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It was last reported that Bipasha and Kareena have buried the hatchet and now we hear that Bipasha has out grown even John’s co-star of Salaam-E-Ishq, with whom he was linked at that time. Recently, when KJo threw a grand party at his residence, it was attended by friends John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan and Rahul Khanna among others. Traveling back in time when John and Vidya were shooting for the above mentioned film, Bips had a problem with Vidya as she was getting close to John which was not acceptable to Bips at all. However, now that Bips is in making up mode she was seen enjoying the party with Vidya.

By Jilawatan

If film-maker Priyadarshan has his way, you might soon get to see John Abraham and Vidya Balan sizzling on screen together again.

The actors in a still from Salaam-E-Ishq, the last movie John and Vidya worked in together.

The duo was seen together for the first and last time in the film Salaam-E-Ishq in 2007.

While the filming of Salaam-E-Ishq was in progress, rumours of an affair between Vidya and John started doing the rounds. This, in turn, apparently caused a lot of discord in John’s relationship with girlfriend Bipasha Basu. Thereafter, John and Vidya never acted together.

But now Priyadarshan is apparently playing peacemaker to break the ice between John and Vidya. He is trying to woo them for a film.

A source said, “Priyadarshan has had meetings with Vidya and has informed her about the project. Looks like it will be another comedy caper.

“He also likes John’s acting ability and feels he has one of the best comic timings in the industry. So Priyadarshan is doing all he can to bring a truce between John and Vidya.

“Getting both John and Vidya on for a project is a mighty task as they don’t really work with each other anymore. But now that a few years have passed by since rumours of an affair between John and Vidya, and John and Bipasha’s relationship is very stable, the project may finally take off.”

By Jilawatan

When an outstanding iconic figure like Vidya Balan is overthrowned by a younger actor like Asin is really a hard news to swallow.

As the Bollywood industry knows that Vidya Balan is the first choice in any director’s list is quite shocking to hear that she has been replaced. But there is reasonable answer to why things had happened so because Bhansali was continuously delaying the project that apparently erupted Vidya’s patience.

Evidently when Balan thought to quit Bhansali had no choice but replace Asin in her place and the same case even happened with Harman Baweja who was replaced by John Abraham.

More over a shining star like Vidya Balan who would avoid her rays. However, Asin is lucky to get such a pricy piece of cake.

By Jilawatan

Vidya Balan is glowing with the compliments pouring in for her superlative performance in R Balki’s Paa.

She may be a foot shorter than both her Bachchan co-stars, but when it came to the histrionics, she matched Amitabh and Abhishek perfectly.

Now she’s channelising her energies into Ketan Maroo’s Ishqiya where once again she is it pitted with two versatile talents Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi.

Talking about her sensuous role in this robust, earthy, love triangle, the diminutive actress says, “I play a village belle.

Yet I’m fully aware of my sexual charms and within the four walls of the bedroom, I’m unapologetic about using my guile and charm.

Vidya says quality work like Paa and now Ishqiya has made her realise that if she is patient, the right roles are bound to come her way. “Once again I have as many advantages as I had when I did Parineeta,’’ says the actress. “My filmmakers have realised that given an opportunity, I will not let them down.’’

The coming year is an important year for Vidya. She starts the year with Ishqiya and then moves onto Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Chenab Gandhi. “The decision to do fewer films is entirely mine,’’ says the actress who is now super-confident that when it comes to her career, she will not make one false move.

On the personal front, it is rumoured that almost all her heroes be it John Abraham (Salaam-e-Ishq), Shahid Kapoor (Kismat Konnection) and now Arshad Warsi (Ishqiya) are attracted to her. “Rubbish,’’ she flails her hands and says.

“In fact, I think none of my heroes even treat me like a lady. I’m treated like one of the boys. My heroes back-slap me and we share a few laughs and jokes. However, I don’t think any of them is attracted to me. If they were, I would have noticed.’’

Well, well…so even as the rumour mills continue to buzz about Vidya past romances with John and Shahid, the actress herself has rubbed her slate clean… and is looking forward to her knight in shining armour putting in an appearance in 2010. What should one say — Halleluah!

By Jilawatan

It needed the Bombay Times to make this happen… bring all of Bollywood that was in Mumbai on December 4, under one roof for the
merriest party of the year! They came to celebrate BT’s 15th anniversary. And to say the party rocked would be an understatement. True, the who’s who of B-Town have made it under one roof for several causes and celebrations in the past. But what made the BT bash exciting and exclusive was the camaraderie that was witnessed between the legends, the badshahs and the beauties of Bollywood at Mumbai’s historic landmark, the Taj Mahal Hotel & Tower, that night.

The sultry Bipasha Basu promised she would there at 10.45 pm with hunky beau John Abraham, and this striking twosome did exactly that. Ajay Devgn wrapped up his shoot at 10 pm on Versova Beach, took a detour to Juhu to fetch wife Kajol who had just returned from Sydney. And before the clock hit 12, lo and behold — this superstar couple were with us.

Karan Johar made a solo entry, looking dapper as always, talking animatedly on his cell phone, unmindful of the bevy of beauties who longed for him to include them in his power gaze. Priyanka Chopra came in like Pretty Woman with her efficient entourage trailing silently behind. We were warned that Shah Rukh Khan would make a back door entry; gates were checked… and yet nothing could check the madness and the mayhem when the Badshah arrived. Akshay Kumar was almost making it to another location, or so said his manager… but the Khiladi rarely goes wrong when wife Tina is around. So there they were in the midst of our revelry, this handsome pair… cordoned off by their own personal security, causing a mini pandemonium.

