Sexy Bombshell Poonam Jhawer backs out of Playboy shoot:

Doesn’t mind posing nude for a big Bollywood film


By Frank Franklyn – FUTURISTIC MEDIA NETWORK


Sexy Bollywood actress and spicy music sensation Poonam Jhawer apparently backed out of a Playboy centre spread assignment saying that it was too hot for her to handle. Poonam though doesn’t mind posing nude for a big Bollywood film, if the scenes suit the role and the script demands it.

Poonam was expected to don her 'birthday suit' for the Playboy photo session, and was also offered a huge sum of money for the nude shoot, say sources, but she decided not to do it, said her Media Manager and Publicist, Flynn Remedios.

According to Poonam's official website, the talented and hot actress, has worked opposite Suniel Shetty in Gulshan Rai-Rajeev Rai's Golden Jubilee film Mohra and is the only young producer till now in Indian Cinema who became a producer with multi-crore movie without any filmi background. She is the producer of Aanch.

As an Actor, she is/was seen in Deewana Hoon Main Tera, B&W - The Black & White Fact, Jiyaala and Aanch. She is also working on south film with Mammootty. As a Singer she was in Sun Meri Rani – Aanch, which is picturised on Nana Patekar and herself. Her music videos include Pooh Kya Jalwa Hain, Take Me Home Baby and Poo 4 U, said Flynn Remedios.

Poonam who is affectionately called Poo by her friends, was born on 14th August in Mumbai. Poonam belongs to a business class family and her mother is a well-known poetess. She on her own has taken the initiative of producing a big film like 'Aanch' along with B.L.Saboo. Aanch starred Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Ayesha Jhulka, Introducing Vyajyanti Mala Bali's son Suchindra Bali, Sharbani Mukherjee, Raghuveer Yadav, Nirmal Pandey, Akhilendra Mishra, Arun Bakshi etc.

Dutch youth proposes to bombshell Rachna Maurya in Amsterdam

By Emmanuel – Futuristic Media Network

A local, 20-something, rich youth walked into a radio station in Amsterdam and proposed to actress and hot Bollywood siren Rachna Maurya. The youth managed to bypass all the security of the radio station and went in unstopped. Rachna who was on air being interviewed at the studio about her latest album with Sukhbir was flabbergasted and tongue tied. And so was the Radio Jockey who was praising Rachna’s video that has become a rage on dance floors at ethnic joints in the West. The youth who is an actor and whose family owns a huge mansion besides a fleet of cars and a fashion label, refused to leave the Radio Station until Rachna promised to meet him for dinner the next day.

A shell-shocked Rachna promised to meet the lad the next evening knowing well that she was to fly out of the city early next morning. Says Rachna, “Though, I knew I was leaving by the first flight in the morning, I had no option but to fib and get the kid out of the studio or else he would have been arrested had the studio security to call the police.” While Rachna who is shooting in Hyderabad for a big South film was unable for further comment, her publicist and Media Manager, Flynn Remedios said that though Rachna was a little unnerved by the incident, she has put it past her and plunged head-long into her film shoot. Rachna will be shooting for about ten days in Hyderabad before she returns to Mumbai, informed Flynn Remedios.

Rachna Maurya who was in Amsterdam as part of Adnan Sami’s World Tour also performed in Nottingham, Glasgow and Wembley. All these shows went without a hitch as far as Rachna was concerned and were a bit hit. Rachna’s Desi Soda Whiskey video and Sukhbir’s Tere Naal Nachna are a big craze with youngsters in Canada, Australia and the entire European region. She has also done an item number in Dus (Deedar De) and music videos for Himesh Reshamiya and Rahul Sharma.

Hot and sexy actress Shradha Sharma mobbed in Jaipur

By Emmanuel – Futuristic Media Network

The hot, sexy and curvaceous Bollywood babe Shradha Sharma was recently mobbed in Jaipur while performing at a stage show. Shradha, who has carved a niche for herself as Bollywood’s “dhamaka item dancer” for her fabulous jhatkas and matkas on stage, not to forget her drop-dead persona and outrageous outfits, is flushed with offers for stage shows and has been literally living out of her suitcase.

According to Shradha Sharma’s publicist and manager, Flynn Remedios, who was present with her at the event, about 100-odd persons tried to barge into her green room after her performance and demanded that Shradha come out and pose for photographs with them. Sensing the boisterous mood of the crowd, Shradha refused to come out and stayed put in her changing room, which was a make-shift enclosure. The crowd got more and more rowdy and began banging on the door. Her manager and the organizers called the cops, who had to resort to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the unruly crowd. Later on, surrounded by about 50 policemen and bouncers, Sharada left the venue through a back entrance and headed straight for Delhi.

