Today in B-town

Bhansali: Salman is a Fakir

The Sphinx has spoken. First we heard Ash was going to do the buttoning-up item number in Ram-leela. Priyanka does this one leg-over-wicked dance step…whoa, have you guys seen it? Moving on, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has again spoken of who his friends are. Who hasn’t made it to the short list this time? Ash! She’s ‘special’ he has previously said, but this time he’s focusing on Salman and Rani. The same Salman who greatly offended Hrithik when he made ‘makkhi’ comments around the time of Guzaarish, calling it the best thing in the morbid film. The 50 something director says, ‘They all come and go and all the relationships are transistory and transactional.’ So how much has Sallu Bhai been
paid to keep him trap shut this time?

The acting bug bites Manish Paul

Just the other day, your humble roving pink eye bumped into the ‘already isstaar in his head’ Manish Paul. Manish Paul who? Like Kjo used to say once, ‘You don’t know who I am, google.’ Our advice to you is, if you don’t know who MP is, google, along with Kjo. Ek toh, the new lad is reed thin, bobble- fish eyes, dresses like Justin Bieber – flashy disco shoes. We asked him about his pre-release jitters. He looked shaken, dropping his jaw, and for someone who is so loud on television, the boy appears reticent. Did you know Mickey is his ghar ka pet name. Like he lived in Malviya Nagar in Delhi, where the film takes place. Anyhoo, he’s not dating his co-star Elli Avram. Why? Because Bhai likes her. Cough, cough…we’re all following the Bigg Boss.

Box Office set to crash

You know atleast six fully faltoo films are releasing tomorrow. Top of the list is Satya 2, Ramu’s yearly quota of bad film. Guess what we heard, he no longer makes films for creative whatnot. It’s a dhanda. It pays the rent for the many mealy mouths he provides for. People in his production house curse him. They call him mad. He doesn’t pay on time. So where is the money going? Umm, all those sidey actresses he used to launch, how else are they still around, or are they? One even tells us Ramu is siphoning funds from big producers to keep his many couches warm. Now if we take names of these starlets, you’ll accuse us of gandi baat…

Sonakshi's Bigg Boss Crush

Gandi baat pe…Sonakshi Sinha’s rollicking dance number aside, she’s furious at the gandi baat of Bigg Boss inmates. She tweeted, “Sheeeeya!! How these women in the bigg boss house talk so cheaply about another woman. Class dikha di gauhar, kamya, pratyusha aur kaushal, wah! Hang in there @tanishaa003... Ur better off than these bullies.” Full support for Tanisha madam. The lady didn’t make it in Bollyland, atleast here she has a fan. Acchi baat. Sona also shared a wrap-up
picture from the sets of R Rajkumar. Dekko dekko.

Sonu Sooper Vir ke Ooper

Vir Das, the stand-up comic, hahaha, ok that wasn’t a joke. Vir Das has a release tomorrow called Sooper Se Ooper. The USP of this small film is that he has a ‘massa’ on his ‘dhoonga’. See poster for clue. Sonu Nigam is pissed with the makers. Apparently since he’s done the music, the makers did not use his music in the trailer. He threw a fit like a 12 year old girl reaching puberty. God promise, we’re not making this up, our pink cow was mulching around the fire-spitting scenery. Sonu is upset that the film’s music has not even been released or promoted. Vir just stands in a corner and drops his pants. Ok ok, we don’t want to give you any more ideas…

Bebo not Rohit's dumb blonde!

Rohit Shetty is dumping his most favourite gal in the world. He’s made some truly ‘bokwaas’ films for Bebo. For Singham 2 he was initially keen on casting Kareena but after script completion, he has decided to nix her out of the project. Reason? He feels she’s too big to fit in his small frame. Matlab? The role just got smaller. Oh, the sunsets of Bollywood…Bebo can go about town crying, ‘"I am big, it's the picture that got small!" Rohit spoke with his producers and they decided she’s too big a talent to waste khaali-peeli on naach-gaana. But Bebo loves all that!! Who’s replacing her? Don’t ask Bebo! Our nawab-jaan will just feign she doesn’t need to know.