Pakistan singer Ali Zafar, who’s known for his chocolate boy image on screen, is all set to shed that tag and join the league of the sexiest men in Bollywood with his upcoming film London, Paris, New York.
Ali, who will be baring his torso in the film, says, “I don’t mind taking my shirt off but I have to be convinced that it’s a creative requirement. The purpose is not to show off, but to get the show going in accordance with the demands of the story and the character.” The singer certainly didn’t mind giving us an exclusive sneak preview of his abs. All he said was, “as long as my guitar is with me”. He admitted, “The scene for which it was required comes as a pre-climax in Paris. It’s an intense scene, and so it was physically and emotionally draining, but that’s the fun of filmmaking. You live through your characters. And I want each of my characters to look different from the last, so I had to work a lot on my look. I had to undergo training and was on a special diet for 10 days.”
How did it feel to join the brigade of shirtless heroes? He smiles and says, “It’s not the first time I’ve taken off my shirt on screen. I have done it before for my music video, ” Ek Pal“.
Ali, who will make
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KOLKATA: After Salman Rushdie, its Taslima Nasreen. If Rushdie’s video conference was not allowed to be held at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Kolkata Book Fair cancelled the release of Nasreen’s latest book, Nirbashan (exile), which was scheduled at 3 pm at the airconditioned auditorium.
The organisers of the fair, Publishers and Booksellers Guild, apparently telephoned the publisher of the book, People’s Book Society, to summarily cancel the booking of the auditorium.
“We were told that since the Kolkata Literary Meet ended late last night, the hall could not be prepared for our programme. But unofficially we have been told that since the book is Taslima’s, and she is a banned author, it was blacked out,” said Shibani Mukherjee, publisher. The book was however released at the stall a little while later by the publisher, ignoring the “insult meted out to us by the Guild.”
The book was released by author Nabarun Bhattacharyan son of writer cum human rights activist, Mahasweta Devi. Among the others present were, writer Ranjan Bandopadhyay and human rights activist, Sujato Bhadra.
“All this while we were condemning the Salman Rushdie episode and now we are not allowing the release of a book by another world acclaimed writer. I condemn this move by the Guild,” Bhattacharya said.
A similar sentiment was expressed by Ranjan Bandopadhyay. “I am here to express solidarity with the publisher,” he said.
“I think this is gross
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From Sanjay Dutt, Gauri Khan to Karan Johar and Abhishek Bachchan — the who is who of Bollywood gathered for the sangeet ceremony of Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza at the Taj Lands End here.
Genelia looked gorgeous in white lehenga with peach embellishments, while detailed stone work on her lehenga and chunni added elegance to her attire. Her beau Riteish looked striking in a royal blue Sherwani.
Before going for the ceremony Tuesday, Riteish told reporters that his “brother and his family members will perform,” adding that “I would love to dance with Genelia if she says yes.”
The couples are all set to tie the knot Feb 3.
At the ceremony the family members of both Riteish and Genelia let their hair down.
Among friends and colleagues, Arshad Warsi and Jacky Bhagnani were the first ones to arrive at the venue in Bandra.
When asked Arshad who does he feel should settle down next, pat came the reply, “Salman should get married now.”
Jacky, who had worked with Ritesh, said: “I am here from the boy’s side. Riteish is my close friend.”
“I don’t know who all are getting married this year only hope I don’t get married for next five years,” he further added.
The guest list included Bobby Deol, Karan Johar, Abhishek Bachchan, Soha Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty, Asin Thottumkal, Sonali Bendre, Rishi Kapoor, Nitu Singh,
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