Sunny Leone gets wooed in capital

Looking radiant and ravishing in a red gown, Sunny Leone smiled, laughed and blushed here Thursday afternoon as five men from Delhi's media circle tried their luck in wooing the Indo-Canadian adult film actress who has worked her way to popularity in Bollywood over the past three years.

At the launch press conference of "MTV Splitsvilla Season 7" here, Sunny, who is hosting the reality show with Nikhil Chinapa, had a contest for the media. They had to pen an innovative idea each on a chit, and later on stage, five chits were opened randomly and the persons were called on stage.

A veteran cameraperson from a daily sang a Bengali number to woo the "Ragini MMS 2" heroine, while a young man was creative enough to weave an impromptu poem around the beauty and another one sang the popular Yo Yo Honey Singh's chartbuster "Sunny sunny" and did a spontaneous jig. There were two shy men among the five - one ended up saying that since writing is all that he knows, Sunny should give him her email ID so he could pen something for her and express himself, while one merely said: "Aap bahut khubsoorat hain" (You're very beautiful").

Sunny was flattered, and chose two winners who got a chance to attend a "MTV Splitsvilla" party in conjunction with the launch of two new flavours of Breezer Indimix here Thursday night.

After having started her journey in Mumbai as a participant in reality show "Bigg Boss" in 2011, Sunny is excited to be doing TV again. In between, she featured in "MTV Haunted Weekends", but she says the new show has been a different experience for her and one full of fun.

"We had a whole lot of fun while...the palace where we shot (Samode Palace, Jaipur) is really pretty and I got to learn a lot from Nikhil. It's been an enjoyable experience," Sunny said here.

"MTV Splitsvilla 7", which goes on air June 14, will see 20 girls wooing and vying for the attention of seven male celebrities from the small screen - Ayaz Ahmed, Abhishek Malik, Ashwini Kaul, Mayank Gandhi, Mayank Pawar, Rishabh Sinha and Shravan Reddy. 

Sunny says she has almost lived the journey of the contestants as she could feel the laughter, tears, anger, happiness, sadness and more when they experienced it, and she even had "nightmares" when the contestants fought. But the actress, who believes in true love, says she felt joyous when she saw some "connections" being made. 

"I've had a fairytale love story with my husband, and I feel it's a happy feeling to see one emerging in front of you," she added. 

Sunny married Daniel Weber in 2011.

Shot in the dark: Director takes actress on work cum pleasure trip

This director, who is known to make films on hard-hitting issues, is about to start work on his next project. 

Sonam, Parineeti patch up at KJo`s bash

Parineeti Chopra and Sonam Kapoor may have recently fought a verbal battle on Karan Johar's show, 'Koffee With Karan', but looks like both actresses have decided to move on and leave behind their petty acrimony. 

Armaan and Deeksha kickstarts promotions with a bang!

The cast of the much awaited bollywood movie, 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil' have actively started their promotions in full swing.

Armaan and Deeksha began these promotions by visiting various radio stations in Mumbai like Fever 104 Fm, Oye 104.8 FM, Radio City and others. The enthusiastic actors were seen enjoying themselves thoroughly and had an amazing time promoting their movie. 

Kriti Sanon has a brand appeal

'Heropanti' actress Kriti Sanon has been zeroed in by a cola brand to join the bandwagon of their brand endorsers.

This makes Kriti the newest and the youngest Bollywood star to endorse the brand.

Soha to learn Punjabi

Actress Soha Ali Khan, who is in the Gungrana village in Ludhiana shooting for a film on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, says she's learning Punjabi for her role.

The film, directed by Shivaji Lotan Patil, is a realistic gritty look at a Sikh couple's life and how it was ripped apart by the riots.

Soha has gone all-out to get a grip on the gritty character. She has even learnt Punjabi for her character.

`Yes, I am learning Punjabi for the part, and I've worked on my look. It's a great author-backed role. It is an authentic film, and I look the part," said the actress.

"I like my new look. It's very 1984. Vir Das plays my husband. He is an affable sardar. Then things turns intense. It's actually a thriller, my favourite genre,` she added.

On May 16, Soha's shooting at Gungrana was halted voluntarily.

Talking about the situation, she said: `We were all set to shoot. But the production team advised us it may not be safe considering the election results were coming in. And there was almost no security on location. So we decided not to shoot on that day. Otherwise the shooting is moving most smoothly.`

Ram, Saif and Riteish, who`s the scariest of them all?

Over the years, several films have captured some hot women emerging from the water in bikinis flaunting their curves, but in the upcoming film Humshakals, director Sajid Khan has made his male cast do it.

The film's actors Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor appear in drag to scare the living daylights out of us. Has Riteish yet again borrowed wife Genelia's clothes? And how did Ram Kapoor manage to get that in his size? Questions. questions.

