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.

The man who swept the best actor award in many of the recent award events is nominated in Golden Kela Worst actor category. Shahrukh Khan’s acting in My Name Is Khan has earned him a worst actor nomination. Hrithik Roshan joins him in the league with his acting in Guzaarish. Aishwarya Rai is nominated for Golden Kela worst actress for her film Raavan.

Golden Kela Awards, organized by Random magazine, is a spin-off of Hollywood’s Razzies to honour the worst in Bollywood every year. The award, which is based on public poll, is in its third year. Last year Abhishek Bachchan was given the award for worst accent, and the actor was present at the award ceremony to accept the Dara Singh Award for Worst Accent for his attempt to speak in an American accent in Delhi 6.

Salman Khan’s blockbuster Dabangg has not been nominated under any category.

The award ceremony will be held on March 2 and will be hosted by Cyrus Broacha.

Check out the list of Golden Kela Awards for the worst performance of the year 2010.

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.

Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Shahrukh Khan are two of the biggest stars of the tinsel town. And it is no surprise that they have a colossal fan following; something that guarantees that the paparazzi keep hounding them.

And recently at the Filmfare nomination bash, the two were spotted together sharing a light moment. Aishwarya Rai was snapped laughing at an apparent joke that the witty King Khan cracked. So, this indicates that things are perfectly alright between SRK and Ash.
However, things haven’t been completely alright between the two over the years and they have been on no-speaking terms before. That was when Aishwarya Rai had to walk out of SRK’s film ‘Chalte Chalte’ following some relationship problems with actor Salman Khan.
At that point of time, Ash and Salman were in a relationship but with Salman trying to control her life, she was finding it hard to maintain amiability. She also had a fall-out with Shahrukh at that time on the sets of ‘Chalte Chalte.’
However, now we can safely say that SRK and Ash are presently very much on cordial terms. There is no rift going on and it’s ironic that both are harbouring cold rivalry with Salman Khan. It’s to be seen if we get to see the ‘Devdas’ jodi back on the silver screen some time!

Moti Sagar and his team at Sagar Arts are in the process of finding their Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Salman Khan for the ‘televised’ version of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, that was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2007. The show is as yet untitled but the casting has started. The show for Colors will have an ensemble cast.

Moti Sagar says, “I wouldn’t call it a frame-by-frame remake. My show revolves around a group of folk singers in the interiors of Gujarat, the Darbaris. The show is a family drama-cum-love story between three leading characters.”

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’s storyline also revolved around three characters, Vanraj (Ajay), Nandini (Aishwarya) and Sameer (Salman Khan). Sameer and Nandini fall in love but the latter is married off to Vanraj who on learning that she loves another, tries to reunite her with her Indo-Italian singer.

Will the serial follow a similar storyline? “Movies have definite timelines and storylines. But in a soap, we have lots of tracks that can develop or be edited depending on the audience response. Most family dramas and love stories are pretty similar but their treatment makes them different. Music, Gujarat and the love triangle are the only common links between Bhansaliji and our work,” argues Sagar.
It’s rumoured that Sagar Arts plans to hire many artistes from Bhansali’s hit movie for the show. “You’ll have to wait and watch to see how many actors are in common. I don’t think there will be any.”

The show will be shot in Gujarat next month and then shift to a location in or around Mumbai. The actors haven’t been finalised yet. Sagar says the show is expected to go on air in the next two months.

“The slot and the title will be decided by the team at Colors,” he adds. “We’ve started the pre-production work and should be ready to roll by next month.”

Seems like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan holds her family heritage too close to her heart; but is Kajra Re her family heritage? Recently, Shah Rukh Khan was left wondering about the same thing!

Buzz is that the actress did the unthinkable. She refused to groove to Kajra Re with SRK because she will only dance to that song with her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and husband Abhishek Bachchan.

A source told Times of India, “Shah Rukh had planned a gig around Bollywood heroines over the years and he wanted it to conclude with Aishwarya`s performance. He had planned to dance with her to Kajra Re. But Ash refused.”

Grapevine has it that the actress argued that Kajra Re was a family song and that she would not perform it with anyone else. After much failed persuasion, SRK had to scrap the plan.

