<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:53:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Bollywood</category><category>Entertainment</category><category>Reviews</category><category>sports</category><category>Events</category><category>Books</category><category>Business</category><category>Movies</category><category>news</category><title>PioTV: Bollywood to Hollywood</title><description>PioTV is a portal for people of Indian origin living around the world.  Watch our free television channel and on demand videos of hollywood, bollywood, news, entertainment, articles, and photos of your favorite stars like ashwarya rai, shilpa shetty, shah rukh khan and more!</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-329304545040019609</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-05T02:52:05.355-08:00</atom:updated><title>Director Jagmohan Mundhra</title><description>Jagmohan Mundhra followed a long road in Hollywood and then to Bollywood but finally achieved his quest to make meaningful movies. Mundhra told PIO TV he likes to inspire audiences to re-evaluate society’s position on controversial subjects. Born and brought up in Calcutta, India, Jag was first inspired by the legendary director Guru Dutt. But, like an obedient Indian son first fulfilled his family’s wishes and studied business. Coming to America culminated in achieving a Ph.D in marketing, specifically films. He taught at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles and dove head on into learning filmmaking. He set up the first Indian film theater in Los Angeles, then sold it to raise money for his first film “SURAAG” with Shabana Azmi. He followed it up with “KAMLA” that got Jag Mundhra some International press. The next movie “BAWANDAR” got him international acclaim and screened at various festival including the London Film Festival. Jag’s credible film-making aroused the interest of internationally acclaimed actress Aishwarya Rai and he went on to make “PROVOKED.” PIO TV sat down with Jag Mundhra to discuss his latest film, “SHOOT ON SIGHT” with Naseeruddin Shah. Jag smiles and adds that his plan is to simply continue his prolific career as a filmmaker making thought provoking films.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-5d4267e7748737c5 height=266 width=320 contentId=&quot;5d4267e7748737c5&quot;&gt;&lt;/OBJECT&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/03/director-jagmohan-mundhra_05.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-833630956161602729</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-04T10:16:31.040-08:00</atom:updated><title>Director Jagmohan Mundhra</title><description>Jagmohan Mundhra followed a long road in Hollywood and then to Bollywood but finally achieved his quest to make meaningful movies. Mundhra told PIO TV he likes to inspire audiences to re-evaluate society’s position on controversial subjects. Born and brought up in Calcutta, India, Jag was first inspired by the legendary director Guru Dutt. But, like an obedient Indian son first fulfilled his family’s wishes and studied business. Coming to America culminated in achieving a Ph.D in marketing, specifically films. He taught at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles and dove head on into learning filmmaking. He set up the first Indian film theater in Los Angeles, then sold it to raise money for his first film “SURAAG” with Shabana Azmi. He followed it up with “KAMLA” that got Jag Mundhra some International press. The next movie “BAWANDAR” got him international acclaim and screened at various festival including the London Film Festival. Jag’s credible film-making aroused the interest of internationally acclaimed actress Aishwarya Rai and he went on to make “PROVOKED.” PIO TV sat down with Jag Mundhra to discuss his latest film, “SHOOT ON SIGHT” with Naseeruddin Shah. Jag smiles and adds that his plan is to simply continue his prolific career as a filmmaker making thought provoking films.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-4e93edd20fe80c93 height=266 width=320 contentId=&quot;4e93edd20fe80c93&quot;&gt;&lt;/OBJECT&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/03/director-jagmohan-mundhra.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-7526992892181171770</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-26T21:40:57.689-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Sexy Lass Mallika Sherawat</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2YGpG_e_tv7u3KvEB5ikaDfDJrhQ_5vMc5MFOTs8cESmmwimgV23iXMBrtkNipoO3goO6UkPw6j94DUKWJM3yrLwNmC2hxjSFFqNXzWNmHbuW3rtEGJUQ79pPJbBo3URHlGvNENgGQc/s1600-h/Mallika+Sharawat.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2YGpG_e_tv7u3KvEB5ikaDfDJrhQ_5vMc5MFOTs8cESmmwimgV23iXMBrtkNipoO3goO6UkPw6j94DUKWJM3yrLwNmC2hxjSFFqNXzWNmHbuW3rtEGJUQ79pPJbBo3URHlGvNENgGQc/s320/Mallika+Sharawat.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165817534783730482&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Something happened with our sexy lass Mallika Sherawat&lt;/span&gt;. If you recall, Mallika was also a member of the cast of “Aapka Surur’, the first film by Himesh Reshmia and Hansika Motwani.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;The days when Mallika was quite annoyed with 15-year-old Hansika who not only addressed the sex siren as ‘aunty, but also teased her making all sorts of faces. Now it wouldn’t be wrong to say that influenced by Hansika, Mallika has applied all the tricks with her co-stars in the forthcoming film ‘Man Gaye Mughal-E-Azam’.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;Especially, Mallika used to make faces and tease K K Menon when he would be busy with the shooting. Even the director of the film Sanjay Chhel, has accepted this fact and said that Yes, it is true that Mallika was up to such pranks on the sets. Whenever she used to come on the sets, Mallika used to bow and do salaam to all present much like Anarkali. Even Paresh Rawal used to company Mallika in teasing and annoying everyone present on the sets. So after listening all this we would just like to say Man gaye Mallika.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piotv.com/front/article/articledetail.php?catid=18&amp;amp;art=4538&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/02/something-happened-with-our-sexy-lass.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2YGpG_e_tv7u3KvEB5ikaDfDJrhQ_5vMc5MFOTs8cESmmwimgV23iXMBrtkNipoO3goO6UkPw6j94DUKWJM3yrLwNmC2hxjSFFqNXzWNmHbuW3rtEGJUQ79pPJbBo3URHlGvNENgGQc/s72-c/Mallika+Sharawat.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-3117629919972107152</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-07T12:25:18.106-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Entertainment</category><title>Bollywood Legend  Continues to Charm</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj027ArV2JA0Ri_BusUvHLl5xrIleOsQ3lCxS4bv7Mcc045kq43vg0uaYWYCcImGTGUsSO5grLCH9WnC-JTVO2mE3tMYh7_YSnVoUCKzBVrEJhVZtzdsR0RTj3qcojbq8bnVHKy6cdClNE/s1600-h/Rekha.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj027ArV2JA0Ri_BusUvHLl5xrIleOsQ3lCxS4bv7Mcc045kq43vg0uaYWYCcImGTGUsSO5grLCH9WnC-JTVO2mE3tMYh7_YSnVoUCKzBVrEJhVZtzdsR0RTj3qcojbq8bnVHKy6cdClNE/s320/Rekha.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164336126157455170&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;The very beautiful and gorgeous Rekha stepped out&lt;/span&gt; on Friday night after a self-imposed hiatus from the public eye, in true divaesque style. Dressed in black, boots et al, she could very well launch a thousand ships of her own, a la Helen of Troy!  