Mumbai, Nov 2 Saif Ali Khan became the first Bollywood producer to shoot his spy thriller ''Agent Vinod in Latvia.

The actor who stars along with girlfriend Kareena Kapoor in the movie, is busy preparing for the Mumbai schedule after completing a grueling two month shoot in Latvia.

"The landscape in Latvia is exceptionally breath taking. We shot in many different locations across the different cities. We got access to some heritage structures, like old ruins, churches and museums. We tried to cover as much variety as the landscape offers," director Sriram Raghavan said.

Though the director managed to capture some breath taking shots but that did not come easy as entire team struggled through the language barrier which turned out to be quite a challenge.

"It was very difficult to understand their language since not many Latvians speak English. But we had a great team of locals who helped us communicate. They ensured we had a smooth schedule and a great stay," adds Raghavan.

''Agent Vinod'' will also be shot in Moscow, Morocco and Paris.

Govinda's daughter Narmada Ahuja, whose debut film has been delayed, says the script has been finalised and the project will hit the production stage early next year.

"The status of that project is we have finalised the script. Everything is done and we are now working on it. Most probably the first schedule of the film will go on the floor in January or maximum February," Narmada, 20.

The daughter of Bollywood's popular funny man Govinda, Narmada too will start her acting journey with a romantic comedy.

"The film is a young, fresh romantic comedy. Even the production house is not new, but they are coming out with a film after a gap of a few years. That's what made me keen on doing this film. I already have another film lined up after this.

"I can't talk about the project because they will announce the film according to their own convenience. They'll do that probably at the end of this year," said the youngster who learnt the ropes of acting at the London Film Institute.

When asked about her co-actor in the film, Narmada said: "All I can say is that my co-star in the film is not a newcomer. I can't reveal any other detail."

She says her father's suggestions helped her in making up her mind about her career.

"Every father gives tips to their kids before they start their profession. My father too gave me a couple of tips. The most important thing that he told me was that no matter what you do, do it with your full heart; give it your 500 percent; and do it only if you are passionate about it because it shows on camera if you are not really into your work.

"That's one thing that really made me focussed about my career and made me more professional about it," said Narmada.

Since she will be working in a romantic comedy, does she have her father's comic timing?

"I really can't judge that right now because I have not started shooting. But you never know, I might come up with something like he does, once we start working on the film," said Narmada who enjoys her father's hits like "Deewana Mastana", "Swarg", "Hero No. 1" and "Partner".

Narmada also defies the notion that star kids get things easily in Hindi filmdom.

"I don't think it's easy for us to enter the industry. At least it was not easy for me because I myself didn't want to get into the industry without any preparation. Once you know that you are well groomed and you're sure you can deliver, then only you should go for it. That grooming part is not very easy," said the upcoming actress.

He is known as the perfectionist in Bollywood and for good reason. When Aamir Khan decides on making a film or for that matter, starring in one, the audience can take heart that the film will not be just an entertainer, but will be one of the best when it releases.

After the success of 3 Idiots, Aamir had been inundated with scripts. However, being the man that he is, he took his time and has finally selected the script for his next film. The star will be next work on a film directed by Reema Kagti, of Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.

Kagti, who co-wrote the script of the as yet untitled film with Zoya Akhtar, has informed that it will be a suspense drama and will see two actresses cast opposite Khan. The project will also see the reunion of the Dil Chahta Hai team – it is a joint venture between Aamir Khan Productions and Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment.

Gone are the days when Bollywood's Bebo will go out on a crash diet to get a lean mean look for her films. Kareena Kapoor has visibly bulked up and like before is not shy to flaunt her newly acquired body. In a statement released to the media, Kareena Kapoor says that she is all set to burn the big screen with her new sexy image in her forthcoming Bollywood ventures.

Is the new look the result of boyfriend Saif Ali Khan's insistence? If reports are to be believed, Nawab Khan has worked hard to convince Bebo to get back to her previous self and following his advice, Kareena Kapoor has bid a happy farewell to her diet and workout, opting for yoga instead. Bebo and Saif Ali Khan are presently busy shooting for a shoe commercial, where apparently the actress' legs were looking plumper than it should. However, Kareena Kapoor herself was not bothered. In fact the girl feels that she looks better in her bulky avatar, when compared to her previous Size Zero self!

