OOPS! SALMAN FALLS ASLEEP AT EVENT

Salman Khan has been continuously promoting his approaching film Wanted for the last few weeks. It's not amazing if the constant events and functions start taking a toll on the actor who has refused to advertise any of his films till date. We caught Sallu in a cute candid moment at a recent event where the Wanted contest winners were announced. Take a look!

SALMAN AND VIVEK UPSET ASH

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has moved on in life. She speculates why Salman and Vivek cannot!

Aishwarya has never spoken a word on her by now well-known affairs with Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She has maintained a stately silence on her personal life. Her former boyfriends have left no stone unturned to make digs at her.

Recently, on a talk show, Vivek used phrases like ‘Rai’ (which also means opinion) and ‘plastic heart and plastic smiles’. He was obviously referring to Ash who has been called ‘plastic’ in the past. Salman has also spoken about her in press interviews and on shows.

A source said, ‘All this has upset Ash, who hasn’t said a word on them and she wishes they would keep quiet about the whole thing too. It makes one wonder if the two don’t have anything happening in their own lives that they have to cash in on their former relationship with her. Why can’t they get a life and behave like gentlemen?’

He further adds, ‘Vivek said that he held the press conference to impress Ash but she wasn’t even aware of it. She was upset when she found out. If Vivek’s career has failed, why should he blame Ash? He was the one who went around town declaring his love for Ash. She didn’t say a word about him. Due to her relationships with Vivek and Salman and subsequent fall-out, she lost a lot of movies and it also harmed her reputation.’

‘When Salman was asked by his friend as to why he still talks about Ash, he casually replied that it was because the press continues to ask him about her. There are a lot of things that Salman doesn’t want to talk about and he makes no bones about it by reprimanding the press. So why doesn’t he keep quiet about Ash?’ wonders the source.

Aishwarya tries to keep away from all this. She is concentrating really hard on her challenging roles in Raavana and Guzaarish. All this distracts her and her families don’t like it either. Apparently, she was so upset with the stories that she almost cried on the sets of Guzaarish in Goa. She said that she has moved on and is living her life the way she wants and is very happy. She wished other people would lead their lives and leave her alone.

A StarBoxOffice source in Goa, close to the Guzaarish unit has established how all this has affected Ash, who has become a nerve wreck every time someone mentions the word Salman or Vivek. She does not want to open her mouth because Bhansali is very close to Salman and things could get ugly. However, she can take respite in the fact that Bhansali hates Vivek as much as she does.

KATRINA TAKES UP ENDORSEMENT THAT KAREENA TURNED DOWN

Katrina Kaif has just signed on for an advertisement for a skin whitening cream. It is alleged that the product helps women fight off signs of getting old. The moisturiser contains a Vitaniacin formulation in addition to obtainable sunscreen guard in its different variation, making it ideal for Indian skin.

It is believed that the ad was first offered to Kareena but she turned it down since she didn't want to be connected with a brand for older women.

Kareena and Katrina have peachy and clear skin tone, which is why they were short-listed for this international skin care brand. A source close to Bebo admits, "She declined the ad as she felt it wasn't the right fit. Maybe in 15 years' time, she will be ready to do it.

She felt that being the face of the product would obstruct with her fresh and youthful image - so she declined the offer." But Katrina had no such doubts. She was offered a huge amount, and she instantly agreed to support the face cream."

A source close to Katrina refutes the story that it's an anti-ageing skin care cream. "She has signed the skin care cream but it's not an anti-ageing one. Katrina is only on for a new product and not for their entire range. As far as we know the anti-ageing cream is still being approved by Sushmita Sen. The new product is for the younger generation."

A representative for Matrix, who handles Kareena and Katrina's endorsements says, "Katrina is not doing any anti-ageing skin care cream. And Kareena is the brand ambassador of another skin care brand for the last three years so there's no question of her turning down or being approached by another skin brand."

DON’T CALL ME BHAI: SALMAN KHAN

Salman Khan shows annoyance during radio interview.

Salman Khan was annoyed with RJ Siddharth Kannan after he called the actor Salman Bhai during a radio interview.

During the interview, when Siddharth addressed him as Salman Bhai, the actor instantly showed his anger and told him not to call him Bhai.

