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What happens when you bring together a Bollywood queen, a Malayalam star and a stand-up comedian? A riot of fun and laughter.

Stand-up comedian Abish Mathew’s YouTube talk show ‘Son of Abish’ brought together Vidya Balan and Dulquer Salmaan in a chat that had the stars in splits.

From talking about what life was like growing up as younger siblings to Vidya Balan’s love for Chembur in Mumbai and Dulquer’s passion for automobiles, the talk show presents the actors in a never before seen light.

Everyone has a theory on why Nargis Fakhri suddenly left the country. Here's the truth. Nargis just got tired of trying to be a Bollywood actress. Yes, she upped and left because she couldn't cope with the demands of 'Bollywood'.

Friends say they saw it coming. Her going, I mean. "It has nothing to do with Uday Chopra at all," opines a male colleague who has worked with Nargis. "It has to do with her inability to fit into the Bollywood mould. She is not a coy eyelashes- fluttering bosom-heaving siren. She is more of a guys' guy than a girl. She discusses her breasts and burps in the same breath. She is a misfit. She just got tired of being told to behave like a Bollywood diva."

When in 2011 Nargis made her debut in Rockstar, she was clueless about what she was doing. Unlike Katrina that other firangi stunner in Bollywood,...

It may be hard to believe but, we here at BollySpice, do watch other shows created outside of our beloved Bollywood and we recently came across a fabulous show on ABC. For the last 4 weeks, audiences have been treated to the madcap, medieval, magical, musical comedy adventure Galavant. The hysterically funny, fall off your chair show was a big hit! Created by Dan Fogelman, the series featured music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. The incredible eclectic cast included Joshua Sasse as Galavant, Karen David as Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia, Luke Youngblood as Sid, Vinnie Jones as Gareth, Mallory Jansen as Madalena and Timothy Omundson as King Richard. The show also boasted guest spots by stars like John Stamos, Hugh Bonneville, ”Weird Al” Yankovic, Ricky Gervais, and Rutger Hauer.

To truly give you the feel and flavor of Galavant you can check out videos and watch episodes here.

Gurinder Chadha’s hit film Bend It Like Beckham is being readied for the West End stage and following a host of auditions and workshops, the cast for the highly anticipated stage version Bend It Like Beckham the Musical has been formally announced.

Natalie Dew will play football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women’s football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower as their coach Joe. The three young leads will be supported by some familiar faces, including comedian Ronni Ancona who plays Paula, Jules’s Mum, with Jamal Andréas as Jess’ good friend Tony.

Preeya Kalidas who appeared in the original film as one of the cousins, will take on the role of Pinky, Jess’ sister and Tony Jayawardena andNatasha Jayetileke take on the all important roles of her parents, Mr and Mrs Bhamra.

Jess needs extra time. She is facing...

Hema Malini who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Mathura as the Bjp's candidate is very upset by recent reports that her family has not accompanied her on her campaign trail. "Says who?" the Dream Girl shoots back at the detractors who claim she has been abandoned by her family as she pursues an electoral nirvana. "My younger daughter Ahana was here last week. And my older daughter Esha will be here this week. Dharamji too will here in a few days. It's just I've asked them to join me in the later part of my campaign when the election fever heats up. No point in asking them to join me earlier." Hemaji is amused and angry at suggestions made by a section of the media that her family members are fighting shy of supporting her. "I don't know why some people are saying this. Every person in my...

New Delhi, Mar.21: Bollywood queen Rani Mukherjee turns 36 today.

The Bollywood actress gained her fame from 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' as the gorgeous Tina and after two decades in the entertainment industry, she has carved a niche for herself.

The starlet, who is the daughter of Ram Mukherji, a former film director and Krishna Mukherjee, former playback singer, is known for her movies like 'Saathiya', 'Hum-Tum', 'Yuva', 'Veer-Zaara', 'Black' and 'No One Killed Jessica'. (Ani)...

Amidst the rumours of Bollywood Queen Rani Mukerji's marriage, the actress has begun shooting for Pradeep Sarkar's Mardaani from January 21, 2014. The film, produced by Yash Raj Films, would see Rani playing a cop for the first time.She would also be performing at a live show with Badshah Shahrukh Khan and diva Madhuri Dixit at an event in Malaysia. They were seen performing together at Srk's tour Temptation Reloaded last on December 1, 2013.A statement released...

