Bengali beauty Tannishtha Chatterjee has many reasons to be happy. She has landed herself for a lead role in British film maker Sarah Gavarone's Brick Lane. The movie will be an adaptation from 'Brick Lane' a novel by Monica Ali. The shooting for the film will begin from May in London. The movie is about a Bangladeshi family that lives in United Kingdom and suffer from identity crisis. Actress Tannishtha plays the role of Nazneen who is 16-year-old …

The famous television actress Manini De has apparently said no to a role in the Yash Raj film. The film is based on hockey and Manini was required to attend a hockey camp for the role. But she had recently met with an accident after falling down from stairs. She had to refuse the offer. In the past, Manini has done movies like Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2 and 7 ?½ Phere and will soon be seen in Rakesh Roshan's Krrish.

By Manissha Despaande, Mumbai: Actress Konkona Sensharma, who plays a pivotal role in Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota", can't stop raving about the veteran actor. "I am a huge admirer of Naseer, both as an actor and a stage director. He has a formidable reputation on stage and is reckoned as an actor of substance. So when Shabbir told me that Naseer was directing the film, I had half made up my mind about the film," …

Jaya Prada is all set to make a powerful comeback with Anubhav Sinha's 'Tathastu' that releases in a couple of weeks from now. The beautiful actress who reigned Bollywood through the 80s went on to do some inconsequential roles throughout the 90s only to make a comeback of sorts with 'Kohram' [1999]. In spite of playing a lead opposite Amitabh Bachchan, she didn't have much to look forward to expect for a stray 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' [2002]. She …

Sudhir Mishra has been quite unlucky as his heroines keep walking out of his films. First it was Chitrangada leaving the film industry after Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi and now it's Vidya Balan opting out of Sudhir's next film Bahut Nikle Mere Armaan. It has been reported that Vidya objected to certain aspects of the character of an actress from the 50s whose role she was supposed to play. Another reason is her date problem for Mani Ratnam's Guru …

After a big long break of motherhood Kajol is all set to re-enter Bollywood but only for fun. She is not interested in doing a dozen films and get all day busy. She has done right now, Kunal Kohli's Fanaa that co-stars Aamir Khan which releases in May. Kajol knows that people will now compare her more as a mother than an actress but she knows she will be able to attract everybody with her acting.

"Banaras is an epitome of everything that we call India", says Urmila Matondkar. An innocent Girl of Masoom to Rangilla Girl in "Rangeela", Urmilla has grown as a matured artist. However she has done variety in her characters but the appreciation from the public remains the same. She was presently in Delhi with the Unit of "Banaras- A mystic Love story" in Hotel Inter Continental for the promotion of the movie which will soon been released in theaters. …

Film maker Karan Razdan is a bit tensed these days. His much publicized film on marital rape titled Maang will have to wait because Celina Jaitley has refused to work opposite ordinary actor like Aseem Merchant who was supposed to play the role of Celina's husband in the movie. Razdan is now hunting for another actress. We thought Celina has had enough of her tantrums

Smita Thackeray is now producing another movie 'Kaise Kahein' which also stars her rakhi brother Rajveer. Neha Jhulka is the lead actress who has done many advertisements. The movie will probably be released in August. Mohit Hussain directed it. Music is by Pritam. The movie will be shot in Mumbai and London. It also has a guest appearance by Aditi Govitrikar.

Upcoming actress Mona Chopra was in for a rude shock after the newsbreak of a MMS featuring her being circulated across the country. Though it still needs to be ascertained if the lady in question is indeed her, Mona has given a hint that it could be her but she herself wasn't too sure about it as she had to still watch the video in entirety. The MMS shows her in different stages of undressing as she argues over the phone with someone from the …