Though, after Siddharth told Salman that he looked up to him as an elder brother, Salman softened his stand and allowed the RJ to call him Salman Bhai for the rest of the interview.

Siddharth established the news saying Salman does not like anyone who is not close to him addressing him as Salman Bhai. This term is only for his family and close friends. For everyone else he is just Salman Khan.

SALMAN IN NO MOOD TO FORGIVE PRIYANKA

Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra had fallout after their on screen appearance in the 2004 movie “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi”.

While Priyanka has let bygones be bygones, Salman still holds a complaint against her and is in no feel to forgive and forget.

Post their fallout Priyanka tried hard to make peace with Salman on a couple of events. But the resolute Khan has refused to patch up and has preserved his distance from her.

Lately a big producer approached Priyanka with a script. Priyanka liked it and asked about her co-star in the movie. The producer told her that he was in view of Salman for the role. She approved to do the film if Salman was ready to work with her.

When the producer approached Salman he refused to do the film if Priyanka was in the lead. He obviously told the producer that even though he was happy with the script, he wasn’t happy with the casting of the movie.

ASIN UPSET WITH ‘LONDON DREAMS’ PROMO

Salman Khan-Ajay Devgan steals limelight. Now that the first promo of Vipul’s Shah’s “London Dreams” has been released, leading lady Asin is said to be not too happy with the very small footage that she has got in the trailer.

While Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan feature highly in the promo, Asin has just one shot, which is a bit disappointing considering how big a hit was “Ghajini”, her debut Hindi film and she has a lot of expectations from “London Dreams”, her second Bollywood release.

Asin apparently has raised her voice against this and has directly spoken to director Vipul Shah.

According to sources, Asin went and met Vipul and voiced her displeasure against the first theatrical promos. Vipul told her that since it is a story about two friends, Salman and Ajay have been shown prominently. He also tried to convince her that she is an important part of the film and the rest of the promos will feature her prominently.

But Asin reportedly was way far from being convinced.

YES, I'M HOT & SEXY: BIPASHA

Hot and sexy that’s the trite image the junta has of Bipasha Basu. And, well, she isn’t sorry about it because at the end of the day, every woman seeks to be just that. But what the actress fails to comprehend is why people can’t see beyond the evident.

Bipasha, who has done some amazing work in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Corporate and Prakash Jha’s Apaharan and shown her own hysterics in Rituparno Ghosh’s Shob Choritro Kalponik besides proving she’s no bimbette in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara, said indignantly:

“Despite this, if I have to fight the stereotypical image that filmmakers have of me being just hot and sexy, then it is rather sad. There are a set of people out there who are myopic.”

Perhaps the Bengali beauty has a point. In all fairness one must say she has juggled the sexy parts with the meaningful ones. In the year of Corporate where she displayed acting prowess she also did Dhoom-2 where she romped around in a bikini.

“To remember one and overlook the other is unfair,’’ argued the actress. Her current lot of films though are a happy mix. There is Sanjay Gupta’s Pankh, where she is an actress on screen, Ajay Devgan’s All The Best — a madcap comedy that is a big ticket bet this Diwali, and Priyadarshan’s untitled venture where she has “a thinking role’’.

“Good work is happening,’’ admitted Bipasha. “Priyadarshan is someone I also wanted to work with. He is a filmmaker with foresight and I know I’m in a pair of very capable hands.’’ She is also happy with the way Ajay Devgan’s release has shaped up. “All The Best is one laugh-a-riot,’’ revealed the actress. “Believe me, we not only had a blast shooting it, we had a blast even while dubbing for the film because it’s a situational comedy that is so funny.’’

However, what comes as a shock is the news that Bipasha who has always had cordial relations with her female co-stars, is now having a cold war with Mugdha Godse, the other girl in All The Best. “Are you buying this story,’’ she asked incredulously.

“I read somewhere that I had stopped Ajay Devgan and Fardeen Khan from going to Mugdha’s party. Am I some mastermind who can actually stop my co-stars from doing what they must?’’ She herself was at an official event that day with her co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh because boyfriend John Abraham was not in town. She remembers wishing Mugdha and sending her flowers, a card and chocolates. “Over the years, I have rarely had a problem with my co-stars,’’ said Bipasha. “With some girls I’m friendly, with others I’m cordial. But to suggest that I have a cold war going with Mugdha is ridiculous.’’

