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Anupam Kher, one of the most talented actors of the Hindi film industry, has decided to write a book and says that the title of his maiden literary work is The Best Thing About You Is You, which will teach people how to live life in today’s time. “Announcing my first book published by Hay House Publishers. It is about life and living. And is called The Best Thing About You is You,” the 56-year-old posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Anupam, who writes for a newspaper as a guest columnist, will try to help people by providing a handy guide to finding peace of mind and contentment in today’s chaotic times through his book.

The two-time national award-winning actor also runs an acting school called “Actor Prepares”.

After beginning his career with his soul-stirring performance in “Saraansh”, he went on to do more emotional roles in “Daddy and “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara and won national award for both of them.

Looks like when it comes to exhibiting oomph wearing a red hot two piece, sultry Bipasha Basu has few challengers.The ultimate “Bongshell” Bipasha feels great about her sexy image, but to slip into a bikini for ‘Players’ the actress had to compete with lissome beauty Sonam Kapoor. Interestingly, the makers of ‘Players’ floated a contest to rate the sex quotient between the two actresses.

In a recent media event, Bipasha let her cannons loose and animatedly talked about her sizzling bikini act to which Sonam had no option but succumb.

So, finally it has emerged that Sonam Kapoor will not be seen in the itsy-bitsy two-piece and it is Bipasha who would up the oomph quotient with her red bikini and fab toned body.

Sharing the saucy bit with media, Bips said, “We were made to have a race. Whoever won the race, would get to wear a bikini,” she said, “I won, simple!”

Meanwhile, Sonam had no qualms wearing a bikini but feels sorry as she doesn’t have a body to flaunt one.

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 Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri on Thursday promoted their upcoming film `Rockstar` in Pune.
Kapoor and Fakhri interacted with a huge crowd of young fans and even danced to some songs of their movie.

The film also stars late veteran actor Shammi Kapoor making it the Bollywood legend`s last appearance. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film`s music is composed by A. R. Rahman.

Mumbai: Urumi, a Malayalam feature film directed by Santosh Sivan starring Vidya Balan, Prithviraj and Genelia D`Souza, will open the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 to be held in Goa next month. IFFI officials stated that the jury for Feature films, headed by renowned filmmaker Sai Paranjpye, has selected 23 films, out of a total of 118 eligible entries, for the IFFI 2011 Indian Panorama Section.

The festival would be held in Panaji and Margao cities of Goa from November 23 to December 3, 2011.

Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu, directed by Salim Ahamed, which won the Best Feature Film award at the recent 58th National Film Awards, is the 24th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct entry.

According to officials, Urumi, a movie based on the 16th century warrier clans of northern Kerala, is the story of Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar, a man with a mission to kill Vasco-da-Gama, a 16th century Portuguese explorer.

The feature film category will have O Maria, a Konkani movie directed by Rajendra Talak, which speaks of the tourist state in the changing scenario.

He…, a Bhojpuri movie by Mangesh Joshi has also been selected in this section.

The Non-Feature films jury, chaired by well-known writer-director Ashok Rane, picked 21 films, out of the 135 eligible entries.

Kareena Kapoor says she woke up one day and said, “I want to be fit. Really fit.

Not just look toned.” That was seven years ago. Now Bebo has one of the most fit, voluptuous bodies in the industry. When one thinks of Kareena, one does not objectify her abs, or calves — what we envy is the complete package of a beautiful face and curvy body.“I was 68-69 kilos when I started; went down to almost 50 for Tashan and decided that the skinny look was not for me. I wanted to be curvy and feminine, so came up to 66 kilos. I like looking like this,” she says, champagne eyes sparkling on her alabaster complexion. What’s unbelievable is that Kareena manages this through yog and a strict diet that includes everything.

“I believe in the holistic approach. I want to be fit internally and eat everything. Yoga helps me do that,” she says. And not the new-fangled power or artistic yoga. Kareena follows Yog without the ‘a’. Her trainer Twinkle Singh says no two workouts are alike. Says Twinkle, “Kareena buys books, DVDs and every day, she’ll tell me what she feels like doing. If she’s had a hectic schedule, we’ll concentrate on pranayams and bandhas. She’s cluedin to what her body needs.”

Listening to her body is also the crux of her diet. “It’s not as much a diet, because I eat everything!” says Kareena. Not for her the morning detox of warm water with honey and lemon, the metabolism boosting green teas and banishing of carbs.”I love cheese and have a cheddar sandwich every day at 5. I also have a bowl of spaghetti every alternate night with olive oil and fresh sauce made from scratch,” she says.

