For decades now, the dare bare brigade has been following the mantra of ‘If you have it, flaunt it’. It draws them compliments, for sure but it has its reverse effects too. A recent incident with actress Kangana Ranaut makes us believe so.

Of late, gossip mills have targeted the Gangster starlet for having the sexiest rear view in the industry. While shooting for her next release Metro, her bare back created flutter among general public and also the crew as for them the scene was nothing less than eye tonic! We spoke to Kangana about the same, and this is what she had to say. “People gossip about a lot of things. Some say that my eyes are sexy, some find my face and figure very hot and others are crazy about my hair. Many people also compliment my other bodily assets. But I don’t think that I am sexy because of any of my physical appearance whether it’s my look or my back.

She further adds, “If I have to rate the sexiest attribute in me I think it’s the way I talk. I sound very innocent and this is something that makes me sexy. I am not a talkative woman. I talk things that make sense and I keep myself reserve too. Lot of people in the film industry are very fond of my voice. Not just that, people have even drawn comparison between Meena Kumari and me! Such a compliment is almost an achievement of life time.”

When quizzed about her supposed affair with Aditya Pancholi, Kangana strikes back by saying, “I feel upset about such link-ups. It’s not just Aditya Pancholi. I have been linked to Emraan Hashmi and my other co-stars too. Now I laugh at such trash and avoid it as much as I can. What I dislike the most is when people try to invade my privacy.”

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent much of his life fighting the odds — drugs, deaths in the family, flop films and a bad marriage — but bounced back every time.

On Tuesday, however, he suffered a new blow as a court convicted him of illegally possessing arms bought from gangsters accused of carrying out India’s worst bombings in Mumbai in 1993 that killed 257 people.

The verdict was delivered by Justice Pramod Kode in a packed courtroom in a batch of judgements being handed down against dozens of accused in India’s worst attack.

The court found Dutt guilty of illegal possession of arms in a notified area. He was in possession of an AK-56 rifle and a 9mm pistol.

But the 47-year-old actor was cleared on four other charges and, crucially, of having any link to the bombings conspiracy.

Dutt will be sentenced at a later date. His offence carries a prison term of up to three years, but he has already served more than a year in jail during investigations.

Sanjay Dutt’s life has been a rollercoaster ride, from the huge popularity of Munnabhai to the confines of a jail cell.

The verdict puts the 47-year-old actor’s career in jeopardy at a time when it is at a peak after two huge hits — Munnabhai MBBS and its sequel Lage Raho Munnabhai.

The hulky, droopy-eyed screen hero, Bollywood experts say, was often pushed to the brink as he found it difficult to handle the pressures of being the son of one of India’s superstar couples — Bollywood actors Sunil Dutt, a Hindu, and mother Nargis, a Muslim.

A former drug addict, he has led a troubled and well-publicised private life, but his fans have stood by him.

His problems started early in life as he is known to have taken to drugs while still in high school. When his mother died shortly before the release of his first film as a lead actor in 1981, his addiction apparently worsened.

“He was close to his mother and her death left him devastated,” said a Bollywood director close to Dutt.

The tall, muscular actor returned to films after a stint at a rehabilitation centre in the United States where he met his future wife, Richa Sharma.

The couple married and had a child, but Dutt’s happiness remained short-lived as Sharma died of a brain tumour. More misfortune awaited Dutt as he lost custody of his daughter after a bitter legal wrangle with his in-laws.

But just when he seemed to be putting it all behind him and came up with a hit film, he was linked to the 1993 bombings and jailed during investigations.

Released from jail, Dutt remarried, but the couple divorced in 2005, the same year his father, a federal minister, died of a heart attack.

In a country where the combination of pedigree and clout often leads to a bending of the rules, the actor — known as “Deadly Dutt” for his macho image and portrayal of gangsters and the anti-hero — has truly been a controversy’s child.

In 2001, he was investigated for alleged money-laundering deals between the Mumbai underworld and Bollywood. He was also alleged to have been caught in a taped conversation with gangsters accused of kidnapping, extortion and murder.