As she stepped on stage to receive an award celebrating her beauty, she elicited a thunderous applause from the guests present. But naturally, she’s Rekha... the one and only. And one of the guests, excited on seeing her, said something aloud which she didn’t quite catch and she asked him to repeat what he’d said. To which he said, Good Evening and Rekha laughed throatily and said in her trademark sensuous voice, Oh I heard beautiful. You know, I am always being asked how is it that I am so beautiful. I owe it all to my Amma, my mother, and it is thanks to the genes I inherited from her, that I am beautiful if at all. But more than that, I feel that the values that she brought me up with which I follow till date are what make me truly beautiful. There, she just told everyone her best kept secret or did she? I want to be alone is essentially &lt;st1:city st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Hollywood&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;’s most glamourous legend, Greta Garbo’s line, and Rekha has been adhering to that in her life too. But we wish not. She’s a Re’ of light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/front/article/categories.php?catid=18&quot;&gt; Read More Like This &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/02/bollywood-legend-continues-to-charm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj027ArV2JA0Ri_BusUvHLl5xrIleOsQ3lCxS4bv7Mcc045kq43vg0uaYWYCcImGTGUsSO5grLCH9WnC-JTVO2mE3tMYh7_YSnVoUCKzBVrEJhVZtzdsR0RTj3qcojbq8bnVHKy6cdClNE/s72-c/Rekha.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-849964810542298312</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-06T13:20:37.046-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Movies</category><title>Watch Bollywood Movies Free: Kshatriya</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOFdrs-xaRBZlOKQ-xrgI0OsyKEQRxRbZLh_YbYOEeOR-Fg7oXvR-cQVnQtTKysEE3Ts2bIAtfAqrgFw80qIxe0VO9yrxdCQluYri7gFaF7TZbl9g_n2b5jKgxyVerCBmzJyUiwXdE_I/s1600-h/Kshatriya+Poster.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOFdrs-xaRBZlOKQ-xrgI0OsyKEQRxRbZLh_YbYOEeOR-Fg7oXvR-cQVnQtTKysEE3Ts2bIAtfAqrgFw80qIxe0VO9yrxdCQluYri7gFaF7TZbl9g_n2b5jKgxyVerCBmzJyUiwXdE_I/s320/Kshatriya+Poster.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163979493548031794&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;In order to get rain for the arid region in Rajasthan, India, two royal families,&lt;/span&gt; from Mirtagarh and Surjangarh, have come together with their warriors, and fought with each other annually, with the winner getting the honor to sacrifice a baby buffalo. When England returned Jaswant Singh comes home with his caucasian wife, he is appalled at the slaughter and warlike conditions. But fate binds him that he is also to continue the family tradition, and as a result his wife leaves him. Years later, children from both these royal families return from England, and are friends with each other. Vinay is friendly with Vikram, and wants to wed Neelima. Will these young people succeed in stopping this bloodshed, and put an end to this rivalry, or will they also be fated to continue this deadly tradition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piotv.com/front/article/piotv.php&quot;&gt;Watch Kshatriya Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/02/watch-bollywood-movies-free-kshatriya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOFdrs-xaRBZlOKQ-xrgI0OsyKEQRxRbZLh_YbYOEeOR-Fg7oXvR-cQVnQtTKysEE3Ts2bIAtfAqrgFw80qIxe0VO9yrxdCQluYri7gFaF7TZbl9g_n2b5jKgxyVerCBmzJyUiwXdE_I/s72-c/Kshatriya+Poster.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-4819143897962790007</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-30T12:44:05.451-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Entertainment</category><title>Tanisha Makes Her Debut</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGBaj0ufnYSWf2WbD9H51GT-odHePWMoNVzVtAgeoZFe46ihfOgdDaJkspiecga1cxvELZXUz7cRRbvl147iXRzpOb5yqlnp0EpDMlHujdm4_SrLHv9LXTkZNqyVTbRgQoBEDtg1RXcI/s1600-h/Tanishaa+2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGBaj0ufnYSWf2WbD9H51GT-odHePWMoNVzVtAgeoZFe46ihfOgdDaJkspiecga1cxvELZXUz7cRRbvl147iXRzpOb5yqlnp0EpDMlHujdm4_SrLHv9LXTkZNqyVTbRgQoBEDtg1RXcI/s320/Tanishaa+2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161370975225577250&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Bollywood actress Tanisha is making her debut&lt;/span&gt; in Telugu. Sources close to the unit informed us that she has signed NTR starrer Kantri. The film has Hansika Motwani as the female lead while Tanisha steps in as the second lead opposite NTR.&lt;br /&gt;Earlier Jiah Khan and Riya Sen were considered for this role. Produced by Ashwini Dutt and directed by Meher Ramesh, the film has already completed 50 percent of shoot. Tanisha is Kajol&#39;s sister and is better known for her dare bare attitude.  She had acted in Hindi films like Neil &#39;n&#39; Nikki and also did Unnale Unnale a Tamil film which was later dubbed into Telugu as Nee Valle Nee Valle with debutant Vinay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piotv.com/front/article/categories.php?catid=18&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/tanisha-makes-her-debut.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGBaj0ufnYSWf2WbD9H51GT-odHePWMoNVzVtAgeoZFe46ihfOgdDaJkspiecga1cxvELZXUz7cRRbvl147iXRzpOb5yqlnp0EpDMlHujdm4_SrLHv9LXTkZNqyVTbRgQoBEDtg1RXcI/s72-c/Tanishaa+2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-4970295766480673021</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-28T12:25:57.181-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Events</category><title>Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: On Demand</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/country/pbd2008.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN19WmKm33ShhNInpiGwSakCFq58duAVc153II2zI2FGlXAxgzs3GCcnq0u2szqUPxDOQ0hI8Fu4lxe0BcSbLABjHMVGjtzX7dwUSI8ISj_5EbTsbpMiP1cKSaXPH8Kxzm3QGkercF_o/s320/PBD-Square-7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160622633008824082&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pravasi Bharatiya Divas aims at culminating the success&lt;/span&gt; and knowledge of the overseas Indian community and integrating their experience  into India&#39;s global development process.  PBD celebrates and recognizes the contributions of this 35 million strong community and utilizes PBD as a means to bring the community together under an umbrella of forward thinking and discussion.   For the first time this landmark event was made available via live webcast on pioTV.Com to the whole of the overseas community and is now being made available free On Demand.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/country/pbd2008.html&quot;&gt; Click here to watch &lt;/a&gt; this historic event and take part in the flourishing of India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/country/pbd2008.html&quot;&gt; Watch Now &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-on-demand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN19WmKm33ShhNInpiGwSakCFq58duAVc153II2zI2FGlXAxgzs3GCcnq0u2szqUPxDOQ0hI8Fu4lxe0BcSbLABjHMVGjtzX7dwUSI8ISj_5EbTsbpMiP1cKSaXPH8Kxzm3QGkercF_o/s72-c/PBD-Square-7.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-6216954735875725673</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T12:37:19.514-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Dia Mirza: More Than Meets the Eye</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzYurTuRG4gnkv42Ki7I7u091s2GIktq2xfGqYIvWeDP9IOAHro6kw7ZZvoNyxCtNH7Rf8JFTCUkujUQQ0oSCAoNw9EBGnlVMU5HvbKnMLOURXDjzmUiabeiaB-dfSL7vz3rOleu88u0/s1600-h/Dia+Mirza.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzYurTuRG4gnkv42Ki7I7u091s2GIktq2xfGqYIvWeDP9IOAHro6kw7ZZvoNyxCtNH7Rf8JFTCUkujUQQ0oSCAoNw9EBGnlVMU5HvbKnMLOURXDjzmUiabeiaB-dfSL7vz3rOleu88u0/s320/Dia+Mirza.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159143923013451506&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Dia Mirza has always believed in doing more&lt;/span&gt; than what her profession demands and keeps abreast with political and world issues by reading extensively. Hence she is always around whenever you need a celebrity speaker to talk on issues like social or political.