Yami Gautam's 'very special appearance' with Varun Dhawan in Badlapur

She was kicked, punched, beaten up, knifed, and then the cycle repeated itself twice over in Action Jackson. Still, she survived, and how. Now in her next release Badlapur, she is finding herself amidst quite a few ugly encounters. While in the Ajay Devgn starrer she was presented as one of the three leading ladies opposite Ajay Devgn, when it comes to the Varun Dhawan flick she doesn't mind her presence to be seen as a special appearance.

"There are number of female protagonists in the film, like Huma Qureshi, Divya Dutta and Radhika Apte (Shor In The City, I Am). It is more like an ensemble affair, though Yami Gautam has a very important part to play. Still, it isn't a quintessential heroine role per se," informs our source. 

In fact, the promo of the film has highlighted the tussle between Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, though the lip-lock between Varun and Divya Dutta has been widely publicized as well. As for Yami, her presence has been kept as a secret in the film. 

"Yami is playing a vital character in the film and she is fabulous in the film," says director Sriram Raghavan, who started his career with a women-centric Ek Haseena Thi with Urmila Matondkar in lead, "Having said that, it is not a conventional heroine role per se." 

While that does give a little hint around Yami's presence in the film, Sriram just chuckles when asked whether the Vicky Donor girl would be billed as a special appearance. 

On the other hand, Yami is a lot more forthcoming about her part in this production of Dinesh Vijan and Sunil Lulla, "Though I can't say much about this, I have more like a special appearance inBadlapur. Still, I would rather like to have audience feel and understand why I took that role. It was a superb experience working with Sriram. I wanted to work with certain directors and he is one of them. As for the role then well, there are certain parts that are beyond length." 

The director has made sure too that Yami gets her worth in the limited screen time she enjoys inBadlapur. 

"She has only half a dozen scenes but her presence is felt right through the film," says Sriram. 

Special appearance or not? Well, now that could be anybody's guess!

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'Best Actor & Actress' to boycott all awards

The popular awards functions this year seem to be in a fix. Aamir Khan whom they all want to honour for PK never attends awards functions. And he isn't willing to make an exception though the owner of one influential publishing house has personally asked him.

Compounding the woes of the wow kingdom (a.k.a awards functions) is this year's top contender for best actress Kangna Ranaut. She too has decided to boycott all awards. 

This leaves the awards functions in a queer quandary. 

As one filmmaker puts it, "It's like a wedding without the dulha and dulhan." 

Says a jury member of a forthcoming awards event, "We think Aamir Khan for PK and Kangna Ranaut for Queen are the unanimous choices for best actor and best actress. But we're told those two won't attend. Since the awards are a visual vehicle these days with multi- crores sanctioned by television channels to capture the event, to not have both the best actress and actor around to receive their trophies is problematic." 

Sources say some awards organizers this year have decided to give the awards for best actor and actress to another Khan and his co-star who are award-friendly. 

According to sources, "When this Khan was invited to come for the function and collect the best actor award he laid down the condition that he would only do so provided his co-star gets the best-actress award. We all know neither deserves an award. But we have no choice." 

Surely Aamir Khan and Kangna Ranaut who maintain that awards have lost all sanctity, must be having the last laugh. 

Says a source close to Kangna, "She doesn't need awards to celebrate a happy new year."

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No Salman, no partying for Sanjay Dutt

The uproar over Sanjay Dutt's fecund fits of furlough has apparently scared the incarcerated actor into a state of subdued surrender to domesticity.

News reports that Maharashtra government is looking into the repeated reprieve being given to Dutt from his jail sentence, has shaken the actor and he fears for his temporary freedom. 

A close friend of the jailed actor says, "The reports stating the Maharashtra government is looking into his repeated furlough, completely freaked out Sanjat Dutt. Sanju and his family feel his furlough may be cancelled. He has therefore decided to keep a completely low profile for the two weeks that he is out. Salman Khan was very keen to invite Sanjat Dutt to his week-long birthday bash in Panvel. But considering the suspicion with which Sanju's furlough is being viewed, the Dutt family has decided that Sanju will stay home. Only selected friends would be allowed to visit." 

Apparently, the focus of the furlough's fun aspect surfaced when Dutt was seen this week at a special screening of Raj Kumar Hirani's PK. 

Says a source, "Cynics are wondering if Dutt has been given a New Year vacation from his jail sentence." 

