Recently Pamela Anderson, former Baywatch star, was welcomed into the Big Boss 4 house.  During her short stay in the Big Boss 4 house she learned some Hindi.  She came out saying she wouldn’t mind starring in a Bollywood movie herself.

What else did she get up to while in the house for two days:

• Cook roti
• Cook vegetable curry
• Danced to Madhuri Dixit’s “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga”
• Met and danced with Salman Khan

Click here to see Pamela in action.

A. R. Rahman and the entire Bollywood industry was ecstatic yesterday as the Oscar winner brought home two Grammy’s.  Rahman won awards for Slumdog Millionaire as Best Compilation Soundtrack for a Motion Picture and Jai Ho for being the Best Motion Picture Song.

“This is insane, god is great again,” Rahman said as he accepted his second award.

Jai Ho was sung by Rahman, Vijay Prakash, Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Tanvi Shah.  A. R. Rahman joins the ranks of Zakir Jussain, Ravi Shankar, Vishvamohan Bhatt, and Vikku Vinayak who have won a Grammy in the past.

What others have said about Rahmans amazing feat:

He is great! Rahman has taken India’s music places.
Javed Akhtar

We all are proud of Rahman. He has opened doors for other music directors and we will be thankful to him for his contribution… I have no words to explain it. My best wishes to him.
Manoj Bajpayee

Rahman congratulations! That’s a fantastic achievement. We wish you many more. God bless.
Lara Dutta

Teen Patti is a story about two mathematicians who meet in London.

Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue on mathematics forever, but one that has already left an indelible impression of guilt - for many painful reasons - on Venkat’s life. As it turns out, the reclusive genius Venkat has cracked a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness.
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Ben Kingsley also plays a crucial role in the movie.  Ben Kingsley is the mathematician that Amitabh meets in London, and from which the story ensues.

Look forward to this movie and Rann in the coming future.

At Dance India Dance they talked about their history together and the movies they worked on together such as Agneepath and Coolie.

Google announced in India on January 20, 2010 that it had secured the deal.  YouTube will stream all 60 IPL matches in the Twenty20 Tournament.  They’re setup a dedicated channel and have gained exclusive rights for two years.  Lalit Modi, Indian Premier League Chairman and Commissioner, was on hand at a press conference to announce the partnership.

There will be 20 different user-selectable camera feeds, like stumpcam and a view from behind the bowler. Google says it will also add non-live videos including highlights, interviews, pitch-side reports - “an alternative view of the match not available on television or any other media”. And it will use its social network Orkut to host an IPL-branded community supporting live chats with players and team owners, plus competitions and match polls.
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Expect to see the live streaming starting March.

Amitabh Bachchan was recently in Bangalore to promote his upcoming film Rann.  The movie is about challenges and difficulties faced in journalism world.

Rann also stars Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Gul Panag and Manisha Koirala.

The movie, although not release, has already come accross some controversy.

Before its release, the film has landed up in controversy with the title song which has been inspired by the National Anthem, for which the Honorable Supreme Court has banned the promos and the screening of the song in the film. The matter is sub judice and the Censor Board and Ram Gopal Verma are trying to get the matter solved at the earliest.
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Head over to YouTube to see the official trailer.

• Dil Bole Hadippa
• What’s Your Raashee
• Road
• Cooking with Stella

Dil Bole Hadippa stars Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee and is produced by Aditya Chopra.  The film is directed by Anurag Singh.  Dil Bole Hadippa is about the celbration of the never say die spirit of India.

Veera (Rani Mukherjee) is a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams in 70mm.  She works in a local theatre group but dreams of playing cricket in the big league.

… Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a country cricket team in England.  Rohan returns to india to captain his father’s cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years.

Check out the official trailer here.

What’s Your Raashee starts Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja.

What’s Your Raashee? is the story of Yogesh Patel, a young man who in his heart has always wanted a love marriage. Till suddenly he is told that he must find his dream girl within ten days to save his family from utter ruin.

Finding the dream girl is tough enough. Finding her in a hurry is even tougher.

His solution is simple; he will meet one girl from each raashee – sun sign, as he feels that is the best way to make sure he finds a suitable wife, while also giving himself twelve chances to fall in love. Two meetings per day gives him six days to meet them, three days to make a final decision and he can get married on the tenth day, or so he thinks.

Check out the trailer here.

• the scripts were written in Los Angeles and New York
• the voices were recorded in Galway in the Irish Republic
• the the animation was modeled in Cinnamon’s studio on the Isle of Man
• the series was then animated in India.