Bipasha Basu's birthday party video gets leaked online

Actress Bipasha Basu, who expressed her happiness for being single after almost a decade, planned her lavish birthday party. Bips who demanded a big surprise from her friends witnessed a disaster in the party since it turned out to be gossip fodder.

Mumbai Mirror happened to stumble upon a video of Bipasha's birthday bash that appeared online. The video, that surfaced on a particular entertainment website, showed Bips and her friends partying in a room decorated with flashing disco balls, red, pink and white balloons and white lilies. It captured more intimate moments of her jokingly stabbing the specially designed cake made of fresh fruit, cream and sponge, her uninhibited dance steps and even her group of girls dancing in the washroom.

A while later, Bipasha, who was shooting for a film and was reportedly clueless about the incident, started tweeting: "Jst bcoz v r actors doesn't mean v r nt entitled 2 our privacy! These troublemakers shld jst get more productive with their time!" Followed by another tweet: "I'm still in shock tht my privacy hs been invaded! These were pvt moments frm my bday tht were leaked n m very upset!"

Priyanka Chopra gives a birthday surprise to Hrithik Roshan

It was a great surprise for B' Day boy Hrithik Roshan when he found something different on Twitter. Hrithik's upcoming movie's co-star Priyanka Chopra made his day by posting something unusual in her own style just for Hrithik.

Priyanka has posted their movie Agneepath's pictures on Twitter with no inhibitions, something she has never done before for any other actor. Thus, the actress wished Hrithik birthday in her own unique style.

In fact, Piggy Chops put up the picture as her profile picture. Hrithik was overwhelmed with the act and reverted with a smile by claiming himself to be Priyanka’s most-liked co-star.

Shahrukh Khan clears doubt with Katrina Kaif about Salman Khan

Before agreeing to work with Katrina Kaif in Yash Chopra's untitled film, Shahrukh Khan apparently spoke to Katrina to find out if she was comfortable working with him since he was not in good terms with her ex-boyfriend, Salman Khan.

Being a thorough gentleman, Shahrukh Khan spoke to Katrina Kaif in length to find out what she felt to act with him since he and her ex-boyfriend, Salman Khan were rivals.

In the past, there was a big showdown on the sets of Chalte Chalte when Salman Khan barged on the sets where Sharukh Khan was shooting with Salman's ex-girlfriend, Aishwarya Rai. The shooting had to be stopped, after which Shahrukh requested Aishwarya to be replaced by Rani Mukherjee.

In order to avoid any such scene, Shahrukh spoke to Katrina and cleared the air. A source revealed to a leading tabloid that Katrina Kaif has made it clear to SRK that Salman is nothing more than a good friend today. The source also informed that if Salman tries to repeat his past actions, he will loose her good will.

Great going Katrina! The lass sure knows how to balance her professional and personal life. What say?

Abhishek Bachchan Players - a synthetic thriller

Players"; Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Bobby Deol, Omi Vaidya, Vinod Khanna, Shikander Kher, Johnny Lever; Directors: Abbas-Mastan; Rating: **1/2

They say birds of the same feather flock together: Charlie Mascarenhas (Abhishek Bachchan) and Riya (Bipasha Basu) are partners in conning and daredevil robbery.

As a last gift, Charlie's friend Raj (Aftab Shivdasani) reveals through a CD the possibility of a heist. "Ten thousand crore rupees worth of gold would be transported from Russia to Romania."

Raj warns Charlie that this heist, an improbable feat, is not a one man job. He would need a team to execute it and the only person who can help him put up the team is ace thief Victor Braganza (Vinod Khanna).

Victor assembles the players - Riya, an expert machinist, Bilal Bashir (Sikander Kher), an explosive expert who likes foreign cars, Ronny (Bobby Deol), a magician, and Sunny Mehra (Omi Vaidya), a make-up artist. Naturally, the captain of this team is Charlie Mascarenhas and their goal - The Gold.

In today's age, with the complexity of the internet, the team lacked a hacker. Victor's daughter Naina (Sonam Kapoor) unsuspectingly offers help by suggesting ace hacker, Spider (Nitin Neil Mukesh), to the team.

