Actor Kunal Kapoor, who recently visited Thailand, has returned here with some injuries.

A few days back, he posted his photograph at Bangkok while watching Muay Thai - a combat sport of Thailand.

Besides cheering the participants, it seems like the “Rang De Basanti” star also tried playing the sport.

On his return, he tweeted: “This is what I came back from Thailand with. A broken tooth and a busted eye, courtesy Muay Thai!! Good fun though!!”

On the work front, he was last seen in the movie "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana", which released in 2012.

Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez was recently happy to learn that her "Kick" co-star Salman Khan compared her to yesteryear's glamorous actress Zeenat Aman. But it’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the wife of the 35th President of the US, John F. Kennedy, whom she idolises.

She took to Twitter and Instagram to share her idol’s photograph and even thanked her mom Kim for naming her after Jackie Kennedy.

“Thank you kimfernz77 for naming me after the beautiful Jackie O.. my idol!!!” tweeted Jacqueline.

The 28-year-old made her Bollywood debut with “Aladin” in 2009.

Her "Kahaani" rode higher on word-of-mouth publicity and now Vidya Balan hopes for the same to work for her recently released detective drama "Bobby Jasoos", which sees the actress in the title.

"Every film is unique and each film has its own destiny. We all have worked hard and now it's up to the audience. Women centric films have a slow start, but what is encouraging is that 'Bobby Jasoos' had a great start," said the 36-year-old.

Co-produced by Dia Mirza, the film made an opening day's collection Rs.1.78 crore at the domestic box office.

"We are hoping word of mouth really pulls it off. Besides, there is a huge jump in the numbers. Hopefully, it will be growing. I am happy about the film we have made," she added.

Directed by Samar Sheikh, "Bobby Jasoos" also features Ali Fazal. The actress tags the film as an "entertaining complete family drama".

"I am enjoying every moment of it because the film is really close to my heart. When people come out of the theatre and praise the film, it feels good. It's very reassuring to hear all the praises. I am thrilled and grateful," she said.

The two leading Khans of Bollywood - Shah Rukh and Salman - hugged each other with warmth as they came face to face at an iftaar party here Sunday.

Both grabbed all the attention when they attended the annual iftaar party of Maharashtra legislator Baba Siddiqui here.

Salman's father Salim Khan was also present at the event.

Shah Rukh and Salman fell out after they came to blows at Katrina Kaif's birthday party some time back but however maintain a cordial relationship in public.

After winning hearts with films such as "Pyaar Ka Punchnama" and "Akaash Vani", actress Nushrat Bharucha, who is all set for the release of her Tamil debut "Valeba Raja", says she always likes to work with directors who want to work with her.

"I don't like running after directors for films. I happened to sign 'Valeba Raja' because the director saw his character in me. He felt that I was part of his vision. I like to work with such directors who want to work with me," Nushrat told IANS.

Directed by Sai Gokul Ramnath, "Valeba Raja" also features Sethu, Vishakha Singh and Santhanam in lead roles.

Nushrat said it was Vishakha who recommended her name for the film.

"Vishakha and I are good friends. She suggested my name to the director and Gokul called me because he was also convinced after watching 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama'. When Gokul narrated the script, what I really liked is that he wanted someone like me for the character," she said.

"I hardly had any time to even think it through because he wanted me to shoot in a week's time. It was a new language and I hardly had time to prepare. But it worked for both of us because the character I play is in sync with my screen persona. Moreover, since Vishakha was already part of the film, I was at ease," she added.

"Valeba Raja" is a light-hearted comedy and Nushrat says her director "has a nice grip of what the youth enjoys".

"There's nothing serious, social or too intelligent about the film. It's a fun film and audiences will enjoy it more because they can easily relate with it. I play a character that's like one edge of the film. My character breaks the cliches associated with a south Indian girl," she said.

Having worked in Bollywood romantic films, Nushrat feels that southern films in the same genre have the local flavour.

"I feel romantic films in south have a local flavour, which I feel people in Bollywood won't even understand. Bollywood either makes intelligent or slapstick comedies, there's nothing in between that's funnier. The normalcy of comedy is missing in Hindi romantic films," said Nushrat.

Meanwhile, the actress is currently shooting for Hindi film "Meerutiya Gangsters", which is being directed by Zeeshan Quadri, writer of "Gangs of Wasseypur".

Lata Mangeshkar has recorded an album of bhajans and chants for the Jain community and she got herself a linguistic teacher to guide her through all the traditional devotional chants.

Lata says doing album was a special challenge.

"Somewhere they felt that their religious teachings and mantras have so far not been properly articulated. I am happy and relieved that they think my rendition does justice to their sacred teachings," she said.

