Bollywood superstars play football

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira organised a celebrity football match to raise funds for an animal welfare shelter.

The charity match was held recently for PIGI Foundation, which will build an animal welfare shelter with the money.

Nuzhat Khan, actor Imran Khan’s mother and Ira's aunt, will look after the shelter, read a statement.
Aamir and actor Abhishek Bachchan were captains of the two teams and the former's team won the match by 4:2.

Celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea, Armaan Jain, Kiran Rao, Kunal Kapoor, Tiger Shroff and Karan Wahi also participated in the match.

Superstar Salman Khan distributed prizes to all.

Rahul Bose, who was also present at the event, posted on Twitter: "The Aamir Khan XI (of which I was a part!) swept the #playforpaws football game for #tigifoundation 4-2 vs the Abhishek Bachchan XI. Yes!"

source : msn

Amitabh Bachchan to cut ribbon for 19th Kolkata International Film Festival

                                                  Amitabh Bachchan

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan will inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival in the month of November. Mamta Banerjee, Chief Minister of Kolkata has made an official declaration regarding the same, “I am very happy and delighted to share with you all, that Shri Amitabh Bachchan ji, a great legend, has kindly accepted our invitation to inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival to be held on 10th November, 2013.”

Bollywood celebrities like, Shah Rukh Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are also expected to be present at the film festival. CM Mamta Banerjee has said that she is making efforts to get whole Bachchan family at the event and at the same time she said that state’s brand ambassador SRK is also likely to be present there. If all these celebs come in the film festival then it would be really amazing for their fans to see all of them on the same platform together.





source : http://www.desimartini.com/news/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-cut-ribbon-19th-kolkata-international-film-festival/article6036.htm

Aishwarya Rai all set to perform for Uttarakhand Flood Victims

Aishwarya Rai all set to perform for Uttarakhand Flood Victims

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was last seen gracing the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival 2013, is up for a noble cause. She would reportedly be performing on a few patriotic songs this Independence Day to support the Uttarakhand flood victims. "The actress will apparently be performing to a medley of patriotic songs for the event. Abhishek Bachchan has also given his nod for the show", stated a source.

The event titled Saath Hai Hum Uttarakhand is said to be a seven hour long on air marathon that has been initiated by a TV channel. Providing further details about the fund raiser event, the source added, "The ad revenue generated during the telecast will be channeled to not-for-profit bodies that are working to restore normalcy in the hilly region. The stars and all those associated with the on-ground event for the performances have done it gratis to espouse the Uttarakhand cause".

Not just Aishwarya, several other Bollywood celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar, A. R. Rahman,Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Neha Dhupia, John Abraham, Abhay Deol and Boman Irani have also come forward to extend their support to these victims. Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit have recently shot for a promo for this event. Both the celebrities are glad about getting the opportunity to help those in distress. "Worked on the Uttarakhand Telethon song and poem by Prasoon Joshi .. and SEL music - thats Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and not the Benz model", Amitabh lately tweeted.

A number of television stars would also be contributing their bit to this initiative.

source:http://www.movieplus.com/news/bollywood/aishwarya-rai-all-set-to-perform-for-uttarakhand-flood-victims-59560/