Freida Pinto not averse to Bollywood

Actor Freida Pinto was excited to see her film YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, which ran to a packed house at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Sunday. Sharing her joy with the media here on Monday, she said, "It was an honor to be part of a film directed by Woody Allan."

Talking about her character in the film, Freida said: "I played a troubled character, a girl not knowing what she wants to do with her life, something which we all go through at some point of time."
Rebutting statements attributed to her about not being interested in Bollywood films, Freida said she has been misquoted and she would very much like to work not only in Bollywood, but also Indian cinema if the script is good.
She said it's wrong to typecast Bollywood and named films like DEV D, OMKARA, KHOSLA KA GHOSLA to stress her point.
Talking about her future projects, the SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE girl said she is working on three projects-IMMORTALS by an Indian director Tarsem Singh, RISE OF APES (on animal testing) to be directed by Rupert Wyatt and BLACK GOLD to be shot in Tunisia by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud.
The film, YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, tickled the funny bone of the audience during its screening at IFFI.

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Freida Pinto wanted to be a Michael Jackson impersonator

Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto always wanted to be an actress when she was a kid and thought she made a 'great' Michael Jackson impersonator.

The Mumbai-born actress, who shot to worldwide fame with the Oscar-winning movie used to imitate dance steps of the late 'King of Pop' in front of her mirror, Contactmusic reported.

"I have dreamt since I was the age of five that I wanted to become an actress. I didn't know that I would do it professionally. But I knew that this was my area of interest.

"I would stand in front of the mirror and for the longest time I really thought that I was a great Michael Jackson impersonator," said the 26-year-old actress.

Apart from dreaming of a career in the spotlight, Pinto spent much of her childhood globe-trotting and is grateful for the opportunities she had.

"Both my grandfather and my uncle were in the army, which meant we travelled a lot. As an army man, you keep getting posted in different places, so we'd use that as an opportunity to visit them and see new places," she added.

Fans misbehave with Sonakshi

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The Dabangg actress was in for a rude shock on Thursday evening, when a group of boys walked up too close to her and tried to misbehave.


The incident has left the actress quite shaken up. It happened at the Gandhi garden near Mantralaya in South Mumbai, where three NGOs from the city paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the 26/11 carnage two years ago.

Sonakshi's bouncers immediately rushed her out of the premises to a safety zone. She was immediately tucked into her car that sped away in no time. They say Sonakshi was in tears when she eventually got into her car.

An eyewitness told Mumbai Mirror, "The miscreants were too brash and rowdy. They came too close to Sonakshi. Everything was fine when Sonakshi entered the premises at 4.25 pm. She sat through the event for an hour. It was only when she got up to leave that the scene turned ugly.

Explaining chronologically, the witness said, "Sonakshi was quietly leaving the event around 5.30 pm when suddenly a large group of people began following her. Most of these people seemed to be her fans, but a few miscreants who had been lurking around all this while, cut throught he crowd to reach her."

Sensing a big crowd behind her, Sonakshi apparently hastened her strides but the mob was relentless. While saying things like 'Idhar dekho na, hamse baat karo na', some of those guys walked up to her and touched her on her arms and shoulder. Added the witness, "Their behaviour was disgusting and that too at an event where the police bandobast was at its best."

While Sonakshi remained unavailable for comment, her manager said, "The mob's behaviour was simply unacceptable. They created a big ruckus, completely disrespecting the speakers on stage. They even fell over and hit each other." Wait till Sallu hears of this.

Veena is a bookie

New Delhi, Nov 11 : Indian photo-journalist Dheeraj Dikshit, who had been accused of being involved in spot-fixing by Veena Malik, today claimed that the Pakistani actor is a "bookmaker", managing seven of her country''s top players, and demanded the Ministry of External Affairs to immediately cancel her visa. Malik, who is participating in the reality TV show Bigg Boss-4 on Colors channel, had accused Dikshit of being involved in match-fixing and remaining in touch with her ex-boyfriend Mohammad Asif.

Pakistan speedster Asif is currently suspended by the ICC pending a disciplinary hearing into allegations of spot-fixing during the Lord''s Test in August. "I have written a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs, demanding the cancellation of her visa.

I don''t want her to remain in India for a minute. She has tarnished my image, left me unemployed.

"It''s an assassination of my character. I am not being able to pay attention towards anything.

I want the government to take defiant action against Veena," said an angry Dheeraj. "The Colors channel is portraying her like a big celebrity.

How can you cast a characterless person in any Indian show? One needs to understand she tried to drag an Indian national into the murky world of betting and fixing. She is a criminal, a match-fixer," claimed the controversial photographer.

Dikshit, who accepted he was close to pace bowler Asif professionally, revealed that it was in the month of January this year that he got a call from the model-turned-actress in Dhaka. "I have never met her and during our first interaction, she tried to become very friendly.

Before calling me, she called me at my Delhi number 4-5 times which my wife answered. My wife gave her my Dhaka number and on the very first note, she started flirting with me.

"Veena was aware of the fact that I was good friends with Asif and so she contacted me. She said we could strike a big deal if I wish so.

She said she is managing seven top players and to substantiate her claims, she told me the results of Pakistan''s upcoming series with Australia, Sri Lanka and England. Later, I found, her claims were all true," said Dheeraj.

The photographer also claimed that Mazhar Majeed, the man at the centre of the spot-fixing controversy that engulfed the Lord''s Test, was Veena''s London-based boyfriend and known and dated each other on and off for three years. "She used to say that Maz is her London-based boyfriend.

Later I realised that ''Maz'' is Mazhar Majeed who used to get endorsement deal for the players," he said. Dikshit, who is contemplating legal action against Veena, also alleged that he is receiving death threats from an unknown number on his mobile phone.

Veena Malik seen canoodling in Compromising Position ?

This is something you will never see on TV and definitely ‘NEVER’ see on Colors.If you are lucky enough and the channel owners are fair enough then may be you can see a glimpse of this footage. The Hidden cameras with in the Big Boss House has captured some shocking footage of veena malik and a male inmate getting cozy or may be more than that. This footage may be censored and edited before presenting it to the viewers but the in-house reporters have seen this eye popping scene in the original videos where Pakistani actress Veena Malik is in a compromising position with a male inmate in the house. We are not able to disclose the name of the male inmate caught in Veena Malik’s arms.

The couple seems to be unaware of the cameras, which led them to get real close and personal. Then suddenly the male partner noticed a camera pointed at them and broke away. The 2 minutes of footage was really explosive. The couple were smooching and fondling each other unmindful of the world around them. There were more things that happened, that like we said we cannot print. We leave the rest to your imagination. Or watch it on Colors, 9 pm without fail. We doubt they will show you this explosive footage though.