=>Debutante Harman Baweja is being called the new Hrithik Roshan as they share similar attributes in appearance, dancing, acting and how they were introduced to the Bollywood industry.

=>Salman Khan will be playing the role of a host in new show "Dus Ka Dum" on Sony TV and Hrithik Roshan will be acting in NDTV Imagine's serial 'Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhanne Ka'.

=>Zayed Khan will be a 'news reporter' in "Mission Istanbul" which is the story of how terrorism is using media propaganda to promote it. It has a stunt scene in which Zayed jumps from a helicopter and from a 40 storied tower without any safety net.

=>Underworld meets terrorism in Ram Gopal Verma's 2008 thriller film "Contract".

=>"Dasavatharam", starring Kamal Hassan, is India's most expensive film (with a budget of over Rs. 1.4 billion) ever made. Kamal enacts 10 characters ('avatars') in this Tamil movie that has Mallika Sherawat play the role of a girl friend (CIA agent) of one of the 'avatharams'. Mallika also does a hot pole dance in it.

=>Ram Gopal Varma will be making a film on sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's life. It will also reveal the story of the slain dacoit's wife Muthulaxmi.

=>Famous Bollywood comedian, Paresh Rawal's first international film will be "The Virgin Goat". It's the story of a villager who's taking his goat for mating.

=>Filmmaker Vipul Shah will work with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in his future project "London Dreams".

=>Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered a role to Harman Baweja in his forthcoming film "Chenab Gandhi" when Ranbir Kapoor refused to act due to date issues. It has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.

=>Some temporary romance like moments between Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh and Preity Zinta during the IPL may lead to a break-up between her and Ness Wadia (coupled with recent investment losses in IPL).

=>Ranbir Kapoor has signed a Rs 7 crore deal with TIPS films for director Raj Kumar Santoshi's future romantic project "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani". It is shot in Italy and Goa and has Katrina Kaif as its female lead.

=>Aditya Panscholi wants Kangana Ranaut to return the Rs 30 lakh, that he had loaned her to buy a house, after their five-year love relationship broke.

=>Anil Ambani's firm Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has signed up Bachchans in a Rs 1,500cr deal on film production, television series, reality shows, internet and mobile content besides live shows. Amitabh Bachchan's company AB Corp. will facilitate the implementation of the joint venture projects.

=>A musical show, "The Merchants of Bollywood", with a cast of 40 dancers and actors from Mumbai, will present hit songs from popular Bollywood films of the past 40 years in an Australian theatre.

=>Harman Baweja is a trained kathak dancer, per Priyanka Chopra.

=>Divya Dutta will be doing a semi-nude (bare back) sequence for the socio-political drama "Monica".

=>Bollywood stars that graduated from Delhi University (DU):
Amitabh Bachchan is an alumnus of Kirori Mal College, where he earned a degree in science
Shahrukh Khan (SRK) studied at Hansraj College
Minnisha Lamba did her B.Sc. honours from Miranda House
Filmmaker Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (who made blockbuster "Rang De Basanti") studied in Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
Konkona Sen studied at St Stephen’s College
Anchor and VJ Cyrus Sahukar (now in MTV) studied at the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce
Arjun Rampal studied at the Hindu College
Minnisha Lamba graduated in 2004 from Hindu College
Shekhar Suman (popular TV personality) is a Ramjas College alumni

=>At the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards function in Bangkok, Abhishek Bachchan scolded Aishwarya for her loud volume and asked her to soften her voice. When she didn't listen, he called his security guards and asked them to escort his wife to her room

=>Shah Rukh Khan will make an animated children's film "Ravan" based on the mythological character of Ravana from Ramayana

=>Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor will be doing their maiden stage show together in Dubai in August 2008

=>"Naagin – The Snake Woman", a Bollywood fim about the ancient legend of the snake woman, is being made by the Hollywood director, Jennifer Lynch. It will have Mallika Sherawat as the Indian cast and also, an American villain

=>Shilpa Shetty will be acting with Bipasha Basu in an action comedy flick produced by her banner, Shilpa Shetty Global Productions

=>Sex bomb Mallika has refused to participate in Salman's reality TV game show 'Dus Ka Dum' for the promotion of her upcoming flick "Ugly Aur Pagli"

