Showing posts with label likes and dislikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label likes and dislikes. Show all posts

Katrina Kaif-The most humble female celebrity in Bollywood




Katrina Kaif-Likes and Dislikes

Katrina Kaif Favorite designers-Tarun Tahilani, Rocky S, Armane, Versace

Favorite actor: Leonardo D’Caprio, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan

Favorite actresses: Madhuri Dixit and Kajol

Favorite sportsman-Irfan Pathan

Favorite movies-Umrao Jaan(of course the old one!) , Gone with the Wind and Casablanca

Favorite perfume-Gucci Rush

Katrina Kaif’s turn on-acting

Katrina Kaif’s turn off-excess make-up

Katrina Kaif’s hobbies- Katrina has a lot of hobbies. Her hobbies arise from her passions which include exercising, painting, cooking, chatting and of course sleeping!

Katrina Kaif-The most well mannered girl in Bollywood-A personality check

Katrina Kaif is one of the most well mannered girls in Bollywood. She is dignified and quite laidback and reserved compared to her handsome extrovert boyfriend Salman Khan. Katrina Kaif has made a mark of her own and has never depended on Salman Khan’s starpower to get her noticed. Katrina Kaif is one of the most non-controversial girls in Bollywood and even though she has had an international upbringing, she has never flouted her starry air or an elite kind of behavior. Katrina Kaif is down to earth and always cheerful. At the same time, she has improved tremendously as an actress. Katrina is very hardworking and the very fact that she is working very hard on her diction though she does not understand Hindi is really commendable. Katrina Kaif simply refuses to talk about her personal life in public.

What Deepika Padukone likes in a man




Here is an interview with the vivacious Deepika Padukone and how she views the opposite sex:
What are the best qualities she would appreciate in her mate:
Deepika Padukone: Honesty, sense of humor, an easy going nature and helfulness.

What about looks:
Deepika Padukone: Well, it does matter to some extent but it does not rate high in my list.

Would you make the first move:
Deepika Padukone: I am too conservative in that sense...Men should always make the first move.

How would you react if a girl makes a pass at your guy?
Deepika Padukone: I am too mature to get pissed, because I think if there is trust, then nothing can harm the relationship.

Would you like to really dress up for your man?
Deepika Padukone: No, I wouldnt want to dress up just for the sake of attracting him, at the cost of making me looking like a fool.

Would you pay half the bill amount on your first date?
Deepika Padukone: Sure, but it is up to him to agree.

Would you like it if he dictates terms to you?
Deepika Padukone: No, I'd like it if he accepts me the way I am.

What do you not like in men?
Deepika Padukone: Crying. I think it is not fitting for a man to cry.

Dia Mirza-likes, Dislikes and Views




Dia Mirza, likes and dislikes:










Dia’s nickname-Dee

Favorite food: Hyderabadi Biryani and Italian Pasta

Favorite actor: Tom Cruise and Shahrukh Khan

Favorite actress:

Adores: Children

Dia Mirza’s weakness: Chocolates

Diya’s favorite film: Schindler’s List and Forrest Gump

Dia’s passion: Cars, loves Ferrari. Drives a Lexus.

Diya Mirza’s mother tongue: Bengali and Telegu

Dia’s favorite animal: Horses

Dia’s favorite superhero: Batman

What Diya hates about her: Boring personality(she says it!)

Dia is: Cleanliness freak!

Dia’s other talents: She can bake cakes. She has joined cake decoration classes.

Dia’s turn on- Simplicity

Dia’s turn off-snobbishness and hypocrisy.

Dia’s negative quality-impatience(according to her)

Favorite destination: Her home in Hyderabad.

What Dia hates in women-Bitchiness

What Dia hates in men-Double standards

Dia Mirza controversy:

Dia Mirza, the girl who has her head firmly placed on her shoulders has stayed aloof off her controversies. She is known to be well behaved, polite and decent. The only two controversies were when her car, Lexus, was seized in 2006 for custom duty evasion and also in the same year, when she had supported Aamir Khan in the Narmada Bachao Andolan.


