Kites’s website launched

Kites has made it to the Cannes Film Festival and Hrithik and Barbara are all set to walk the red carpet on Sunday. The official website of Kites has been launched. Take a look:

I could watch kites flying forever up in the sky, free, dancing in the sky with no worries...


Like two lovers, they meet, they fight, they embrace, they almost become one...


But it is not the will of the kites that makes them dance in the sky...


Someone else always holds the strings…


You must have noticed that there is no sign of Kangana Ranaut at all in the film’s first look, which focuses only on Hrithik and Barbara, who make a scorching hot couple. We wonder if she is the surprise package of the film.

Candid photo of Aishwarya Rai at Cannes

Wonder how this picture (seemingly taken from a ladies' room at Cannes) leaked on the internet. The photo shows Aishwarya Rai with Elizabeth Banks and Eva Longoria in what seems like a candid moment between the women. Ash is clearly in a playful mood showing off a lighter side of her personality to the camera guy.

We wish we saw more such pictures of the actress rather than the boring poses we often get to see. Thoda aur chalega, Mrs Jr B!

What's happening in Bollywood Town!

Mithunda with son Mimoh, Hard Kaur and Kailash Kher turn cricketers and more

White Magic: We caught Mithunda in an uncomfortable position. He carries off the white shoes though.

Cricketers: ‘Batwoman’ Hard Kaur and ‘Batman’ Kailash Kher make us laugh with their antics at a Twenty20 promotion

Calling The Shots: Director Sabbir Khan explains the shot to Sylvester Stallone on the sets of Kambaakht Ishq.

Colour Co-Ordinated: Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar make a pretty, white picture at a music launch. Shabana has put on weight

Singer too: Suchitra Pillai croons her heart out at a musical do last night. She sang mainly English songs

New Look: Mimoh has chopped his unruly locks and lost weight. He has also grown a beard to look grown up. Let’s hope it helps his filmy career.

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News in pictures from all around town

Déjà vu: Shilpa Shetty graces the Vogue Issue this month and it got us thinking about the same blue theme used on Bipasha’s cover last year. Did you think we wouldn’t be able to tell!


Hard on Cricket: Hard Kaur got into her cricketing gear at the Big 92.7 office and rapped away to cheer on the T20 team.


Auto Crazy Godse: Mugdha recently met with an accident recently and her car was damaged beyond repair. However the girl’s on a lookout for a new ride and apparently she checks out auto magazines and calls for various models of cars for trial on the sets of the film. All play no work?


Starry tantrums: Shiney Ahuja refused to be photographed at the Summer collection launch of Riyaz Gangji’s line, to the extent that his P.R. had to message him and coax him into it. When did he start to believe that he’s part of the A-brigade?


Lunch? Cyrus Broacha has collaborated with McDonalds to host a new show to tickle your tastebuds and anything with Broacha is bound to be a laugh riot for sure!

Kareena Kapoor scorches FHM

You don’t have to be bikini or air clad on a magazine to grab eyeballs. Kareena Kapoor shows you how.

Clad in a sexy white shirt and jeans, that shows of her perfect derriere beautifully, her make up is minimal, her tresses relaxed. Result: Kareena looks fabulous.

The magazine calls her a born star and the editorial is all about meeting the person behind the star.

Kareena looks seductive with the kohl lined eyes, out of bed hair and arrogant expression. Those abs are making us go green with envy

How can one resist the ‘come hither’ looks of such a flawless and charming beauty? She’s got the face, hair and body. Saif is indeed a very lucky man.

This is not the first time the gorgeous star has graced the cover of FHM. She was on the February 2008 cover too.

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Shilpa Shetty sizzles on the cover of Vogue, celebs play cricket for charity, and some pretty girls around town.

Cover Girl: French actress Kalki Koechlin who wowed us with Dev D has landed her first magazine cover in the form on MW. We love the doll-like leggy beauty's Scottish checks trousers and jacket look. It's smart and sexy.


Hot and Sizzling: The bootylicious Miss Shetty shows off her curves with aplomb on the latest issue of Vogue. This is her first cover for the magazine.


Showing Off: Looks like Raima Sen is going the Riya Sen way and showing off some skin. At the CPAA, she was all covered but here she prefers to show off some cleavage. This isn’t bad (her shirt is a tad tight and make up a tad overdone) but we like her natural, traditional avatar better. Every actress wants to look sexy, but she should stand out from the rest.


Doll: Minishha Lamba looks like an adorable doll in the very yellow skirt and frilly white shirt that shows off her womanly frame. We like the girly look.


