Actress Aishwarya Rai is going very hard on herself these days. Her tight schedule and bad weather conditions in Rio de Janeiro where she was shooting for Dhoom 2 literally left her speechless. She has now been diagnosed with laryngitis.

Aishwarya said, “I can barely speak. Though my voice is getting better, it will take some time for it to get back to normal.” The infection has even made the actress postpone the shoot for J.P. Dutta’s Umrao Jaan in Lucknow.

For now, the actress is yet recovering from the overwhelming response she received at Melbourne. Ash undertook a 34-hour journey from Brazil, where she was shooting for Dhoom 2 to represent India at a performance with other actors at the Commonwealth Games finale. (more…)

Sonu is a youth icon among singing aspirants.

I had not noticed this development until two to three years ago when Shaan told me that many of the songs that the contestants sang on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa were mine. Now, when I’m a judge on Indian Idol I do realise that the contestants tend sing my difficult songs like ‘Tera jadoo chal gaya’, ‘Zindagi maut na ban jaye’ and ‘Satrangi re’. I’ve now begun to realise that good work always reaches people’s hearts. So I just do my work. As a singer I’m far from perfect and maybe I’ll never get there, but there is no harm in trying. I am 32 and hope to do a lot as a human and a singer in the years to come. (more…)

Suniel Shetty is tired of doing pointless films he has starred in the recent past and is calling quits. The actor of several multi-starrers has finally decided to say bye to Bollywood due to lack of good offers coming his way.

Shetty announced his retirement when his films in the early ’90s were flopping all around him. At that time, he said that he’d quit the industry after he gets his first hit film. But his first official hit ‘Border’ made him forget his decision.

This time he has returned the signing amounts he has taken from several of his producers and has also set March 31 to be the deadline. (more…)