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;There’s so much you can achieve as an actor, but there’s a lot to grow and gain as a person. So whenever Dia Mirza is not shooting, she likes to learn a skill she’s not equipped with. She recently enrolled herself in a pottery class and very soon mastered the art. Dia is currently taking cooking classes and wants to be an accomplished chef, so what if her culinary skills will only be tested by a selected few. Wonder if now on she will also be taking charge of the dinner table at Sanjay Gupta’s place besides hosting his parties for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piotv.com/front/article/categories.php?catid=18&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/dia-mirza-has-always-believed-in-doing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzYurTuRG4gnkv42Ki7I7u091s2GIktq2xfGqYIvWeDP9IOAHro6kw7ZZvoNyxCtNH7Rf8JFTCUkujUQQ0oSCAoNw9EBGnlVMU5HvbKnMLOURXDjzmUiabeiaB-dfSL7vz3rOleu88u0/s72-c/Dia+Mirza.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-3790822467324027403</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-22T11:08:50.302-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>American Masala: Review</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3eJm5DDnOTl_gUDS3CWVWbzjBeFr-PaiiC8rSYFXsenZBMF1Dhp69cn-zFXUnSGstuA41l_ao0AKrMSZJS1kRF8xnvNHQj_apUUBnGYi5VRtKmEXHqeQXFE0SMC8EKBFsQJCke6-7qY/s1600-h/American+Masala.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3eJm5DDnOTl_gUDS3CWVWbzjBeFr-PaiiC8rSYFXsenZBMF1Dhp69cn-zFXUnSGstuA41l_ao0AKrMSZJS1kRF8xnvNHQj_apUUBnGYi5VRtKmEXHqeQXFE0SMC8EKBFsQJCke6-7qY/s320/American+Masala.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158379320175426354&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoTitle&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;AMERICAN MASALA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoSubtitle&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;By&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Suvir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;With Raquel Pelzel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoSubtitle&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;The title “American Masala” may sound oxymoronic&lt;/span&gt;, for one does not associate American food with spice.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But Suvir Saran, in his brilliant and inspiring book, “American Masala”, has nullified the concept that masala cannot be part of American cuisine.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In his unique recipes, ranging from tingling sauces and chutneys through mouth-watering desserts, he has integrated American classics with the bouquet of flavors represented by Indian spices, providing just the ticket for some adventurous meal-times in any kitchen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Saran, originally from &lt;st1:city st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, has been an American resident for almost twenty years.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He is co-executive chef at the restaurant, Devi, which offers him the perfect setting for adding a new twist to familiar dishes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;“Masala” is a catch-all Indian word for spices; you could have masala ‘chai’ or tea or have masala chicken.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What makes each dish unique is the combination of spices.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But, beyond being spices used in cooking, masala is also, as he says, “the spice of life, the excitement and vibrancy that come from stimulating conversation and a house full of friends and family.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Indian masalas have immigrated to other countries over time, absorbing local flavors and contributing to local foods in the process, adding yet another layer to the already rich and flamboyant taste of Indian spices.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The resulting flavors are as exotic and as varied as the countless Indian dishes themselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Using basic ingredients that can be found in any Indian kitchen, such as cumin seed, garam masala, turmeric, mustard seeds, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, curry leaves, fenugreek, etc., Saran suggests innovative and interesting ways to enrich basic American dishes.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Adding cumin, coriander and tamarind along with garam masala to a meatloaf, for instance, gives it a flavor you would never associate with a meatloaf.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Or again, adding just honey, cumin seed and garam masala to chicken wings gives them a new zesty taste, truly “pack(ing) in spices, heat and sweetness.”&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Yet again, he transforms basic macaroni and cheese into a near gourmet dish with the addition of &lt;st1:city st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Dijon&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; mustard and pepper flakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Joy, truly, springs from every recipe.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Here is obviously someone who loves to experiment with flavor, who is not scared to venture into bold techniques when playing with spices – adding a pinch of this and a dash of that to bring out the best in any dish.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He is like an artist who, working on a broad canvas, splashes color with brilliant mastery to create vivid and striking art.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Saran draws from many flavors of the world to enrich his recipes – Middle Eastern, Mexican, Italian, American and, of course, Indian.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Simple touches like adding black pepper to a fruit cobbler or saffron to a leg of leg transform the essence of the dishes.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Not restricting himself to any one type of food, he creates a diversity which represents the diversity one faces in any metropolitan city like &lt;st1:state st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;New   York&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;For food, like culture, is an ever-changing fact of life and becomes richer for easily adapting to other tastes and palates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Even for the seasoned cook, particularly the seasoned Indian cook, there are variations offered for traditional items, such as okra used to make a salad or eggplants cooked with tamarind to create a scintillating taste with Abha aunty’s recipe for sweet-and-sour eggplant.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;I enjoyed the fact that Saran provides some background on each of his 125 recipes; this little touch brings the master chef into your kitchen and you really get a sense of him being there chatting with you as you cook any one of his recipes.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This book is truly an invitation to roll up your sleeves and to have a lot of fun while you cook up a storm!&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Truly, a must in every kitchen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;~Harshi Gill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/front/article/categories.php?catid=8&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/american-masala-review.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3eJm5DDnOTl_gUDS3CWVWbzjBeFr-PaiiC8rSYFXsenZBMF1Dhp69cn-zFXUnSGstuA41l_ao0AKrMSZJS1kRF8xnvNHQj_apUUBnGYi5VRtKmEXHqeQXFE0SMC8EKBFsQJCke6-7qY/s72-c/American+Masala.