Doing Casual: With her bangs and dimples, Gul looks adorable too, and the scarf brightens up the dress, but we wish her sandals weren’t so boring


United: Aftab, Sohail, Aamir Ali, Chetan Hansraj and Cyrus Broacha were the men in blue who played a charitable match opposite a team of doctors to raise money for the Cancer Patients' Aid Association


Men in White: Funny men Javed Jaafrey and Govinda were the guests at the event


Revealed: Actress Ragini, of Radha ki Betiyaan fame, plays Bharti in the new serial, Bhaskar Bharti

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Take a look at the glitterati at Saaransh’s silver jubilee premiere and Abhay Deol on the cover of People

It’s My Life: Unconventional star Abhay Deol graces the latest issue of People’s Magazine and talks about his life in New York. We like!


Reunion: Mahesh Bhatt with Saaransh actors Anupam Kher and Rohini Hatangde


Black and White: Anupam Kher keeps it slick with black while elegant wife Kirron shines in an off white churidaar. The Louis Vuitton bag is nice but she should have chosen a contrasting colour. We wonder why son Sikander was absent


Family Portrait: Mahesh Bhatt with wife Soni Razdan and their pretty daughters


Pretty Women: Lilette Dubey is so fit and gorgeous; she could give 20 year-olds a run for their money. We love her red kurta. Poonam Dhillon’s oversized blue glares and green kurta is smart. Those peep toes are cute but the bag should have been a solid colour.

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We know what King Khan is doing this summer plus stars lend support to the cause of cancer and 99 has reasons to celebrate!

What is King Khan up to?
Shah Rukh Khan is off to work again, leaving wife Gauri home with the kids during their vacation.
The star is leaving for the United States on June 3, to shoot for My Name Is Khan. He had planned an extended vacation with family but it will be interrupted by the shoot.
Sources close to him said that he had wanted to take the family along but this was not possible, though it might happen later.
My Name Is Khan is being made by Karan Johar and also stars Kajol, a regular with SRK and KJo. SRK hasn’t gone to London this year with his family, as he does usually. His summer was spent in South Africa, at the IPL.
And what is SRK doing next week?
If the director of Kal Kissne Dekha, Vivek Sharma, is to be believed, the star will promote his movie, which stars Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai.
Kareena Kapoor has done stage shows with Jackky to boost the movie, but Sharma said that while SRK would not do stage shows, he would do his bit. "When I met him last week he said I will ask audiences to go to the single screens and watch the movie," Sharma said, referring to the limited release the film is likely to get because of the strike against multiplexes.

In Aid of CPAA: Aftab Shivdasani, Bakhtiyaar Irani, Raima Sen and Arjan Bajwa pledge their support to the Cancer Patients Aid Associations.

Naughty Boys: Sohail Khan with his sons at the same event. The boys are having a gala time.

The Long and Short of It: Pretty Raima Sen looks nice and simple in her Anarkali outfit while Neetu Chandra keeps it short with an electric blue number with shocking pink flats. We prefer Raima’s traditional outfit versus Neetu’s I-am-trying-hard-to-look-hot number.

Celebration Time: The cast of 99 including Vinod Khanna, Amit Mistry and Cyrus Broacha celebrate the success of the film with the directors and producer. This is the first 99 event that Vinod has attended and it’s probably because it was in South Mumbai.

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Find Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, all together. Also, find out what Freida and Deepika have in common.

Amitabh not as rich as SRK: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he couldn't bid for an Indian Premier League (IPL) team because
he doesn't have "as much money as (Kolkata Knight Riders owner) Shah Rukh Khan". "I don't have as much money as Shah Rukh. He has money and so he owns
a team," Amitabh said on Zee News' celebrity chat show Kahiye Janab to be aired on Saturday.
Amitabh sent a congratulatory SMS to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his Padma Shri and didn't get a response. But he says he holds no grudge against the cricket star. "He must have been busy, there's no need to make an issue out of this." The sexagenarian otherwise makes for an avid viewer of the IPL and says he watches "almost all the matches".

Female Boxers Wanted: A thrilling action sequence is being canned in Bangkok by action director Vijayan and his team for Boney Kapoor’s Wanted. The sequence involves hundreds of spectators watching a brutal fight between female Thai boxers. This scene also has southern star Prakash Raj and is being shot at an indoor stadium. The Salman starrer film will release in early July.

Blender’s Pride: Shah Rukh Khan graces the cover of Blender Magazine’s latest issue. The styling is very Karan Johar.