Choreographer and organizer Vikas Borde of Live Events, Delhi, while admitting the incident said that it was very unfortunate that such an episode happened.

According to industry reports, Shradha Sharma has recently signed on three films with G P Sippy, one of them with Sidharth Koirala, the younger brother of Manisha Koirala. Shradha has done live stage performances with Kumar Sanu and Himesh Reshamiya, besides others. She has about 400 live-stage performances to her credit both in India and abroad and is known for her stand-up performances, besides choreographed dances.

Her performances in India include those in smaller towns like Calicut, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Gurgaon and Noida. Shradha has also performed in the USA, Canada, UK, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

Deepshikha livid with Dhoom Dhadaka producer Shashi Ranjan

Swears never to work with him again.

By Flynn Remedios – FUTURISTIC MEDIA NETWORK

The hot and sexy Deepshikha - who has had four film releases this year in 5 months – a record for any actress, is livid and fuming with rage. Her anger is directed (with good reason) at her film Dhoom Dhadaka’s producer Shashi Ranjan whom Deepshi’s (as she is known to friends) colleagues in the industry allege has purposely slighted the spunky and never-say-die actress.

Deepshikha who was seen in Partner, Bhram (where she plays the role of an up market socialite journo aka Shobha De with Sheetal Menon), and the recently released Pranali and Dhoom Dhadaka has refused to comment on the issue. She even refused to answer calls from ‘friendly journalists who have known her for ages’.

Apparently, close friends said that Deepshi was so upset and angry that she switched off her phones and locked herself in her room for the embarrassment and humiliation that she was subjected to over the last week. She refused to eat for two days and swore to herself that she will never speak or work with Shashi Ranjan again.

Though she never made any statement throughout against her producer or anyone else in the film, sources say that Deepshikha had enough when during the premier she was not given ‘enough attention’ and other itsy-bitsy good-for-nothing models were fawned upon and showered with unwanted attention.

Her close friends say that though Deepshikha is senior to both Aarti Chabbria and Shama Sikander – having done about 15 films till date - beginning with Koyla in 1997, followed by Baadshah, Dillagi, Mahal, Rishtey, Dukaan, Pyaar Mein Twist, Corporate, Red Swastik, and more recently Partner, Lara, (yet-to-be-released) Bhram and Pranali, deserved to get better treatment.

She was not seen in any of the promos or posters of the film, neither was she given due importance as a senior actress during the on-ground promos and events related with the release of the film. She was not featured in the write-ups and other media activity centered on the film. A humble Deepshikha stayed cool as a cucumber as she wasn’t bothered with all the ‘politics associated with any film release’, but broke down when the film finally released.

While Shama and Aarti were “all about the place, were dotted upon as the leading ladies and looked after by the producer and the rest of the entourage, Deepshikha was not given due respect and pride of place”, according to one of Deepshika’s close friends who was present with her throughout the release of the film and the ensuing activity. The icing on the cake was on the day of the premier when she was almost ‘ignored’ by her producer.

Shashi Ranjan refused to comment when queried.

SHERLYN CHOPRA'S OUTRAGEOUS GOES INTERNATIONAL

By Flynn Remedios – Futuristic Media Network

The Queen of Internet downloads and the most downloaded internet babe Sherlyn Chopra bagged her most 'Outrageous' assignment till date – she was selected as the "Face of Bollywood" to represent the marriage of glamour, oomph and spunk with cutting-edge technology at an annual event - the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

Sherlyn Chopra was the only Bollywood actress chosen to represent India at the function. Last year Dia Mirza was the Indian representative at the same event. Her music video "Outrageous" from her debut album by the same name got a standing ovation when it was played at the Global Mobile Awards ceremony. The video was directed by ace adman Prahlad Kakkar and is distributed and marketed in India and abroad by India's largest music company T series.


Sherlyn gave away the award to the head honcho of Yahoo Inc for the “Best Infotainment Portal of the Year.” You can view Sherlyn’s pics at the official Global Mobile Awards website at http://www.globalmobileawards.com/press/gallery.shtml.


Her music video which was played during the Global Mobile Awards function was received with a standing ovation from the entire audience and particularly august members like international comedian Graham Norton, Hollywood legend and Sundance Institute Founder, Robert Redford and Grammy-award-winning rapper and hip hop artiste Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas.


Film Legend Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Institute, was one of the attractions at the World Congress.


Speaking to this reporter from Barcelona, Sherlyn said, “I have discussed various projects, which I will share with the media at the opportune time.” However, Sherlyn’s managers said that she had signed five deals with international groups and bands to “work together”. Sherlyn said she will “disclose all” at a Press Conference very soon. Sherlyn had one-on-one meetings with lead rapper of Hip Hop and funk band Black Eyed Peas Will.i.am and Robert Redford of the Sundance Institute

Besides Sherlyn Chopra and her music album, two other brands or projects were chosen: south icon Rajnikant's film Sultan – The Warrior and Race was showcased at the same event by the World's biggest mobile content aggregator Hungama.com. Hungama.com provides mobile content to cellular operators in about 56 countries across the world including all major operators in India.