Kareena’s diet is regimented by sports nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar who believes in eating fresh, local food in small portions every two hours. Kareena has become such an expert at juggling her meals that she jokes that she can now serve as Rujuta’s assistant. “I told Rujuta that I can’t give up my dal-chaval-subzi. In fact, I just had dosas for lunch with nariyal chutney.” And what about little sinful treats? “There are no cheats when you can eat everything, in limited quantity. Fries, pizza and cheese are my weaknesses. And I have these whenever I want. Rujuta is against cutting off carbs.”

Work out
Kareena has a history of bad back and stomach problems. “With yoga, my back muscles have become so strong that they support the spine effortlessly. Pranayam and kapal bhati took care of my stomach problems and immune system,” she says. Twinkle adds, “Kareena needs stamina because of her hectic routine. We do inverted bends that send blood gushing to her face, brain and eyes. It makes her skin glow and her eyes sparkle.”

Twinkle mixes up Ashtanga and Iyengar yog and focuses on holding poses for longer rather than doing them hurriedly. “I have Punjabi genes and easily put weight on my arms,” says Kareena ruefully. “So I do handstands. I can hold for one minute and we do 4-5 in a session.”

They also do a lot of backward and forward bending asanas, shoulder and headstands and a variation of suryanamaskars, which are full-body exercises. “I can do 40-80,” says Kareena proudly. “Before shooting Chammak Challo, I would do 40 in the morning.” Some sessions only have varieties of suryanamaskars and those days, Bebo does around a 100.

Yog also allows Kareena to be “light on her feet”, a crucial job requirement. It also works out the neck and facial muscles. “Bebo does shirsasan extremely gracefully,” says Twinkle. “So she doesn’t put on weight as easily, despite eating what she wants. Earlier, Kareena suffered from vertigo, which does not hinder her now.”

For balancing the system, keeping the glands healthy and reducing stress, there is pranayam and its advanced form, bandhas. Kareena does up to 600 repetitions of kapal bhatti to flush out toxins, 2-3 minutes of anulom-vilom which calms the mind. Bandhas concentrate on holding your breath in different postures for 30 seconds or more, this concentrates on holding your energy.

When on holiday, or on outstation shoots, Kareena likes, “Long walks in the Alps. Here there is no place for walks and the heat is sapping.”

Diet
“Bebo’s diet principle is KISS — Keep it simple and be smart with your food,” says Rujuta. “She’s involved with her meal plans, in tune with her hunger signals and understands that food nourishes beyond just the body.”

So it’s appam in Kerala, momos in Ladakh and pasta and cheese in Europe. “The idea is to eat more when more active and vice versa. She has learnt to nurture her appetite and not suppress it,” adds Rujuta. Kareena plans her food breaks and takes along homemade snacks such as nuts, chana and makhana. She’s vegetarian and takes supplements as her vitamin and mineral requirements are higher than those working a 9- 5 desk job. Since there is no such thing as “bad” food, she plans and relishes sweets and mithai in her diet without feeling guilty.

She wakes up to a fruit, usually a banana, and then has a solid breakfast. Every meal is two hours apart dinner is two hours before bedtime. If she is still hungry, she’ll have a bowl of soup or a glass of milk. Fruits and fruit juices also form snacks. She drinks two cups of chai with milk and coffee is also slotted into her meals. Apart from that, it’s about three litres of water and avoids packaged or processed foods.

There was a fire on the sets of Star Plus show “Diya Aur Hum Bati”, while the cast and crew shooting for a sequence of Diwali.

“The crew was filming the sequence of Diwali and as part of her cookies were exploding. A pot caught fire and no one noticed that the black screen that was made for the shoot was at a lower level,” said a source sets. Sparks was so high that the fabric is fire. Initially, the fire was imperceptible, but when the smoke began to spread all got scared and left the set,” the source added.

Actor Anas Rashid, who plays the title role, says relieved by anything important happened.

“It was an important thing, but a small fire. We all ran off the set, when we saw the fire and the shooting stopped for some time. But everything was fine after some time,” said Rashid.

Bipasha Basu, who was in Greece for “ Jodi switches, has wrapped shooting the film and says he would miss his cast and crew.”Schedule of Greece for my film` switches Jodi ‘success is wrapped up! I had a fabulous time shooting there. Now `s vacation time in Santorini! Surely will miss the crew and my co-star Madhavan” Bipasha wrote on her Facebook page.