I DON'T LIKE JOHN TOO MUCH: SALMAN KHAN

Salman Khan tells Abhijit Majumder he will bid for one of the two new teams and speaks about the whole thing from SRK to Islam.

YOU are there, imperceptibly pinned to the wall by fear as the huge, bear-like Saint Bernard casually amble up to you.

"Don't panic, take your fears head on, run into them," advises a grinning Salman Khan, wearing just his blue gym shorts. "Come, let me bring in you to Saint. He's a safe baby."

For the next hour or so, you have him talking about new films, SRK, Katrina, Islam, close to everything.

He confirmed in this interview at his Bandra Bandstand house on Friday afternoon that he certainly wants to buy an IPL team.

So this is Salman unplugged (just kidding... anybody who has spent some time with him knows an entirely unplugged Salman is too candid, raw and politically shocking even for our pages).

SALMAN IS NOT BUYING ANY IPL TEAM, SAYS BROTHER SOHAIL

There was a buzz yesterday that Salman Khan is setting up to buy an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team, like Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty.

Salman met IPL commissioner Lalit Modi yesterday at a suburban Mumbai hotel, after which he told the media that the actor had shown interest in buying an IPL team, "He has been concerned in buying a team for quite some time.

Today, we had a brief meeting and I explained how to go about with the task. I can assure you that Salman is not the only star who is idea of buying a team. I have had around 28 queries and the list will surely go up," he said. Modi also admitted that having a film star added to the glitter of the event. "It does add to the spark," he said.

According to Modi, the price tag fond of to a new IPL team would be in the region of $200 - 300 million. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra shelled out almost $15 million for a 12 per cent stake in Rajasthan Royals.

However a source close to Salman says, "He bumped into Lalit Modi at a hotel in Bandra and started chatting with him. It was an informal debate. Salman asked him how he was, what's happening with the IPL and some other details but that was it.

This talk of Salman buying an IPL team has been going on forever. It's just that celebrities bring certain glamour to IPL and people want stars to be associated with them - like Akshay Kumar was the brand ambassador of the Delhi Daredevils. Similarly, many want Salman to be the brand ambassador of their teams."

Salman's brother Sohail Khan says, "It's not true. Salman is not buying any IPL team. Yesterday when he was shooting for Dus Ka Dum I called up bhai and asked him whether it was true and he denied it."

KATZ CELEBRATES GANAPATI

The wonderful Ganpati at Khetwadi’s 12th Lane Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal had a beautiful and illustrious visitor in Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif on Wednesday evening.

Head covered and bent in respect, hands joined in prayer, and then down on her knees with her forehead touching the idol’s feet, the actress paid her compliments to Lord Ganesh with an ease and sincerity born of long practice at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi.

Is she a Ganesh bhakt? Isn’t everyone who is a Mumbaikar? The actress said she had a lot to be grateful to Mumbai for. And, she believed Lord Ganesh was the presiding god of Mumbai, everybody worshipped Ganpati... she felt a strong connect to the God, that is why she often visited Siddhivinayak.

“Being a part of the puja here is a small gesture on my part to express my gratitude,” said Katrina as devotees gaped in astonishment at her faith and then made a mad scramble to shoot pictures of her on their cell phones.

SALMAN TO BUY AN IPL TEAM

Bollywood action hero Salman Khan is the latest cine star to join the Indian Premier League (IPL) gravy train and has spoken interest in buying a team.

Salman met IPL chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi here Tuesday and was briefed about the nitty-grittes of buying an IPL franchise.

The fourth season of the IPL in 2011 will see two new teams and they would be up for grabs through a bidding process later this year.

Modi said Salman is attracted in buying an IPL team.

"He has been interested to buy a team for quite some time," Modi added.

"Today we had a brief meeting and I explained him how to go about with the task. I can assure you that Salman is not the only star who is thinking to buy a team. I have had around 28 queries and the list will surely go up," he said.