But uncannily, he has retained popular support and sympathy from Bollywood as most see him as a sober, good-hearted man whose troublesome youth refuses to leave him.

“His spirit is invincible,” said Sanjay Gupta, filmmaker and a friend of Dutt. “He has seen the worst and dealt with it.”

Earlier in the morning, the actor arrived at the court in Arthur Road along with some of his Bollywood colleagues and family members amid tight security as media persons jostled to catch a glimpse of him.

Emotions ran high as a tense-looking Sanjay hugged his friends after getting out of the car and nodded at waiting camerapersons as he walked into the court premises.

Meanwhile, the TADA court extended till December 19 the bail of Sanjay Dutt.

Judge P D Kode issued the order while hearing the bail plea filed by the lawyers of Dutt and his friend Yusuf Nallwalla.

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After a long sabbatical from the silver screen, actress Karisma Kapoor will stage a comeback in films very soon.

Karisma will star opposite Sanjay Suri in filmmaker Onir’s next movie You and I.

The film will be a romantic story based on adventure sports and will be shot at exotic locations. It is likely to go on the floors next year.

Karisma had taken a long break from her acting career after her marriage to Delhi-based businessman Sanjay Kapur and the birth of her daughter Samaira.

She has been seen in several advertisements in the past year and had said she was looking at scripts to make a comeback in acting.

Onir’s debut film My Brother Nikhil was acclaimed by critics and audiences, and he followed it up with Bas Ek Pal, a movie on extra-marital relations.
Onir’s second movie did not get as positive response as his first movie did.

Karisma was last seen in Bollywood in the utterly forgettable movie Mere Jeevan Saathi.

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Not just bikes, bikinis and nail-biting chases, Sanjay Gadhvi’s movie Dhoom 2 promises a perfect recipe for adrenalin rush.

Gadhvi says he wanted to make a well-balanced, wholesome entertainer that has something new and interesting happening after every five-six minutes to keep the viewers absolutely glued to the screen.

Made at almost three times the budget of Dhoom, the sequel features some stunts and actions hitherto unseen in Indian cinema. And all these stunts have been done by the actors themselves.

Sample these: Hrithik Roshan flying down with a parachute and landing on a moving train. Or Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik free-falling into a gorge from a height of 500 metres. Or Bipasha Basu hanging on a steep wall 100 feet high. Or Abhishek Bachchan riding a jet-ski on a rough sea. Or Uday Chopra driving a bike at great speed inside a tunnel. And these are just a few vignettes.

Besides the bikes, there are bikinis too, courtesy Ash and Bips. This glamour combined with grit makes for a heady mix for the viewers.

But more than anything, ‘Dhoom 2’ will break two stereotypes. Ash and Hrithik, who have so far done goody-goody roles only, now step on the wrong side of law to pull off some of the most daring robberies in the film.

Hrithik says he got hooked to his role the minute Sanjay Gadhvi narrated it to him. He also makes it clear that his stunts in ‘Dhoom 2’ are far more daring than what he did in Krrish .

Action, stunts, romance, robberies, drama, music and a few surprises, this Yash Raj film looks poised to live up to its name.

ASH PROMPTED ABHISHEK TO SLIM DOWN

Inspired by Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan also hit the gym to get in shape for his role in Dhoom 2.

Both Ash and Abhi began shooting for Sanjay Gadhvi’s movie after working together in Mani Ratnam’s Guru, which required both of them to look chubby.

While Aditya Chopra (producer of ‘Dhoom 2’) insistently asked Ash to slim down to play the clever and cunning Sunehri opposite already-in-shape Hrithik Roshan, Chopra was a bit lenient on Abhishek. But Ash was not.

It was Ash who reportedly prompted him to work out along with her. She also assigned her personal instructor, Deepika Mehta, to Abhishek to help him flatten the protruding belly that he had to develop for ‘Guru’.

Ash and Abhi worked out together for about two weeks. And the great irony is that while doing exercises together in the gym they would also make plans for dinner.

Luckily, they practiced frugality in food for a month. And the result was visible. Ash fitted perfectly into her slinky outfits in the film, while Abhishek too was leaner than his previous self.

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