Nawazuddin Siddiqui won Best Actor at New York Indian Film Festival!

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's list of honors keep on increasing. He lately added another feather? to his cap. He was given the Best Actor award at the 15th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) lately.

Fascinatingly, he received the award for a movie titled Haramkhor which is yet to release in India. There is no word or whisper about the movie's release date here at all. Nawazuddin was aware that he was nominated for the award but was astonished that he won. He has been busy shooting for Kabir Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Kashmir and hasn't had the time to pay attention to anything else at the moment. In addition to this his cell has limited reception which meant that he was cut off from news for long periods of time. Because of Bajrangi Bhaijaan's tight schedule, he will be incapable to go to New York to personally collect the award. But, he took to Twitter recently to tell, "This award is certainly an honour, thank you so much #NYIFF ". Siddiqui will also be seen in Raees along with Shah Rukh Khan.

Varun Dhawan feels late actor-singer Frank Sinatra’s sprit!

Actor Varun Dhawan, who had shot for some portions of forthcoming dance flick ABCD 2 in Las Vegas, evidently had a paranormal experience while sleeping in his hotel suite in the Sin City.
 

Sources close to the actor claim that the suite in which Dhawan had been put up, had been a favorite of legendary actor-singer Frank Sinatra during his glory days and the local staff had said Varun stories about how Sinatra's spirit still haunts the suite. Though Varun laughed off the stories, it seems that one night, when Varun went to the suite to sleep after a tough day on the sets, he started hearing someone singing songs in the suite and even the door creaked open on its own! Unnecessary to say, this experience left Varun shaken, who is still unconfident about whether it was actually Sinatra's spirit or his own imagination.
 

It seems that Sinatra would often stay in the same suite, which was later named the 'Sinatra Suite', whenever he would come to Vegas to perform and legend has it that his spirit has not 'checked out' of the suite ever since.

Is Deepika Padukone look like A Giraffe?

Bollywood stars are frequently given pet names. Either it’s a family affair (Hrithik Roshan is Duggu while Kareena Kapoor Khan is Bebo) other times it’s the media (Katrina Kaif as Kat) or sometimes, it's colleagues who come up with a funny name.

Abhishek Bachchan started with the fashion years ago when he started calling Priyanka Chopra 'Piggy Chops' on the sets of Bluffmaster. Lately, Deepika Padukone was called a 'Giraffe' and this nick name was given by none other than director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Bhansali generally comes across as a quite person and a total hermit, hence it's surprising that he called her such a fun and not-so-politically correct name. Remarkably Deepika is the only actress after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who has been cast in his movie more than once. Clearly the two share a great bond. Sanjay gushed about her in a recent interview saying that he gets hypnotized when he sees her face on screen and that she has swan-like neck. When Dippy heard this compliment, she says that she has been called a gazelle, a swan and sometimes even a giraffe! After working together in Goliyon Ki RaasLeela: Ram-Leela, they have teamed up again for Bajirao Mastani, which will release this year.

I declared my love for Varun Dhawan years ago: Shraddha Kapoor

Shraddha Kapoor might have been linked with Aditya Roy Kapur ever since they starred in Aashiqui 2, but it seems that once upon a time, Shraddha's heart beat for her ABCD 2 co-star Varun Dhawan!

  

Go into detail on the same, Shraddha told that she and Varun were good friends during their childhood as they used to meet up on film sets and that at the time, Shraddha had a big infatuation on Varun and also said him 'I love you' in reverse, to which the little Varun strictly replied 'No' before running away from the spot.

Shraddha told that while shooting for the forthcoming dance film ABCD 2, she suddenly remembered the incident and the two had a big laugh over it.

Nargis Fakhri to enact Sangeeta Bijlani in Azharuddin biopic?

In this season of biopics, Ekta Kapoor's movie on cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin named Azhar is gradually shaping up. The movie will have Emraan Hashmi essaying the role of the cricketer while Prachi Desai will be playing his first wife Naureen. But apart from these two, Bollywood fans are very keen on knowing who will play the role Azharuddin's second wife Sangeeta Bijlani. Popularly known as 'Bijli' Sangeeta added a touch of glamour to the couple's personal life which automatically sparked media interest.

Sangeeta is a former Bollywood actress and model who featured in hit movies like Tridev and Jurm. She shot to fame when she started dating Bollywood megastar Salman Khan before she married Azharuddin. After being married for a period of 14 years, the duo filed for divorce. According to sources, Nargis Fakhri is a strong contender for this role in the movie as she can add that oomph to the character. At the moment, she has dates blocked for the promotion of her Hollywood movie Spy, but once she returns, we hear that she will sign on the dotted line. Firstly Jacqueline Fernandez and Kriti Sanon were being considered but it seems like Nargis has emerged as the winner.