0f late Dia Mirza has been taking her role in Shootout at Lokhandwala seriously as she took to the roads asking BMM students of KC college about how much media has influenced the life of personalities. Dia has stated that the reason for Bipasha Basu and John Abraham split was due to media intrusion.

Celina Jaitley-Trivia and Information







Celina's Likes, Dislikes:
Celina means: Goddess of the Moon
Celina Jaitley-Likes and Dislikes
Celina’s nickname-Chinky
Celina’s favorite actor: Aamir Khan
Celina favorite actress: Aishwarya Rai
Celina’s favorite movie-Saving Private Ryan
Dream role for Celina: Meena Kumari’s role in Pakeezah, Rekha’s role in Umrao Jaan and Waheeda Rehman’s role in Chaudvi ka Chaand.
Celina can be compared to the fruit: papaya(her idea, silly!)
Celina has great chemistry with: Fardeen Khan
Celina wants to be cast opposite: Hrithik Roshan, because of their cat eyed look.
Celina’s hobbies:Internet surfing, reading, listening to music, surfing the net
Celina’s fetish: Shoes, She has over 950 pairs of shoes!
Celina’s eye color: Green eyes
Celina hates: butterflies, hypocrites and liars
Celina’s favorite hangout spot: her terrace
Celina’s favorite sport: Tennis, pool and sailing
Celina’s favorite cricketer: Brett LeeCelina Jaitley Trivia:
Celina Jaitley is a kickboker.
Celina is a vegetarian.
Celina loves men with short hair and men in uniform. There is something incredibly sexy, about them, she says
According to Celina, sex is : something beautiful, creative and arousing.


More Trivia and Celina news:
Celina Jailtey and Butterfly phobia: A Mid-Day report carried a shocking news about Celina’s close brush with death and that due to butterflies. Celina has phobia for butterflies and she had the misfortune of encountering one while she was shooting with Lara Dutt and Esha Deol for the shooting of No Entry on a cliff in Thailand. She was about to fall from the cliff due to her sheer fear but was saved in time from Lara and Esha. You can read the full report at http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/august/116896.htm
Professional Celina pays a price with her health!Films take a toll on the health of actors. It happened with Saif Ali Khan and it was repeated with Celina when she collapsed out of exhaustion at Rajkot. She was suffering from abdominal pain for sometime. But the professional that is, stuck to her schedule and had to suffer. She was shooting for Shaka laka boom boom at that time.

Emotional Celina Jaitley
Celina is an emotional person and can go down to pieces when she loses someone close. Some thing of this sort happened when her pet Trooper, a Labrador died. A special part of her heart always bleeds for her pet. Celina loves her near and dear ones and can do anything to make them smile or happy! Touche

Celina's 'bloody' lips
Celina Jaitley had a case of bleeding lip for a smooch scene she shot with Aftab Shivdasani in Red-The Dark Side of Love. The passionate scene had Aftab pining her against a wall and smooching her passionately. Don't know if Aftab was really too much into the act or really horny...The wild lip-lock left poor Celina with a bleeding lip! The gash deteriorated due to the infection caused by the lipstick she was using. She finally ended up taking a tetanus injection.

Shocking! Celina in an unfortunate, ugly incident!
This was a clear case of near molestation with a high profile actress.Yes, an ugly incident happened with Celina when she was hound by a stalker who behaved violently and indecently with her. This happened when she was in Mauritius. She was shooting for Jawaani Diwani at that time. According to the actress, Celina was sitting alone at the pavement waiting to give an interview for television when a man who came from nowhere, pulled her hair hard and ran away. Though the man was chased by her spot boy, he came again while she was giving her interview. The sick man who was high on drugs, came from behind her shoulder, took his penis out and urinated on her. The Mauritius security guard nabbed him, slapped him and finally let him go. The man who looked to be having a psychological problem, according to Celina was hovering around her sets, much to the discomfort and fear of Celina.

The pervert resurfaced again the next day when Celina was shooting at the beach. According to Celina, “Out of nowhere, he came, unbuttoned his fly and rubbed his privates against me. This time, the police came on the sets, arrested him and took him away.” Celina was confirmed that the man was a cocaine addict because shopkeepers there told her that the man was a regular coke snorter. They apologized to Celina but the actress still has the fear about stalkers hounding her, approaching from behind her shoulder. The incident has caused shaken, so much that she has hired a personal bodyguard.

