Mumbai, (IANS) Celina Jaitley plays a traditional Tamil housewife in Rohit Shetty’s “Phir Golmaal” - complete with a nine-yard sari, flowers in her hair and “aiyyo appas” to boot.

She seems to have come a long way from her bikini-in-the-water avatar in Feroz Khan’s “Janasheen”.

“I guess that’s true. For a long time, I couldn’t find my bearings in Mumbai.

I was too busy sorting out my life. And the opportunities just slipped past me. I had to take what was coming my way,” Celina Jaitley told IANS.

But seeing Celina draped in a sari requires a lot of imagination.

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Chennai, Former Miss Universe and Bollywood actor Sushmita Sen is the latest star in the crosshairs of culture cops in Tamil Nadu.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has issued a notice to the actor on a petition that termed her comments propagated through newspapers and television “lewd”.

Lawyer Girish Kumar, in his petition, said the Tamil newspapers had quoted the actress in a television interview saying: “No Indian has chastity or virginity any more. Having pre-marital or post-marital affair(s) is nothing wrong in the society nowadays.”

He sought to prosecute the actress under IPC Sections 292, 292B, 293 and 294, (all pertaining to obscenity in print, words and songs), 499 and 500 (which relate to defamation), besides Sections 3, 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act and 2, 3 and 6 of the Young Persons Harmful Publication Act.

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Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy will reportedly play the female lead in director Gautham Menon’s Tamil film ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’.

There has been much shuffling in the cast of Vaaranam Aayiram (means ‘A Thousand Elephants’).

First, Bollywood newcomer Deepika Padukone was considered to play the lead opposite the film’s hero Surya.

After Deepika Padukone, Genelia was finalized for the part, but she too bowed out of the project for reasons better known to herself.

Now, director Gautham Menon is reported to have finalized and signed Sameera Reddy.

source : desibabes

A cultural extravaganza involving Kollywood stars is scheduled to be held in Malaysia and Singapore on the 21st and 23rd of December respectively. Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan will be in it!

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, Marathi: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: [ɛʃvərjɑː rɑːj]) was born on November 1, 1973.

She won the Miss World contest in 1994 and went on to pursue an acting career.

She made her film debut in Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar (1997) and had her first critical and commercial success with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), with whom she repeated this success with Devdas (2002).

Since then, she has acted in nearly forty Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films.

Today, she is considered to be one of the most popular actresses in India and the best-known Indian actress in the world.

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Ashok Amritraj, Chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment and producer of box office smashes such as PREMONITION, DREAMER, SHOPGIRL, BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, RAISING HELEN, and MOONLIGHT MILE, announced the launch of his latest production titled THE OTHER END OF THE LINE.

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Shriya Saran (Tamil: ஷ்ரியா ஸரன்:,Telugu: శ్రియ సరం):(born on September 11, 1982) is an Indian film actress.

She began her career acting in Telugu language films in the Telugu cinema industry, while also attending an acting studio, to follow her dream to act.

After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, Shriya Saran gained Indian cinema’s attention in 2002 by playing the role of Bhanu in Santhosham, her first major hit.

Shriya Saran reached superstardom by enacting the role of Anjali in the Telugu language film, Nuvve Nuvve, her first blockbuster, and since then she has acted in over twenty Indian films.

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Surya’s Vel is shaping up at a jet pace now, however, the going was not as easy as it seems. In a recent interview to a tabloid, director Hari confessed of waiting for Asin’s date and for her Hindi Gajini to be finished.

For Hari has sacrificed Asin’s dates considering Aamir Khan’s insistence that she be starred opposite in the remake as well.

“It is a honor for a South Indian actor” stated Hari for a poser “to be asked by a veteran actor like Aamir Khan to play a role opposite him.

In fact, we got to know that Aamir was firm in his decision that only Asin should be paired with him for the Hindi Gajini.”

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Shreya Reddy, former SS music VJ and actor, is engaged to Vishal’s elder brother and producer G.K. Reddy’s son Vikram Krishna, today in Chennai.

Shreya made her debut in Vishal’s home production Thimiru in a character with negative undertones and won wide critical acclaim for her portrayal of a rustic village girl.

She also acted in an offbeat role in Veyil and is starred in the recent Thangar Pachan venture Pallikoodam.

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namitha” align=”left” />Spell Bound, an organization for dancers; felicitate film personalities every year with awards for various categories.

This year, the prestigious ‘Kanavu Devathai’ award goes to Namitha.

According to the organisers, Namitha has captured the hearts of her fans with her provocative acting skills and hence she deserved the award.

‘Film news’ Anandan, S. N. Lakshmi and ‘Kaaka’ Radhakrishnan will be given a special award for their lifetime achievement in the film industry.

Others who will be honoured at the function to be held on Sunday are:

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