International Indian Film Academy or as it s better known as IIFA is out with its nominations list and the people who are on the list is really excited. Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are competing against each other in the Best Actress category as Katrina got nominated for Rajneeti and Aishwarya for Guzaarish. Vidya Balan has also been nominated for her out of beat role in Ishqiya. Other actress who will be competing for best actress award at IIFA and Band Baja Baarat girl Anushka Sharma and Kareena Kapoor.

IIFA is a very prestigious award and to get a nomination in this is in itself a great feat. The films that have got the highest nominations so far is Once Upon a Time In Mumbai which has got 12 nominations closely followed by Dabangg which has got 11 nominations.

The best actor nominations include Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and RAnbir KApoor. It would be a tough job for the jury members this time as they would be faced with another addition to the list Hrithik Roshan who gave a very good performance in Guzaarish.

This time even Imran Hashmi has got two nominations for his supporting roles in two films and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai got a nomination for the best director as well. If we talk of music then for best music director Salim-Suleman for ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’, Vishal-Shekhar for ‘I Hate Luv Storys’, Vishal Bhardwaj for ‘Ishqiya’ and Shankar Ehsaan Loy for ‘My Name is Khan’ bagged the nominations. These are some of the few nominations for the coming IIFA award.

Director Madhur Bhandarkar, who is famous for making realistic movies with most of them being women centric, is again ready with another women centric script “Heroine”.

Heroine is a movie about the ups and downs of a heroine, and about having lonely times after the glamorous phase of life. Madhur’s first choice to play the lead in Heroine was Kareena Kapoor, but she refused the role. From then the rumors stared, some said Aishwarya Rai is his next choice some say it’s Katrina Kaif. However the truth behind can only be revealed by Madhur.

The truth is that no one has been finalized yet that’s why even Madhur is being diplomatic about the whole issue. However through our sources we understand that Aishwarya and Katrina both have been approached by Madhur, but talk to Madhur and he says something else – “I have not yet decided what I would be making next. It could be a comedy, drama, love story, action, just about anything. When my subject by itself is not yet finalized, how can I be going around closing on the actress who would be playing a part?”

Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai’s ex flame actor Salman Khan has found himself a new admirer in the current Miss Universe pageant holder Jimena Navarrete Rosete. Jimena is a Mexican hottie and is, currently, on a 10 day tour to India to promote the cause of girl child and female foeticide.
The beautiful and super-gorgeous damsel has expressed her yearning to act in Bollywood films. She has stated that she is willing to learn Hindi if she lands a role in Bollywood films. Hitherto, she hasn’t been offered anything but may be, after her statement, some movie maker knocks at her door.
She has also spoken of the Indian actors citing that they are quite handsome. Wonder whom she is hinting at! During her stay she gets to meet our beefy, brawny star Salman Khan and she is thrilled about the prospect. She professes her admiration for Salman and remarks that she has heard a lot about him and would love to watch some of his flicks.
Bollywood has given a platform to loads of pageant winners like Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta. So, Jimena won’t find it too difficult to find herself a film. The only glitch is that she is a foreign babe who can only speak ‘Namaste’ in Hindi. But then the same was the case with Katrina who is, currently, the ruling lady of our tinsel villa.

After getting part of the Bachchan clan, it seemed a little odd. But the way in which bahu Aishwarya Rai refused to work in the next movie of Vipul Shah. She simply said that she did not want to work opposite to her husband Abhishek Bachchan.

She has instead asked the filmmaker to cast her toughest competitor at present in the industry, Katrina Kaif, to work opposite to him. A source close to the development said that when Vipul spoke to Ash about the role she started thinking and then suggested that Katrina be cast instead of her.

This is not the first time though that such a stand has been taken by former beauty queen and a good actress. Earlier too she had refused to work opposite to Abhi during the flick, ‘Dostana’. Then came ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’ and ‘Game’, where the same response was given and each time she came up with one or the other excuse.

But Vipul has tried to pacify the rumor and said that they are still in the discussion mode. Meanwhile, the couple was given a award for the ‘India’s No. 1 Power Couple’ in Stardust.

Abhishek-Katrina starrer on hold for Abhishek-Ash film?

Actor Abhishek Bachchan was to shoot with Katrina Kaif for Rajkumar Santoshi’s film. However, that movie has been put on the back burner for the time being, and Abhishek will instead shoot with wife Aishwarya Rai for yet another Rajkumar Santoshi flick.

Now this isn’t the case of blood being thicker than water. In fact, it was Katrina Kaif who hasn’t yet issued dates for the movie. So Santoshi thought it would be best not to waste time and move on to the next project.

This Abhishek-Ash starrer is a Romcom and will be titled ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’. So ladies and gentlement, let’s watch out how funny and romantic our dear Bachchan pair can get, while Katrina sorts her dates out.

