Bollywood's style icon Rekha hits the half century mark on October 10th.Still considered one of the most stunning people in Bollywood, Rekha could give women half her age tips on aging beautifully!

Happy Birthday to India’s own Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar who turned 75 on September 28.

Happy Birthday also to Dev Anand who celebrated his 81 st B’day in great style recently.

Asha Parekh superstar of yesteryears shares her Birthday with Mahatma Gandhi (October 2) and celebrated it in Mumbai recently.

‘Thumri Queen’ Shobha Gurtu known for her rich earthy voice, passed away at her residence in Mumbai recently following a cardiac arrest. She was 79.
Shobha began her training under her mother Menekabai Shirodkar herself a pupil of Ustad Alladiya Khan, and was also trained by Kamal Khan.
Shobha Gurtu had also created musical scores for several Marathi and Hindi movies. She was awarded the Sangeet Sahitya Academy award and the Padma Bhusan. She is survived by two sons.

Indian PM Manmohan Singh, who was in NY recently, announced that his daughters loved watching movies by Manoj Night Shyamalan and Mira Nair. Said Mr Singh at a gathering of the Indian diaspora “I am delighted to learn that Indian Americans are now also active in creative fields ranging from media to cinema. My daughters are always thrilled to watch the movies of Mr Shyamalan and Ms Nair,"

The Hindi version of the murder thriller starring Stone and Michael Douglas ‘Basic Instinct’ s will be released Oct 1. The title is dubbed as 'Khatarnak Chahat'.

Konkona Sensharma replaces Rani Mukherji to play the lead in Mira Nair’s new film based on Pulitzer winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's book 'The Namesake'.
Nair who was in Kolkata recently to check out locales and actors supposedly admitted that she initially wanted Rani Mukerjiee in the title role. Rani was unavailable to take on the role due to date problems.
Kokona Sen Sharma’s award winning performance in 'Mr. And Mrs. Iyer' had impressed Mira Nair a great deal.

Director Govind Menon 'Kiss Kiski Kismat' marks marks Dharmendra's comeback and also stars Mallika Sherawat, Rati Agnihotri, Siddharth Makkar, Satish Shah, Tinnu Anand, Jagdeep, Viju Khote, Dinesh Hingoo and Shivaji Satam.
Dharam plays a leading stockbroker, Hasmukh Mehta and Rati, his wife.

For a public still reeling under the break up of the Saif Amrita union, here comes another bombshell! Rani Mukherjee and beau Govinda (the new Bollywood parliamentarian) have moved in together. Rumor has it that while Govinda has moved into Rani’s Versova flat, his wife Sunita has moved out of their home and into a flat in Mumbai for a trial separation.

Sanjay Dutt has specially designed clothes for the Musafir team who will walk the ramp at the MTV Lycra Style Awards to be held at Mumbai on October 15.
Sanjay Gupta's 'Musafir' has joined hands with MTV for the event.

Actress Isha Koppikar is the latest film star to support the cause of PETA - People for Ethical Treatment to Animals. Other Bollywood stars on the PETA bandwagon include Amisha Patel, Shilpa Shetty and Rahul Dev. Amongst the Hollywood celebrities PETA has been supported by Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Goldie Hawn, Richard Pryor and Rue Clanahan.

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