IPL vice-president Niranjan Shah told IANS that Salman is a staid buyer and will bid for one of the two new teams.

"Salman is a serious buyer and is considering buying an IPL team. He came along with couple of his friends and was briefed by Lalit on the procedure to buy IPL franchise," said Shah.

Shah went on to add that cities like Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Vishakhaptanam are in battle to be the hometown for new teams.

"It will be an open tender process and the city that gets the highest bidder will be the new IPL team," he said.

Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla are the co-owners of Kolkata Knight Riders while Preity Zinta is also a joint owner of Kings XI Punjab. Shilpa Shetty and her boyfriend Raj Kundra also bought some stakes in Rajasthan Royals.

KAT DIDN’T REPLACE ME: ASH

Some have written her off, some say her crown is under menace. But Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is unaware to such comments.

With her trademark smile in place, the graceful Bachchan bahu set about business, charming one and all during her recent trip to the city. The actress glowed in spite of reports of suffering from swine flu. “As the head of the house, Pa voiced his concerns on his blog about my health. He said I had flu like indication. Soon, word spread that I had swine flu!” said Ash when questioned about her health. But like the whole thing else, these rumours too were put to rest. “Pa had to then make clear that it was just a normal flu,” said Ash while accepting that the Big B’s blog is certainly quite a ‘hit’. “For me it was Pa blogging because he was worried and away from home at that time. But for others, it was like a confirmation of sorts that Amitabh Bachchan says Ash has the swine flu!”

Apart from shooting for Raavan, Endhiran, Guzaarish and Action Replay, Ash also has other professional commitments to honour which takes up a lot of her time. But hey, she’s not complaining. After all, she is the face of some of the most popular brands across the world. “I’ve always been very selective about the brands I endorse. There’s no rat race. Every endorsement has a story behind it. The bottomline is, I don’t like endorsing brands which are anywhere and everywhere,” explains Ash.

And what about rumours of a jewellery brand dropping her for Katrina Kaif? “I would like to say this loud and clear; I chose not to renew my contract with the jewellery brand,” affirms the actor setting the record straight. “I had a contract with another brand under which that particular jewellers came. Once they parted ways, I decided not to endorse them anymore,” she goes on to explain.

Taking the opportunity to put to rest the talk about her being dropped by other brands due to her age, Ash said, “No one every dropped me. I chose not to renew certain contracts. Like the one with the cola brand. Post marriage I decided not to endorse them anymore as Pa and Abhishek were endorsing the rival cola brand. I didn’t want any confusion in the consumer’s mind,” she quipped .

With film and endorsement offers pouring in, Ash is indeed a busy woman just like she was a few years ago. Unlike others, marriage doesn’t seem to have slowed her down. “Earlier, it was tough for a heroine to get work after marriage. Their so-called brand value would depreciate. That didn’t happen with me, as I've always aspired to push the envelope,” she explains.

But she does not take the credit for this alone. “I have to thank the professionals I’ve worked with. They were not regressive and changed with times,” she says. And unlike other contemporaries, Ash always seems pretty secure and confident of her career. “And why not?” she asks going on to add that, “Throughout my career I’ve never said things like, ‘I’m not ready for marriage now’, or ‘marriage will happen only after five or six years’. When I was ready for marriage, everybody knew. I’ve never given escapist quotes.”

But now that she is married into the first family of Bollywood, doesn’t she want to take it slow? “I have a secret pride, you know. I’ve always wanted to work after marriage and I couldn’t see why that should change after I tied the knot,” says Ash, while adding immediately, “Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not a hardcore feminist. I’m a humanist.”

The down-to-earth superstar rewinds, “I’ve had a long and wonderful journey. My photographer friends and others have pointed out that I have improved over the years.” But that did not come easy. “Earlier when a girl signed a film opposite a certain hero, it made big news. But I was not satisfied with just that, I wanted more. There were times when I signed a film and it turned out to be something else. I then brought it something different and new to the industry that protected the rights of the heroine like the MOUs and other contractual changes.”

Ask her if any of it was tough and she says, “Well I’ve constantly learnt and improved as an actor. My efforts have definitely made things a lot easier for my ilk.”