If you are a celebrity then comparisons are an inevitable part of your life and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is no different. There was a time when she was the undisputed most desirable actress in the tinsel town.
She was ruling the roost and was a mesmeriser both owing to her mirror-shattering beauty and her ample amount of on-screen talent. However, of late, the tabloids are penning more and more articles about Katrina Kaif who is considered to be her arch rival.
Being young and vivacious, Katrina is hogging all the limelight- be it for her rom-com flicks or her navel-show in raunchy songs like ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’. To Aishwarya’s credit, she did as many as 4 films in 2010 but most of them were duds at the box office. The audience is no more tempted to watch her film and even a spectacular film like ‘Guzaarish’ licked the dust at the theatres.

On the other hand, Katrina’s head-hammering film ‘Tees Maar Khan’ opened big doing over Rs 40 crore of business in its opening weekend. Katrina, though, did a commendable job in ‘Rajneeti’, the viewers’ obsession with the ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ number was a tad too much. And with age catching up and the audience showing her the thumbs down, Aishwarya needs to come out with a sublime performance to woo her share of male devotees………

Bollywood, these days, has got into the habit of making the A-list actresses come out of their comfort zones and don the cloaks of an item girl.
And after the sizzling sexy number from Malaika Arora Khan in ‘Munni badnaam hui’ from Dabangg, Katrina Kaif has been creating ripples with her scintillating performance and belly jig in the hit song ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ from ‘Tees Maar Khan.’
With two of the hottest songs of 2010 in ‘Munni’ and ‘Sheila’, many of the social networking sites are pitting them up and comparing the popularity of the two numbers. And if the results are anything to go by, then the farm fresh ‘Sheila’ is, currently, hogging all the limelight.
Katrina has lost oodles of weight and shed her clothes and inhibitions for this saucy song. Her stint reminds of an Aishwarya Rai who had gone the dare-bare way a few years back in ‘Dhoom 2’.
In fact, Aishwarya has earned some accolades as a successful item girl. Her ‘Krazy kiya re’ number was a rage amongst the youngsters and her songs like ‘Ishq kamina’ and ‘kajra re’ are still remembered with intense fervour.

Hence, one must say that even though it is Katrina who is making the nation drool and swoon in this wintry season, she is still a tad behind Aishwarya who has donned the item avatar on more than one occasion.

Though Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor are, currently, ruling the B-town with right doses of glamour and talent, it is the veteran Aishwarya Rai who defeats them comprehensively when it comes to global popularity.

Unlike the likes of Kareena and Priyanka, Aishwarya is renowned worldwide (after all, she had won the coveted pageant at the Miss World). Aishwarya’s global supremacy also accounts from the fact that she has worked in a slew of crossover films like ‘Pink Panther 2’, ‘The Last Legion’, ‘Bride and Prejudice’ and so on.
Reportedly, a few foreign publishers are insisting Aishwarya to pen her autobiography. In fact, they are ready to pay out handsome fee to her. As per reports, she has also been approached with a blank cheque by a publisher itching to print her journey from her modelling days to her Bollywood crown.
Publishers are also eyeing that she dishes out her relationship tales in the autobiography. In fact, Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi controversies are significant parts of her life and would make her books fly off the shelf in a jiffy.
But then Aishwarya being a very private person is brooding over it. She hasn’t yet given her nod and even if she does so, it is highly unlikely that she would serve her readers a dose of her spicy romance. But the publishers can still keep their fingers crossed.

In an online survey, actor Aishwarya Rai was voted as the Best Actress of 2010 for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish.

Aishwarya plays Hrithik Roshan’s nurse in the film. Out of 10,867 votes cast, Ash got 77% of the votes, more than the likes of Kajol (My Name
is Khan), Katrina Kaif (Raajneeti) and Vidya Balan (Ishqiya).

Kajol was the runners up with 17 per cent votes while Katrina Kaif bagged 3 per cent of the total votes. Vidya Balan, too, got 3 per cent.

In an online popularity contest conducted by Desifans.com, Aishwarya Rai defeated Shah Rukh Khan by a huge margin to win the title of the Most loved Desi Celeb. While Khan got a 32.2 per cent share of votes, Rai won 67.8 per cent. Not only Khan, Rai also nudged Katrina

Kaif.

In another online survey, Rai has also been voted as the Best Actress of 2010 for her performance in Guzaarish. Out of 10,867 votes cast, Aishwarya won 77 per cent.

This time, she was competing against the likes of Kajol (My Name is Khan), Katrina Kaif (Raajneeti) and Vidya Balan (Ishqiya). While Kajol was the runners up with 17 per cent votes, Katrina Kaif bagged 3 per cent of the total votes. Vidya Balan, on the other hand, barely managed 3 per cent of the total votes.