Bollywood queen Deepika Padukone celebrates her birthday tomorrow. We get you the top 5 looks of the sexy actress that have been a trendsetter in B-town and have even impressed the audiences.he southern beauty debuted with Farah Khan's Om Shaanti Om opposite Badshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan and took everyone's breath away as Om's 'dream girl'. Deepika, not just impressed the...

While Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor is busy celebrating her first anniversary with hubby and actor Saif Ali Khan in London, it is her sister Karisma Kapoor and sister-in-law Soha Ali Khan, who made up for her absence at an event.Kareena Kapoor is the brand ambassador of Monarch Universal, who organized a fashion show at the Property Expo 2013. Kareena's sister Karisma Kapoor and sister-in-law Soha Ali Khan walked the ramp on her behalf. In fact, Soha Ali Khan also launched th...

We have a new In the Zone from our media partners IndyBrown.TV, Ashanti Omkar and Omkari! This time they are chatting with Lady Indiraa, a farm lady from Barnet in North London who spends most of her time rescuing animals while running her farm. But here is the cool thing, she is also a singer and has scored a top 20 in the Official BBC Asian Network Charts with her single titled ‘Bollywood Queen’. Indiraa teamed up with Bollywood’s award-winning music producers, Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Sel) after they heard a demo of hers, and ‘Bollywood Queen’ has now entered the Official BBC Asian Network Charts at no 11.

In this cool interview Lady Indiraa is In The Zone with Delakshi, talking candidly about the hardships of depression, the inspiration behind her music, her career as a Tennis player, her new collaboration with Bollywood’s mass-award-winning music producers, Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Sel), and lots more!

They say 'Success brings a certain Confidence' and it is quite palpable in yesteryear Bollywood queen Sridevi's case. Sri, who ruled the roost in 80s and 90s with her stunning looks and performance, made her comeback with Gauri Shinde's widely appreciated and lauded English Vinglish with aplomb. With English Vinglish's superb success, Sridevi not only made a great comeback as an actor but we could also witness her glam side, which was missing from years. Sridevi's sizzling hot...

As you have probably guessed from our interviews with star Jon Huertas, one of our favorite shows on television is Castle. So you can bet that when we heard that actress Karen David was going be a guest star on the show, we just had to find out more. You have seen the actress both in major motion pictures like Provoked with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, as well as in major television series like Waterloo Road. Tomorrow night she begins her run in a two part episode on the popular Us television show Castle. Read on to see what she revealed exclusively to us about her character and her story arc, well as much as she could of course and what she loves about Bollywood in this special interview!

How did the role on Castle come about?

It all happened relatively quickly. I just got back to L.A from spending...

Mumbai, Sep 6: Kratika Sengar literally created a storm when she danced to the popular koli number of Madhuri Dixit "Hum Ko Ajkal Hai Intezaar". This is still of the most popular songs of Madhuri Dixit till date, and it is from the film "Sailaab". Since Kratika was knee-high, she has always been an ardent devotee of the Bollywood queen Mads..

Mumbai, Aug 4: Yesteryear Bollywood queen haling from Andhra Pradesh, Jayarada is all set to become a film maker. This time the former MP of Samajwadi Party is keen to leave politics and start a full fledged production house in Mumbai, shifting her base from Up to Mumbai. Insiders reveal that Jaya has already bought an office in Juhu.

A source close to her said, "Jaya has also bought a plush flat in Goregaon.She is very keen to produce Hindi films and is in talks with many directors.She has signed Dinkar Kapoor, who assisted Abbas-Mustan.

When the names Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan are paired in the media one can only think to reap praise on both. The two Bollywood starlets were seen together in No One Killed Jessica where Rani played a firebrand journalist while Vidya essayed the role of Sabrina, a heart broken sister. The film went on to be a great success and but with success brought trouble to the No One Killed Jessica pairing.

The problem brewing between the two can be put down to the stifling competition going on between Vidya and Rani but also the fact that they are both being considered for the same roles.