The process was time-taking but for the 84-year-old it is never too late to learn.

"It wasn't easy, I can tell you that. But getting the pronunciation and diction absolutely right has always been important for me. Early in my career, I had got myself Sanskrit and Urdu teachers who would come to my recordings at studios to sit and teach me the languages during the breaks," Lata said.

"Years later when I recorded the 'Bhagavad Gita' for my brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar, I hired another Sanskrit teacher to make sure that I got the nuances correct," she added.

Lata feels it's very important to be 100 percent correct in articulating religious and spiritual thoughts.

"Centuries of thoughts go into these teachings. One can't be careless with religious sentiments. I am happy to learn languages through my singing and to polish up my diction. Every artiste remains a student all her life. I am no exception," she said.

Actor Ashton Kutcher recently grooved to the Bollywood tune at an Indian Friend's wedding wearing an aqua blue, embroidered kurta and a flowing white dhoti teamed up with turban, reports eonline.com.

He was accompanied with pregnant fiance Mila Kunis when he attended the wedding at the Borgo Egnazia Resort in Savelletri di Fasano, Italy, July 5.

Kutcher, 36, sported what appeared be an aqua blue, embroidered kurta and a flowing white dhoti, or long loincloth while Kunis, 30, wore a mint gown with a drop waist, which hid her baby bump, and silver accents.

Details about the wedding were not released, although photos have been posted online and one of the pictures shows Kutcher treating the crowd to a traditional Bollywood-style dance, reports eonline.com.

He danced with a female dancer, who sported a one-shoulder clover green dress and nude leggings.

Kunis and Kutcher began dating in early spring of 2012 and went public with their engagement earlier this year.

Kutcher was previously married to Demi Moore. The two have no children together and split in 2011 after six years of marriage. They finalized their divorce in 2013.

The trailer of Bollywood film "Hate Story 2" indicates that it is an erotic thriller a la the first film. But lead actor Jay Bhanushali says the erotic scenes are restricted to just one song, and that there's a lot more to the film than bold scenes.

"Frankly speaking, 'Hate Story 2' is not at all related to the first film. That was an erotic thriller, but this is a thriller. The bold scenes are only in one song and after the song, the whole film runs on a story," the 29-year-old said here in an interview.

"There are ten good things about the film and the tenth thing is the bold scenes. There are nine other things that you will see after (the film releases) July 18 and I'm sure people are going to talk about the story and acting more than the bold scenes," he added.

The sensual song "Aaj phir tum pe pyaar" seems to have given an image makeover to Jay, and he's happy about it.

"Earlier people used to call me cute and mama's boy but now they call me hot and sexy and all those taglines. Every girl is coming to me and complimenting me on 'Aaj phir tum pe pyaar'," he said.

"Hate Story 2", directed by Vivek Agnihotri, stars Surveen Chawla with Jay.

After teaming up with the likes of Karan Johar and Imtiaz Ali, Alia Bhatt wants to work with Rohit Shetty, known for churning out hit potboilers such as "Singham" and "Chennai Express".

After making a start with out and out commercial film "Student of The Year", Alia turned to Ali and Abhishek Verman for "Highway" and "2 States" respectively and both the films gave her ample opportunity to prove her versatility.

The roles in both the films were as different as chalk and cheese and the 21-year-old passed with flying colours, thanks to her spontaneity, naturalness and ease in front of the camera.

Talking about the choices she makes, Alia said: "I just don't want to be a love interest in a film, I should have that equal effect. I don't want to be just standing over there in one frame I can't do that. That does not mean I don't want to do commercial films."

While pursuing meaty roles, she is equally interested in typical commercial cinema.

"I want to do all the commercial films. I want to work with Rohit Shetty... (Okay with) full comedy and action, but a good role," Alia told reporters in a group interview.

Alia watches all the films of her competitors.

"Yes, I do watch all the films of my competitors, but not because I am competing with them. I like watching films. I am a moviegoer, so I make it a point to watch all the films."

Her contemporaries and competitors are Parineeti Chopra and Shraddha Kapoor.

After three hits, Alia is busy promoting "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" (HSKD).

"HSKD is an out and out love story. The last love story was 'Jab We Met'. There has been many romantic-comedy, but not a typical love story whereas 'HSDK' is all an all love story and in a modern way fits in 2014 idea of love rather than what was 15 years ago."

Directed by Shashank Khaitan, "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" has Alia romancing Varun Dhawan. It hits the screens July 11.

If men dressing in woman's garb wasn't a trend enough already in Bollywood, here's Akshay Kumar trying out something new - he lip-syncs to a female voice for the song "Johnny Johnny" for "It's Entertainment".