The security cordon at the Taj gates crumbled for a few minutes when the biggest Bollywood phenomenon to have walked the earth arrived. Fresh from the accolades of Paa, and driving down from Lonavala just for us, Amitabh Bachchan came with his superstar son Abhishek. And, as if on cue, the diminutive bundle of talent Vidya Balan followed, causing a flutter in the lobby. Next morning, even while Bollywood slept off the effects of its BT hangover, the energy-plus Big B flew off to Chennai.

Aamir Khan, of course, warned us he’d be late. But for the second time in one evening the crowds on Apollo Bunder outside the Gateway of India broke into a midnight dance when the numero uno drove in. Dressed in a Tee-shirt that he designed, Aamir came in solo from his own fashion show…

Interspersed by the glittering arrivals in between of Bollywood hotties Sameera Reddy, Kangna Ranaut, Shriya Saran, Neetu Chandra, Payal Rohatgi, Anupama Verma, Riya Sen, Mugdha Godse, Sushma Reddy, Sherlyn Chopra, Shenaz Treasuryvala, former Miss Indias Parvathy Omanakuttan and Simran Kaur Mundi, Miss World Diana Hayden… this was a show that even the most hardcore cynic would have to admit was the party of the year. Tellyland’s glitterati also turned up in force, from Ronit Roy to Urvashi Dholakia. Truly, if the BT Party was filmed, it would have a golden jubilee run..

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Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been supporting education amongst underprivileged girls by helping NGO Nanhi Kali, which currently supports 37,000 girls in urban, rural and tribal areas. She has helped to launch two new animated characters, Fafa and Juno, who will appear on the Spacetoon TV channel and associated merchandising. Spacetoon claims to have 200 million viewers worldwide. Vidya will also be supporting some girls herself through the programme. “I am not comfortable talking about it but yes I do plan to finance the education of a few girls,” she admitted, “It’s amazing how many girls can get educated for a measly sum of money. It’s a small thing to do especially when I have been given so much.”

Kerala-born Vidya has a remarkably busy schedule ahead of her this year, including some fascinating films such as Ishqiya with Naseruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi and Chenab Gandhi. This latter film stars Amitabh Bachchan and is about the Pashtun pacifist and freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, often referred to as the Frontier Gandhi. It’s rumoured that John Abraham might play the role of the younger Khan.

Vidya is also having a whale of a time at the moment shooting for Pa which includes both father and son Bachchans. “I have been shooting for Pa. We did a shooting schedule in Mumbai and outside it had Mr Bachchan and Abhishek. They’re keeping me busy,” she confirms.

By Jilawatan

Poor Vivek Oberoi, he’s being dumped this time in print… and by Vidya Balan of all co-stars.

The actor, who’s not had a film since the disastrous Mission Istanbul last year, has been getting a lot of press lately because of an alleged link-up with the Kismet Konnection actress.

But Vidya, who’s been linked to almost every actor that she has worked with from Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham to Shahid Kapoor, is not having any of this. She’s not even working with Vivek, so Vidya’s anxious to nip the romance rumour in the bud. Rather tersely, the actress whose own fortunes are seeming to be on the uprise told BT that there was no question about her falling for Vivek and finally finding true love. “I have met Vivek some one-and-a-half times only,” said Vidya. Which, in Bollywood, is half times too many for people to fall in love or get hooked onto each other. But Vidya is not buying…

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Bipasha Basu is not in the favor of beau John Abraham to cast opposite Vidya Balan and she is making much effort to encourage John to walk out of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Chenab Gandhi’ in which he will be paired opposite Vidya Balan.

We spoke to our source, “Bipasha has been trying her level best to persuade John to step out of the project, but he doesn’t want to back out from this historical venture of Sanjay.

While the film was scheduled to start in April, it has now been postponed to December 2009 because of John’s uncertainty. This delay from John has been on purpose because he still hopes Bipasha would cool down.

But it doesn’t seem so, as the couple has again begun to have arguments over this issue.”

Earlier Harman Baweja was to act in ‘Chenab Gandhi’ but later he was replaced by John. In the past, John and Bipasha had a fight over his pairing opposite Vidya in ‘Salaam-E-Ishq’ where the couple seemed to have shared a great on-screen chemistry.

By Jilawatan

John Abraham and Vidya Balan seem to have buried the hatchet. Not that the duo didn’t get along before or something, its just that John’s girlfriend Bipasha was not very comfortable with the couple being paired together in Salaam-E-Ishq and post it.

But as destiny would have it, the two hot stars are back together on screen and what brings them together is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Chenab Gandhi. As against the initial plan, Bhansali has dropped Hurman Baweja and has roped in John for the lead role instead. Interestingly, Chenab Gandhi also stars Vidya Balan as female lead.
It can be recalled that after Salaam-E-Ishq many directors wanted to cash on John-Vidya’s hot chemistry but insecurities on Bipasha’s part had prevented the two stars getting romantically paired on screen.

Vidya even walked out of David Dhawan’s Hook Yaa Crook, starring John, to avoid any controversies. However all seems well between the duo now as they have agreed to work with each other in Bhansali’s Chenab Gandhi. ‘Let bygones be bygones’ seems to be the couple’s new mantra. We hope Bips believes in the same!

By Jilawatan

Actress Vidya Balan has always been known for her special expressions she gives when she does intimate scenes with her costars, she shot to fame with Parinita where she did such shots with Saif Ali Khan, then in one other film with John Abraham she did weave her magic, but then she had lost this special touch some where down the line, but now that special intimate scenes would again set the screen on fire.

Vidya is acting with Arshad Warsi in the Vishal Bharadwaj film Ishkiya where she is getting intimate with the actor; insider news is also that she has done a lip-lock with him in the film.

Let us wait for this film to enjoy Vidya Balan’s special display!!