While Raj Kumar Gupta was finalizing details for his upcoming film Ghanchakkar trade sources were ready to speculate that the choice of actress was between Vidya or Rani given that Gupta had previously said “both Rani and Vidya are very talented.” However to...

A photo exhibition of reigning Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor has been organized by co-star Imran Khan, who clicked random pictures of her while the shoot of their upcoming release Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.Imran is set to hold the exhibit on Friday at Art Gallery at  Cinemax, Versova.The young actor has always maintained he is a huge fan of Kareena and captured some candid moments on his lens while working together."She (Kareena) is the most beautiful actress I have worked with. I found her beautiful right from her first film 'Refugee'," he said.Imran had even admitted that he had a huge crush on Kareena in his boyhood days."I could not articulate my feelings to her...I nursed a silent crush. When we started working together in this film we got along really well. I observed her closely while we were shooting and even...

A spot here, a tweet there and what does one get? Well, if Priyanka Chopra and Jay Sean are concerned then the answer to that question would be music collaboration like no other. It is now common knowledge that our very own Piggy Chops is gearing up for the release of her first album after being signed on to the Universal music label. Her recent dinner date with UK born Sean was also very open and almost comes across as a planned activity now that there are rumours of collaboration between the two.

The duo have been friends for some time and their meeting was sure to make the news after Sean himself revealed on Twitter that her was dining with the former Miss World, “catching up, good food, good company, good times!”. Chopra also tweeted about Sean’s album on the day of release, “If you like music… this...

October 9, 2010 : Bollywood queen Rani Mukherjee is likely to be seen in a Bengali film titled Africa. Two-time National Award winning filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury has reportedly approached the actress with the project and she is most likely to sign it.

If Rani agrees to sign the project then it will be her first full-fledged Bengali film. She was seen in a Bengali film called Biyer Phool in 1992, which was directed by her father Ram Mukherjee. But it was not that significant because she did not have a full- length role in the film.

A source was quoted saying that the director had met Rani in Mumbai and narrated the story to her. Rani was reportedly excited and asked Aniruddha to come to Mumbai again after.

Once Bollywood queen Rani Mukherjee is likely to be seen in a Bengali film titled Africa. Two-time National Award winning filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury has reportedly approached the actress with the project and she is most likely to sign it.

If Rani agrees to sign the project then it will be her first full-fledged Bengali film. She was seen in a Bengali film called Biyer Phool in 1992, which was directed by her father Ram Mukherjee. But it was not that significant because she did not have a full length role in the film.

A source was quoted saying that the director has met Rani in Mumbai and narrated the story to her. Rani was reportedly excited and asked Aniruddha to come to Mumbai again after completing the script.

On the other hand, the Bengali filmmaker has also met actress Rituparna Sengupta, who is thinking that she is already doing the film.

September 22, 2010: Bollywood Queen Kareena Kapoor has been signed to play the female lead in Salman Khan’s next movie Bodyguard, which is a remake of a Malayalam film starring Dileep and Nayantara.

Salman and Kareena’s last film Main Aurr Mrs Khanna bombed at the Box office but this has not discouraged Bebo to pair with Salman again. It may be the effect of Salman’s latest blockbuster hit Dabangg that has encouraged Kareena to take up the role.

There is a buzz that Salman’s sister Alvira and her husband actor Atul Agnihotri have signed Kareena for Bodyguard. Siddique, who directed.

August 25, 2010: A recent rumor suggested that filmmaker Karan Johar has asked the Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor to get rid of some kilos for an upcoming movie. But now, the actress, who once slipped to size zero, cleared the air saying that she was never asked by Karan to lose weight.

Kareena added that she is very happy with the little weight she has been able to gain recently so there is no question of losing anymore. There was also a buzz that Karan asked Bebo to get her hair cut short to be able to put on the skimpy outfits in her upcoming film in which she will be paired opposite Imran Khan.

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August 23, 2010: Once Bollywood queen Rani Mukherjee has captured the headlines most of the time for her alleged relationship with filmmaker Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj films. Now, again the news has come up that the actress is going to tie the knot in this November.

