New Delhi: Kalki Koechlin had to go through quite a transformation for her role in 'Shanghai' as director Dibakar Banerjee wanted her to look ugly yet adorable. The brief given by her director was quite simple - 'Look ugly'. However, it was nothing short of a nightmare to actually realise the filmmaker's vision.
"Dibakar wanted me to look ugly and vulnerable. The first thing that he did was chop my hair and make it really short. Then he gave me these clothes that were really grungy with jagged T-shirts and all. I wasn't allowed to look very comfortable or feminine.
"The idea was to bring on certain vulnerability and awkwardness to my character. There is not an ounce of glamour that I bring in 'Shanghai'. Dibakar said that I had to be ugly, but adorable. Now that was a strange mix I had to bring on screen," Kalki told PTI.
Though she has played troubled characters in films like 'Shaitan', 'That Girl in Yellow Boots' as well as 'Dev D', 'Shanghai' turned out to be a different experience as she had to enact the part of a complete outsider....
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05:55 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap had introduced her to Bollywood as Chanda in "Dev D" and in the process fell in love with her and eventually married her. But Kalki Koechlin says that her husband is her biggest critic and is quite harsh at times. "Anurag is my biggest critic. He gives me his feedback," Kalki, who has done three films with her husband, told. "In fact, just recently, I finished...
12:55 PM, Aug 27, 2011
London: Funnyman Jim Carrey says he has a huge crush on Emma Stone and wants to marry the actress. The 49-year-old actor has filmed a video blog in which he confesses he has a huge crush on 'The Amazing Spider Man' actress who is 27 years younger than him, Contactmusic reported. "Emma, I think you're all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but smart and kind-hearted. And if I were...
03:18 PM, Aug 26, 2011
New Delhi: It seems actress Bipasha Basu has taken the practical approach after her break up with John Abraham. She says she has moved on and doesn't miss him anymore. "Nobody plans a break up or any negative thing in your life, when it happens you deal with it, life is such that it teaches you, it heals you and you move on. I don't miss John," Bipasha said on...
12:21 AM, Aug 26, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh admits he and Deepika are more than friends but is adamant it doesn't mean they are dating. "Deepika and I are definitely more than friends but that doesn't mean that we need to get linked up. Deepika is one of the finest co stars I've worked with and she's someone whom I would want to work with again and again," Neil said on Zoom's Superstar...
11:53 PM, Aug 25, 2011
London: Actress Selena Gomez, who is said to have parted ways with teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, has vowed never to change herself for a guy again. "I wasn't myself for a year. I think that was really damaging. I felt like it was me who was always trying to be perfect for him," contactmusic.com quoted the 19-year-old as saying. "Everyone around me hated him but I didn't listen. I...
01:30 PM, Aug 17, 2011
London: Indian-born actress Freida Pinto is all praise for her long-time boyfriend, Dev Patel, and says he is her "action hero". The 26-year-old, who has been dating Patel since meeting on the sets of the 2007 movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', said she loves her boyfriend's "down-to-earth" attitude, reported Contactmusic. "He's my own action hero. He is one of the cutest, cutest boys I have ever met, very down-to-earth, very humble and...
05:23 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Chennai: Top southern actress Nayantara has converted from Christianity to Hinduism, say sources close to the Arya Samaj, even as she herself maintains a studied silence on the issue. Nayantara, born and brought up as Diana Mariam Kurian, was a born Christian. She changed her name because of her foray into films. She reportedly converted to Hinduism on Sunday morning at the Arya Samaj Temple in Chennai, the sources said,...
10:26 PM, Aug 11, 2011
London: 'The Mask of Zorro' star Antonio Banderas says he refused to date Pop Queen Madonna because she was "too powerful". Madonna famously flaunted her crush on the Spanish hunk in her outrageous 1991 documentary 'In Bed With Madonna', which saw her flirt with a shy Banderas at a party in Spain. But the 50-year-old actor admits that he was a nervous wreck in the Material Girl's presence - because...
