Bigg Boss 5: Nihita's mom shocked by Mandeep's sex query

When Nihita Biswas Sobhraj made entertainment history Monday night by becoming the first contestant from Nepal to take part in Indian TV channel Color's reality show "Bigg Boss 5", back home in Kathmandu her family's moment of pride turned into shock and consternation at the first barrage of questions raining down on the 23-year-old. "I was shocked," said Nihita's mother Shakuntala Thapa, a senior lawyer practising at Nepal's Supreme Court, reacting to the question posed by one of the participants, news anchor Mandeep Belvi. "Did you have sex with Sobhraj?" Belvi had asked Nihita after learning the young Nepali woman was the wife of Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj, branded the "Bikini Killer" by the tabloids in the 1970s when he was accused of a series of tourist killings in several Asian countries -- a charge that he has denied all through his career in crime. When a blushing Nihita sought to parry the question, the next query was why did she marry him then. "We have a conservative society in Nepal," Thapa told. "People don't ask such questions, especially to people they have known only for 15 minutes. Nihita is young and led a sheltered life. We encouraged her to join the show thinking she would make friends with people from different cultures and broaden her horizon." "We didn't expect such sensationalism or ignorance." Thapa wondered how a news anchor could be ignorant about prison norms. "Sobhraj is in prison whereas Nihita is not," Thapa said. "How could the question of having sex with a prisoner arise?" Though Nepal's apex court recently ruled prisoners should be allowed their conjugal rights, it has not been implemented by the prison authorities and is likely to remain an impossibility given how the prisons are crowded and lacking funds and other resources. Nihita says she fell in love with Sobhraj, who is 44 years older, at first sight when she visited him in Kathmandu's Central Prison after she heard he was looking for a Nepali interpreter for his visiting French lawyer. The romance blossomed into a "marriage" inside the prison three years ago during the festival time when prisoners were allowed to mingle with visitors. However, beyond a ritualistic exchange of garlands and rings, there has been no actual consummation of the marriage that made Nihita the butt of ridicule and scathing public criticism. Thapa, who is close to Nepal's ruling Maoist party, is a feminist and a Communist who regards beauty pageants as derogatory to women. When Nihita was a baby, Thapa dissociated herself from her husband, an Indian from West Bengal who, according to reports, was a wastrel and maltreated his children. Since then, she has brought up her two children single-handedly, no mean task in a traditional society like Nepal where the husband's approval was once mandatory for many things -- from getting a passport to opening a bank account. Thapa, who watched the fourth edition of "Bigg Boss" last year, had liked the mix of participants, who she thought were intellectuals as well. However, she is dismayed at the present lot, feeling that since most of them share the same showbiz background, Nihita, away from home for the first time, would feel isolated in their midst. Thapa, however, admires three of the contestant. Folk dancer Gulabi Sapera, who narrated how her tribe killed girl children by burying them alive, is the one she admires most. She also admires third gender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and singer Raageshwari, who overcame facial paralysis. She identifies with them because she and her children have faced severe struggle, with the Supreme Court even sentencing her to prison along with Nihita for questioning its impartiality in finding Sobhraj guilty of murder without real evidence. While some of the contestants, like actor Pooja Bedi, are reported to be carrying a designer wardrobe with them to "Bigg Boss", the climactic item in Nihita's simple wardrobe is a sari from West Bengal. The only bit of help she sought from her mother before leaving for Mumbai was for a quick lesson in how to wear a cotton sari.

Celina Jaitley discloses her secret marriage on Twitter

Actress Celina Jaitley disclosed her marriage secret with Dubai-based hotlier Peter Haag on twitter.

"Beloved tweeple. ..With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with @peterhaag on the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria. We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologize for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy. Here is a picture of the most cherished moment of our lives," said Celina Jaitley.

[The picture features myself and my beloved husband, flanked by my dearest father in law to my left, and my brother in law to Peter's right.

Minissha Lamba blasts her 'Bheja Fry 2' director

Minissha Lamba is miffed with Sagar Ballary, the director of 'Bheja Fry 2' and her forthcoming 'Hum Tum Aur Shabana', who has been reportedly bad-mouthing her.

Shocked and hurt, Minissha feels it is Ballary's attempt to publicise his films.

