Archive for October, 2006



Part deux of India’s fashion week (well, Mumbai’s Lakme sponsored one at least) begins tomorrow. And even though Lakme’s VP Anil Chopra insists it will be “about the business of fashion�, there’s enough to keep coloured pages colourful.

“This is the first time that international designers are coming into India,� says Chopra, commenting on the presence of South African designer Clive Rundle and French designers Leonard and Nathalie Garcon. “When we took Sabyasachi Mukherjee to New York, he had orders worth half-a million dollars. We’re just showing that designer traffic shouldn’t be one way.�

Having said that, Mumbai will flaunt its Bollywood connections for sure. And it will all start with Narendra Kumar’s show. The opening act will have Kumar’s unofficial brand ambassador John Abraham shaking his tush on the runway yet again (Abraham opened March’s fashion week with Rocky S). While girlfriend Bipasha Basu will gush from the front row. “Having a star on the ramp brings in a whole new audience for a designer,â€? says Kumar. “John was kind enough to volunteer to do this, he’s only doing it out of respect for my work.â€? Continue reading ‘It’s business as usual for fashion week’

Shabd is a movie released in 2005, produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by Leena Yadav. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai and Zayed Khan.


Main Hoon Na is a Hindi Bollywood film written and directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan and Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan; it was released on April 30, 2004 and was considered a box-office success.It mixes the genres of action, teen comedy, family melodrama and Bollywood musical.


Film exec caught smuggling $1 lakh

Farha, a production executive of Anubhav Sinha’s film Cash, who was arrested by the air intelligence unit of the customs department on Saturday for allegedly trying to smuggle currency outside the country, has been released on bail.

Farha was carrying $1 lakh in travellers’ cheques for the film unit. On being questioned by customs, she could not show her signature on the cheques as was required nor were the cheques endorsed on her passport.

The customs department was likely to question the forex dealer in this connection. Cash is produced by Sohail Maklai and stars Ajay Devgan, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Ritesh Deshmukh, Suniel Shetty and Shamita Shetty. Continue reading ‘Film exec caught smuggling $1 lakh’

Zayed ban gaya cook!

By now the world and its inhabitants know that Zayed Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ajay Devgan and Esha Deol are shooting for Sohail Mecklai produced ‘Cash’, directed by Anubhav Sinha, in South Africa’s Cape Town. But few would know what Zayed does after pack-up? Well, the good looking dude rolls up his sleeves and finds his way to the kitchen.

Yes, he has been cooking in Cape Town, not just for himself but for all his co-stars also. Last we heard, his co-star Riteish was licking his fingers. Simply, because this Khan makes the best chicken in the world. Hmm… Mallaika did chef Zayed learnt the art of cooking from you?

‘I still feel like a boyfriend’

He is married to his childhood sweetheart but still goes weak kneed over universal beauties! Hottie Zayed Khan has this strange habit. The Khan dude talks about this and life after tying the knot with Mallika. Read on for details…

Ooooh Ash….
First Zayed fantasized about Sushmita Sen as his dream girl. And then came Aishwarya Rai whose oomph factor and beauty gave Zayed sleepless nights.

“I bunked classes to watch their contests. So strong was my crush on them that all the time they used to occupy my mind. I used put their photos in my college books and go through magazines and newspapers just to collect their pics,” says the hottie.
Continue reading ‘‘I still feel like a boyfriend’’