Happy birthday to Tabu.

Happy birthday to Tabu on 4th November. All the viewers of bollywood films had wished happy birthday to Tabu on the 4th of November, 2013. Although these days Tabu is not in the news to the extent she used to be few years back, she still enjoys popularity from bollywood audience. When she entered films, within very short period of time she was recognized by the directors of parallel films and realistic films and experimented with her in dynamic roles. Gulzar gave her a challenging role in the film Machis. It was related to the story on terrorism existing in Punjab in the 90s. Tabu represented a member of a family who was affected by such terrorism. Her performance stand out among other notable performances of Om Puri and Chandrachud Singh in the same film. She played a challenging role in the film Tarqeeb. The film was related to suspense of her death. She was killed and Nana Patekar did an impressive investigation to unearth the truth as to her killing. The first part of the film showed Tabu’s struggle in maintaining her family and her fight against poverty. The early part her relevance in respect of finding the motive of killing her in the film. She played the role of a strict police officer in the film Kohram with Nana Patekar. Nana Patekar took the disguise of a journalist to unearth the identity of Big B in the film who was alleged to have been involved with criminal activities. At the end of the film both Big B and Nana Patekar co-operated with each other in their fight against Danny and his men who were really involved with anti-national activities. Tabu was very impressive in her respective role in the film Hu Tu Tu. She also changed her image by performing in serio-comic performance in the film Bibi No.1, where she played the role of the wife of Anil Kapoor who helped Karishma Kapoor to bring peace in her family after her husband Salman Khan got involved in extra-marital affair with Sushmita Sen. Tabu had acted in off-beat films like Chandni Bar and received critics acclamation for her performance in those types of films. She also acted in Mira Nair’s Hollywood film Namesake. Last year she played a notable role in the film Cheeni Kum with Big B where she depicted the character of a middle-aged lady who entered into an affair with an old man. She is probably one of the Hyderabadi actresses, who had done well both in bollywood films as well as South Indian films. Even more than that her performance in the comedy film Hera Pheri, where she acted opposite Sunil Shetty had no similarity with the role of village girl in Virasat where she acted opposite Anil Kapoor. She had showed her range of acting over the last 15 years and other than Dimple Kapadia there are no actresses of contemporary period who has equal potential as that of Tabu. Although she had acted in Telegu films in 2008 like Pandurangadu, she had not played any important role in any bollywood film in 2009. In 2010, she acted in the film Toh Baat Pakki, but that film did mediocre business. In 2012 Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai opposite Salman Khan and Govinda was supposed to be released. But it is supposed to be released in 2014. The other film Life of Pi was released and she got critical acclamation. In 2014, she will be seen in Salman Khan’s film Jai Ho, which was previously name as Mental. Her admirers expect her to make a strong comeback in bollywood films and contribute in both commercial and off-beat films.

Joshojit and other celebrities' children rocked Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Joshojit and other celebrities’ children rocked Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 29th October, 2013, Sourav Ganguly invited the children of renowned celebrities in the program Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The contestants included Joshojit, the son of actor Joyjit, Oishi, the daughter of actress Srilekha Mitra, Deb, the son of singer Shamit Mukherjee, Mohul, the daughter of singer Rupankar, Megh and Bristi, the children of actress Manashi Sinha and Pujita, the daughter of another actress. Incidentally Manashi Sinha became the champion of Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program, few weeks back. Sourav Ganguly showed a clipping of song of film The Three Idiots, where Amir Khan and Kareena Kapoor danced together. The question was asked to Oishi. She could recognize Kareena Kapoor but not Amir Khan. Sourav Ganguly gave her full marks, and with wit told that it was not necessary to recognize Amir Khan, as long as the beautiful lady Kareena Kapoor was identified. Sourav Ganguly said he always admired beautiful ladies. Srilekha Mitra, the mother of Oishi, asked Sourav Ganguly, what about them. Sourav Ganguly bypassed the question and got back to the game. Joshojit gave the maximum number of answers in the slog over round and became the champion of the show. He also won the prize for the fastest fifty. His father, actor Joyjit, did not come to the show, but his mother took the prizes on behalf of Joshojit. He also asked a question to Sourav Ganguly. The question was, if he was travelling in a bus, and it was raining outside, how did he get wet? There were no leakages in the roof of the bus. Sourav Ganguly answered it was by sweat. Joshojit said, yes, yes it was right answer. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program with style, asking each of the contestants, what were their extra-curricular activities in addition to academics.

Happy birthday to Aishwarya Rai.

Happy birthday to Aishwarya Rai. All the viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Aishwarya Rai on the 1st November, 2013. She had been a sensation in Indian films for the last 15 years and had created a name in Hollywood films. She is the first actress in Indian films whose wax statue has been built in Madam Tussadd’s museum in London. This Kareena Kapoor’s wax statue was made in Madam Tussadd’s museum. Even after her marriage with Abhishek Bacchan her popularity had increased and acting potential had got wider recognition. The two important films that she had acted in 2008 including Jodha Akbar and Sarkar Raj had been appreciated by the audience. Her glamour had been beyond any shadow of doubt over the last 15 years which had just increased with time. Her illustrious career had been associated with all the leading stars of bollywood films over the past 10 years. Her notable films include Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, Taal with Akshay Khanna and Anil Kapoor, Josh with Shahrukh Khan and Chandrachud Singh, Dhoom 2 with Hrithik Roshan, Guru with Abhishek Bacchan, to name a few. At the same time she had worked with leading directors of bollywood including Ram Gopal Verma, Subhash Ghai, Mani Ratnam and others. The music in her films had always being successful. The hit songs in which she had given lips include “ishq bina kya jeena” from the film Taal, “hum dil de chuke sanam” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, “aisi nazar se na dekha” from the film Bunty Aur Babli, “ajooba hai” from the film Jeans, “dhoom machale” from the film Dhoom 2, etc. She had also given lips in the songs sung by all the leading singers of bollywood films including Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal, Alisha Chinoy, Sunidhi Chauhan and others. Her adaptability with the new singers had resulted in maintaining her stardom with change in the music and arrival of new directors, composers, singers, producers, etc. Her performance in Hollywood films like Pride and Prejudice had shown her intonation, diction and acting capability to the international audience. She is a great Indian ambassador. In 2010, her film Action Replay opposite Akshay Kumar and Ravan opposite Abhishek Bacchan did not do adequate business. But her performance opposite Hrithik Roshan in the film Guzaarish had been appreciated by the critics. It received critical acclamation. She stopped acting for 2 years when she gave birth to a daughter. The viewers and admirers expect her to continue her good work that she had started 20 years ago.