Sunil Grover is past Gutthi – he is now Kunwari!

After all the hype and hoopla over the feminine character he made famous in Comedy Nights with Kapil, Mr Grover is finally ready to be rechristened onscreen

Kapil Sharma and former Comedy Nights with Kapil comedian Sunil Grover parted ways on a bad note and what followed was an ugly war of words. The duo’s bone of contention was the popular character from the show – Gutthi! With Sunil claiming that neither Kapil nor the makers of CNWK had any rights to the character he essayed, Viacom 18 issued a legal notice to the contrary and things took another acrimonious turn. While Sunil’s replacement is yet to be found, there have been rumours doing the rounds about how this popular character was offered to Navin Prabhakar and Raju Srivastava. In fact, when Gaurav Gera entered as another ‘lady’ in a special guest appearance on Comedy Nights, people wondered if Mrs Pammi Pyarelal (his name on a now-defunct show) was the new Gutthi. It turned out that Pammiji played a brief role as Dulhari and made her exit.

With the battle still on and Grover’s plans of The Gutthi Show on the backburner, fans of the character can now see Sunil in a brand new avatar as Kunwari on the reality show Boogie Woogie. What’s in a name, after all! We certainly are looking forward to Gutthi urf Kunwari’s next act.

Was Vishal Bhardwaj shown the door by Nupur-Rajesh Talwar’s lawyer?

The Kaminey maker had gathered all the intricate details of the double murder trial but was shown the door by an announcement by the couple’s prosecutor. Read on to know more…

The Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case is in news for almost five years now and any topic running that long would definitely have some filmmakers hovering over it to make a movie out of it. Vishal Bhardwaj was no exception. Milan Luthria and Manish Gupta were the other who had expressed a desire on the same lines as well. TheOmkara maker was scrutinising every minute detail of the case from the very beginning. Rumours also suggest that the filmmaker was in touch with the people closely associated with the trial.

Although, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar’s lawyer had lately affirmed that any movie or novel based on the double murders wouldn’t be permitted without the family’s permission and anyone doing so would have to face the court’s wrath. Now we know what put off the Maqbool maker. Also The Dirty Picture maker has dropped the idea whereas Manish Gupta maintains that his film Rahasya has no similarity and is a work of fiction.

Wethinks that Vishal Bhardwaj was definitely thinking about making a feature out of the murder case; else why would he need all the intricate inside details of the proceedings. What do you think peeps?

Tigmanshu Dhulia rubbishes rumours about Varun Dhawan rejecting Milan Talkies!

Contrary to reports, the Main Tera Hero actor hasn’t backed out of Milan Talkies and is still very much part of the film

Tigmanshu Dhulia and Ekta Kapoor’s next film Milan Talkies has been in the news ever since Imran Khan walked out of the project. Later, Shahid Kapoor also left the film, leaving the makers in a sticky situation. And recently we told you about reports doing the rounds that Varun Dhawan had rejected the film citing his tight schedule. However, that’s all just gossip, we are now told, since the Student of the Year actor will indeed play the lead. Director Tigmanshu Dhulia confirmed this in a recent interview and explained why fans will have to wait for this one.

While talking to a leading daily Dhulia said, “Who says Varun is not doing my film?Bahot hi pyara script hai. And Varun bahot likeable actor hai. We are both very happy about working together. But it will take some time. Varun has to first complete his father David Dhawan’s film. Then he goes into Sriram Raghavan’s thriller and then he has a comedy produced by Karan Johar. After this we start work on ‘Milan Talkies’ at the end of 2014.”

We are glad that the Bullett Raja director and the Balaji head honcho have finally found a hero who isn’t going to ditch their ‘we-thought-it-was-jinxed’ film.

Ranbir Kapoor: Everybody is competition from – Mr Amitabh Bachchan right down to Varun Dhawan!

Karan Johar managed to get some candid confessions from stars that no journalist has managed to so far

Ranbir Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan were the most animated guests of Koffee with Karan 4. And even though Bebo looks like the clear winner of the famous hamper, RK Jr too had his ‘quotable quote’ moments. KJo quizzed Ranbir about competition, ”Are you threatened Ranbir… do you watch their work carefully?” Here’s what the Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani actor said, “Absolutely. I feel extremely jealous when somebody gives a good performance, but I consider everybody from Mr Amitabh Bachchan right down to Varun Dhawan as my competition… everybody is competition.

Manish Malhotra birthday special: 7 best looks of 2013 by the designer!

The fashion designer turns 48 today. On his birthday, we’d like to show off a few of his best designs worn by celebs through the year

Manish Malhotra turns 48 today and we’d like to wish him a happy birthday. The super talented fashion designer has created clothes for numerous actors – Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut, Shahrukh Khan, Imran Khan and many more.

