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When the daggers are drawn, it becomes only a question of survival. And so it was when Preity Zinta was told categorically by her beau Ness Wadia to quit acting for good. Unwilling to lose her independent status, Preity replied in the negative, and Ness called off their relationship.

Apparently, this pre-condition to marriage didn’t go down well with Preity who is what she is largely due to her Bollywood career. Now that the cat is out of the proverbial bag, I wonder if Preity should have done what she did.

After all, Preity’s film career isn’t going anywhere. Just because she is in the good books of SRK and Karan Johar doesn’t mean the entire industry is going to support her all the way. Barring this pre-condition aside, if Ness was indeed a good person, Preity should have stuck to him like glue. After all, not everyone views a film career as something respectable. Maybe this is what Ness wanted to shed after he married Preity. But then, some people just don’t get it.

Yes, it’s official. The youthful Saif Ali Khan you see in the film Love Aaj Kal is courtesy Botox, the wonder treatment. It has not only removed the wrinkles, bird’s feet and the laughlines but has made him look ten years younger.

But pray why? Because the script of the film demanded a younger Saif for one of the younger phases of his life in the film. And being the co-producer, Saif decided to go in for the expensive treatment.

For a while, Saif was seen going around wearing sunglasses to avoid the telltale marks of Botox. But now that the treatment has ended, he is proudly showing off his de-wrinkled face to all and sundry.

Well, the winner takes all. Which in this case is his girl friend Kareena Kapoor. Good thinking, Saif. Not only can you bridge the gap with your much younger Kareena aka Bebo, you could also FEEL young for a change.

P.S: Saif is paired with the much younger Deepika Padukone in Love Aaj Kal.

Aishwarya Rai is always in the news for one thing or the other. If it’s not her envy rearing its ugly head when Sonam Kapoor was supposed to walk the ramp at Cannes, it’s her questionable land deals hogging the limelight. The latest is Thakre, a 69-year-old farmer claiming that his land was illegally bought by Ash to set up a windmill at Nandurbar in north Maharashtra.

While the regional authorities have rubbished his claims as false saying the real owner of the property (Thakre’s son) is dead and that he had entered into a agreement with Suzlon for Rs 82,000. While Thakre claims that only Rs 20,000 was received by his son, the authorities say that Thakre’s son received the full amount and they have evidence to point to that.

Thakre’s other claims that he was promised a job and 10% of the power hold no water since there is no written record to show for it. Therefore, the authorities have closed the case without further ado.

Ash seems to be following her father in law Amitabh Bachchan’s footsteps. He was in the news earlier for usurping agricultural lands claiming to be a farmer. After much public outcry, the actor had to give back the land, but this case seems to be small potatoes. So Ash can relax.

Yup. Have seen the so-called sexy Amrita Rao in the film Short Cut. But no, she lacks oomph. And she’s definitely not sexy.

So what ails Amrita? Well, it’s her attitude and her curves both. She lacks the form that can catapult her to superstardom in the ‘item girl’ department. And she lacks the chutzpah that comes with glamour.

She’s better off as a the girl next door or even a village belle like she did in Welcome to Sajjanpur (though Shreyas Talpade walked away with all the honours).

I am not saying change is bad. It’s good, but then Amrita shouldn’t have any misconceptions that her glamourous avatar is something she should stick by for long. It’s best if she sheds it the moment she realises it’s fallen by the wayside. Better early than late. Because in Bollywood, everything works lightning quick!

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I thought Kareena Kapoor had learnt the ropes of staying afloat in the film industry. But just the other day, at the press conference to announce the film, Kambakkht Ishq, Kareena did the unthinkable. She stormed out of the press conference when a journalist asked her if she would go nude in any of her [...]