Salman Khan says he is supporting actress Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Indian Premier League team, though he admits he hasn’t watched any of the matches in season-3 of the tournament.

“I am supporting Zinta’s team, but I haven’t watched any of the matches as yet,” Salman told reporters at the ‘mahurat’ (inauguration) of Rahul Dholakia’s film “Society” here on Tuesday.

The film has been produced by Smita Thackeray, who is daughter-in-law of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.

Salman believes that media shows the face of society so it should not amplify trivial issues.
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Deepika Padukone has been in a tizzy ever since Shammi Kapoor asked her out for coffee via Twitter. The actress is very fond of the veteran actor (and vice versa) despite her break-up with actor Ranbir Kapoor (Shammi is Ranbir’s grand uncle).

Talking about it Deepika says, “I was very excited when Shammiji messaged me on Twitter. I didn’t know he had messaged me because I was busy performing for the IPL opening ceremony. After my performance, I was flooded with messages in my BlackBerry Messenger and Twitter about Shammiji tweeting me. Till then, I didn’t even know Shammiji was on the website as his name comes as Shamsher Raj.”

Deepika says she is very excited when Shammi asked her over for coffee. “I remember him as the Paan Parag uncle and in the Yahoo song in Junglee. I have always been a big fan of his. It was really sweet of him to message me. I thanked him immediately.
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Vivek Oberoi and Kumar Taurani, the producer of his upcoming movie “Prince”, met the royal family of Jaipur on a visit to the pink city recently.The duo was in the city last week to attend an event and later flag off a women’s rally, a press release said.

“We met the royal family of Jaipur while we were in the city. They were extremely gracious and friendly,” Kumar Taurani, managing director of Tips Industries, said in the release.

Maharani Padmini Devi of Jaipur played host to the actor and producer, who were overwhelmed after meeting her daughter, Princess Diya, and grandchild, 12-year-old Prince Padmanabh Singh.

“The young Prince Padmanabh was an absolute charmer. Jaipur is a beautiful city and I would love to go back and shoot there soon,” Vivek said.

“Prince”, releasing April 9, narrates the story of a thief who wakes up one morning to realise that he has lost his memory and his life is at stake. It has been directed by Kookie V. Gulati.

Salman Khan who is all set to be seen in brother Arbaaz Khan’s production ‘Dabang’, will next be seen working on brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri’s Hindi version of southern super hit ‘Bodyguard’. The Malayalam film, which was originally to be made in Hindi by Boney Kapoor, will now be produced by Atul Agnihotri after Salman personally asked Boney to hand over the reins to his beloved brother-in-law.

Buzz has it that Boney had bought the rights to remake the southern super hit and had even laid out all plans to get the film on floors. But after Salman personally requested the producer to hand over the rights to Atul Agnihotri, Boney obliged the actor’s demand with keenness.

Talking about the incident, a source told a daily, “Boney did not hesitate to give up remaking ‘Bodyguard’. He loves Salman too much and considers the actor’s wish as his command.”
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Priyanka Chopra is currently banned from posting on twitter. No, she has not broken any rules at the social networking website but it is all owing Sajid Nadiadwala who has told her to refrain from posting any kind of information.

This critical decision had to be taken after the producer saw a constant inflow of pictures and information of his film Anjaana Anjaani being put up on Twitter. So he took a bold step and asked both Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor to stop tweeting.

Both the stars are active on micro-blogging site especially Piggy Chops.

Confirming the news, Sajid told a daily, “I actually took the decision to forbid my cast and crew from putting any information on websites after an incident that happened with Sajid Khan, my director of ‘Housefull’.

We were doing a photo-session with the film’s stars. We weren’t even finished and Sajid Khan had already put one of the pictures on the site. I was horrified. That’s when I decided it was time to make the confidentiality clause a legal issue in all my contracts.”
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Vivek Oberoi says he lost his childhood sweetheart to cancer when he was 18. ‘When I was just 18, I lost my first love. My childhood sweetheart since the age of 13 died of cancer,’ he wrote on his Twitter page.

The actor, who is the brand ambassador of Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA), says by helping those who cannot afford treatments he feels he’s honouring his late girlfriend. ‘Every time I help CPAA, spend time with the patients going to the hospitals on Rose Day or celebrate my b’day with terminally ill children, I feel I am honouring her memory,’ he added.

‘I was devastated when I lost her, but by helping save the ones who can’t afford the treatment and medicines, I feel she’s alive in their smiles. ‘My mother taught me – the best way to honour the memory of someone you’ve loved and lost is to reach out and ease someone else’s pain and misfortune,’ wrote the actor who is associated with the CPAA for eight years.
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