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Karishma kotak is Yuvraj singh’s new Girl friend
After dating non actress Kim Sharma for half a decade, and Bollywood bombshell Deepika Padukone for half a week, Yuvraj Singh has found a new squeeze, Karishma Kotak.
For the Tollywood ignorant, Karishma is a successful model and a Telegu film actress. Karishma was born and brought up in London, and has been staying in Mumbai for the past two and a half years. She has made some interesting friends among which there are several actors and one cricketer.
Yuvraj Singh has been seeing Karishma Kotak for a while now. The two are often seen together at suburban hangouts and five-star hotels. They make no bones about being spotted together and are pretty cosy in each other’s company.
According to a source, “their relationship is going strong and both seem extremely happy with each other”. When Karishma was quiizzed about Yuvraj, she replied “I knew this would happen; that someone would call me. Of late, we have been hanging out a lot. We met a few months ago through a mutual friend but I can’t tell you where. We are just friends and I care a lot about him. He is a really sweet and nice guy.”
Karishma Kotak is currently shooting UTV’s Season’s Greetings and she will host a show called The Spa Diaries. She has been a Kingfisher calendar model and has done a lot of commercial ads. She has also worked in a Telegu Film, Shankardada Zindabad, where she was paired opposite Chiranjeevi. The film was directed by Prabhu Deva.
Winners list of 54th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Priyanka Chopra – Fashion
BEST FILM
Jodhaa Akbar
BEST DIRECTOR
Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)
Arjun Rampal – Rock On!!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)
Kangana Ranaut – Fashion
BEST DEBUTANT (Male)
Imran Khan – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!!
BEST DEBUTANT (Female)
Asin – Ghajini
BEST STORY
Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!!
BEST SCREENPLAY
Yogesh Vinayak Joshi & Upendra Sidhaye – Mumbai Meri Jaan
BEST DIALOGUE
Manu Rishi – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
A. R. Rahman – JODHAA AKBAR
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
A. R. Rahman – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
BEST LYRICS
Javed Akhtar – Jodhaa Akbar – Jashn-e-Bahara
R. D. BURMAN AWARD
Benny Dayal – Yuvvraaj – Meri Dost Hain
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
Sukhwinder Singh – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Haule Haule
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Shreya Ghoshal – Singh Is Kinng – Teri Ore
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Prateik Babbar – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Purab Kohli – Rock On!!
BEST DIRECTOR (CRITIC)
Nishikant Kamat – Mumbai Meri Jaan
BEST ACTOR (CRITIC)
Manjot Singh – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
BEST ACTRESS (CRITIC)
Shahana Goswami – Rock On
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – 1
Bhanu Athaiya
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – 2
Om Puri
SONY FILMFARE BEST SCENE OF THE YEAR
Aditya Chopra – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – ‘Flower on the Dining Table’ scene
TECHNICAL AWARD
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Longines Fernandes – Pappu Can’t Dance Saala (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na)
BEST EDITING
Amit Pawar Mumbai Meri Jaan
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Vandan Kataria & Monica Angelica Bhowmick – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
BEST ACTION
Peter Hein – Ghajini
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD
John Deitz – Love Story 2050
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
A R Rahman – Jodhaa Akbar
BEST COSTUMES
Manushee Sharma – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jason West – Rock On!!
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Baylon Fonseca & Vinod Subramanyam – Rock On!!
Freida Pinto (slumdog fame actress) interview
Indian actress Freida Pinto Made it to the U.S. without doing the same old song and dance. Though the 23-year-old former model from Bombay auditioned for melodramatic Bollywood roles, she’s going Hollywood with her film debut, playing a child of the ghetto in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Hood never looked so good.
How hard is it to break into India’s film industry?
It’s really difficult. You have to have a godfather or parents who can get you in. I got into modeling for the visibility factor, hoping that portals would open up for me to act.
I did a lot of print because people found me too skinny in India to do television. We have the voluptuous, full-figured woman thing. People say I need to get a boob job, but I’m just comfortable the way I am.
Is Bollywood as sleazy as Hollywood is?
Three or four years back, I was auditioning for a film and I met this man who was like, “We can be good friends, ” with a twinkle in his eye. I knew where that was coming from, and it didn’t feel right.
Would you ever do nudity or a sex scene?
I don’t think I’d have an issue (doing a love scene), but it all depends on the director—what kind of work he’s done in the past. In India, I probably wouldn’t do something like that; it’s kind of taboo. It usually gets cut off at the censorship board level, so what’s the point of having shot it?
What’s the best way for a guy to approach you?
Back in college, if boys did the most stupid thing, like compose a silly song, I’d listen. It could be something really stupid, like a rap for all I care.
Have you ever used your acting abilities to manipulate men?
Hmm… (Laughs.) If you have it, you gotta use it.
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