Upcoming films featuring Kareena Kapoor in the lead role, will reportedly see the actress in a sexy avatar, promises the Bollywood lass. Films like Ra.One, Bodyguard and Agent Vinod will bring back the old bubbly Kareena Kapoor back to the Bollywood screen.

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan have topped a Diwali poll and are named as Bollywood "Patakha" and "Bomb" repectively. The online edition of MSN India invited its readers to vote for their favourite Bollywood stars in various firecracker categories like Patakhas, Phuljhadis, Bombs, Grenades and Dhamakas this Diwali.

Priyanka Chopra won two titles - "Bollywood Pathaka" and "Bollywood Phuljhadi" for the hottest actress and the best actress respectively and Katrina Kaif came on the second spot in both the categories, said a press release.

While in the hottest actor or "Bollywood Bomb" category Shah Rukh Khan emerged the winner, Aamir Khan topped the best actor or "Bollywood Grenade" category beating the likes of SRK, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

In the best film category titled "Bollywood Dhamaka", Salman Khan starrer "Dabangg" was the clear winner, beating "My Name Is Khan" and "Robot".

Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu is all set to romance Pearl Harbor star Josh Hartnett in her first international film Singularity.

Set in different time periods and directed by Roland Joffe, famous for his movies City of Joy, The Killing Fields and Captivity, the new film will see Bipasha playing an Indian she-warrior, named Tulaja.

The script has been written by Ajey Jhankar and other than Bipasha and Abhay Deol, the movie has a host of international stars including Star Trek actor Chris Pine, Bond girl Olga Kurylenko and Christopher Egan among others. Bipasha will fly to Brisbane soon to rehearse with Hartnett and then start filming from 3rd week of November through last week of December, a statement said.

Joffe was in India in September for the casting of the epic romance and plans to shoot a major portion of the film in the country since the story revolves around Marathas in 1780s. The movie traces an impossible love set across two time periods and continents centered around four characters a British officer in colonial India, the Indian woman he falls in love with, an American marine biologist and his lover, who is a researcher trapped in a wrecked British merchant ship. Only the power of a ring can transcend time and save a life. Joffe, who captured the life of Kolkata's slums in City of Joy starring Shabana Azmi, Patrick Swayze and Om Puri, hopes to release the film by next year.

Paul Breuls' Belgian production is producing the film while Corsan World Sales is handling international sales. Anchor Bay holds the distribution rights for the US, UK and Australia.

Earlier, Aishwarya Rai was rumoured to star in the $33 million project.

Film: Golmaal 3

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Mithun Chakraborty

Director: Rohit Shetty

Cinematography:  Dudley

Story & Screenplay : Yunus Sajawal and Farhad-Sajid

Dialogues: Farhad- Sajid & Bunty Rathore

Music : Pritam

Lyrics: Kumar

Editor: Steven. H. Bernard

Art Director:  Narendra Rahurikar

Action Director : Jai Singh Nijjar

Diwali season has traditionally been the bumper season for Bollywood releases. Understandably, the biggest movies release during this time. This year two big films Golmaal 3 (Starring Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Tushar Kapoor) and Action Replayy (Starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai) will release on 5th November, a day before Diwali.

The third part comes back with a new storyline and some additions in the star cast, Mithun Chakraborty the most prominent among them. The story centers around a family who live together, eat together and pray together, but at the same time cannot stand the sight of each other! And while the siblings are busy venting their anger on each other, their respective acts will provide for some rib-tickling moments in the movie. While "Golmaal 3" is more about fun and laughter, there are also dollops of love and other emotions in between, promises Rohit Shetty, thus making "Golmaal 3" an ideal family entertainer.

After sizzling on Bollywood screen for almost a decade, dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has signed her first international project -- English-French director Roland Joffe's Singularity. The 31-year-old is extremely excited and admits she does have butterflies in her stomach. "I am very excited...but have to admit that I am also a little nervous. Everything happened really fast," Bipasha told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Bipasha met Joffe in a chance encounter at the Taj Land's End Hotel in Mumbai in September.

The $33 million movie, written by Ajey Jhankar, is a riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

It is set in the backdrop of the First Anglo-Maratha War of the 18th century and revolves around four characters - a British officer in colonial India and the Indian woman he falls in love with, an American marine biologist and his researcher lover -- who gets trapped in a wrecked British merchant ship.