02:30 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said "That Girl In Yellow Boots" will be his last high-voltage intense film with newly-wed wife Kalki Koechlin as such movies take a toll on their relationship. "I am very serious about it. I won't work with Kalki again till the time I have a lighter romantic film for her. When we work on intense films, our relationship gets very intense," Anurag said in a statement....
09:57 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor on Tuesday denied reports that her younger sister Kareena is set to tie the knot with beau Saif Ali Khan towards the end of 2012. "Kareena is not getting married anytime soon," Karisma said here. Rumour mills have been abuzz with information that the couple - 'Saifeena' - is ready to settle down, and that their nuptials would happen at a palace in Bhopal...
04:43 PM, Aug 09, 2011
London: Hollywood star George Clooney is reportedly dating a blonde former wrestling champion and "American girl" Stacy Keibler. The 50-year-old actor, who has always had an eye for Mediterranean-looking beauties, is said to have moved on from sultry Italian model and TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis, Daily Express reported. Keibler, 31, has said to have caught the eye of Hollywood's most eligible bachelor just two months after his split from Canalis....
12:11 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: After Aishwarya Rai, it's Lara Dutta who is expecting and Abhishek Bachchan has wished her, saying "welcome on board". "Thank you so much for all ur wishes and prayers. It's an awesome time in life right now and Mahesh and I r both very excited abt the baby!," Lara, who tied the knot with ace tennis player Mahesh Bhupati in February this year, posted on her Twitter page....
01:36 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: Hollywood star Brad Pitt, who is raising six children with partner Angelina Jolie, reveals that his choices have changed after becoming a father. Now, before signing on any movie, he thinks about what his kids will see. "I think that after becoming a father, I am changing my choices. Today, everything I do, I look at in the context of what my kids are going to see and...
12:42 PM, Jul 30, 2011
London: Actress Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James has called off his engagement with reality TV star Kat Von D. The stars, who began dating two months after James divorced Bullock last year, became engaged in January this year and were planning a summer wedding. It was reportedly said that they were separated because of their long distance love. Von D lives in Los Angeles, while James is based in Austin,...
02:50 PM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: Friendship is a recurring theme in actor-director Farhan Akhtar's films, right? He reveals that it was friends who supported him during the painful time when his illustrious parents, Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, divorced around 25 years ago. He started his movie-making career by telling the story of three friends, "Dil Chahta Hai", then he made his acting debut with another buddy story "Rock On", and now his...
08:17 PM, Jul 22, 2011
New York: Scarlett Johansson seems to be enjoying her single status. The actress was seen flirting with "The Hangover" star Justin Bartha recently. Johansson - who has divorced actor Ryan Reynolds - attended the opening of Bartha's play "All New People" in New York City before joining him for a cast dinner at Cafe Un Deux Trois, where according to sources, they only had eyes for each other. "There were...
10:44 AM, Jul 22, 2011
London: Actor James Franco has confirmed that his five-year relationship with actress Ahna O'Reilly has ended. The actor parted ways with his girlfriend because he is busy with his education priorities. Franco has been studying at Yale University, New York University, Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, Brooklyn College and Columbia University, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "It's over. That lasted about four or five years. We'd been living together in Los Angeles...
04:44 PM, Jul 21, 2011
London: Popular singer George Michael says his first crush was singer Debbie Harry when he was a teenager and it happened even before he realised he's gay. Michael, 48, told Debbie, 66, about his feelings when he met her at the Lovebox music festival in London, Sunday, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "She (Debbie) looked great. I told her that before I worked out I was a poof, she was my first crush......
04:02 PM, Jul 20, 2011
London: Actor Matt Damon feels his high-profile friends Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have become "prisoners" of fame. "I have friends who are like prisoners. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, for instance. They can't just go someplace," femalefirst.co.uk quoted him as saying. "I'm really lucky, because I have the best of both worlds. I do the work that I love and need, but don't need paramilitary troops to protect me...
03:26 PM, Jul 20, 2011