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-7728771434219128691</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-22T11:11:45.849-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Miss Universe Sushmita Sen</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdnUBq08zZw4hfi2vqy0Qm_m_Ar7FU_P5UoZ51hQtMyLhbQQ6nRMSsiF37ssfmDOi7v9R9muo_wssb4SYkfUfsc0vjuP1h53kL03pB6U4wRZXwSkDiWNSpqZdat22CEPUXygxWgQwz9o/s1600-h/Sushmita+Sen.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdnUBq08zZw4hfi2vqy0Qm_m_Ar7FU_P5UoZ51hQtMyLhbQQ6nRMSsiF37ssfmDOi7v9R9muo_wssb4SYkfUfsc0vjuP1h53kL03pB6U4wRZXwSkDiWNSpqZdat22CEPUXygxWgQwz9o/s320/Sushmita+Sen.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158068600766397218&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Don’t get on the wrong side of this former Miss Universe&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;S&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;ushmita Sen won’t tolerate nonsense. PIO TV has learned that she quickly returned a large amount of advance when the producer changed her role in the movie.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Recently, she returned the advance money or signing amount of  Rupees 2.1 million to producer Vijay Galani. The reason behind it is that she was not provided the bounded script of the movie on time as promised. Not only was she outraged at the producer going back on his word, she was also shocked that the role outlined in the piece of paper was entirely different from the director&#39;s description of it earlier.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; So, by returning the signing amount, she wanted to wash her hands off the movie. A month has passed since she has returned the cheque, but Vijay Galani Moviez has not yet deposited it in the bank. The story does not end there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/front/article/categories.php?catid=18&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/miss-universe-sushmita-sen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdnUBq08zZw4hfi2vqy0Qm_m_Ar7FU_P5UoZ51hQtMyLhbQQ6nRMSsiF37ssfmDOi7v9R9muo_wssb4SYkfUfsc0vjuP1h53kL03pB6U4wRZXwSkDiWNSpqZdat22CEPUXygxWgQwz9o/s72-c/Sushmita+Sen.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-3640301731251186359</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-18T11:15:54.921-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Bollywood Hottie Amna Shariff opposite Aftab</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinI4rlZoeUD6XCCpDKFES9SXz-XbPsCZDKHYMC_JhvdMiVo6kmrsKmrgv1OvASidCVuuFyui_5o68cHbwtwtms_KxE6rjYOOXh4jJPe3XjseYsYF1bZfrS-WRHyKcQ9ZW_eIU1f_82RNk/s1600-h/amna_sharif_007.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinI4rlZoeUD6XCCpDKFES9SXz-XbPsCZDKHYMC_JhvdMiVo6kmrsKmrgv1OvASidCVuuFyui_5o68cHbwtwtms_KxE6rjYOOXh4jJPe3XjseYsYF1bZfrS-WRHyKcQ9ZW_eIU1f_82RNk/s320/amna_sharif_007.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156896542846024466&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Anuj Saxena&#39;s production house Maverick&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;which is presenting the Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan and Shah Rukh Khan starrer DULHA MIL GAYA, is going to launch television actress Aamna Shariff in Bollywood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt; The favorite bahu of Indian Television show Kahin to Hoga, Kashish aka Aamna Shariff is making her bollywood debut this year. The film is titled ALOO CHAAT, in which Aftab Shivdasani is going to play a solo male actor opposite her. Robby Garewal, who had directed MERA PEHLA PEHLA PYAAR, is directing the film. It will go on floors in mid-February in a start-to-finish schedule. This is Maverick&#39;s first independent production.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/bollywood-hottie-amna-shariff-opposite.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinI4rlZoeUD6XCCpDKFES9SXz-XbPsCZDKHYMC_JhvdMiVo6kmrsKmrgv1OvASidCVuuFyui_5o68cHbwtwtms_KxE6rjYOOXh4jJPe3XjseYsYF1bZfrS-WRHyKcQ9ZW_eIU1f_82RNk/s72-c/amna_sharif_007.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-7446788088169395308</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-17T13:29:12.599-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Entertainment</category><title>Hooray fo Booze!</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKJf_Sm0_6bjjR37Bcy75KebOjNa2iU288ah2oxzkRESOQp_Z-zYPrYSqzxkug0FwTwy_IEJRV5vPlHsoLQ5uxebHjPhRM46jLw4WxIomuLk8jKPSiup-YKf5ydaYO5V19cxdFe25x5c/s1600-h/cobra+beer.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKJf_Sm0_6bjjR37Bcy75KebOjNa2iU288ah2oxzkRESOQp_Z-zYPrYSqzxkug0FwTwy_IEJRV5vPlHsoLQ5uxebHjPhRM46jLw4WxIomuLk8jKPSiup-YKf5ydaYO5V19cxdFe25x5c/s320/cobra+beer.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156558971301460738&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Cobra beer founder Lord Karan Bilimoria&lt;/span&gt; was honored by Pravasi Bharatiya Samman during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2008. He was one of the 12 recipients of the award presented by President Pratibha Patil at the valedictory session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2008, the annual conclave of the Indian Diaspora. The award citation described Bilimoria as an active overseas Indian with ongoing links and contribution to India. Bilimoria represents the London borough of Hounslow in the British Parliament and among many other positions, serves as the Chancellor of the Thames Valley University. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot; face=&quot;times new roman&quot;&gt;Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2008 was webcast Live and Exclusive by PIO TV for free across 97 countries for 35 million People of Indian Origin.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;&quot; class=&quot;spacing&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/hooray-fo-booze.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKJf_Sm0_6bjjR37Bcy75KebOjNa2iU288ah2oxzkRESOQp_Z-zYPrYSqzxkug0FwTwy_IEJRV5vPlHsoLQ5uxebHjPhRM46jLw4WxIomuLk8jKPSiup-YKf5ydaYO5V19cxdFe25x5c/s72-c/cobra+beer.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-3698947578403809873</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-17T13:18:04.933-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Manisha Koirala&#39;s shocking comeback</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMqq5andDI688TRNiQ1JA91MSygnUbGEWaNiVDs61p_QneP6KjZedBlj9ShTnlamgr1PZZBGQiTuL0sRk8Q2iaXCq88N5B3hUgC_11THLRi6EVvFy1vjSWVIospeO1euXLQKvnakPXZQ/s1600-h/Manisha+Koirali.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMqq5andDI688TRNiQ1JA91MSygnUbGEWaNiVDs61p_QneP6KjZedBlj9ShTnlamgr1PZZBGQiTuL0sRk8Q2iaXCq88N5B3hUgC_11THLRi6EVvFy1vjSWVIospeO1euXLQKvnakPXZQ/s320/Manisha+Koirali.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156556299831802610&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Now this one would go down as one of the most shocking&lt;/span&gt; comebacks of not just the current year but for a much longer time period. The actress is Nepali bombshell Manisha koirala.&lt;br /&gt;Imagine a top actress from the past returning to celluloid after a hiatus and let aside any hype or hoopla, there is not enough the slightest hint of awareness created amongst the audience. To top it, the film even has the actress playing the central protagonist in the title role.&lt;br /&gt;Well, the film in question is Tulsi - Mathru Devo Bhava, the film is releasing this Friday on 18th January and the actress is, hold your breath, none other than Manisha Koirala.&lt;br /&gt;Yes, that&#39;s right. 3 years after she was last seen as a lead actress in Mumbai Express (2005), Manisha Koirala is returning as a leading lady in Tulsi - Mathru Devo Bhava. In between she was seen as a supporting actress in films like Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story (2005), Anjaane - The Unknown (2005), Darwaza Bandh Rakho (2006) and Anwar (2007) but each of them met with a disastrous fate at the box office.