ON A BREAK: Deepika Padukone

Smart cookie     Deepika Padukone is currently in London for the car racing season. The Bollywood beauty is using her vacation time smartly. She is actually being paid to endorse the races, we hear, What's more, Deepika is expected to return to Mumbai for a short schedule of Break Ke Baad with Imran Khan and then fly back to London with John Abraham for Rohit Dhawan's Desi Boys. Incidentally, John is very high on Deepika. He thinks she is the perfect combination of beauty, brains and has just the right amount of aggression needed to be a topper. Guess John doesn't like the otherwise extra aggressive women who cross his path every other day.

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POISED: Salman Khan

Salman gets the red carpet     The Government of Sri Lanka is said to have been bowled over by Salman Khan's charm. They discovered Salman by accident during a recent awards function held in Colombo and since tht time, they have been apparently have been apparetly eating out of the Bollywood superstar's hand. It is being suggested that the shooting of Anees Bazmee's Ready was shifted to Colombo at the last hour because some powerful sorts agreed to lay out the red carpet for the Ready unit. A source says, "Salman is being treated like a Government guest, and SriLanka is reportedly paying for the hospitality for the entire unit. " Very soon, we may hear that Salman has been approached to be the hand ambassador for this country for whom he has developed a deep affinity.

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INTELLIGENT CHOICE: Cheran

CHERAN'S PICK      When actor-director Cheran was recently asked to pick three films that had managed to impress him this summer, he chose Angadi Theru, Irumbu Kottai, Murattu Singam and Singam!          Explaining why he liked these films, he said, "angadi Theru is a realistic film by Vasantha balan. To capture realism through his camera's lens. he actually visited the crowded Ranganathan street with a hand camera! He's dared to make a hard hitting film and the movie has come out really well. Irrumbu Kottai... is a complete entertainer.          Chimbudevan's concept on coboys is interesting. He has put in a lot of effort to hunt for proper locations and paid great attention to minute details. For instance. Lawrence's shadow performing his acts even before he does them on screen is something no one would have thoughof! Singam is a proper masala film. The film is a potboiler and Hari seems to have come up with an idea that's definitelyout of the box. That's precisely why i liked these three movies."            Well,Cheran. It seems, has valid reasons for liking or disliking films!

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