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Madhuri Dixit Returns to Indian Cinema

Denver homemaker and mother of two sons, Madhuri Dixit is back in India's vibrant movie industry after a five-year break with a film centered around her forte — dancing. "It makes me a little nervous whether people will accept me again," Dixit said ahead of the worldwide release of her new movie "Aaja Nachle," or "Come Let's Dance," on Nov. 30. "It makes me nervous, but I'm excited." Dixit plays a choreographer who after a decade in New York returns to India to save her dance teacher's school from being razed for a more lucrative development. Dixit was last seen on the big screen in 2002, when she played a courtesan in a saga of doomed love in "Devdas." After that, she took a break from acting to raise her two sons with husband Shriram Nene, a surgeon, in Denver, Colorado. Dixit, 42, said that moving to the United States was a refreshing change from her fishbowl existence in India, where she could never walk down a stree

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh in smoking row

MUMBAI (AFP) — An Indian anti-smoking group is threatening to take Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to court for allegedly lighting up in public in violation of India's anti-smoking law. Last month, the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) asked the 42-year-old star to explain his actions after he was spied smoking at a cricket match in Mumbai and at a media conference in Delhi. "This is not how a superstar should behave... Adored by millions (he) cannot lend a helping hand to promote smoking," the group's general secretary Shekhar Salkar said. "We will be filing a case against him at the local court," Salkar said. Anyone breaking the law faces a fine of 200 rupees (4.50 dollars). The controversy comes as the muscled star rides high on the success of his newly released song-and-dance movie "Om Shanti Om", a movie about reincarnation. The anti-smoking group filed a legal notice against Khan last month accusing him of breaking India

Bollywood’s gettin’ younger!

Everyone in the world gets their 15 minutes of fame, and now Bollywood’s got new blood, raring to have a go at the box office with their dancing and acting histrionics. Our present lot of badshahs and queen bees (if there are any) will agree that they can no longer play college-going roles because actors in college are there to essay those roles. Quoting their fave line “We need to get into the skin of the character,” then for sure, neither can the 40-plus actors nor the 30-plus actresses get into the ‘skin’ of a 20-year-old collegian, barring a hot Shah Rukh Khan in Main Hoon Na. But that doesn’t mean we won’t have college as the standard setting in movies anymore. Remember showman Raj Kapoor’s famous words, “The show must go on”? And to carry on the show, a young brigade of 20 somethings have invaded the industry. They are busy honing their skills and signing deals with big banners. And the production houses too are more than willing to go that extra mile to take them under their win

After long journey, Saif gets his due in Bollywood

What a long journey it has been for Saif Ali Khan! From the over-pampered scion of a nawab family to one of Bollywood's most versatile actors and a serious contender for the No.1 spot, he has truly emerged triumphant at the turnstiles. Special: All about Om Shanti Om One still remembers the harsh comments that accompanied Saif's debut in Umesh Mehra's Aashiq Awara in 1993. Acidic comments about his looks and appearance were the order of the Friday. A well-known columnist wrote, "Put a dupatta on Saif's head and he looks like Sharmila Tagore." Such comments hurt all right. But they hit home, bang-on. As Saif said recently, "My detractors and their harsh comments have been my greatest incentive to prove myself." And then, in typical Saif fashion, he leaned back for some serious self-praise. "Actually that's a good quote, don't you think?" Special: Ranbir and Sonam in Saawariya Saif almost always ends every observation tentatively. No

MTV STYLE AWARDS

The winners of the Lycra® MTV Style Awards 2007 are... Most Stylish Bollywood Designer Anaita Shroff Adjania Most Stylish Song in A Film Shaimak Davar Most Stylish Film Dhoom2 Most Stylish Actor - Male Hrithik Roshan Most Stylish Actor - Female Aishwarya Rai Most Stylish New Look Hrithik Roshan Most Stylish Comeback Govinda Most Stylish Body Hrithik Roshan Most Stylish Couple Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya Rai Source: MTV

Bollywood star film about post-9/11 discrimination against Muslims

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his next film will look at discrimination faced by Muslims after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States. Khan, who like many prominent stars in the Indian film industry is Muslim, has faced extra scrutiny after the 2001 attacks in the United States. "If you travel internationally with a Muslim surname, you might be considered as a terrorist," Khan told Wednesday's DNA newspaper. "At London airport, every time I go, people recognise me but they see my second name and they give me an extra checking," said the star, who is known for his successful romantic comedies. Khan said he had experienced greater religious discrimination abroad, though India, which is majority Hindu but home to 140 million Muslims, sees regular sectarian violence. "There is no difference between a Khan and a Kumar surname here but internationally it makes a difference," he said, referring to a common Hindu surname. The fil