&lt;br /&gt;Now even Manisha returns with Tulsi - Mathru Devo Bhava this Friday, there are as good as minimal chances for the film to fare any better since as it is clearly suffering from poor marketing, patchy promotion and haphazard release. What a pity because the film has none other than Irrfan Khan as Manisha&#39;s on-screen husband.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/manisha-koiralas-shocking-comeback.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMqq5andDI688TRNiQ1JA91MSygnUbGEWaNiVDs61p_QneP6KjZedBlj9ShTnlamgr1PZZBGQiTuL0sRk8Q2iaXCq88N5B3hUgC_11THLRi6EVvFy1vjSWVIospeO1euXLQKvnakPXZQ/s72-c/Manisha+Koirali.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-3768856542609407619</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-14T12:19:02.321-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>The secrets behind Jodhaa Akbar’s repeated delays</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z3AsFL09l0qB855tUDX2rEUtVisaSGh0y_fb0EAo7Z7g34tn66gr-I2j5YjYyl9_IU1F3Yif78aQHDjJ7OZXYZTNYgW0hrbxb5L7uzHvY3PV8hfuG1sFs3HQy_kP0WYzPJ35MjoEzGU/s1600-h/Jodhaa+Akbar.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z3AsFL09l0qB855tUDX2rEUtVisaSGh0y_fb0EAo7Z7g34tn66gr-I2j5YjYyl9_IU1F3Yif78aQHDjJ7OZXYZTNYgW0hrbxb5L7uzHvY3PV8hfuG1sFs3HQy_kP0WYzPJ35MjoEzGU/s320/Jodhaa+Akbar.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155399892772256482&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Ashutosh Gowarikar is known for his creative eye and dedicative mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;When it comes to his films he never compromises on quality. Was that a reason for the delay in the release of his mega budget movie Jodhaa Akbar? Let’s find out in this story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;The film was supposed to release in October last year. UTV then shifted the release to January 25, 2008 to coincide with the release date of their biggest hit Rang De Basanti. Now the film is again postponed to 15, February citing Ashutosh’s back problem as the reason for the delay in the post production work, but there’s more to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;It is believed that Ashutosh Gowariker had a tough time to get a producer for this movie because of his huge 40 crore budget. Before UTV, Ashutosh approached some big production houses, but nothing materialized as none were ready to finance a whopping 40 crore film that time, especially after the debacle of Ashutosh’s last movie Swades. Eventually he decided to approach UTV.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Rumour has it that initially UTV seemed to have some differences with Ashutosh as their last collaboration Swades failed at the box office. Somehow Ashutosh managed to convince them but apparently the film went over-budget. Now the big question is will the delay come in the way of the film’s success at the box office?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right; font-family: times new roman; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt; Read More Like This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/secrets-behind-jodhaa-akbars-repeated.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z3AsFL09l0qB855tUDX2rEUtVisaSGh0y_fb0EAo7Z7g34tn66gr-I2j5YjYyl9_IU1F3Yif78aQHDjJ7OZXYZTNYgW0hrbxb5L7uzHvY3PV8hfuG1sFs3HQy_kP0WYzPJ35MjoEzGU/s72-c/Jodhaa+Akbar.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-5991185673834982750</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-09T16:50:28.678-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Shilpa Shetty Reveals her Body</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1uxUMf3byQKPJqhXditCyl2zKJ5e3yusgJfc_6G51hxBGw92Y7SvYbe_NaYksLq23svWSkax1hPid80bCgLZBdhyKZTY-hoc7DoBpdjA-CfM0JbhtsfmJEw4ch5UiJJxZI0IOjeIvl4/s1600-h/Shilpa+Shetty+Bed+Pose.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1uxUMf3byQKPJqhXditCyl2zKJ5e3yusgJfc_6G51hxBGw92Y7SvYbe_NaYksLq23svWSkax1hPid80bCgLZBdhyKZTY-hoc7DoBpdjA-CfM0JbhtsfmJEw4ch5UiJJxZI0IOjeIvl4/s320/Shilpa+Shetty+Bed+Pose.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153643611925445330&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Shilpa Shetty the actress who has always been termed &#39;the best bod in Bollywood’&lt;/span&gt; has now released a special edition of a DVD called &#39;Shilpa&#39;s Yoga&#39; targeted at the European market.&lt;br /&gt; Here, Shilpa reveals her fitness secrets to create a lean and toned body while retaining all the feminine curves. Shilpa is the sexiest yogi the world has ever seen. In &#39;Shilpa&#39;s Yoga&#39; she demonstrates simple techniques against the stunning coastal backdrop of Kerala. She explains how to transform mind, body and soul, with unique ways to build stamina and get revitalized, while discovering inner peace.&lt;br /&gt;With careful and precise instructions, the DVD demonstrates specific sequences that enhance concentration, agility and flexibility. The workout aims not only to strengthen and tone, but also to heal. &#39;Shilpa&#39;s Yoga&#39; is designed to help improve posture through a series of calming poses which focus on slow movement and breathing control. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;It outlines various benefits of yoga, including stress and tension release, increased energy and vitality, weight loss, improved circulation and digestion, and comes with a free audio-CD of chill out ambient music to help unwind and relax after practicing the yoga techniques.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/shilpa-shetty-reveals-her-body.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1uxUMf3byQKPJqhXditCyl2zKJ5e3yusgJfc_6G51hxBGw92Y7SvYbe_NaYksLq23svWSkax1hPid80bCgLZBdhyKZTY-hoc7DoBpdjA-CfM0JbhtsfmJEw4ch5UiJJxZI0IOjeIvl4/s72-c/Shilpa+Shetty+Bed+Pose.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-6027724427532833912</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-07T12:33:26.192-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Events</category><title>Live Webcast of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on pioTV.Com</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kAbUkLKLVXEqXBMCmH5GVLQxzCMyDjk27MagNJeYCwyJpQwhFIdGOagWCs3tIwwxGXH8kolfYkuPSc30Q4fj9d1WCBtBKhmR3AQw5ET14a8ewt5FI8vMRbjoBsb_TUaMvMb66F-Jgks/s1600-h/ghandi.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kAbUkLKLVXEqXBMCmH5GVLQxzCMyDjk27MagNJeYCwyJpQwhFIdGOagWCs3tIwwxGXH8kolfYkuPSc30Q4fj9d1WCBtBKhmR3AQw5ET14a8ewt5FI8vMRbjoBsb_TUaMvMb66F-Jgks/s320/ghandi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152835105806809794&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Stay Connected, Keep Informed, Watch Live, Watch Free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; font-family: times new roman;&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Pravasi Bharatya Divas Live on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;www.piotv.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt; January 8th and 9th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;header3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;January 9th, 1915 marked the return of &lt;st1:country-region st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&#39;s most renowned Pravasi (Overseas Indian), Mahatma Gandhi, to the country to then enter the struggle for &lt;st1:city st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Independence&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. In recognition of Gandhi and the immeasurable contributions since ofnearly 35 million People of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non Resident Indians (NRIs) that live overseas today, the Government of India celebrates Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD). Launched in 2003,PBD is celebrated annually to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of the Indian Diaspora worldwide.