RS 1.42 LAKH FOR SALMAN'S TOWEL

The bid for Salman Khan's yellow towel from his movie Mujhse Shaadi Karogi on eBay India has touched a figure of Rs 1.42 lakh.

The towel was put on bid on Star Plus show Tere Mere Beach Mein hosted by Farah Khan. The bid for the towel ends in three days' time.

Salman was the first celebrity guest on the chat show. Salman had used this yellow towel for the song 'Jeene Ke Hain Chaar Din' from Mujhse Shaadi Karogi. The song was choreographed by Farah Khan.

The towel Salman gave for auction is the one which was used for rehearsal and is his private towel.

Salman said, "I got this since it has memories with Farah." All proceeds will go to the NGO Sneha.

YET ONE MORE TATTOO FOR SANJAY DUTT

He’ll be setting a record.

Sanjay Dutt is to get yet another tattoo. Soon after recurring from South Africa recently, Sanjay Dutt went to his tattoo artist Vishwas’ studio and asked him to keep a casing design ready.

By the way, it was Vishwas who inked Sanjay's parents’ names on his chest recently.

This time, Sanjay wants to do a diverse kind of a design on his sleeve. The design is being kept as a secret.

Once he gets the tattoo, Sanjay will have the highest number of tattoos on his body among Bollywood actors.

I'LL MARRY FOR KIDS: SALMAN

Bollywood’s superbrat Salman Khan has smoothed down...he talks to Seema Sinha of bones that throbbing the morning after an action sequence, love and marriage.

Bollywood’s bad boy, known for his ability for walking into trouble, Salman Khan appears to be peacemaker, serene and more and more idealistic.

Sample this statement from the hunk, “I believe in making my own luck. Your future depends on what you are at this point. If you mess up this present instant then you are affecting your future too, but if you are on the right track then it routinely lifts your future, it is like taking your destiny up.”

The original Bollywood hunk shies away from admitting he’s turning truth-seeking, “No, no, I have always been like this. It is very simple — Yes, No, Right, Wrong, Good, Bad, White, Black. That is the philosophy of my life.”

He confesses, however, “Well, you can say I have mellowed over the years, maybe because I have learnt to handle certain things. But there could be things that I won’t be able to handle. It happens from time to time. At times, I don’t react even when I know what people are doing to me is wrong or they are taking advantage of me.” He adds a warning, though, “If things go out of hand, I will come back to what I used to be.”

He enjoys being irregular. “Ten years, 20 years from now... I don’t look that much ahead, I see myself playing football in the next 10 minutes but I’m not too sure. I might just change my mind. I don’t plan anything in life,” he says.

A complete home bird when not shooting, Salman paints, listens to music, works out and spends time with his family. “My only fear in life is losing my family members and close friends.” Known for his kindness, good-hearted Salman dreams of a perfect world. “I have lots of dreams... that nobody should die of hunger, poverty, diseases and everyone should have enough money to save their lives. Torturing and defacement children to beg should stop and education should be every child’s right. All religions that preach or teach wrong things should stop,” he says.

His paintings mostly follow a theme of communal harmony, and he paints a lot of human faces. He enjoys retro music —Hindi and Western tracks — and can often are heard whining old numbers.

On his food preferences, Salman remarks, “These days I prefer vegetarian food for some odd reason. But I like chicken, no mutton right now, rice and roti is also out. I don’t like very spicy food, I prefer it bland. I like only home food.”

After giving a few duds in the last few years, Salman is now turning a new leaf. Never to give up or look back and regret, Salman decided to resurrect his career with what he calls ‘difficult’ films. So the macho hunk decided to take up action subjects showcasing dare-devilry — Wanted Dead or Alive and Veer; Vipul Shah’s performance-oriented, Bollywood musical, London Dreams with Ajay Devgan, and a love story of a married couple — Main aur Mrs Khanna with Kareena Kapoor, all three scheduled to release this year.

“I was losing interest and getting tired as I was doing the same thing over and over again. Nothing much was happening in my career and I wanted to do something that would bring back the enthusiasm in me. Now by doing different genre of films makes me feel interested, look special, feel special and makes me work harder.” Salman explains animatedly.

