Rekha is the embodiment of sophistication. Her personal sense of fashion has remained constant irrespective of changing trends. – Amrita Rao

Queen Rania of Jordan is exquisite. I love her beauty and poise. She is an administrator, a mother and wife – sort of perfect around the edges. – Mini Mathur

Audrey Hepburn for her utter grace and poise. And Katherine Hepburn for her sparkling personality. She was a woman ahead of her time. – Simone Singh

Angelina Jolie is the most gorgeous person on the planet. She is extremely versatile, talented and sincere to her characters. – Soniya Mehra

Suchitra Sen epitomised the elegance of a lost era of innocence and beauty. Her iconic roles were played with regal demeanour. – Kalyani Saha Chawla

Audrey Hepburn – her style is timeless and effortless… what she wore and how she wore it, will always be in vogue. – Indrani Dasgupta

Still from the movie I Hate Luv Storys

Apart from lifting weights, Imran’s routine included push-ups, pull-ups and exercises on the ball. The actor has bulked up for his new film I Hate Luv Storys.

Imran Khan will be flexing more than his acting muscles in his new film I Hate Luv Storys. The actor, who plays an assistant director and even has a shirtless scene, has bulked up for the role.

Imran, 27, who trains with fitness expert Yasmin Karachiwala, did a combination of Pilates and weight training for his new look. “The Pilates session, which included machine work, helped us challenge and activate his muscles,” says Yasmin, adding that the actor would devote an hour every morning to Pilates. The evenings were spent weight training where Imran would concentrate on one part of his body every day. “His exercises had to be paced out well as he has a high metabolism rate. A forceful routine with too many repetitions could have led to loss of muscle mass,” says Yasmin. Within a month’s time the actor put on 7 kgs of muscle mass.

So did he take inspiration from Bollywood’s six-pack ab brigade? “He is way too focused to need any such stimulants,” says Yasmin, “He just relies on logic and reason.” And some support from girlfriend Avantika Malik. “She supervised my meals and even had them cooked in her house,” says Imran Khan.

Currently his shoulders aren’t as big as they are in the movie posters, but Imran plans on maintaining his physique. “I’m still following the same diet,” he says.

Imran’s Fish Diet
Meal 1: Muesli and protein shake.
Meal 2: Fruits and nuts.
Meal 3: Steamed fish, steamed vegetables and sweet potatoes.
Meal 4: Egg white omelette.
Meal 5: Steamed fish, steamed vegetables and sweet potatoes.
Meal 6: Protein shake.

Sajid Khan with Sonali Bendre & Kirron Kher

As the new judge on the second season of Colors show India’s Got Talent, the director warns he is going to be hard to please! About co-judge Sonali Bendre and Kirron Kher, Sajid says, “I’m extremely happy I’m going to be with both my friends.”

What do you love about the show?
That you don’t necessarily have to be a great singer or a dancer. You can showcase any hidden talent that only your friends and family knows about. It’s a chance to showcase your uniqueness.

What’s your secret talent?
I’m a very good home theatre designer. I have designed one for myself and many friends from the film industry. They call me at 3AM to ask me why the DVD is skipping or why the sound isn’t working. I do all that a lot because I’m a troubleshooter when it comes to home theatres.

As a judge, you will be…
Mr. Hard-to-please. I don’t like fake emotions and people who give excuses for a bad performance. I appreciate those who try and give their best shot. Also, I’m okay with a contestant not being very talented as long as he or she is courageous enough to be on stage.

Are you working on your wardrobe for the show?
I’m not a good looking guy at all. Honestly, if I dress up very well then maybe I could score three or two-and-a-half on 10, but I guess I’m not hired for my looks.

Your film Housefull was a superhit.
I anticipated it, I don’t think I would ever be involved in making a film which will not do well at the box-office. The box-office means people’s acceptance. I’m extremely happy that people have liked it.

A poster of the movie Rajneeti

Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah & Ranbir Kapoor.

Although this is touted to be a film about the political world, the music doesn’t betray any such overtones. Aside from ‘Dhan Dhan Dharti’, which borrows its opening strains from ‘Vande Mataram’, the other songs could very well turn up on any typical Bollywood soundtrack and no one would even notice. That is a mixed blessing. On one hand, the light-footed melodies in ‘Bheegi Si Bheegi Si’ and ‘Ishq Barse’ have a broad appeal but on the other, Aadesh Srivastava’s cumbersome classical number ‘Mora Piya Mose Bolat Naahin’ seems like a misfire. Come to think of it, even when the album obliquely tackles the subject at hand in ‘Dhan Dhan Dharti’, it doesn’t hit its stride. Still, if the goal here was to create a more commercially palatable score for a serious film, the makers have at least partially succeeded.

