Director: Rakesh Chaturvedi
Cast: Rishi Bhutani, Padmini Kolhapure, Govind Namdeo, Om Puri
Rating:
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An angry young man Raam (Rishi Bhutani) who also happens to be a momma's boy is incidentally arrested on charges of murder of his mother (Padmini Kolhapure). Raam chooses to stay mute and ironically the film is titled Bolo Raam with everyone in the cast asking him about the motive of murder. Sub-inspector Khan (Govind Namdeo) who also happens to be Raam’s neighbour declares him maniac but senior inspector Rathi (Om Puri) wants to solve the mystery.

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With a head-spinning narrative about the aftermath of an intoxicating late night party, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi is like wine that takes time to mature but is your perfect partner on a lazy evening.

Rahul (Rajat Kapoor) wakes up with heavy hangover after a late night party and is unable to remember just where he ended last night. All he remembers is that he started outrageously flirting with a stranger named Sophia (Neha Dhupia) with whom he lands in an isolated room in an inebriated state. Post that his memory is almost swiped off and he’s just inquisitive to know till what extent he went ahead.

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It’s that time of the year again. Bollywood’s annual award nights are all set to roll and quite understandably, “3 Idiots” is poised to dominate.

Up first is the Star Screen Awards and “3 Idiots” has secured a nomination in 21 categories! In fact, the movie has already won the distinction of earning the highest number of nominations in the 16 years since the Screen Awards started.

Aamir Khan has famously boycotted all popular awards, year after year, and we wonder whether he’ll show up at any of these events now.

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Garry Maddox
December 31, 2009

IT HAS survived three Lord of the Rings sagas, six Harry Potters, three Shreks and Australia.
But it looks like Titanic will finally sink at the Australian box office and Avatar will be the cause second time round.
Director James Cameron's 1997 epic romance took $57.6 million - smashing the box office record of $47.7 million set by Crocodile Dundee more than a decade earlier.
Avatar, his new movie, has raced to almost $36 million in its first 13 days. Helped by higher ticket prices for 3-D, giant screen and premium cinema sessions, the science-fiction epic is expected to become one of the country's top 10 highest-grossing movies by today or tomorrow.

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Bollywood had a very bad 2009 with only a few films managing to do profitable business at the box office. The entire Hindi film industry is hopeful of having a much better 2010. As the line up of the film as of now looks interesting on paper, we take a detailed look into what destiny has in store about their box office prospects. Noted astro numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi tells us all
1) Rann: Starring Mr.Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh, this Ram Gopal Varma enterprise is releasing on 22nd January 2010. The title of the film adds up to Number 13 which is not considered much auspicious. But for RGV and Big B, Number 4 is amongst their better numbers and also for Riteish who is a Number 8 (December 17), the year 2010 is looking bright. According to me, Rann should do well at the box office.

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It was a relatively quiet year for some of the icons of showbiz. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek spent most of the year shooting Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in the wilderness. John, Bipasha, Preity and Shah Rukh also had a quiet year. Saif Ali Khan made waves with Love Aaj Kal and then vanished during the second part of the year. So who were the most visible faces of the year?

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Bipasha Basu: “I don’t have any New Year resolution. But I’ve been working very hard on this fun activity for the past few months which I can’t talk about until I’ve mastered it. No it isn’t film-related. I do have a life beyond the movies, you know. My only resolution for 2010 is, Love Yourself.”

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There’s something about real-life couples coming together on the Bollywood screen. Their films don’t seem to be working at all at the box office. This seems to have become the golden rule these days.