Bipasha Basu-Turning on the heat!

Bouquets and controversies

First the bouquets:

  • Bipasha featured in the song ‘Beedi’ from Omkara. The song was the biggest chartbuster of 2006.
  • Bipasha learnt swimming after having a near fatal experience during the filming of Shikar. This girl simply does not know how to give up!
  • Bipashawas among the top 10 in the Rediff Hottest heroines list.
  • She has also featured in the Vogue magazine.
  • Bipasha’s erotic love-making scene picturized with her beau John Abraham was voted 83rd best sex scene ever in the history of cinema across the world. The scene did not contain nudity but was filmed in a sensuous manner.
  • She was one of the judges in the Femina Miss India pageant.
  • Bipasha Basu has been chosen to officially host the New 7 Wonders of the World on July 7, 2007.

and now the Controversies:

Bipasha has never been controversial but has accidentally fallen prey to them. There was an unfortunate incident in the year 2003, when Bipasha’s breast was groped by a young man at Rain, a pub in Mumbai. He apparently touched her breasts and then scampered away. Her boyfriend John Abraham caught up with the man and ‘disciplined(as he John likes to put it) him.
Bipasha had unfortunate incidents especially during the filming of Omkara when she said she had to maintain her composure and dance as a part of the shoot, before lecherous men in the village. She also had her share of legal hassles when the actress of ‘Bipasha-The Black Beauty’, Nidhi Gill sent her a legal notice for making derogatory claims about her movie.

Bipasha has also said on record that she was harassed by organizers of the divisive 2006 India Day Parade in New Jersey. Bipasha also managed to catch the ire of Amisha Patel when she said in the Koffee with Karan show that Amisha did not have the figure and the package to carry off a Jism.



What turns Bipasha on and what turns her off!

Bipasha’s bio-data

Nicknames-Bips, Ramp Goddess

Height: 5’8”

Education: Graduate in Commerce field

Modelled for brands: Lakme, Close-up, Pantene and Benzer

Favorite movies-Godfather, Masoom

Favorite actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan

Favorite actresses: Tabu, Manisha Koirala and Kajol

Her sex appeal-Eyes

Is thankful for-Mehr Jessia who advised her to take up the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest which she won eventually

Hobbies: Interior designing, reading and dancing

What turns her off: Waiting, especially with lots of make-up on sets and doing nothing!

What turns her on: Foo

d, music and movies

Favorite food: Thai food and curd rice

Favorite temptation: High heeled shoes. Bipasha likes to pick up stilettos wherever she goes. She has not even worn most of what she has bought.

Weakness: Shopping and America according to her is the best place to shop till you drop!

Ambition: Making a movie.

Bipasha’s quotes:

Quotes:

“I always find myself looking ugly on screen”

“Once you enter films, your private life becomes a joke”

“Insecurity is a word that doesn't exist in my head.”

“These days, it's shocking to see the level of desperation among girls to enter the film industry.”

“No matter how heroine-oriented my roles are, everyone just sees the glamour. After all that effort, all people see is that I look hot and sexy.”

Amrita Arora-Spunky Girl!


Personally
Amrita Arora is a bubbly vivacious actress (?) who has yet to prove herself in the industry(the question mark is not a typo!!). She was born in Mumbai to a Punjabi father and a Malayali mother, on January 31, 1979.. Her father however succumbed to cancer when she was just 10.

Amrita Arora is a pretty 28 year old girl who stands tall at 5’5. She is the younger sister of the famous supermodel of India and a proud sexy mom Mallaika Arora. That makes her sister-in-law to Arbaaz Khan, the brother of the shirtless superstar Salman Khan. Amrita Arora’s personal life is in immersed in lot of affairs. She was previously linked to the likes of Kevin Otter, Ashmit Patel and Upen Patel. Ashmit Patel and Upen Patel were even involved in a row over her.