What’s the story?
In a fiercely fought election campaign, the lines between good and evil blur as people vie for power. Bhaskar Sanyal (Naseeruddin Shah) is a firebrand leftist leader who is on a self-imposed exile, while Sooraj (Ajay Devgan) is torn between loyalty to friends and his family. Prithvi (Arjun Rampal), heir to a political legacy, can’t wait to seize the top position. Samar (Ranbir Kapoor), a complete outsider, is eventually dragged into the political arena. Indu (Katrina Kaif) rises from a personal tragedy to change the political future of the state.

Watch out for
About 10,000 theatre actors from MP were trained for the crowd scenes in the film. “While shooting Katrina’s rally in Bhopal, apart from the theatre actors, a crowd of 15,000 people gathered. When she finished her speech in one take, there was a standing ovation,” says a source.

Behind the scenes
Top Chef: The cast and crew grew fond of Nana, who often cooked for them. “The hotel in Bhopal let him use their kitchen so Nana would make chicken or keema for us.”

Gully Cricket: During breaks everyone would play cricket. Says a source, “Being the only girl in the multi-starrer, Katrina would feel left out so she insisted on playing along. The boys weren’t keen but eventually they relented.”

Milind Soman's Hot Search

Former model Milind Soman is on the lookout for a new bikini babe as the host and co-judge of the reality show, Hunt for the Kingfisher Calendar Girl!

A champion swimmer in his teens, a former supermodel and all-round hunk. Milind Soman knows a thing or two about working a swimsuit. No doubt he will be drawing on some of his experience while he plays host and judge  on a new show for NDTV Good Times, Hunt for the Kingfisher Calendar Girl. Produced by his company, F.A.C.E. Entertainment, the reality show will launch a nationwide search for a new face to grace the famed calendar’s latest issue and will also feature writer Shobha De and lensman Atul Kasbekar as co-panellists.

No stranger to female attention, Milind admits that there was some flirting involved between him and some of the girls. “All of them are wonderful and very confident, so obviously they flirt. They all wanted to know how they could have an edge over the others,” he says. The former model dishes on his first stint as host and finding the next big bikini model below:

Checklist for the perfect bikini body?
Proportion, vital statistics, comfort and personality!

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Questions & Answers: Genelia D'Souza

The actress made her TV debut as the host of UTV Bindass’s reality show Big Switch which has 10 rich kids and slumdwellers pairing up in a slum in Mumbai to complete certain tasks. The winner gets to fulfil his partner’s wish.

Have you made a big switch in your life?
I was a management student, even a footballer and I never thought of films. That was certainly a big switch. Another would be this show because it’s such a different thing for me.

Any friends you want to invite to the show?
I would love to call all my friends and co-stars, from Riteish Deshmukh to Govinda. We had Priyanka Chopra over recently and it was so much fun.

Would you participate in a reality show?
I don’t think I would enjoy the idea of being watched and monitored so closely. I am too private a person. But I loved watching MTV’s Roadies. I like the fact that it brought out the competitive streak among youngsters.

What do you watch on telly?
I am a news person. I love interactive shows like We The People and Big Fight or maybe a chat show like Koffee With Karan. I also catch up on film promos and movie updates.

What do you love and hate about being a TV host?
I love to be the onlooker and point out what is right and what is wrong. I also like the opportunity to meet different people. But I really dislike the fact that there’s no script and I have to go unprepared. I prefer being prepared.

