Maria. Gigi was only 16 years old and an aspiring actress, while Arnold, at 27, was a bodybuilding legend on his way to being a box office superstar. Goyette recounts her time with Arnold, that he was very charming and had a special way with women.He has this overpowering way with women that you get weak.Gigi also reveals that because of his smooth ways she felt comfortable with him, revealing, It's pretty much the first time I had sex with anybody in my life."The pair parted ways, but reconnected nearly 10 years later, after his marriage to Maria, and as Gigi began working at his Annual Fitness Convention in Ohio. Gigi tells Extra they rekindled their secret relationship and experienced many intimate encounters. Gigi says they would meet for secret romps and there were times that Maria and his children would be staying at the same hotel.Gigi suspects there may have been other women at the time of their relationship. "Arnold is a very physical and sexual man, with a voracious appetite that likes a lot of physical attention. Gigi does have regrets... and has this apology for Maria: "I am very sorry for the mistakes I made in the past and for being intimate with your husband, and I would hope that you would forgive me for that."According to the former child star, the pair met on a Malibu beach in the late 1970s, when Arnold was best known as an oiled-up muscleman in a thong. He was 27 at the time, and Gigi was 16 and an aspiring actress. "He has this overpowering way with women that you get weak," said Gigi, making Arnold sound like a roofie. But Arnold wasn't just overpowering, he had a sensitive side and made Gigi feel comfortable.It's pretty much the first time I had sex with anybody in my life, she said, although Tattle remains unsure how one could be pretty much a virgin. Like most beach flings, it didn't last, but the pair began seeing each other again nearly 10 years later, when Gigi began working at now-married Arnold's Annual Fitness Convention, in Ohio, and once again flexed his muscle.Arnold is a very physical and sexual man," she said, "with a voracious appetite that likes a lot of physical attention.Seeking forgiveness on "Extra," Gigi said to Maria and the world: "I am very sorry for the mistakes I made in the past and for being intimate with your husband, and I would hope that you would forgive me for that.Gigi landed in the hospital because Arnold liked his romps rough. A  source said after one "Raw Deal," Gigi said she was left "hurt and embarrassed.