Can Kareena Kapoor's Heroine beat Vidya Balan's Kahaani?

After an age-long rule of the male stars in Bollywood, the current woman-centric scripts have paved a way to the actresses to play central characters in films. The current scenario is such that the actresses are at par with each other with the power of such challenging movies.

Vidya Balan's back to back success The Dirty Picture and Kahaani might face a threat from Kareena Kapoor's upcoming Heroine, since all these movies are based on female-centric themes. Vidya who was basking in The Dirty Picture's success, has yet again won herself acclodes for Kahaani, where she herself plays the hero of the movie.

But reports say that Bhandarkar's Heroine is one of the finest female centric scripts Bollywood has ever seen. In fact the filmmaker has even promised that the world will see Kareena as never before. While Vidya's performance is being talked about so much for Kahaani, Bebo's glamorous avatar is such that there would be fireworks all over again with Heroine.

Both the stories are based on different story lines, while a pregnant Vidya runs for her missing husband, Mahie Khanna (Kareena) in Heroine traces the meteoric rise and tragic downfall of the fictitious actress.

Witnessing National Award winning Bhandarkar's confidence, filmmakers Sujoy Ghosh and Milan Luthria are possibly facing a tough time in accepting Heroine's upcoming surprise.

Video with South Indian actress morphed: Swamy Nithyananda

Chennai, Mar 15: Swami Nithyananda is back saying that the video, which allegedly shows him along with a South Indian actress, was morphed. This time the self-styled godman claimed that four US-based forensic agencies have concluded that visuals showing him in a compromising position with an actress were "morphed."

Nithyananda, while taking questions from media persons in Chennai on Thursday, Mar 15, has been quoted as saying, "Forensic reports from four US-based agencies have endorsed my claim showing 60 reasons. So the video aired (by regional channels) was absolutely a fabricated lie."

According to the Swami, Indian FSL labs could not detect the morphed video as the softwares, which were used to fabricate the sleazy video, were sophisticated.

Following the release of the controversial CD Nithyananda has been facing criticism and trouble since his arrest in Himachal Pradesh in 2010. He was later released on bail.

Abhishek’s Players collects Rs 21.75 crs at Box Office in first week

Abhishek Bachchan starrer movie Players, which opened to a colossal disappointment at the Box Office in India, has earned Rs 21.75 crores net at the collection centres in the first week. With this, the multi-starrer film has posed a threat of suffering heavy losses to the producer.

The big budget movie Players, which was expected to debut with a huge collection at the Box Office, registered 20% to 30% occupancy on the opening day. The film earned Rs 15 crores net in the first weekend. Its business fell sharply on weekdays and it added another Rs 6.75 crores net to its total gross Rs 21.75 crores net.

However, Players, which is produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Bros, had created lot of curiosity among the movie buffs before its release. But the film has been rejected outright. Since there are no big releases this week, it should be seen whether the movie will recover its loss at the Box Office or not.

Box Office Update: Chaalis Chauraasi, Sadda Adda, Ghost, Tutiya Dil

The movie No One Killed Jessica had started the year 2011 with a bang, but the year 2012 has a bad beginning with the first release of the year, Players getting poor response at the Box Office. The low response continues in the second week with the new releases like Chaalis Chauraasi, Sadda Adda, The Ghost and Tutiya Dil.

Chaalis Chauraasi, Sadda Adda, The Ghost and Tutiya Dil are all medium budget movies. Chaalis Chauraasi and The Ghost boast of big star cast, while Sadda Adda and Tutiya Dil have all newcomers. But irrespective of any reason, all of them have opened to a poor response at the Box office. They have registered a very low amount of occupancy in theatres across the country.

However, this weak response for movies is expected to continue in the third week of the year too as there are no big releases. But Hrithik Roshan starrer Agneepath, which is slated to release on 26th January, is expected to make it big at Box Office.

Bigg Boss 5: Amar Upadhyay takes revenge on porn star Sunny Leone

It seems Bigg Boss 5 contestant Amar Upadhyay was eagerly waiting for the show to get over so that he could blast porn star Sunny Leone publicly, who accused him for being “too touchy towards her”. Pointing out at her pornography bussiness, Amar thrashed Sunny badly since he couldn't endure the pain of getting insulted by a porn actress.

Amar who is aware of the shocking remarks made by Sunny in various newspapers and magazines, thunders: "What the hell have I done to her? I merely kissed her hand in a task! And what does she think she will have to do in Jism 2? Wahan hath nahin bahut kuch kiss karenge! The fact is that XXX-porn star Sunny Leone is trying to fool Indian public!”.

"I wonder why has Sunny come to India? Kya woh yahan apne paap dhone aayi hai? After doing all those pornographic activities in front of public along with her so-called husband - who is a lukha and sporting those silly tattoos - she is now accusing me of trying to be physical with her?” he adds.

Amar was accused by Sunny since the former had to kiss her hand for a task. Reacting to this, Sunny accused him for being “too touchy”. But such accusations fell hard on Amar.

Ranveer-Sonakshi delay Lootera shooting over snowfall

Heavy snowfall in the northern part of the country has delayed shooting of Lootera starring Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha, sources said. The heavy precipitation has damaged the set erected at Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, they said, adding the inclement weather has resulted into the movie unit being stranded in a snowstorm, including Ranveer who is stuck in Jammu for the last two days.

Lootera, which is a period love story set in 1950s, is being produced by Phantom Productions and Balaji Motion Pictures. Tanuj Garg, CEO of Balaji Motion Pictures tweeted, "Just spoke to all. Ranveer who's off to Dalhousie to shoot the second schedule of our Lootera. He's stuck in Jammu thanks to the snow (sic)."

Ranveer could not reach Dalhousie as he got stuck in Jammu owning to heavy snowfall. The roads in Jammu are completely wrapped under snow and the actor will have to wait till they are cleared, sources said, adding even though Sonakshi has reached the hill station she has not been able to step out for shooting.

"Director Vikramaditya Motwane along with other cast and crew was out on a recce of the set constructed in Gawar, an area three kilometres off Dalhousie. The entire set construction team is afraid to have stranded there due to snow. Vikramaditya has even decided to stay back with them," they said.

Rani Mukherjee drops the idea of marrying Aditya Chopra

Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra, who never admitted their relationship in public were spotted together at the Mumbai airport, along with Aditya's family. They were returning after celebrating the New Year abroad.

The media couldn't get enough when they spotted Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukherjee walk out of the airport. The two were returning after celebrating the New Year in London or USA. The duo were accompanied by Aditya Chopra's family.

Aditya Chopra, who is usually reclusive and hates to be photographed did not shy away this time when the media began taking pictures of him along with Rani.

Though Rani and Aditya have been rumoured to be dating for a long time, they never accepted that in public. The buzz earlier was that Aditya Chopra couldn't marry Rani since he couldn't get divorce from his ex-wife, who was asking for a huge sum of money as alimony.

However, by showing up together, Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukherjee seem to be hinting that they will surely tie the knot. The two are likely to get married soon...may be in 2012 itself!