Spicy Gallery | Priyanka aka Nisha Kothari

Priyanka Kothari aka Nisha Kothari, who sort of vanished from Bollywood front after she was last seen in duds like RGV KI AAG & GO, is back with a vengeance. And all excited about her forthcoming release AGYAAT, once again with Bollywood's maverick filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma.

Sagittarian Kothari was born in Kolkata, on November 30, 1983 and grew up speaking English,Gujarati, Bengali, and Hindi. She moved to New Delhi while in 10th standard and got her degree in Chemistry at Delhi University at Dayal Singh College. Her father is a chemical businessman, her mother a home-maker, and she has a married elder sister.

After College, Kothari became a model and appeared in a few adverts. She moved into films with Jay Jay, a Tamil movie, as Amoha. She got her break through actor Madhavan, who recommended her for an audition after viewing her photographs. She made her Bollywood debut in the films James and Sarkar (which came out first), both by Ram Gopal Varma. She then went on to do The Killer with Emraan Hashmi and the Bhatts. She has gone on to do some insignificant films and roles; the movie audience is yet to see her in something that could be deemed career defining. Kothari is known mainly for her daring costumes and sexy item songs that have been popular to an extent.

Movie Review: Love Aaj Kal (2009)

Love Aaj Kal: Definitely not to be missed

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, debutantes Giselle Monteiro and Florence Brudenell Bruce, Rishi Kapoor and Rahul Khanna (Sp.App)

Director: Imtiaz Ali

Studying in London, Jai (Saif) and Meera (Deepika) are in a relationship for two years but when career beckons, they mutually break off their relationship. Meera prepares to go to India to pursue her career in old historical places restorations whereas Jai waits in London with a hope of getting his dream job in San Fransico’s Golden Gate Co. The couple though broken off decides to keep in touch via net and phone calls and continue to remain friends. Restaurant owner Veer Singh (Rishi Kapoor) is a silent observer to their break up process since it happens in his restaurant. Unable to bear the far too casual approach related to affairs of heart of the couple, he tries to convince a reluctant Jai that he is making a mistake. Sensing that Jai is not taking him seriously, Veer then starts narrating him his own love story with Harleen Kaur (Giselle Monteiro) which took place far back in 1965 in Delhi. From then on begins the unfolding of these two love stories running parallel together which incidentally end up with a similar culmination after many twists and turns which also are similar despite the different period zones.

After making the much loved Jab We Met, Imtiaz Ali succeeds in giving us an extremely different love story that we have never witnessed before on Indian screen. He scores high on his writing and his treatment of the film. In the initial 10 minutes he successfully establishes Saif and Deepika’s relationship and their character quirks. He surprises you then by putting a melancholic song (Ye Dooriyan) as opening credits role showing montages of various important twists of the plot that lie ahead. In fact his screenplay is indeed full of surprises ahead, especially in the second half. As you begin to anticipate a particular thing happening ahead in the plot, almost 9 times out of 10 he proves you wrong. Making the film extremely relatable to everyone who has ever been in love and broken off with his/her partner, Imtiaz takes it notches higher by his dialogues that sound simple but convey a lot. Plenty of scenes stay with you as you come out. Imtiaz has repeated his technical team trio of JWM – Aarti Bajaj (Editing), Teddy Maurya (Art Direction) and Cinematographer (N. Nataraj Subramaniam) and each of them have excelled in their respective departments. Music of the film by Pritam is already ruling the charts and thankfully none of the songs act as speed breakers. The picturisation of Main Kya Hoon in San Francisco showing various changes in Saif is simply fantastic.

Without any doubt, these are career best performances of both Saif and Deepika and it should not be a surprise if they both end up winning most of awards for this year. Saif has always been at ease playing the cool no strings attached dude but in here he also succeeds in playing the brooding romantic Sardar Veer Singh very well and is extremely impressive in the post interval emotional sequences. Deepika wins hearts not just by looking extremely attractive throughout but also with the effortless ease she portrays her complex character. Rishi Kapoor is extremely loveable as the mature Veer Singh and lends tremendous dignity to his character. Debutante Giselle Monteiro manages to speak volumes just through her expressions. Rahul Khanna in a special appearance is good and suits the character perfectly well. Raj Zutshi playing Harleen’s father reminds of Pawan Malhotra’s character of Kareena’s uncle in Jab We Met. Florence Brudenell Bruce playing Saif’s Swiss girlfriend doesn’t have much to do but manages to do a good job.