The song is the first to be released from the album of the forthcoming film "It's Entertainment", which marks the directorial debut of writers Farhad-Sajid.

The track, based on a very popular nursery rhyme, has Akshay lip-synching to a female’s voice in a fun avatar. He will be seen singing some hilarious lines like "Maine pe nahiii" and "Haanji main peela di gayi".

The lines are extremely catchy and the grooving music has taken the song to a different level.

On the decision to make playback singer Priya sing for Akshay, the director duo said: “Our song is light-hearted, in high spirits and everyone is in a party mood. In a small subtle way, we are showing our support for women empowerment...the lines are matching very well with Akshay’s attire and the mood of the song."

"It's Entertainment" will hit the screens Aug 8.

The trailers of "Hate Story 2" are being talked about for the bold scenes involving actress Surveen Chawla. But the actress says shooting for one sequence involving sexual violation left her suffering from a temporary nervous breakdown.

“I was completely into my character and when I had to perform a violent abusive sexual scene with Sushant Singh, I was feeling as though the experience was actually happening to me. I began to relate to women who go through sexual abuse and the trauma it causes," Surveen said in a statement.

"I felt the pain, agony and the helplessness of a woman subjected to sexual subjugation. I was weeping from inside and outside while performing these scenes. These scenes were very demanding,” she added.

Surveen took a while to come out of her character, but she now truly believes that "if a woman has to endure this treatment from a man, she is better off alone

Bollywood 'Baby Doll' Sunny Leone-starrer song "Pink lips" is turning out to be a chartbuster, and her fluid moves in the number have already managed to attract over one million views for the video on YouTube.

The song's video was uploaded on the online platform July 2. It features Sunny grooving to the beats of the song, composed by Meet Brothers and choreographed by Uma-Gaiti.

The choreographers were under pressure to deliver something bigger and better than "Baby doll", and made sure Sunny gave her best shot to the new song, which is a promotional track for the movie "Hate story 2". But they're excited with the response.

"It's been an absolute pleasure to put 'Pink lips' together. We choreographed 'Baby doll' with Sunny, so with 'Pink lips', the process got easier. We had a better tuning this time. 'Pink lips' was a huge challenge as it was being pitted against 'Baby doll'," the duo said in a statement.

"Hate Story 2" will release July 18.

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor of "Ishaqzaade" fame has been roped in by Philips India as the brand ambassador for its male grooming products.

He will endorse grooming gadgets for men including trimmers, shavers and stylers, and he's excited.

"I've always believed that the way you look says a lot about you and is essential to build a confident personality. Philips' male grooming products are the perfect tools for styling," Arjun said in a statement.

The young actor will feature in a new television commercial, which will be launched July 10.

Arjun was found fit as the ambassador as he "personifies everything that Philips Male Grooming stands for - youth, style and confidence", said ADA Ratnam, president, Consumer Lifestyle, Philips India.

The findings of a recent Philips research survey revealed that 91 percent women dislike men with hard facial skin and get turned on by males with smooth facial skin, while 54 percent women find men with styled facial hair more attractive.

Keeping this trend in mind, the brand keeps introducing an array of products in its portfolio to cater to all sorts of facial hair styling needs of men.

Superstar Mammootty-starrer “Manglish” will be the first Malayalam film to be released in Dolby Atmos cinema sound format, popularized by films such as “Life of Pi”, “Brave” and “Dhoom 3”.

Atmos allows filmmakers to place and move sound anywhere within a closed environment, providing multi-dimensional cinematic sound experience.

“We are proud to be the first ones to use this technology in a Malayalam movie, ensuring that the audiences get the most exciting entertainment experience while watching ‘Manglish’,” the film’s director Salaam Bappu said in a statement.

Produced by Redrose Creations, "Manglish" also features actress Caroline Bech of the Netherlands in the leading role.

The movie depicts the love story between a Keralite boy and a foreign girl and portrays how he becomes a hero in Kochi harbour.

"Miss Lovely" filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia and actor-director Aamir Bashir are among the six finalists of the National Film Development Corporation's (NFDC) Screenwriters Lab 2014, which gives six independent writers a chance to develop their skills under the guidance of global experts.

Ahluwalia and Vidur Nauriyal's script "The Boyfriend" and Aamir's "Winter" are their chosen projects for the Lab.

The other finalists include - Hitesh Bhatia ("Char Log Kya Kahenge"), Vandana Kohli ("Flow"), Ruchi Joshi ("All About Her") and Karan Tejpal ("The Sunset Club").