Even in the past, be it her personal reasons or professional, Ash has always maintained a firm stance on certain issues. Who can forget her press release in 2003 where she said, “For the sake of my well-being, sanity, my dignity and the self-respect of my family, I will not work with Salman Khan anymore.”
This might give the warring Khans-Salman and SRK a reason to bond, who knows!

Ex-flames Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan usually try their best to avoid each other, however, at times best efforts goes up in smoke. That’s exactly what happened recently at the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards, when Aishwarya went into the lounge area (hang-out place for celebrity performers) and had to hurriedly come out as her ex Salman was also chilling out there.

However, even after spotting Salman, Ash, well-known for maintaining her composure at all times, quickly got over the initially shock of finding Salman at the lounge and moved out as soon as possible to avoid potentially awkward situation.

Ash and Salman had started dating after meeting on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.’ For two years (1999-2000) everything went well, however, in 2002, the IT couple of Bollywood broke up in midst of lots of controversy and drama.

What exactly transpired at award function
Reportedly, Aishwarya ended up reaching backstage earlier and was waiting for her name to be called for the performance, when she suddenly decided to wait in the lounge.

On her way to lounge, she met Vidya Balan and they exchanged pleasantries for a while.

“After her conversation Ash went inside, glanced around and was seen walking out of the room swiftly. Ash stood quietly outside and refused to budge till her performance was announced,” said an eye-witness.

Apparently, sudden change in Ash’s behavior surprised many; however, everybody soon found the reason, when they spotted Salman strolling out of the lounge area.

Salman’s reaction
Bachchan clan’s bahu Ash might have felt awkward after suddenly spotting Salman, however, as per sources, Salman did not even flinch when he saw Ash moving into the lounge, igniting speculations that he truly has moved on.

“Salman has moved on and has no issues about bumping into anyone anywhere. He was relaxing, when he spotted Ash, he appeared unmoved and continued with his conversation,” revealed an eye-witness.

It seems like only Aishwarya needs to work on her ex-related issues as avoiding someone, who is part of the industry is a tough thing to do.

Aishwarya Rai had an eventful 2010 with four releases, but what made her most happy was the birth of her nephew. Though the actress loves to play aunt, she is looking forward to motherhood.

Umpteen times her pregnancy rumours have done the rounds. Plagued and pestered by the question of when the stork is visiting, Aishwarya tells the People magazine that she is looking forward to being a mother: “Of course I am looking forward to it. As and when God has planned for me, I will be a mother.”

According to her, a boy and a girl would be perfect to complete a family picture.

“A child is God’s gift and we will be happy to have a child, be it a girl or a boy,” she adds.

Though she likes to leave everything to God, and remains unperturbed by the rumours, she felt hurt when a media report about her supposed inability to conceive because of an ongoing treatment for stomach tuberculosis started doing the rounds.

Aishwarya has also scotched various other rumours in the interview with People, but cleverly evades any question related to her ex-beau Salman Khan.

Here is the actress from the mag cover:

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.

2010 was a year that saw the maturing audience preferring content over stars. When small-budget films and intellectual scripts saw thumbs up from the public, some over hyped films were bloopers. Here’s a look at 5 disaster films of 2010:
1. Kites: Riding on huge hype and hoopla, ‘Kites’ came bringing in a smouldering chemistry between Greek God Hrithik and the Mexican curry Barbara, but dearth of a good screenplay made the film lick dust at box office. It was one of the biggest duds of 2010.

2. Raavan: Aishwarya Rai teamed up with hubby Abhishek for the umpteenth time but despite being visually opulent, the sluggishness of the film stamped a flop all over director Mani Ratnam. A big disappointment!
3. Veer: Salman Khan took the pen for this one, grew long tresses and mingled history with love to portray the story of a ‘Veer’ warrior. But unfortunately, no audience felt ‘Veer’ enough to watch this one. But, later on, Salman compensated by digging gold with ‘Dabangg’.
4. Guzaarish: Another masterly and poetic work from Sanjay Leela Bhansali and received great accolades from critics. And with Hrithik and Aishwarya (the hit Jodi of Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa Akbar), the film was destined to be a mega hit. However, astonishingly, audience showed no interest in watching this one.
5. Khelein Hum Jee Jaan sey: Acclaimed director Ashutosh Gowariker enlivened the pages of history once again as he dressed up Abhishek Bachchan in the dhoti-kurta of freedom fighter Surya Sen. But the response that it got at the cash counters was colder than mere lukewarm.