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	A	F		G	H	I
1	Schedule for the month of January 2010
2	IST	Friday		Saturday	Sunday	IST
3	Hrs	1-Jan-10		2-Jan-10	3-Jan-10
4	0800	Jai Ganesh		8:00
5	0830			8:30
6	0900			Lux Dance India Dance Limelight	Namaste Cinema	9:00
7	0930			Pavitra Rishta	Khana Khazana	9:30
8	1000				Jhansi ki rani	10:00
9	1030					10:30
10	1100				Agle Janam mohe bitiya hi kijo	11:00
11	1130			Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli		11:30
12	1200				Hindi Feature Film	12:00
13	1230					12:30
14	1300					13:00
15	1330					13:30
16	1400					14:00
17	1430			Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo		14:30
18	1500					15:00
19	1530					15:30
20	1600				Lux Dance India Dance	16:00
21	1630			Hindi Feature Film		16:30
22	1700					17:00
23	1730	Lux Dance India Dance				17:30
24	1800					18:00
25	1830					18:30
26	1900				Hindi Feature Film	19:00
27	1930					19:30
28	2000					20:00
29	2030			Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo		20:30
30	2100					21:00
31	2130	Lux Dance India Dance				21:30
32	2200					22:00
33	2230					22:30
34	2300				Agle Janam mohe bitiya hi kijo	23:00
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As the year comes to a close we bring to you the 10 most talked about happenings in the Indian Television industry. While some were breaking news, some others were shocking and scandalous to say the least. Take a look…

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The year 2009 has been a roller-coaster ride for our television audiences. Indian Television had a variety of shows to offer on a platter to its audience. Right from controversial reality shows, drastic change in soap themes to a clutter of comedy shows. Unlike earlier, TV viewers were not compelled to watch same saas-bahu fiction sagas and singing-dancing reality shows.

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Last week’s release, Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘3 Idiots’ and James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ have stormed the nation and have full potential to rule the roost in the weeks to come. Both the movies have left an indelible mark on the minds of not just movie-goers but also, those who seldom visit cinema halls. The respective business of both movies has shown a great leap as far as the overall box-office status in recent times is concerned. So, to pull the attention of the audience in the midst of ultra-strong contenders would certainly not be a cake-walk. Let’s have a look at the coming releases this week and see who has potential to reach that height or slightly near it.

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It’s the end of the year and Fox Star Studios India has every reason to celebrate 2009 as the year of Oscars, successful sequels and setting new records for Hollywood films in India

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As the entire world is looking forward to the coming New Year, actress Priyanka Chopra looks back on the year 2009 and reminisces. The actress reveals that it has been a good year in terms of movies and awards for her.

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The perfectionist Aamir Khan is quite thrilled with the success of his latest release 3 Idiots. Our reliable sources reveal that 3 Idiots has made Aamir empathetic towards people. However, Aamir gives credit to his mother for it and claims he was brought up with such values.

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By Subhash. K. Jha

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Hollywood director James Cameron has revealed that he is already considering a sequel to his latest smash-hit movie Avatar.

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With choreographer-turned-producer Ahmed Khan’s Paathshala’s shooting complete, the props used for the film’s shooting are still in use. The props, used in Paathshala- notebooks, benches, school bags, and stationery– have been donated to three disadvantaged schools teaching underprivileged children. The film is directed by Milind Ukey, film stars Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia and Nana Patekar. The story deals with current and socially significant issues regarding children’s education. Ahmed Khan had erected a massive Film City set of a school with classrooms, staff rooms, huge corridors, dormitories, the principal’s cabin, assembly hall, music room, a basket ball court, garden, and canteen.

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James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ has not only brought in extraordinary business for cinema houses in India, but has also turned out to be a record breaker for producers Fox Star Studios India!

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Singer Sonu Niigaam, is not keeping well as he was recently admitted to a hospital with complains of fatigue. Preliminary results indicated he had low blood pressure.

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Shahrukh and Salman are not good friends, the exact opposite of Shahrukh and Farah- no secrets there.

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Along with being good friends and doing a lot of things together, it seems that Shahrukh Khan and Karan Johar are in sync with their new year’s celebrations as well. Mannat, SRK’s Bandra residence seems to be the place to be for SRK in keeping with plans for a quiet family time. While Karan continues to move ahead with the editing and soundwork of ‘My Name is Khan’ in Mumbai, which compels him to abandon celebration.

