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British film and television actor Dev Patel, who became popular after playing the role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, has cleared the air for everyone, by announcing that he is not engaged to his longtime girlfriend Freida Pinto.

If Bollywood's future for the second decade of the millennium is to be gauged, 2010 is just the right year. Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Imran Khan and Neil Nitin Mukesh are said to be the future of Hindi film industry and each of the actors has prestigious films lined for release this year. Shahid Kapoor has got success in the form of 'Badmaash Company' while Neil Nitin Mukesh is gearing up for 'Lafange Parinde'. Meanwhile Ranbir Kapoor has seen a blockbuster for himself in the form of 'Raajneeti'. Now it's the turn of Imran Khan to repeat the same with 'I Hate Luv Storys' which is carrying very good reports.

When even successful makers like Karan Johar turn to ‘numerology’ to spell their film titles, it only makes people like us more proud. His latest outing ‘I Hate Luv Storys’ has already created super craze amongst the youth, mainly due to its soulful music and catchy promos. But will the film leave up to the hype and sky high expectations?

Recently, Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala wedded a Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal. The actress has signed her first film, post marriage, where she will be essaying the role of a politician.

When 'Raavan' opened to below average houses on Friday, it was mauled by the audience as well as the critics and showed no improvement over the weekend, it was certain that this Mani Ratnam film won't even become a respectable disaster like 'Kites'. Respectable? Because 'Kites', despite all its negatives and nothing much to write home about, still managed a good first weekend for itself that helped it come closer to the 50 crore mark as the lifetime total. This means that the film had the ignominy of being the biggest disaster ever with the highest total for a disaster/flop tag. Before 'Kites', the 'position' was held by 'Chandni Chowk to China', 'Delhi 6' and 'Tashan' which were the 'highest grossing flops' ever with a final total managing to cross 30 crores.

Saif avoided cameras and paparazzi pictures until his departure to Morocco this week in order to avoid giving away his Agent Vinod look. But man proposes, Aamir disposes. Aamir insisted that Saif make it to the party at his home last weekend, thereby blowing the whistle on Saif’s carefully-concealed look. On the eve of his departure to Morocco for the shooting of his second home production Agent Vinod, Saif Ali Khan, completely revamped his look and went into hiding until he left the country.

Madhur Bhandarkar is all set to perform ‘Operation Salvage’ on Shruti Haasan’s career. In what is quite clearly a manoeuvre to give the mighty Kamal Haasan’s daughter a commercial boost that Soham Shah’s Luck could not. Madhur Bhandarkar has signed her to play a key role in his first comedy Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji.

Bollywood has seen many daring actors like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan, do the dare devil stunts themselves. These daring acts have probably inspired the hot actress Kareena Kapoor to try her hand at stunts too.

There is a buzz doing the rounds that the South Indian actress Meera Chopra is a cousin of Bollywood’s top actress Priyanka Chopra. Meera, is now ready to debut in Bollywood. The news does not end here. It is reported that Meera has hired Priyanka’s ex-secretary Prakash Jaju as her secretary too.

The South Indian Film Federations had protested against the IIFA awards function, held in Colombo. They boycotted the awards function organized by the Sri Lankan Government which had mercilessly murdered thousands of innocent Tamilians. The Tamil organizations also banned the actors and actresses who participated in the function. But a few actors like Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan paid no heed and went ahead with their participation.

It has literally been a case of jumping from the fire into the water for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. If fire is a recurrent motif in the cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, water seems to be Mani Ratnam’s favourite element.

Ranbir Kapoor, after Raajneeti, is the hottest stuff in town, with his natural good looks and overflowing talent. His latest film Raajneeti stunned the audiences and the critics alike. Now he has made a comfy spot for himself as a leading and the most sought after actor of tinsel town.