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  Jaspal Bhatti to contest polls, Wants to be PM!

  Sounding his election bugle with a colourful brass band in tow here, comedian-actor Jaspal Bhatti Monday announced that he would contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections with his newly-formed Recession Party and would only aim to become the prime minister.

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  Manisha Koirala rejects, Antara Mali grabs the part in Amol Palekar's next

  Manisha Koirala is looking for meaty roles at this point of her career. So when the redoubtable Amol Palekar offered her a role in his new film, the prolific director's first in English, Manisha jumped with joy.

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  "I find it too disturbing to explore the psyche of a terrorist" - Irrfan Khan

  Vivek Oberoi happily stepped into the powerful role of the terrorist in Rensil D'Silva's untitled directorial debut. A plum role that Irrfan Khan, just back triumphant from the Oscars in LA 'reluctantly' turned down.

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  Guess Who?

  After all of last week's bhaag daud combined with stress, strain and anxiety, its time to bump all that off and start a new week by religiously wishing 'Goooood Morning' for a great new week ahead.

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  Kylie Minogue is Bollywood's highest paid foreign celebrity

  Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has become the highest paid foreign celebrity in Bollywood after pocketing more than $1 million (800,000 pounds) for performing a single song.

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  No plan to enter IPL: Kareena Kapoor

  Bollywood beauties Preity Zinta, Juhi Chawla and Shilpa Shetty are trying their luck in the business of cricket through the Indian Premier League (IPL), but Kareena Kapoor says she has no such plan as she doesn't have a business sense.

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  Manmohan Shetty's iRock to release two graphic novels

  Mumbai-based media ideation, film development and production company iRock Media is working on two graphic novels in the horror genre as part of their overall film genre development strategy.

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  Wishing Aamir Khan a very happy Birthday!

  He is known as the perfectionist Khan, his films have almost always become a super hit, what ever he does becomes a fad, he is none other than Aamir Khan. Be it his latest film Ghajini or anyt of his earlier film Aamir has made it a point not just to play the role assigned to him but to literally live that character.

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  Manmohan Shetty on the board of Marvel Comics

  Marvel Entertainment forms international advisory board to focus on expanding global business opportunities. The board comprises of Business Leaders from key growth markets and chaired by Marvel Director James Halpin.

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  Has Mahesh Bhatt ghost-directed Jashn?

  Mahesh Bhatt who had taken retirement from film direction has apparently returned to it with Jashn. This move however was not by choice but out of despair. The buzz is that though the film is officially directed by Raksha Mistry and Hasnain S. Hyderabadwala, Apparently, Mahesh was displeased with the standard of direction and hence stepped in to save the film.

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  Bollywood this Week: Aamir, Shahrukh, Shilpa, Farhan, Saif, Kareena, Amrita, and Karan

  In this episode of Bollywood This Week, there's hitting interview of Aamir Khan against his old enemy Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty's star studded Holi party at five stars Hotel, Amrita Arora's final marriage reception, Karan Johar shifting his loyalty from Yash Raj and more.

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  Video: Aamir Khan’s Best Year Ever!

  Phenomenal actor Aamir Khan celebrates his 44th Birthday today. We at Bollywood Hungama bring you an exciting video on this splendid occasion about how the year was for Mr. Perfectionist.

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  Aamir gets to see Big B's new look for Pa but Ranbir gets turned away

  The Big B had a surprise visitor at Film City on Saturday when Aamir Khan dropped in to meet him while he was shooting for Balki's Pa with Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan.

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  Rituparna Sengupta in Amol Palekar's next film (Film Snippets)

  Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta, who stepped into Bollywood with "Main Meri Patni Aur Woh", is all set to make her presence felt with veteran actor Amol Palekar's directorial venture.

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  It's never too late for appreciation: Arjun Rampal

  Though he made his Bollywood debut in 2001 and has acted in around 20 movies since then, it took Arjun Rampal eight years to get his first Filmfare Award. But the model-turned actor says no wait is too long to taste success.

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  Will Freida Pinto be the next Bond girl?

  "Slumdog Millionaire" catapulted her to Hollywood and now actress Freida Pinto is in the league of actresses vying to be the new Bond girl.

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  'Ghajini' statuette to hit the market on Aamir's birthday

  If you think that the "Ghajini" fever was over, think again. The producers of the movie are launching limited-edition Aamir Khan-statuettes based on his character in the film on the star's 44th birthday March 14.

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  Boman taught Imaad to dance on the sets of Little Zizou

  The Parsi community has always been known for their upbeat persona and their never say die attitude. In this week's release Little Zizou, Boman Irani plays the role of zany parsi who loves to dance. Along side this legend is Imaad Shah, who unfortunately has two left feet.

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  "Preity is nominated along side Susan Sarandon at the Genie Awards 2009" - Deepa Mehta

  Heralded as the most imaginative director working on social issues surrounding the women of today, yesterday and tomorrow, Deepa Mehta is the creative mastermind behind films such as Fire, Earth and Water to name a few.

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  Only mineral water for Rahul Bose (Film Snippets)

  Rahul Bose is extremely conscious about the water he drinks and even while at an upmarket hotel in the capital recently, the suave actor demanded lemonade made out of "mineral water only".

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  Newcomer Jackky's next on the lines of 'Jaane Tu....'

  Jackky Bhagnani's debut film "Kal Kissne Dekha" is set for a May 1 release but the young actor has begun work on a second venture, a romantic musical comedy on the lines of "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa", to be again produced by papa Vashu Bhagnani.

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  Loveleen Tandan can't get over Oscar memories

  "Slumdog Millionaire" co-director Loveleen Tandan is still to get over the Oscar experience. She says her worst fear before the ceremony was she would trip and fall on her sari on the red carpet.

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  Rahul Bose and Anoushka Shankar to 'Click & Marry'

  Click & Marry, that's the unusual enticing title of a film to be directed by a London-based filmmaker Anu Menon.

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  Loveleen Tandan will now direct a film but will Anil Kapoor produce it?

  Slumdog Millionaire's co-director Loveleen Tandan is all set to direct her film. And if rumours are to be believed she has already spoken to Anil Kapoor about it.

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  Video: Hrithik roots for Shilpa's IPL team!

  Hrithik Roshan surprised one and all with his presence at Shilpa Shetty's party sharing her IPL plan. It's a must watch video.