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Bollywood’s bombshell and one of the sexiest actresses alive Priyanka Chopra can invite a whole herd of male with just a wink of her twinkling eye. From Harman to a possible Shahid, Priyanka has cast her spell on one and all.

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Mahie Gill, who will be in town to play the love interest of Naseeruddin Shah in Ribhu Dasgupta’s Michael, tells TOI that she shouldn’t be compared to Ishqiya’s Vidya Balan

You’ve been paired opposite Naseeruddin Shah in Michael…
He is a great actor and one of my favourites. Right from Masoom to A Wednesday!, I’ve been following all his movies. Amazing is the word that I can use to describe him. One of the biggest compliments that I received for Dev D came from him when he said that he liked my work. I was supposed to do another film with him titled Surmaiyee Shaam. I had met him twice for that film. It was to be directed by Brahmanand Singh but the film isn’t happening anyone. Thank God, Ribhu cast me in Michael. I can even play an extra with Naseer Sir. But then, I’m nervous.

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After her hit movie ‘Paa’, Vidya Balan will be seen in a very different avtaar in her upcoming movie with Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah.

Vidya Balan has gone ahead this time and shot for a most balant come hither gesture she has ever seen any actress in Hindi cinema make til date. She was required to take Arshad Warsi’s thumb in her mouth and suck on it suggestively.

Vidya took countable number of takes to shoot the scene and each time she did si in reherals, Arshad would burst into uncontrollable giggles and everyone on the set would join him in so.

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After playing mother to 63-year-old Amitabh Bachchan in Paa, Vidya Balan is now romancing veteran Naseeruddin Shah in her upcoming film Ishqiya and the actress is smitten by her much older co-star.

The actress who breaks away from her squeaky-clean image in the Abhishek Choubey film, says that Shah is not just an amazing actor, but also every woman’s dream come true.

“He(Shah) is a total charmer. He is an astounding actor, a great co-star. As a man, he is every woman’s dream come true, sensitive, a total charmer and what an amazing voice,” said Balan about her 59-year-old co-star in an interview to PTI.

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An avowed teetotaler, Vidya Balan had to play drunk for the song ‘Ibn Batuta’ in her upcoming film Ishqiya which marks for her a radical departure from the image of a demure, elegant woman Vidya has made for herself in B-town.

The song, canned last month, has all three, Vidya, Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah, carousing to the beats of Vishal Bharadwaj’s perky composition.

Pretending to be sloshed was one of the easiest things Vidya has had to do for ‘Ishqiya’. She mouthed desi, vulgar expletives and even shot a steamy scene with Arshad.

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The last thing you expect of the demure and elegant Vidya Balan is to hear her say vulgar expletives, or play a cunning seductress, or worst still, drink and carouse. All this and more she will be seen doing in director Abhishek Choubey’s film Ishqiya.

Apprehensive at first, once Vidya got down to slipping into her character in the film, she had fun.

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Vidya Balan, who never touches alcohol has shot a special risqué number entitled ‘Ibn batuta’ in Ishqiya with her co-stars Naseeruddin Shah and Says Vidya, “We shot the song last month after the entire shooting was completed. I don’t drink and I had to act sozzled along with Naseer Saab and Arshad.” The track will be used in the opening and credit titles of Ishqiya. Says Vidya, “Arshad is a fab dancer. And Naseer Saab was having a ball dancing to the song Vishal Bhardwaj had composed. I think the last time he danced was for Oye oye in Tridev. But you can’t tell. He’s so good. Both the guys were having so much fun, and I had to join in pretending to be totally drunk.”

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Vidya Balan gets a little too close for comfort with co-stars Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah in Abhishek Chaubey’s upcoming risqué film Ishqiya.

Produced by Vishal Bharadwaj, debutant director Abhishek Chaubey’s forthcoming flick Ishqiya has created quite a buzz already. Set in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Ishqiya is a tale of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense, passion and deceit. Vidya plays a sensuous widow, who leaves good-for-nothing Arshad and Naseer in a tipsy.

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Riding high on the success of her last film ‘Paa’, Bollywood actress Vidya Balan celebrated her birthday away from the spotlight, in the backwaters of Kerala.

The southern beauty , born on January 1, ringed in her 32nd birthday with a small party attended by a few close friends and family.

“Vidya Balan left for Kerala to spend her birthday and the New Year with her family and friends. It was a close knit affair. Great food, pleasant music and good conversation ruled the party,” a source close to the actress said.

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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.