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Suhail, Dimple’s younger brother fondly known as Munna met with an awful car accident a little before Christmas. The impact of the accident involving Munna and his friend was tremendous. Munna has slipped into a coma after both he and his friend were admitted to a suburban hospital. The car involved in this accident is parked outside Juhu Police Station with only an intact bumper Amitabh Gupta, Additional Commissioner, West Region, confirms the news of the accident.

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In Hindi cinema, there is something about mother and motherland where the audience is either unforgiving or very lavish in showering love, depending upon how the two are portrayed. If the makers dare to show the mother or motherland in poor light in a film, then they are definately bound to win the audience’s wrath. If both are shown in proper light and as being more important than everything else in this world, and chances are, the public will love your film.

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Amitabh Bachchan has rekindled some old memories associated with the now infamous Ferozshah Kotla cricket ground of Delhi. The same ground, where on Sunday the game between India v/s Sri Lanka was abandoned due to unsafe playing conditions.

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It is normal for any individual to be concerned about their family. However, if the concern turns into persistent determination it can make one lose their piece of mind. This was the case with Dr. Rajeev Gupta and though a doctor by profession, he was never able to treat his own anxiety pangs.

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There is a buzz that Akshara (Hina Khan) of 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' will be shown the doors of her sasural in the coming episode.

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Don't be so shocked to read about a small child being a man of the house and taking up all the household responsibilities. Unusual things are a trend when we are talking about daily soaps!

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The year has passed by with a mix of good and bad memories, and there are many who would want to end this year on a celebratory note.Welcoming the New Year with cheer and joie-de-vivre we asked some of our Television celebs on their party plans for the night. Read on…

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Sab TV’s cop centric comic show F.I.R is all set to see the rough and tough lady cop Chandramukhi Chautala (Kavita Kaushik) in a sexy avatar which will make numerous hearts beat faster. The cop is not taking an off from breaking the bones of criminals, in fact she is doing it to catch them.

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Handsome actor Abhishek Rawat who is currently playing Shekhar on ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo’ has a very weak memory and tends to forget people’s name and that puts him in a very embarrassing situation many a times.

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Beautiful actress Kritika Kamra who is currently seen in ‘Pyaar Ka Bandhan’ seems to have a connection with trains as she has encountered quite a few funny incidents while traveling in trains. Trains also had an important role in her first serial ‘Kitni Mohabbat Hai’.

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SAB TV's Shree Adi Manav will soon see Riya Sen, a wounderful, glamours and hot actress from Bollywood in their coming episode. The shoots are already over for the episodes and the whole cast enjoyed and had some wonderful experience to share about the charming girl.

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For the past few weeks, viewers of Colors were treated to a series of promos of Abhishek Bachchan reclining on an easy lazy boy chair or dozing in a cozy bed announcing the launch of his 'Aaram Classes'. Abhishek Aaram Classes is the engagement platform for the new show Bingo slowly being revealed to the nation. This show with an innovative international concept is being produced by Fox Television Studios India Pvt. Ltd and for the first time ever superstar Abhishek Bachchan will be making his appearance on television as a host with IDEA ‘National Bingo Night’!

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After the grand success of ‘Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka’, NDTV Imagine is planning to launch a new show called ‘Devi’ to be produced by Shakuntalam Production.

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‘Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke’on Star Plus is all geared up with its lead character Birju (Mohit Malhotra) who was sidelined for quite sometime all set for a stylish re-entry. The character who was till now shown as a poor village boy will be seen in a new avatar

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Zee’s superhit show ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo’ had its lead characters Laali (Ratan Rajput) and Shekhar (Abhishek Rawat) enjoying after they tied the knot on the show after a lot of struggle. However the characters will soon see that their life ends up in a mess as a big twist erupts tonight.

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As the year comes to a close we bring to you the 10 most talked about happenings in the Indian Television industry. While some were breaking news, some others were shocking and scandalous to say the least. Take a look…

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'Tere Mere Sapne', the show which focuses on migration, feudalism, women exploitation is going to experience a horrifying turn in the story were Radha (Ekta Tiwari), the female protagonist decides to end her life.