The film will be shot in Australia and India. Bipasha will be flying to Brisbane in the first week of November.

Bipasha, who will be missing Diwali for the initial rehearsals for the film, says she would have loved to get some more time to prepare for her role.

"I am not getting much of preparation time right now. I have been given just eight days to prepare for underwater scenes and horse riding...I wish I had at least a month's time for preparation," she said.

As much as she would have liked to, Bipasha is also not getting much time to brush up on her history.

"There is just no time before I fly out! I have finished all my pending endorsement assignments and now I will try and grasp whatever I can there itself," she said.

Nevertheless, she is looking forward to working with Hollywood actors.

"The script is fantastic. They have a lot of expertise in their field...it's going to be a whole lot of hard work, and it's going to be great fun to adapt to their system of working," she said.

Singularity also stars Bollywood actor Abhay Deol besides Hollywood stars Chris Pine, Josh Hartnett, Olga Kurylenko, Christopher Egan and Shane Briant, among others.

Bipasha will shoot from the third week of November till the last week of December in Brisbane.

Her upcoming Indian projects include Dum Maaro Dum and Abbas-Mustan's Players.

Bipasha is glad that Abbas-Mustan, who gave her a launchpad with 2001 film Ajnabee, were accommodating enough to adjust their dates so that she could give her nod to Singularity.

The film is tentatively slated for a 2011 release.

Bollywood star Ajay Devgn may have appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati to promote his forthcoming comedy Golmaal 3, but he actually opposes the new marketing gimmick of using TV shows to market movies.

"I am always under the producer's pressure to do such things to promote films. If one is doing it, then another has to do it as well because it becomes a habit for the audience to watch such things," Ajay told IANS in an interview.

He joined Arshad Warsi, Kunal Khemu, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor and director Rohit Shetty on the quiz show hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan for Sony. The film is releasing this Diwali.

Special efforts are made to create space for movie stars in television programmes, says Ajay.

"Scenes are written to incorporate the stars of the respective film to promote it (through serials). It's not a good idea. I don't know where it will meet its end. But one can't stop it, will have to do it unanimously. I always do it indifferently," said the 41-year-old.

He had earlier appeared on Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma and also featured in an episode of Crime Patrol to promote Aakrosh, a film about honour killings.

The trend was started by Abhishek Bachchan when he appeared on the hit series Balika Vadhu to promote his 2008 release Drona. In recent times, Akshay Kumar joined the cast of Sasural Genda Phool for the marketing of Khatta Meetha; Salman Khan appeared on Laagi Tujhse Lagan for his recent mega hit Dabangg; and Neetu and Rishi Kapoor featured on the comedy show Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma to introduce their film Do Dooni Chaar.

Promotion strategy notwithstanding, Ajay says Golmaal 3 is a fulsome Diwali treat to the audience and what sets it apart from the last two instalments of the brainless comedies is that this time they have a story to tell.

"The only intention of making sequels of Golmaal is to entertain people, not to find logic. We planned to release it during Diwali because that's the festive season and people want to enjoy a movie with family. That's why we try keeping Golmaal clean.

"There is a very interesting story this time. It's complicated in the sense that there are two groups and how they fight and get together. There is a nice emotional angle to it. With laughs throughout the movie, somewhere it touches your heart and again resumes to be a full-fledged comedy," said Ajay.

Talking about his character, he said: "My character is little crazy and mad. He has got a bad temper, which makes the character completely different from the first two. That's why the character is given a very edgy look."

The actor says in real he is not at all like the character in the movie. "I am not a mad person. That character is too short tempered."

The ensemble cast also includes actor Kareena Kapoor. "In this film we needed more characters. Kunal has done a good job in the film," said Ajay.

The national award winning actor, who featured in three different movies this year - comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?, political thriller Raajneeti and underworld saga Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai - has always garnered rave reviews for his varied performances.

"I feel I am very lucky because firstly I got to work in different genres with good directors at the right time. Secondly, I am very happy that people have liked those films. So, I can do different genres and I think acting keeps getting better with experience," he said.

After the fiasco that was London Dreams, you would think Salman Khan would steer clear of films co-starring the Ghajini girl Asin. Not so! 