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;header3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;header3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;graytext&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;This year pioTV has been given the honor and privilege to broadcast this highly anticipated two day event live on our platform pioTV.com and IndiaTVLive.com.&lt;span&gt; Watch the live coverage for free January 8th and 9th on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piotv.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;www.piotv.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2008/01/live-webcast-of-pravasi-bharatiya-divas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kAbUkLKLVXEqXBMCmH5GVLQxzCMyDjk27MagNJeYCwyJpQwhFIdGOagWCs3tIwwxGXH8kolfYkuPSc30Q4fj9d1WCBtBKhmR3AQw5ET14a8ewt5FI8vMRbjoBsb_TUaMvMb66F-Jgks/s72-c/ghandi.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-2961086303217761662</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-19T17:57:29.871-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Women Oriented Films</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDTKItb6XkSAD6ojhEkkr316RUu5ymjurDWatiwIU01aTBkvYEY75I_zmeXfheSy3pPb8Ac5eHj5x9dYxoh2mFK_uIDYzl5Jq85kJyIha73yXLYhAAxQKmzylZqfnC5sG3tZrl6Qicx4/s1600-h/nehad+hupia3.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDTKItb6XkSAD6ojhEkkr316RUu5ymjurDWatiwIU01aTBkvYEY75I_zmeXfheSy3pPb8Ac5eHj5x9dYxoh2mFK_uIDYzl5Jq85kJyIha73yXLYhAAxQKmzylZqfnC5sG3tZrl6Qicx4/s320/nehad+hupia3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145866083282385586&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;After a short hiatus, Madhur Bhandarkar is now back to the studios.&lt;/span&gt; After 3 critically acclaimed and commercial successful women oriented films, the National award winning filmmaker is gearing up to make his 4th women oriented movie ‘&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Fashion&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;And giving three consecutive hit ‘&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Chandani&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Bar’, ‘Corporate’ and ‘Signal’&lt;/span&gt;, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is now set for his forth movie titled &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;‘Fashion’&lt;/span&gt;. The final countdown has just started, only recently when Madhur had a long session with Priyanka Chopra who will be the lead actress this time.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The shooting of this movie will start from this month. Madhur is busy with the writers and meeting with lead actors and explaining them their roles. Madhur is also conducting workshops for Priyanka, Kangana and other actors . They&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;are being trained by leading fashion designers. The actresses are learning various tricks of the fashion world like catwalk, style and other stuff. According to Madhur, the movie will be as real as it can get with the fashion world. The movie is likely to be shoot in Paris and Dubai besides Mumbai.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/12/women-oriented-films.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDTKItb6XkSAD6ojhEkkr316RUu5ymjurDWatiwIU01aTBkvYEY75I_zmeXfheSy3pPb8Ac5eHj5x9dYxoh2mFK_uIDYzl5Jq85kJyIha73yXLYhAAxQKmzylZqfnC5sG3tZrl6Qicx4/s72-c/nehad+hupia3.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-2300538852448608039</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-11T11:13:26.534-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Aishwarya in a Mini Skirt and Puffed Blouse</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy655o-mw4HE8lvs5DhYAhj5tr8KNTZ00spYx58rhdne4f15PI4HvzydARgxJkPnimZfWyJO0TMdRBxC-4RkTjNMCkUhBC271PWatqtaI2E6Q2OurdoISMK75yK7dmhmBVOH20Ryn1Skc/s1600-h/Aishwarya-Rai-hot.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy655o-mw4HE8lvs5DhYAhj5tr8KNTZ00spYx58rhdne4f15PI4HvzydARgxJkPnimZfWyJO0TMdRBxC-4RkTjNMCkUhBC271PWatqtaI2E6Q2OurdoISMK75yK7dmhmBVOH20Ryn1Skc/s320/Aishwarya-Rai-hot.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142786181479420306&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Aishwarya Rai, last seen lighting up the screens&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Dhoom II&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Guru&lt;/span&gt;, is all set to do that again in Ashutosh Gowariker’s &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Jodha Akbar&lt;/span&gt; pairing with her &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Dhoom&lt;/span&gt; star Hrithik Roshan. This period film, shot on a large canvas is due to hit the screens on 25 January 2008. Meanwhile, the Bachchan bahu is busy shooting for Ram Gopal Varma’s sequel to his last hit &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Sarkar &lt;/span&gt;titled &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Sarkar Raj&lt;/span&gt;. Adding spice to the story, Aishwarya is playing Abhishek’s reel-life wife as well. The last time the two were seen together was in the film &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Guru.&lt;/span&gt; What is more piquant about this movie is that Ash will be seen wearing mini skirts and puffed blouses. Sources say her looks bear strong resemblance to the Enron girl Rebecca Mark. The story, this time, has the Nandigram issue as the backdrop and is expected to hit the screens in April 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piotv.com/front/article/piotv.php?catid=18&amp;amp;art=2962&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;Watch Video&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/12/aishwarya-in-mini-skirt-and-puffed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy655o-mw4HE8lvs5DhYAhj5tr8KNTZ00spYx58rhdne4f15PI4HvzydARgxJkPnimZfWyJO0TMdRBxC-4RkTjNMCkUhBC271PWatqtaI2E6Q2OurdoISMK75yK7dmhmBVOH20Ryn1Skc/s72-c/Aishwarya-Rai-hot.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-937576503648816349</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-03T10:50:55.896-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Bollywood Beauty Bipasha on a Bed of Roses</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hhKowLtP01xKYv3nL3DrFlDSgeNUm-5GMKXgNkZuDpt180wHbJtL2rxhG85R3J4FldSNDmelIZK9JZoT5okLjjHL6lKfNYqjHb4y3eV9_LKXmkXQiYvgHgYdhpr3ZKCt8b637eHkhGc/s1600-r/Bipasha+Basu.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0az2senuJ2M9GPs0sOQMMAFWs7_2HxaOZ_OUit5DMJv3gd_hpQ1jGAnRvQoalmN6ETsIqkkmFTOzhkosT_qI4ZYOsQi1_Ms22KNk1NMnTZ0gNfRDNOKz5HPiJP_6JRQ363jsPBqtg1k/s320/Bipasha+Basu.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139816553219341538&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Bipasha Basu may not be exactly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;getting $0.225 million for her much-hyped performance, as a part of the New Year&#39;s evening bash at a suburban five-star hotel.  The actress, who is one of the highest paid Bollywood performers at the New Year celebrations this year, may not be going home with that whopping amount after all. Apparently, the actress will be paid a lump sum amount close to Rs 7.5 million , and the rest will be in kind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;Talking about the services, the actress has demanded free memberships at the gymnasium, pool, and the relaxation area. Starting January 2008, the actress will avail special discounts at all restaurants, suites and discotheque of the hotel. Bipasha will also get a special bedding package - mattress topper made of the best material, three different sets of pillows and duvet, which will ensure that Bipasha stays warm and comfortable. Bips have made the exception of working on the New Year&#39;s Eve, but she will have new bedding package for her bedroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/12/bollywood-beauty-bipasha-on-bed-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0az2senuJ2M9GPs0sOQMMAFWs7_2HxaOZ_OUit5DMJv3gd_hpQ1jGAnRvQoalmN6ETsIqkkmFTOzhkosT_qI4ZYOsQi1_Ms22KNk1NMnTZ0gNfRDNOKz5HPiJP_6JRQ363jsPBqtg1k/s72-c/Bipasha+Basu.