Our very own desi actor Govinda is now set to romance a French beauty in a film by director Jagmohan Mundhra .

After making a believable pair with South African actress Shannon Esrechowitz in the last year’s super-dud Salaam-e-Ishq , Govinda is now set to tag up with a French actress in the Hindi remake of the Hollywood comedy ‘The 40-year-old Virgin’.

In the film, Govinda plays a 40 year-old NRI nerd who stays mostly indoors and therefore remains a virgin until his friends decide to help him get some sex.

Nagesh Kukunoor may cast Ayesha Takia in his movie called Tasveer where the male lead may be performed by Akshay Kumar.

Nagesh has done the movie Dor with Ayesha and later he had signed Ayesha for a movie called Ashiyana as well. Ayesha had left the movie Ashiyana in between after a controversy with Nagesh.

Nagesh is preparing to release two films in the year. One of the films is called “Aashayein” and the second film is called “Tasveer –Eight By Ten.” ”Aashayein “has John Abraham in lead role and “Tasveer –Eight By Ten” has Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia in the lead role.

Nagesh Kukunoor changed the name of his film from Tasveer to 8 x 10 and now back to Tasveer. We check out why.

Our source from Percept tells us, “With the grand success of Singh is Kinng, the makers of 8×10, Percept Picture Company have published huge ads congratulating Akshay Kumar, who also happens to be the lead hero of their upcoming venture, the Nagesh Kukunoor directed 8×10.”

But the source adds, “It is interesting to note that the makers are now referring to the Akshay Kumar-Ayesha Takia starrer as Tasveer with 8×10 in a smaller text below. The film is likely to release this year.”

finally got around to seeing writer/director Nagesh Kukunoor’s acclaimed 2006 film Dor, and while I’m not familiar with Kukonoor’s other works (Iqbal, Hydrabad Blues), this is one movie I won’t soon forget. Stunning visuals of Rajesthan and Himachal Pradesh set the backdrop for two equally stunning and unique female characters, Meera (Ayesha Takia), and Zeenat (Gul Panag). There are all kinds of pithy phrases to sum up this movie, deeming it a story about the struggle of women, about life in a patriarchal world, etc. But at the end of the day, all I can think to sum it up is, “I liked it better than Fire. It was a more effective lesbian film than Fire.”

Akshay Kumar was all set to do the action show, Fear Factor, this season. However, the show is now facing a few hiccups. The actresses who had been approached to accompany the actor are not too keen to sign on the dotted line. In fact, quite a few of them have backed out!

Ayesha Takia, Celina Jaitley, Anjana Sukhani, Hrishita Bhatt and Neha Dhupia were approached to perform some death-defying stunts, but none of these girls seem to be in a mood to be a part of the show.

Earlier it was the actors, now Bollywood women are getting into business too

If the men are doing it so are the women. From opening restaurants to starting hotels, actresses are also blurring the lines between the worlds of Bollywood and business.

While actors like Mithun Chakraborty, Shah Rukh Khan and Suniel Shetty are thriving in the business world, their counterparts Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai and Preity Zinta are also giving them tough competition.

On Mother’s Day, Bollywood stars talk about what they’ve learnt from their moms

From old hats like Shabana Azmi, Hema Malini and Mahesh Bhatt to young actors like Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley and Abhishek Bachchan – on Mother’s Day they all talk about the contribution of their mothers in their lives and give them credit for their success.

Here is what the actors have to say on the special occasion:

Weight loss is not restricted to overweight celebrities any more. The fad is catching on among Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor, Ayesha Takia and veterans like Om Puri too.

For the last few weeks, Om Puri has been regularly visiting a health clinic.

“I had developed a paunch. When I saw myself in ‘Don’, I realised how hideous I was looking. I’ve been working on it. I’ve already lost about nine kilos, and I intend to knock off another nine in the next few months.”

So what’s his formula?

The actress addresses all the rumours

Ayesha Takia has been in the news of late for more reasons than one – her alleged liposuction to get into shape, for setting up a boutique hotel in Goa with boyfriend Farhan Azmi, and also for her impending marriage with him later in the year.

The pretty actress, who has finally shed all those extra kilos, is now looking svelte and sexy. Refuting all the rumours about her liposuction, Ayesha said that there has been a lot of talk about the means of her weight loss, but all that is not true. She also said that she has got into shape by hitting the gym and there is nothing more to it.