Stars leave for Colombo to attend IIFA

By ndtv.com

The Hindi film industry stands divided on the issue of whether to attend the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. While some stars have declared that they won't be attending the award function, others like Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Boman Irani amongst others are in Colombo to attend IIFA. Here's a look...

Ex Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta arrives at the Mumbai airport to leave for Colombo.

Actor Riteish Deshmukh steps out of his car to catch a flight to Colombo.

Actor Boman Irani waves at the photographers just before leaving for Colombo.

Music composer and singer Salim Merchant arrives at the Mumbai airport.

Vivek Oberoi speaks to the media at the Mumbai airport just before leaving for Colombo.

Vikram Phadnis arrives at the Mumbai airport.

Lara Dutta goes in for a security check at the Mumbai airport.

Lara speaks to Boman Irani at the Mumbai airport.

Lara Dutta will be performing on stage at this year's IIFA.

Riteish Deshmukh gets ready to board the flight to Colombo.

Lara Dutta at the Mumbai airport.

Riteish waits near an eating joint at the Mumbai airport.

Lara at the Mumbai airport.

Vivek arrives at the Mumbai airport.

Salim Merchant at the Mumbai airport.

Lara Dutta arrives at the Mumbai airport.

Riteish poses for the shutterbugs just before leaving for Colombo.

Dia Mirza at the Mumbai airport.

Sharman Joshi at the Mumbai airport.

Zarine Khan at the Mumbai airport.

Manish Malhotra at the Mumbai airport.

Rocky S at the Mumbai airport.

Sonu Sood at the Mumbai airport.

Ronit Roy at the Mumbai airport.

Nandita Methani at the Mumbai airport.

Hansika Motwani at the Mumbai airport.

Salman snubs Vivek at IIFA

By Agencies

Salman Khan, who is the brand ambassador of IIFA's charity initiative, ruined another chance of reconciliation with Vivek by snubbing him at the first day of IIFA weekend.

Vivek who was anchoring the fashion event took this as an opportunity to bury his differences with 'senior' Salman. His heart must be pounding with joy when he wrote the introductry note for Salman including heavy words like "rockstar of Bollywood", and "man with a golden heart".

But Sallu broke his heart and refused to be introduced by Vivek. Salman got the wind of it in time and got Anil Kapoor to introduce him instead.

Even though Vivek Oberoi is trying his best to patch up with Salman Khan, the latter is not in any mood to relent.

In the past, Salman has brushed aside Vivek's attempts of reconciliation. In the year 2007, at the 10th Rajiv Gandhi Awards function Vivek after finishing his performance stopped before Salman and put his hands together saying 'bhai'. But Salman just shook his head and refused to return the gesture.

Despite several public apologies by Vivek, Salman is not ready to forget Vivek for calling a press conference and maligning him publicly.

Bipasha goes topless with Vivek Oberoi on YouTube

by Jasmine

On the heels of Bollywood bombshell Bipasha Basu’s announcement that soon she will be joining the social networking site Twitter, an ad film has surfaced on YouTube in which she’s featured topless alongside actor Vivek Oberoi.

However, an insider familiar with the matter revealed that the ad film is not a recent one and was shot as a part an international assignment in 1999 when both the actors were working as models.

Reportedly, both the actors had a contract with an international modeling agency and were working on assignment for them at that time.

Recently, Sherlyn Chopra created ripples on Twitter by posting her nude photos, just to know viewers’ reactions.

Bipasha’s spokesman confirms her presence in ad film

Right after Bipasha Basu’s topless photos appeared on YouTube, her manager issued a statement confirming actress’s presence in the ad film.

“Bipasha had done this ad in 1999 when she was modeling for Ford Modeling Agency in New York,” said Basu’s manager.

He went on to add, “It was done as an international assignment and was meant for the international market. I don’t know why such an old ad has surfaced now.”

Vague statement from Vivek’s camp

Bipasha Basu’s manager without mincing words confirmed that the actress shot for the ad film in her modeling days, but representatives from Vivek Oberoi’s side are not sure whether to deny or accept the obvious.

In a statement released to the media, Vivek’s spokesman said that it seems like the ad film had been shot in his struggling days, but he cannot confirm it without consulting it with the actor himself.

“We can’t get in touch with Vivek and hence, can’t comment on this issue,” said actor’s spokesman.

Interestingly, spokesman went on to add, “We don’t have any idea about this ad.”

Vivek Oberoi: The success story that changed family values!

One actor who has come back with a bang is none other than Vivek Oberoi.After his latest flick ‘Prince’ has done pretty good business; he has become quite a favorite with the producers trying to cash in on his popularity quotient.

News tabloids have even been reporting about the sequel of; Prince’, being made quite soon. Vivek Oberoi, who is the star son of the veteran actor of bollywood Suresh Oberoi and Yashodara Oberoi,is quite a adored guy at home. He is the apple of his parent’s eyes, and his success at the box office has made them take a long breath of fresh air.

Reportedly, the actor’s parents are so pleased about his popularity going up again, that his whole family has become veggies. It seems, they are ardent lovers of vegetables, and theOberoi residence has on offer a great variety of veggie delights at any point of time.

The belief that veggie is the way to go, has made this family change certain values and thus, ultimately, it has made all of them a happy family. The film’ Prince’, has two more versions, the Tamil and Telegu Versions, and the music of the film is a huge hit too.

Vivek had shown his acting prowess in films like ‘Shoot out at Lokhandwala’, ‘Company’ and Omkara’, and after that he had somehow vanished from the scene. But, with ‘Prince’, he has jumped back into bollywood with a bang, and how!

We wish him all the luck for a bright future ahead!