Ayesha Takia | Photo Courtesy: Ayesha Takia Web

Well, just when I blogged about celebrities using Twitter to have cute conversations, Ayesha Takia and Sidharth Mallya are doing the absolute opposite by having a bit of a Twitter showdown! Watch out, people – this girl’s angry.

@ayeshatakia

So apparently Ayesha’s sister’s boarding pass was torn by a Kingfisher Airlines employee (though why, she doesn’t mention), and Ayesha was absolutely livid upon hearing this – and has therefore taken to Twitter to rant it out. And as though she feels her tweets haven’t gotten rid of her rage, she’s even retweeted over 40 of the responses she’s received from followers.

@sidharthamallya

Meanwhile, Sidharth claims to not know who Ayesha Takia is, and states that there are always two sides to a story.

@ayeshatakia

While I know I’d be angry if this happened to me, I’ve got to agree with Sidharth Mallya on one point – there are always two sides to a story, and clearly, Ayesha Takia is giving us only one. We don’t know what her sister did to initiate this reaction – and the only way to really know would have been to be there, which… neither of them were! Either way, some poor PR person somewhere is going to go into overdrive trying to make this whole situation better!

Genelia D'Souza and Riteish Deshmukh

@riteishd

The newlyweds held their reception in Mumbai last night, which was attended by the who’s who in the industry, like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and more.

Genelia D'Souza and Riteish Deshmukh

The couple looks smashing, and how cute is this picture? *Aww* Love the way he’s looking at her! Congratulations to the lovely couple!

Anushka Arora with Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan

So I was just recovering from hosting London’s biggest Indian fashion show. I was pretty much sleep walking and sleep talking during the day when *boom* all of a sudden I hear Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor are in London promoting Ek Main Aur Ek Tu! *GASP* Neend khul gayi and off I went to talk to the pair about what they were up to!
I got there and as usual… wait karni padi *rolls eyes* But kya karun, the big Kareena lover I am, I waited without complaining :D

I was taken upstairs and walked into a small room full of assitants, make up artists and, um, lots of fruit bowls! I looked amongst them all and to my surprise I found Pompy – Bebo’s make up artist! As I was waiting, I saw a girl with long silky hair, HUGE glasses and someone who had drowned her face in her BB. I walked over to put my bag down, I looked up and unexpectedly it was Karisma Kapoor!

Karisma Kapoor and Anushka Arora

After potting around for another five minutes, I was finally taken into the interview room with Kareena and Imran. Below is a teaser of what happened:

Whole event coverage coming at you very soon! Overall the interview was awesome… Kareena was tired by this time with all her interviews but managed to keep it together really well! After a full day of press interviews they went to Cineworld Feltham to do a meet and greet with fans too!

Imran Khan and his bearded look for his next movie – I am just not too sure about it!! But Imran you are just soooooo cuuuuute!

Thanks for dazzling London with your glitterati Imran and Bebo! All the best for EMAET – releasing on the 10th Feb!

Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson

A diamond bracelet! That’s what Prateik Babbar gave girlfriend Amy Jackson on her birthday a few days ago. The couple have gone public with their relationship under the pretext of promoting their film Ek Deewana Tha and have been painting the town red with a series of appearances. A source reveals that Prateik had been wondering what to get her for a long time, till he stumbled upon a stunning piece of jewellery. He picked it up immediately and kept it as a surprise. The source reveals, “Amy was under the impression that he didn’t get her anything. Little did she know Prateik had picked up this amazing diamond bracelet for her.” Well you know what they say Prateik, diamonds are a girls best friend, which makes you the world’s best boyfriend! (For now at least.)

Imran Khan and wife, Avantika

If you though you had it bad and the stars are a highly priveleged lot, you are very mistaken. They too have tough lives – what with all those manic shooting schedules and public appearances for film promotions?

For example, the other day we asked actor Imran Khan what his plans were, with wife Avantika, for Valentine’s Day?

Unfortunately, “I will begin shooting for Vishal Bhardwaj’s film on that day,” he reveals!

And by the way, his new bearded look (below) is for the very same film!

Imran Khan launches his People Magazine cover

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Priyanka Chopra

She’s hung-out with Gerard Butler (and has even been linked-up to the Hollywood hottie) but now, Priyanka Chopra might just bump into the Brad Pitt and George Clooney in the hallways of Creative Artist’s Agency (CAA), a Hollywood talent management company.

News reports have it that Priyanka has signed up with CAA because of the big music album deal she has signed with Universal, and also because of being successfully involved with films like Don-2 and Agneepath.

