Esha Deol was a Kaccha Nimbu

The much anticipated action flick 'Hijack' releases this week. Hijack stars Shiney Ahuja and Esha deol in the lead roles. Hottie Esha Deol decided to make a trip to Delhi to promote Hijack. Lucky Delhi.

Apparently starlet Esha had trouble getting into the film industry… and that's in spite of the fact that her family background has BOLLYWOOD written all over it … thanks to her parents, yesteryear’s mega stars Dharmendra and Hema Malini.

Very coyly she admitted that “I went through absolutely no grooming before I decided to take up films.

“All I knew was how to act and dance and I still feel that I do a good job of it. But when it came to grooming, I was horrible.”

Esha also commented about her sexy body saying that “It was only after I signed Dhoom that I started taking fitness seriously. My character in the film demanded me to have an enviable figure and I managed to attain it under proper supervision.”

How true. In case you have lost track of things, grab a DVD of Dhoom and watch her gliding out of the sea in a bikini. She may have been a Kaccha Nimbu, but things certainly turned red hot for her (and for the audience) post Dhoom.

Catch Hijack this Friday at a theater near you.

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The Hyundai i20 Arrives

Expect Shahrukh Khan to pop up in your television screens once again for a swanky new Hyundai product - after the enormously successful launch of the Hyundai i10, the Korean giant Hyundai is all set to launch its newest baby, the Hyundai i20.

The sleek new Hyundai i20 will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show that begins in October. The Hyundai i20 will effectively replace the Hyundai Getz and will target a slightly larger leather wallets.

With availability set for sometime early next year, the i20 features five doors and a longer wheelbase than the outgoing Getz, which means there's more space for passengers inside. The Hyundai i20 was born in Germany i20 and is one sharply dressed econo car.

But then here's your candy - along with the Hyundai i20, i20 i-blue concept will also be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show.

The i20 i-blue is a high-mpg concept version of i20 that incorporates a number of modifications, further enhancing the standard vehicles´s already–impressive environmental credentials. Key modifications to deliver a significant reduction in CO2 emissions and fuel consumption include: full–length under floor covers, a 15 millimetre reduction in ground clearance, changes to the front and rear aerodynamics, low rolling resistance tyres and high performance, low friction engine oil.

India.com will bring you live updated coverage of the Paris Motor Show...Carmageddon ahoy!

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Sardar Saif Ali

A very funny looking Saif Ali Khan has been doing the rounds on tabloids - a still of him under a pagdi.

Looks like Saif Ali Khan has joined the long queue of actors who have taken some obvious inspiration from box office Midas Akshay Kumar ala Singh is Kinng.

The long line of actors includes Salman Khan under the pagdee for Samir Karnik's multi-starrer Heroes and Ranbir Kapoor under (presumably a different) pagdee for for Shimit Amit's next film.

Saif has become a sardar for his next film that is directed by Imtiaz Ali. Not interesting? Here's some juice - this film will be Saif Ali Khan's home production... and will star uber hottie Deepika PAdukone.

Deepika and Saif along with the film crew recently wrapped shooting in a bustling market of Kolkata. Reportedly, Saif will don a pagdee in a few flashback sequences of the film.

Saif hopes to have some of the box office charm that Akshay Kumar currenly possesses. After Saif's two disasters Tashan and Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, the audience wants to see him in better written movies. But pagdee or not, we would like to have more coverage of Deepika Padukone from the movie.

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SRK, Aamir, Hrithik get together for MTV

Everybody in the whole universe wants to watch a film starring Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan. And addition of Hritik Roshan wouldn't be so bad either. Well this wish has partly come true.

MTV has signed up Aamir, Shahrukh and Hritik for three big budget films. The titles of these films will be announced on September 9 by Ashish Patil, the General Manager of MTV India.

This would be one really giant leap for MTV, which has last made the low budget parody shortfilm of Dhoom, cunninly titled Ghoom. Come November the Diwali promises some spectacular fireworks - Shahrukh Khan's Rab ne bana di jodi and Aamir Khan's Ghajini release... among the crackers of course.

