Jul 12, 2011
Aishwarya to be honoured by the French Government
Aishwarya seems to be in news once again. The actress has been the talk of the town after her pregnancy became public. This was of course followed by her controversy related to Madhur Bhandarkar's film Heroine. Now, Aishwarya seems to be taking the center stage again, as she is all set to be honoured with the prestigious Officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres by the French Government in New Delhi tomorrow, thus becoming the first Asian actress and the youngest Indian to win the honour. This distinction is conferred on people who have achieved immense recognition, because of their contribution in the fields of arts, culture or literature. The previous winners of this awards (which happens to be the second highest civilian award in France and an equivalent Padma Vibhushan), include the likes of Robert Redford, George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Shah Rukh Khan.The news of Ash being the recipient of this award was publicly declared by the French daily 'Le Figaro', which stated that, "She (Ash) is one of the most famous Indian actors in this country and outside the borders of India. Aishwarya will be made Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, Wednesday, July 13, by the Ambassador of France in New Delhi, Jerome Bonnafont. According to a statement from the embassy, the ceremony will be attended by the family of the young woman in full." Not many know the fact that Ash, who had earlier too been offered this award, had refused it then due to her father's health issues.
Emraan upset despite Murder 2 being a hit
It is a 'kabhi khushi kabhi gham' situation for Emraan Hashmi. Despite Murder 2 turning out to be his biggest film ever in terms of opening weekend collections, he is barely managing to celebrate with his friends and members of Bollywood fraternity. Reason being that over the weekend, he was summoned by the makers of The Dirty Picture to report in Hyderabad for the film's shooting schedule. "Emraan is feeling really irritated about the state of affairs", informs a friend of the actor, "He wanted to stay back in Mumbai and closely monitor how the film was progressing. In fact till Friday night he was also sneaking into single screens as well as multiplexes to check out audience reactions. By the time details started pouring in around Friday's collections, it was crystal clear that Murder 2 was a hit. However Emraan could hardly rejoice as he had a flight to catch to Hyderabad on Saturday afternoon." This made it a really tiring weekend for Emraan as he hadn't slept much for days leading to the release of Murder 2 due to an extensive inter-city travel for the film's promotion. Later on Friday night too he couldn't rest since he was catching up with friends and family members who had assembled at his place to congratulate him for the film's success. "The last thing that he wanted at this time was to resume work. He wanted to celebrate and though he was secretly hoping that the makers of The Dirty Picture - Ekta Kapoor and Milan Luthria - would excuse him from the shoot, no such call came. There were congratulatory calls of course but the message of 'let's get back to work' was definitely there in a bold print", the friend adds. Due to that a worn out Emraan did force himself to get ready and board the flight to Hyderabad. However, it was written all over his face and voice that he wasn't pleased one bit. "Honestly, I would have preferred to stay back in Mumbai till the end of first week of Murder 2", says a weary sounding Emraan, "Theek hai, picture bahaut achchi chal rahi hai par I also wanted to enjoy the success. May be if not for an entire week but then at least a weekend. I guess I deserved that much at the least. All I can say is that I am not liking this one bit." Well, one can possibly not blame the makers of The Dirty Picture either to have stuck to the schedule. After all, the Telangana strike had already halted the film's shoot for two full days last week and they would have certainly wanted to get back on track as soon as possible. In the bargain, it seems it was Emraan who lost out after all.Chennai Court grants divorce to Prabhu Deva and Latha
Actor, director and choreographer Prabhu Deva and his wife Ramlath alias Latha, who were married for 15 years, have been granted a divorce by the Chennai Court last Thursday. The divorce was by mutual consent. Prabhu and Latha got married in 1995 and have two kids. The couple had been living separately for the past few years, after Prabhu got involved with Southern actress Nayanthara during the making of their film Villu in 2009. The news about their plans to separate became evident when Latha filed a petition in the family court seeking for restoration of conjugal rights against Prabhu. Latha, who was also an actress before marriage, alleged that Prabhu was neglecting his family and did not provide even the minimum financial assistance to family members. As per the divorce agreement, Prabhu has paid Rs. 10 lakhs to her as permanent alimony. He has also transferred his property along with two cars to her name. For his children, he transferred his 22-cent land at Injambakkam village and also the property at 'Alekhyas Kaushik Meadows' in their names. The kids are under Latha's custody but the court granted Prabhu the liberty to have access to them as he wished. Prabhu has also agreed to bear the costs of their education and marriage. In return, Latha has agreed to relinquish all her rights and claims over the actor and his other properties and has agreed to withdraw all the cases she filed against him.'Virus Diwan' very much on track
So is Arjun Kapoor's debut film VIRUS DIWAN shelved? That's the news doing the rounds of the industry since quite some time. It seems, after Y-Films' first venture LUV KA THE END didn't fare as expected at the box-office, the Chopras and Ashish Patil, who is heading Y-Films, did some serious rethinking over their forthcoming projects and decided to start a fresh project with Arjun instead. However, Ashish Patil of Y-Films denies the rumor outright. "VIRUS DIWAN is very much on track. The subject remains the same and so does the title. In fact, we are fine-tuning it, locking the dialogue of the film currently. We have also shortlisted three girls for the project." Bumpy, who had directed LUV KA THE END, is also directing VIRUS DIWAN. "There's no change whatsoever. The only change is, we won't be releasing the film on 30 December, as announced at the outset. Instead, we are pulling forward our fourth project, which was to release after VIRUS DIWAN. Otherwise, there're no changes whatsoever," Ashish adds. The clarification should put an end to all speculation vis-a-vis VIRUS DEWAN.'Heroine' to be revived?
UTV and Madhur Bhandarkar's HEROINE is in news. After the project came to a grinding halt and UTV issued an official statement that they have decided to stop further filming of the film, there has been tremendous speculation about the progress of this project. There are murmurs that Madhur has decided to scrap the film altogether and start something afresh. But there's also talk that UTV and Madhur are in negotiations with several heroines for the principal lead. However, it is learnt that UTV is keen to put HEROINE back on tracks, with a new leading lady of course. Both UTV have invested money and time on the project and are keen to start afresh, although, it must be clarified, they haven't signed anyone yet for the role in question. But, sooner or later, you may hear of UTV and Madhur making an official statement on HEROINE. Watch this space!Sussex set sights on Clarke
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