=>Bombshell Mallika Sherawat didn't agree to sit next to the mentors (judges: Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam, Shankar Mahadevan and Aadesh Srivastava) of Zee TV’s 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa', when she was invited in it as a guest, as they are old

=>Hrithik Roshan won't be dancing again (not even in "Kites") due to a knee injury he received while shooting for "Krrish"

=>Katrina Kaif is featured on the most expensive Damas-designed 'Kohl' magazine's front cover, which is covered with 91 grams of gold and encrusted with 622 diamonds (valued at over $10,000)

=>Salman Khan's 6 movies will be spending around Rs 205 crore in the second half of 2008 (the releases are: "God Tussi Great Ho", "Hello", "Wanted Dead and Alive", "Yuvraaj", "Heroes", "Main Aur Mrs Khanna"), while Shahrukh's ony Rs 128 crore

=>Superstar Rajnikanth will be starring in "Sultan" (directed and produced by his daughter Soundarya), the most expensive Indian animated film

=>Shah Rukh and Salman Khan fought verbally and physically like kids on the road at Katrina Kaif’s birthday party on July 16, 2008

=>Darsheel Safary will be paid Rs 75 lakhs to work with Sanjay Dutt in comedy film "Dedh" (produced by Suniel Shetty's Popcorn Entertainment)

=>Shamita Shetty will be dancing in the desi version of "Harry Potter" called "Harry Puttar" (children's film)

=>Katrina will split with Salman Khan after his rude behaviour with Shah Rukh Khan on her birthday. Salman also threatened Shah Rukh’s wife and kids at his residence ('Mannat') after getting drunk

=>Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will be making his Bollywood debut in "Vighnaharta Shri Siddhivinayak", a film about the miracles of Hindu deity Ganesh ('Siddhivinayak')

=>Akshay Kumar turned down Salman Khan's invitation to feature on his game show 'Dus Ka Dum' by giving an excuse that he is already hosting a show for a rival TV channel

=>Nandana Sen will play the role of 'Sugunabai' a sensuous woman, who poses nude for the painter - 'Raja Ravi Verma' (Randeep Hooda) - in the movie "Rang Rasiya"

=>Per scriptwriter Ajay Monga, the basic storyline of "Om Shanti Om" was copied from his script "The Silent Movie"

=>Deepika Padukone has topped Maxim's Hot 100 girls worldwide list

=>Shilpa Shetty will be hosting the second season of 'Big Boss', the Indian version of UK's 'Big Brother' in which the participants will have no connection with the outside world for about 85 days. Shilpa will be paid a whopping Rs 10 crores for anchoring the reality show

=>Ram Gopal Varma will offer Rs. 5 lakh ($12,000) to anyone who will watch his horror movie, "Phoonk", till it ends without leaving the theater

=>UTV Motion Pictures has signed Akshay Kumar for Rs 72 crore for a new film project scheduled to begin in 2nd half of 2009

=>Sherlyn Chopra was Rahul Roy's girl friend until she left him

=>Shekhar Suman's son Aryan is the most pampered amongst all Bollywood kin

=>Darsheel Safary didn't know who is Rajiv Gandhi when asked this question during his awards ceremony

=>Aness Bazmee has become a Rs 18 crore director after the success of his directed film "Singh is Kinng"

=>Soha Ali Khan will be playing the role of a journalist in her forthcoming movie "Mumbai Meri Jaan"

=>Rahul Bose has french kissed co-star Mallika Sherawat five times in "Maan Gaye Mughal- E-Azam'

=>Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty will marry her year-long boyfriend Raj Kundra in another year and a half =>"Veer" has been offered Rs 150 crore and "London Dreams" got Rs 120 crore before their release

=>Akshay Kumar is charging Rs 9 crores for lending his voice to the lead character of the animation film "Jumbo", an elephant

=>Salman Khan was paid Rs 30,000 only in his first film "Maine Pyaar Kiya"

=>Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone may break-up due to Ranbir's affair with Katrina during the shooting of "Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani"

=>Aamir Khan is not a graduate and has only studied till 12th standard

=>Kajol was paid a massive Rs. 2.5 crores for "My Name is Khan" by Karan Johar