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The Mumbai customs has given a clean chit to actor Aishwarya Rai with regard to the mystery parcel containing undeclared foreign currency, that was sent to her in September from Rotterdam. Customs officials have also started making inquiries in Rotterdam about Avineshwar, who allegedly sent the parcel, which contained 23,000 euros, to Rai, sources said on Monday.

Rai appeared before officers of the customs’ special investigation and intelligence branch (SIIB) at the international airport, Sahar, at noon on Monday. She categorically denied any knowledge of the parcel, its content, particularly the cash, or the sender. Her statement was recorded under section 108 of the Customs Act, and if found to be false later, it can be used against her. But for the moment, customs seems to be satisfied with her replies.

Commissioner A K Prasad, in charge of SIIB, said, “She has denied knowledge of this person or the parcel. The investigations are over from this end, unless we get something fr-om Rotterdam. At this point of time, we are giving her a clean chit”.

Rai reportedly expressed her anxiety about such incidents and asked the customs officers what they could do to prevent them. “Am I going to waste my time explaining away such incidents, in which I have no role, but which can cause a lot of annoyance,’’ she asked of the senior officers present there.Rai, clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, looked “very nervous’’, said an officer who saw her inside the airport. On Wednesday, her father Krishnaraj had visited the Custom House at Ballard Pier to meet the commissioner and offer cooperation in the probe.Asked if Aishwarya was thinking of initiating legal action against Avineshwar, her counsel Girish Kulkarni said that was possible, but there were jurisdictional problems and as of now, they had not discussed any such possibility.

Music director Pritam and actor Mallika Sherawat seem to be developing quite an affinity for each other — what else can one conclude when the two of them keep working together? After the good response to their earlier film Pyar Ke Side Effects, the two are looking forward to working together again in Fauj Mein Mauj. Considering the success of the music of the earlier film, we wonder if Mallika and Pritam are trying to compete with the Emraan Hashmi-Himesh Reshammiya combination?

But there was Income-tax sleuths have grilled Bollywood singer Himesh Reshammiya about the monetary transaction related to a musical programme in Surat on Saturday night.

They got married in Los Angeles, but the spectacle of the wedding between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes was here, in a 15th-century castle that evoked fairy tales and lit up with red, white and green fireworks for a cheering, celebrity-laden crowd. they got married in Los Angeles, but the spectacle of the wedding between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes was here, in a 15th-century castle that evoked fairy tales and lit up with red, white and green fireworks for a cheering, celebrity-laden crowd.

Ceremony was a lavish apex to perhaps the celebrity world’s most closely watched relationship, proclaimed with Cruise’s leap on Oprah Winfrey’s couch, bestowed with the nickname “TomKat” and raised to a new level seven months ago when Holmes gave birth to their daughter. The evening wedding was performed by a Scientology minister in front of more than 150 relatives and friends, including Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett and Brooke Shields.

The couple flew out of Rome for a honeymoon in the Maldives.

Sanjay Dutt is taking a break from his shooting schedule and his other filmi commitments and is waiting eagerly for the court’s verdict. “He didn’t even take up the role he was supposed to play in his home production and they had to rope in his friend Gulshan Grover,” says a source and adds, “And this is not the only film; he’s keeping on hold all the other producers who are waiting to cash in on his success as Munna bhai.” Let’s hope the long wait comes to an end soon!

Speedster(Brett Lee) has just recorded a music album with Asha Bhonsle and is looking for more Bollywood breaks.Australian bowler Brett Lee may have declined a film with Amitabh Bachchan recently, but the 29-year-old second fastest bowler in the world could not refuse a singing a duet with music diva Asha Bhonsle.

In the love song where a foreign boy woos an Indian girl, Lee strums the guitar and belts the number in English and Hindi. “Other than cricket, my passion is music. So when music director Shamir Tandon told me I’d be singing with a legend in India, I was glad, it’s like a playful love songs” says Lee.

Asha Bhonsle said “I have been an avid Cricket fan, so naturllay I know almost all cricket players.I knew Brett Lee could sing and strum.He’s young, goodlooking, intelligent and a singer,” she says.Asha was evidently charmed by Lee. “Somebody teased him about singing a love song with a woman, so I promptly insisted Lee should show a picture of mine to his wife. He smiled, saying his wife would have no problem as he has been very honest with her,” recalls Asha.Lee insists Asha doesn’t look her age (74), “She certainly doesn’t look her age. She is so stylishly dressed, but more importantly, I was glad for an opportunity to sing with her.”

Lee recorded the song in the gap of a week between the two matches in Chandigarh and Mohali before flying to Australia to be with his wife, who is due to deliver. “They know it’s a boy, so he was wondering if ‘Sachin’ Lee will be a good name for his son, since Lee adores Sachin,” says Asha. Lee, who is adept at singing the Hindi film song Muqabala Muqabala, says he is open to other offers in Bollywood. “I couldn’t do the film with Mr Bachchan, as I couldn’t devote the required 50 days, but if it doesn’t hamper my cricket, I would love to.” Asha gifted him a collection of her music as a parting gift.

Katrina Kaif went into the Ajmershareif dargah in Oct.photographs showed khadims of the Sufi shrine escorting her.They didn’t seem to have a problem that the pretty starlet was wearing skirts ,the skirt ended below her knees.