In its eighth edition, the first stage of the Lab this year will be held in Sarajevo Film Festival, scheduled for Aug 15-23. The Lab will culminate in the second stage prior to and during Film Bazaar, Nov 20-24 alongside the International Film Festival of India, held annually in Goa.

The main objective of NFDC is to plan, promote and organise the development of the Indian film industry.

Actor Varun Dhawan, who has a huge female fan following, says he's single as of now.

"I am very much single and I don't have any girlfriend. I am not dating anyone right now (as) there is no time to date anyone at the moment," Varun said here.

The young and dashing actor is in denial of being in a relationship, but rumours are he is dating a girl named Natasha.

Asked about this, he said: "People have made these (reports) up obviously. I have lot of friends who are girls...but as far as any romantic liaison is concerned, I genuinely don't have the time right now."

Son of filmmaker David Dhawan, Varun started his acting career with "Student Of The Year" in 2012, following which he was seen in "Main Tera Hero", directed by his father.

How does his daddy react to rumours about Varun's girlfriends?

"He doesn't react at all," quipped Varun, and added: "My father can't be strict, he is very sweet. He has taught me lot of values. He is not a preacher, so I have learnt (things by) seeing his actions. He never had to tell me, 'Varun, do this do that'."

Superstar Salman Khan, who has sung the song "Hangover" for his film "Kick", says he is a bad singer but that doesn't stop him from singing.

"I sing badly but I can sing just about anytime. I don't care about how I sing... I sing, I don't care," the 47-year-old said here Sunday in an interview.

"But to be suddenly put in a spot and being told to sing, then I get hesitant. If I am singing on my own then I am fine," he added.

As much as he is enjoying the curiosity created by "Hangover", Salman is also quite surprised to see the hype around him singing a song for a film.

"I have sang before, in 'Hello Brother' and 'Wanted' also, the 'Most Wanted' title track was sung by me. I don't understand why is all this happening because I have sung earlier," Salman said.

"So all this hype is making me feel like I am singing for the first time. I have just sung a bit better than those two times," he added.

"Hangover" has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

"Kick" also stars Jacqueline Fernandez and hits theatres July 25.

If Alia Bhatt wants her filmmaker father Mahesh Bhatt to direct her one day, she is equally keen to team up with her mother Soni Razdan for a serious film.

The actress of films like "Saaransh", Soni went behind the camera in 2005 for Pakistani actress Meera and Ashmit Patel starrer "Nazar".

"My mom has already directed a film. And now she is going to direct a film in which I don't have any scope, so I will not be part of it," said the 21-year-old.

"In future, definitely we will work together. There is a script, which both my mom and me are excited about. When the right time comes, we will do that film. I would like to do a serious film with my mom," she added.

Alia is currently busy promoting "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania". Director Shashank Khaitan's film also features Varun Dhawan in the male lead and is scheduled for a July 11 release.

Actor-director Jugal Hansraj has married his lady love Jasmine in the US, revealed his friend Uday Chopra.

"My friend Jugal Hansraj just got married yesterday (Sunday) in Oakland, Michigan to Jasmine…wish the couple a very happy married life #PyaarPossible," Uday, who starred alongside Jugal in "Mohabbatein", posted on Twitter Monday.

Jugal, 41, started his career in 1983 as a child artist in the Naseeruddin Shah-Shabana Azmi starrer "Masoom", following which, he featured in movies like "Karma" and "Sultanat".

Later, he turned full-fledged actor and starred in "Aa Gale Lag Jaa" and "Papa Kehte Hain", but it was the 2000 movie "Mohabbatein", which gave him visibility.

As an actor, Jugal's career never took off in a big way and he turned to direction with animated film "Roadside Romeo", which even won a National Film Award in 2010.

Jugal even directed his friend Uday and Priyanka Chopra in "Pyaar Impossible!".

Not much is known about his wife Jasmine, but if reports are anything to go by, the newly wed couple will celebrate their union in Mumbai with a party soon.

If you think a tattoo on the nape of Arjun Kapoor's neck is the only art job that he flaunts in "Finding Fanny", you are wrong! He will show off two more.

At an event Monday, Arjun revealed that he sports two more in Homi Adajania's directorial venture.

"I have three tattoos in 'Finding Fanny.' In fact, there is a video also that we have uploaded. The one that Homi put out on Twitter is on my neck and that's actually a picture he took," the 29-year-old said here.

Arjun plays a Goan named Savio D'Gama in "Finding Fanny" and says that "I have a French beard in the film".

While he was fine doing tattoo talk, Arjun's chat about the film was restricted.

"I would talk more about the film when the trailer is out. But I am glad that the response from the audience and the media has been very positive," he said.

Coming out Sep 12, the film also stars Deepika Padukone, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur and Dimple Kapadia.