Fashion Report Card: Neha Dhupia

When she is not promoting her one-off films, former beauty queen and actor Neha Dhupia is busy making appearances at red carpet events, advocating social causes and generally making her presence felt in B-town. Here's a look at Neha's style file.

It's raining remakes in Bollywood in 2012

From 'Players', 'Agneepath', 'Rowdy Rathore', 'Son of Sardar' to 'Chashme Buddoor', 2012 will see a string of remakes in 2012.

Bollywood has been remaking films since times immemorial but off-late filmmakers are opting for official remakes over blatant plagiarism. Ghajini, Wanted, Ready, Bodyguard just ascertain the fact. The year 2012 kick-starts with an official remake - Players and there are many more of them in store. We list down the most prominent remakes in 2012 analyzing 'what's new', 'what's retained' and the 'remake history' or each.

Bollywood's debut disasters

Here's a look at some of the actors who despite getting a great platform, failed to take off

2011 saw a number of fresh faces vying for space in Bollywood. However, a majority of the debutants failed to make the most of the opportunity. Here's looking at a few who missed the mark by miles...

Nargis Fakhri: Rockstar
Debuting opposite heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor in an Intiaz Ali film earned her much hype as expected.  Born of a Czech mother and Pakistani father, this model-turned-actress drew flak for her lack of acting skills and bad dialogue delivery coupled with poor diction.

Sarah Jane Dias: Game
A discovery of ace lensman Suresh Natarajan, Sarah won a talent hunt contest by a music channel and went on to host two shows for them. She also featured in a video by an Australian group. She signed the Tamil rom-com Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai opposite Vishal Krishna, and before its release, signed Abhinay Deo's Game opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Her song Maiya maiya didn't send many pulses racing.

Zoa Morani: Always Kabhi Kabhi
With producer Karim Morani as her father and Shah Rukh Khan producing her debut film, she couldn't have asked for more. But Always Kabhi Kabhi helmed by first time director Roshan Abbas didn't appeal to the youth, the target audience of this campus rom-com. Fortunately, Shyam Benegal is giving her another chance.

Puja Gupta: F.A.L.T.U
This former Miss India was signed by Vashu Bhagnani to debut opposite his son Jackky. While the movie paid off for the producer who was re-launching his son after a dud debut, it didn't really get Puja much notice.

Parvathy Omanakuttam: United Six
Another former Miss India, she debuted with a women-centric film, United Six, but it found no takers at the box-office. Consequently, Parvathy headed south, with Major Ravi's Madan Kolli. Her big move was signing up Billa 2 with South superstar Ajith Kumar.

Tena Desae: Yeh Faasley
An aspiring model, she was signed for Arunima Dua's Yeh Faasley and Parvin Dabas' Sahi Dhande Galat Bandhe. Neither emerged a hit.

Simran Mundi: Jo Hum Chaahein
Winning the Miss India crown has paved the way to Bollywood for many of our current actresses. This Punjabi kudi participated on Zor Ka Jhatka hosted by SRK. It was during her stint in marketing that she was offered Jo Hum Chaahein. The film, also a debut for co-actor Sunny Gill, didn't create any buzz at the ticket windows.

Chirag Paswan: Miley Naa Miley Hum
The son of politician Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag decided to stay away from his father's profession and instead try his luck in Bollywood. His debut film created a buzz, but not for the right reasons. Apparently, the film's heroine Kangna Ranaut was being paid a whopping Rs 5 crore to act opposite him. The film bombed at the box office.

Sachiin Joshi: Azaan
The scion of a gutka baron, financing his own debut was not going to be a problem for Sachiin. With Prashant Chadda (he also directed Himesh Reshammiya's Aap Ka Suroor) at the helm, the film failed big time.

Sulagna Panigrahi:  Murder 2
Starting her career on the small screen, she played a part-time commercial sex worker in Mukesh Bhatt's Murder 2. However, there's no news of her second movie yet.

And the ones who showed some promise...

Kajal Agarwal: Singham
Despite the film netting more than Rs 100 crore from India box office, Kajal is yet to sign her next Bollywood film.

Sunny Gill: Jo Hum Chaahein
Future plans uncertain for this model-turned actor as the Gills had invested their own money into the movie.

Poorna Jagannathan: Delhi Belly
Right now, she has two Hollywood films - one with Jane Fonda and another with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo.

