Tattoos are the latest in-thing in Bollywood and after Urmila Matondkar sported one, Esha Deol now joins the club. The actress shocked all and sundry at the music launch of Zayed Khan's forthcoming film "Rocky" this week by sporting a Gayatri mantra tattoo on her right shoulder and an Om on her left and said it was not planned. Esha got them done by Ronni Froberg of Funky Monkey fame. She happened to know him through her hair stylist Peri Patel who introduced Esha to him about two years ago. Apart from Esha and Urmila, the other actor who is proud of his tattoos is Sanjay Dutt.

Horoscope trouble, Big B's denial and lately media speculation.... Abhishek-Aishwarya romance has survived all the troubles and now flourishing in Chennai. The two seem to be enjoying their shooting stint in the southeren city for Mani Ratnam’s Guru where they made their public appreance after a long gap.Oblivious to any media attention, they visited the cancer ward of a local hospital where they spent time with the children. Just after their return from IIFA in Dubai the two were spotted at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai where they watched two back-to-back films, Mission Impossible 3 and X Men 3.

Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu is definitely keeping her pants on.  No, she wasn't asked to pose nude, merely to wear a skirt for her role as an executive in director Madhur Bhandakar's new film.  Still, "Bips,'' as she's known in Bollywood, wanted nothing to do with it.  "Madhur wanted me to wear something else. But I was adamant - no taking off my pants,'' Basu told a newspaper in an interview.

The Hindi film industry has spoken out against the dastardly terrorist attacks on Mumbai. And like most of the world, Bollywood too says Mumbai should take a bow for the unity it has shown.  "What has happened is really sad and tragic. The people behind this are just showing how cowardly they are," said Aamir Khan. "The authorities should take the strictest action against them. We should bounce back, but I don't think that we should forget the tragedy." 

Until recently it was impossible for two actresses to get along well. No more so, it seems. Kareena who had spats with Bipasha Basu during Ajnabee now gets along with every other heroine that she works with.  During Abbas-Mustan's Aitraaz Priyanka Chopra and Kareena hit it off like a house on fire. The two ladies have just returned from a live concert together at Antwerp. Malaika Arora and her Amrita (who's Kareena's best friend) also accompanied the all-female entourage.

While the John-Bipasha relationship is right now the talk of town and under intense media scrutiny, biker boy John quietly slipped out of town - to avoid the sudden interest in his personal life, claimed the gossip mill. But the actor is actually shooting right now in Cape Town. "After the stage shows abroad he returned to Mumbai, spent some time with his parents, before flying off to South Africa for the shooting of his film. It was a prior commitment," says a source close to the star. So luckily, the actor will be spared the trouble of explaining an alleged troubled relationship.

In a mostly sold out show, A. R. Rahman is scheduled to perform in the Hollywood Bowl, in Hollywood, California on Sunday, July 16th. Some of the Indian artists performing along with him are Sukhwinder Singh, Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Madhushree, Naresh Iyer, Rajesh Raman, Sivamani and Anisha Nagarajan.

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