Priyanka & Shahid's romance is over

Even before they could officially announce that they were a couple, buzz is that Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur have called it quits. News about their relationship having come to an end has been doing the rounds for a couple of weeks now. On April 15, Mumbai Mirror had first broken the news that all’s not well between the two. Priyanka was fed up of Shahid’s constant interference and he expected her to play the conservative girl, which didn’t go down well with the actress. A senior and very sexy actress informs us that the relationship is finally off. “When I heard Priyanka and Shahid have called off their relationship, my reaction was one of incredulity. I didn’t even know they were a couple,” she said. According to sources, Priyanka, who has been linked with the Hollywood hunk Gerard Butler at the same time as her relationship with Shahid began to gather momentum, tried very hard to make her relationship with Shahid work. A source said, “Priyanka is a faithful and very romantic girl. As long as she was with Harman Baweja, there wasn’t even a whiff of her having a fling with anyone else. But then she simply outgrew Harman. She only tried to make the relationship work for old time’s sake.” The relationship with Shahid started when during the shoot of their film Kaminey, Shahid saved her face from being injured when they both slipped and fell from a scooter.

Shahid had reflexively extended his hand and buffered her fall. According to the actress' friends, it was like a Mills & Boon romance for Priyanka. Soon the two neighbours, who live in the same building, became close friends. Their friendship turned to love only a few months ago.
But Priyanka’s friends say she wasn’t happy with Shahid. “She was always restless, tense and uncharacteristically hyper. Maybe because she was being constantly questioned about her other friendships, especially the one with Gerard Butler, who she insisted was just a friend. Shahid, however, didn’t see it that way,” said the source. After several attempts to make the relationship work, Priyanka decided to call it quits. “Shahid and Priyanka were just not meant to be. They’re completely different individuals. And the change in Priyanka’s recent behaviour proved it. She has now chosen to concentrate on her career. As for Gerard Butler, that was more hype than hope created by her publicity machinery. Priyanka is now single,” said the source.

Bips to play double role again      

While people tackle their obsession for white skin by slapping on fairness creams, Bipasha Basu has willingly decided to play an African in Ajay 

Devgan’s All The Best. Earlier, she was signed on only to play Ajay’s wife, but she bagged the second role last Friday. The producers are not willing to compromise on Bipasha’s African makeover and have hired veteran make-up artists from Hollywood to give her the right look. Explaining Ajay’s decision to cast Bipasha in the second role, our source said, “Ajay was looking for a dusky girl to play an African. Mallika Sherawat and Tabu were approached to play that role, but things didn’t work out. Several other girls auditioned, but no one fit the bill.”

Then Bipasha, who earlier had a double role in Dhoom 2, solved the dilemma with a clever suggestion. Our source added, “She said she could play the African’s role too. Sanjay Dutt plays the African girl’s boyfriend in the film.” However, co-producer Kumar Mangat said, “The final decision regarding that role will be taken in a couple of days.”  All The Best is directed by Rohit Shetty and co-stars Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse.

Askhaye takes lessons from Amrita 

Here’s what Amrita Rao did when she was stranded in the middle of Phuket Islands with her Shortkut: The Con is On co-star Akshaye Khanna.
The actress started entertaining him and even taught him to flex his vocal chords. All this happened when the duo had to do a romantic scene on a bamboo tree on the island. The crew was on a separate yacht which, however, ran out of fuel leaving the actors stranded. And much to the amusement of the crew, Amrita kept Akshaye so occupied that he even learnt a couple of songs from her. Akshaye was also overheard telling the crew members how versatile the actress is. Guess it’s small incidents like these that can really shape up into a good friendship, Akshaye is now one of Amrita’s ‘very good friends’