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cinemascope 4 THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2015 www.sakaaltimes.com K areena Kapoor Khan is quite “happy” to hear about the upcom- ing wedding of her ex-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor and says she might attend it. Kareena, 34, and the Haider star dated each other for three years before separating in 2007. The 34-year-old actor is getting married to a Delhi girl, Mira Rajput, soon. “I was aware about his marriage. Sha- hid had told me he is getting married. I am happy. Marriage is a beautiful com- mitment and I wish him all the best,” Ka- reena told PTI in an interview. When asked if she has any piece of ad- vice for Shahid, Kareena, who has been married to actor Saif Ali Khan for three years now, said, “I am nobody to advise anyone.” On attending Shahid’s wedding, if in- vited, she said, “Yes, I would.” Before his wedding bells rang, Sha- hid was linked to a series of actresses, in- cluding Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Nargis Fakhri, Bipa- sha Basu, Anushka Sharma and Huma Qureshi. The former couple will be next seen in Udta Punjab, though they will not be seen romancing each other. The film also stars Alia Bhatt and Punjabi star Diljit Dosankh. It revolves around the issue of substance abuse in Punjab. “For us to come together in a film the script has to be good. The script of Udta Punjab required us. But we are not play- ing a pair, it is a three-track film... We are part of the same drug drama and I am playing a doctor. It is an amazing film. When Abhishek (Chaubey) was narrating me the script, I found it brilliant. I want- ed to be part of this film. I am sure peo- ple will talk about it once it is released,” she said. Kareena is happy with Shahid’s recent success post his highly-acclaimed Vishal Bhardwaj-directed Haider. “I am happy for him. He is doing wonderful work... He is a good actor. I would love to work with him,” she said. PTI Kareena is happy for Shahid, might attend his wedding C elebrity fitness train- er Satyajit Chaurasia is busy training actor Hrithik Roshan to fight with tigers for Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro. “The script of Mohenjo Daro is superb. Hrithik is my friend and he has shared with me the details of the body shots and other sequences while working out. There are combat scenes between him and tigers in the film. So I’m training him to build the right body for these kinds of se- quences,” Satyajit said in an exclu- sive interview. Talking about Hrithik’s fitness re- gime, Satyajit said that the actor is “extremely fond of exercising”. “For him, it is a stress-buster which gives him a lot of delight. So I try to give him numerous work- out drills to keep him happy. He has worked really hard for Mohenjo Daro with a lot of planning and his body is looking perfect in the film,” he said. One of the most renowned fitness experts in Bollywood, Satyajit was the brain behind actor Aamir Khan’s eight-pack abs in Ghajini and has trained several renowned personali- ties like Rani Mukerji, Kareena Ka- poor Khan, Esha Deol among others. Directed by Gowariker, Mohenjo Daro is an epic love story set in the Indus Valley civilisation. It is being extensively shot in Bhuj.IANS Hrithik taking training to fight with tigers for ‘Mohenjo Daro’ B ollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who crossed 21 mil- lion fans on social networking website Facebook on Wednes- day (June17), says he is now aiming for 30 million followers. The 72-year-old took to micro-blog- ging website Twitter, on which he has over 15 million followers, to share the news. He wrote: “T 1900 - FaceBook 21 MILLION...!! Thank you all.. aim- ing for 30 MILLION now!! and then more..!! YEAAAAHHHHHHHH!! BAAADOOOMBA!!” Amitabh’s Facebook page on Wednesday had 21,009,374 likes. Meanwhile, on the professional front, Piku’s ‘Bhashkor Banerjee’ who has once again won over his audience with his idiosyncrasies and brilliant acting in his latest venture, is prep- ping for Wazir, which also stars Far- han Akhtar. IANS F ormer One Direction star Zayn Malik is reportedly keen on starting a solo mu- sic career so that he can “prove himself ”. The 22-year-old singer, who quit One Direction ear- lier this year, is keen on forging out a career as a solo singer and is said to have no plans to return to the chart-topping boy band. “Zayn wants to go solo, so he can try and fly under the radar and not have the pressures of being in the world’s biggest pop group. Zayn won’t return to One Direction, and certainly not before he can prove to himself and the doubters that he can forge a successful career on his own,” hollywoodlife.com quoted a source as saying. On Sunday, rumours began cir- culating that the star was return- ing to the boy band when his Twit- ter biography was allegedly re- stored to link to the band’s official website. The apparent change sparked rumours among the band’s huge following, with “#zayniscoming- back” soon trending on Twitter worldwide.IANS Zayn Malik wants to prove himself Big B crosses 21 mn fans on Facebook, aiming for 30 mn S inger Rihanna is reported- ly dating Real Madrid foot- baller Karim Benzema. The 27-year-old pop star, who has previously dated Chris Brown and rapper Drake, was spotted enjoying a cosy meal with the football ace at the Giorgio Bal- di restaurant in Santa Monica on Saturday evening, reports dailymail.co.uk. The two have been spotted together on numerous occa- sions over the last few weeks, including when they attend- ed a club recently and when they were seen leaving a New York restaurant at 6 am before boarding a flight across the country. Rihanna and Benzema were first linked together in June 2014, around the time of the soccer World Cup in Brazil, where the 27-year-old sports- man represented France. At the time, Rihanna tweet- ed her support for Benzema, writing: “@Benzema I feel your pain right now!” To that, the footballer re- plied: “@rihanna No pain no gain, thanks for the support.” IANS RIHANNA DATING REAL MADRID’S KARIM BENZEMA n- sia tor fight utosh njo Daro iend e the and orking g enes the ld f se- clu- ess re- or is . r t. So k- e has o Daro body is said. fitness was Khan’s as onali- a Ka- thers. enjo the eing gain, thanks for the support.” IANS T he US version of reality TV show Big Brother will feature its first transgender contestant in its up- coming summer season. Twenty- five-year-old Audrey Middleton, who was born Adam, will compete in the 17th season of the show. “Audrey Middleton is a Big Brother super fan who applied online, like many other hopeful houseguests, and was open about her transition in the application process,” a CBS spokesperson told variety.com. “It is customary for Big Brother houseguests to share personal news inside the house, and Audrey plans to discuss her story with the houseg- uests in her own words during the premiere episode on Wednesday, June 24,” the spokesperson added. Middleton, a digital media con- sultant, hails from a small Georgia town. According to her biography on CBS’ website, “she is a former competitive swimmer and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ring Girl, who loves to dress up and look fabulous head-to-toe, but also isn’t afraid to get dirty.” “She is attracted to tall, dark and handsome guys with a quick wit,” her description further reads.IANS US ‘BIG BROTHER’ TO FEATURE FIRST TRANSGENDER CONTESTANT S inger-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham is auctioning off a pink Mischka Aoki dress, which she bought for daughter Harper for over 3,000 pounds, for an auction running from June 18 to 28, to raise money for NGO Save the Children. The jewel-embellished outfit is just one of 25 items donated by the star for the auction, taking place as part of Fashion Saves Lives. Other pieces have been provided by famous faces including Kate Moss, Stanley Tucci, Penny Lancaster and fellow Spice Girls star Melanie C, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “I am delighted to be supporting the wonder- ful work of Save the Children through the Fashion Saves Lives Sale. As a mother, I passionately believe that all children, wherever they live, have the right to a happy, healthy life. Everyone out there can do their part by purchasing or donating, ensuring chil- dren all around the world have the opportunity of a brighter future,” the 41-year-old said. IANS VICTORIA TO AUCTION DAUGHTER’S DRESS
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cinemascope 4THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2015www.sakaaltimes.com