Monica Dogra: Dhobi Ghat
The musician-turned-actor's performance was appreciated, however she is yet to sign her second film.

Myra Karn: No One Killed Jessica
Strangely, she seems to have disappeared after the film became a hit.

Parineeti Chopra: Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
Priyanka Chopra's cousin, she got noticed for her potential after the film released.

Kainaz Motiwala: RAGINI MMS
An aspiring journalist, the film got her noticed. But there's no news of her next movie so far.



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'Ra.One', 'Ready' up for worst film award at Golden Kela

Shah Rukh and Salman Khan's much hyped films 'Ra.One', 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard' are competing for the worst film trophy at the fourth annual Golden Kela awards, a spin off on Hollywood's Razzies.

The awards, to be given in March, recognise and honour the best of the worst in Hindi cinema by audience poll. The awards are hosted by comedian Cyrus Broacha.

Desi girl: Mahie Gill

Simple living, high thinking is Punjabi kudi Mahie Gill's motto. If she's not acting, you're bound to find the actress living a simple life.

Anushka Sharma cool quotient

"I would love to visit the Alps in winter and try my hand at skiing. I have never done it before, but I am sure it will be great fun," says actor Anushka Sharma. Although the pretty lady loves winters, she finds that the season does take a toll on her beauty quotient. She shares her winter memories and beauty regime with CS:

No patch up bewtween Priyanka, Salman

There were reports swirling around that Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra had recently patched up at Riteish Deshmukh's birthday party.

Sangram Singh in Veena Malik's reality show?

Veena Malik has yet another controversy up her sleeves. A source reveals that the reality show she is part of has offered wrestler Sangram Singh a fat fee to appear on the show.

Apparently the starlet was keen to have him on the show but he refused outright. Smart guy he is!


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I really love 'Chikni Chameli': Vaibhavi Merchant

Choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant is in awe of Katrina Kaif's item number 'Chikni Chameli' in Karan Johar's "Agneepath".

Genius godfather for Prateik...

AR Rahman is highly impressed by the actor's talent

Prateik may have none other than composer AR Rahman to thank for his role in his latest film directed by Gautam Menon.

Sonam shows off plunging neckline in a jacket

Sonam Kapoor was in New Delhi recently for a fashion house event. Despite the chill, the actress arrived at the venue in a jacket with a plunging neckline.

Bipasha Basu's birthday to be an 11 day affair

No she hasn't been declared the head of any Indian state. Nor is her birthday a national affair. However, Bipasha Basu's birthday celebrations, which falls on January 7, will be an 11-day event.

It's one of the greatest highs to play a villain: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan, who played anti-hero in the beginning of his career, returns in a negative role in his forthcoming movie "Don 2: The King is Back". The superstar says that portraying villanious characters gives a different high to an actor.

Nathalia Pinheiro crowned Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2012

Brazilian-Indian model Nathalia Pinheiro was Wednesday crowned the Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2012. Born in Rio de Janeiro, the 21-year-old Pinheiro won the title defeating 15 models from across the country.

Hrithik Roshan teaches easy way to quit smoking

Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan was hooked to smoking not so long ago.

But when he chanced upon Allen Carr's book, "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking", he got free from his habit, and is now helping others too to kick the butt.

Sonam's sister Rhea Kapoor spotted with a mystery man

Sonam Kapoor's producer sister Rhea Kapoor munching on some greens at a fine dining restaurant at Andheri yesterday afternoon.

Andrew Symonds turns King on 'Bigg Boss'

The King and I: Siddharth Bhardwaj and Andrew Symonds in a reality show. The Aussie cricketer is dressed as the king  with Sid as his slave!


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King Khan-Ajay Devgn: Foes turned pals?

Once perceived to be sworn enemies, the stars amicably swapped rights to a couple of scripts recently

Going by this report, it seems the perceived enmity between Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan is long over. The latest is that the two have exchanged the rights to a couple of scripts, recently.

Aishwarya's long sabbatical

According to sources, new mommy Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will make her Bollywood comeback only after a year

Is 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl' similar to a Tamil flick?

The plot of Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma's new film sounds similar to a 2009 South Indian movie

With more and more South films being officially remade in Bollywood, there seems to be little reason or point in recreating a story without giving real credit.