BIG CBS Network is making sure that the mercury raises few notches up again this season. After the success of ‘India’s Sexiest Bachelor’, the Network is bringing another home grown property ‘India’s Glam Diva’, where leading ladies from the entertainment industry of India will be judged together by an esteemed jury and the Indian public, to select their favourite Diva. The show will be aired on BIG CBS Networks’ women centric channel, BIG CBS LOVE. As the name suggests, it is a platform to bring the most ravishing, talented and deserving divas to the fore.

India’s Glam Diva will bring together – the gorgeous and glamorous women from India, who will compete for India’s final choice of the most glamorous Diva. Backed by the expert jury and programming team and coupled with audience feedback from across the country, phase I will see a shortlist of the top 14 contenders for the coveted title.

The Channel unveiled the stunning ladies competing for the title: Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bipasha Basu, Ekta Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sania Mirza, Freida Pinto and Shruti Hassan.

The show has been divided into segments. First Segment will give you a peek into the minds of Divas. The Divas will be judged on the basis of their X factor, their public appearances, the brands they handle and their business sense, judging their minds. Second segment will include the attributes that make them so hot. Is it her eyes, is it her lips, her complexion, her skin, her attire, her sex appeal or is it the combination of all?... essentially evaluating the body. The third segment – after Mind and Body, will be Soul. It will be an electrifying combination of these factors that make for a winner.

India’s Glam Diva will be hosted by VJ and actor Neil Bhoopalam. Neil has already made a mark in the industry with his outstanding performance in “Shaitan” and “No one killed Jessica”.

Commenting on India’s Glam Diva, BIG CBS Networks said, "After a successful season of India's Sexiest Bachelor, we are glad to announce our second property India's Glam Diva. The show will have the most gorgeous women from the entertainment industry on one platform. These women will be judged on various factors by the viewers. The show will bring to the fore an unusual side of these women that was never known to their fans."

Voting mechanism will include sms, a special BIG CBS microsite and other social media vehicles e.g. Facebook and Twitter. The show is anticipated to garner high TRPs for the network just like India’s Sexist Bachelor.

The demand for actress Nargis Fakhri has suddenly increased after the successful opening of the movieRockstar. The actress is not only getting offers from film industry, but also from ad industry. The budding star is giving a tough competition to actresses like Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor in the endorsement world.

It is reported that Nargis Fakhri has bagged three major brands endorsements even before the release of her debut movie Rockstar. Sources claim that the actress has signed up for a motor car brand, a hair-care brand and an apparel company. So this sudden development has sparked off a brand war between heroines.

Sources further say Deepika Padukone was being considered for one of the brands, while Sonam Kapoor's name was heard for the other brand. Finally, the bosses of these two brands ended up choosing Nargis Fakhri. The reasons behind their decision were easy availability and intense speculation about her. With this, she has started to bite into their earnings.

Here is the good news that comes out as a great treat for the fans of Vijay on the eve of his birthday. With Vijay celebrating his birthday in a big way we bring you the sneak peek of his next fascinating project.

Vijay post to Kavalan is planning his career in a planned strategy as he is doing commercial entertainers with sensible filmmakers like Shankar for Nanban, now Vijay will be teaming up with none other than gen-next director A.R Murugadoss for the first time. Buzz in tinsel town is that A.R Murugadoss, who’s busy with the postproduction work of Surya starrer 7am Arivu has met Vijay and narrated a one-line summary of his script. Vijay who is very happy with the script has given his nod to the director.

Hold your breath viewers; the director is in plans to cast Bollywood beauty Sonam Kapoor asVijay’s pair in this film. Grapevine is that A.R Murugadoss has been roped in for a huge, undisclosed amount. In all probabilities Harris will be giving the music while Nirav Shah is the cinematographer.

Aascar Ravichandran and S.A Chandrasekar will be producing the film on first copy basis andFox Star Studios will release the film all over the world.

The duo will complete their respective projects and start the project!

