‘Nach Baliye 3’ has done to Sanjeeda Sheikh what ‘Jhalak Dikhlaja’ did to Prachi Desai. The winner of the dance competition has bagged in her ticket to Bollywood.

White Feathers team is producing ‘Paankh’ and they have roped in Sanjeeda for the movie. Bips will be adding star value to ‘Paankh’, and Sanjeeda will be seen playing a teenager, who is forced by her mom to join Bollywood.

Sanjeeda began her career as an ‘extra’ i.e. as a supporting dancer to the main lead. Then she got her break in the small screen with the lead role in Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka’. Now, after winning ‘Nach’ she gets a break in Bollywood.

Deepika Padukone – the latest Bollywood heartthrob has grabbed eyeballs with her performance in Om Shanti Om .

But Deepika has not put academics on the back burner and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts course at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

The 21-year-old rising star evidently has interest in socio-economic issues, as shown by her choice of subjects.

“Padukone is a student of BA course in IGNOU since 2005. She has opted for sociology as her major with economics as a subsidiary subject,” Srikant Mohapatra, the varsity’s Registrar said.

Deepika, who did her schooling from Bangalore, moved to Mumbai to pursue her career in modelling.

“She has appeared in five papers at the end of the first year in 2006. She has done well in the exams,” Mohapatra said.

As part of her course, Deepika will appear in 13 papers with total marks of 1200.

The papers she would take in Sociology are: Study of Society, Society in India, Sociological Thought, Society and Stratification, Society and Religion and Social Problems in India.

Similarly, in Economics, which she has taken as a subsidiary subject, Deepika will study Fundamentals of Economics and Agricultural Development in India.

Apart from Sociology and Economics, Deepika has taken up Nutrition and Childcare as an application course.

Deepika has been provided all the study material for the entire course spanning over three years.

Deepika has obviously preferred to pursue studies in distance mode because of her busy schedule in her professional career.

“The distance mode gives you the flexibility to pursue education as per your convenience. You need not appear in any class nor do you need to clear the exam in one go,” Mohapatra said.

By : Apunkachoice.Com

Bipasha Basu who is making a new year performance for the first time this year is reportedly charging Rs. 90 Lakhs for her performance at J.W.Mariott, Juhu.

Perhaps the most talked about couple of Bollywood, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, are in the news again. According to the buzz heard, the two will be exchanging rings very soon. This news comes as a surprise as the two were having an on and off relationship for some time.

The couple have been seeing each other for the last seven years and now their parents want them to move a step ahead. The two will be exchanging rings in January. They may wed as per Bengali traditions, reveal our sources.

By : Bolly Vista

Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya flew to Amritsar on Friday to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and the Durgiana temple. Sources said the family want to offer prayers at the shrines after the demise of the actor’s mother Teji Bachchan.

Katrina Kaif after becoming reasonable successful is already displaying the usual nepotistic tendencies associated with Bollywood. The pretty lass is keen to launch her sister and who these days is accompanying her to all the usual dos. Here is a glimpse of her Katrina’s younger sister. The woman in extreme left is their mother.

Sonali Kulkarni, a serious actress otherwise, has been in the news for her dress sense – or rather the lack of it. It all started sometime ago when she was pictured at the Saawariya premiere wearing a transparent dress.

The lady, however, wants to clear it once and for all. “It was not the first time that I had worn that dress. It was just that I was standing in front of a very strong flashlight. That was when my picture was clicked and it made to the next day’s tabloid,” she laughs. “I was amused by the shutterbugs imagination.

Chhote Nawab has finally come out in open and accepted that he is ‘extremely and completely committed’ to Kareena Kapoor and would like to spend the rest of his life with her.

Saif, who has just wound up filming for Kunal Kohli’s next in Bangkok, is very confident about his relationship with Kareena.

“I’m extremely and completely committed. I’ve found true love and I’d like people to respect that as much as I do,” he told.

Kareena is known to be volatile and both she and Khan come with a baggage of failed past relationships, but Saif dismisses concerns that could impact his current relationship with Kareena.

“A lot of people say a lot of things. She’s the most wonderful person I know,” he says.

Kareena started dating Shahid Kapoor in 2004. The two are believed to have split in August while Shahid was away in Toronto filming for Aziz Mirza’s next. Kareena and Saif acknowledged being an item in October at the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week.

The 37-year-old Saif is now all set to take his relationship with 27-year-old Kareena to the next level and commit to a life together.”I’d love that,” he says. “Right now our respective work occupies most of our time. It’s of paramount importance to both of us. But even if I sound old-fashioned I’d like to say my intentions are honorable

Kareena and Khan co-star in Yash Raj Films’ forthcoming Tashan and became close during its filming earlier this year. When tabloids first reported their romantic linkup Kareena, who was still in a publicly acknowledged relationship with Shahid Kapoor, denied the reports contending Saif was just a friends.

Later, when she broke up with Shahid it appeared she had dumped him for Saif.Saif implicitly acknowledges the problem.

“We do live our lives in the public glare. We’re open to people passing judgment on us. I’ve no problem with that,” he says.

“Public perceptions are generally based on incomplete information. I’m not here to clear up those misconceptions. It’s enough for me to know I’m doing the right thing.”

Saif completed filming for Kunal Kholi’s next in Bangkok five days ahead of schedule and he is taking advantage of that by holidaying in Hong Kong, accompanied by daughter Sarah, son Ebrahim and new found love Kareena.

By : SantaBanta.Com

After receiving applauds for her performance in the hit ‘Welcome’, the jat girl is being considered for a leading role in director Kundan Shah’s next film.The film will be a satirical humour dealing with the story of a prostitute who is on the run. She goes through many testing circumstances and eventually becomes the chief minister of a state.

Rakesh Roshan has turned down OSO girl Deepika Padukone. The film, starring Hrithik Roshan could have been Deepika’s ticket to the A-list in Bollywood.

Our sources, however, say that Deepika ws not suiatble for the role so she was shown the door.

When contacted Rakesh Roshan confirms that they are not going ahead with Deepika. He says, “I am in the process of working on a film which will be directed by Anurag Basu. We may work with Deepika for some other film.”Anurag Basu, who is directing the film endorses, “We are yet scouting for the female lead.”

As for Deepika, he says, “Deepika didn’t fit the role. We’ll definitely work with her in future for some other project. It’s quite a complex character and we are looking out for a female lead.”

After they dumped Deepika, Roshans are now looking at casting a non-Indian for the role. Says a source, “Filmkraft (Roshan’s production house) and Anurag have been auditioning girls. The female lead needs to be a Salsa dancer.”
The film is a romantic-action-thriller which will be shot abroad.

It is scheduled to go on the floors by March 2008. Apparently, the film is based on Latin dance forms and Hrithik will be seen performing a lot of salsa.

By : Mumbai Mirror

Priyanka Talks About Her Cold War with Kareena, She said “Kareena is a more senior and hopefully more mature actress than me. I guess she’s qualified to comment on my calibre. When I reach her level of experience maybe I too can comment on the calibre of my contemporaries and juniors. I’d just like to let my work speak for me. And that includes Aitraaz where Kareena was also a part.”