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-7150187626489030567</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-28T15:25:53.363-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Who&#39;s Crazy About Bollywood Hottie Madhuri?</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseWvALo8MV21jdGP4Fzj0zlz0ceEckSM8qB-1kJN9-2biEeG35VtYA_x4zG3Quc-I3ksre8RTp5c_ajqkbA6aVDeeygZqyQAIyqguidAM6Bq5T8W8msUTt53P9wkG1WILOMN6RcZkIkY/s1600-h/madhuri+dixit.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseWvALo8MV21jdGP4Fzj0zlz0ceEckSM8qB-1kJN9-2biEeG35VtYA_x4zG3Quc-I3ksre8RTp5c_ajqkbA6aVDeeygZqyQAIyqguidAM6Bq5T8W8msUTt53P9wkG1WILOMN6RcZkIkY/s320/madhuri+dixit.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138035723207021490&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Kunal Kapoor is so excited about his role&lt;/span&gt; in Aaja Nachle that he just can’t find words to describe it. The actor has performed with none other than Madhuri Dixit for the first time and he just can’t stop raving about her. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I had great fun shooting for &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Aaja Nachle&lt;/span&gt;. I hope that it will translate itself on-screen. I worked with Madhuri for the first time. What was more interesting was watching her perform. Every time she was performing a scene we all used to sit on the sets watching her and when the shot was over we would all clap. She thought we were all crazy,&quot; shares Kunal. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Was performing a role , which is in contrast to his nature difficult? &quot;Surprisingly, it wasn’t difficult for me,&quot; he says. &quot;My character is cool and calm, but maybe the aggressiveness of my childhood must have been lurking somewhere and it has come out in my role,&quot; says Kunal. He admits to be a huge fan of Madhuri. This is Kunal’s second film with Konkona after &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Laaga Chunari Mein Daag&lt;/span&gt;. This is Kunal’s second film under the Yash Raj Banner. When asked if he is concentrating on bigger banners now that his career has taken off, Kunal replies, &quot;Not necessarily. I like to work with good directors and would love to do films, which people will watch on a larger scale. I want to work with the right people and if their films reach out to a wider audience then why not.&quot; Kunal is also doing a cameo in Shyam Benegal’s &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Mahadev&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/whos-crazy-about-bollywood-hottie.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseWvALo8MV21jdGP4Fzj0zlz0ceEckSM8qB-1kJN9-2biEeG35VtYA_x4zG3Quc-I3ksre8RTp5c_ajqkbA6aVDeeygZqyQAIyqguidAM6Bq5T8W8msUTt53P9wkG1WILOMN6RcZkIkY/s72-c/madhuri+dixit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-1714863793957041801</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-28T15:26:53.622-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Triplets: I want my Kid to be a Director</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedFJJLsEF7ExiALFFZqLAQAHN0wanfvs_11yMyHo21IgEXbQVa_HFFZE0goZxsPaPnXzHO9ZFIDgG92S-qEfLM5cQVLsbrdCwPlu8vG2ObXI87DTiHptkdSuvFWjcsQT4EVC-6VgCFdc/s1600-h/Farha+Khan+Chor.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedFJJLsEF7ExiALFFZqLAQAHN0wanfvs_11yMyHo21IgEXbQVa_HFFZE0goZxsPaPnXzHO9ZFIDgG92S-qEfLM5cQVLsbrdCwPlu8vG2ObXI87DTiHptkdSuvFWjcsQT4EVC-6VgCFdc/s320/Farha+Khan+Chor.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137651813260301218&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Life couldn’t have been more fulfilling&lt;/span&gt; for choreographer-turned-director Farha Khan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Riding high on the success of &lt;i style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Om Shanti Om&lt;/i&gt;, she is eagerly awaiting the birth of her triplets, in two months from now.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Fagged out at times, but mostly upbeat, Farah says, “Since the time I conceived, my babies have been accompanying me everywhere including the post production work. So it’s but natural that films will be seeped into their blood.” The mum-to-be goes on to express her ardent wish, “I hope at least one of them becomes a film director.” Till then of course, Farah is busy reading more scripts for her next film. At 42, when most women pull away from an active working life, Farah is raring to go. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Farah has no regrets whatsoever. She married Shirish Kunder who is younger than her by eight years. “There’s no formula to a successful marriage. I am glad I married someone younger and yes, even though there’s an age gap there’s no scope for insecurity. I don’t have illusions that Shirish married a beauty because I am not one. In fact, when he proposed, he was clear that only if I intend to have his babies, he would marry me. He may be eight years younger, but I am the kid in this relationship,” she explains. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/triplets-i-want-my-kid-to-be-director.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedFJJLsEF7ExiALFFZqLAQAHN0wanfvs_11yMyHo21IgEXbQVa_HFFZE0goZxsPaPnXzHO9ZFIDgG92S-qEfLM5cQVLsbrdCwPlu8vG2ObXI87DTiHptkdSuvFWjcsQT4EVC-6VgCFdc/s72-c/Farha+Khan+Chor.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-4266365408878087009</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-26T10:40:01.078-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sports</category><title>India Beats Pakistan!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56fd1ybv9QEBH3TTCljD9miGFGIyx9RqTL1N3In_A-zIRAS_3jIHThtrKnQrJaFISkpQzBHd0jAE_p2soCCzHQyqPkr-wM9SqMw4gsA9iCaoKZcpeq_H8awjENQP4V0xJMnlKKQIcO5s/s1600-h/Anil+Kumble.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56fd1ybv9QEBH3TTCljD9miGFGIyx9RqTL1N3In_A-zIRAS_3jIHThtrKnQrJaFISkpQzBHd0jAE_p2soCCzHQyqPkr-wM9SqMw4gsA9iCaoKZcpeq_H8awjENQP4V0xJMnlKKQIcO5s/s320/Anil+Kumble.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137220229176595346&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Anil Kumble&#39;s tenure as India captain&lt;/span&gt; got off to a perfect start at his happy hunting ground as the hosts thumped Pakistan by six wickets in the first Test to go 1-0 up in the three-match cricket series in the Capital.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Kumble&#39;s tryst with Ferozeshah Kotla continued unabated and the Man of the Match award came as the icing on the cake for the veteran leg-spinner, who claimed seven wickets in the match, besides scoring a defiant 24 runs in the first innings. Needing 32 for a facile win, India completed the formalities in little over half an hour 32 minutes to be precise to score the required runs in 6.2 overs and record their seventh consecutive Test win at Kotla.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Sachin Tendulkar 56 not out scored the winning run in style, rocking to his back foot to cut Danish Kaneria past the point fielder for a scorching boundary. Trying to pull Shoaib Akhtar, Ganguly offering a swirling catch to Sohail Tanvir at fine leg to leave without adding to his overnight score. Ganguly&#39;s 48 came off 64 balls in two hours, during which he hit eight boundaries. Tendulkar, however, provided the reason for celebration for the sparse Kotla crowd by notching up his 46th Test fifty via a full-blooded cut off Kaneria. Both the teams now move to Kolkata for the second Test, which gets underway on 30th November.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/india-beats-pakistan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56fd1ybv9QEBH3TTCljD9miGFGIyx9RqTL1N3In_A-zIRAS_3jIHThtrKnQrJaFISkpQzBHd0jAE_p2soCCzHQyqPkr-wM9SqMw4gsA9iCaoKZcpeq_H8awjENQP4V0xJMnlKKQIcO5s/s72-c/Anil+Kumble.