Priyanka Chopra - PRIORITIES IN LIFE

Hollywood can wait

She might be one of the most ambitious actresses in Bolloywood today, but Priyanka Chopra knows what her priorities are. While most of our Bollywood actresses would never miss a chance to star in a Hollywood filom, Priyanka recently refused to star in Dawn of War. And it wasn't because she didn't like the script; but because she chose to star in Vishal Bhardwaj's Saat Khoon Maaf instead.

          A source says, "The dates of Dawn of War and Saat Khoon Maaf were being worked out at the same time and Priyanka was asked to allot her dates in early April. Left with no choice but to choose one of the two projects, Priyanka didn't think twice before agreeing to star in Bhardwaj's film. She was given a copy of the script of Dawn of War while she was shooting in the US for Siddharth Anand's Anjaana Anjaant. "

         After Priyanka refused the offer, we hear director Tarsem Singh signed Freida Pinto to star opposite Brithish actor Henry Cavill.

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Genelia - MAKING A POINT

Aussies love Genelia!

While a segment of Indians settled in Australia are reeling under racist attacks. The Jaane Tu...gal Genelia D'Souza apparently a huge craze in Australia or so says her PR machinery.

         Recently, Gen darling was shooting for her Telugu film Orange (which might also be released in Tamil) in Australia.

           The film is being directed by Bhaskar (of Bommarrilly fame), who was an assistant to Jayam Raja. Orange, which also stars Ram Charan Tej, is a romcom and has music by Harris Jayaraj.

          Now, we hear that Genelia was treated to a very warm welcome and some unexpected bonhomie on the sets there. The Australian Minister for Education also stopped by their location and hung around for a chat.

          Genelia, being the vivacious, spirited person that she is, naturally got along very well with the minister and ended up exchanging a lot of opinions and thoughts, especially about the attacks on the Indian students studying there.

           The minister did a good job though, by instantly perking Gen up by telling her that her Orange was the biuggest film to be shot in Australiaso far?

       Apart from being invited to the Parliament for lunch, which unfortunately out dear Gen couldn't attend, she made sure that the minister knew how much of a blast she was having shooting down under.

        Now, if out cine industry were to ever pick an ambassador to represent the case of the harassed Indians in Australia, it woulod be Genelia, of course!

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IPL CRICKET 2010 - WHAT NEXT - M S Dhoni ?

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THE CHEER IS BACK ON THE FACES OF THEATRE AND MULTIPLEX OWNERS AS THE LOCAL CRICKET TEAM SEEMS TO BE FACING A....

        With a hat-trick of losses, the men in yellow certainly seem to have found the going tough this IPL. While the local team's abysmal performance on the cricket field has upset several die-hard fans. It's brought more than some cheer to Kollywood which has been bracing itself to battle the cricketing extravaganza.

      Abirami Ramanathan is visibly happy with the developments and why not! "The IPL, has not affected movie business in Chennai at all, " he declares matter-of-factly, " Chennaiites are still going to films like they did before. "

      Actor Jiiva is excited about the prospect of his Kacheri Aarambam, which released recently, to pick up post the poor showing by the men in yellow. "It (the IPL) seemed a big problem for me at the start, but now the local team's losses are proving to be a blessing in disguse, " he explains, "It'll surely  increase businesses for Tamil films. But, it's also exam time for Chennai now. So, people might be a bit confused juggling between cricket, exams and films. "

        According to the actor, cricket and films ae the only majot entertainment options for Chennaiites in this season. "And when one of them doesn't do well, it surely augurs well for the other, " he adds.

        Agreeing with him is Meenakshisundaram, manager of a leading multiplex on the ECR> "Collections have been steady despite the craze for cricket in the city, " he says. "Weekend colloections have been expecially good, though there have been some close matches at the same time. "

       However, cricket buff Sumitra Mani is sure that she'd venture nowhere hear a movie theatre till the conclusion of the IPL. "Yes, the local team might not be doing well but some of the rest of the games are still worth a watch, " she feels.

       Ramanathanis a bit sceptical about Chennai's run in the rest of the tournament. He concludes. "Cricket is such an unpredictable game. There's a chance that the local team bounces back and improves their performance in the forthcoming games. But, irrespective of what happens, movie bustness will go on as usual "

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