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A couple of years back came Karan Razdan's 'Girlfriend' that dealt with the story of two women in love with each other. Around the same time director Shrey Srivastava too started a film on a similar theme, 'Men Not Allowed', but unfortunately the film got stuck in the cans after being almost ready for release last year. Now the film starring Payal Rohatgi and Monica Castelino in the lead roles is finally being readied for a May release. MNA also stars Aryan Vaid, Nassar Abdullah and Tarun Arora while Sanjeev Srivastava scores the music. Though there is not much in the film that can be talked about, a song 'Ye Jo Saundhe Saundhe' stands out due to its beautiful melody. Sung by Shashwati Phukan who has sung numerous remix songs in the past, the superbly rendered 'ghazal' could have even excited Asha Bhonsle to go for it as it belongs to a style that she excels in.
Payal Rohatgi signs management deal
Payal Rohatgi signs management deal with Crescendo Promotions & Management Payal Rohatgi has come a long way in the short time that she has stepped in Bollywood with 'Yeh kya ho raha hai' produced by Harry Baweja, This was followed by a series of films which included 'Plan' Directed by Hriday Shetty, ' Rakht' Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, 'Police Force', '36 China Town' ' Produced by Mukta Arts & Directed by Abass Mustan, 'Corporate' Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. And the latest news is that she has been singed by Crescendo Promotions & Management to spiral her on to the big league. This will definitely see her reaching the top in no time, a place where she rightly belongs! Crescendo Promotions & Management is an associate concern of Crescendo Music Pvt. Ltd. one of India's leading music companies headed by Mr. Suresh Thomas. Payal Rohatgi on her signing states, 'The need for a performing artist to leverage her capabilities requires a team of management skills which I found in Crescendo & Suresh Thomas'. Payal Rohatgi will also be starring in an advertising film which sees her sharing the same screen with none other than Amitabh Bachchan, something that very few artistes can boast of, and that too at such an early stage of her career. Payal Rohatgi today, can proudly look back as she has left her contemporaries far behind. The next big film that Payal Rohatgi would be featuring in 'Apna Sapna Money Money' opposite Suniel Shetty in a friendly appearance. This is again a Mukta Arts' production and is directed by Sangeet Shivan. Payal Rohatgi has also signed up with Percept Communication for 'The ONE Concert' in support of AIDS awareness. Though she is living and breathing Bollywood films that do not mean that she is averse to any Hollywood movie, which she looks forward to her management taking her to. Not the one who will rest on her acting laurels, she is now busy learning the traditional kathak dance under her guru Pt Veeru Krishna. This training would be handy during her song and dance sequences. Payal Rohatgi these days is busy traveling, doing a lot of live shows in India and abroad. Watch out to hear more about Payal Rohatgi soon.
Payal Rohatgi, Aryan Vaid, Aman Verma, Pretti Jain come together
September 30 was World Heart Day and the theme this year was to team up for healthy hearts. And hence, stars descended that day at The Institute of Preventive Cardiology (IPC) Foundation, a pioneering NGO under India's first woman Preventive Cardiologist Dr Pratiksha Reeg Deb to curb growing epidemic of silent killer disease -- Heart Attack. Young music director Reeg Deb rendered the Global Heart Anthem with actual heartbeats being the background score, actors Payal Rohtagi, Aryan Vaid, Aman Verma, DJ Vipin, Pretti Jain, Ustad Raza Ali Khan, Nilima Azim, music directors Santok Singh and Reeg Deb, singer Rahul Seth, Indian Idol's favourites Panna Gill, Shweta, Neha and Shantanu, Mrs India Shilpa Singh, and regaled heart patients who forgot their ailments and enjoyed the happy occasion where the celebs with a heart more than made their day along with Dr Pratiksha. Said Payal Rohatgi, "It is important to be aware of your risk factors for heart disease and to be sure you are showing love for your heart. All you have to do is exercise, eat healthy, and stop smoking." Incidentally, Payal had begun to smoke herself after a scene in Corporate where she had to rehearse and it took her sheer willpower to kick the killer weed. Payal shared her experience with the audience. Aryan Vaid, a fitness freak who believes in healthy living added, " The good news is that heart disease is largely preventable and low-cost and straightforward steps that can be taken to reduce the major risk factors are of great help to the common man. Controlling these helps the heart age more slowly and dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease. Healthy thinking leads to healthy heart." Said Dr Pratiksha, "It is better to celebrate and spread the message of healthy heart than giving sermons and lectures. The patients being victims of heart attack and heart failure wanted to spread message that attack the heart attack before it attacks you, and that prevention is better than cure. The Celebes and singers expressed that singing keeps away one away from stress, improves oxygenation in lungs and helps keep heart problems at bay. So sing dance be merry, eat right, sleep tight and exercise in spite of your hectic schedule at least three times a week to prevent heart ailments." Aman Verma was happy at meeting with the heart patients and felt that if his presence could make a difference to one person and bring a smile to an ailing individual that made the vital difference. "I am as ecstatic as you all," he said with a heart-winning smile. Ustad Raza Ali Khan, grandson of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saheb, regaled audiences with his ghazals that lightened the hearts of the audiences while Panna Gill sang songs from his latest album Panna, wherein his video is an anti-drug one with a message. Dr. Pratiksha Reeg Deb of Institute of Preventive Cardiology that is making all efforts to create awareness about prevention of heart diseases, "celebrating this day is a great way to stay clear of all heart ailments. By focusing on preventive approach, cardiac ailments can witness a downward trend and today's event is a step towards that." The highlight of the event was that the heart patients were thoroughly enjoying the event and cheering up the stars who had come specially to perform for them. Such was the euphoria that many among them took to the stage to croon some of their favorite Bollywood numbers thus adding spice to the whole event.