"I used to consider Ballary a friend. But if by maligning me he is trying to get publicity, then he's hardly a friend," she says.

Minissha also feels this is Ballary's way of getting even with his 'Bheja Fry 2' producer Mukul Deora, with whom Ballary was apparently at loggerheads during the shoot.

Ballary has accused Minissha of shooting a promotional video for 'Bheja Fry 2' behind his back.

Minissha retaliates: "I think I got caught in the cross-fire between Ballary and the producer of 'Bheja Fry 2'. Since he couldn't hurt the producer in any way, he has chosen to make me a scapegoat."

"If the producer asked me to do a video I'd naturally do it. Why was Ballary opposed to it? It's so sad I've done two films with him. I play the title role in 'Hum Tum Aur Shabana'. So how can he threaten to chop off my role?" Minissha asks.

Minissha believes Ballary should have been "more responsible" with his words.

Minissha replies, "I worked in two of his films. I did 'Bheja Fry 2' although I had a small role. I did it for Sagar Ballary. And this is what he does!"

"I can understand him wanting publicity for his film. But at my cost? Not by destroying my reputation," she insists.

"If Sagar Ballary had a problem with me, he could've told me personally about it. It takes years to build a friendship. It takes just a few careless remarks to ruin it," Minissha says.

After Ballary's outburst, Minissha has not bothered to get in touch with him. "What is there to ask him? Does he feel negative publicity would help the film? I've spoken to the producer and he's pretty upset."

Minissha is equally aghast at reports suggesting her rivalry with Pia Trivedi during the making of 'Hum Tum Aur Shabana'.

"Pia is a lovely girl and she has a wonderful role in 'Hum Tum Aur Shabana'. I had absolutely no problems with her during the film," the actor clarifies.

"I am playing the title role, so why should I get insecure? I've worked in a film like 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' which had Bipasha Basu and Deepika Padukone. So what's there to be insecure about?" retorts Minissha.

Shweta Tiwari’s Enemy Shradha Sharma in Bigg Boss?

While the media in India has been going crazy about the possibility of Raja Chaudhary being brought in the Bigg Boss, season 4 house face to face with Shweta Tiwari and Dolly Bindra, another possibility is that Raja Chaudhary’s new girl friend Shradha Sharma could be a possible wild card entry. Not too long ago, Shradha Sharma in a free-wheeling interview had blasted Shweta Tiwari – Raja Chaudhary’s ex-wife – in the popular television magazine Showtime and even accused her of “sleeping around for work”.

Since then Shradha Sharma and Shweta Tiwari are sworn enemies.

Raja Chaudhary had openly declared in front of the media that Shradha Sharma is more talented and beautiful than his ex-wife. Since then and particularly since Shradha Sharma’s no-holes-barred interview to Showtime, Shweta and she are sworn enemies. Shradha Sharma cannot stand the sight of Shweta Tiwari whom she had accused of sending ‘goondas’ to harass Raja in the middle of the night.

Raja had even declared his intention to marry Shradha Sharma and had stated that the duo would get married next year 2011 after his divorce with Shweta Tiwari came through officially.

Sonam instead of Katrina in The Italian Job remake

Sonam Kapoor will replace Katrina Kaif in Abbas-Mustan's remake of The Italian Job.

The directors were keen to have Kat as they had worked with her earlier in Race, but she ditched them for a Yash Raj project with Imran Khan.





Now the duo, who have secured the rights to remake the Hollywood flick, have Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bobby Deol in the cast.

This will be Anil Kapoor's daughter's second outing with Junior B, with whom she was earlier paired in Delhi-6.

Ajay Devgn in trouble over smoking on Golmaal 3 sets

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A tobacco watchdog organisation has asked the health authorities to fine Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn for smoking in public while on the sets of his film Golmaal 3 in Goa.

In a complaint, on Wednesday, to the state tobacco control cell and the union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) general secretary Shekhar Salkar said that Devgn, who was fined once for smoking in public in Chandigarh, deserved more stringent action as he was becoming a habitual offender of the 'no smoking in public' rule.