Not only did Bollywood's macho man readily include Asin in Anees Bazmi's Ready, he was also all set to sign another film — Bodyguard — his sister Alvira's production, with Asin! 

According to a source, "Salman was bowled over after he saw the rushes of Kavalan, which has Vijay and Asin in the lead. He wanted to do the Hindi remake and wanted Asin opposite him." 

However, we hear, Asin declined the offer. Says the source, "Asin said a polite 'no' to the Kavalan remake for two reasons. After Ghajini, in which she starred in both the Tamil and Hindi versions, another Tamil-to-Hindi remake seemed monotonous to Asin. Moreover, three films in a row with Salman (after London Dreams and Ready) would've sent out wrong signals to Bollywood. Asin would like to work with other stars now." 

Reports indicate that the actress is on the verge of signing Hindi films with Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. Surprisingly, Salman completely understands her point of view. The two have decided not to do any more films together until Asin finds her way in Bollywood. 

Asin is guarded in her response to questions about the films she has said no to in Bollywood. "It isn't right to talk about films I didn't do. But yes, I've just wrapped up the Tamil film Kavalan. Salman's sister is remaking it as Bodyguard in Hindi, and I'm not part of it. In fact, when the director — Siddique — made the same film in Malayalam two years ago, I couldn't be part of that. I had promised him I'd do the Tamil version and I did it," the actress clarifies. 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a clothes horse. The former Miss World has been setting trends since the start of her career in Bollywood. 

Even her detractors agree that though she was at the receiving end of some nasty barbs for her wardrobe blunders when she appeared on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival, her fan following remains intact. And she has had Indian women across the globe borrowing styles from her personal and film wardrobes. 

Taking this aspect into account, film-maker Vipul Shah has given Aishwarya an extensive fashion line in his film Action Replayy which releases this Friday. Says Vipul, "When you define beauty, the first name that comes to mind is that of Aishwarya. She looks equally stunning in western and traditional outfits.'' The film-maker says his cool romantic comedy, set in 70s offered him scope to dress his leading lady in a variety of styles. 

Manish Malhotra actually spent months studying the various retro/contemporary designs to give Aishwarya the perfect look for the various situations in Action Replayy. And it now turns out that Ash's wardrobe in the film has become the talking point. 

Vipul says, "There will be many women across the globe who will want to ape her style. Not only is she looking hip and cool in the western outfits, even her look in the Holi song is stunning." 

Aishwarya has been getting compliments galore for her bright yellow dress in the song Nakhre. The song Nakhre captures the essence of this romantic comedy. And it was felt that a bright colour would suit the robust mood of the song. In other words, a lot of thought has gone into the dress code. 

Chaan Ke Mohalla, the holi song in Action Replayy, where Aishwarya is wearing a traditional salwar-kurta, is set in the 70s and it's the first time when Aditya Roy Kapur sees her. Incidentally a Holi song is a must with Vipul. His films Waqt — The Race Against Times, Namastey London, Singh is Kingg and now Action Replayy, all have a Holi song sequence. 

Director Zoya Akhtar has reportedly been asked to remove scenes featuring Spain's running of the bulls from Zindagi Milegi Na Dobora.

Parts of the film, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, were shot in Pamplona, Spain during the famous event.

According to Frontier India, Hindu scholars have asked the filmmakers to delete any scenes showing the sport. 

The site quotes Zed Rajan, President of Universal Society of Hinduism as saying: "Cruelty to helpless animals should not be glorified in a mainstream feature film like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara meant for viewing by families." 

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobar is scheduled for release in April 2011

Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai's traditional outfits in the film Raavanan are finding many takers in Malaysia with Deepavali shopping at it's peak.

The original outfits, long-sleeved salwar kameez (tunic) and chudidar pants, were created by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee and imitations have flooded the shops here with many shopper's asking for the Aishwarya masakali.

The suits have been in the market since early this year after the release of the movie but sales have peaked as Deepavali approaches, reported New Straits Time.

The salwar kameez also comes with transparent sleeves and multi-coloured dupattas (stoles) to suit the tastes of the individual shoppers.

Malaysia is home to 2.1 million ethnic Indians, a bulk of them are from Tamil Nadu and fans of Tamils films and film stars.

The Hindi version of the film Raavan failed to create magic at the box office, but Raavanan, in Tamil, became an instant hit in Malaysia.