Shruti Haasan cooks up a storm: This spunky lady loves to don a chef’s hat! Apparently whenever Shruti feels like unwinding, she heads straight to the kitchen and whips up a meal for her friends! On asking her about her expertise in this arena, she says, “I just call my friends over at home and we enjoy digging into the food” And how well does she fare in the kitchen – she says cheekily, “Even if occasionally the food isn’t that great, my friends are too sweet to say anything!”

Same-Same: Freida Pinto sports the same Gauri-Nainika creation for a photoshoot that Deepika Padukone wore to the Filmfare Awards in 2008. We prefer the white version to Deepika’s hideous midnight blue one.

Drummer Boy: Sanjay Dutt turns drummer for his new movie, All The Best, which he is shooting in Goa. He looks like a rockstar!

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Salman Khan goes from moody to super friendly, Yukta Mookhey back on the ramp and Prachi and Tushaar are life partners!

All White: We like Salman Khan’s funky retro white sunglasses. Denim and white always works. We heard Salman was in a fantabulous mood and answered all the questions from the media very happily. Way to go, Sallu!

Long Time No See: Remember blue eyed Rajasthani Royal Nakuul Mehta from Haal-e-Dil that also launched Adhyayan Suman? It’s been a while since we saw Makrand Deshpande too.

Life Partner: Tushaar Kapoor and Prachi Desai have started promoting Life Partner by making appearances together. Tushaar’s friendship with Manish Malhotra ensures he doesn’t make a fashion faux pas. Prachi needs a stylist friend too. Her blue dress is cute but the transparent plastic sandals ruin the look. She should throw them right
away!

Back to the Ramp: Yukta Mookhey to the ramp once again for Scooty Teen Diva 2009. The former beauty queen opted for a loose fitting gown that would hide her bulges. We feel the gown should have been longer and she should have worn heels instead of flats.

New Collaboration? We wonder what happened to Ismail Darbar. None of his albums worked post Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Is he collaborating with Satish Kaushik for his next directorial feature? The duo was seen at a music launch.

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The electronic media disgusts Amitabh Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi turns painter, Tanushree Dutta has a new haircut and more

Angry

On his blog, Big B has said that the electronic media behaved irresponsibly at Prakash Mehra’s funeral.
He wrote, “Abhishek and I attended it, but the behavior of the electronic media at the crematorium was just disgusting. No respect shown for the sensitivity of the occasion. No regard for the moment, and no ethics at all in maintaining some decorum for this very private and sombre ritual. All they were interested in was in getting that ‘bite’ or shoving their cameras inches away from your nose, at a moment when one desired peace and quiet. Shameful. But what of some of the mourners, if they can be called that ! They were no less. Pushing and shoving to get a position behind or near about the celebrity, so the cameras can catch them.
I shall not dwell on this anymore ; I may just burst a blood vessel.”

Kisser and Painter

After pretending to paint in his movie Raaz - The Mystery Continues, actor Emraan Hashmi has decided to paint for real in his next venture, Tum Mile. In the movie directed by Kunal Deshmukh, Hashmi is playing the role of an artist painter. He reveals that while he first started painting a little during Raaz, he has taken it to a higher level in Tum Mile.
Fans can see Hashmi wielding the brush as well as charcoal and churning out authentic creations. Apparently, the actor is so in love with painting that he intends to take it up seriously. Tum Mile will be Hashmi’s first movie with Soha Ali Khan and is based on the 26 July, 2005 Mumbai floods. Soha and Emraan have a few kissing scenes in the
movie

New Look

Like Rihanna and Bipasha, Tanushree Dutta has also opted for a bob now. She recently got a new hairdo from hairstylist Guy Kremer in Calcutta, and the reason behind this is to beat the scorching heat in her own way. “I like experimenting with my hair, and after getting this haircut, I am getting lots of compliments from near and dear ones. Hope my
fans like it as well,” says Tanushree. We like her new chic hairstyle!

Almost Famous

Newlyweds Amrita Arora and Shakeel recently got back from their honeymoon in Europe. Just when the lovely couple thought that they could enjoy their holiday without revealing their identity, they were overwhelmed by a huge group of Indians in transit at Venice airport. It didn’t stop there! To Amu’s surprise, she ended up encountering some great Hindi film buffs among her hotel staff as well. When contacted, Amrita said, “It was a pleasant to see my fans in European cities. My work and dedication towards my career is being recognized and benefited me with a fan following all over the world.” Exactly what dedication and career is she talking about? She is known as Bebo’s best friend and Malaika’s baby sis.

Happy Mommy

Tara Sharma has managed to stay slim and trim even at 7 months' pregnant. Take a look at the smiling and glowing mommy-to-be.