Rajini to dance with 5 heroines in Kuselan

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The latest on Kuselan is that Superstar Rajinikanth will be romancing with five heroines for a song.

Sneha is the latest addition to the already roped list of heroines that includes Nayantara and Mamta Mohandas.

Kamal Haasan, Ajith, Vijay, Vikram, Madhavan, Tabu and Namitha have been approached to be part of that song.

Pepsi Uma quits Kalaignar TV - Why ?

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Uma the trendsetter talk show host, popularly known as “Pepsi Uma” has quit Kalaignar TV.

Pepsi Ungal Choice” is one of the long runned (10 years) television show in Sun TV . Pepsi Uma is a rare television anchor who prefers to be in traditional attire in her shows.

The cool-tempered pepsi Uma had moved to Kalaignar TV, when it was launched last year. According to reports she wants to do something new , hence she has quit the channel.

Aamir Khan to be Olympic torch bearer in Delhi

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Coca-Cola India recently announced torchbearers for the Olympic Torch Relay and present among them was Actor Aamir Khan.

Being a brand ambassador of Coca-Cola, Amir has been selected as one of the 6 torchbearers who will run with the Olympic Torch in New Delhi.

Apart from Aamir other five torchbearers are

  • Dr. Narayan G Hegde- President, BAIF Development Research Foundation.
  • Dr. Kiran Bedi – noted officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and founder Navjyoti foundation,
  • Ravi Singh- Secretary General & CEO, World Wildlife Fund India
  • Atul Singh -President & CEO, Coca-Cola India.
  • Y. Subhash Chandra Reddy- environment champion who is working at the grass root level.

Here is the Route of the Olympic torch relay for the Beijing Games

Source: http://www.thepicky.com/

Indian entertainment industry to grow 16.7 per cent

Indian entertainment and media (E&M) industry will touch $27 billion by 2011 at an annual growth rate of 16.7 %.

According to the report by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (FICCI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Indian Entertainment industry will grow faster than its counterparts in Brazil, Russia and China (BRIC countries)

BRICs economies, Brazil, Russia, India and China( BRIC ) could become larger economy by 2050, according to Goldman Sachs research report.

Projected Indian entertainment and media (E&M) growth of BRIC countries

Russia - 8.3 %
Brazil - 7.7 %
India - 16.7 %
China - 13 %

Source: http://www.thepicky.com/

Preeti Jhangiani weds Parvin Dabbas

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Bollywood actress Preeti Jhangiani tied the knot with long time boyfriend Parvin Dabbas on 23rd March 2008 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.