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The sizzling, sweet actress of small screen, Additi Gupta most popularly known as Heer of 'Kis Des Mein Hai Meraa Dil' shares a very touchy moment which occurred on the sets with Telly Cafe.

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Star One's ‘Jaane Pehchane Se Yeh Ajnabbi’, which shows the warm bonding between the female protagonist (Aditi Tailang) and her nephew (Rahul Pendkalkar) is all set for a lovely song sequence which will add up more masala to the show.

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The sexy actress Kavita Kaushik aka inspector Chandramukhi chotala of comic show ‘F.I.R’ is a bit upset as her exciting New Year plan got cancelled due to actor boyfriend Karan Grover’s work schedule.

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Even with the success of ‘Duplicate’, its hero and popular comedy star Suraj Venjaramoodu had maintained that he won’t be seen much as the hero in future.

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Popular actress Urvashy, will play the lead role in the new movie ‘Mummy And Me’ which will be directed by Jithu Joseph. The movie will address the communication gap between children and their new-age parents.

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Malayalam Superstar Mohanlal today expressed his concern regarding the justification of artistes’ exclusive right to decide their remuneration in the film industry and that it was not the main reason for mounting cost of film production in Kerala.

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The journalist turned director Sadashiva Shenoy Kannada film ‘Prarthane’ will be giving a treat for audience as the most versatile actor Ananthnag and top ranking four times national award winner Prakash Raj come face to face and offer significant performances. The two top actors play ‘Guru and Shishya’.

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Hey Paaru Hehey Paaru….Hele Paaru….I Love You Antha Hele Paaru…. shot in South Africa locations on Puneeth Rajakumar and Nisha Kothari, sung by adjacent state Andhra Pradesh singer Tippu for the film ‘Raj The Showman’ is the most trendy song of the year 2009. The music for this is scored by V. Harikrishna who is the most popular music director of the year 2009. ‘Raj The Showman’ is the top audio rights seller for producer Suresh Gowda and Srinivasamurthy.

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Kannada film superstar, Vishnuvardhan who died early in the morning following a heart attack received a tearful farewell from thousands of people late Wednesday

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Tanish and Madhurima are playing the lead, while Suhasini is playing another heroine in ‘Mouna Ragam’ directed by Vijay Balaji and produced by NV Prasad Sanam Naga Ashokkumar under the banner of Sri Saideva Productions. Recently the film shooting was wrapped up.

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Nikhil and Swetha Basu Prasad are playing the lead in ‘Kalavar King’ directed by L Sekhar, presented by Sri Dhanalakshmi Productions and produced by Dammalapati Srinivasa Rao and M Chandrasekhar under the banner of Sai Krishna Productions.

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Actor Sarath Kumar’s daughter Varalakshmi was supposed to make her debut with Silambarasan’s ‘Poda Podi’. But she walked out of project as Silambarasan kept delaying the shooting schedules.

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The story behind the runaway success of the cult film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is a famous for its notoriety. Apparently, the film’s producer failed to cover up the production cost when it was released in theaters. But a year later, when two inmates escaped from prison, the same way Tim Robbins did, the film set a record-breaking sales at home video markets.

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Nayanthara, the controversial actress of South Indian film industry, seems to have got into one more problem. Apparently, the actress was shooting for her upcoming film ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ in Kumbakonam, where a clash broke between her and actress Vijayalakshmi.

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Top director Sathyan Anthikkad will start shooting for his new film on January 15. The new movie will be just like his usual films– dynamic and rational and will star Jayaram. Not unlike his earlier seven films, this one too will have Ilaiyaraaja scoring the music. The camera will be by Venu, the editing by Rajagopal and Joseph Nellikal will be in charge of art direction.

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Pokkiri Raja, starring Mammootty, has its pooja today at Changanacherry. The event will have not just Mammootty, the lead, present but also Prithviraj, Shriya Saran and all the cast and crew of the film. The film is scripted by Udhay Krishna-Sibi K Thomas.