Actually the two dhoklas were involved in a tiff over the hot mirchi which eventally could be digested only by Usman Afzal. Usman and Amrita Arora, however make a good pair as they have gone steady for quite some time. Usman, the English cricketer regards Amrita as the Cameron Diaz of India, which is a compliment to Amrita but a dampener on Cameron. Her best friend is actress Kareena Kapoor. Amrita Arora speaks Hindi and English quite well.

Professionally
Amrita Arora's career has always been Kitne Door Kitne Pass. She has not been able to make it big…at the box office for quite a while. Kitne Door Kitne Pass was a flop. She tried her luck successfully with Awara Deewana Paagal, though she had not much to do other than say things like “no spitting here!” She rose to fame for a short time when she stirred the meters of rickshawalllas with her cheesy dance number Dilli ki Sardi from the movie Zameen.

Amrita presented Bollywood with a string of flops which are not even worth mentioning. She however starred in a controversial movie, the first desi lesbian flick ‘Girlfriend’(2004). Every year, she has successfully given disasters through out the year. While in 2006, it was Fight Club, the 2007 saw the collapse of the movie Red-The Dark Side. Red made the producers see red and the audiences were kept in the dark. There was a big controversy about a 27 minute sex scene. The audiences however preferred quality over quantity. The two forthcoming releases was Cash(high times, it makes some!) and Deha.

Amrita Arora-likes and Dislikes
Nickname-Amu
Favorite book-Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather
Favorie actor-Salman Khan, Ben Affleck
Favorite actress-Julia Roberts, Jenny McGarthy
Fovrite Holiday destination-London and Goa
Favorite food-Anything home-made
Favorite film-Chaalbaaz and French Kiss
Amrita arora’s strengths: Her family
Amrita Arora’s weakness-Food
Her worst fear-To lose herself
Her philosophy in life-Live Life Kingsize.

Ayesha Takia-What turns her on and what turns her off!









Ayesha Takia, her views, likes and peeves:

Did Farhan make the first move?

"Farhan, of course," she replies. "Guys should make the first move. I feel guys must strive to go after their girls if they love them."

Favorite food:. The voluptuous girl does not believe in being Ally McBeal..thank goodness for that. She is besotted by food and would cringe at the thought of dieting. Whenever she is in Mumbai, she goes to boyfriend Farhan’s Italian restaurant Basilico in Bandra. She loves Italian food especially and can gorge on pizzas and pasta. Among India food then, she loves mutton biryani and long grained rice. She has weakness for Chinese food too especially hakka noodles and soup. Of course, the sexy Indian burger-Vada paav is her childhood favorite. She still reminisces the vada pav that is near the Chembur post office. The secret of her heaviness is no doubt food as she loves dairy products and pizzas with generous oodles of cheese.

Favorite actors: Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan

Favorite actresses: Rani Mukherjee and Sridevi

Favorite director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Passion: Acting

If not acting then, what does Ayesha Takia do?: Just laze around, reading books, chatting with friends or going for long drives.

Ayesha takia loves-Pets! She infact does not tries to stop people from wearing leather.

Favorite music: Ghazals. Ayesha Takia loves Ghulam Ali and Abeeda Parveen. She also likes Trance and soft rock.

What pains her: Ayesha Takia’s heart bleeds when she reads about or witnesses the catastrophic effects of global warming. She calls it global warning rather than global warming. She regrets that being a celebrity does not give her too much time to concentrate on social issues.

One childhood incident that she remembers: The fact that when she was just 4, she had hugged a puppy and she was bitten in the upper lip. She also remembers the time she had flunked in maths

What she hates: Hypocrites and maths.

Quotes of Ayesha Takia:

"As an actress I want to do all roles that would inspire or challenge me. The first film that I did was not like the usual commercial flick, so I am trying to do varied roles."

"A person I would like to date would definitely be someone who I could respect and look up to. Someone with loads of manners and someone who loves my family someone who loves cinema and basically uses more of his heart then his mind and someone who loves me as a person, and the most important thing is that I have to respect him. Because you cannot love someone who you don't respect.”