“For the last five to six years, I have seriously trained for Veer and Wanted. It wasn’t just about building six packs or having the body of a ‘model’, which is easy. I had to look tough and strong and like I can take on the world,” says the actor. But, with advancing age, action-oriented roles are known to play havoc on the bodies of most superstars. “These action sequences are scary as you tend to get hurt all the time. Earlier, when I was younger I would never care even if I broke my bones, I never felt the pain. Haddi toot gayi toh toot gayi chalo... it didn’t matter, but now it pains. Worse is that it pains when I wake up in the morning,” he laughs softly.

Gossip rags have always worked overtime fishing out juicy tidbits from his personal life. Few months back a Mumbai tabloid went to town about an alleged clandestine relationship between his lady-love Katrina Kaif and eternal foe John Abraham. But Salman, whom you would see getting furious at a question like this few years ago, now mockingly responds laughing non-stop, “How sweet... oh my god, I am so insecure!”

On women, Salman has always said that he likes them simple and uncomplicated and covered from top to toe, maybe in a sari. His favourite line on this is, “Upar se thoda aur upar, neeche se thoda aur neeche.”

Salman has also said that it is Katrina’s simplicity that keeps him tied to her. “I love simple girls. Nice, simple, straight. I don’t like women who manipulate and scheme.”

But what surprises Salman is that the speculations about his marriage don’t seem to die, which leaves the actor wondering, “Aren’t you guys fed up of asking about my marriage? It is now become a part of any conversation with me. It is like asking, How are you today?” But does he consider marriage to be an important institution? “Each to his own ya. It all depends upon the way one wants to live his or her life.

This new philosophical attitude towards life helps him rationalise things and put in perspective the eternal question of marriage that keeps popping up in front of him time and again. “If you ask my personal opinion, of course, I consider marriage important. There are different reasons and ways one would get married. It could be for love, romance or it could be for children. I would want to marry for children.”

The forever candid Salman Khan self-admittedly might have lost interest in some of his recent films but he hasn’t lost his sense of humour for sure. While turning the pages of a popular fortnightly, he stops at the story on his arch rival and friend-turned-foe, Shah Rukh Khan, who was recently bestowed with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture. “Arre iss doctor ke paas patients ko bhejo aur ilaaj karao,” (Send the patients to Dr Shah Rukh Khan and get them treated),” he smirks.

In the era of stars who take off for vipassana, yoga or meditation in between their hectic schedules, Salman has a unique way of relaxing. “At times when people are talking to me I go blank. That’s my way of relaxing and meditating. I am not even there. Suddenly, people find me spaced out. That relaxation is enough for me,“ he says. At this point of time I decide to stop my interview and leave. Salman is not with me, he is not listening. He has gone blank. Guess he is meditating!

MY SHOW STARTS WITH SALMAN, ENDS WITH SHAH RUKH

Farah Khan’s TV chat show begins on August 23

Bollywood choreographer-director Farah Khan says it was a mindful decision to start her new television chat show with actor Salman Khan and his mother Salma, who has never given an interview before. And amusingly, the "Tere Mere Beach Mein" series ends with none other than Shah Rukh Khan.

"It was a joint decision taken by the channel and me. They felt that the episode turned out to be very straight and since Salman has never come on a chat show before, it could be a nice way to hook on the audience to the show. So we start with Salman and end it with Shah Rukh," Farah told IANS.

She said it wasn't hard at all to influence Salman and his mother to be her first guests on the show that starts on Sunday (Aug 23) on STAR Plus.

"Salman has never come on a chat show - neither 'Koffee With Karan' nor 'Oye! It's Friday' and not even 'Rendezvous with Simi Garewal'. It's for the first time he's come on a chat show. His mother has never in her life come on a TV show or even given a print interview. And I just had to tell them once. It was very easy to induce them to come," said Farah.

The filmmaker managed to get several celebrities on her debut chat show but couldn't get her dream guests - former railway minister Lalu Prasad and singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya.

"I really wanted to get Lalu-ji and Himesh together for my show. But he (Lalu) had a cataract operation and so things couldn't work out. But I really hope these two people come to my show, if I have a second season," said Farah.