"This being the second violation by Ajay Devgn, we feel that the punishment given to such type of habitual law breakers is too meagre. In view of this, we strongly feel that the penalty under section 4 of the COPTA (Control of Tobacco Products Act) law for both one who violates the law and one who allows violating the law should be increased," Salkar said.

A local newspaper flashed photographs of Devgn smoking on the sets of Golmaal 3 on Tuesday with the film's director Rohit Shetty standing an arm's length away.

The general secretary of NOTE, which has in the past dragged Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to court for directly or indirectly promoting smoking, has also said that habitual violators of the COPTA law should be jailed.

"Fine for the first offence should be Rs.500, for the second it should be raised to Rs.5,000 and for the third offence an imprisonment for a period of six months, in addition to a fine of Rs.5,000 should be imposed," Salkar said.

Devgn is the third Bollywood actor to be caught smoking in Goa this month.

Earlier this month, actors Tusshar Kapoor and Arshad Warsi were hauled up by NOTE for smoking during a film shoot in Margao, 35 kms from Panaji, Goa.

Another blow to SRK-Farah friendship

Salman is the latest weapon in their fight

Has the curtain come down on the Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan relationship? Yes, it does seem so.

The one-time deep friendship between SRK and Farah has come to an end. Recent developments from Farah’s end only prove that.

That she signed Akshay Kumar for “Tees Mar Khan” is an old piece of news now. And so is the fact that husband Shirish Kunder has taken John Abraham for his next venture “Alien Sahib”.

The most devastating news now is that Farah and Shirish have zeroed in on Salman Khan for another of their directorial ventures.

This piece of news will surely be upsetting for Shah Rukh. The world knows that his biggest enemy in Bollywood is Salman. Following their infamous fight at Katrina’s birthday in 2008 they have avoided all contact and have even sworn never to work with each other again.

By signing Salman, Farah seems to have hit directly at Shah Rukh, her one-time ‘rakhi’ brother and mentor.

While Farah hasn’t spoken about signing Salman, Shirish has confirmed that the deal was sealed with Salman when he went for Sallu’s birthday bash at his Panvel farmhouse on Dec 27.

With arch rivals Akshay and Salman getting a place in Farah Khan’s camp, there’s is definitely no room for Shah Rukh now.

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Katrina Kaif smitten by Robert Pattinson

Katrina Kaif smitten by ‘Twilight’ star Robert Pattinson

Katrina Kaif is so impressed with "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson that she can't stop thinking about him. And if all goes well, she'll be meeting him during her annual holiday with her family in London.

"You don't understand. This is like an obsession for me. I can't get Robert Pattinson out of my head...I've never felt this way about any man before," Katrina, who has given hits like "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" and "De Dana Dan" this year, told IANS.

"I went and bought all the four books - 'Twilight', 'New Moon', 'Eclipse' and 'Breaking Dawn'. I couldn't put them down. I've been racing through the adventures of the hottest vampire Edward Cullen for the last one week. I finished reading three of the 'Twilight' books in less than four days. Now I'm into the fourth. I just can't get enough of him," she said.

The actress now plans to meet Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen in the "Twilight" series. Her representatives are in touch with the latest Hollywood heartthrob.

"Obviously I can't stand under his window to get his attention. So yes, the meeting has to be more formal. He says he's single, but I don't believe him. That's what they all say," she said.

The actor had recently denied dating co-star Kristen Stewart.

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Sushmita Launcehs Modelling academy

Her company launches I Am She platform

Sushmita Sen is all set to launch her modeling academy I Am She, which will nurture young models. The winner of the I Am She beauty pageant will go on to represent India in the Miss Universe contest.

Sushmita, who is the first Indian to be crowned Miss Universe, has bought the rights to groom the girls for the pageant.

The ‘I Am She’ Platform is part of Sushmita Sen’s Tantra Entertainment, which was awarded the India franchisee to select “Miss Universe” participant by the Miss Universe Organisation.

I Am She pageant will take over from the Femina Miss India as a pre-curser to the Miss Universe contest.

On the philosophy of the platform, Sushmita said that it was about being comfortable with one’s self. “Though not a perfect human being, I like myself as I am. We are already who we are. Even if we try to live the life of others, we cannot escape ourselves. We need to be strong and confident, especially when things are not going our way,” she said.

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