Sunny ready for comparisons with Sherlyn

Indo-Canadian adult film actress Sunny Leone, who is set to host the seventh season of "MTV Splitsvilla", is ready for comparisons with last year's host Sherlyn Chopra.

However, the "Ragini MMS 2" actress says that comparisons don't worry her.

"The comparison is a natural thing, those who saw season 6 and will now watch season seven will obviously compare us. But Sherlyn and my personalities are very different," the 33-year-old said here Wednesday at the launch of the new season.

Sunny will be co-hosting it alongwith Nikhil Chinappa, who has been a regular on the show since season 2.

"Last season they got to know her (Sherlyn) and now my fans will get to know me a little better. I speak Hindi everyday, which is very tough," she added. 

FIFA World Cup: John to share stage with Peter Crouch, Robbie Fowler

Get ready to live the magic of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Bollywood actor-producer and sports enthusiast John Abraham who will join a stellar line up of football icons - Peter Crouch, Robbie Fowler, Peter Shilton, Mikael Silvestre, Ellyse Perry and Sunil Chhetri - to reinvent primetime football viewing in India. 

Aackruti Nagpal, the destiny`s child in `Holiday`

Despite turning down plum roles in the past, Aackruti Nagpal has been fortunate enough to bag a good role in the film, 'Holiday'

Not many people get a chance to prove themselves in Bollywood; even fewer get asecond chance. But Aackruti Nagpal is among the lucky few who belong to the latter category.

Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra fall out?

This might as well be a scene straight out of Karan Johar's film, 'Student of the Year'. At the filmmaker's party, his star students Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra apparently had a falling out. Says a source, `Varun and Siddharth were present at Karan Johar's birthday bash and there was a heated debate between the two of them.` 

Big B to sing for `Shamitabh`

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to lend his voice again for R Balki's upcoming venture 'Shamitabh' after 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Paa'. 

Watch It: Exclusive track `Tu shining` from `Lekar Hum Deewana Dil`

Tu Shining, a new song track from the upcoming movie 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil' has been released. This lively college band song video stars debutants Armaan and Deeksha.
Through this rhythmic song Dino aka Armaan is trying to make Karishma aka Deeksha feel special. This vibrant song video showcases the camaraderie between the protagonists who are seen surrounded with fun and frolic all over. Audiences can also catch a glimpse of a few scenes from the movie and the actively enthusiastic life of youngsters in college through this song video.
Tu Shining is beautifully sung by Hriday Gattani. Music for the song is composed by one of the greatest musician in the world of music A.R. Rahman and the lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

 

'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil' is a love story presented by Illuminati Films and Eros International. The film is written and directed by Arif Ali, who is renowned film maker Imtiaz Ali's brother.

From the same banner that's known for its contemporary love stories like Cocktail & Love Aaj Kal, LHDD is a new age love story about today's couple. The movie is set to release on 4th July 2014.

Madhavan loses 15 kg for boxer`s role

Actor R. Madhavan, who turned 44 recently, is stationed in Los Angeles for the last six months preparing for a new film "Laal" in which he'll be seen as a boxer. He has lost 15 kg to look like a boxer.

`It's been a time of a complete physical revamp for me. I've been in LA training and preparing for my part. My entire body structure and body language has changed. I now walk and think like a boxer," Madhavan said during a phone call from Los Angeles.

Abhay Deol building eco-friendly house in Goa

Actor Abhay Deol has turned energy crusader and is building an eco-friendly home in Goa that will have solar panels and rainwater harvesting set-up.

The 38-year-old 'Dev D' star, who bought one acre land in North Goa three years back to build an environment-friendly house, feels such a home will empower him. "I wanted to reduce carbon footprints and also be empowered and independent.

`Humshakals` jukebox out now!

The makers of the upcoming comedy caper - Humshakals have released a Jukebox of their much loved and anticipated songs for fans to enjoy on YouTube. The response received for the launched songs has been very positive, rising every day on the popularity charts. The tracks with their unique lyrics are getting the music lovers grooving to their tunes.

`Kochadaiiyaan` sequel in the offing

Murali Manohar, the co-producer of the latest Rajinikanth- starrer "Kochadaiiyaan", which opened to mixed reports, admits the film has not done as well as expected in the north Indian belt. Nonetheless, he is confident that the team will work harder on its sequel.

"We did what we could, given restrictions of time and budget. I agree we could've done a lot better. We will work much harder on the sequel to 'Kochadaiiyaan'," Manohar said.

"The 3D motion-capture technique was new to the audience in India. While Tamil and Telugu audiences took to the new format of storytelling wholeheartedly, audiences in the Hindi belt neither understood nor did they want to go with the technique. So yes, the response in the north has been disappointing," he added.

Yet, Manohar is confident of recovering costs.

"We are already a big success in Tamil and Telugu. Recovery of investment in Hindi would take longer than we expected. But we're confident of getting back our investments," he said.