Sherlyn beat established brands like Bipasha Basu, Mallika Sherawat, and Priyanka Chopra to make it to the "A-list". She attended the conference, celebrity cocktail dinners and other sub events in Barcelona recently.

In Barcelona, Sherlyn hob-nobbed with the cellular and digital world's head honchos like our very own Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani, Azeem Ghosh and Arun Sarin to name a few. Almost every other cellular brand from India had a presence at Barcelona and so did international brands like Verizon (one of the largest operators in the United States), Singapore Tel, Mobi Tel, Telefonica, etc.

Besides these, every other Media brand worth its name was present at the event as were the CEOs of most Fortune 100 companies.

Said Anand Jhinghan, senior vice president-International, Hungama Mobile, "We are delighted to have Sherlyn Chopra's video 'Outrageous' featured at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona. She is amongst two other power brands chosen for the event. Her connect with the youth on the mobile and online medium continues to grow and her brand value on the digital space in increasing leaps and bounds. She is the next big thing on the Bollywood horizon and is one of the most powerful digital brands."

This event is the biggest international gathering of telecom operators, service providers, mobile content aggregators, handset manufacturers, value added resellers and deals worth millions of dollars are expected to be negotiated and cracked at the venue.

I did not sleep with Yuvi, says actress Anjali

Responding to a report in a popular Mumbai tabloid about her so-called affair and relationship with the handsome ladies man and cricketer Yuvraj Singh, well-known model and actress Anjali Pandey said that she did not sleep with Yuvi. Clarifying about what she was quoted as saying in the published article, she said that she meant that “she shared a great working relationship with Yuvraj Singh during their photo shoot and not a physical relationship”. “I was misquoted,” she added.

Some of super model Anjali Pandey’s campaigns include the Seagrams Imperial Blue TVC, the UTV Bindass campaign, a campaign for Kalyan Silks – a very well known brand of silk garments in South India and of course the Hero Honda television commercial with Yuvraj Singh. She has done thousands of print ads and other lesser known television commercials. She is known for her Idea Cellular campaign with the line “Dad can you pick me up”.


“Yuvi and I were shooting for the Hero Honda commercial and during our interaction; Yuvi came across as a perfect gentleman. He was very kind and helpful and even went out of his way to make everyone feel comfortable and at ease. He was very good to me. We bonded very well and became good friends. But I did not go to bed with him, as wrongly alleged in the report,” said an agitated Anjali Pandey.


“I meant that we shared a fantastic working relationship during the shoot and Yuvi was very down-to-earth and helpful. He is very sophisticated and yet friendly and simple. “It is true that we chatted a lot and even flirted with each other, but that does not mean that we were sleeping together,” she explained adding that during that time according to the best of her knowledge, Yuvi was going very strong with actress Kim Sharma.

“I was definitely attracted to him. He is simply so perfect, but I knew that he was seeing another woman and didn’t even try to cross the Lakshman Rekha. Yes if he was single and available at that time, I would have definitely taken a step further,” she stated.

But at that time, there was nothing more between us besides a good friendship. We didn’t have any thing physical to do with each other. After the shoot was over, we packed our bags and unfortunately haven’t been in touch with each other as Yuvi is very busy and I keep traveling all over for my work,” explained Anjali.

Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan to catwalk for Ms Bikini India 2007

BY KINJAL PANDYA – FUTURISTIC MEDIA NETWORK

International hotties Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan are all set to step foot in Goa, and do the catwalk for international lingerie designers and brands like CK, Vanity Fair, Aubade, etc making the Ms Bikini India 2007 a much-hyped international event, say sources. A spokesperson for the event organizers said that a fashion show showcasing international lingerie brands will be part of the event. While the brands being paraded are not yet finalized, we heard that Paris Hilton and Lohan were chosen for their Oomph value and ability to "make news".

The organisers haven't yet officially announced their names, and only said that "they were talking to international celebrities" to "partner" with them for the event, the proceeds of which would go to various charities.

The managers for Hilton and Lohan confirmed that the Indian organizers were in talks with them "but nothing has been confirmed as yet" they said. Apparently, both Paris and Lindsey were "thrilled about setting foot in exotic" Goa. "We hope the project works out for all," said a spokesperson for Hilton.

Many other international starts are likely to set foot in Goa - their names would only be known at a later stage. Keep your fingers crossed for more news on this Mega Glamour event.