Wrong timing for Payal Rohatgi?
Are back to back releases turning out to be a bad timing for upcoming actress Payal Rohatgi? Just when coming Friday sees the release of her first biggie '36 China Town', the news of her long delayed sleaze flick 'Men Not Allowed' comes at the most opportune time. While '36 China Town', a murder mystery that features her in an important role, followed by Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Corporate' that has her playing a film actress, promise to put her in a good position in Bollywood circles, her earlier signed film like 'Men Not Allowed' dealing with same sex relationship threatens to hit the screens soon. Apart from '36 China Town' and 'Corporate', she also has films like Subhash Ghai's 'Apna Sapna Money Money' and Milind Soman's 'Phir Zindagi' lined up. The actress has been consciously trying to shed her 'sleaze only' image by signing films with reputed banners but seems like she would be haunted for some more time to come as films like 'Men Not Allowed' and 'Ek Se Mera Kya Hoga' gear up for release!
Watch out for Payal's item number in 'Corporate'
After incorporating 'Kuan Maan Doob Jaaongi in 'Page 3', Madhur Bhandarkar is all set to UP the glamour quotient in his upcoming film 'Corporate'. This time he goes a notch further by roping in Payal Rohatgi for a sizzling item number in his movie that revolves around the 3 Ps - Paisa, Power and Politics! Basking in the glory of the stupendous success of '36 China Town', Payal Rohatgi is sure to enjoy a continued summer of 2006 as she gyrates to the item number 'O Sikandar'. Though Payal has a special appearance in the film where she plays an actress, her song that also features Kailash Kher is said to be the highlight of the film. Staged as an Arabian number with looks, sets and costumes to match, this item song has just been aired on the small screen and is set to grow as days progress!
Dhol is my first movie with director Priyadarshan- Payal Rohtagi
Actress Payal Rohtagi was in Delhi at Hotel Intercontinental recently for her upcoming movie Dhol. After winning Femina Miss India contest in the year 2000 Payal Rohtagi entered film Industry. Basically Payal is a computer engineer though she got attracted to the glamour world after winner Miss India Pageant. She is very much excited about her upcoming movie 'Dhol' and said that she is playing second lead role in the movie under the direction of Priyadarshan, it was a great experience to work with him. It was a very good experience to work with people like Shamran Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Tanushree Dutta and Rajpal Yadav in this film. The work which brought out of us on sets by director Priyadarshan, and I can say that this movie is going to be a mile stone in my film career. This will be out in Cinema Halls by June. She started getting offers from directors, when she appeared in the Mahesh Manjrekar's video album 'Humko Pura Yakeen Hai'. After this she never saw a dip in her career graph. Payal Rohtagi has worked with renowned directors of Film Industry. She appeared in movies like 'Ye Kya Ho Raha Hai', 'Plan', 'Rakht' and 'Corporate' apart from these she also appeared in Show Man Subhash Ghai's film '36 China Town'. Actually she started her career with ad films. She did endorsements for Bajaj, N.C, Britaniya, Nescafe, Jagwar, Dabar with cricketer Sehwag, and she also accompanied with Super Star Amitabh Bachachan in an ad of Cadbury Temptation.