Kolaveri is no poetry. It is just silly words: Dhanush

Last Week Dhanush performed live in Mumbai, his first stage performance. 

Says the actor shyly, “Earlier I had sung a song for my brother filmmaker Selvaraghavan’s audio release. That’s my only live performance so far. I wasn’t nervous about performing on Sunday. 

If I was a professional singer I’d worry. But I’m an amateur, so it didn’t matter if I went off-key. ”

Now this week Dhanush took Kolkata by storm. 

Says Dhanush humbly, “Kolkata was a great experience. It was an overwhelming experience. ” 

Next, Dhanush will perorm live in Delhi. 

Says the humble grateful star-singer, “God has been very kind to me. I had a great year. I couldn’t have asked for more. Now I’m just going to focus on shooting the song for my wife’s film. Let’s see where it goes from there. It will be shot in the first week of January. ”

Dhanush’s wife Aishwarya is directing him in 3. And the song Kolaveri di is already a big hit. “It seems the song has become bigger than the film. But the film has a solid and novel script. Once people see the film they’ll see the song as just a part of the narration. ”

Dhanush is refreshingly matter-of-fact about Kolaveri. “It’s just a song. Just a phase. It will pass. I am one of those people who don’t know how to speak proper English. But I manage. 

Speaking the English language was initially a huge problem for me, so I knew how to connect with people like me. I knew what words to choose so that they connect with people who are not fluent in English. ” 

Dhanush has no illusions about the quality of the lyrics. “It’s not poetry. Whatever silly words came to my mind I used it in the song. 

It’s just like any composition, nothing special A group of us gen-next kids me, Shruti Haasan, my wife Aishwarya and the composer Annirudh were open to ideas.

The tune was done in twenty minutes. As soon as I heard the song the words simply came to my mind spontaneously. I wanted the words to be understood by everybody regardless of whether they know English or not. ” 

The most anticipated films of 2012

It will be a mixed bag of action thrillers and romcoms next year. We pick some of the most anticipated films of 2012 


2012 spells Sridevi and Karisma Kapoor's comebacks. Ex-flames Sallu-Kat and Shahid-PC together on celluloid.


Aamir Khan's bid to continue his success streak while newbies like Arjun Kapoor begin their innings.


The south remakes continue as well as the desi versions of Hollywood along with the Friday clashes of the A listers. Shah Rukh also returns to romance with a Yash Chopra project. Here's a list of what to look forward to...


Players: 2012 kicks off with Abbas-Mustan's version of The Italian Job. There's Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Omi Vaidya.


The men in white are known for their taut thrillers. This gold heist will set the pace for Bollywood in the new year.

Agneepath: This is a Republic Day offering with Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra.


Karan Malhotra revisits the Big B's 1990 starrer. There's also Kat's Chikni Chameli act.


Department: Ram Gopal Varma's take on cops and the underworld has Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati.

Jodi Breakers: Bips teams up with Madhavan in this Ashwini Chaudhary directed caper about being a single and remaining one.

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu: Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor feature in this tragicomedy about a guy going through a breakdown in his personal as well as professional life till he meets a hairdresser. Bebo has teamed with Aamir Khan, it's now her turn with the nephew.

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya: Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza's wedding and their film release in the same month February. Not exactly a coincidence though!

Kahaani: After Vidya Balan's ooh la la act in 2011, she gets another chance to showcase her histrionics in Sujoy Ghosh's flick. Vids essays a pregnant woman in search of her husband.

Agent Vinod: Saif Ali Khan teams up with ladylove Kareena in this action flick. The film has been in the making for long and buzz is that the couple will tie the knot only after its release.

Housefull 2: Sajid Khan's sequel with Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandes. The director hopes to raise the bar further in this laugh riot

Talaash: Aamir Khan is not only acting as a cop in the movie but is also co-producer of the flick, directed by Reema Kagti. He has Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji as co-stars in this supernatural thriller.

Ferrari Ki Sawaari: Sharman Joshi takes the big step as a lead actor in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's flick, which has been shot in real locations, on busy roads and amidst a live audience.

Ishaqzaade: Boney and Mona Kapoor's son Arjun finally makes his debut in this romantic flick with Priyanka Chopra's cousin Parineeti Chopra.

Rowdy Rathore: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha team up for Prabhu Deva flick. There's action and the Khiladi plays a cop.

Dangerous Ishq: Vikram Bhatt's 3 D thriller has Karisma Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill, Rajneish Duggal. Lolo, who took a while to choose a project, considers this as her best bet for another tryst with Bollywood. 


Terri Merri Kahani: Ex-flames Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra turn professional to act in Kunal Kohli's flick. 

Bol Bachchan: This action comedy has Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan and Asin. As it is Rohit Shetty's flick, expect cars tumbling around if not zooming mid-air. 

Barfi: Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra essay 'special 'people in Anurag Basu's flick. 

Heroine: After Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's exit thanks to her pregnancy, Madhur Bhandarkar's flick about the life and times of a Bollywood actress went back on track with Bebo.