Over the years, we have also seen Madhuri Dixit Nene, Sridevi, Kajol and Juhi Chawla in Manish Malhotra outfits. On his b’day, we’d like to present Manish’s best creations worn by his muses Kareena, Karisma Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Parineeti Chopra, Priyanka, Madhuri and Sridevi.

Kareena Kapoor Khan: We loved Bebo in Manish Malhotra’s sarees on two occasions. Once she was seen in an orange saree that she teamed with an equally bright yellow blouse. She carried the bright hues with great elan and we bet no one else could do it her way. Recently Kareena was seen in a colour blocked saree on the sets of a TV reality show – boy, she knows how to set temperatures high even in a desi avatar!

Priyanka Chopra: At an awards function, the Exotic babe decided to be a desi girl and was seen in a Manish Malhotra saree. The royal blue drape with a sheer-fabric pallu made her look hot, as always!

Parineeti Chopra: PeeCee’s cousin Pari might not impress with her usual dressing style, but in a Manish Malhotra outfit, the babe looked mesmerising. The lehenga did complete justice to her body type and we must say Manish rarely goes wrong!

Alia Bhatt: Manish not only designed Alia’s outfits in Student of the Year, but also what she wore to the Filmfare awards. The black and gold lehenga was so beautifully designed by Manish that we’re left speechless!

Karisma Kapoor: The blue-eyed lady was seen in a Manish Malhotra anarkali at a fashion event. In the simple white and red outfit, Karisma looked bewitchingly beautiful…

Madhuri Dixit Nene: The dhak dhak girl should be held responsible each time your heartbeat soars high. But Manish Malhotra should certainly take partial blame for that too. On the sets ofJhalak Dikhla Jaa, Madhuri was seen in a very pretty creation by Manish. The designer takes into consideration the age and image of each celeb while designing for them, hai na?

Sridevi: Sridevi has often been spotted in Manish’s designs. But the one we loved was a lehenga she had worn at a bash. She looked so classy and elegant that we fall short of words to describe her beauty…

So , send your wishes to Manish Malhotra on his 48th birthday and tell us, who do you think looks best in his creations?

Is Amar Singh a part of Bullett Raja?

Looks like the Samajwadi Party leader is a part of Saif Ali Khan-Sonakshi Sinha starrer. Read on to find out more…

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is all set to make his Bollywood debut withBullett Raja which stars Saif Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. Hold you horses. Before you jump to any conclusions, let us clarify that the politician is not really acting in the film but there is an actor in the film who resembles him.

When asked the director Tigmanshu Dhulia about the resemblance he said, “Yes, we realised that this character who plays the role of a politician in the film looks like Amar Singh, but the role is not inspired by Singh’s life”

“When we were conducting auditions for the role, we found this artist, Gyaneshwar Mishra, from Lucknow, who looked like Amar Singh. Since it was the role of a politician, we thought it would be interesting to cast him since anyone who sees him is reminded of Amar Singh, even though his character in the film has nothing to do with him,” he added.

Bullett Raja is based on the political atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh and is slated to release on November 29.

Nach Baliye 6: Will Lata Sabharwal and Sanjeev Seth be the first jodi to leave the show?

Their first two performance did not impress the judges Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Terence Lewis and Sajid Khan. So will the Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai reel and real life couple be eliminated?

Nach Baliye 6 has a motley crew of contestants. The dance reality show seems to gearing up for some dhamekedaar action, as an unusual group battles for the trophy. There are fabulous performers like Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhury (he won Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5, remember?), Asha Negi and Rithvik Dhanjani, Bruna Abdullah and Omar Farooque and Riddhi Dogra and Raqesh Vashith, as well as the amazing couple Raksha and Vinod Thakur and MasterchefRipu Daman Handa and Shivangi Verma. And then there are the not-quite-dancers in Raju Srivastav with patni Shikha and Kiku Sharda and his biwi Priyanka. Telly stars Amrapali Gupta and Yash Sinha and Lata Sabharwal and Sanjeev Seth (who play husband and wife on Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai) and Kanika Maheshwari and construction magnate husband Ankur Ghai. They are all having to work very hard to get positive remarks from the judges – Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Terence Lewis and Sajid Khan – because standards are set much higher this year, wethinks.

Of course there is really good dancing. Ripu and Shivangi have already won high marks, as have Debina and Gurmeet. And there is non-dancing as well, as with Raju and Shikha. But since it is a contest, somebody has to lose at some point. And we hear that eliminations have already begun. The first to go, our little buddy the birdie chirps quietly, will be TV’s favourite maa-bauji, Lata and Sanjeev, but we can confirm that only after we watch the show on the weekend. Until then, we wait to find out whether Akshara’s mum and dad will manage to dance their way into the vote bank or not!