Love Aaj Kal is a film definitely not to be missed. It offers us something fresh and and is a unique experiment in story telling and direction that works big time. It is one film that Saif, Deepika and Imtiaz shall always be proud of whenever they look back at their career.

Amrita Rao’s hot look in Short Kut

Amrita Rao has shed her girl-next-door image and slipped into a sexy two-piece for a song called Pal Pal in her latest film, Short Kut: The Con Is On. The actress is obviously hoping to cash in on the latest bikini trend in Bollywood.

Amrita had the regular college girl look in her debut film, Ishq Vishk as well as her big hit, Main Hoon Na. But the young actress seems to want to move beyond the simple look to a bolder one.

The Short Kut song, with Arshad Warsi, looks like the transition has been successful.

This is not the first time Amrita has tried her hand at being sexy. Her earlier film, My Name is Anthony Gonsalves, saw the actress in skimpy outfits as well. But it bombed at the box office.
Soon after, she switched over to a traditional look in Vivaah and Welcome To Sajjanpur.

Short Kut promises to give Amrita's career a new lease of life.

Deepika Padukone - Blender Magazine (July 2009)

Deepika Padukone - Blender Magazine (July 2009). Deepika Padukone is the cover girl of India’s Biggest Music and Entertainment Magazine Blender Magazine for the month of July 2009. In this issue of Blender, Deepika Padukone has shared her expercience in bollywood till time. Apart from Deepika Padukone , Blender has also make a list of 50 most sexiest dances of bollywood till time. check Deepika Padukone on Blender.

Bipasha Basu to get real with prostitute!

After portraying an unconventional character in Pankh, the actress is yet another working with director Sudipto Chattopadhyaya. This time Bips would be playing a prostitute living in Kolkata’s largest red light area called Sonagachi.

In the movie, Bipasha nurses a child, who is a victim of pedophilia. Sudipto is leaving no stones unturned to make his movie as realistic as possible. The grapevine suggests that the filmmaker has roped in some real-life prostitutes who will play themselves in the movie.

Pankh narrates a story about a little boy in the film industry who masquerades as a girl to become a child star but later faces an identity crisis and eventually turns into a drug abuser.

Deepika Padukone on Vogue Magazine - June 2009

Minissha lamba’s Hot looks on ‘The Man’

Priyamani has found her sweetheart

Priyamani who has made her mark in Malayalam is now one of the most sought after heroines in the South, especially Tamil and Telugu. She has proved her critics wrong by essaying with ease both serious as well as glamorous roles. The actress has definitely become the talk of the town.

Buzz up!The latest news making the rounds on our tea tables is her growing proximity with the Telugu actor Tarun and her plans to enter marital bless. News is floating high that actor's parents have also approved of their son's choice and have given their consent. As per sources the actress has been seen in the company of Tarun at many public functions and occasions. It is also rumoured that the actor gifted his lover with a brand new car.

Film stars are known for keeping their secrets in public. Nevertheless, both Priyamani and Tarun have denied their love relationship and have taken safe abode in the customary answer, "We are just good friends."

Kareena embarrassed over lip lock with Akshay

We have heard stories of Kareena Kapoor's bathing costume scene from the movie Kambakkht Ishq that the actress has prevented from being used in the promos. Now it seems there is another lip lock scene of her with Akshay Kumar that is embarrassing her. The kissing scene hasn't been made a part of the promo and may be edited before the movie hits the theatres.


Buzz up!Kareena Kapoor was reluctant to do a lip lock with Akshay in the Sabbir Khan directed movie. Sources close to Bebo say that it is because of Akshay's age and the fact that he had been a co-star of her elder sister Karisma Kapoor. It is obviously difficult for Kareena to lock her lips with Akshay whom she had first met as a 12 year old teenager on the sets of Deedar.


Kareena had done her first lip lock with fardeen khan in in Govind Nihalani's Dev. She had then had a intimate kissing scene with Shahid Kapoor in the movie Jab We Met when both of them were still going around. There is buzz that Kareena will be seen in a sizzling kissing scene with beau Saif Ali Khan in Rensil D'Silva upcoming movie Qurbaan.

