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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Minissha Lamba admits her ultra-glamorous look in “Kidnap” opened a whole new range of opportunities for her. But the young actress, who will be seen in Shyam Benegal’s new film, feels that at the end of it talent plays an important role.

“My looks in ‘Kidnap’ helped open a whole new and different range of opportunities for me. It is something I cherish. Being good looking is important, but not always. You need talent as well. If you have talent, people accept you regardless of the way you look,” Lamba told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.

She also feels being short is not a disadvantage in the film industry.

“If you are a model, having height is imperative, but cinema is a medium where it doesn’t matter. You are on a platform where being tall or short loses relevance,” she said.After her glamorous avatar in “Kidnap”, Minissha will be seen in a non-glamorous role in Benegal’s forthcoming film, “Well Done Abba”.

“At first I was really scared to work with Mr. Benegal. But once we started shooting, he turned out to be a really calm, jovial and humorous person. We never saw him upset on the sets,” she said.
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Preity Zinta, who was Thursday appointed as the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in India, will create awareness against AIDS along with the members of her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.

“All our players will sport red ribbons during their matches. In our first match against Delhi Daredevils, we will take an HIV positive person to the toss to convey our message against stigma and discrimination,” Preity said here.

“Me and my team will produce a short commercial to spread awareness against the disease. I will be there, our captain Kumar Sangakkara and other players will also be there,” she added. Besides, Kings XI Punjab will donate 25 percent of the profit they will earn from selling their merchandise to UNAIDS, which will decide its usage for the betterment of HIV positive people.

On being appointed goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS, Preity said: “I have done many roles. This one is different. I am very happy.”
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