Koena Mitra plays a bisexual in her first Hollywood project, ‘The Story of Naomi’

Koena Mitra was last in news when she had a milkshake named after her. Since then, the news columns have been missing her as the girl had shifted her base to LA and was hunting hard for a Hollywood project. After putting in a lot of efforts, the girl has started her first Hollywood film, Story of Naomi, being produced by Michael Hirshenson of the When Harry Met Sally fame and directed by the ace fashion photographer Ash Gupta.

The movie has Koena play a bisexual girl who gets attracted to men and women equally. The movie also features actor Kevin Sorbo and Chris Devicchio. The first poster of the film shows Koena getting intimate with another girl.

Producer Hirshenson is all praises for Koena and says, “She looks international and her discipline and hard work can take her places. It all depends on how much she’s ready to learn.”

And it seems, the producer is quite right as this model-turned-actress has worked on her accent and was taking classes for it as the West puts more stress on dubbing and other technicalities.
All we can say is ‘Way to Go Girl’!!

What does Om Puri have to say about ‘Mallika Sharafat’?

Mallika Sherawat is known not only for her sex appeal but also for a rather big mouth. However, there is one person who swears to the innocence and simplicity for our sex kitten and he is none other than the very talented actor Om Puri.

When Om Puri got an opportunity to work with Sherawat, he was rather apprehensive because of Mallika is known for her attitude and the habit of throwing tantrums on the sets of her films.

However, when Om Puri met and shot a song with Mallika recently, he discovered that the actual Mallika was just the very opposite of her image. He describes her as a very “down to earth” and “innocent” person. The two bonded well hailing from neighbouring states, Mallika from Haryana and Puri from Punjab.
Now that Puri is so very impressed and taken over by Mallika’s goody goody nature that he calls her with a new name ‘Mallika Sharafat’!!

Deepika Padukone becomes the first ‘Tattoo Queen’ of India

The organisers of the first Tattoo Convention in India have chosen beautiful Deepika Padukone as the ‘Tattoo Queen’ of India. Deepika is already known for sporting the initials of her former boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor’s initials at the nape of her neack. Later, she modified the tattoo to ‘TMK’.

Also, she sports the ‘Dum Maro Dum’ tattoo on her waistline in the remixed song in the upcoming film Dum Maaro Dum. It was seeing this song that IndiaInk Invention got in touch with her and requested her to visit their first-ever convention which took place here on April 10. Unfortunately, Deepika could not attend the convention as she in London shooting for ‘Desi Boyz’. To make up for her absence, she forwarded the invitation to her Dum Maaro Dum team. Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik and Rohan Sippy attended the convention instead.

The convention’s organiser Manoj Thakur, Partner at Par Excellence Entertainment, said, “Deepika’s absence was felt, especially at an event that she would have readily identified with.
With her own much-written about RK tattoo at the base of her neck and the cutting-edge Dum Maaro Dum tattoo she’s seen sporting in the movie, she would have been the perfect ambassador for this tattoo expo.”

Kanishtha Dhankhar has her eyes set on Bollywood

Kanishtha Dhankhar, a girl from Mumbai, an already established popular ramp model, is on cloud nine these days for she has won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World Crown this year. She was also judged Femina Miss beautiful legs.

Kanishtha Dhankhar is a known name in the world of modeling as she has walked in many fashion weeks like LFW, WIFW, Couture Week and has modeled for designers like Manish Arora, Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Tarun Tahiliani.

Well, we do not need to mention here that Bollywood is Kanishtha’s next goal and the girl chirps that she would love to make her debut with either Aamir Khan or Hrithik Roshan.
But Bollywood has to wait for Kanishtha at present for she is busy now with her preparations for Miss World Contest.

Pooja Batra to be honored by LA Indo-American Advisory Council

Actress Pooja Batra has done quite a few films in Bollywood but unfortunately could not make it big here. She has been missing from the Bollywood scene for quite some time post her marriage to orthopaedic surgeon Sonu Ahluwalia in 2002. After her marriage, she shifted her base to Los Angeles but this Januray, she filed a divorce against her husband.

The latest with Batra is that she is being honored by the LA County Sheriff’s Indo-American Advisory Council for her contribution to the South Asian-American community. She will also host an auction to raise funds for tsunami-hit Japan. The award will be received and the auction will be hosted by her on April 28.
In the business arena too, the actress has some action going on. Her company Glow Bell Inc has associated with a Los Angeles-based casting company to help the latter set up a shop in India.

Rani Mukherjee in an item number?

If sources are to be believed, our Bengali beauty Rani Mukherjee, too, has been taken over by the item song rage. There was a time when Rani was the reigning actress in Bollywood, but age and time is not in favor of the actress at present. She has been waiting for a desperate hit since a long time. Her last release ‘No One Killed Jessica’ also could not do much for her sinking career.

So, when the word is doing rounds that the Bong beauty is being considered for a sizzling item in director Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2, Rani keeps her lips tight about it. However, she has already expressed her desire to doing item songs as she hasn’t done any in her career so far. Rani says she likes the energy and verve of the items songs. Her training as an Odissi dancer makes it easy for her to groove on fast tracks.
As of now, Rani has all her hopes focused on Reema Kagti’s next film where she plays a sex worker and stars along with Aamir Khan.

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