Katrina Kaif turns BLUE!

Katrina Kaif is a big name these days after all her films scooped bounties at the box-office. So having her in a film even if it’s for 8 minutes is a big deal for the makers. However, it seems the taste of guest appearance has turned sour for Katrina. She is presently fuming at the makers of Blue who are promoting her as a cast of the film when she just has a guest appearance in it.

Katrina said that she just did the cameo because Akshay Kumar had asked her to. When informed that she was paid well for her 8 minute appearance, Kat says candidly that its true that she is paid well for the cameo. But she asserts that it’s a small role. She opines that if the producers are promoting her name as a part of the cast then they are hurting their own image, as the audience would get a raw deal when they watch it. She reveals that even before her portion was canned she had made it perfectly clear that her name would be kept out of any promotional gimmick for Blue.
He says that she was promised that she would be kept out of Blue’s promotions but now that her name is cropping up every now and then with the film, she thinks its very unprofessional and unfortunate.

When asked, director of Blue Tony D’Souza said that there should be no confusion on this matter as right from the start it was clear that Katrina would be kept t out of Blue’s promotions. So there is no room for any chaos here, thereby dismissing Kat’s accusation that she was being used as a publicity stunt by the makers.

Shahid, Katrina to get Rajiv Gandhi National Award

When they began their career with Ishq Vishk and Boom respectively, even Shahid Kapoor and Katrina Kaif wouldn’t have thought that a few years down they line, they would be winning a National Award for Best Acting.

Well, this has actually turned out to be true as both the actors are the chosen ones for 12th Rajiv Gandhi National Awards. The event would be taking place at National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai, on 19th August’09.

Rajiv Gandhi Awards were initiated in 1995 in an endeavor to keep alive the vision of ex-Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. The event honours the achievers who are a part of India current progress.

Since 12 years this platform brings together various fraternities. Other winners this year are Avika Gor (Child Prodigy), Vineet Jain (Industrialist), Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (Journalism), Sam Pitroda (Global Indian), Dr. Narendra Jadhav (Educationist), Dr. G Madhavan Nair (Super Achiever), Krushnaa Patil (Women Achiever), Rajashree Birla (Social Field) and Rohit Kochhar (Young Entrepreneur).

These renowned personalities will be honoured in a grand manner amidst lot of performances & entertainment extravaganza on the eve of Shri Rajiv Gandhi’ birth anniversary.

The award ceremony will be graced by dignitaries like Kamalnath, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Ashok Chavan, Murli Deora, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Maken, Rajiv Shukla, Priya Dutt, Milind Deora, Eknath Gaikwad, Sanjay Nirupam, Mohd. Azharuddin, Subodh Kant Sahay, Gurudas Kamat, Manikrao Thackray.

Rajiv Gandhi Awards has always had many Bollywood biggies as the performers in the past, including Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Navin Prabhakar, Rakhi Sawant, Vivek Oberoi, Sukhwinder Singh, Koena Mitra, Tanushree Dutta, Aftab Shivdasani, Sunidhi Chauhan, Isha Shravani, Sivamani, Tisca Chopra, Sajid Khan, Anupam Kher, Parizad Kolha, and more.

This year also, many celebrities namely Hrithik Roshan, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chowdhary, Esha Deol, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Priyanka Chopra, Raju Shrivastav, Vishal-Shekhar are to perform in this event.

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