Shiney Ahuja sentenced to 7-year jail for raping maid2011

Shiney Ahuja sentenced to 7-year jail for raping maid

A court here Wednesday sentenced actor Shiney Ahuja to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of raping his maid in 2009. As Judge P.M. Chauhan of the Sewri fast track sessions court delivered the judgement, Ahuja broke down in the court. The verdict came despite the maid turning hostile during the trial. Ahuja [...]

Goa lawmakers to discuss ‘Dum Maaro Dum’

BollywoodWorld.com Already in the news for short skirts, bikinis and drugs, upcoming Bollywood flick “Dum Maaro Dum” (DMD) is all set to make waves in the Goa legislative assembly this week. Lawmakers in Goa are likely to discuss a calling attention motion moved by former tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco, who has said that [...]

Bollywood has no taste for ghazals – Jagjit Singh

BollywoodWorld.com, Ghazal king Jagjit Singh says he keeps his distance from Bollywood because he feels Hindi filmmakers are money-minded and don’t appreciate the genre any more. “Filmmakers have no taste for ghazals. A lot of youngsters like soft songs these days, but Bollywood has no interest in ghazals…the industry is only about making money. Sab paise [...]

Frenzy over India-Pakistan cricket match – Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is keen to watch Wednesday’s India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final, which he says has caused “unbelievable frenzy”. “Pakistan is our neighbor. How we all wish that it were ’simple, warm in spirit and with togetherness’!” Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com The 68-year-old is keeping a tab on various details regarding the [...]

Playing Asha Bhonsle’s daughter is a privilege – Padmini Kolhapure

Bollywood actress Padmini Kolhapure feels she has a role of a lifetime in debutant director Mahesh Kadiyal’s film “Maaee”, in which she plays singing diva Asha Bhosle’s daughter. Said Padmini: “When the director came to me with this offer I had this strange feeling that it would be Ashaji who plays my mother. My hunch [...]

No intention to show Goa in bad light in ‘Dum Maro Dum’ – Rohan Sippy

Filmmaker Rohan Sippy denies he chose Goa to shoot his forthcoming “Dum Maro Dum” – which delves into the narcotics mafia and sex trade – to show the pretty coastal state in bad light. Goa is brought in “as a fictional character”, he says. “It could have been any place…It could have been Mumbai. Goa has [...]

I’ve had enough on link-up rumours – Ranbir Kapoor

BollywoodWorld.com, Constant link ups with actresses like Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma and Nargis Fakhri are irking Ranbir Kapoor. He is no longer amused at being painted a womanizer and neither are his parents. So self-conscious has Ranbir become of his image of the wild lover-boy that he has decided to now gravitate to the other end. “That [...]

Aishwarya Rai, Hugh Jackman sing at FICCI Frames

BollywoodWorld.com, If Shahrukh Khan made Hollywood star Hugh Jackman dance on “Dhak dhak”, singer Manasi Scott made Aishwarya Rai and Jackman sing with her at the FICCI Frames 2011 awards function in Mumbai. Scott sang a number “All that jazz” and while singing, she came down to the audience and asked Jackman, Aishwarya, superstar Shah [...]

Rishi Kapoor has always been an inspiration – Hrithik Roshan

Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan who gets into the shoes of the iconic character Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the remake of “Agneepath” is working with Rishi Kapoor for the first time. Calling him a source of inspiration, Roshan praises the veteran actor’s energy and fitness at this age. Besides the emotional scenes, the two actors have [...]

‘X-Men’ series inspired me to make ‘Ra One’ – Shahrukh Khan

BollywoodWorld.com, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, a big fan of Hugh Jackman, Friday said the Australian star’s “X-Men” series inspired him to make sci-fi superhero movie “Ra.One”. “I wanted to do something different for the kids, so I watched all the ‘X-Men’ movies, cartoons, read comics and honestly the ‘X-Men’ series inspired me to do ‘Ra.One’,” [...]