Ajmer Dargah committee, as this body is called has served a legel notice on kartrina kaif and three other actor shot some scenes for Vipul Shah’s.Vipul Shah apparently shot some scenes for his film with Katrina and Rishi Kapoor without the nod of the dargah committee. All those who witnessed the shoot, including many shrine officials, didn’t have a problem. But after newspapers published her pictures, some of these very people turned a conservative leaf and a hullabaloo erupted over the length of her outfit. When asked why nobody around Katrina objected then to her dress, some shrine officials said they had not noticed what she was wearing.

There was a issue on Rishi Kapoor, Vipul Shah and Shooting organiser Babu Bhai Ghosi.ll four have been warned that if they do not apologise then a case would be registered against them in court.Sarvar Chisti, spokesperson of the Anjuman—an elected body of the dargah’s khadims, said as the dress worn by the actor was well beneath her knees, it wasn’t considered objectionable.

Taking a cue from the equity markets, ‘FILMY Stock Exchange’ is witnessing more than a lakh fans hooked on to ‘buying and selling’ of individual Bollywood stars. So, the hotter the star, the bigger the stake!

The scrip on Dalal Street tumble on the declaration of a quarterly financial loss. The prices of yet another stock shoots up when that listed firm suddenly firms-up a buy-out deal.FILMY Stock Exchange is an online game launched by the Hindi movie channel FILMY which, since its launch last month, has managed to get more than a lakh registered players trading film star stocks in virtual currency on internet and mobile phones. What’s most interesting is everyone is getting their share of adrenalin pumped up in time and space that’s all too real. Like, the recent release of a Shah Rukh Khan film strengthens his numero uno position, while the lukewarm response to the recent Abhishek-Aishwarya release of Umrao Jaan could uncannily affect their market prices.

Top Five FILMY Stock Exchange , Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan.Hrithik Roshan is another star who is climbing steadily in the stock charts, especially when he signed the 35-crore-threemovie deal. His price went up by almost 25 per cent within five days. Fardeen Khan and Viveik Oberoi were de-listed from FSE to make way for a resurgent Govinda and young gun Kunal Kapoor. with this we can tell current mindset of business savvy fans that’s catching on amongst the masses.”

A graduated student Rajesh Dalal alias Raj alias Lucky (28) who is form southwest Delhi’s Nangloi had planned to kill Sherawat since she had defamed the Jat community.Accused Dalal had escaped from police custody in the Tis Hazari court complex where he was being produced for trial.

Dalal had claimed in front of journalists that he was planning to kill Sherawat since she had defamed the Jat community. The police, however, rubbished his claim and called it a publicity stunt. They maintained that Dalal’s movements and activities indicate nothing to this effect. “Dalal is an educated, modern-day criminal. He has several cases registered against him, including escape from custody, armed robbery, kidnapping, attempt to murder, assault on policemen and criminal intimidation,’’ said Neeraj Thakur, Delhi DCP.

He had indulged in criminal activities in 1999, when he kidnapped his estranged wife. The woman was rescued later. Dalal then kidnapped her brother and sought a huge ransom in an attempt to seek vengeance. The boy was rescued and Rajesh was arrested for the first time. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2005, when he was out on Bail, he robbed Rs9 lakh form a petrol pump manger at Allahabad Bank.There are so many cases on thim.

Robert Beaglehole has suggested that India could formulate a legislation that would ban filmstars and sports personalities from endorsing tobacco products. Such legislation exist in New Australia, Zealand and Canada and have helped curtail incidence of chronic diseases tremendously.

Beaglehole said India should first try to reach a voluntary consensus with the stars. Urging actor Shah Rukh Khan to stop onscreen promotion of tobacco, tobacco was the prime culprit behind India’s tremendous burden of chronic diseases, said by Beaglehole, who is WHO’s director of chronic diseases and health promotion.

Six million people who die every year of cancer,stokes,heart attacks, diabertes.Beaglehole said “Chronic diseases are killing Indians in their prime. The deaths due to chronic diseases here are twice as high as in the US and Canada, which were once as affected. Because such chronic disease take shape in young people who worship public figures like filmstars and sports stars, those like Shah Rukh Khan and Michael Schumacher must be more careful of their actions. Icons should encourage healthy living.”

The New Custom House at Ballard Estate is likely to see an exalted visitor on its mundane premises. Aishwarya Rai’s father Krishna Raj Rai, who met the commissioner of customs A K Prasad on Wednesday, assured him that his daughter would report to the office after completing her shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker’s Akbar Jodha. The unit is currently stationed in Jaipur.
Aishwarya has been asked to go to Custom House to record her statement in connection with a mysterious parcel which arrived from Rotterdam in September. The parcel, addressed to her, which came to the foreign post office, contained 23,000 euros, two Nokia mobile phones, a DVD player, a Ralph Lauren Polo Sport shirt anda pair of binoculars .

The two letters sent to her by the department were sent to her Khar address, which is the address on the parcel. The actress now lives in Bandra, and the letters from customs may not have been delivered to her. The department is giving her the benefit of doubt on this score.

Under schanner thay had fond two mobiles one is NOkia 6150 cost Rs 4,500 and another one is Nokia 6610 cost Rs 5,200 in the parcel. Why anyone should send Aishwarya such inexpensive mobiles, that too at an old address, is intriguing. Sources also reveal the DVD player (Xiron brand) was not in its original packing. The 23,000 euros, now under seizure, will not be released either to the sender or to Aishwarya. “The fact of smuggling is as good as established and so the cash will be confiscated,’’ a customs officer said. “What remains is to fix responsibility.’’