Beautiful Vidya Balan hated her own name?

Actress Vidya Balan, who is considered one of the best actors in Bollywood today, lately disclosed that during her growing up years, she hated her own name.

Talking about her growing up years, Vidya, who wowed everybody with her performance in movies like Kahaani and The Dirty Picture, revealed that as a teenager, she used to hate her name as she thought 'Vidya' was quite an old-fashioned name. Vidya added that it was much later when she started liking the name when an fan said her that the name has an old-world charm.

Vidya will be next seen opposite Emraan Hashmi in Mohit Suri's Hamari Adhuri Kahani.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra desires to make film with Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan!

Bollywood megastars Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan lately came together to unveil the trailer of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hollywood directorial debut Broken Horses and at the event, Chopra expressed his desire to cast Aamir and Bachchan together in an international film soon.

When Aamir told that he hasn't taken up any international projects so far because none of the scripts he was offered excited him, Chopra told, ''I think it is high time for me to write something that excites Aamir now. Indeed, it will be wonderful to work with Mr. Bachchan and Aamir Khan in an English language film for the world audience. Let's aim for that.''

By the way, Aamir and Amitabh Bachchan have never worked together in any movie till date.

Arbaaz Khan confirms to direct 'Dabangg 3′!

Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan, who made his directorial debut with the much-successful Dabangg 2 starring Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha, lately rubbished a newspaper article which claimed that he will not direct the third movie in the series.

Taking to Twitter, Arbaaz posted, ''I will be directing Dabangg 3 whenever it happens, Absolute India carried this rubbish story by journalist Reshma.'' In a past interview, Arbaaz had told, ''Yes, we want to make Dabangg 3 but only if we get a powerful script. I don't want to make a third part just for the sake of cashing in on the popularity of the franchise.''

The Dabangg series is extremely popular because of its prime hero Inspector Chulbul Pandey, a lovable rogue, who doesn't mind bending the law to achieve justice.

Shah Rukh Khan to perform 'Unimaginable Action' scenes In Rohit Shetty's next!

After teaming up with director Rohit Shetty in Chennai Express, Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan will work with Shetty again in a movie and the King Khan admitted to be quite happy about the action scenes in the movie.

Talking about the movie, SRK told that the movie, which is an original plot, is a typical Rohit Shetty movie and will have unimaginable action scenes that he cannot even visualize. Khan added that Shetty is one of the finest filmmakers he has worked with as he is quite clear about what he wants for his movies.

Apart from his movie with Shetty, SRK will be next seen in YRF flick Fan and Rahul Dholakia's Raees.

Irrfan Khan Supports Nishikant Kamat's Madaari!

Producer Shailesh Singh, who is known to back good content driven cinema, has managed to get two supporters Irrfan Khan and Nishikant Kamat together again for his forthcoming movie Madaari. Irrfan would be essaying the lead role in this movie to be directed by Nishikant. The last time this actor – director duo worked together was Mumbai Meri Jaan, a movie that set of a good chemistry between the two.

When asked to about his opinions on working with Nishikant, Irrfan told, ''During Mumbai Meri Jaan I developed a good bonding with Nishikant and have since then always wanted to work with him. Hence when a good subject like Madaari came up I instantly agreed and am really very excited for the movie.

Shot across the length and breadth of the country, including locations in Mumbai, Shimla, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaisalmer and Hyderabad, amongst others, Madaari is a hard hitting Social Thriller with very strong emotional connect starring Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill and an ensemble cast. The film is slated to release by July – August 2015.

AR Murugadoss's next with Sonakshi and Shatrughan Sinha!

A. R. Murugadoss's next movie with Sonakshi Sinha which is a women centric movie is all set to go on floors. The film will be an action packed thriller which will see Sonakshi perform some breath taking and high octane stunt scenes.

The film is not yet titled and is said to be a remake of one of Murugadoss's own movie Mounaguru. Sonakshi's father Shatrughan Sinha has also been signed to play a brief but an important role in the movie.

Sonakshi and A. R. Murugadoss had earlier teamed up for Holiday- A Soldier Is Never Off Duty. Their untitled yet project will go on floors on 14th March, that is on this Saturday.

Actress Bhumi Pednekar has a crush on Anushka's boyfriend Virat Kohli!

Anushka Sharma needs to keep her man away from all the ladies in bollywood.

With almost every Bollywood actress having a crush on Virat Kohli the newest one to express her feelings for the hot shot cricketer is Bhumi Pednekar. Her co-star Ayushmann Khurrana disclosed in a media event that Bhumi has a crush on the cricketer.

Fascinatingly even Anushka Sharma was launched by YRF just as Bhumi. Well we don’t know about Virat Kohli, but let's hope Bhumi also gets the same kind of success in Bollywood as Anushka.