Cannes Calling, Vishaka Singh

'Fukrey' actress Vishakha Singh will be attending the Cannes film festival.

The actress has been invited to be part of the producers' workshop as she has co-produced Vasan Bala's 'Peddlers'. She will also walk the red carpet. One more addition to the many who will throng Cannes.

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Bipasha's Getting Exclusives From Shilpa Shetty

Now that Shilpa Shetty turned jewellery designer, the actress has been designing some exclusive baubles for co-actress Bipasha Basu. 

So is Bips planning her trousseau jewellery? Incidentally, her beau Harman Baweja starred in Shilpa's Dishkyaoon - so there is another connect to the Shilpa-Bips bonding.

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Priyanka Fine With Biopic On Her Life

Actress Priyanka Chopra says she does not mind if there is a biopic on her life, but wants it to made at the right time.

Aseem Merchant, rumoured to be Priyanka's friend during her modelling days, is reportedly planning to make a movie on her. Aseem, who was last seen in a small role in Salman Khan starrer 'Wanted', is turning producer with this biopic on Priyanka. "It is mind-blowing to hear that I have become so big that people are making a film on my life.

Jokes apart, I don't think I have become so big that people would make a film on me," Priyanka, 31, said last night at an event here. "I really haven't heard about if someone is doing it. There are a lot of things that I still need to achieve. Maybe when I turn 40, people can decide to make a film because I am sure I will achieve whatever I want to by that age," she added.

There is buzz that the film will focus on Priyanka's days as a model and also talk about her legal battle with her ex-manager Prakash Jaju. 
Prakash had served over two months in jail on allegations of cheating the actress. Apparently, he targeted Priyanka over non-payment of dues and insisted that the actress owed him money. On this, Priyanka says, "It would be extremely flattering for me if someone would make a biopic on my life, but this particular situation makes me very angry as I know what my family and I went through during that phase of our lives and what upsets me is that people want to glorify something which was a painful part in my life.

I think it's extremely disturbing." Priyanka is currently doing a biopic on ace Indian boxer Mary Kom. "I am doing a biopic on Mary Kom's life and she has sat with me on every scene that I have shot and has told me her emotions that she felt during a particular situation," the actress said.

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Priyanka Chopra Seeing Red

Priyanka Chopra is upset that ex-flame Aseem Merchant is planning a film on her life including her infamous fallout with her ex-manager Prakash Jaju. She feels that the people behind it are going to glorify a part which was a painful phase in her life for her and her folks. She can't understand why her horror is being glorified.
Priyanka Chopra (left) and Aseem Merchant at a perfume launch event in 2001.

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Ekta Kapoor Teams Up With Bejoy Nambiar For Comedy Film

Media mogul Ekta Kapoor is teaming up with Bejoy Nambiar for their upcoming production 'Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi', a comedy to be set in the by-lanes of Delhi. 

The film's quirky title has been chosen through a survey by the youth of Delhi. "'Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi' has a quintessential Delhi flavor. While deciding on its title, we took inputs from Delhi students from various colleges. "We zeroed in on the word 'jhand', which is very popular in the city.
The word describes the hilarious crisis situation that the actor is in," Nambiar said in a statement. It will be directed by newbie filmmaker Aman Sachdeva. "The film is about a fun, quirky and no-holds barred friendship that turns crazy when competition seeps in," Sachdeva said. The film features former Miss India Simran Kaur and newcomer Siddharth Gupta in prominent roles.

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'Manjunath' Cast Get Together

The cast and crew of an upcoming film 'Manjunath' got together for some fun hours before the special preview. 

It is a biopic on Manjunath Shanmugham, an IIM-Lucknow graduate, who exposed the petrol adulteration scam by the fuel mafia in Uttar Pradesh in 2005.

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Ekta Kapoor To Adapt 'Punk'd' For Indian Audiences

Ekta Kapoor has joined hands with MTV for the Indian version of its popular international reality show, 'Punk'd'. The hidden camera-practical joke reality television series has been created and hosted by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher. 

A source says, `This American show is hugely popular and Ekta and her team liked the concept a lot. She has decided to team up with the channel to bring this show to India. She has already started working on the project and it is expected to go on air in a couple of weeks. For the show, Ekta has roped in newcomers Siddharth Gupta and Siddharth Bhardwaj, who are also working in her film, 'Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi'. As the hosts of the show, they will play pranks on celebrities and capture it on camera.` 

The show is tentatively titled 'MTV Jhand' and it will run for five weeks. `The format of the show has been changed to suit Indian audiences; we are going to collaborate with the channel to add to the show's star power and also promote our film. So far, we have shot with Nargis Fakhri, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Anu Malik, and Ekta Kapoor,` says Tanuj Garg, CEO, Balaji Telefilms.

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