Kareena Kapoor Khan is quite“happy” to hear about the upcom-ing wedding of her ex-boyfriendShahid Kapoor and says shemight attend it.

Kareena, 34, and the Haiderstar dated each other for three

years before separating in 2007. The34-year-old actor is getting married to aDelhi girl, Mira Rajput, soon.

“I was aware about his marriage. Sha-hid had told me he is getting married. Iam happy. Marriage is a beautiful com-mitment and I wish him all the best,” Ka-reena told PTI in an interview.

When asked if she has any piece of ad-vice for Shahid, Kareena, who has beenmarried to actor Saif Ali Khan for threeyears now, said, “I am nobody to adviseanyone.”

On attending Shahid’s wedding, if in-vited, she said, “Yes, I would.”

Before his wedding bells rang, Sha-hid was linked to a series of actresses, in-cluding Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra,Sonakshi Sinha, Nargis Fakhri, Bipa-sha Basu, Anushka Sharma and HumaQureshi.

The former couple will be next seenin Udta Punjab, though they will not beseen romancing each other. The film alsostars Alia Bhatt and Punjabi star DiljitDosankh. It revolves around the issue ofsubstance abuse in Punjab.

“For us to come together in a film thescript has to be good. The script of UdtaPunjab required us. But we are not play-ing a pair, it is a three-track film... We arepart of the same drug drama and I amplaying a doctor. It is an amazing film.When Abhishek (Chaubey) was narratingme the script, I found it brilliant. I want-ed to be part of this film. I am sure peo-ple will talk about it once it is released,”she said.

Kareena is happy with Shahid’s recentsuccess post his highly-acclaimed VishalBhardwaj-directed Haider. “I am happyfor him. He is doing wonderful work... Heis a good actor. I would love to work withhim,” she said. PTI

Kareena ishappy for Shahid,might attendhis wedding

Celebrity fitness train-er Satyajit Chaurasiais busy training actorHrithik Roshan to fightwith tigers for AshutoshGowariker’s MohenjoDaro.

“The script of Mohenjo Darois superb. Hrithik is my friendand he has shared with me thedetails of the body shots andother sequences while workingout. There are combat scenes

between him and tigers in thefilm. So I’m training him to buildthe right body for these kinds of se-quences,” Satyajit said in an exclu-sive interview.

Talking about Hrithik’s fitness re-gime, Satyajit said that the actor is“extremely fond of exercising”.

“For him, it is a stress-busterwhich gives him a lot of delight. SoI try to give him numerous work-out drills to keep him happy. He hasworked really hard for Mohenjo Darowith a lot of planning and his body islooking perfect in the film,” he said.

