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Parineeti Chopra, who will be seen in a live-in relationship with her onscreen boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput in "Shuddh Desi Romance", sees living together as a practical solution for busy couples who do not get time for each other. "I don't think live-in relationships are different from marriage. Today, live-in relationships are more out of practicality," Parineeti told reporters in a group interview. Giving an hypothetical example, she said: "I am an actress. If I get too late at work and if I want to meet my boyfriend, when do I meet him? Obviously, in the night. If I come back home and sleep in my place, people will say it's not a live-in relationship. It's all about our perception. "Whoever is not in a relationship, even there pre-martial sex exists. I myself want to know why is it different?" Although she supports it, Parineeti confesses her parents won't be able accept it. "My parents are very orthodox, so I may get scared to do this because they will feel bad. But actually it is fine," she said. Directed by Maneesh Sharma, "Shuddh Desi Romance" features also introduces Vaani Kapoor and it will come out Sep 6.
Live-in couples to attend 'Katti Batti' promotions
As the concept of Imran Khan and Kangana Ranaut-starrer romantic comedy “Katti Batti” is based on live-in relationships, the makers of the film have decided to invite real-life couples for their next event to give them a chance to meet and greet their favourite stars. “The makers have thought of a unique way of inviting real-life live-in couples for the next event that will be organised. As the film is based on the very concept, the idea fits in very well and gives us a chance of having audiences be a part of the activities that we execute,” the spokesperson of the film said. They film's makers will be running several contests and will be identifying the couples through several activities, post which they would be inviting them for their immediate next event with the cast. Directed by Nikhil Advani, “Katti Batti” is scheduled to release on September 18.
"I want to live in a zoo" - Bhairavi (Bheja Fry)
She's got Bipasha's duskiness, Priyanka's poise, Mallika's bust and Sushmita's brain. Here comes the new addition to the hep Bollywood brigade. Her name is Goswami, Bhairavi Goswami. She's been in the page-3 circuit for some time and is now making a subtle foray into films playing key characters in Sagar Bellary's comedy 'Bheja Fry' (released with rave reviews this week) and Rahul Kapoor's silent film 'My Daddy Strongest' which will mark the return of Kumar Gaurav. So make way for the new bombshell. She also has her own sense of humor. Recently, at a television shoot for the promotion of 'Bheja Fry', all the lead actors decided to wear dark glares just for fun. But Bhairavi Goswami absolutely refused to don glares. She said, "I have spent half an hour curling my lashes and applying mascara, how can I hide it." Understandably so, since she spent quite some time doing and redoing her make up. Since the cast was called two hours earlier for the press conference, Bhairavi was quite tired and her make-up was not so fresh. Just before the screening was about to start she rushed downstairs to the MAC make-up counter and got the make-up artists to give her a makeover. Soon she breezed in along with the other guests looking fresh as a daisy. On being asked where she sees herself five years from now, guess what she replied! No, she didn't have the clich© 'happily married', 'winning awards' or 'doing big-banner films' answer. The hardcore animal-lover that she is, Bhairavi wants to "own a huge zoo with lots of rare animals and live in the middle of it." Okay girl, you managed it. Our bheja is fried! And by the way, she's even got Paris Hilton's socializing nature!
Manisharma to perform live in the US
Manisharma needs no introduction for Telugu film lovers. He redefined the Telugu music and became a pride of Telugu-speaking Indians all over the world. It is his music that brought freshness into the barren music industry when he stepped in. He has introduced the art of combining the western and the classical music so well that we think no one of his contemporaries in India can beat. His music direction for 100 movies has bought over $1 billion of revenue to Telugu movie industry with his mega hits, which gave our music lovers to cherish his songs for generations. Manisharma started his career as a keyboard player in late 80s under the guidance of renowned and popular music director the late Satyam. He gave several live performances with renowned playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam in India and abroad including in USA, U.K, Australia, Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Sri Lanka & UAE, and so on. Manisharma worked with several famous music directors in all the south Indian languages and also in Hindi, Oriya and Bengali. Now he is going to enthral the NRI Telugus in the US with a medley of super hit songs. The concert will be held in more than 12 cities including TANA at Washington DC, besides Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, Columbus, San Jos, Los Angeles, New Jersey and Detroit. He is the first Telugu music director invited to ATA and TANA successively for two years. Karunya, Mallikarjun, Gangadhar, Sunita, Vijayalakshmi are the key singers to participate in the concert. Ruchi Foods, Chicago are coordinating the programme in the US, while JP Entertainment Group (tollywooddreams.com) is overlooking the media publicity, press releases and interviews of stars for the whole event.
Sardaar Audio Live in America; No fee
Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Sardar Gabbar Singh is the most trending topic in two Telugu states from past few days. Film which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Bobby is celebrated its audio launch at Novatel, Hyderabad. Several news channels aired the programme by blocking important slots. But what shocking is the audio event was telecasted live at a multiplex in USA.Some crazy fans of Pawan have organized the live telecast of event at the Serra theatres in Milpitas, California. There was no entry fee for the event and fans rushed to the multiplex in huge numbers and cherished with the speeches of Pawan and Chiru. There were loud cheers from the fans at every word spoken by Chiranjeevi. Fans went berserk when he used words like "Kalyan", "Gabaar Singh" and "my brother Kalyan" during his speech.
Nearly 70 percent of Indians live in villages: Census
Over 68 percent, or 833 million, of Indians still live in villages despite a sharp decline recorded for the first time in the overall growth rate of the country’s rural population, according to the census data released Friday. According to the rural urban distribution of population census, of the 1.21 billion Indians, 377 crore stay in urban areas. The census data on the rural-urban break-up of population, which is considered very useful for policy-making, was released by union Home Secretary R.K. Singh. Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C. Chandramouli, sharing the data highlights with reporters, said that it was for the first time since independence that the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas than in rural areas. “The rural-urban distribution is 68.84 percent and 31.16 percent, respectively,” Chandramouli said. He said urbanisation has increased to 31.16 percent from 27.81 percent in the 2001 census and the proportion of rural population declined to 68.84 percent from 72.19 percent in 2001. He said the population growth in rural areas has declined over the years but in urban areas it has remained almost the same. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 155.11 million urban population or 18.6 percent of the overall followed by Bihar with 92.07 million and West Bengal with 62.21 million. Sikkim with only 450,000 urban population or 0.1 percent of the total is at the bottom preceded by Mizoram with 520,000 and Goa with 550,000. Maharashtra tops the list having the maximum number of people in urban areas 50.8 million