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Malarvaadi Arts Club, Vineeth Sreenivasan’s directorial debut will kick off by the last week of January. The film, a social satire with comedy elements, will introduce many newcomers to Malayalam films. Actor Dileep will do a cameo in the movie.

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Veteran actor Vishnuvardhan breathed his last in Mysore this morning at the age of 59.

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Actor Yash, who was praised for his performance in Moggina Manasu for which he also won awards didn’t do a great job with his next few films, Rocky and Gokula. He then came out with Kallara Santhe and had high expectations from it. And since it did well among audiences, it did some good for Yash, whose image changed to an action hero’s with the film.

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By Roberta | December 30, 2009

Vampire franchise “Twilight” topped this year’s list of best movies of 2009, with James Cameron’s “Avatar” trailing in second place.
Fans weren’t so kind with “Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen”, however, leaving fans seemingly undecided as to whether they loved it or hated it.


With 41% of the vote, “New Moon” raked in the crown as the Best Movie of the entire year. The worst movie of the year went to “Transformers” with them bringing in 24% of the vote, yet winning the year’s Best Action Movie vote with 24%.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Director James Cameron's acclaimed 3D blockbuster "Avatar" has been knocked off top spot in the British film charts after only one week -- by a band of chipmunks.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" took a high 5.3 million pounds on its opening weekend, according to Screen International.

After making 8.5 million pounds on its UK debut, Avatar, the story of a man sent to infiltrate an alien race, earned another 3.8 million but slipped down to second place.

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Aamir Khan, the perfectionist superstar of bollywood who surpassed his own box office record (created by ‘Ghajini’) with his latest flick ‘3 Idiots’ on the home ground, has managed to challenge the Overseas hegemony held by Shah Rukh Khan’s glossy and NRI centric movies.

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As expected Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots has opened to mind-boggling collections, something never seen before. 3 Idiots released with maximum number of prints, highest ever for a Hindi Film. In India 1550 prints in over 1760 screens and overseas 342 prints in over 366 screens; this is the widest release any Hindi film has had in India and overseas. The film was released in over 40 countries.

The paid previews of 3 Idiots itself garnered over Rs 9 crs gross worldwide; this is above Ghajini’s paid previews collection of Rs 7 crs gross worldwide.

3 Idiots weekend collection is Rs 93 crs gross worldwide till Sunday night which is 30 % percent more than Ghajini ’s collection.

Also the collection figures pouring in from the USA and Canada shows the biggest opening weekend ever for a Hindi film.

In UK (not considered as Aamir Khan’s market), the film has surpassed all films and reached just below Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , an all time hit; that too during Christmas, when all theatres shut down and the business has only been for two days.


via:http://movies.indiatimes.com

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The Indian born model Padma Lakshmi, posed nude for the cover of the latest issue of Page Six magazine.The ‘Top Chef’ star, who confessed to love of being nude, has once again hit the headlines.Highlights of the interview after the jump:On the focus and dedication it takes to look incredible for a photo shoot:“You can eat and work out, or you can be the person who only eats a cucumber every day. I’d get really irritable if all I ate was a cucumber, so I have to work hard.”

  On being recognized everywhere she goes:
“I went to a bar mitzvah on the Upper East Side last year, and not to toot my own horn, but I might as well have been Michael Jackson to these 13-year-old boys and girls. There were something like 30 children around me, and they were all practically hyperventilating. I had this swarm of little kids going, ‘Oh, my god! Oh, my god!’ Kids are so authentic, so pure, and they’d be telling me, ‘My sister and I had an amuse-bouche contest, and we need you to tell us who should have won.’ I think that’s really cool.”
On her ex, Salman Rushdie, and the launch of her new business ventures, including a jewelry line at Bergdorf Goodman and the Home Shopping Network:
“I [have been] reconstructing my life and putting it back together in a way that looked more appropriate to who I was. At this point in my career, I’m still growing. Jewels, spices and teas—I sound like Magellan.”

 

 

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