One of the most renowned fitnessexperts in Bollywood, Satyajit wasthe brain behind actor Aamir Khan’seight-pack abs in Ghajini and hastrained several renowned personali-ties like Rani Mukerji, Kareena Ka-poor Khan, Esha Deol among others.

Directed by Gowariker, MohenjoDaro is an epic love story set in theIndus Valley civilisation. It is beingextensively shot in Bhuj.IANS

Hrithik takingtraining tofightwith tigers for‘MohenjoDaro’

Bollywood megastar AmitabhBachchan, who crossed 21 mil-lion fans on social networkingwebsite Facebook on Wednes-day (June17), says he is nowaiming for 30 million followers.

The 72-year-old took to micro-blog-ging website Twitter, on which he hasover 15 million followers, to share thenews.

He wrote: “T 1900 - FaceBook 21MILLION...!! Thank you all.. aim-

ing for 30 MILLION now!! and thenmore..!! YEAAAAHHHHHHHH!!BAAADOOOMBA!!”

Amitabh’s Facebook page onWednesday had 21,009,374 likes.

Meanwhile, on the professionalfront, Piku’s ‘Bhashkor Banerjee’ whohas once again won over his audiencewith his idiosyncrasies and brilliantacting in his latest venture, is prep-ping for Wazir, which also stars Far-han Akhtar. IANS

Former One Direction starZayn Malik is reportedlykeen on starting a solo mu-sic career so that he can“prove himself”.

The 22-year-old singer,who quit One Direction ear-

lier this year, is keen on forgingout a career as a solo singer and issaid to have no plans to return tothe chart-topping boy band.

“Zayn wants to go solo, so hecan try and fly under the radar andnot have the pressures of being inthe world’s biggest pop group. Zaynwon’t return to One Direction, andcertainly not before he can proveto himself and the doubters thathe can forge a successful career onhis own,” hollywoodlife.com quoteda source as saying.

On Sunday, rumours began cir-culating that the star was return-ing to the boy band when his Twit-ter biography was allegedly re-stored to link to the band’s officialwebsite.

The apparent change sparkedrumours among the band’s hugefollowing, with “#zayniscoming-back” soon trending on Twitterworldwide.IANS

ZaynMalikwantsto provehimself

BigB crosses 21mn fans onFacebook, aiming for 30mn

Singer Rihanna is reported-ly dating Real Madrid foot-baller Karim Benzema. The

27-year-old pop star, who haspreviously dated Chris Brownand rapper Drake, was spottedenjoying a cosy meal with thefootball ace at the Giorgio Bal-di restaurant in Santa Monicaon Saturday evening, reportsdailymail.co.uk.

The two have been spottedtogether on numerous occa-sions over the last few weeks,including when they attend-ed a club recently and whenthey were seen leaving a NewYork restaurant at 6 am beforeboarding a flight across thecountry.

Rihanna and Benzema werefirst linked together in June2014, around the time of thesoccer World Cup in Brazil,where the 27-year-old sports-man represented France.

At the time, Rihanna tweet-ed her support for Benzema,writing: “@Benzema I feel yourpain right now!”

To that, the footballer re-plied: “@rihanna No pain nogain, thanks for the support.”IANS

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The US version of reality TV showBig Brother will feature its firsttransgender contestant in its up-

coming summer season. Twenty-five-year-old Audrey Middleton, whowas born Adam, will compete in the17th season of the show.

“Audrey Middleton is a BigBrother super fan who appliedonline, like many other hopefulhouseguests, and was open about

her transition in the applicationprocess,” a CBS spokesperson toldvariety.com.

“It is customary for Big Brotherhouseguests to share personal newsinside the house, and Audrey plansto discuss her story with the houseg-uests in her own words during thepremiere episode on Wednesday,June 24,” the spokesperson added.

Middleton, a digital media con-

sultant, hails from a small Georgiatown. According to her biographyon CBS’ website, “she is a formercompetitive swimmer and MixedMartial Arts (MMA) Ring Girl, wholoves to dress up and look fabuloushead-to-toe, but also isn’t afraid toget dirty.”

“She is attracted to tall, dark andhandsome guys with a quick wit,”her description further reads.IANS

US ‘BIG BROTHER’ TO FEATURE FIRST TRANSGENDER CONTESTANT

Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckhamis auctioning off a pink Mischka Aoki dress,which she bought for daughter Harper for over

3,000 pounds, for an auction running from June 18to 28, to raise money for NGO Save the Children.

The jewel-embellished outfit is just one of 25items donated by the star for the auction, takingplace as part of Fashion Saves Lives. Other pieceshave been provided by famous faces including KateMoss, Stanley Tucci, Penny Lancaster and fellowSpice Girls star Melanie C, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I am delighted to be supporting the wonder-ful work of Save the Children through the FashionSaves Lives Sale. As a mother, I passionately believethat all children, wherever they live, have the rightto a happy, healthy life. Everyone out there can dotheir part by purchasing or donating, ensuring chil-dren all around the world have the opportunity of abrighter future,” the 41-year-old said. IANS

VICTORIA TOAUCTIONDAUGHTER’S DRESS