After much persuasion from megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan has finally decided to join micro-blogging website Twitter July 1.

“Aamir will be on Twitter from July 1. He was not on Twitter till now because he thought he won’t be able to give enough time to it. But since Mr.Bachchan insisted on him joining it, he gave it another thought and has decided to join it. He cannot say no to Mr.Bachchan,” said a source close to the actor.
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Shilpa Shetty had a wonderful time on her birthday, thanks to husband Raj Kundra, who had planned a surprise trip to celebrate the day.

“Birthday rocked! Raj made it very special and so did all of you… actually feel blessed, feels great to be loved! OK back to shopping now,” Shilpa, who turned 35 Tuesday, posted on her Twitter page.
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Kareena Kapoor recently shot a sexy commercial for a laptop brand. According to her, it is the coolest Indian advertisement. It shows the actress shedding her clothes in every frame, which then matches to the colour of her laptop.

Says Kareena, “The ad was shot by a motion control camera, which is the most difficult to shoot with. It took around 16 hours to finish shooting.”
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The expectations from Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in Hindi and Raavanan in Tamil are soaring.

The media is building up tremendous hype around the film, which the producers are hoping will generate into a gargantuan opening for the film.

The Mumbai trade feels if it has to cover its cost, Raavan will have to take a bigger opening than Raajneeti.
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The film industry is rejoicing and it has every reason to. ‘Raajneeti’ has infused oxygen in the lungs of an ailing industry. What a relief!

Only goes to prove that the magic of the big screen still works and how! The terrific start of ‘My Name Is Khan’, ‘Housefull’, ‘Kites’ and now ‘Raajneeti’ proves that big-budget films, made by reputed names, can draw viewers in hordes. The Day 1 numbers of all four biggies underline this fact. In the case of ‘Kites’, of course, the film slipped considerably on Day 2 [Saturday] and crashed completely after Monday, but its poor content is responsible for that.
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