Sushmita Sen and "Do Not Disturb"

The actresses in Bollywood must really be competitive.
I keep reading about their Diva like behavior and catty remarks to other actresses.
And they seem to be threatened very easily.
Even actresses that are famous for getting along with other stars are affected.
Case in point.....

"Inside sources from Do Knot Disturb claim Sushmita Sen is having sleepless nights over her role in her upcoming David Dhawan comedy Do Knot Disturb. It is a multi star cast film starring Govinda, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh and Sohail Khan along with her.
Our sources reveal, “The film for the first time brings together two former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta. But Sush is not really insecure about her role being shortened as compared to a much younger and hotter Lara."

Full article here

Of course it's not just Sushmita.
If you read this blog you've seen several similar stories about other Bollywood stars.

But it appears their fears are not unfounded.
Just recently Pantene ended a long relationship with Sushmita in favor of South Indian actress Asin.

Besides "Do Not Disturb", Sushmita is working on a Tamil film "Marmayogi" this year.

Neha Dhupia

“Bollywood Hero,” is an upcoming comedy miniseries for the Independent Film Channel starring Chris Kattan (Corky Romano).
But also in the miniseries will be Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia.
Neha may not be a huge hit in India, but her work ethic has brought praise from her America cast and crew.
Initial viewing of the films trailer by critics has lead to the idea that this just may be a sleeper hit, and that will look very good not only on the career of Chris Kattan but Neha as well.

Neha has several movies coming out in 2009 including "Paying Guest", "Pappu can't dance sala", "Raftaar","Raat gayi baat gayi", "I'm 24" and "De Dhanadhan".

Hopefully good reviews for "Bollywood Hero" will boost Neha's career.

Minissha Lamba News

Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba (born on January 18, 1985 in New Delhi) has two movies coming out this year.
Or she did.
Reports say that Minissha has pulled out of the Karan Johar Production "Jihaad".
At first, reports said that it was because of scenes with co-star Vivek Oberoi.
But now it is said that it was because of passport issues (The film is being shot in New York).
Either way, Dia Mirza who has stepped in to replace her.

It appears filming on "Abba Ka Kaun" is going well though.
The upcoming film has Boman Irani playing the title role of ‘Abba’ and Minissha as his daughter.
It also stars Sameer Dattani, Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma and Ravi Jhankal.

Riya Sen in Zor Laga ke Haiya

Bollywood actress Riya Sen is getting a lot of press for her new role in the upcoming Hindi film "Zor Laga ke Haiya".
Riya has discarded her sultry glamorous look to take on the role of a construction worker named Chamki.
The movie is directed by Girish Joshi and is about an egotistical award winning sculptor (played by Mithun Chakraborthy) who can not adjust to the times he is living in.
Riya plays a Marathi girl that works as a construction worker.
Besides Riya and Mithun, the movie also stars Mahesh Manjrekar, Seema Biswas, Megan, Ayesha Kaduskar, Hardik Thakkar, Ritvik Tyagi and Ashwin Chitale.
"Zor Laga ke Haiya" will be released sometime in May of this year.

Deepika Padukone in Chandni Chowk to China

source: http://www.desihouston.net/

Chandni Chowk to China may have not done very well at the box office in India, but the film has netted Deepika Padukone a lot of good press in China.
Deepika has been nominated for Best Actress at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival.
She is the first Indian actress to ever get this honor.

Chandni Chowk to China starred Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles with Hindi cinema veteran Mithun Chakraborty and Hong Kong action cinema veteran Gordon Liu in supporting roles.
The film was shot in China and in Bangkok, Thailand and it was distributed in the U.S. and co-produced by Warner Bros.
It was Warner Bros. first Hindi film.

The film got negative reviews by critics, but what struck me as unusual was that the fim was reviewed in the US by USA Today, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune.
To me this testifies to the widening appeal of Bollywood films.