During his last parole in May 2014, granted on the grounds of his wife's illness, Sanjay Dutt and his family were subjected to much embarrassment by a lengthy MMS clip that showed Sanjay Dutt sozzled to the gills, fooling around at his home and talking unabashedly about certain people in the film industry. 

Says Dutt's friend, "The family doesn't want Sanju to do anything that would compromise his time outside prison. He just wants to be with his wife, children sisters and brothers-in-law for a fortnight and then quietly return to jail."

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6 biggest controversies of Shruti Haasan!

We bring you the sizzling hottie Shruti Haasan’s most famous or should we say infamous controversies, affairs and link ups

Shruti Haasan is the daughter of veteran actor Kamal Haasan. But did you that Shruti Haasan is also controversy’s favourite child? Off late the 7am Arivu diva has been buzzing in the news thanks to her leaked raunchy pictures from Yevadu’s song Dimple pimple. The svelte beauty’s titillating pictures went viral and  the latest we heard that Shruti Haasan has filed a complaint against these defamatory images.

Every heroine has her fair share of link ups and controversies, but Shruti Haasan has had so many of them in a short span of her career that one wonders if she is a magnet to attract trouble. Fasten your seat belts for an exciting ride as  Bollywoodlife brings you six of Shruti Haasan’s biggest controversies, affairs and linkups.

Shruti Haasan’s infamous nose job

Sexy Shruti made her debut in Bollywood against Imran Khan in Luck. About a year later the hottie apparently went under the knife to fix her nose to suit her angelic face. When the diva appeared again in front of media after the surgery, her nose job became quite a sensation amongst the gossip mongers. Many female actors undergo plastic surgery but none of them are honest enough to admit the obvious truth. But when this bold babe admitted to have undergone a nose job, the media again went berserk with pretty lass’s admission. Many might debate if plastic surgery was the correct thing to do for Shruti.  Right or wrong the sizzling wonder was making headlines with her infamous nose job.

Shruti Haasan-Siddharth live-in relationship

Back in 2011, when the  Siddharth-Shruti Haasan- Hansika starrer Oh My Friend released, something was brewing between Siddharth and Shruti. Apparently the tow were quite an item and were considered to be dating each other. Grapevine has it that Siddharth and Shruti Haasan had moved in together and were rumoured to be in a live-in-relationship. During those days and even now, live-in relationships are frowned upon. When the news of two stars getting comfy in a condo surfaced, the fans were hooked to this  spicy development in the couple’s life. Though the Rang De Basanti actor and Shruti broke up, but their live-in is still a hot discussion in the gossip mills.

Shruti Haasan-Dhanush affair

When the Kolaveri Di number had  gripped the nation, when the Dhanush-Shruti Haasan movie 3received an overwhelming response, everything was not hunky dory at the superstar Rajinikanth’s family. Kolaveri singer-actor Dhanush, who is the son-in-law of the Thalaiva, was said to be having an affair with his 3 co-star Shruti Haasan. The rumours flew thick and fast that Shruti and Dhanush were secretly seeing each other much to the dislike of Dhanush’s wife  Aishwarya Dhanush. It’s amusing to know it was Aishwarya who brought the hot couple together for the movie 3. It caused some unrest in Rajini Sir’s family and Shruti was believed to be the reason behind it. Later, Aishwarya Dhanush made a public statement that  the rumours of her husband’s affair with Shruti were not true.

Shruti Haasan’s pornographic  D-Day posters

After shocking the world with her bold Maxim photoshoot, the pretty lass gave another shocker when she announced she was playing a Pakistani hooker in her next Hindi film D-Day. But the thing which irked Shruti and D-Day director Nikhil Advani was revealing pictures of Shruti sharing an intimate moment with Arjun Rampal in the film, being used as D-Day‘s poster for its Tamil version. The posters showed Shruti in poor light and the actor was understandably miffed by it. “I am not associated with the Tamil version of D Day — this matter is under legal consideration at the moment.’’ tweeted the young starlet. Nikhil Advani stated “One needs to maintain the sanctity of a film and ensure that it is marketed in a certain manner. The distributors of the Tamil version have promoted it as a pornographic film by using only Shruti Haasan’s photo in the film’s poster.”

