Aishwarya Rai

Ash, Ranbir get teacher's achievement awards

Actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan [ Images ], Ranbir Kapoor [ Images ] and Boman Irani [ Images ] were honoured with the Teacher's Achievement Awards at the 10th edition of the awards in Mumbai [ Images ] over the weekend.

Kapoor who received the Teacher's Achievement Award for entertainment said his work is being recognised.

"It feels good whenever we receive any award. I always say that whenever you receive any award, it feels great. I love what I do and if I am recognised for that and awarded for that, it just makes life really going," said Kapoor.

Aishwarya Rai, who was honoured with Teacher's People Achiever Award, dedicated it to her father, Krishnaraj Rai.

She said the award reflected that her audience had always been her strength.

"Mine was the People's Choice Award and that's always special for me because it really reflects what I have always said - my greatest strength and inspiring force has been the audience, my people world over -- and that's what makes it particularly special and I cherish it," said Aishwarya Rai.

Boman Irani bagged the Achiever of the Decade Award while veteran Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi [ Images ] was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Teacher's Achievement Awards were instituted in 2001, and reward individual excellence in diverse fields under the categories of business, communications, sports, entertainment and lifetime achievement.

Katrina

Akshay Kumar hurts Katrina Kaif

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif have worked in copious films in the past. Now, they are all set to sizzle together once again in Farah Khan's TEES MAAR KHAN. There's no doubt that they have an awesome on-screen chemistry.

But off screen things are a little different now. Reveals Katrina, "After five years of working with Akshay, I am lucky if he comes in the morning and says hello. It's not because he is rude. It's just because of familiarity. Sometimes, I honestly feel hurt.Continuing in the same vein, Katrina says, "There were times when I used to tell 'Akshay, good morning. Smile. Why are you angry?' and he would tell me not to be silly. I think that trust is there between us. That respect is the most important thing. He also has a regard for me and it's a healthy equation."

Also starring Akshaye Khanna, TEES MAAR KHAN releases on December 24th.

Grand TEES MAAR KHAN music launch on a moving train
Trust Farah Khan to come up with something no one else has thought of. The music of her film, TEES MAAR KHAN was released with much zest on a train from Mumbai to Lonavala. It was truly innovation at its very best! Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and the other cast and crew were present on the train journey.

Said Katrina, "I like trains. Trains are very romantic places. It's a very nice idea to launch the music of TEES MAAR KHAN in a train. Very nice of Farah and UTV to come up with something different. After a while it gets very monotonous to come to the conference room and have the same things to talk about. So, everyone is having a good time here."

So was it the first time that Katrina was travelling in an Indian train? "No, I had once travelled down South from Mumbai many years back."

The entire cast and crew received a mad welcome at Lonavala station, amidst band baaja and hordes of crazy fans. The film releases on December 24 during Christmas.

Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan & Akshay to do ‘qawali’ together

We told you before; we are telling more on it again…. Katrina doing a jumma chumma in Farah Khan’s ‘Tees Mar Khan’ starring Akshay and Katrina is no hot news now.  We bring to you the real masala. The female Manmohan Desai of Bollywood Farah Khan has roped in her current favourite Salman to do a qawali in the film. The close hand reveals that the song will be on line to the ‘Main Hoon Na’ number which goes like ‘Tujh Se Mil Ke Dil Ka Hai Jo Haal Kya Kare’.

This particular song will be shot by the end of this month when hopefully the principal shooting of ‘Tees Mar Khan’ gets completed.

Well the audience will definitely go wild with frenzy when the deadly combo of the lovely Katrina with her beau Salman (yes they are together... baki sab rumours) and her lucky charm Akshay will sizzle the screen by their presence.

Wah kya baat hai Farah ki ‘Tees Mar Khan’ is getting hotter day by day. Sure there will be more surprises to come right Farah…

 Katrina sheds all inhibitions for Sheila Ki Jawani  The stunning Katrina Kaif brings sexy back and how with her latest item song from Farah Khan's TEES MAAR KHAN also starring Akshay Kumar.

Sung by Sunidhi Chauhan the track titled 'Sheila Ki Jawani' will see Katrina Kaif shed all reservations get draped in a white satin sheet and groove to sensual beats courtesy Vishal-Shekhar.

With the initial concept of the song being a raunchy Bhojpuri number to keep with Katrina Kaif's character of an item girl 'Sheila Ki Jawani' shaped out to be classy mix between Chicago and Broadway.Says Farah Khan, 'I have never seen Katrina looking both hot and sensuous at the same time. We shot 'Sheila Ki Jawani' in five days and every day we had a new set and new costumes. For the satin bed sheet, we had a 10 feet rotating bed with the men around her. She didn't feel awkward with so many men around. The more they screamed and cheered for her, the more she got a high and her energy levels increased.'

Veena Malik In Big Boss

After weeks of flirting with the media, Pakistan's most controversial TV personality finally bit the bait.

Veena Malik, who has hogged prime time bandwidth in almost all cricket-playing nations with her well-timed spot-fixing revelations, has agreed to participate in the new season of Bigg Boss.

This was confirmed by sources who said the channel had been eyeing her as a prime contestant for the popular reality show ever since the scandal exploded.

Apparently, Malik, who has so far interacted with the Indian media with cultivated disdain, was initially dismissive about the show. "However, she quickly warmed up to the idea, and could barely conceal her excitement at the prospect of being on a show which is being hosted by Salman Khan," said sources.

Malik, though touted to be one of the most controversial of the 14 contestants on Bigboss 4, will definitely not be the highest paid, say insiders, though the channel refused to comment on the developments.

Ever since Malik surfaced with her signature twang and colourful wardrobe waving 'proofs' of Pak cricketer Mohd Asif's links with bookies, she has been a rage on the internet and on TV.

So far Malik has negotiated her way through the media minefield rather well, throwing enough juicy titbits about her affair with the cricketer and insinuations about several Bollywood fringe personalities, to keep audiences glued to her antics.

In fact, in one of her outrageous interviews she also thumbed down the average looking Indian men, who, she hinted, were no match for the "good looking Pakistani men".

This, say social media enthusiasts, makes her a prime candidate for the reality show, which puts controversial celebrities, wannabes, and have-beens under 24x7 surveillance in a locked house.

Social networking sites in fact have been buzzing with speculations and tongue-in-cheek demands for inviting Malik to the show, and the channel was quick to gauge the mood of the TV-viewing community.

Convincing Malik was not difficult, say sources, though she did try to play the diva. She insisted that the production team choose the other 13 contestants carefully, "So that they are up to my level," she allegedly told the team.

Negotiations with Malik barely took a day to wind up and the production team has worked out the logistics for her passage to India.