Kangna To Play Madhubala in Once upon a Time.

MUMBAI: Kangna is getting ready for the biggest challenge of her career. She’ll be playing whom she considers the most beautiful woman in the history of Indian cinema.
It’s a thought that flatters and terrifies her. Kangna is afraid she may not look beautiful enough on screen.
“I’ve never thought of myself as beautiful. In fact I’ve always suffered from the lowest self-esteem. Till recently, I’d look at my pictures and cringe. I still have the pictures from my first portfolio I got done in Chandigarh. They remind me of how ugly I can look. And to now play Madhubala in Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. How will I do it?”
Kangna is so petrified at the prospect that she has stopped looking into the mirror completely. She laughs when people tell her playing the traumatized mistress of the underworld don would be a cakewalk for her. “I’m proud of my so-called territory as an actress. If playing traumatized women is my territory then I’m glad. Because I know I’m good at it.”
The challenge in Once Upon A Time… is the physicality. “Madhubala’s role is not as tragic as my other roles. It’s basically a very tender romance between this really funny don (played by Ajay Devgan) and this female superstar who can’t understand his personality.
How will I manage to play the most beautiful woman that Indian cinema has ever seen? My characters have always had a dark and light side. And this one is no exception. But the challenge for me is to look almost ethereally beautiful, like Madhubala. How will I manage that?”

‘Slumdog’ writer pens for animation film ‘Trucker’

Slumdog Millionaire’ writer, Simon Beaufoy who walked away with this year’s Oscar for adapted screenplay, is reportedly wielding his pen for the DreamWorks Animation film, ‘Truckers’.
The project is said to be in the early stages but nothing is known about the story line, The Hollywood Reporter said.
However, Beaufoy isn’t the first screenwriter to work for animation after winning the Oscar. Michael Arndt, who won the original screenplay Oscar for 2006’s ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ packed his bags for Pixar to work on the script for the forthcoming ‘Toy Story 3′.
Beaufoy is also said to be in talks with ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ producer Lauren Shuler Donner for ‘Wolverine 2′.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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Mallika Sherawat to be featured, “Playboy

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat is set to be featured by Playboy perfume. According to the latest reports, the Playboy management has roped in to Mallika its April launch in India.
Before this, the hot actress of the Indian tinsel town exploded on screens with her pulse-quickening act in Murder and then went onto become one of Bollywood’s most desirable women—a tag she carries with élan even today.
According to the reports, the international brand `Playboy` (perfume line) is soon to launch in India, which should happen anytime mid-April and Mallika Sherawat’s name is being considered for the launch.
It’s not clear whether Mallika will be endorsing the brand or merely inaugurating the launch party. However, one thing is for sure—the Playboy perfume is bound to be a sell-out and it may get Mallika some ‘bunny’ points, too.

Jodha Akbar sweeps Mirchi Music Awards

presented India’s first ever music awards, the ‘Mirchi Music Awards’ (MMA’s). The MMA’s are India’s answer to the Grammy’s.
The who’s who of music fraternity turned up for the event. When asked how he felt about India having its own music awards, a delighted Javed Akhthar said,”It is high time we had an award that is exclusively for music because music is an extrememly important factor of Indian society and Indian civilization.”
While Lata Mangeshkar was honoured with the Lifetime acheivement award, the sound track of Jodha Akhbar swept most awards.
Although the Bachchab Bahu, Aishwarya was no where in sight, Abhishek Bachchan was present to cheer for wife’s film on. When asked how he felt about Jodha Akbar’s win at the awards, Abhishek Bacchan said, “I am very happy because it is Aishwarya’s film, but Im really happy because it is a wonderful film.”
It wasn’t just a melodious night but one that sizzled too with the super hot Bipasha Basu setting the floor on fire with her moves.
We caught up with Bollywood Bong babe Bipasha Basu, who was to perform a series of retro songs from the 70’s.
“My look is very retro, like a gypsie. We are doing a 70’s act; a Reena Roy, Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman kinda of thing. I am very excited. I will be performing to songs like ‘Pyar do, pyar Lo’, Jawani Jaan-e-man’ and ‘Jhoom, jhoom, jhoom baba’,” said an excited Bipasha.
With Great performances and some real fun with current topics of IPL and elections Mirchi Night was truly hot!

Guzarish