Shruti Haasan’s scandalous leaked pictures from Yevadu

The biggest controversy of them all is her recently leaked revealing pictures from her Telugu flickYevadu, which are still trending in several social networking sites. The titillating pictures, which were secretly taken while filming a song , show the sexy kitten in her most glamourous avatar. These pictures have become the talk of the town and Shruti Haasan has become the most searched  Tollywood hottie over the internet. The Yevadu diva who has been fuming with rage over these pictures has filed a police complaint against the producers. The police is investigating the matter as to who is responsible for these unflattering images of Shruti Haasan.

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Box office report: Will PK cross the 300 crore mark?

After enjoying a fantastic opening day, PK continued it’s glorious run over the week as well. Read on...

After enjoying a fantastic opening day collection of Rs. 26.63 crore PK continued it’s glorious run over the week as well.

A strong flow of positive reviews and good word of mouth worked wonders for the film. In fact, it banked more money on Thursday (Rs. 28.15 crore), which was a holiday, than its opening day. Minting a sum of Rs. 183.31 crore in a week from its release, PK has become the 2nd highest week one of all time, the first being Dhoom 3.

The film is expected to continue its magic on the ticket window over the coming weekend as there is no big release to hinder its pace. Trade pundits have predicted that it’ll cross the mark of Rs. 250 crores next week and a lifetime collection of the magnificent Rs. 300 crores looks feasible at the moment. 


Following are the collections of PK so far…

Friday - 26.63 crore approximately

Saturday - 30.34 crore approximately

Sunday - 38.44 crore approximately

Monday - 21.29 crore approximately

Tuesday -18.91 crore approximately

Wednesday -19.55 crore approximately

Thursday - 28.15 crore approximately

Total Domestic Collection - 183.31 crore approximately


Meanwhile, Anurag Kashyap’s gritty thriller, Ugly has released today amidst all the PK uproar. The film may not be of any competition to the Aamir Khan starrer given its genre and target audience, but its receiving rave reviews and is sure to attract its niche audience.

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Film review: Main Aur Mr Right

All kinds of wrong

MTV's Most Wanted seems like decades ago, but that bubbly VJ who stole hearts with her perpetual happy-land grin and girl-next-door drawl has somehow acquired a movie role where she still behaves like she is reading out sweet song requests from teenagers. 

Ironically, Shenaz Treasurywala plays Aliya, a casting director - one of many departments left vacant during the production of this hideous romcom. 

Aliya spends approximately 98.7 per cent of her life and this film's screen-time brunching at upscale Mumbai restaurants with an equally jobless group of prancing couples: Workaholic husband and trophy wife who yearns for attention, quiet looker with snooty girlfriend who dresses like a Barbie doll on a pink cake, rich daddy's artist boy with fiance who reveals her pregnancy while downing tequila shots. They interact in screechy voices, to a background score that sounds suspiciously like chamber tunes wafting through elevators and hotel lobbies. 

When the filmmaker runs out of restaurants to showcase, he slips in goofy random auditions tapes as fillers, you know, lest we forget Aliya's actual profession. Because apart from a tripod, there is no sign-least of all in the superficial production design-that she has any inclination towards films. Naturally, she decides to show her witless pals a picture of struggling actor Sukhi (Sobti), an unmarked portfolio photo she apparently carries in her purse, and passes him off as her new squeeze. He is a crude Bhai fan, who she must polish and 'improve'. As an added incentive, she offers him the lead in a big movie. Such a thorough professional, this Aliya is. Sukhi becomes the change this gang needs; in installments over a swanky pool party, swanky vineyard picnic, 100 swanky buffet spreads and a swanky baby shower. 

I've watched many poor movies this year, but none as consistently cringe-worthy as this delusional fashion parade. Who are these people, and how/where/why do they exist? When incompetent acting marries awful writing ("Go back to being my wife tomorrow morning!"), it makes for a critic's worst nightmare. Only a critic, because frankly, no sane viewer would dare to tolerate 130 minutes of swanky unintentional .

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Amitabh and Ranbir in Ayan’s next?

Ayan Mukerji is keen on casting Big B for a crucial role in his film

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After casting Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt for his next film, director Ayan Mukerji is planning another casting coup. It seems Ayan is rather keen on casting Amitabh Bachchan for a crucial role in his film. It he does manage to pull it off, it will be the first time Ranbir will be seen on the screen with the Big B. Doesn’t get bigger!

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