Some of the other bigger names who CAA manages include Will Smith, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon.

Priyanka will be their first client from Bollywood although, reportedly, a number of stars have wanted to sign up with them, but were never accepted!

Lucky Morani, Sulaiman Merchant, Bina & Talat Aziz, Salim Merchant

Le Club Musique is an exclusive club offering musical entertainment across different genres for their members. The club, headlined by Lucky Morani and Bina Aziz, had it’s launch event at the Trident in Mumbai recently, featuring vocals by Salim-Sulaiman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udas and Anup Jalota. It was a fun-filled night with some of the best in the music industry, and I’ve got all the details for you!

Salim-Sulaiman

The main act was by Salim-Sulaiman, where they performed to several of my favourite songs, including Aye Khuda and Aashayein. They were also joined by Shadab Faridi on vocals for some songs, because Salim had a bit of a throat problem. Shadab sang O Re Piya, Haule Haule and more – he has a lovely voice! Percussionist Karsh Kale from New York also played at the event; he was really good as well.

Karsh Kale

Of course, when you’ve got some of the most amazing singers under one roof, you can’t pass up the opportunity to have them sing. Salim and Sulaiman did just that, calling Talat Aziz, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Pankaj Udas and Anup Jalota up for a song each. They were all spontaneous performances and a lot of fun; it really is something else when you’ve got all of them on one stage singing together! If this is what Le Club Musique will be like, well, I think it sounds like my definition of awesome.

Anup Jalota and Sonu Nigam

I think a lot of people agreed it was amazing – everyone seemed to be either soaking in the music during a slower song, or clapping and singing along during a faster one. Sonu Nigam in particular seemed to be enjoying it; actually, he was so invested in the performances that he got up and went to tell the sound engineers that the sound was a bit off (which it was – too loud at one point). They promptly fixed it, to which Sonu, once in his seat, turned around and gave a thumbs up. Cute!

Salim Merchant and wife, Jeanne

The cutest thing was when Salim’s wife, Jeanne, started yelling “More music!” at the end of their performance. I don’t think she wanted the night to end, and well, who could blame her? But luckily for Jeanne the night wasn’t over; DJ Khushi took the stage for the after party and played an awesome set.

Alka Yagnik

Also spotted at the event were Alka Yagnik and Shahid Kapoor, who I can’t believe I missed – I still don’t know how it happened; maybe he showed up only for the after party.

Shahid Kapoor

Also, remember the time I told you about how I had asked Salim for a photo during the Love Breakups Zindagi music launch, but never got one? Well… success! ;)

Salim Merchant and Rashmi Daryanani

Oprah in Mumbai Exclusive!

Oprah’s recent visit to Mumbai caused quite a media stir, with every detail of her visit meticulously covered and analyzed. Or was it? MissMalini has just gotten her hands on exclusive, never before seen footage of Oprah’s trip, and you won’t believe what we’ve dug up! Click the thumbnails below to see all 6 exclusive stories, courtesy our intrepid reporter, Asif Rizwanullah!

Oprah Picks Her Favourite B-town Star

Oprah Surprises her Indian Audience!

Bachchans Take Oprah on a Memorable Ride

Oprah Finally Finds Her Next Look... in India

Oprah Pranks Salman Rushdie!

Oprah Finally Gives In to Indian Women

StylePolice Episode 11

The launch of the 6th annual Eskimo-Vie Calendar at Vie lounge was a sundown party, so the vibe was cool and relaxed, and the fashion equally so. Join MissMalini as she catches up with celebrities Rohit Roy, Smiley Suri and Naved Jafferi and asks them what they think is hot and not.

Tune in Monday 8pm Style Police with Girl About Town MissMalini on UTV Bindass!

Vidya Balan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidya Balan has become the toast of the nation after the phenomenal success of The Dirty Picture. She’s winning more awards than some actresses would dream of in an entire career in B-town. So it’s no surprise then, that she’s flooded with offers for more challenging and unconventional roles. But, Vidya loves being unpredictable and this time around she’s turning item girl for Vidhu Vinod Chopra‘s Ferrari Ki Sawaari.

Vidya Balan

Vidya was quizzed about this much-talked about item song, at the DVD launch of The Dirty Picture. She’s super thrilled to be returning to home ground (she worked with Vidhu Vinod in Lage Raho Munnabhai), and seemed as confident as ever about the song. This gal had everyone going “Oh la la” with her sensuous dance moves last year, and we can’t wait to see Vidya pull off a super hot item girl act this year. Is Silk Smitha ready to take on Munni and Sheila?