Harekrishna Silk's managing director Thiyananthan Bathumalai said most of the masakali suits in the market today were inspired by movie stars.

"For example, we now have Robo masakali, which was inspired from the movie Enthiran (in which Aishwarya acted) and Raavan masakali, which was inspired by Raavan," he said.

"Every year, we have customers asking for a particular sari or suit that was worn by an actress in a movie. This year, everyone is asking for masakali suits which were worn by Aishwarya Rai," he added.

Monikangana Dutta, who will debut in Bollywood with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish, is all set to join the league of supermodels Heidi Klum and Gisele Bundchen, as she has been selected to become a Victoria's Secret Angel. "I have not given up modelling. I have been selected as one of the six Victoria's Secret Angels," she said.

Monikangana, who earlier appeared in fashion magazines like Elle and Vogue, is the first Indian model to become an Angel (main model) of the high-profile lingerie brand. The others include the likes of Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr.

Coming back to Guzaarish, the model-turned-actress refused to divulge details about her character Estella Francis in the movie starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

However, she said she has a dance with Hrithik in the movie for which the director had put her in a dancing school.

"The character is very much like what I have gone through in my personal life. When Sanjay sir narrated the character to me, I said I have to do this role," she said.

Moni, who hails from Guwahati and started her modelling career in Paris, does not feel "overshadowed" though she is not included in the movie promos.

"I was in the initial promos that went on air. I do not know if anybody noticed me in it or not. I do not feel insecure or overshadowed by the movie's lead stars. In fact, I would always like to be overshadowed by people like, Hrithik, Ash and SLB, who are my favourites," she said.

Hrithik Roshan's getting a lot of compliments ever since the promos of 'Guzaarish' hit screens. The actor who plays a paraplegic in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film informs that his fans are particularly looking forward to see the ball dance in the film. 

  

The flawless dancer with all humbleness says that he feels blessed that his fans love him for his dancing, but admits there is a greater dancer in Bollywood whom he admires and can't ever beat. 

  

Hrithik says that he is a huge fan of 60s heartthrob Shammi Kapoor. He feels that Kapoor is a great combination of madness, passion and romance which always reflects from his dance. 

  

Speaking about him he said "There have been and will be many great dancers, but will there ever be another Shammi Kapoor? The madness, passion and romance! No steps, just pure rhythm. Unbelievable! He is surely one of the greatest dancers ever. Salute." he signs off. 

Mumbai – Bollywood actress Dia Mirza walked the ramp for designer Rocky S during the ongoing India Bridal Week collection in Mumbai.

The event not only showcased traditional dresses such as lehengas and saris but it also displayed modern dresses for women.

Male models also walked the ramp showing tailored suits for the formal evening.

"I feel today we are out of the typical Indian colours. We are now a new generation. If you will see the collection, we have styled very modern. It does not have to be completely Indian. We are today's people and I feel today we can dress up in a much different manner than just wearing a typical lehenga or a salwar-kameez," said Rocky S.

Dia Mirza walked the ramp in a beautiful white bridal lehenga.

"To see an Indian girl in a white outfit or white lehenga is so ethereal and beautiful. The garment is so stunning. I think that in itself is a reflection of the line. I think what Rocky is trying to do with this collection is to say that why stick with the mould, brocade? Try something new, and I think it works really well because I felt beautiful. The garment is stunning," said Mirza.

The India Bridal Week that kicked off on Friday will focus on wedding clothes, jewellery and accessories.

The ongoing five-day event is held under the aegis of the Fashion and Design Promotion Council (FDPC). 

Bollywood's A-list was nowhere in the vicinity; but that didn't take the sparkle away from Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva's nuptials, at the Alva residence, a few kilometers away from Bangalore city. The only A-lister seen at the wedding was Sushmita Sen.

At the Mumbai reception this evening, Akshay Kumar is likely to mark his presence.

However, all stops were pulled out for the wedding in Bangalore.

As many as 5,000 guests attended the pre-phera party.

Seventy guests flew in from abroad; most of them Priyanka's friends.

Others who attended the wedding were director Apoorva Lakhia, Poonam Dhillon, Kookie Gulati (who directed Vivek in Prince) and Kumar Taurani (the producer of Prince).

Chiranjeevi came in as did the Kannada star Sudeep.