Expect a titanic battle for box office glory, as the two Khans bring to the star hungry audience arguably their most anticipated films of all time. Rab ne bana di jodi stars supermodel Anushka Sharma while Ghajini stars southern hottie Asin.

Hritik Roshan meanwhile will lie low for the rest of the year since he is busy filming Anurag Basu's 'Kites'. Kites in turn will coincide with the release of Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' and Shahrukh Khan's 'Billo Barbar'. Good luck with the movie marathons.

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Aishwarya Rai makes Katrina Kaif Jealous

The alleged Salman Khan – Katrina Kaif rift seems to be going out of hand… this time Aishwarya Rai becomes the unintended culprit.

Salman Khan just doesn’t seem to get over Aishwarya Rai… he reportedly painted a picture of her when they were together and still refuses to part with it, much to his beau Katrina Kaif’s annoyance. This may be a tabloid hogging stunt but reports of the tumultuous relationship between Katrina and Salman are far from tall.

Salman Khan has recently become popular among his costars and fans alike due to his paintings – he gifted toyboy Ranbir Kapoor a portrait of his grandfather, the legendary Raj Kapoor. He also gifted Abhishek Bacchan a portrait of his Drona , the character of Abhishek’s big budget upcoming movie of the same name. The portrait of Drona was especially a brave thing to do what with Salman’s no-so-pretty history with Aishwarya Rai.

Leaving publicity stunts or rumors aside, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif appear together in Hello , the movie based on Chetan Bhagwats bestseller ‘One night at the Call Centre’. ‘One night’ also stars Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag and Esha Deol. The first official promo of Hello is right here .

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SRK's double Role in Rab Ne bana di jodi

After a drowsy 2008 the Badshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan comes back with a bang in November with not one but TWO roles…in the same movie.

Rab ne bana di jodi , King Khan’s latest movie has himself in a spicy double role, much like his previous outings Om Shanti Om and Duplicate.

Rab ne bana di jodi reunites buddies Aditya Chopra and Shahrukh Khan, 12 years after the mega blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Aditya Chopra had also roped in Shahrukh Khan to play a romantic violin teacher in Mohabbatein, but both the movie and Shahrukh’s role were low key compared to this high masala uber glamorous movie.

Shahrukh Khan continues his popular trend of introducing a top model to the big screen ala Amrita Rao in ‘Mai hoon Na’ and Deepika Padukone in ‘Om Shanti Om’. This time around, supermodel Anushka Sharma makes her debut opposite Shahrukh in Rab ne bana di jodi. Rab ne bana di jodi is loosely based on the Bhagwat Gita of Bollywood Comedy - Amol Palekar’s Golmal. Much like Om Shanti Om, Shahrukh will have one role of a simple desi dunderhead and the other of a new age hipster.

People love Shahrukh… for obvious reasons. And ‘Rab ne bana di jodi’ has two of him. The movie is destined to be a box office rage since there is huge buzz and huger anticipation. It will also be a welcome change for disappointed fans who watched the underwhelming ‘Paanchvi Pass’.

The formula is foolproof. The girl is hot. The promos seem jazzy. Will Shahrukh Khan repeat the success of Om Shanti Om with Rab ne bana di jodi?

And more importantly... will Aamir Khan's excruciatingly anticipated 'Ghajini' (that also releases in November) clobber Shahrukh's Rab ne bana di jodi?

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Salman Khan & Abhishek talk about Aishwarya

Bollywood muscle man Salman Khan had a half-hour chat with his ex-flame’s husband Abhishek .

Salman met Abhishek Bachchan on the premises of Mehboob Studios. Salman was shooting for his film Veer, Bachchan, too, was shooting there for the promotional stint of his forthcoming film Drona . Salman took the initiative to meet Ash’s husband and he went to Abhi’s vanity van and spent around half-an-hour chatting with him. Abhishek accompanied him back to the sets.

Salman was in love with Aishwarya for four years and Abhishek married her. Now, these men in Ash’s life have turned friends.

The media speculates this unexpectedly strange act of Salman as the outcome of his tiff with Shahrukh Khan at Katrina Kaif ’s birthday party.

Recently Salman and Abhishek were in news for walking the ramp for Farah Khan and the two stayed away from each other literally dividing the ramp into two.