Hindi film directors are known for quirky stunts to get their cast in sync with the story of the film and get under the skin of their characters. And while traditional workshops and exercises before the shoot begins are swiftly becoming passé, ‘Mausam’ director, Pankaj Kapoor made his lead pair, Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, go through a unique exercise to better understand their character in the film.

Pankaj Kapoor wanted Shahid and Sonam to stop using the phone, SMS or any similar short format for communication. Instead, he wanted them to write handwritten letters to communicate for two months before they started shooting with each other. Initially they hated it since it seemed tedious and time consuming. Today’s generation is mostly comfortable with SMS as a mode of communication, but that restricts one to just 140 characters but actually writing a note didn’t have any restriction but was cumbersome.

But both didn’t know how to write and protested against this exercise. But Pankaj Kapoor was adamant and actually said that he will not start shooting until this exercise was completed.

While the initial notes written by Shahid and Sonam to each other were pathetically brief and had director Pankaj Kapoor fuming and baffled, eventually the two began really putting their thoughts down on paper. Infact Shahid and Sonam got so used to this exercise that they continue to write letters to each other even today, after the film has been completed.

Talking about his theatrical style of filmmaking, Pankaj Kapoor says, “I belong to different school of acting. Everything that my actors do, has to be contextual. I made Shahid and Sonam go through this extensive exercise so that they could start feeling like the characters they play. It took some time, as first we need to break inhibitions, then develop new habits and then fall in love.”

Hindi film directors are known for quirky stunts to get their cast in sync with the story of the film and get under the skin of their characters. And while traditional workshops and exercises before the shoot begins are swiftly becoming passé, ‘Mausam’ director, Pankaj Kapoor made his lead pair, Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, go through a unique exercise to better understand their character in the film.

Pankaj Kapoor wanted Shahid and Sonam to stop using the phone, SMS or any similar short format for communication. Instead, he wanted them to write handwritten letters to communicate for two months before they started shooting with each other. Initially they hated it since it seemed tedious and time consuming. Today’s generation is mostly comfortable with SMS as a mode of communication, but that restricts one to just 140 characters but actually writing a note didn’t have any restriction but was cumbersome.

But both didn’t know how to write and protested against this exercise. But Pankaj Kapoor was adamant and actually said that he will not start shooting until this exercise was completed.

While the initial notes written by Shahid and Sonam to each other were pathetically brief and had director Pankaj Kapoor fuming and baffled, eventually the two began really putting their thoughts down on paper. Infact Shahid and Sonam got so used to this exercise that they continue to write letters to each other even today, after the film has been completed.

Talking about his theatrical style of filmmaking, Pankaj Kapoor says, “I belong to different school of acting. Everything that my actors do, has to be contextual. I made Shahid and Sonam go through this extensive exercise so that they could start feeling like the characters they play. It took some time, as first we need to break inhibitions, then develop new habits and then fall in love.”

Sonam and Shahid’s love story ‘Mausam’ unveiled their first theatrical recently, and sources now reveal that Sonam was almost about to give it a miss.  Apparently, Sonam’s schedule was pre-booked and her dates were blocked for the shoot of her film ‘Players’. They were combination dates and since it was the last four days of her shoot, there was a lot to finish.

On the other hand, Sonam also wanted to be present at the launch of their first theatrical of Mausam. Sonam knew it was a toughie yet requested the producers to give her few hours leave so that she can attend the launch and then come back for the rest of  her shoot.


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Sonam and Shahid’s love story ‘Mausam’ unveiled their first theatrical recently, and sources now reveal that Sonam was almost about to give it a miss.  Apparently, Sonam’s schedule was pre-booked and her dates were blocked for the shoot of her film ‘Players’. They were combination dates and since it was the last four days of her shoot, there was a lot to finish.

On the other hand, Sonam also wanted to be present at the launch of their first theatrical of Mausam. Sonam knew it was a toughie yet requested the producers to give her few hours leave so that she can attend the launch and then come back for the rest of  her shoot.


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