The bride performed a Bharat Natyam recital at the sangeet, and eventually the couple ended the show with a slow dance.

Vivek's father Suresh Oberoi was the compere for the evening.

A guest was overheard saying: "The Alva residence has an Olympic-sized swimming-pool, a baseball court, a football field and acres and acres of greenery.

And that's just the outdoors. Vivek seems to have married an heiress!"

Let's hope the turnout at the reception is impressive enough to convince the bride she has actually married a star.

From Berlin to Beijing, the world's certainly becoming a smaller place for Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. 

Presently shooting Farhan Akhtar's film Don 2 in Berlin, Shahrukh will now head to Beijing in China for the premiere of his film My Name Is Khan that had the worldwide release earlier this year. 

China has a very strict policy toward foreign films. Every year, just 20 foreign films get released in the country. This year, My Name Is Khan has the honour of being one of them. It's also the first Hindi film to release in China in the last three decades. So the honour is all the more special. 

Reports say the film will be premiered in Beijing on November 30. Director Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan are most certain to visit, but it's unsure if Kajol, the film's female lead, would join them. 

We also hear that Karan Johar will himself design SRK's costume which will be a mix of Indian and Chinese style. 

After all, aren't Hindi, Cheeni bhai bhai?

Bollywood beauty Dia Mirza looked stunning in a white wedding lehenga as the showstopper for designer Rocky S. on the opening day of the Aamby Valley India Bridal Week here.

Giving an unconventional approach to his collection, Rocky used white for his showstopper -- a colour not usually used for weddings.

"What is interesting is to see an Indian bride in a white lehenga. So surreal and beautiful. The garment is stunning and I think that in itself is a reflection of the line. What Rocky is trying to do with this collection is asking why stick with the mould? Break it and try something new," Dia told IANS late Friday.

"And I think it works very well because wearing it I felt beautiful. The garment is stunning and quite honestly, if I were to be getting married, white could be quite a colour for me," the actress said.

Rocky's collection also entailed other shades including maroon, red, burgundy, beige, brown, pink, peach, grey and black along with a few more whites.

"The signature colours were black and white but I have used a lot of other hues too. I feel today we are out of the typical Indian colours. We are now in a new generation, when you see the collection you will realise that it is styled in a very modern way," said Rocky.

"Just because it is a bridal collection, we don't have to be completely Indian in our approach. We are today's people and we dress up in a very different manner than just wearing a typical lehenga or a salwar kameez," he added.

The designer's collection, along with Indian lehenga's and sarees, also included varied cocktail dresses and westernised kurtis and tights.

The show also had something for the men. Male models showcased what a bridegroom can look forward to this wedding season. Velvet blazers, bright, embroidered and plain sherwanis and classic tuxedos completed the men's collection.

The show, however, did face a slight glitch, when a model sporting a net sari, slipped while coming down the stairs.

At the Kingfisher Calendar swimsuit model hunt 2011, Siddharth Mallya surprised his beau Deepika Padukone by picking Priyanka Chopra instead of Deepika for "the one having a perfect body in Bollywood".

When reporters asked the question to Siddharth about "who he thought has the perfect body in Bollywood"? He without hesitating named Priyanka Chopra. "I think all of them are very beautiful and have great looking bodies but I feel Priyanka is particularly stunning," he said.

Deepika also present at the moment, was not expecting such a reply from her beau but she sportily accepted saying, "I think I am blessed with a great face and body but her (Priyanka's) mental state and strength makes her successful and how she carries herself."

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who happens to be girlfriend of liquor baron Vijay Mallya's son Sidhartha Mallya was one of the judges to choose 15 girls for the Kingfisher calendar 2011. She was there to support her beau on choosing the models on Tuesday.

Deepika was one among 15 girls that made to the Kingfisher calendar in 2006 and on Tuesday she felt elated to choose the best 15 for the Kingfisher calendar. She was looking smashingly beautiful in a blushing pink draped short dress.

Deepika as a judge said that she'll be looking for beauty with brains. "I think apart from just a great body and a great face, it's also very important for the girls to be smart, witty and intelligent…It's not the way you look but the entire package that matters. I think that being smart and intelligent takes one forward in life if you really want to become successful. So, I am looking for someone who is not just good looking but also very, very intelligent," said Padukone.