In the show of one-upmanship, what follows the heist is a game of con and deceit at every moment of the film. For humour, there is MC (Johnny Lever) and his family.

Sleekly made with fine action, crisp razor sharp edits, speeding cars and exciting photography giving you glimpses of scenic Siberia, Amsterdam and New Zealand, the film reminds you of a Bond film.

The leggy babes with leotard and boots, the guys with stubble and leather jackets, the palatial villas, the elongated limousines, the long car chases, the heist on the train - everything looks glossy and out of this world.

The racy background score by Sandeep Shirodkar and the soundtrack by Pritam creates the adrenaline required for a thriller but unfortunately the well-intended choreographed numbers breaks the momentum.

Ravi Yadav's cinematography and Husain Burmawala's editing are worth a mention. Technically, Abbas Mastan have churned out a very fine movie.

Unfortunately, the film delivers without any emotions. It is evident that the actors have not put their soul to the characters; they have just walked through their roles. And it shows. The glycerine and the pancake take the applause.

Sikander Kher seems to have some promise. In certain scenes, Sonam reminds of Simi Garewal. Vinod Khanna, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Abhishek's performances lack energy. Omi and Johnny Lever are stereotyped with their comic dialogue delivery. Bipasha has nothing new to offer and Bobby Deol is wasted in the minuscule role.

Touted as the desi version of Hollywood film "The Italian Job", the script sticks to the basic plot but is unable to get into the recesses of its characters.

"Players" is a synthetically made formula thriller. It does not touch you emotionally. But a good watch nonetheless.

CCL unites Indian film industry: Sohail

Sohail Khan is upbeat about the second season of Celebrity Cricket League and says it is a platform which helps reunite the entire Indian film industry.

"It's all about sharing the space together. As we said, there is no barrier and all film industries can be a part of this competitive sport. It is great to see them unite and play cricket in a sporting spirit," said Sohail, who owns Bollywood team Mumbai Heroes.

The 20-20 cricket tournament has teams not only from Hindi cinema, but also Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema.

While actor Vishnu Manchu owns Telugu Warriors, L. Ganga Prasad of GVR Infra Projects is the owner of Chennai Rhinos, and Ashok Kheny of AKK Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. has Karnataka Bulldozers.

"It is great fun and we have a good laugh in the after parties regarding the experiences of the game. We are not cricketers. We are just actors training to play good cricket. Getting everyone together is good fun," he added.

Sohail's team boasts of actors and filmmakers like Suniel Shetty, Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail himself, Sonu Sood, Apoorv Lakhia, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Sunny Singh, Varun Badola, Kabir Sadanand, Raja Bherwani, Angad Bedi, Tushaar Jalota, Sharad Kelkar, Varun Rao, Sachin Joshi, Ashish Chaudhary and Vatsal Seth.

However, Salman Khan would not be able to play.

"Unfortunately not. His filming schedule and surgery last year have restricted him from playing but he may play in the next season of CCL. He is the icon player and ambassador of our team," said Sohail.

After an exciting first season, the second season brings in two new teams Bengal Tigers, owned by filmmaker Boney Kapoor and his actress wife Sridevi, and Kerala Strikers of the Malayalam film industry owned by National Award winning actor Mohanlal. And Sohail says that more teams are likely to join in.

"The league is also growing in size. Last year we had four teams, this year we've got six teams and next year we are going to have eight teams and then we are going to end with ten teams. We are going to introduce the Marathi and Punjabi team next year," said Sohail.

"Then there will be a Bhojpuri and a Gujarati team. We plan to cover all the film industries of India and it is a great platform for bringing together directors and producers," he added.

The Celebrity Cricket League matches will begin Jan 13 in Sharjah.

Rowdy Rathore Bollywood Action Film

Rowdy Rathore is an upcoming Bollywood action film directed by Prabhu Deva starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. It is the remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu.

Cast & crew details

(Rowdy Rathore director, actors, writer, music director, editor & more)

Cast

Akshay Kumar

Sonakshi Sinha

Crew

Director : Prabhu Deva

Producer : Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Shabina Khan

Ronnie Screwvala

Zarine Mehta

Music Director : Jeet Ganguly

Banner : UTV Motion Pictures