Aishwarya Rai-The Most Beautiful Woman In The World





Compliments and Controversies for Aishwarya Rai

The Bouquets:
Aishwarya was voted 5th on the sexist stars ever in the year 2006. She was the only woman in the top 5.
Aishwarya was ranked No.10 on the list of the Best Bollywood Actresses ever.
In the year 2006, Aishwarya was chosen as India’s Most Desirable Women list,
She led the Indiatimes list of the Most Beautiful Women in the Past Century.
Apart from Rani Mukherjee, she is the only actress to have appeared in the Filmfare’s Annual Power List.
Aishwarya Rai is the 7th most admired Indian
Aishwarya Rai has pledged to the Eye Bank Association for India, that she will donate her eyes.

The controversies
Aishwarya has cleverly tried to dodge controversies but they have always courted her for some reason or the other. Most of them are in sync with her love life. Aishwarya Rai was supposedly hit or had a physical abuse by Salman Khan during her relationship with Salman. Though she maintained a stoic silence, her fractured hand and a gash on her face stood as proof of her abuse.

There are some who believe that Vivek Oberoi was given a bad deal by Aishwarya Rai who did not respect his romance. However this facet is best left to the two individuals and it is something which the outsiders will never know.

Aishwarya was also on the seat of controversy with regards to a smooch scene she shared on-screen with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2. The Bacchan was reportedly ired by Aishwarya’s skimpy clothing and bold act in the movie.

Aishwarya was also not appreciated for keeping the wedding really private. Fans feel that she could have still come out of her home and at least waved her hands to her crazy fans who stood outside her house and the Bachchan Bungalow for hours. If Lady Diana could do it, why could not Aishwarya Rai?

Aishwarya Rai is also believed to have sidelined Rani Mukherjee from the guest list to her wedding. That is reportedly because of Rani’s warm chemistry with Abhishek Bachchan both on screen and off-screen. Also, Rani Mukhejee has been a close friend of the Bachchans and the decision to oust Rani Mukherjee is believed to be done on the hinges of insecurity and possessiveness.

New Releases:
Things are looking sunny and bright for Aishwarya Rai for the future. The year 2007 has two big releases, the magnum opus Jodha Akbar opposite Hrithik Roshan and Sarkar 2 opposite husband Abhishek Bachchan. The releases lined for 2008 are Happy Birthday (also starring Shilpa Shetty, John Abraham, Paresh Rawal and Amitabh Bachchan), Raaste with John Abraham and Abhishekh Bachchan and finally The Rebel, where she is playing Rani Laxmibai.

What Ash likes:
Favorite recipe: Not a fussy eater. Aishwarya likes to eat anything edible. She relishes dal-chawal. Dieting is not a part of her lifestyle.

Favorite actors: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Dilip Kumar and Madhubala.

Favorite color: White, Black and Blue.
Favorite clothes: Nothing in particular, she can slip on anything comfortable
Aishwarya's strengths: Family, friends, dignity, honesty and communication skills.
Aishwarya's weaknesses: Chocolates(just like every other girl!).
Aishwarya's hobbies: She loves to collect watches.
Favorite movie: Casablanca
What scares Aishwarya: Roaches and wierd insects
What turns Aishwarya on: Confidence, sense of humor,intelligence and love
What turns Aishwarya off: Hypocrisy and gossiping
Bliss according to Aishwarya: Being in bed(sleeping peacefully!)
Favorite perfume: Happy by Clique
Definition of sexy according to Aishwarya Rai: Someone who is cute, intelligent and vulnerable.
Favorite music: Nothing in particular....
What makes Ash emotional and sentimental: Childhood memories
Favorite holiday destination: Any place which has a peaceful aura about it.
Her assets: Strength of character and Dignity(what did you think?)
The saddest moment in Aishwarya's life: When I couldn't make it to the top 3 in the tenth standard results.
The happiest moment: There are many of them.....When I won Miss World, when I got married, when I tasted success for the first time, when my films do well...in fact I learn to live every moment and feel happy all the time.


Aishwarya's quotes:
I'm not a tease. I don't go around fluttering my eyelashes and wrapping men around my little finger.

But I have made no conscious effort to look battered and bruised. It is just the way one feels when one is put in a certain traumatic situation.”

Salman Khan's like a baby. We're always sparring on the sets. If he gives me attitude, I give him loads of it in return.


I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.

I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred.


