Chak De girl Shilpa Shukla is all set to enter the international cinema with a film titled Extrospection which will be directed, written and produced by Manan Singh Kotohora. It is said that the film is based on Satyajit Ray's Charulata but set in contemporary times.

The ad maverick Balki's first feature film Cheeni Kum made a dynamic dent in audience's minds. It also made him a lifelong Amitabh Bachchan fan as he extracted a great performance from Tabu. But Balki this time is on a different route.

Yesteryear actress Tanuja and her younger daughter Tanisha are all set to share screen space for the first time, in a Bengali film. While Tanuja has done quite a few Bengali films during the sixties, this is a first time experience for young Tanisha.

From Isha Koppikar, the damsel became Ishaa Koppikar. Still not satisfied with the way her career was shaping up, she consulted a numerologist who counseled that she should spell her name as Eesha Koppikhar. The numerologist says, “Eesha is a number 1, she is born on September 19 and I have got her name to number 55, which the Greeks chanted before going for a war.

Amrita Arora, who is yet to make her presence felt in the A-league Bollywood actresses, has signed to endorse ‘Royal Fans’, a Pakistan based fan company. Amrita says, “The ad was shot by the photographer Sanjeev Choudhary in Film City, Mumbai.

Nandita Das will be bestowed the prestigious Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres at Paris for her contribution to cinema. Not just that, she has also been given an open choice to choose any French personality for felicitation.

Saif Ali Khan is riding high. With the love of his latest girlfriend, Kareena Kapoor, the success of Race and with his upcoming release, Tashan, there is no looking back for him. But there is more that's bringing a smile on Saif's face.

Post Celebrity Big Brother, Shilpa Shetty seems to be on a professional high. The tall and beautiful actress continues to make news, even though it's been more than a year since she stormed UK winning the reality show. Now Shilpa, whose last release was Apne, surely seems to have jumped to the big league.

Of late, there’ve been news-reports that suggest that Akshay has grown insecure of Saif’s increasing popularity, post ‘Race’. These must be spiteful write-ups, for Akshay’s movies enjoy tremendous pull at multiplexes/single screens or metros/mini-metros/towns.

Now that Sushmita Sen has decided to direct her dream project Rani Laxmibai herself, she has got Manmohan Desai's son Ketan Desai's MKD Productions to collaborate with her. Ketan will serve as the executive producer on the project. Sushmita can barely contain her excitement at the collaboration.