To give her chat show a twist, Farah has a separate theme for each episode. She brought Salman to talk about being a 'Mamma's boy' and Shah Rukh Khan as a henpecked husband. She had Priyanka Chopra talk about her struggle as an actor.

Asked what the theme for the Lalu-Himesh episode would have been, she said: "I wanted to get them in a category of 'I don't care people'. And these two people are such that no matter how much people imitate them, ridicule them or mimic them, they just don't care. They only do their work."

Other guests on her show will include Hrithik Roshan, Asin Thottumkal, Deepika Padukone, Abhay Deol, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kareena Kapoor and cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan.

"Tere Mere Beach Mein" will be telecast every Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m.

SALMAN DISTRESSED BY MYJAAN’S DEATH

He had individually carried her to the hospital. Salman is overwhelmed as his pet dog Myjaan has died. Salman lost his other pet, Myson, previously this year.

Myjaan was admitted to an animal hospital in Parel in June.

According to sources close to Salman, Myjaan had been quite sick for some time. She was first admitted to the hospital in June. Salman had personally carried the pet to the hospital in a serious condition. She did got well a little but not so much. In fact, she was missing her partner Myson after his death.

On Tuesday (Aug 18) evening Salman attended the music release of “Wanted” and then rushed to shoot for “London Dreams”. While at the shoot, he was informed about Myjaan’s death.

Salman wrapped up the shoot and went to the hospital. He then went to his Panvel farmhouse and buried Myjaan there.

Myson is also buried at his farmhouse.

Salman is very upset with Myjaan’s death, which was clear on the sets of his TV show “10 Ka Dum” where the actor was seen in a rather low mood.

Salman now has two pet dogs, Myson (named after his first dog) and Mylove.

WANTED MORE VIOLENT THAN GHAJINI: SALMAN

Said Salman Khan on whether or not Wanted would be the next Ghajini.

The actor has high hopes for his next film directed by ace choreographer and south actor Prabhu Deva. “Ghajini became a fact because of Aamir Khan, his newly obtained 6 pack and the main focus at the end of the day was the love story. Wanted on the other hand is hardcore action, violence and amazing dance numbers” said Salman when quizzed whether Wanted would have the same box office success as Ghajini.

Salman Khan at his happy best poked fun at his dancing and the type of careful action scenes he went through for the film, saying, “I remember when Prabhu would teach me a step and I’d wonder, that can’t be so bad, but after watching myself on the video assist, I wish I’d retire then and there. I was going through a weary phase before Wanted and I couldn’t have been any more energised now.”

Out of the 200 days of shooting, Salman shot 8-10 action sequences for 150 days. Producer Boney Kapoor said, “The action in the film is incredible and you will be blown away by the type of series we have shot. There are no special effects and Salman has done all his action scenes himself.” The coy Prabhu Deva was all praises for his leading star, saying, “I don’t know anybody else who could have done the film other than Salman Bhai himself.”

PROTEST AGAINST SALMAN KHAN

A Muslim group took a morcha to Salman Khan's house to protest against his remark on Shah Rukh Khan's custody in the US.

They didn't like Sallu's comments on a TV channel, in response to SRK's cultural profiling in the US. The guys behind the morcha felt that as a Muslim, Salman should raise his voice against them being treated as terrorists in the US.

They said that personal differences should be kept aside as times like these." We don't get what all the fuss is about.

All Salman said was, "It's nothing new. It occurs to all of us all the time." Lay off, guys. He was simply stating a fact. Besides, it's not just Muslims, all Asians are looked upon apprehensively in America.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER INVITES SRK

Only in America, as the old and famous saying goes.

In a new twirl to the Shah Rukh Khan-Newark Airport hullabaloo, California Governor and Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office has invited him to dinner tonight at Washington DC.

This, after knowing of SRK’s dishonor at the airport and he being made to go through secondary questioning because he has a common name. An upset SRK had said while leaving the US, “They wanted to know if I know anyone in America.”

For now, the Bollywood superstar is back in Mumbai. And he is aware of the invitation but he is yet to decide whether he wants to go back to the US so quickly, mainly in lieu of the recent treatment meted out to him at Newark Airport. So, the dinner with Arnold stands postponed to September 20. It is not known whether SRK will accept it or not.