The starson Abhishek Bachchan, one of the most sought after stars in Bollywood, washed dishes at the Golden Temple in Amritsar as part of his kar seva. The actor was in Amritsar with his sister Shweta Nanda. They visited three prominent gurdwaras.

“Abhishek did some kar seva by cleaning up the premise, and washing the dishes at the langar (in the Golden Temple). There were two other prominent gurdwaras that they visited,” Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com Thursday. The 67-year-old, whose mother Teji Bachhcan belonged to a Sikh family, is happy to see the religious side of his children.

“It is always such a joy to see children putting their minds to faith and devotion. Nothing would give me greater joy and nothing I believe could be better than their achievement in belief and prayer,” he added.
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The action hero Salman Khan, who is shooting for his brother Arbaz Khan`s debut production `Dabang` in Satara district had to be rushed to a hospital during the weekend, after shooting a gruelling sequence which required him to run through fire several times. The scene required Salman to shoot in close proximity with the fire and though everyone insisted on a single shot, the actor took several takes before the scene was canned and ended up breathless because of the smoke.

“Salman wanted the scene to be flawless and ended up getting breathless since he was shooting close to so much fire. He had to be rushed to the hospital after the scene was successfully canned,” said a sources in the film unit. In spite of the doctor`s advice to take rest for the next couple of days Salman went back to shoot for the other scenes the very next day.
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Rani Mukerji will shoot a romantic film in Malaysia’s Kuala Terengganu state in May. Mentri Besar, chief minister of the state that is located 500 km northeast of the national capital, has said his government is “excited that a Bollywood production house has selected Kuala Terengganu as its shooting location”.

This could boost the state’s tourism industry, reported The Star newspaper Wednesday. Picturesque Kuala Terengganu is on the Terrengganu river and is surrounded by South China Sea from three sides. Besar said the state government will procure a glass bottom barge for tourists to get close views of sharks and other marine lives.

He also said he had met the producer of the movie and read the script. But he did not disclose the names of other actors.

“The production house will disclose the list of actors and actresses including other details at a press conference before the start of the shooting,” he said.

Indian films and their actors, both from Mumbai and from Chennai, are popular in Malaysia, which is home to nearly two million members of the Indian diaspora.

Another love story is in the air in the form of actress Sonam Kapoor and director Punit Malhotra. An artist in love with his director is not a good sign as it may hamper the work process. Punit Malhotra is directing Sonam Kapoor in ‘I hate luv stories’. During the shooting, both indulge in chatting which does not go well with Punit’s uncle Manish Malhotra and producer Karan Johar. They advise Punit to concentrate only on work.

The two became serious about their love during their New Zealand schedule. The source says, “Punit was constantly taking Sonam’s photos and telling her how gorgeous she looked. Whenever they weren’t shooting, the two would go out and try new places for dinner. In fact, Sonam even told her sister Rhea about Punit.”

Filmmaker Karan Johar is well aware of the love between Sonam and Punit and warned him against Sonam as she is very moody and short temper.

Lara Dutta, who features on the cover of the March issue of Vogue magazine, would stop at nothing when it comes to “shopping”. The beauty queen-turned-actress is described as a “compulsive shopaholic” by friends, and says she needs therapy for her splurging.

“I need therapy when it comes to shopping. I have no rules. My friends call me a compulsive shopaholic and joke that I can find arm loads to buy even at the paanwalla,” Lara said in an interview to Vogue India’s March issue.

Lara features on the cover of the fashion bible that hits the stands Wednesday. She has been photographed by Marcin Tyszka for it.

The 31-year-old also claims her closet is a testament to her love for shopping that boasts of a Chanel tweed jacket that she bought at 17, a little black dress from Azzedine Alaa in Paris at 19 and a Cartier Love bracelet.

“It was the most expensive thing I could buy at that time and I still wear it,” she said.

Asked about her most recent buys, she promptly replied: “A fabulous black leather pencil skirt from Pinko, fringed boots from Jimmy Choo in London, and aviators from Tom Ford.”
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Priyanka Chopra, who is set to cross the 200,000 mark in Twitter followers, visited the headquarter of the micro-blogging website in San Francisco after being especially invited there.

Priyanka tweeted about her visit to the headquarter where she met Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder.

“My day was really interesting because I was invited to Twitter headquarter in San Francisco! Had a great time. Thanks Biz and team for the wonderful hospitality,” she posted.

The 27-year-old, who has been shooting in US for Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Anjaana Anjaani”, is going to cross the 200,000 mark as far as her followers on Twitter are concerned. At present, she leads the Bollywood bandwagon on the site with 196,903 followers and has left stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Shahid Kapoor far behind.

“Priyanka was in the US for her movie shoot. She had to drop by at a studio for the NDTV Indian of the Year programme and there she met the Twitter team. She was invited to the headquarter office in San Francisco since she is so popular among the Bollywood celebs on Twitter,” a source close to the actress told.