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-343598187903658751</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-28T15:27:15.775-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Miss Bollywood Shilpa Shetty</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJ7rXRME_BNSdEM8Ry5NLd5h-WCGrAeMfQ1GL3MTrGTvEgsuKCx5PtWPG-tbXzw8yqnyyOszYXeG_LhrRhUuq_JfwKTMZfRWXUwydoeA3el_EHes9RAADpyZnvocr97esTe4hVaeu-SQ/s1600-h/Shilpa+Shetty.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJ7rXRME_BNSdEM8Ry5NLd5h-WCGrAeMfQ1GL3MTrGTvEgsuKCx5PtWPG-tbXzw8yqnyyOszYXeG_LhrRhUuq_JfwKTMZfRWXUwydoeA3el_EHes9RAADpyZnvocr97esTe4hVaeu-SQ/s320/Shilpa+Shetty.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135384130657555330&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Tickets for the final show of Shilpa Shetty&#39;s debut musical&lt;/span&gt; in London Miss Bollywood are almost sold out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Shilpa Shetty has said that the response to her debut musical &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Miss Bollywood&lt;/span&gt; has been &quot;fantastic&quot; and tickets for the final show at the Royal Albert Hall in London on December 12 has almost been sold out. &quot;It is truly my privilege and a great platform to showcase India&#39;s culture,&quot; Shetty told newsmen on Tuesday night.     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;In the musical, Shilpa Shetty leads a performing group of over 40 leading dancers from Bollywood and beyond. &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Miss Bollywood&lt;/span&gt; is set against the backdrop of London as the city prepares for the 2012 Olympics. It follows the story of &#39;Maya&#39; -- performed by Shilpa Shetty -- a classically trained dancer and choreographer who recently arrived from India to set up a dance academy in a soon to be demolished East London building. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;It is a concoction of riveting dance sequences, showcasing a combination of eclectic dance forms taken from the east and west of India. &quot;Miss Bollywood will appeal not only to fans of Bollywood films and their super catchy hit songs but also to the mainstream audiences for high energy dance or musical theatre. Extravaganza is the right description.&quot; Farhath Hussain, producer, promoter and organizer of the musical said he planned to take the musical to Australia, USA and Dubai in due course. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/miss-bollywood-shilpa-shetty.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJ7rXRME_BNSdEM8Ry5NLd5h-WCGrAeMfQ1GL3MTrGTvEgsuKCx5PtWPG-tbXzw8yqnyyOszYXeG_LhrRhUuq_JfwKTMZfRWXUwydoeA3el_EHes9RAADpyZnvocr97esTe4hVaeu-SQ/s72-c/Shilpa+Shetty.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-1659320200133839876</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-28T15:27:29.748-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bollywood</category><title>Sush and Shah Rukh Khan Sizzle</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3N-zww_du-EQCXYGbKyEOLroSssz1Asg8VwxcWEsOceCNsy0KexYSNzttTotxRbcVYhzouK3pcDsZZKRS1s5BlWlbGHupi_zP716RUQfcp-GYIoKB5Ft1LGLf5To1bRbKWOE69hVdb5w/s1600-h/SRK.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3N-zww_du-EQCXYGbKyEOLroSssz1Asg8VwxcWEsOceCNsy0KexYSNzttTotxRbcVYhzouK3pcDsZZKRS1s5BlWlbGHupi_zP716RUQfcp-GYIoKB5Ft1LGLf5To1bRbKWOE69hVdb5w/s320/SRK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135047740228998002&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;After &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;Main Hoon Na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;&quot; the unanimous opinion was Shah Rukh Khan&lt;/span&gt; and Sushmita Sen made a sizzling pair. They are coming together once again in &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Dulha Mil Gaya&lt;/span&gt;&quot;. The SRK makes a special appearance opposite Sushmita Sen. “That has been organized completely by producer Vivek Vaswani. It has got nothing to do with me. It&#39;s a romantic comedy. &quot;The actually reason I&#39;m doing it is the director Mudassar Aziz. He wrote the songs of &#39;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Zindaggi Rocks&lt;/span&gt;&#39;. I feel he has tremendous potential. When I heard the script I just fell for it,&quot; said the sizzling actress. This is not for the first time that the actress is working with a debutant director.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;In addition, Sushmita has agreed to do another film with comedy king David Dhawan. This is her third film with the Salman Khan-Dhawan team after super hits &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Biwi No 1&lt;/span&gt;&quot; and &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Maine Pyar&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Kyun Kiya&lt;i&gt;?&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; About Salman, she says&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;that she loves working with him. “We&#39;ve such a beautiful equation. He&#39;s one hero who doesn&#39;t let me feel my height. On the contrary whenever I kick off my high heels he asks me to put them on. It&#39;s not hard to see why he&#39;s so loved”, says Sushmita Sen. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/sush-and-shah-rukh-khan-sizzle.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3N-zww_du-EQCXYGbKyEOLroSssz1Asg8VwxcWEsOceCNsy0KexYSNzttTotxRbcVYhzouK3pcDsZZKRS1s5BlWlbGHupi_zP716RUQfcp-GYIoKB5Ft1LGLf5To1bRbKWOE69hVdb5w/s72-c/SRK.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417787990789869649.post-1558230719498676668</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-20T10:44:36.114-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reviews</category><title>Lost to Them</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUd3hh0pLpN-k8ropCO5006D1pGl5kCFv6lg_beQB7xjyGeSIiWgd5p5IZ5ZjRnLFYnHIkYmRlHbOHfy3A625y8tLdb7PNEWacHRlyb-rGWGwYVv1jMmWk_9O4qAbfX3L7MXLxMP5Nlg/s1600-h/Lost+to+them+Book+cover.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUd3hh0pLpN-k8ropCO5006D1pGl5kCFv6lg_beQB7xjyGeSIiWgd5p5IZ5ZjRnLFYnHIkYmRlHbOHfy3A625y8tLdb7PNEWacHRlyb-rGWGwYVv1jMmWk_9O4qAbfX3L7MXLxMP5Nlg/s320/Lost+to+them+Book+cover.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134986798938035042&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 110%;font-size:10;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;The Destiny They Could Not Avoid &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;From a young age, Yash Kaushal had heard stories of the beautiful silver beaches and lush forests of East Africa. Leaving India behind and postponing his arranged marriage, he departs from Bombay in search of adventure and intrigue. Unlike many of the young Indian men who find their way to Africa&#39;s shores in the early 1920s, Yash is of a privileged family. Eventually, he settles in Kenya and raises his family there. Among his children is the beautiful Selina, who against all tradition falls in love with the handsome, green-eyed Englishman Dirk Willers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoBodyText3&quot;  style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Set against the backdrop of a country striving toward independence, Lost is a captivating epic of one family&#39;s struggle against racial discrimination, and one woman&#39;s quest toward happiness. Will Selina be able to break the ties of her society, her culture, and all that she had been taught to believe in? Will she be strong enough to stand by her love?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://piotv.blogspot.com/2007/11/lost-to-them.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (PioTV.Com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUd3hh0pLpN-k8ropCO5006D1pGl5kCFv6lg_beQB7xjyGeSIiWgd5p5IZ5ZjRnLFYnHIkYmRlHbOHfy3A625y8tLdb7PNEWacHRlyb-rGWGwYVv1jMmWk_9O4qAbfX3L7MXLxMP5Nlg/s72-c/Lost+to+them+Book+cover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>