I have been put off by him, ever since he made comments saying actors are cheap.
– Ayesha Takia on Baba Ramdev’s unfavourable remarks towards the film industry in The Asian Age

All this talk of competition is silly. If Mugdha doesn’t look good or perform well, my film will suffer.
– Bipasha Basu on hearsay regarding her animosity with co-star Mugdha Godse in All The Best in The Hindustan Times

There is nothing wrong about having sex. But as a woman of today, I would like to abstain from sex until I find the right guy again.
- Celine Jaitley on being celibate until she finds love again in Savvy

I was very repulsed by his behaviour and felt humiliated by the fact that he refused to apologise.
– Dia Mirza on Rohit Roy pinching her bottom in Stardust

Please tell me which heroine will refuse my film and that too with Shah Rukh as hero?
– Farah Khan on the rumours about Asin rejecting her film Happy New Year in The Times of India

I have been betrayed many times but I’ll continue to trust.
- Karan Johar on his trusting nature in DNA

I don’t want to run around. I am done with the grind.
- Karisma Kapoor on wanting to work on her own terms in The Hindustan Times

Between my boyfriend and me, we don’t even remember anniversaries. Romance means having fun without trying.
- Konkona Sen on being a romantic in Filmfare

I couldn’t cope with all that madness after Saawariya when girls used to hug me and tear my clothes.
- Ranbir Kapoor on being a teenage heartthrob in The Indian Express

Tomorrow my relationship with her might not work out and I may get married to another actor.
- Ranbir Kapoor on his relationship with Deepika Padukone in CineBlitz

I believe we all fantasise about being a superhero, especially in our childhood. By doing this role, I will get to live my dream.
- Shah Rukh Khan on playing a super robot in an upcoming Anubhav Sinha film in DNA

When I didn’t have the money I wanted to dress up. But now that I can buy all I want, I just don’t crave it anymore.
– Shilpa Shetty on how her style sense has evolved over the years in The Times of India

Relationship in Bollywood ignite and fade away just as quickly. But they continue to make waves nevertheless. Some couples are cool; some are hot and some w’d rather not talk about. We decided to ask your favourite stars to pick their perfect real-life couple. Read on to find out who are the lucky two that add something extra to the table…

Adhyayan Suman
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor seem good together. They have great chemistry and are clearly very much in love. Being together seems to have helped them career-wise also.

Celina Jaitley
I think Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan are the ideal couple. They are the perfect example of love being for keeps. I would like to have a marriage like them because they’re genuinely in love and not just together for endorsements or branding. They have stood by each other in the most tring times.

Geeta Basra
Hrithik and Sussane Roshan look good together but for me, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan are the ultimate. She’s kept her dignity and the star-wife tag perfectly and they are the most sanctimonious couple of Bollywood.

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Dia Mirza

After winning the Miss Asia Pacific title the same year as Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra won their beauty crowns, Dia too tried her luck in Bollywood. While her debut Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein didn’t fare well, Dia managed to get noticed. Next came smaller roles in Parineeta, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Honeymoon Travels, and a lead role in Hum Tum Aur Ghost. Her future projects include Alibaug and Johnny Mastana. We bring to you the excerpts of a not so gossip tete-a-tete with Dia:

What would you do if Superman paid you a visit?
I would tell him to wear his underwear underneath his pants.

What is your idea of a highly boring evening?
One that is spent with really boring people and their drab conversation.

Complete this sentence. Breaking news is…
…Passe!

If you were stranded on a desert island and could keep five things with you, what would you choose?
Sunblock; swimming costume; a good book; my easel and paints and my cell phone.

The turning point of your life?
Winning Miss Asia Pacific

What drives you up the wall?
Lies and lethargy.

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Know more about Raima Sen

Granddaughter of the legendary actress Suchitra Sen and daughter of Moon Moon Sen, the demure, doe-eyed Raima Sen is a self-confessed foodie and fitness freak besides being an excessive talker who loves books and is as free-spirited as they make them. She made her debut with the film Godmother but got recognition with Chokher Bali. Besides the recently released A Japanese Wife, Raima will now be seen in Rituparno Ghosh’s Nauka Dubi along with her sister Riya, and another film titled Mirch. This is no gossip about Raima Sen, she herself answered these questions:

What would you do if Superman paid you a visit?
Clip off his cape and hang it in my cupboard! Quiz him about his whole ‘underwear’ concept and make him my bed-time story-teller. I’m sure his adventures are worth it…

What is your idea of a highly boring evening?
When you TV, radio, laptop and BlackBerry refuse to work and your car has gone in for servicing as well. I’m too dependent, technologically!

If you were stranded on a desert island and could keep five things with you, what would you choose?
Sunblock for sure, bikinis, flipflops, BlackBerry and a book.

If you were an animal, which animal would you be and why?
I’d love to be a panther – agile, sexy and predatorial.

Complete this sentence. Breaking news is…
Bollywood’s survival mantra!

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