Ek Tha Tiger: Sallu teams with Kat in Kabir Khan's romantic thriller. The star hopes that his success at the box-office continues with this project. 

Joker: Shirish Kunder's 3 D sci-fi flick has Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. 

Son of Sardar: Ashwini Dhir's comic caper has Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Dutt.

Dabangg 2: Arbaaz Khan turns director with the sequel starring Salman and Sonakshi which is due to release by Christmas. 

Genelia is John Abraham’s duly wed wife!

Mumbai: An on screen Bollywood marriage is close to reality as it shows the entire wedding ritual in an elaborated manner to complement the enormous amount of money that is spent behind the larger than life wedding sets. And the Tinsel Town is known to recreate weddings on screen in the most authentic and dramatic manner. 


Not too long ago, there was news of Genelia D’Souza and John Abraham doing a wedding sequence for their upcoming film `Force` wherein the mantras that were chanted were real and the duo completed all the wedding rituals religiously. The priest, Pandit Bhagwat Guruji was so engrossed performing the rituals that he forgot it was not real but reel wedding and he ended up pronouncing them duly wed husband and wife in real life. 

Now comes a twist in the tale! According to the priest Genelia cannot tie the nuptial in the near future with her alleged beau Riteish Deshmukh. He has asked producer Vipul Shah to help him fix an appointment with Genelia so that he could talk to her about the present situation. 

Talking to a daily, a source revealed, "There`s a scene in `Force` where the lead pair get married. Instead of a junior artiste, they called a real pandit for the scene. He insisted that she couldn`t get married as she was already married to John!" 

However, producer Shah said, "The pandit is now mad at us for getting him involved in this scene. He`s treating it like a real wedding, but I want to make him understand that that`s not the case. In my entire career, I`ve never experienced anything of this sort!"

Yana Gupta’s item song too horrific to be aired on small screen…

Yana Gupta’s sizzling item song Zara Kareeb Se from Murder 2 will not be seen in the promos of the film, as the censor Board thinks it’s too provocative, and more than that, ‘horrific’.

As per reports, the raunchy item song where Yana is shown like an ultimate sex kitten appeared to the members of the Censor Board as gory and very suggestive. Thus unfit for TV screening.

According to Mohit Suri, the director of the film, the song is extremely in-your-face. “It was felt that the concept itself is not suitable to be viewed by everyone. The graphics are explicit. It needed an adult certification and on television you cannot monitor the audience,” the director is quoted as saying.

After the Censors prohibited the song from the promos, Mohit re-shot the song, which is a thrilling number, with the lead pair of the film Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez.

Murder 2 releases on July 8.

Ismail Darbar apologizes over Oscar comment..

After rumours about the Academy planning to sue him for $50,000 million, Ismail Darbar, who had accused A R Rahman of having bought the Oscar awards, says he is ready to apologize.

The musician had indicted Rahman, who received two Oscars in 2008 Best Original Score and Best Original Song for his music in Slumdog Millionaire, of having paid for them.

Following this, there was scuttlebutt that The Academy of Motion Picture arts n sciences might sue him for insinuating that the awards can be bought.

Darbar now says he has nothing against the Oscars and that he just wanted to warn his ‘friend’ Rahman for churning out inferior quality music since last one year.

Darbar says, “I am grateful that I have been respected in the industry for my work. I did say some things about Rahman, because as a friend I want to jolt him out of his reverie and start giving good music.

I chose a public platform to do it, because he wouldn’t listen to me otherwise. I have nothing against the Oscars.

It is the most respected award, the whole world acknowledges it, and I do, too. If any of them (Academy) are hurt by my comments, I apologise to them.”

Darbar says he is not saying this out of fear of anyone, but God.

“I am not scared. The truth is, I realise that those people who respected me for my work, might misunderstand me and think I am baddimag (arrogant person).

Also, the fact is, I can have nothing against the Oscar panel or those behind the awards. My issue was with Rahman and I guess he’s got the message by now.”

David Beckham Launches Everyone’s Olympic Games

He’s always up to something, and earlier today (June 13) David Beckham was in the house for the launch of Samsung’s Everyone’s Olympic Games.

The English soccer stud looked dapper as he hammed it up at the East Wintergarden in London, England along with Zara Phillips.

In related news, Becks recently topped a poll of the most stylish male star in the UK, beating out “Twilight” hunk Robert Pattinson.

And at the bottom of the heap was newlywed Duke of Cambridge Prince William. The poll declared, "William should be more adventurous."

Lindsay Lohan's House Arrest Rooftop Party

If you can’t go to the party, bring it to your own place! And Lindsay Lohan did just that - as the legally challenged actress threw a shindig while on house arrest at her Venice Beach habode on Sunday (June 12).

Even though Lohan is off-limits to booze, she provided libations for her guests as she sipped on a non-alcoholic drink and puffed on cigarettes.

The “Mean Girls” actress had quite the gathering, with about 10 friends gathering together on the rooftop of her $1.4 million rented home.

According to TMZ, LiLo is only expected to serve another two and a half weeks on house lockdown before being free to continue forth with her 800 hours of community service.