The rumor might have irritated Rani but it has again ignited the curious minds and everybody wants to know the name of the lucky man. Considering her alleged year long relationship with Aditya, the name is at the top in the list. Even the date is said to be finalized, the Mukherjee family has not disclosed it yet. It is expected to be announced.

August 16, 2010: The Bollywood queen Kareena Kapoor had planned a wonderful way to celebrate the birthday of her beau Saif Ali Khan. The lady planned a secret holiday at an undisclosed location. But, the celebrities can never keep anything confidential, so could not Bebo.

Now, it is known that the hot couple of Bollywood had flown to Gstaad in Switzerland to celebrate the birthday of ‘Chote Nawab’.

Gstaad is one of the most scenic places of Switzerland. A number of Hollywood celebrities like Roger Moore, Elizabeth Taylor, and Julie Andrews have home at this picturesque place. There was.

June 23, 2010: Indian filmmaker Prakash Jha has a dream project Draupadi, in which he wants to cast Hollywood star Anjelina Jolie in the lead role.

After the success of Rajneeti, which was inspired by the great Indian epic Mahabharata, Jha is ready for another movie, which will also be based on the same epic.

Draupadi is believed to be a dream project of Prakash Jha. Earlier, the filmmaker wanted to work on the project with the once Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit in the lead. But the project got shelved due to budget issues and lack of authentic adaptations.

The glorious success of Rajneeti has.

Bollywood Queen Manisha Koirala has finally decided to tie the knot. She is going to marry Samrat Dahal, a Nepali businessman, and the wedding doing to take place in Nepal on June 19.

"We have fixed the wedding date on June 19," The Times Of India quoted Surendra Dahal, father of the groom, as saying. Samrat is back in Nepal to start his own bio-gas plant after completing his studies in the Us.

The 40-year-old actress, who is from political family in Nepal, entered Bollywood through director Subhash Ghai's Saudagar in 1991. She went on to act in many hit films like Dil Se, Khamoshi, 1942: A Love Story, Akele Hum Akele Tum and many others. She was one of the top heroines in 1990s.

It maybe recalled that she broke off her engagement with Crispin Conroy, Australian ambassador to Nepal, in 2001, and her relationship with Christopher Dorris also didn't work out.

Venue: R-City mall in Mumbai

Event: Weekday Shoot for Vipul Shah’s upcoming film Action Replay

Incident: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan should be used to receiving attention by now, but when reports of her developing an attitude started doing rounds on the circuit because of the attention she receives from fans, we became a bit surprised.

Having organized a weekday shoot to avoid fans and crowds as far as possible, Vipul Shah and his men were in for a surprise when the Junior Bachchan Bahu’s fans flocked to the set in order to capture a fleeting look of the Bollywood queen.

Finally emerging, after nearly an hour, Aish was draped in a green sari and was greeted by excited fans calling out her name. Reports indicate that Aishwarya neither bothered to look up once or wave to her fans in acknowledgment. Instead, she seemed uncomfortable walking in the sari and irritated with the attention.

Bollywood queen Katrina Kaif is down with jaundice and her intimate co-star Akshay Kumar has wished her speedy recovery. Akshay Kumar is in the promotional spree of his upcoming film, ‘De Dhana Dan’ and expressed that he is missing his co-star Katrina Kaif. Kat was not keeping well for quite sometime and suddenly when her condition deteriorated, she was rushed to Lilavati hospital where she was diagnosed with jaundice Akshay said: "Katrina is down with jaundice... We are missing her and hope she gets well soon." Akshay and Katrina starred in many successful films together and ‘De Dhana Dan’ being the sixth...

Ever since Bollywood queen Katrina Kaif got to taste success, she has been working non-stop round the clock. Films, endorsements, function are keeping her busy like anything. Hectic schedule has taken a toll on her health and finally the actress has been diagnosed with jaundice. She was not feeling well for the past few days but when she was not able to get up from her bed, she called for a doctor. She was admitted to Lilavati hospital for some tests and at last diagnosed with jaundice. Doctors have advised her bed rest for few weeks. Katrina has been traveling non-stop for promoting her upcoming film; ‘De Dhana Dan’ and now do...