Shahrukh Khan on the cover of Blender

The 'King Khan' of Bollywood never fails to make heads swivel, be it when he sets the screens ablaze with his performances or off screen with his charisma and quick wit. This month's issue of the music and entertainment magazine 'Blender' features the 'Baadshah of Bollywood' Sharukh Khan on the cover.

The May issue of 'Blender' gives The Reader a glimpse into the life of the ever busy and bubbling SRK, and even talks about his well known skill of multi-tasking. Throwing other facts like SRK being the star with the maximum number of endorsements under his belt, the issue evidently becomes a must buy. Also, in this exclusive interview, SRK talks about his IPL experience which has now become a hot favourite topic of discussion.

Adding to this already heady concoction of gyaan from the Bollywood sovereign Khan, are some of rock world's best kept secrets and behind the scenes with rock's greatest groupies. With all this rolled into one, the May issue of 'Blender' is simply intoxicating!

Neetu chandra’s bare act gets her in trouble

If you dare to bare, you are inviting trouble. Bold actress Neetu Chandra recently received flaks from self-styled moral police for her saucy girl-on-girl photo shoot for The Man's June 2009 issue.

Buzz up!It happened when Neetu Chandra was shooting a sizzling photo shoot with model Krishikha Gupta for the magazine The Man outside a three-star hotel. A group of men, who claimed to have connections with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) started protesting the photo shoot, terming it as 'promotion of lesbianism'.

Besides raising objections and shouting communal slogans, they began aggressive with the shooting crew. The photo shoot had to be called off after the guys tried to attack the crew members and turn it into a political controversy.

The incident has left Neetu angry. She said that the concept of two girls getting very intimate was outrageous but done very aesthetically. She added that the guys saw only nudity out of the photo shoot.

Going deeper into the incident, Neetu said that the guys at first tried to attract her attention with smiles but later started creating a big scene once the shooting started, as they felt ignored. She added that the shooting had to be stopped, as they tried to politicise the issue and shout communal slogans.

In spite of the controversy, the magazine The Man has decided to go ahead with publishing the controversial girl-on-girl photos in its June issue. .

Shilpa, Katrina to crown Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa

Johannesburg, Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Katrina Kaif will help decide which of 16 South African hopefuls follow in their footsteps when the Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa is crowned at the prestigious Montecasino entertainment complex here Saturday evening.

Shilpa and Katrina will join former Miss Universe Michelle McLean and former Miss South Africa Joanne Strauss, now a TV presenter, as the finalists vie for a prize package that could also feature an audition for a Bollywood role.

Providing a gender balance to the panel of celebrity judges will be Fashion TV owner Michele Adam and Francois Pienaar, who led the South African side to victory in the Rugby World Cup some years ago. Pienaar has also played an instrumental role in the marketing campaign that made the Indian Premier League (IPL) so popular in South Africa for the past five weeks.

The 16 finalists were chosen by Internet votes and include models, actresses, professionals and students. They were chosen from the 48 who were selected from the crowds at each of the IPL games played across the country.

The prize package includes a cash prize of 50,000 rands, a trip to India, and a guided tour of Bollywood, including the possibility of an audition there.

Kim Sharma set to conquer Tollywood

The stunning and beautiful Kim of Mohabatein fame is making her debut in Tollywood -- with a bikini in the film Yagam.
The Close-Up model always wanted to be a lawyer. But she started receiving modelling offers which were hard to resist. She also featured in a few albums like Lata Mangeshkar's `Paayoji` and Ali Haider's 'Purani Jeans'.

She got her big break on the silver screen with the multi starrer Mohabbatein which was a huge hit. This was followed by Kehta Hai Dil Bar Bar. The movie was a mediocre success but she received rave reviews for her performance.

The actress wanted to try out more challenging scripts and hence decided to wait. Now she is back in business with the Telugu movie Yagam opposite Navdeep. Bhumika also plays an important role in the movie.

Kim has always been the paparazzi's favourite. She created a stir when she pinned the national flag upside down during her protest march against the Mumbai terror attacks. The wild-child of Bollywood was in the news for her affair with cricketer Yuvraj Singh, which soon fizzled out.