Okay, let's take statistics. How many interviews have I given you in the last six years? Just five or six? Doesn't that say something? I hate to sound immodest, but this dates back to my personality since the age of 13. I've always got attention, which at times has been quite unwarranted.


Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

But I have made no conscious effort to look battered and bruised. It is just the way one feels when one is put in a certain traumatic situation.

I find it stupid and irrelevant to talk about personal relationships. Since the motions that we pass in the mornings are private and not be told, I would say the same goes for my personal relationships.

Life after marriage is wonderful.

Amrita Rao-Simply Gorgeous!







Amrita Rao riding her way to fame





Personally:
Amrita Rao (born June 17th 1981) , one of the most in demand actresses of Bollywood. She is someone who can look super glamorous or the girl next door with ease. She has a strong fan following who are attracted to drop dead Indian looks. They say nice
things come in small packages and Amrita is definitely one of them. The 5 feet tall petite actress is the stuff crushes are made of.

Amrita belongs to the Chitrapur Brahmin family. Apart from English and Hindi, she is also proficient in Konkani and Marathi. Speaking of Marathi, she has also acted in a lot of marathi movies. She has a twin sister who is almost a reflection of herself Preeta, who is also a model. Amrita Rao is a graduate in psychology.


Professio
nally:
Amrita landed in the show biz castle through the modelling route. Amrita Rao has featured in over 37 advertisments. The first advertisement which she cherishes closely even to this day,is the Fairever Face cream ad. Then followed
Close-up ads, Nestle Bru Coffee ads and others. However what really got her noticed was the Cadbury Perk ad. Director Raj Kanwar liked the role Amrita played in the ad of a newly wed lady who waits for her husband in the Cadbury Perk ad and gave her the first movie role in Ab Ke Baras.

Amrita became famous in the
year 2003 when her teeny bopper movie 'Ishq Vishk' clicked and became a big hit. Amrita Rao is now almost in the top league bracket with hits like Masti, Main Hoon Na and Vivah to her credit. However Amrita has her share of turkies as well with movies like 'Shikhar' 'Deewar' and 'Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi' failing badly. Her biggest flop was 'Pyare Mohan' a comedy in which no one laughed.

Amrita Rao is now among the top 5 on demand actresses- the other four being Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Ayesha Takia and Vidya Balan- all of whom who have strong potential to be the next best thing in Bollywood. However Amrita Rao is criticized for her mundane form of acting which is almost the same in every movie and even monotonous style of dialogue delivery. However among the top league actresses, if some one has to feature a petite looking beauty with slim and delicate features, then Amrita Rao is the best choice.

Amrita Rao has been the recipient of 6 awards, mostly for her performances in Ishq Vishq and Vivah. She has done very few movies (just 12 of them) and is choosy about the roles she plays. Amrita
Rao's latest achievement was the movie Vivah which was one of the biggest hits of 2006. Movies on the pipeline are 'My Name is Anthony Gonsalves' and 'Hook ya Crook,' which is in the scripting stage. Amrita Rao is also the brand ambassador of the jewelry giant D'Damas.

What Amrita Rao likes:
Amrita Rao i
s a total home bird. She does not quite like parties and hates loud music. She is a total foodie and is crazy for coconut curry rice. Amrita does not have any hang-ups about dieting because she does not tend to put on weight. Amrita is gifted with a naturally slim figure, good genes and a strong metabolism!
Favorite Hobby: Reading short stories and watching a good movie
Favorite Actors: Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan
Favorite Actress: Shabana Azmi
Favorite movie: Rangeela
Favorite color: White
Favorite drink of Amrita Rao: Naariyal Paani
Favorite entertainer: Sajid Khan
Favorite destination of Amrita Rao: Venice.
Hottest male: Brad Pitt(what did you expect?)

What Amrita Rao hates:
  • People who throw in attitude
  • People who are selfish
  • People who do not treat women well.
Why we love Amrita Rao:
Because she is
drop dead beautiful! Apart from that, she is a beautiful person at heart. She is an ardent social worker too. One thing people do not quite know about her is that she is still a child at heart who loves to pull practical jokes. Amrita Rao fooled the entire country on April fool's day of 2006 by claiming in Times of India that she is getting married and packing off her bags.




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